Liam Boughton, 3, checks out the cake at Morton Grove Public Library's 75th anniversary celebration with his 8-year-old sister Elizabeth at Morton Grove Public Library on Feb. 16. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Morton Grove Village President Dan Staackmann visits Morton Grove Public Library's 75th anniversary celebration on Feb. 16. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Elizabeth Boughton, 8, drinks water at Morton Grove Public Library's 75th anniversary celebration on Feb. 16. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

To celebrate Morton Grove Public Library's 75th anniversary, Library Director Pam Leffler, right, and Nancy Brothers, Coordinator of Programming and Public Relations, served cake to library patrons, including Doris France of Morton Grove on February 16, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Doug Washer of Skokie writes down his favorite memory of the Morton Grove Public Library during Morton Grove Public Library's 75th anniversary celebration in Morton Grove, Illinois on February 16, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Zayaan Dadwani, 4, of Glenview eats cake at Morton Grove Public Library's 75th anniversary celebration in Morton Grove, Illinois on February 16, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

From left, Coordinator of Programming and Public Relations Nancy Brothers and Adult Services Librarian Abby Annala set up balloons for Morton Grove Public Library's 75th anniversary celebration in Morton Grove, Illinois on February 16, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media

Morton Grove Village President Dan Staackmann and John Pietron look at a photo exhibit at Morton Grove Public Library in Morton Grove, Illinois on February 16, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media