“Inside East Norwalk” |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2010 01:17 PM PST By Stan Siegel Starting in January, and continuing through all of 2011, the East Norwalk Library will devote a special display area to document, with pictures and other forms of graphic elements, the people places and "things" of East Norwalk as part of the East Norwalk Improvement Association's 101st Anniversary. The project, being undertaken by the Historical Committee of the East Norwalk Library Foundation, will exhibit groups of photographs depicting life in East Norwalk from the late 1800s. In addition to the photographs, newspaper clippings, copies of paintings, drawings and other art forms will chronicle the way of life as it was in our community through the years. Many of the pictures -- both of people and places -- will need to be identified as to who is in the photograph and where the photograph was taken. The public is invited to visit the East Norwalk Library "ENIA 101" project, from time to time to help identify the unmarked pictures. Additionally, other appropriate pictures, written memories and other items may be given or loaned to the East Norwalk Library for inclusion in the display. Periodically, during the year, a selection of pictures and other materials on display will be published in book form, which, at the end of 2011, will serve as a printed record of the past 101 plus years of East Norwalk life, activity, places, people, and businesses. The progress of this project will be reported here in "Inside East Norwalk" as well as on the East Norwalk Library website -- www.eastnorwalklibrary.org. SPOTLIGHT ON DOONEY & BOURKE As with Norwalk itself, East Norwalk is chock-a-block full of businesses of most every size and type -- among the businesses of East Norwalk is the world-renowned Dooney & Bourke, most famously known for its line of couture handbags. Started in 1975, in South Norwalk, Dooney & Bourke (Peter Dooney and Frederick Bourke) originally produced vibrantly colored belts and classic suspenders, Their handbag line came to be in 1981. Now located on Regent Street, in East Norwalk, is distributed in high-fashion department stores, its own outlets in major cities, produces various lines of celebrity-inspired products and operates its own Company store here and outlet stores throughout the United States and abroad. The Dooney & Bourke line of products is advertised in various well-known lifestyle magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, ELLE, and others For more information regarding Dooney & Bourke as well as exploring their product line, visit www.dooney.com or search "Dooney & Bourke" on the internet. Wrapping up another year of enabling its roster of members a source of area information and providing an advocacy platform for the betterment of the business community, the East Norwalk Business Association is gearing up for its next annual membership drive. As noted in its member-benefit brochure Win Baum, ENBA president notes: "Your membership in ENBA is a "two-way" benefit. The East Norwalk business community and users benefit from our strength in numbers and the quality of the goods and services we provide." ENBA helps make a difference to your staff, your customers, your company growth, your bottom line and your community. Visit www.eastnorwalkbusiness.org, for information, a membership application, a list of activities and services, and more. Van Zilen Community Hall ideal for holiday parties This year, in addition to enabling activities for various organizations -- religious, social, hobby, and business -- as well as Cub Scouts, Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies, and ENIA-sponsored community forums -- the Van Zilen Community hall has been utilized, for a modest fee for private events and celebrations. These hall uses includes birthday parties, baby showers, family get-togethers, holiday parties and dinners, political rallies. The hall, which includes modest kitchen facilities, restroom facilities, and tables and chairs can accommodate events of a maximum of 100 attendees. For full details regarding rates and hall-usage regulations, visit www.eastnorwalklibrary.org and click on the "Room Rental" link or pick a copy of the contract and see the hall at the East Norwalk library, 51 Van Zant Street, during Library hours. To determine date and time availability, call the East Norwalk Library at 203-838-0408 ext 100 during library hours, or 203-249-6293 after hours. At the library The East Norwalk library has a limited number of its free "2011 Children's Creative Coloring Calendar" -- a double-page size monthly calendar with 12 pages designed to be crayon-colored by children. As each month is finished and colored in, the child is encouraged to being the finished page back to the library. The page will be redeemed by awarding an age-appropriate book to the "artist" and the "work" displayed in the Children's Library. The participating children will be able to receive as many as 12 books throughout the year for their efforts. Early beginnings In the handwritten Minutes book of the East Norwalk Improvement Association, the following paragraph was recorded for the its "Annual Report for the Year 1914-1915: "On January 9, the Library Dept. opened a free library in Mr. Rundle's Bakery, with 100 books, the gift of the Norwalk Library, and 60 books, loaned by the Conn. Public Library Committee. Shelves for the books were loaned by friends. "The number of members enrolled, the opening day, was 24. Membership Sep. 30, 1915, was 318 and the number of books 768. All books have been the gift of friends except 12, which were purchased by the Committee at an auction sale. "The Library has been open 77 afternoons, with an average circulation of 42 books. Total expenses, not including postage and paste, have been $9.30. Only $5.31 of this has been drawn from the Association treasury. The remainder, with bills for postage and paste, has been paid out of the receipts from overdue books." The East Norwalk Library -- has come a long way these past 96 years -- and continues to grow in its services to its community. Since its inception at the East Norwalk Library, April, 2009, the nationally-recognized program, which offers an opportunity for children to read a book of their choosing to various specially-certified dogs each Saturday morning from 10:30 to 11:30, continues to a very popular event. So far, more than 137 children have participated in the program with more than eight different dogs enjoying being read to. After the session, the children receive a certificate of participation and get to keep the book they have read. To participate on any Saturday, call the East Norwalk Library at 203-838-0408 ext 100, or email: mail@eastnorwalklibrary.org Continuing the purpose of the city-wide twice-annual "Norwalk Reads!" free book distribution, the East Norwalk Library offers a year-round opportunity for children to receive, free, two new and two slightly-used age-appropriate books of their choice. Participants are given a "Norwalk Reads! at the East Norwalk Library" punch-card which entitles them to choose their books on a monthly basis. To date, more than 140 children have benefitted from the program. LIBRARY HOURS -- Monday through Friday, 12:30 to 5:30, Saturday, 9:30 to 5:30, closed Sunday and Holidays. If there's some East Norwalk "happening" of other East Norwalk news or features you would like to share with the readers of the Norwalk Citizen, email: stan@eastnorwalklibrary.org, or call 203-249-6293. 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