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Book selection, accessioning, cataloguing, and\n        everything else was done by the Library Committee. By this time the number of books had\n        grown to 1,000. In 1940, the Town Council bought the old church building from the School\n        Board. The library moved out during the renovation and then back when the renovation was\n        finished. ","In 1948, library space again became a matter of great concern. The Library was moved into\n        two rooms in the Murphy Building at 151 East Broad Street. One year later, in September\n        1949, Miss Jewel Drickamer, a certified librarian, was hired. In 1948, the library also\n        received its first grant of State aid, $625.00 a year, providing that the whole amount\n        should be spent for books within the year. 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