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Little Free Library
The Putnam Business Association dedicated a Little Free Library to Shirley Serafin last week at the Little River Acres. From left: Edwin Higgins, executor of the Serafin estate; Amanda Heibel and Dick Loomis, co-chairs of the PBA Membership Committee; and Lynn Converse, PBA secretary. Linda Lemmon photo.




By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — A fitting legacy.
The newest Little Free Library in the Quiet Corner went up recently at Little River Acres in honor of Shirley Serafin, one of the main sparkplugs behind the creation of Little River Acres.
The Putnam Business Association’s Membership Committee dedicated the free exchange library Dec. 8. Co-chairs of the committee, Richard Loomis and Amanda Heibel, said the $650 cost for the construction and installation of the library came from the estate of Peter Serafin. Estate executor, attorney Edwin Higgins, said the contribution was in their honor.
Loomis said that the Putnam Business Association asked Higgins if the estate would sponsor the library in honor of Shirley Serafin. Four short months later, the library was dedicated.
Loomis added that the library was installed the week before the dedication and saw use immediately. “It’s definitely in the right spot,” he said.
The Arc Eastern Connecticut will be restocking the library as needed, he said.
Heibel said the Little Free Library is registered and is on the Little Free Library map.
Shirley Serafin, Loomis said, was a founding director of the Board of Directors of the Putnam Baptist Homes — Little River Acres which built Little River Acres. “It was important to her,” Loomis said. A fitting legacy.

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