Today in Westside Library History: 1985 Thanksgiving luncheon
In 1985, children at the Western Hills United Methodist Church came together to raise money for the Westside Library Building Fund. Children and their parents prepared food to raise money and earned more than $100 towards the fund for a new library building.
In 2008, the City of El Paso planned to remove the Westside Library. However, hundreds of people came out to support our library and it was saved. Read more here: El Paso Times July 23, 2008
Former Westside Library branch manager, Margaret Burlingame, was honored at the Bookmark. The Bookmark is the bookstore owned and operated by the Friends of the Westside Library. Read more here: El Paso Times February 20, 1991
JC Penny and the Westside library sponsored a workshop for teen girls at the library, advertised on this day in 1996. The girls, starting at age 13, would get free skin and hair care tips. Read more here: El Paso Times 18 July 1996
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