The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-11-21
LIBRARY NOTES

Book Week proved to be ar
exceedingly busy one at the L.
brary. Hundreds OF visitors
both children and adults vieWec
the many interesting new chill
dren's books that were on dis
play in the neWly-created chill
dren's room located in the base
ment.
All the children in the loca.
grade school and most OF the
local high school students Wis
tied the library in classes dur
ing the week and received IN
struction on how to use the u
brary.
A Book Week poster contest
for the high school art class was
sponsored by the library. A
number of attractive posters
were made and the awards were
given as follows by the judges
Mrs. Dorothy Durkin and Mrs
Jessie Hawks: first, Marie Bent
ley; second, Ruth George; third
Maxim Lawrence.
A doll contest for all the
schools in the county was also
sponsored by the library. Each
school was invited to dress one
doll as a book character and
send to the library. The school
sending in the best doll to re-.
ceive a book for their school
library as prize. The children
in that school to select the book
they wish for their library. The
second grade room OF the st
Xavier school was awarded the
prize for a doll dressed as Little
Red Ridinghood which was en-
tirely handmade. The teacher
Miss Abel DUEL. Honorable men
ton was given to the eighth
grade of the Hardin school for
the doll dressed as "Gerda in
Sweden" The teacher is Miss
Vernetta Shepperd. The judges
were Mrs. Jay Ernest and Mrs
Orrin Weir.
Nearly 100 people, children
and adults from Crow Agency
Lodge Grass, St. Xavier, Wyola
and Hardin attended the Book
Week program Saturday after
noon, November Is.
The following program was
given:
Piano solo, Robert Lewis; play
Finer Fairies given by II
small children and directed by
Blanche Riplett; violin solo, Bill
Meister of Lodge Grass; violin
solo, Jim Meister of Lodge
Grass; book charadeS, by nine
children; piano quartet, Mary
Ann Koebbe, Mary Agnes Zelka
Sonia Jacobson and Tommy
Sawyer.
First prize in book charades
was won by Dean Iverson
dressed as Tom Sawyer. The
prize is a book, to be chosen by
Dean for his own library. Hon.
orable mention for outstanding
performances goes 10 Marion
Pitsch dressed as Evangelint
and Mary Ann Koebbe as thu
Blue Fairy from Pinnochio. Thu
charades were judged by Mrs
T. L. Dehnert, Mrs. Willar,
Scott and Mrs. Carl Meister o
Lodge Grass.
An exhibit that created con
siderable interest among botl
children and adults was a col
lection of original drawings b,
sixth grade Navajo Indian chill
dren of New Mexico. These Chi
dren wrote and illustrated {
book called "Colored Land" TIL,
drawings are vivid and snow
marked talent. This exhibit wa
loaned to the library for tn,
Book Week display by Miss Ros,
K. Brandt of Billings, Superin
tendent of Indian Education
who edited the book.
Nearly 500 new books are be
ing added to the shelves thi
week, including over 200 ney
children's books. A iis5 of tn
new adult books will be printc'
in tint; paper from tine t. tir,
" :l:fLlin the patrons of the Ii
braly over the county what ha
been added.
We. at the library, wish to tx
ten'l our thanks to all thsS
WHO helped to make our Boo
Week a Success-to Che judge
Ct tie various contests, to IN, )
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