Norma Hart was instrumental in shaping the Hudson Area Library. She came to the library as a volunteer in the 1960s and has continued to have an active role for the past fifty years.
Her grandparents moved from Brooklyn to the town of Stottville, New York after WWI to open a boarding house called the Belair Hotel. Her grandfather was a butcher by trade. Her grandmother was French, and a wonderful cook. The hotel was used for summer boarders. During winters, workers from the Juilliard Woolen Mills took up residence.
Norma moved from New York City to Stuyvesant Falls when she was five years old. Her father came up on weekends, until he passed away. Her mother remarried a gentleman in Claverack, and they all relocated to Spook Rock Road.
Norma attended Hudson High School. In this interview, she recounts life at Hudson High School, the various after-school programs and clubs, and her active involvement in theater. She recalls watching basketball games, in which Hudson High School rivaled Saint Mary’s Academy at the Hudson Armory. While growing up, there were no public libraries.