The Menaker family has donated $30,000 to The Friends in memory of Edward and Elizabeth Menaker, both of whom were active community volunteers during their long years in Waynesboro. Ed and Betty Menaker moved to Waynesboro with their two sons, Dick and Larry, in 1955. They were one of over one hundred families who transferred from Schenectady, New

York when General Electric opened its Waynesboro plant. Ed was a decorated World War II veteran in the midst of an engineering and management career at GE, and Betty was a school teacher turned homemaker. Much more space than is available here would be needed to catalog their civic activities and leadership, but long-time members of The Friends can attest to their impact on, and the respect and affection which they engendered within, the Waynesboro community. In 2000, the City recognized Ed Menaker as its Volunteer of the Year; in 2008, the Junior Woman’s Club of Waynesboro presented its Outstanding Woman award to Betty Menaker.

Of particular importance to us as Friends of the Library was Ed Menaker’s role on the Library Board of Trustees in the mid-1960’s, when he advocated for a new library and then chaired the Building Committee as it oversaw the construction of the current library. In turn, Betty Menaker was a champion of childhood reading and provided close to forty years of reading assistance as a volunteer tutor to elementary school students. In 2003, the Shenandoah Valley Reading Council awarded her its Celebrate Literacy Award.

In recognition of the Menaker contribution, the Children’s Room at the Library was named the Betty and Ed Menaker Children’s Room.

---Kevin Ryan, President of the Friends of the Waynesboro Public Library

As of May 15, 2013

Patron

Shannon Bray Smith

Patricia Bailey, Kathryn Skinner, Shirley Wilson

O. L. & Judith A. Cook

Betty Johnson

Robert K. Browning

Marvin & Annette Schaff

Robert & Jill Sullivan

Lorain H. Kent

Thomas & Lisa Gray

Paul & Shirley Dana

Patricia Tuttle

Pat and Jim Cook

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Poland

Jenna Konizer

Mr. & Mrs. Asher Brand

Family

David & Florence Harrah

Keith & Ruby Willis

Catherine Wingfield-Yeatts & Harvey Yeatts, Jr.

Robert & Flora Walck

Ruth Parcells & Dan Murphy

Frances Scruby

Elizabeth Palmer

Ann M. Broyles

Donna L. Stanley

Bob and Dot Brining

Timothy & Angela Clopton

Allan & Genevieve Arneson

Paul & Donna Ownby

Robert & Carol Pardee

Mark & Pam Hammock

Harlan & Muriel Phillips

Don & Jeanne Hashagen

Gary & Judith Jones

Art and Anne Johnson

Rosemarie Tanner

Mr and Mrs. Max Alger

Michael and Lora Hamp

Dr. and Mrs. Charles Pauly

Individual

Polly McKinley

Dolly M. Hughes

Marie L. Lonas

Fredda Stone

Tom Trykowski

Nancy Proffitt

Julie Moyer

Bettie Powell

Dolores Goska

Jean C. Morgan

Doris Draper

Dorothy Trott

Barbara Reid

Life

Judith C. Anderson

Bruce E. Allen

Dallas Herrington

Mary Talbert

Dr. John R. Talbert

Rudolf Yobs

Michelle Mead

Unrestricted Donation

Patricia Bailey

Lawrence Menaker

Richard Menaker

Living Tribute

Anne Wood for Carolyn Seaholm

Memorial

William Hashagen from Don & Jeanne Hashagen

Gene Wood from Bird Heuchert

Karl Altau from M. Soom

Ragnar and Ann Thuresson from Linnea A. Thuresson

Gene Wood from the Wednesday Library Reading Club