Evening star., 1937-08-14
Library
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21rts have walked Ia mites 10 ask 'or
work One lad who has finished ne
fourth 2rs de. fod me he wa. distant
cousin OF Edgar Allen Poe. He WAS
nteres'e ed in poetry, and another Young
fellow Is trying his hsnd at verses
Practcs lily everv one OF rhem is plan
nIne % gel lack 10 school and soma
who have never been are hoping % 90
since they have experienced The pleas
ure books can give
HE books were their own advertise
ment everybody got interested
IN reaoing Old magazines were
brought from srtics and storerooms
and books were donated until Miss
Bournes office-she describes herself
as a non -prscticing LAWYER
standing room only" sign A library
building was needed so uhv not make
1T OF logs which are pientiful? The
logs came slipping Down the SNOWY
paths, men with some experience vol
nnteered their services and The N. Y.
A. came along with blueprinJs and
cspsb BILE supervisor. And so a fue
log library arose across from the court
house. 1t will proba ply be ou,erown
as library in a year OF so, but 1t
will make q fine community center.
1t is called The George F.. Becker
Library as token OF appreciation
for the gift OF more than thousand
volumes and Inc furniture from The
library Of Afhe late George F.. Becker
given by Mrs. Becker DR. Becker was
for 40 years geoIogist in charge of
the United States Geological Survey
and known in Washington as an emi-
nent scientist. On The Sienboard
bearing his name there is the pic
lure OF fireplace. painted by Mrs
Ellis Dickinson, because she says that
IN the hills the fireplace says, Come
right in"
1t Is an invitation that is accepted
with aiacrity snd about that wide
hearthstone many group will gather
and many q weary wanderer will stay
10 get warm and dry before starting
on the homeward way. The foot
hackers will still tramp over The hills.
but the lure of open shelves and wider
range Of choice will bring many to
the central library. which is rapidly
acquiring reference section. not to
go out, but be at hand for the use of
the student.
BY that fireplace stand historic
longs, poker and shovel made of
wrought iron and beaten ont under
the direction Of Gen. Robert e. Lee
At A forge on fhe Deakin place and
given by him TO William Deakin. an
oficer in the Confederate Army and
an uncle Of Mrs. Becker.
He list of those who have made
the library possible includes all
the well-known names in that vicinity,
There was encouragement at tlrst and
active help later from w. c. Chapman.
district director, and T. Edwin Burke.
State director of the N. Y. A., the
entire Cox family from fer and near.
W. M. Robbins, E. A. Deep. r. L. Shaw.
Mrs. Ellis Dickinson. John Lincoln.
&. s. Elliott John L. Runes and many
others.
No one need hesitate to send books
to this library, Miss Bourne saws.
Patrons are not standing in line wait
ing for the last best sellers" There
are hundreds Of people in Grayson
County who have never read The
Scarlet Letter." the first great Amer
1can mystery story, or The Gold
Bug" and THE Murder in the Rue
Morgue," forerunners of present-day
detective novels. Before them are the
thrills that an older generation knew
over "1vanhoe." Vanity Fair" 'Da-
vid Coppertield. Jane Eyre Adam
Bede.' Lies Miserables," Foul Play
and hundreds OF books that are read
and reread ss little present-da litera-
ture Is ever likely 70 be. 11nink what