NORTH CASTLE HISTORY - The Town of North Castle

A "slightly used" panel truck was pressed into service, bought fromAT&T
and sent down to a New Rochelle body shop for refurbishment, its
progress duly noted in The North Castle Sun, the township's newspaper
of the time. an archived article dated October 30, 1946 that detailed the
bookn~obile colmittee's dedication and plans, the newspaper chronicled
the entire operation, giving credit to the efforts of those whose vision was
unwavering.
Coultesy of the North Cadle Public Libray
LOCAL PATRONS FILL THEIR ARMS WITH TREASURES
"Miss Julia Bennett has worked unceasingly cataloguing and preparing
for circulation donated boolis as they have arrived d~lring the past few
months," the paper noted. "She has also done the preliminary mapping of
routes and, with Mrs. John EIill and Mrs. I-Tall, is now figuring out final
details such as truck stops and safe hum arounds."
Mrs. R. Leslie Hickson was in charge of buying adult books for the
"converted truck", the newspaper reported, detailing her search at Inany
New York book sales seeking out new adult books for the Book~nobile
shelves. Mrs. Hall ordered the juvenile titles, some 80 in all. Book~nobile
cormnitlee members Mr. R. Eugene Curly and Mr. Carroll M. Snyder,
were responsible for conversion specifications and the purchase of
shelving for the interior of the tn~ck.
The librarians on the routes were also selected to work together as a book
pmchasing committee under MIS. Hickson's chairmanship.