LIBRARY

THIS IS THE LIBRARY I REMEMBER. MRS ANNA K. BROWN THE LIBRARIAN AND FOUNDER OF THE LIBRARY WAS ALWAYS SAVING SOME "MUST READ" BOOK FOR ME. IN LATER YEARS I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.







THE PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED HISTORY. THE WRITER CANNOT SWEAR TO THE VERACITY OF THE STORY HOWEVER IT DESERVES NOTICE. IN EARLY SOCORRO THE LADIES OF THE TOWN CAME TOGETHER AND FORMED A LIBRARY BUILDING COMMITTEE WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE WAS TO SQUEEZE A FEW DOLLARS FROM HUSBANDS, FRIENDS, AND EVEN STRANGERS WERE APPROACHED FOR EITHER A DONATION OR A BOOK, AND THUS WITH THE MIGHTY EFFORTS OF THESE LADIES WE HAVE A LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY NOW HAS A FINE COLLECTION OF OVER 40,000 BOOKS.

MRS. ANNA K. BROWN WAS THE NAME OF THE SHORT, WHITE HAIRED, ELDERLY LADY THE LIBRARIAN AND A CLOSE WATCHER OF THE BOOKS. SHE WAS ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL IN SELECTING THE KIND OF LITERATURE THAT WOULD AFFORD ME A HEAD START IN READING LATER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MUCH LATER IN WHAT I HAVE LEARNED OF STORY TELLING. I STILL REMEMBER WHEN A PARTICULAR WAR NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED AND ONLY ONE COPY CAME TO THE LIBRARY, MY GRANDMOTHER RECEIVED A CALL FROM THIS BEAUTIFUL LADY ASKING FOR ME TO COME CHECK IT OUT, SO I READ THE HEROIC STORY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY "P T 109", AND THUS MY LASTING RESPECT FOR THE MILITARY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MRS. BROWN WAS THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES AND IT IS FOR MR. BROWN THAT BROWN HALL IS NAMED.

THE DEAR LADY THAT TOOK SUCH A GREAT INTEREST IN MY READING HABITS. MRS. BROWN WAS MOTHER OF THOMAS C. BROWN FOR WHOM MY MOTHER AT ONE TIME WORKED FOR AND FOR WHOM IN LATER YEARS I WOULD ALSO WORK FOR ON THE FARMS. YES THE FARMS.