The Women'S Institute Of Benito Was Active In Forming A Library In Benito. With The Results Of A Petition And A Presentation Made To The Village Council, A Library Vote Was Held In The Fall Of 1964. The Vote Was Carried In Favor Of Benito And Also Of Swan River To Establish A Regional Library Within The Two Communites. An Organizational Meeting Was Held In Swan River Town Office On March 22, 1965.
Mennonites have been around for almost 500 years. Early leaders rejected the state church's control over peoples' lives. Mennonite ideas and insistence on separation between church and state are equally important today, when some governments in the global community attempt to suppress the rights of individuals and non-conformist communities.