Linebaugh Library Celebrates 75th Anniversary

(MURFREESBORO)  It was 1942 that a Murfreesboro native living in Florida learned that his hometown had no library.  Henry T. Linebaugh was inspired to make a $5,000 donation toward the creation of a public library in his hometown. There was one stipulation--that it be named for his mother, Mattie V. Linebaugh.
The Linebaugh Public Library was established in the winter of 1947, and formally opened on April 1, 1948, in the old Hale home at Central Memorial Park.  Myla Parsons was t ...

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