Chilton Public Library Competitors

Amityville Public Library is a libraries company based out of 19 John St, Amityville, NY, United States.

The Town of Westerlo Public Library is a municipal public library chartered to serve the township of Westerlo by the Board of Regents of the State University of New York. The library is administered by a Board of seven Library Trustees appointed by the Town Board for terms of five years. Dedicated on June 8, 1986, the Westerlo Public Library celebrates its 33th year of service in 2019. It had been the hope of many Westerlo residents for many years to have their own town library. In December 1983, Harold Bell donated the historic Whitford Store building to the Town of Westerlo to be used as a library and historical museum. Mr. Bell generously gave the general store in memory of his beloved wife, Helen Taylor Bell. She had been an ardent reader and history lover who passed away in 1982. The building had been used as a general store throughout the eighteen hundreds and the early nineteen hundreds by the Green family. About 1910 it was leased to Edwin Hannay and used as a car repair shop and show room for the new Model T Fords. In 1915 it was purchased by Vernon Whitford, operated as an ice cream parlor and then expanded to a general store. Mrs. Bell, who worked as a clerk for Mr. Whitford, inherited the store in 1948 and continued to operate it until her death. Mr. Bell passed away in December 1983, eleven days after the transfer of the building to the Town of Westerlo. On June 8, 1986, the Westerlo Public Library had its official opening with Ruth Hannay as its first Director. Much hard work preceded that opening. For two and a half years, the Library Committee, along with various community organizations and many volunteers, dedicated innumerable hours renovating the building. The store had no central heating or plumbing, which was installed for the new library. Local librarians volunteered to catalog the books, most which had been donated, to get the books shelf-ready so that the library could obtain a charter and be eligible for State funds. More volunteers typed thousands of catalog cards, sometimes wearing ...