Yesterday's post recounted the founding of the Pompano Public Library in 1940.

The original library location on NE 1st Street was clearly temporary. Within four months, William L. Kester provided rent-free quarters for the library on the west side of Dixie Highway, just south of Hammondville Road.

The library grew rapidly, and soon there were plans to move to larger quarters. Once more, William Kester stepped in and donated land at NE 13th Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard -- the library's current location -- for a new library, which opened on June 16, 1952 at a cost of $38,000.