I live at the Boyle Center and it is wonderful here. I tell everyone “they” cannot do enough for us. But that is not what I'm writing about.

Recently, our wonderful program director at Boyle, Maggie Wells, arranged a trip for we residents of Boyle to Cayuga Community College to the Norman F. Burke Memorial Library. This library is fantastic, spacious, beautiful and what it offers is unreal. But that is not what I am writing about.

The reason I am writing is to tell you we went to this library to see Ormie King's exhibit in a special room in a corner of the library. This special room contains 320, yes 320 albums of Ormie King's “Legends” of Auburn.

In the short time we were there (1 1/2 hours), I looked at only five or six of these interesting albums of “good old Auburn” - two or three containing clippings, menus, etc., of old restaurants that used to be in Auburn, albums about Holy Family High, Booker T. Washington, Neighborhood House, and I only had time to glance at “Old Homes of Auburn,” South Street and otherwise, when it was time to leave.

Ormie has done all of his albums into every category you could imagine - all on shelving and easy to find. It is unbelievable, the work, effort, thought and planning Ormie has put into this display.

I urge you all who have not been to this exhibit to try to go soon and partake of this enjoyable privilege to look at least at some of these fascinating albums. As the late Father Paul Cuddy used to say, “Do it now -- there is danger in delay.” (He was quoting another priest.) Most of us who would really and truly appreciate this collection are not getting any younger.

“Don't say I didn't tell you” (that's an old saying, too) about this great opportunity to reminisce. When we were leaving, we were asked to sign a guest book for Ormie, and I put in the comment, “I would like to live here and look at all the albums.”

Thank you, Ormie, for being the “Legendere” of the “Legends of Auburn.”

Joan Scollan Powers

Auburn