Rob Gore returns a book borrowed from the old Alva City Library by his father or an uncle. The library waived the approximately $365 fine accrued in the 100 year late fee.
Around mid-April, Alva Public Library received an unusual phone call. A man named Rob Gore called in to let the staff know he had in his possession a very interesting library book. The book was one belonging to the Alva City Library that his dad or one of his uncles had checked out at some point in the 1920s, making the book likely over 100 years overdue.
Bob Gore wrote in his own words, "My grandparents, Earl James Gore and Cleo (Stech) Gore, got married during the 19teens and moved to Belen, New Mexico, in the very early 1920s. He worked for the railroad at the time and was seeking a better...
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