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Mostly Spruce & Hemlock Reading marathon
5 am - Midnight, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
Goff-Nelson Memorial Library, Tupper Lake, NY
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
The “Mostly Spruce and Hemlock” Reading Marathon will be held from 5 a.m. to midnight on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 at the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library, 41 Lake St., Tupper Lake. This community reading event will feature 76 people reading 461 pages for 19 hours, covering the entire volume of “Mostly Spruce and Hemlock,” the popular Tupper Lake history book by Louis Simmons. Photos projected on a screen. Read or listen. Read in 15-minute time slots (6 pages). Reservations are required to read, (518) 359-9421. Sponsored by the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library and Hungry Bear Publishing. Free and open to the public. BUY the book.
PRESS RELEASE
August 20, 2010
LIBRARY TO HOST FIRST-EVER ‘MOSTLY SPRUCE & HEMLOCK’ READING MARATHON
TUPPER LAKE, NY – Goff-Nelson Memorial Library officials today announced that they will host the first-ever “Mostly Spruce and Hemlock” Reading Marathon from 5 a.m. to midnight on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
This community reading event will feature 76 people reading 461 pages for 19 hours, covering the entire volume of “Mostly Spruce and Hemlock,” the popular Tupper Lake history book.
“We have created this event to promote reading and local literature,” said Goff-Nelson Memorial Library Director Linda Auclair. “And we wanted to do it before the snowbirds fly south and students go back to school. This is a great opportunity for kids to brush up on their reading skills before school starts the following week.”
In 2009, Hungry Bear Publishing worked with the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library to reprint “Mostly Spruce and Hemlock,” originally written and published in 1976 by former Free Press Editor and Tupper Lake Historian Louis Simmons. The book details the early days of life in the village of Tupper Lake and the town of Altamont (the town’s name was changed to Tupper Lake in 2004). Histories are offered on the logging industry, railroading, churches, schools, hotels, Sunmount DDSO and businesses such as the Oval Wood Dish Corporation.
The Sept. 2 event is sponsored by the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library and Hungry Bear Publishing. People may read or listen during the marathon, and they can bring their own copies of the book, borrow one from the library, or purchase one from the library ($24.95). Photos from the book will be projected on to a screen during day. Refreshments, including plenty of coffee, will be available. The event is free and open to the public.
Reservations are required to read, and people may sign up by calling the library at (518) 359-9421. Time slots are 15 minutes long, which equates to six pages of reading. Participants will receive an autographed copy of “New York State’s Mountain Heritage: Adirondack Attic, Vol. 5,” written by Tupper Lake native Andy Flynn.
“The reading marathon is a chance for Tupper Lakers to celebrate their rich heritage,” said Flynn, who is the owner/operator of Hungry Bear Publishing, based in Saranac Lake. “Louis Simmons wrote this book for us. It is now our responsibility to share it with the world.”
Although the Reading Marathon will be held from 5 a.m. to midnight, library services will only be available during regular library hours: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
The Goff-Nelson Memorial Library is located at 41 Lake St. in Tupper Lake. Providing library service to the extended Tupper Lake community, the building includes a children’s room, public access computers, Wi-Fi access, the Grace Simmons Memorial Room, and rotating displays of local art. As a member of the Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System, the library shares resources through an online library catalog.
Hungry Bear Publishing is the home of the “Adirondack Attic” book series and radio show and the “Meet the Town” community resource guides. Learn more at www.hungrybearpublishing.com.
For more information about the Mostly Spruce and Hemlock Reading Marathon, call the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library at (518) 359-9421.
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TIMELINE
TIME SLOT PAGES CHAPTER/CONTENT
1. 5:00-5:15a 1-6 About the Land We Live In
2. 5:15-5:30a 7-12 About the Land We Live In, Tupper Lake Legends
3. 5:30-5:45a 13-18 1849 Visit, Alias Country
4. 5:45-6:00a 19-24 Early Visitors and Pioneers
5. 6:00-6:15a 25-30 First Settler, Lumbering Begins, Priest Clark
6. 6:15-6:30a 31-36 Priest Clark, 1860 Census
7. 6:30-6:45a 37-42 Agricultural Settlement, Philosophers Camp, Wilderness
8. 6:45-7:00a 43-48 Wilderness, Steamboat Days, Early Guides
9. 7:00-7:15a 49-54 Coming of the Railroads, Junction Point
10. 7:15-7:30a 55-60 Junction Point, First Census
11. 7:30-7:45a 61-66 First Census, The Village Takes Shape
12. 7:45-8:00a 67-72 Local Government 1890s
13. 8:00-8:15a 73-78 The Big Fire, Downtown Tupper Lake
14. 8:15-8:30a 79-84 Downtown Tupper Lake
15. 8:30-8:45a 85-90 Downtown Tupper Lake, Tupper Lake’s Schools
16. 8:45-9:00a 91-96 Tupper Lake’s Schools
17. 9:00-9:15a 97-102 Holy Ghost Academy, Holy Name School
18. 9:15-9:30a 103-108 Tupper Lake Schools (photos)
19. 9:30-9:45a 109-114 Lumbering, Derrick, Brandon, Santa Clara Lumber Co.
20. 9:45-10:00a 115-120 Santa Clara Lumber Co., Axton, Logging
21. 10:00-10:15a 121-126 Logging, Sawing Lumber
22. 10:15-10:30a 127-132 Forest Fires, Lumbering photos
23. 10:30-10:45a 133-138 Lumbering photos, The Railroad Era
24. 10:45-11:00a 139-144 The Railroad Era, NY Central Adirondack Division
25. 11:00-11:15a 145-150 NY Central Adirondack Division, OWD Comes to Tupper
26. 11:15-11:30a 151-156 OWD Comes to Tupper
27. 11:30-11:45a 157-162 OWD Comes to Tupper, Adirondack Plywood
28. 11:45-12:00 163-168 Adirondack Plywood, OWD photos, The Sunmount Story
29. 12:00-12:15p 169-174 Sunmount, Community Fights Back, Transition Period
30. 12:15-12:30p 175-180 Transition, NY State Takes Over, Sunmount photos
31. 12:30-12:45p 181-186 Early Hotels
32. 12:45-1:00p 187-192 Early Hotels
33. 1:00-1:15p 193-198 Early Hotels
34. 1:15-1:30p 199-204 Early Hotels, Hotel photos
35. 1:30-1:45p 205-210 Hotel photos, St. Alphonsus Church
36. 1:45-2:00p 211-216 St. Alphonsus, Holy Name, Beth Joseph, St. Thomas
37. 2:00-2:15p 217-222 Presbyterian, Moody Church, Methodist, Community
38. 2:15-2:30p 223-228 United Community Church, church photos
39. 2:30-2:45p 229-234 Church photos, Mercy General Hospital
40. 2:45-3:00p 235-240 Mercy General Hospital, Medical Center, Rescue Squad
41. 3:00-3:15p 241-246 Rescue Squad, American Legion Mt. Camp
42. 3:15-3:30p 247-252 American Legion Mt. Camp (photos), Fire Dept.
43. 3:30-3:45p 253-258 Fire Dept., Great Fire photos
44. 3:45-4:00p 259-264 Fire Dept. photos, Water Dept.
45. 4:00-4:15p 265-270 Water Dept., Police Dept., Electric Dept.
46. 4:15-4:30p 271-276 Electric Dept., Postal Service, Telephone Service
47. 4:30-4:45p 277-282 Telephone Service, TL Public Library
48. 4:45-5:00p 283-288 Downtown Library, Fourth Estate, WHDL, Chamber
49. 5:00-5:15p 289-294 Chamber of Commerce, Tupper Lake Caucus
50. 5:15-5:30p 295-300 TL Caucus, Citizens’ Memorial Center, TL National Bank
51. 5:30-5:45p 301-306 TL Country Club, Municipal Park, Little Wolf Beach
52. 5:45-6:00p 307-312 Lake Simond, Rod & Gun Clubhouse, Local Industry
53. 6:00-6:15p 313-318 Altamont Milk Co., Franklin Dairy, Beverages, Restaurants
54. 6:15-6:30p 319-324 Restaurants, ARC, Water Control, Setting Pole Dam
55. 6:30-6:45p 325-330 Sewage Disposal, Winter Sports, Woodsmen’s Days
56. 6:45-7:00p 331-336 St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Transportation
57. 7:00-7:15p 337-342 Photos (Setting Pole, Big Tupper), Tupper’s Neighbors
58. 7:15-7:30p 343-348 Piercefield, Whitney Park, Litchfield Park
59. 7:30-7:45p 349-354 Litchfield, Read and Strange Park, Childwold Park Hotel
60. 7:45-8:00p 355-360 Raquette Falls Lodge, Big Wolf Lake
61. 8:00-8:15p 361-366 Gull Pond Development, Ton-Da-Lay
62. 8:15-8:30p 367-372 Photos, Tupper’s Opry House
63. 8:30-8:45p 373-378 Opry House, Fine Arts, Movies, Farming, Airplanes
64. 8:45-9:00p 379-384 Ferdie Jensen, Tupper’s Military Record
65. 9:00-9:15p 385-390 Distinguished Visitors
66. 9:15-9:30p 391-396 Masons, Order of Eastern Star, Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Moose Club, Rotary, Lions Club
67. 9:30-9:45p 397-402 Lions Club, Catholic Daughters of America, Planning for Future, Gradual Improvement
68. 9:45-10:00p 403-408 Ivy Terrace, Vital Stats, Village/Town Fathers, Assessed Valuation, Men Who Made the Town
69. 10:00-10:15p 409-414 Men Who Made the Town
70. 10:15-10:30p 415-420 Men Who Made the Town
71. 10:30-10:45p 421-426 Men Who Made the Town
72. 10:45-11:00p 427-432 Men Who Made the Town
73. 11:00-11:15p 433-438 Men Who Made the Town
74. 11:15-11:30p 439-444 Men Who Made the Town
75. 11:30-11:45p 445-450 Men Who Made the Town
76. 11:45-Midnight 451-456 Men Who Made the Town, photos
Midnight-12:15a 457-461 Final photos
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