Leesville Leader, October 11, 1956 Librarian Named for Demonstration in Vernon Parish That Miss Margie Lynch has been named librarian for the Louisiana State Library’s yearlong Vernon Parish Library Demonstration, opening in November is announced by Miss Essae M. Culver, State Librarian, who says that the library services, will be distributed through-out the parish from the Demonstration’s headquarters to be located in the Leesville Courthouse. A graduate of the Library School at Louisiana State University, and an experienced librarian, Miss Lynch for the past year has been parish librarian for the Vermilion Parish Library, which has its headquarters in Abbeville. Prior to that she spent three years as assistant librarian at the Lake Charles Public Library. Miss Lynch is well known in this area, having been graduated from Lake Charles high School and attending McNeese Junior College for two years before she transferred to Louisiana State University. There she obtained her B.A. from the College of Arts and Sciences before entering the Library School. Her first library position was that of branch librarian for the West Monroe Branch of the Ouachita Parish Library, later she became the assistant librarian of the Avoyelles Parish Library in Marksville. A member of the American Library Association and the Louisiana Library Association, Miss Lynch is also active in the Quota Club, La Clique d’Etude of the General Federation, and Beta Sigma Phi. She lists her hobbies as including club and church work, with needlecraft enjoyed occasionally when time permits. The November date of opening for the Vernon Parish Library Demonstration has not yet been announced but work is going on in preparation for the event as the quarters formerly occupied by the school board in the Leesville Courthouse are now being repainted and shelving installed to hold the books to be sent by the Louisiana State Library. Added Fact: Margie Lynch passed away on September 23, 2000, but her love for libraries remained an important part of her legacy. In her will, she remembered several libraries, including the Vernon Parish Library.
— Brenda Franklin Assistant Director