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The Dahl family May 24

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 24, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 25, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family The Dahls wanted to get out in the beautiful sunshine before the day gets too hot. We have lovely benches and a pretty garden behind the Pember. This overlooks the beautiful Mettowee River. … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 23

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 23, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 25, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Ruth celebrated in style yesterday when the gang threw her a birthday party. She shares her birthday with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (b. 22 May 1859). She couldn’t wait to curl up with … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 22

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 22, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 25, 2020

The adventures of the Dahl family continues… David and Ella thought they would check out the Museum’s gift shop. Wow, look at these cool shells, said David. And they are free, said Ella. There are a lot of items in … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 21

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 21, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 25, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family We finally talked Elvis into doing a concert for us! Marie Davis and Jennie Kent roomed together in college. Jennie told us about taking naps before her afternoon psychology class and the music … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 20

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 20, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 21, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family People have been asking “what do the Dahls do at night?” Well, sometimes they order in pizza: “Hey guys, hurry up! The pizza’s almost gone!” Occasionally, they get together on Bernie’s desk in … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 19

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 19, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 21, 2020

The adventures of the Dahl family continues… At present over 700 different species of dinosaurs have been identified and named. However paleontologists believe that there are many more new and different dinosaur species still to be discovered. The Dahl family … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 18

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 17, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 16, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family OK, I’ve never played scrabble in French before. Ami Amour Baguette Bonheur Bonjour Chat Chien Merci Oui Do you think Spanish would be easier ? Uno Dos Tres Quatro Cinco

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The Dahl family May 17

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 17, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 16, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Grace: “What is the 518 Rainbow hunt?” Eliza: “Why are you painting a rainbow?” Ella: “It gives people something to do, being outdoors, being with family while we are being socially distant during … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 16

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 16, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 16, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Well, David, I know you told Mary you would help her with the book processing, but I’m not sure you’re doing it right.

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The Dahl family May 15

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 15, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 16, 2020

The adventures of the Dahl family continues… Hannah decided to sneak away from the family for a much-needed outdoor break. She decided to visit the Pember Nature Preserve for a bird walk. Anyone can do this using a bird book … Continue reading →

NOTICE: Pember board meeting cancelled

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 15, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 16, 2020

There is no business to come before the board for this month. This month’s meeting is cancelled. We plan to meet at our regular scheduled time in June.

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The Dahl family May 14

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 14, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 16, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Jo-Ann & Jennie are doing research on pandemics. They found this info from the 1915-16 Pember Library reports that discusses the effect the scarlet fever epidemic had on library circulation and use.

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The Dahl family May 13

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 13, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 16, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family We just L♥ve Lucy! She let us groom her and then we had story time. Dewey was our favorite. Another library cat!

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The Dahl family May 12

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 12, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 16, 2020

The adventures of the Dahl family continues… It’s story time in the Museum which offers a small table with children’s book for reading. Marie and Ella joined up with a Scarlet Macaw puppet to read Help the Animals of South … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 11

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 11, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 13, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family This is Alice Merrill. She’s still in high school back in Grinnell. She works part-time at “Lil’ Miss Chic Boutique” and is saving her money to go to college to become a journalist. … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 10

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 10, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 13, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family The Dahl family and their cousins wish they could be home to celebrate Mother’s Day as they usually do but, with the many social limitations of this pandemic, they decided to do a … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 9

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 9, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 13, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Ruth and David have been playing chess against each other for years. They are pretty evenly matched. They really like our glass chess set but wonder why we don’t have a 3D set. … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 8

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 8, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 13, 2020

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The Dahl family May 7

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 7, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 7, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Look guys! These books are written by Roald Dahl. Didn’t Grammy say we were related somehow to this guy? Like fourth cousin two times removed, whatever that means? I just love Charlie & … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 6

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 7, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 7, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family… Marie visited the Museum today and exclaimed “Oh my, what big teeth you have!” Wait Marie, It’s NOT the Big Bad Wolf, it’s a Grizzly Bear! (skull and fur) What is a Grizzly Bear? … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 5

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 5, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 5, 2020

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family… Ella loves horses. She wondered if Grandpa Mike had horses? We couldn’t really find any information either way on that but we found these pictures in our local history section. Here’s Ella inspecting … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 4

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 5, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 5, 2020

The continuing saga of the Dahl family Ruth reminded me that today is Star Wars day. She told me the story of going to the drive-in when she was attending the University of Iowa in 1977. She said “I can’t … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 3

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 5, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 5, 2020

The continuing saga of the Dahl family at the Pember Ruth disappeared for a while and I finally found her out near our tower garden. I’m still not sure how she opened the door to the elevator area. Maybe Lucy … Continue reading →

The Dahl family May 2

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on May 5, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMay 5, 2020

The continuing saga of the Dahl family at the Pember Grace works at the Grinnell-Newburg CSD. She is the advisor for their yearbook committee so she was interested in looking through the Blue & Gold we have available at the … Continue reading →

Let’s Spring into Summer Reading

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on April 23, 2020 by Ardyce BresettApril 23, 2020

http://pember.ny11.readsquared.com/ The Summer Reading program inspires children, teens and families to keep reading and continue to develop lifelong learning skills. The Pember Library has teamed with the Southern Adirondack Library System and NY State to bring you ReadSquared, an online … Continue reading →

April Pember Board Meeting

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on April 14, 2020 by Ardyce BresettApril 23, 2020

In keeping with Executive Order 202.1 (regarding emergency adjustments to the Open Meetings Law in response to the Covid-19 pandemic), the public is not permitted in-person access to this meeting, and the meeting shall be held remotely via GoToMeeting. As … Continue reading →

Online Concert with Dave Ruch

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on April 10, 2020 by Ardyce BresettApril 10, 2020

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 12 PM – 12:40 PM We can’t bring Dave to the Pember during this time of isolation so Dave is doing  the next-best thing, performing online through Facebook Live for our enjoyment. Join performer and … Continue reading →

CoVid-19 and Businesses in Granville

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on April 4, 2020 by Ardyce BresettApril 4, 2020

The Washington County Tourism site has a tab about Covid-19 and how we are managing in our little corner of the world. They said: “Many of our small and larger businesses are being directly effected by the restrictions placed on … Continue reading →

NOTICE: PEMBER BOARD MEETING CANCELLED

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on March 26, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMarch 26, 2020

There is no business to come before the board for this month. This month’s meeting is cancelled. We plan to meet at our regular scheduled time in April.

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Peapods cancelled

The Pember Museum and Library, Granville New York Posted on March 13, 2020 by Ardyce BresettMarch 13, 2020

The Peapods preschool group will be cancelled for the next two weeks, March 17 & 24. At that time, we will re-evaluate the situation with the corona virus and resume the group or extend the cancellation. Thank you for your … Continue reading →

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