Library. 75 Noonday record concerts were held at Thrall. Patrons
were permitted to borrow two albums per week and reminded to have
a high quality needle to use in listening to the records. 7.
Films were popular, too. Thrall bought its first film projector
and hosted film forums. Responding to community needs, the
Library purchased The New York Times Index and additional
reference materials for the students of the newly organized
Orange County Community College. 77
As the 1950's drew to a close Thrall had a new Director,
Eleanor S. Roe. Linda A. Aumick, currently Reference Supervisor
and acting Director at Thrall Library from the end of 1992 to May
1994 related that she was "superb" in her collection development
skills, especially in selecting non-fiction. Thrall became a
charter member of Ramapo Catskill Library System which was organized in 1959. For a brief time in Thrall's history Thrall
was designated as a co-central reference library by this newly
formed Library system. This designation reflected the strength
of Thral1's core collection. Thrall lost out to Newburgh Public
Library only because they had a slightly stronger, larger non
fiction collection.

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