AUBURN - Seymour Public Library will be honoring one of its longtime patrons with a special dedication ceremony of the Charles B. Goldman Garden on the south side of the building.
Jill Connor / The Citizen
Seymour Public Library director Sheila Mikkelson sits on one of the new benches installed in a new memorial garden behind the library. It will be dedicated in the memory of Charles B. Goldman next week.
Seymour Public Library director Sheila Mikkelson sits on one of the new benches installed in a new memorial garden behind the library. It will be dedicated in the memory of Charles B. Goldman next week.
Sheila Mikkelson, the library director, received an e-mail from Jay Goldman, Charles' son, last July saying the family wanted to honor their father and support the library at the same time. The entire project was funded by members of the Goldman family.
The Goldman family has a history of supporting projects in Cayuga County.
They have financed improvements and additions to the nature trail at Cayuga Community College, and the Ruth and Charles B. Goldman Memorial Scholarships award $3,000 annually to college-bound seniors of Auburn High School with interests and involvement in public affairs.
Jay Goldman is the editor of School Administrator magazine and an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Maryland. Marty, his younger brother, owns the Liberty Store in Auburn.
Tradition and supporting the community have always been components of the Goldman family history.
On the store's Web site, Marty wrote, “The Liberty Store has been in my family for four generations.
“Attention to detail and personal service were important to my grandfather Sam. It's just as important to me.”
“My father spent a lot of time in the library,” Marty said, speaking about the library garden memorial. “He was a voracious reader. We thought it would be a good idea to honor his memory.”
Mikkelson said Hermine Drossas, the library gardener, helped to design the garden.
“It took a lot of planning to have the garden laid out the way it is,” she said. “The benches don't have backs, so people can sit and look in either direction. We have perennials so we'll have flowers all season. We tried to find brick for the walkway that matches the brick of the building. There are two air conditioning units that will eventually be completely covered up by foliage.”
Seymour Public Library has been in its current site since 1903. Willard E. Case offered to pay for the cost of building the library as long at the building would be known as the Case Memorial, in honor of his parents. In 1973, more shelving space was added, and in 1993 the building was enlarged to allow for easier access and to be able to contain more books.
The public is welcome to the dedication, and anyone that knew the Goldmans is welcome to speak.
“The Goldman family has been very generous,” Mikkelson said. “A lot of people have already told us they remember the Goldmans. I would like to invite friends of the Goldmans to come to the ceremony to say a few words about them.”
If you go
What: Dedication of the Charles B. Goldman Garden
When: 1 p.m. Saturday, May 24
Where: Seymour Library, 176-178 Genesee St., Auburn
For more information: Contact the library at 252-2571
The Goldman family has a history of supporting projects in Cayuga County.
They have financed improvements and additions to the nature trail at Cayuga Community College, and the Ruth and Charles B. Goldman Memorial Scholarships award $3,000 annually to college-bound seniors of Auburn High School with interests and involvement in public affairs.
Jay Goldman is the editor of School Administrator magazine and an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Maryland. Marty, his younger brother, owns the Liberty Store in Auburn.
Tradition and supporting the community have always been components of the Goldman family history.
On the store's Web site, Marty wrote, “The Liberty Store has been in my family for four generations.
“Attention to detail and personal service were important to my grandfather Sam. It's just as important to me.”
“My father spent a lot of time in the library,” Marty said, speaking about the library garden memorial. “He was a voracious reader. We thought it would be a good idea to honor his memory.”
Mikkelson said Hermine Drossas, the library gardener, helped to design the garden.
“It took a lot of planning to have the garden laid out the way it is,” she said. “The benches don't have backs, so people can sit and look in either direction. We have perennials so we'll have flowers all season. We tried to find brick for the walkway that matches the brick of the building. There are two air conditioning units that will eventually be completely covered up by foliage.”
Seymour Public Library has been in its current site since 1903. Willard E. Case offered to pay for the cost of building the library as long at the building would be known as the Case Memorial, in honor of his parents. In 1973, more shelving space was added, and in 1993 the building was enlarged to allow for easier access and to be able to contain more books.
The public is welcome to the dedication, and anyone that knew the Goldmans is welcome to speak.
“The Goldman family has been very generous,” Mikkelson said. “A lot of people have already told us they remember the Goldmans. I would like to invite friends of the Goldmans to come to the ceremony to say a few words about them.”
If you go
What: Dedication of the Charles B. Goldman Garden
When: 1 p.m. Saturday, May 24
Where: Seymour Library, 176-178 Genesee St., Auburn
For more information: Contact the library at 252-2571
