A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.
When the Webster Parish Library System was first established in 1929, its branches were located within schools and the books were moved to various locations when the schools closed during the summer months. Most of the summers from 1930-1936, the library was located at the Pine Woods Commissary. In 1934, the Springhill branch was moved to the formerly occupied Russel’s Pharmacy which was located next door to Payne’s Pressing Shop.
On August 11, 1947, the Library Board of Control voted to lease the ground floor of the new Masonic building, located at 231 Main, for $75 per month and the new library opened in June of 1948.
In February, 1970, the library moved again to the former Shurtleff’s Sewing Center, located at 223 Main where it remained until the opening of the Mack Memorial Branch, at 217 N. Main, in March of 1995. The Mack family of Springhill donated the old Dollar General Store building for the new library, thereby increasing the square footage from 2,400 to 8,000 square feet.
When long-time Springhill board member Eugene Eason passed away in 2007, it was discovered that he had purchased the building next door to the Mack Memorial library and requested his family donate it to the parish for future library expansion.
In 2014, the funding for a new Springhill branch was dedicated in order to sustain the increasing amount of patron foot traffic the branch was continuously receiving. Under the guidance of the Library Director Beverly Hammett, the Webster Parish Library began the process of relocating to the old Walgreens building off of the main highway that ventures through Springhill.
On March 25, 2018, the new location for the Mack Memorial Library at 1000 S. Arkansas Street opened its doors to the public.
The newly renovated building features an atmosphere of creativity and inspiration with little bits of the town history influencing the design. In fact, special lit display cases are being installed to showcase town artifacts. It is not your “traditional” library. This branch offers a wide variety of services and materials including, but not limited to: books, audiobooks, magazines, blu-rays and DVDs, Wi-Fi, Laptops, Computers, Printers and Fax Machines, equipment such as projectors and microfilm readers, historic newspapers, Wi-Fi hotspots, and much more. Please call or visit our website for more information.
