Jim Thorpe hosted a special birthday party on Thursday night.

The Dimmick Memorial Library turned 125 years old and patrons celebrated at the Friends of the Dimmick Memorial Library garden."We wanted to do something to commemorate the occasion and for those who have supported the library over the years," said library director Mary Ann Kmetz.When Milton Dimmick died in 1884, nearly all of his estate, about $50,000, was to go to the library.The library was built and opened to the public on Oct. 1, 1890.At the time, it was open Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoon.Another huge monetary gift came in 1912, when Mary Packer Cummings bequeathed $25,000 to the library."That donation was added to the trust balance and actually still helps the library today," Kmetz said.An early morning fire destroyed the library on Dec. 13, 1979.It was moved across the street and then to the Methodist Social Hall on Fifth Street on the east side of town before relocating to its current site on Broadway in 1982."A lot has changed in 125 years," Kmetz said. "We have a lot of new computers. If you have a library card, you can now learn 81 different languages here."Amanda Turpin, a graphic design student at Carbon Career and Technical Institute, unveiled the library's new logo with a tree and colorful leaves.A new program, Kmetz said, will allow people to get their name in one of the library's books."For $20, you can get your name in the front of a book," she said. "We're calling it our 'Buy a Book' program and are running it as a trial through Christmas."With the library another year older, its board of trustees is expanding.Previously just three members strong, it is growing to nine people including representatives from the municipalities and the school district it serves."I'd be remiss if I also didn't thank the Friends of the Dimmick Library, who have been great supporters over the years," Kmetz said.The garden party began with the release of butterflies by Mari Gruber of the Bear Mountain Butterfly Sanctuary.Gruber said the butterflies would make a five-week trip to Mexico, where they would stay for the winter before returning to Texas to start laying eggs.