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Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (January 17, 2003) - Northern Neck native Winifred Delano has retired from St. Margaret's School for the third time after serving as librarian for a combined total of almost 20 years. A lifelong resident of Reedville, Delano thought she had packed up her books for good in 1999. But when the school found itself without a librarian in 2002, Delano offered to return until one could be found. 
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Reedville resident Winifred Delano (right) recently retired as St. Margaret's School librarian. She is shown here with her successor, Dale Harter.
"You can't have a strong school without a strong librarian," said Head of School Margaret R. Broad. "The entire school community appreciates Winifred's dedication." "It was fun," Delano said of her earlier career, "so when they asked me if I would do it again, I said 'of course!'" When Delano retired on January 10 for what is perhaps the final time, she stayed at the school long enough to help orient her successor, former Richmond resident Dale Harter. Delano plans to remain in Reedville and visit St. Margaret's often. She began her SMS career in 1959 as history teacher and school librarian. In 1962, she married and left teaching to raise three children. Both daughters attended St. Margaret's School; Winifred graduated in 1982, Maria in 1988. Delano was watching a field hockey game in 1983 when then-Head of School Viola Woolfolk approached, asking her to work part-time in the library. Delano gladly accepted. What began as volunteer service eventually became full-time employment. Delano oversaw the planning of the Woolfolk Learning Center in 1991, which she helped design by visiting libraries in the region to gather ideas about organization. "It was like a dream," she said. Delano worked in the new library until her retirement four years ago. New SMS librarian Harter comes from Highland Springs, where he was assistant editor of the Library of Virginia's Virginia Cavalcade magazine, archivist for the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, and book reviewer for the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star. He earned his B.A. in history and journalism from James Madison University and both an M.L.I.S. in Library and Information Science and an M.A. in applied history from the University of South Carolina. He now resides in Tappahannock with his wife and daughter. |
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