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Board of Directors

Earl HyersMarie Black Beverly RaleyImogene Mixson Mary Stewart

Library StaffFull Time StaffDirector Sandra J. Holmes

Part Time StaffGenealogy/Reference Librarian Jocelyn RayfordHead Circulation Clerk Holly BurnsAdmin. Assist/ILL Librarian Elaine LandProcessor Karen SpeckCirculation Clerk Darnell JohnsonCataloger Minta ForesterChildrens Librarian Angela OlivierWebMaster Brianna BlackwellShelving Clerk Donna SnellCustodian Keisha NewmanMarketing & Media Josh Maddox

Statistics for November 2013Circulation 8,009Attendance 9,464New Materials 288Site Visits 434,010Borrowers on roll 13,711Employment searches 4,340Internet Users 2,873Genealogy Users 378E-Books 353

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ODCPL InformationThe Library...where all you need is imagination and aLibrary card to enter a world of information.

January 2014 Volume 16 Issue 01

Quote of the MonthA library outranks any other one thing acommunity can do to benefit its people. It is anever failing spring in a desert. Whatever the costof our libraries, the price is cheap compared to thatof an ignorant nation. --Andrew Carnegie

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FROM THE DIRECTORHappy New Year! We hope everyone has

recuperated from the holiday festivities and is ready fora brand new year2014. This past year has been agood one for us and we look forward to serving theOzark-Dale County community during 2014.

Our Friends of the Library always prepare for a newyear with new memberships and their annualMembership Luncheon. This year it will be held onMonday, January 27that Noon. The program willconsist of election of new officers and the yearlyfinancial statement. Special entertainment will beprovided by classical guitarist Jeff Bianchi. He hasperformed for us in the past and he is really good. Sobe sure to join us for a great meeting and program.

The Friends Mini Book Sale held in December was

successful. They earned over $224 which is quite goodconsidering that this was a Buy one Get one Free

sale. Thanks to the Book Sale Committee for all thehard work they have done this past year to make ourBook Sale Room a great success.

Our Food for Fines campaign worked well so wehad many patrons participate by turning in theiroverdue materials and receiving forgiveness bydonating a can of food for every $4.00 owed. This wasgood for us and it was also good for the people in ourcommunity who needed assistance during the holidayseason. We estimate that we had over 200 items

returned or

farmers of the Wiregrass and Alabama from financial ruin.Following his own advice, he founded the Sessions PeanutOil Companyin 1913, which is still a major company inEnterprise.

At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, G.P.Dowling resided in this beautiful mansion from 1900, withhis wife. He was one of Ozarks foremost leaders. Heorganized the towns first waterworks, ran a hardwarestore, and served as president of the Ozark Cotton Mill andFirst National Bank of Ozark.

In 1926, Dr. Malcolm Grace bought the mansion fromthe Dowling family to use as the Grace Hospital. Toconvert this home into a hospital Dr. Grace establishedpartitions within its many rooms. He and his family livedin a house nearby previously owned by the Martin andParrish families. The Dowling House remained a hospitaluntil Dr. Graces death in 1933. Ozark lost its onlyhospital until Douglas Brown became Mayor and worked

hard after WWII to see that Ozark would have the DaleCounty Hospital.

In the 1930s Congressman Henry Bascom Steagallpurchased the Grace Hospital to re-make it into hisresidence. He wanted a home with enough space to meetthe needs of his grandchildren, because he planned to havethem with him as he retired. Also, Congressman Steagall

wanted space for his foxhunting friends to feel at home.Located near his breakfast room, were the hounds that hekept during his visits home. At the time of his burial,Thanksgiving Day, 1943, there were thirty hounds pennedthere that dog keepers had sent or brought, to get in shape

for Thanksgiving.But because of his death, Wails and moans filtered

through the early morning silence and told plainly of thegrief that marred the happy homecoming of this lovingfather and warrior of campaign years, wrote Ms. Holman.

According to the Historical Marker, United StatesCongressman Henry Bascom Steagall served asChairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency andco-authored the Glass Steagall Act creating the FederalDeposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). He designedmany outstanding pieces of legislation to help families thatwere hit by the Depression of the 1930s. One of his

greatest accomplishments was the Glass-Steagall Actdesigned to prevent the same type of banking activityassociated with the Great Depression.

Born in Clopton in 1873, Congressman Steagallreceived his law degree from the University of Alabama;he practiced in Ozark. Thus, his friendship with the editorof the Southern Starand Ozarks other leading citizensinspired him to work tirelessly in Congress from 1915 untilhis death in 1943. He worked for the people, business andfarmers of the Wiregrass. In the 1940s, he worked equally

From the Creel Richardson Room

by Jocelyn Ross-RayfordOne of Ozarks most recent homes to have an Alabama

Historical Marker is the Dowling-Steagall House onBroad Street. The marker states that the home wasconstructed by judge and prominent businessman, G.P.Dowling in 1900. However, according to Margaret

Holman, this house was built in 1889, by H. M.Sessions. The difference in their statements may be dueto the fact that young H. M. Sessions was married to G. P.

Dowlings daughter Willie. Thus, the builder wasprobably his father-in-law, G.P. Dowling.

Ms. Holman wrote about this in her presentation forthe Dale County Arts Council titled A Walking Tour of

Broad Street. Unfortunately, H. M.s wife Willie died in1895. So, young widower, H. M. Sessions, moved fromOzark to go to Enterprise. In Enterprise, the young H. P.Sessions convinced local farmers facing financial ruin due

to the invasion of boll weevils to switch from raisingcotton to peanuts. His advice is said to have saved the

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Deceived by Randy Wayne WhiteGuest House by Erika Marks

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Larkspur Road by Jill GregoryLoss of Innocence by Richard North PattersonNowhere Safe by Nancy Bush

MMMEMORIALEMORIALEMORIAL/H/H/HONORARIUMONORARIUMONORARIUMGGGIFTSIFTSIFTS

In Honor of DonorLibrary Staff Imogene Mixson

Other Donors

Wiregrass United Way Jack CumbieFriends of the Library Mary GarrettBetty Brown Dan AlfanoRicky Kennedy Frank Auman

Andrea Wright Sue SwitzerDennis Hatcher Linda RobinsonCarol Gilmer Jason WoodhamJeffrey Babine Gail SimmonsCarol Gomez Byrd WhiteRepresentative Steve Clouse Edith DasingerLori Hiers Chuck Auman

Alpha Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma

Building Improvement Fund DonorsDonation in honor of Sandra Holmes from Chuck Auman

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Dale County Genealogical & Historical SocietyThe Society will meet Monday, January 6th, in theAlice Doughtie Wing of the Library at 6:00. Pleasejoin us for an informative meeting.

(Creel Richardson Room--continued)

hard to provide for WWII soldiers, especially those ofCamp Rucker.

After his death, Myra Law, his daughter, her husbandand the congressmans grandson Henry, remained in theSteagall mansion. According to Ms. Holman, Myra

gradually opened rooms upstairs making them available tonew people connected with Rucker because of theextreme need for shelter due to the war efforts of WWII.

In the Twenty-First Century this home is beingrestored by its new owners, Clayton Davis and HoytEarley. This Classical Revival building is one of themost beautiful homes in the Wiregrass with its full-heightportico and Ionic columns. More important, this buildingin Ozark has been the home of several persons ofoutstanding accomplishments on a regional and nationallevel.

Friends of the LibraryAnnual MembershipsPlatinum 250Gold 100Silver 50Bronze 25Family 15Individual 10Junior 7

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MAILING ADDRESS

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