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Events in September 2024

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September 1, 2024
September 2, 2024(1 event)

All day: CLOSED- Labor Day

All day
September 2, 2024

September 3, 2024
September 4, 2024(2 events)

10:30 am: Preschool Storytime


September 4, 2024

Join us for a storytime designed for children preschool ages as we share, grow, play and learn together through books and nursery rhymes.
* Stories
* Craft time
* Activities & Playtime
* Snack timenursery rhymes clipart 10 free Cliparts | Download images on Clipground ...

6:00 pm: Crochet Class


September 4, 2024

Crochet Class meets every Wednesday at 6:00 PM!
For beginners and those that love crochet!  Come learn to crochet or bring a project along.  No fee to join the class.  If you would like individual instruction to get started, beginner crochet lessons are available for $10.
For more information e-mail kayeh928@gmail.com

watercolor drawing. a ball of wool and a crochet hook. needlework ...

September 5, 2024
September 6, 2024(1 event)

10:00 am: Historic Mercersburg Walking Tour- FREE


September 6, 2024

Historic Mercersburg Walking Tour- FREE
This free tour will begin at the Fendrick Library
All ages are welcome to attend!
Presented by the Mercersburg Historical Society
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. - David Rumsey ...

September 7, 2024
September 8, 2024
September 9, 2024(1 event)

6:00 pm: Chess for All Ages!


September 9, 2024

All ages are invited to play chess this summer at the Fendrick Library at 20 N Main Street in Mercersburg. Starting this fall bring your chess set to play on Monday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Neil Coleman of Mercersburg has donated several chess sets and he will help novices of all ages learn the rules of this fascinating game. If you have a game board and pieces or chess books that are collecting dust, please donate them to the library for our friends to use. Or better yet — bring them in to play and join the fun!

Chess had its beginning in India 1400 years ago and is known as the "Royal Game." The rules we play by were finalized in 1880. It has many benefits for minds of all ages. Our game evenings are great for kids and adults to put aside their blue screens on cell phones and tablets and have fun in a social setting. The game of chess improves concentration, pattern recognition, problem solving, and teaches lessons in risk and reward. Play a calculated but risky move, and it may lead to a quick win or rapid loss. Chess is recognized as an activity that can help preserve memory and cognitive skills. Chess teaches all players an important lesson: Success comes from accumulating small advantages. It's one of the secrets of life!

September 10, 2024
September 11, 2024(2 events)

10:30 am: Preschool Storytime


September 11, 2024

Join us for a storytime designed for children preschool ages as we share, grow, play and learn together through books and nursery rhymes.
* Stories
* Craft time
* Activities & Playtime
* Snack timenursery rhymes clipart 10 free Cliparts | Download images on Clipground ...

6:00 pm: Crochet Class


September 11, 2024

Crochet Class meets every Wednesday at 6:00 PM!
For beginners and those that love crochet!  Come learn to crochet or bring a project along.  No fee to join the class.  If you would like individual instruction to get started, beginner crochet lessons are available for $10.
For more information e-mail kayeh928@gmail.com

watercolor drawing. a ball of wool and a crochet hook. needlework ...

September 12, 2024
September 13, 2024(1 event)

7:00 pm: 79th Annual Mercersburg Halloween Parade


September 13, 2024

September 14, 2024
September 15, 2024
September 16, 2024(1 event)

6:00 pm: Chess for All Ages!


September 16, 2024

All ages are invited to play chess this summer at the Fendrick Library at 20 N Main Street in Mercersburg. Starting this fall bring your chess set to play on Monday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Neil Coleman of Mercersburg has donated several chess sets and he will help novices of all ages learn the rules of this fascinating game. If you have a game board and pieces or chess books that are collecting dust, please donate them to the library for our friends to use. Or better yet — bring them in to play and join the fun!

Chess had its beginning in India 1400 years ago and is known as the "Royal Game." The rules we play by were finalized in 1880. It has many benefits for minds of all ages. Our game evenings are great for kids and adults to put aside their blue screens on cell phones and tablets and have fun in a social setting. The game of chess improves concentration, pattern recognition, problem solving, and teaches lessons in risk and reward. Play a calculated but risky move, and it may lead to a quick win or rapid loss. Chess is recognized as an activity that can help preserve memory and cognitive skills. Chess teaches all players an important lesson: Success comes from accumulating small advantages. It's one of the secrets of life!

September 17, 2024
September 18, 2024(2 events)

10:30 am: Preschool Storytime


September 18, 2024

Join us for a storytime designed for children preschool ages as we share, grow, play and learn together through books and nursery rhymes.
* Stories
* Craft time
* Activities & Playtime
* Snack timenursery rhymes clipart 10 free Cliparts | Download images on Clipground ...

6:00 pm: Crochet Class


September 18, 2024

Crochet Class meets every Wednesday at 6:00 PM!
For beginners and those that love crochet!  Come learn to crochet or bring a project along.  No fee to join the class.  If you would like individual instruction to get started, beginner crochet lessons are available for $10.
For more information e-mail kayeh928@gmail.com

watercolor drawing. a ball of wool and a crochet hook. needlework ...

September 19, 2024
September 20, 2024(2 events)

All Ages: Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

All Ages
September 20, 2024

The Fendrick Library’s Image result for free pumpkin clipart
Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Who can enter?         All Ages

When do I enter?      Sept. 20th – Oct. 16th

What are the rules?  Decorate a pumpkin or gourd
(real or artificial) like your favorite book character
or literary theme and drop it off at the library.
*NO CARVED PUMPKINS ACCEPTED*
What do I win?     One winner will be selected from
each age category. Each winner will receive $25
and a spooky surprise!

When are winners announced?  Monday Oct. 28th

*PLEASE PICK UP PUMPKINS OCT. 30th- NOV. 6th*

7:00 pm: Fendrick Library Book Group


September 20, 2024

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett’s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew.

But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm—the wily, charismatic Duchess and earnest, offbeat Woolly—have stowed away in the trunk of the warden’s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett’s future, one that will take the four of them on a fateful journey in the opposite direction to the city of New York.

Spanning ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles’s third novel is a multilayered tale of misadventure and self-discovery, populated by an eclectic cast of characters, from drifters who make their home riding the rails and larger-than-life vaudevillians to the aristocrats of the Upper East Side. An absorbing, exhilarating ride, The Lincoln Highway is a novel as vivid, sweeping, and moving as readers have come to expect from Towles’s work.

-https://www.amortowles.com

 

September 21, 2024
September 22, 2024
September 23, 2024(2 events)

All Ages: Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

All Ages
September 23, 2024

The Fendrick Library’s Image result for free pumpkin clipart
Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Who can enter?         All Ages

When do I enter?      Sept. 20th – Oct. 16th

What are the rules?  Decorate a pumpkin or gourd
(real or artificial) like your favorite book character
or literary theme and drop it off at the library.
*NO CARVED PUMPKINS ACCEPTED*
What do I win?     One winner will be selected from
each age category. Each winner will receive $25
and a spooky surprise!

When are winners announced?  Monday Oct. 28th

*PLEASE PICK UP PUMPKINS OCT. 30th- NOV. 6th*

6:00 pm: Chess for All Ages!


September 23, 2024

All ages are invited to play chess this summer at the Fendrick Library at 20 N Main Street in Mercersburg. Starting this fall bring your chess set to play on Monday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Neil Coleman of Mercersburg has donated several chess sets and he will help novices of all ages learn the rules of this fascinating game. If you have a game board and pieces or chess books that are collecting dust, please donate them to the library for our friends to use. Or better yet — bring them in to play and join the fun!

Chess had its beginning in India 1400 years ago and is known as the "Royal Game." The rules we play by were finalized in 1880. It has many benefits for minds of all ages. Our game evenings are great for kids and adults to put aside their blue screens on cell phones and tablets and have fun in a social setting. The game of chess improves concentration, pattern recognition, problem solving, and teaches lessons in risk and reward. Play a calculated but risky move, and it may lead to a quick win or rapid loss. Chess is recognized as an activity that can help preserve memory and cognitive skills. Chess teaches all players an important lesson: Success comes from accumulating small advantages. It's one of the secrets of life!

September 24, 2024
September 25, 2024(3 events)

All Ages: Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

All Ages
September 25, 2024

The Fendrick Library’s Image result for free pumpkin clipart
Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Who can enter?         All Ages

When do I enter?      Sept. 20th – Oct. 16th

What are the rules?  Decorate a pumpkin or gourd
(real or artificial) like your favorite book character
or literary theme and drop it off at the library.
*NO CARVED PUMPKINS ACCEPTED*
What do I win?     One winner will be selected from
each age category. Each winner will receive $25
and a spooky surprise!

When are winners announced?  Monday Oct. 28th

*PLEASE PICK UP PUMPKINS OCT. 30th- NOV. 6th*

10:30 am: Preschool Storytime


September 25, 2024

Join us for a storytime designed for children preschool ages as we share, grow, play and learn together through books and nursery rhymes.
* Stories
* Craft time
* Activities & Playtime
* Snack timenursery rhymes clipart 10 free Cliparts | Download images on Clipground ...

6:00 pm: Crochet Class


September 25, 2024

Crochet Class meets every Wednesday at 6:00 PM!
For beginners and those that love crochet!  Come learn to crochet or bring a project along.  No fee to join the class.  If you would like individual instruction to get started, beginner crochet lessons are available for $10.
For more information e-mail kayeh928@gmail.com

watercolor drawing. a ball of wool and a crochet hook. needlework ...

September 26, 2024
September 27, 2024(1 event)

All Ages: Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

All Ages
September 27, 2024

The Fendrick Library’s Image result for free pumpkin clipart
Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Who can enter?         All Ages

When do I enter?      Sept. 20th – Oct. 16th

What are the rules?  Decorate a pumpkin or gourd
(real or artificial) like your favorite book character
or literary theme and drop it off at the library.
*NO CARVED PUMPKINS ACCEPTED*
What do I win?     One winner will be selected from
each age category. Each winner will receive $25
and a spooky surprise!

When are winners announced?  Monday Oct. 28th

*PLEASE PICK UP PUMPKINS OCT. 30th- NOV. 6th*

September 28, 2024(1 event)

9:00 am: Fendrick Library Used Book Sale/Townfest


September 28, 2024

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Fendrick Library Used Book Sale during the Mercersburg Townfest - Rain or Shine 9 AM- 3 PM, browse a huge used book selection indoors at the Fendrick Library! All books at the sale are donated by generous community members! Great prices and many genres to choose from: biographies, novels, classic literature, cookbooks, children’s, young adult, health, recreation, religion, history, FREE Magazines and much more! All proceeds benefit the Fendrick Library, thank you for your continued support!

Please call the library for more information, 717-328-9233.

September 29, 2024
September 30, 2024(3 events)

All Ages: Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

All Ages
September 30, 2024

The Fendrick Library’s Image result for free pumpkin clipart
Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Who can enter?         All Ages

When do I enter?      Sept. 20th – Oct. 16th

What are the rules?  Decorate a pumpkin or gourd
(real or artificial) like your favorite book character
or literary theme and drop it off at the library.
*NO CARVED PUMPKINS ACCEPTED*
What do I win?     One winner will be selected from
each age category. Each winner will receive $25
and a spooky surprise!

When are winners announced?  Monday Oct. 28th

*PLEASE PICK UP PUMPKINS OCT. 30th- NOV. 6th*

6:00 pm: Chess for All Ages!


September 30, 2024

All ages are invited to play chess this summer at the Fendrick Library at 20 N Main Street in Mercersburg. Starting this fall bring your chess set to play on Monday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Neil Coleman of Mercersburg has donated several chess sets and he will help novices of all ages learn the rules of this fascinating game. If you have a game board and pieces or chess books that are collecting dust, please donate them to the library for our friends to use. Or better yet — bring them in to play and join the fun!

Chess had its beginning in India 1400 years ago and is known as the "Royal Game." The rules we play by were finalized in 1880. It has many benefits for minds of all ages. Our game evenings are great for kids and adults to put aside their blue screens on cell phones and tablets and have fun in a social setting. The game of chess improves concentration, pattern recognition, problem solving, and teaches lessons in risk and reward. Play a calculated but risky move, and it may lead to a quick win or rapid loss. Chess is recognized as an activity that can help preserve memory and cognitive skills. Chess teaches all players an important lesson: Success comes from accumulating small advantages. It's one of the secrets of life!

October 1, 2024(1 event)
October 2, 2024(5 events)

All Ages: Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

All Ages
October 2, 2024

The Fendrick Library’s Image result for free pumpkin clipart
Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Who can enter?         All Ages

When do I enter?      Sept. 20th – Oct. 16th

What are the rules?  Decorate a pumpkin or gourd
(real or artificial) like your favorite book character
or literary theme and drop it off at the library.
*NO CARVED PUMPKINS ACCEPTED*
What do I win?     One winner will be selected from
each age category. Each winner will receive $25
and a spooky surprise!

When are winners announced?  Monday Oct. 28th

*PLEASE PICK UP PUMPKINS OCT. 30th- NOV. 6th*

10:00 am: Used BOOK SALE


October 2, 2024

OPEN OCT. DURING NORMAL LIBRARY HOURS. USED AND VINTAGE BOOKS INCLUDING FICTION, NONFICTION, CHILDREN’S AND TEENS’ BOOKS, PUZZLES, DVDS AND MORE!
PAPERBACKS $.50 AND HARDBACKS $1.00, VINTAGE BOOKS $10.00 DONATIONS. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE BENEFIT THE FENDRICK LIBRARY.

10:30 am: Preschool Storytime


October 2, 2024

Join us for a storytime designed for children preschool ages as we share, grow, play and learn together through books and nursery rhymes.
* Stories
* Craft time
* Activities & Playtime
* Snack timenursery rhymes clipart 10 free Cliparts | Download images on Clipground ...

6:00 pm: Crochet Class


October 2, 2024

Crochet Class meets every Wednesday at 6:00 PM!
For beginners and those that love crochet!  Come learn to crochet or bring a project along.  No fee to join the class.  If you would like individual instruction to get started, beginner crochet lessons are available for $10.
For more information e-mail kayeh928@gmail.com

watercolor drawing. a ball of wool and a crochet hook. needlework ...

October 3, 2024(1 event)
October 4, 2024(4 events)

All Ages: Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

All Ages
October 4, 2024

The Fendrick Library’s Image result for free pumpkin clipart
Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Who can enter?         All Ages

When do I enter?      Sept. 20th – Oct. 16th

What are the rules?  Decorate a pumpkin or gourd
(real or artificial) like your favorite book character
or literary theme and drop it off at the library.
*NO CARVED PUMPKINS ACCEPTED*
What do I win?     One winner will be selected from
each age category. Each winner will receive $25
and a spooky surprise!

When are winners announced?  Monday Oct. 28th

*PLEASE PICK UP PUMPKINS OCT. 30th- NOV. 6th*

10:00 am: Used BOOK SALE


October 4, 2024

OPEN OCT. DURING NORMAL LIBRARY HOURS. USED AND VINTAGE BOOKS INCLUDING FICTION, NONFICTION, CHILDREN’S AND TEENS’ BOOKS, PUZZLES, DVDS AND MORE!
PAPERBACKS $.50 AND HARDBACKS $1.00, VINTAGE BOOKS $10.00 DONATIONS. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE BENEFIT THE FENDRICK.

5:00 pm: Local Author Visit


October 4, 2024

"The Spring House People" by Connie Leasure Harnish

October 5, 2024(1 event)