‘Marion the Librarian’: 97-year-old St. Paul woman gets her first Minnesota library card

‘Marion the Librarian’: 97-year-old St. Paul woman gets her first Minnesota library card

Marion McCarthy was in seventh grade the first time she ever went to a library. “I’ll never forget to this day, walking in there and seeing all those books. I couldn’t get over it — I was just so excited. And from then on, I really liked the library a lot,” said McCarthy, who is originally from Detroit and moved to St. Paul in 2011 to be closer to her son. So McCarthy, still an avid reader at 97 years old, was again excited Friday when she recei…