Don Steider has finished some of the cherry end panels for the shelving in the library. In the central area of the library, the low shelving has end panels and tops. This gives a nice finished look to the shelves and also makes a convenient place to lay out books for reading. Mark Gingerich and Moriah Hurst love the finished look of the clear coated cherry.
Eventually there will be end panels on the tall shelving too as you can see in the background of this picture looking up to the north wing. Only four of these panels are finished so far but more will come soon.
Waldo Neufeld, AMBS Board member, spent the past month as a volunteer here at AMBS along with his wife Elinor. Waldo devoted much of his time to sanding, finishing and installing the end panels. Thank you Waldo!
We are in the final stages of preparations for the Fiftieth Anniversary
Celebration (tomorrow, April 25) and the dedication of the Library and Campus Center (Saturday. April 26). Earlier this week, Rosanna McFadden and Mary Klassen put the finishing touches on a display of books from the libraries that preceeded the AMBS in Elkhart. We have books from the Elkhart Institute, Goshen College, Goshen College Biblical Seminary, Witmarsum Seminary (Bluffton, Ohio) and Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Bible School in Chicago. The display also includes artifacts from China donated by Aganetha Fast who was a missionary there from 1917 to 1950. Books that Aganetha donated to the AMBS library give a fascinating glimpse into the life of a single woman serving in China.
