Roberta Smith, right, signs in at the Bethany Public Library’s open house celebrating the 100th anniversary of the library on Friday afternoon. She is pictured with 1920’s-era flapper girl Lori Luellen, a member of the library board.
Bethany, MO: James F. Muench, a professor and author based in Columbia, Missouri, likes to remember the times he spent browsing books at the Bethany Public Library during his summer visits to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Moulthrop.