Jefferson Hills Library Summer Reading Program
The theme of the 2019 Summer Reading Program is “A Universe of Stories”
Pre-School (ages 3 to 6) will meet from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thursdays, June 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25
Elementary School will meet from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Tuesdays, June 18, 25, July 9, July 16, July 23.
We will be joined by Carnegie Science Center on July 23
for the “Solar Quest” program.
Teens will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Thursdays, June 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25
Note: Teens may volunteer to be aides for the program.
Hours will be recorded.
Registration Evening for Borough of Jefferson Hills Library
Summer Reading Program
Thursday, May 16 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
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Enjoy a FREE picnic dinner with your family
Sign up for Summer Reading Program
Checkout Summer Reading materials
Create your own celestial trail mix
• Note: if you are unable to attend the May
16 registration event, children can be
registered during regular library hours at
the Library.
Summer Reading Basket Giveaway!
Receive a ticket with each checkout June 1 through Jul 31
West Jefferson Hills Historical Society Programs
April, May, and June 2019
Community Rooms of the Jefferson Hills Municipal Building
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 7:00 P.M.
Air Force One: An Honor, Privilege, and Pleasure to Serve
– Society and community members are invited to hear the
amazing story of Western Pennsylvania resident, John L. Haigh,
Sr., who became a permanent member of Air Force One flight
crew on Sept. 1,1979. In his presentation, Mr. Haigh will highlight
the remarkable experiences he had on Air Force One during the
last sixteen months of the Carter administration, eight years with
President Ronald Reagan, and three and a half years as chief
steward for President George H. W. Bush. His story is guaranteed
to entertain. Signed copies of Mr. Haigh’s book will be available
for purchase at the price of $20.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 7:00 P.M.
The Battle of Homestead – “Over 125 years later, the
Homestead Strike of 1892 retains its capacity to shock. It was
a defining event which revealed in the starkest terms the
respective strength of labor and management in America in
the 1890’s.” WJHHS and community members are welcome to
attend this riveting account of local history presented by Jerry
Fitzgibbon, a volunteer at Rivers of Steel Heritage Area and
docent at the Pump House located on the site of the 1892 Battle.
These roles as well as his position on the Board of the Battle of
Homestead Foundation make Mr. Fitzgibbon eminently qualified
to chronicle this engaging historical event.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 7:00 P.M.
Pennsylvania’s Vanished Oil Boomtown of Pithole City –
WJHHS and community members are sure to enjoy listening to
Art Jennings relate this curious story of a Pennsylvania ghost
town. As the site of the first commercial oil well in the United
States, Pithole was listed on the National Register of Historic
Places in 1973. Its oil strikes in 1865 led to Pithole’s meteoric
rise. As oil production boomed, so did job opportunities. Within
one year, the city’s population peaked at about 20,000. In less
than five years, however, the oil wells began to dry up, and
Pithole saw a decline just as extreme as its rise. Few remnants
of the town exist today, but its memory lives on and its story is
preserved at the Pithole City visitor center.
WEST JEFFERSON HILLS
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SPRING 2019
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