Gibson said it was a treat to not only see so many visitors, but also to see many former and retired employees of the library, and catch up with them. Gibson said that other homages to the past included folks dressing in clothing from any of the past decades and homemade old fashioned hand fans for people to take as a souvenir. Ripley native Harriet Jackson Groh sang at the event before Green gave Gibson and the library a certificate from the Ohio House of Representatives to commemorate the library’s centennial.įormer Judge Tom Zachman and his wife Jane also spoke briefly at the event, which was based on ice cream socials that occurred more than 100 years ago to raise money to purchase a plot of land on which the library was built and still remains to this day. Gibson and other library employees set up a history of the library on the street outside the building, with news clippings and other historical items detailing the last 100 years of the library. We had a little festival and that was the mood I was looking for.” The memory scroll was a huge hit as people walked through decades of library history. “The social part of the ice cream social was well received. “I think it went very well,” Union Township Public Library Director Alison Gibson said. 20, and included speeches from library trustee president Jane Zachman and Ohio State Representative Doug Green, as well as enough ice cream to fill bookshelves. The 100 year celebration was held on Sunday, Sept. The Union Township Public Library in Ripley celebrated its centennial with an ice cream social attended by more than 150 visitors.
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