The Sand Springs Library

Back in the 70's, for the 3rd grade through the 7th grade I lived in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.  We lived in a place called "The Widow's Colony."  It was some sort of subsidized housing for women who had children and were widowed or divorced .  One of my favorite places was the library.  I can remember walking up the steps to go in and I remember the smell of the books.  My mom would take me and my sister to the library and I would go to the science section.  I loved to read about astronomy.  My first dream was to become an astronomer!  Here is the Page Memorial Library, I guess it is a museum now:

Inside that top window to the right was the science section.  I loved to check out books on the planets and memorize data about them.  Of course home computers  didn't really exist back then or I would have created a data base for them.  I  loved this place.  Visit these links to read more. http://www.tulsalibrary.org/charlespage/history.php
http://sandspringsok.org/category.php?cat=1004
They mention that (+)Laura Mae Barnes was the librarian there.  I didn't know that until just now.  She was close friends with my grandparents and I saw her fairly  often when I was young.  I wonder why I didn't know she was the librarian at one  my favorite places in the world?  I feel even better about the place now!