Unique 'Diaries of Adelia Gobel' Local Author Study - Six-Week program hosted by Point Pleasant Borough Library

UNIQUE ‘DIARIES OF ADELIA GOBEL’ LOCAL AUTHOR STUDY SIX-WEEK PROGRAM

HOSTED BY POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH LIBRARY

FEBRUARY 10, 2011, POINT PLEASANT, NEW JERSEY— As part of the celebration of Women’s History Month, the Ocean County Library Point Pleasant Borough Branch is hosting a unique six-week author study of local, Point Pleasant resident and colorful character, Adelia Gobel.

Through reading of her six diaries dating from 1901 to 1905, the author study group will take a 6-week time travel back to the turn of the century to explore Point Pleasant in a very unique way. Gobel, while employed as a maid in the home of the town’s Presbyterian minister, Spencer C. Dickson and his wife, Daisy, wrote the diaries which were later transcribed and bound into a book by the Ocean County Historical Society. The Diaries provide an account of the activities in the Dickson home and church; names of local businesses patronized; and insight into Gobel’s thoughts and feelings.

The group will begin meeting Tuesday March 22 at 1:30 p.m. in the Point Pleasant Borough Branch. The remaining Tuesday meetings will be March 29, April 5, April 12, April 26, and May 3; all at 1:30 p.m.  Each week’s discussion will focus on a selected diary. This program is being sponsored by the Friends of the Point Pleasant Borough Branch. This program is free. However, registration is required. Those interested in joining the author study can contact the Point Pleasant Borough  Branch at 732-295-1555 or by visiting the Ocean County Library website: www.theoceancountylibrary.org.

The program is held at the Ocean County Library Point Pleasant Borough branch located at 834 Beaver Dam Road, Point Pleasant. For more information, please call the branch at 732-295-1555.