LCLS Purvis Traditional Cache
LCLS: Regretfully, the library system has decided not to replace this or our other missing caches. Our containers have been stolen so many times it has become more effort to maintain them than we had originally planned on spending. Until it is stolen as well, there does remain a cache at the Lumberton Public Library.
To all the cachers who have logged our caches, we hope you have enjoyed visiting our libraries.
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Large official geocache. Parking nearby. Should be a quick and easy park and grab.
Originally placed as part of the Oak Grove Public Library's 2011 Adult Summer Reading Program, this cache initially contains log book, pen, LCLS bookmarks, magnets and keychains. This cache is 1 in a series of 4 set out for ASRP.
While here picking up the cache feel free to pop in and say hi.
History
Records indicate that by 1934-35, Purvis had a public library. By 1940, the library was in a frame building on Pecan Street facing the back of the jailhouse.
By 1957, the library was next to the old post office and was a member of the Mississippi Library Commission. In October 1957, the Board of Supervisors passed a one-mill levy to support the county-wide library service. The service included book mobile service.
By 1976, Purvis Library was a member of the Pine Forest Regional Library System, and that year Purvis Library held its first "story hour" with 63 children. Friends of the Library and the Purvis Women's Club sponsored story hours and summer reading programs. Both groups held fund raisers, and donations were accepted for the library. The friends also offered library service to shut-ins and were responsible for proposing a new library building.
The new building, at the present location at 122 Shelby Speights Drive, had a ground-breaking ceremony in 1977. Lt. Governor Evelyn Gandy was speaker for the grand opening for the new library on April 9, 1978. Fifty percent of the cost was born by the Mississippi Library Commission, one forth by Lamar County and one forth by the City of Purvis. In 1994, the library was renovated.
In October 1997, the Board of Supervisors decided to pull out of the Pine Forest Regional Library System and create the present one-county, four branch public library system, which is headquartered at Purvis and is known as the Lamar County Library System.
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