The Friends of the Duarte Library now has over 40 members and a hard working group of people for its board. But it wasn’t always that way. With a nucleus of members from the Duarte Woman’s Club, the Friends of the Duarte Library was formed, and in 1961, Mrs. Aloysia Moore was elected first permanent president. Mrs. Moore, who had been instrumental in the formation of library service in Duarte, was appointed as Library Regional Council Member to the Advisory Board for the County Library. Mrs. Moore promptly began plans to provide a larger facility and with the considerable help of the Woman’s Club, the County Librarian, William Geller and his staff as well as the citizens of Duarte, a new facility was dedicated in 1966.
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