October will naturally bring ghosties and goblins to the Library. We are planning a Halloween festivity for the children on Friday afternoon, October 29, 4-5 p.m., including a contest for best costumes. Parents are invited to come and enjoy, too.
Des Peres Library has been chosen as one of six branches in the Library system to have a copy of the CRIS (Community Resources Information Service) directory.
This directory gives detailed information on most of the social service agencies in the greater St. Louis area, so that now the librarians can be of help to persons with problems in areas such as finding day care facilities, finding help for drug problems or alcoholism, and many, many more.
The librarian can find an agency and give the person its name, or she can actually call the agency in the person’s behalf.
This is a new concept of library service, by which the library tries to help people with their problems. Realizing, too, that there are people in this neighborhood who are social workers, ministers, and other service persons, the Library is offering a demonstration for them on how to use the CRIS directory, on the evening of October 26, at 7:30 p.m.
Originally published in The Paper, October 1976.
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Original source: SD_Times1976_10.pdf, printed page(s) 8; PDF page(s) 8.
