Looking Back

Weir had charge of the fledgling library, ordered books, and opened it for research and study when not in the classroom.

In 1938, after Central School was rebuilt to replace the earlier building that was lost to fire in 1932, Josephine Weir became its full-time librarian and held that position until retiring from the local school system in 1968.

Mrs. Weir’s efforts in the 1920s and 1930s to provide study and library facilities for high school students in Kings Mountain nurtured their study and reading habits. They also instilled a life-long respect for reading and research in many of her students who, along with other residents of Kings Mountain, supported Haywood Lynch’s call for a public library in 1935 and 1936. (To be continued on March 8)