Title
Tuscaloosa Public Library Dedication Program
Subject
Libraries
Description
The program from the dedication of the Friedman Library Building, Tuscaloosa Public Library, 1801 River Road (now Jack Warner Parkway).
Source
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Date
October 28, 1979
Contributor
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Document
Identifier
2297
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Text
DEDICATION
Friedman Library Building
Tuscaloosa Public Library
October 28, 1979
2 p.m.
Friedman Library Building
Tuscaloosa Public Library
October 28, 1979
2 p.m.
THE TUSCALOOSA PUBLIC BOARD
Thomas P. Shumaker, Chairman
Cliff Armstrong
Cleo Blackburn, Jr.
Miss Bethel Fite
Mrs. Owen Meredith, Jr.
Mrs. J. Troy Springer
LIBRARIAN
Mrs. Bessie Sasser
OFFICERS- THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Mrs. Ruth Waldrop, President
David Brennan, Vice President
Mrs. Josephine Davis, Secretary
Roscoe Johnson, Treasurer
Charles Trost, Past President
COUNTY COMMISSION
Hardy McCollum, Probate Judge
Bobby Miller
Charlie Allen
Woodrow Boyd
TUSCALOOSA CITY COMMISSION
Rainy Collins, Mayor
Hilliard Fletcher
David Andres
NORTHPORT CITY COUNCIL
Frank Manderson, Mayor
Jody Jobson
Wayne Rose
John D. Quarles, Jr.
McCoy Hampton
A.D. Christian, Jr.
Thomas P. Shumaker, Chairman
Cliff Armstrong
Cleo Blackburn, Jr.
Miss Bethel Fite
Mrs. Owen Meredith, Jr.
Mrs. J. Troy Springer
LIBRARIAN
Mrs. Bessie Sasser
OFFICERS- THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Mrs. Ruth Waldrop, President
David Brennan, Vice President
Mrs. Josephine Davis, Secretary
Roscoe Johnson, Treasurer
Charles Trost, Past President
COUNTY COMMISSION
Hardy McCollum, Probate Judge
Bobby Miller
Charlie Allen
Woodrow Boyd
TUSCALOOSA CITY COMMISSION
Rainy Collins, Mayor
Hilliard Fletcher
David Andres
NORTHPORT CITY COUNCIL
Frank Manderson, Mayor
Jody Jobson
Wayne Rose
John D. Quarles, Jr.
McCoy Hampton
A.D. Christian, Jr.
PROGRAM
Presiding Mr. T.P. Shumaker
Chairman
Tuscaloosa Public Library Board
Invocation Dr. Charles Sprayberry
Superintendent of Education
Tuscaloosa County Schools
Welcome The Honorable Hardy McCollum
Judge of Probate
Tuscaloosa County
Recognition of Guests The Honorable Rainy Collins
Mayor
City of Tuscaloosa
Introduction of Speaker Dr. Richard Thigpen
Academic Vice President
University of Alabama
Guest Speaker The Honorable Richard Shelby
United States House of
Representatives
Benediction The Honorable Frank Manderson
Mayor
City of Northport
Special Exhibit: Mrs. Betty Austin, Artist, Sponsored by the West Alabama Art Association
Presiding Mr. T.P. Shumaker
Chairman
Tuscaloosa Public Library Board
Invocation Dr. Charles Sprayberry
Superintendent of Education
Tuscaloosa County Schools
Welcome The Honorable Hardy McCollum
Judge of Probate
Tuscaloosa County
Recognition of Guests The Honorable Rainy Collins
Mayor
City of Tuscaloosa
Introduction of Speaker Dr. Richard Thigpen
Academic Vice President
University of Alabama
Guest Speaker The Honorable Richard Shelby
United States House of
Representatives
Benediction The Honorable Frank Manderson
Mayor
City of Northport
Special Exhibit: Mrs. Betty Austin, Artist, Sponsored by the West Alabama Art Association
We gratefully acknowledge all gifts and assistance which the people of our community and elsewhere have given us.