Marion progress., 1948-11-11
"Who, without books, essays
to learn,
Draws water in a leaky urn"
Henry Dobson

This week is American Education
Week. Next week, November IA to
20, is Book Week. Almost every
week in the year is some special
week. Books play an important part
in the celebration of each week and
of each holiday.
"Books Tell the Story" is the
theme for the 1948 celebration of
Book Week. The week will be OBJ
served by people of all ages through
out the nation and in many foreign
countries.
Perhaps the most worthwhile way
to celebrate Book Week is by read
ing. Let books tell the story for us
of our world from the beginning of
history-of the people and the lands
they live in; of the flora and funa
and other wonders of nature every
where; of the achievements of sci
ence from early times to the Atomic
Age; of animal life; of the arts and
industries; of great personalities and
periods; of religion; of fantasy and
folklore; of humor, adventure, and
mystery.
New books are added to the library
almost every day. New readers come
in often, too. Among the recent
registrations are Mrs. ]. NJ. Atkins,
James Arnold Bright, Della Carver,
i! Mrs. H. W. Copenhaver, Martha Sue
Dobbins, Jeniel Ellis, Will Erwin,
Howard W. Gouge, Betty Kathryn
Huffman, Bennie Jean Unison,
Charles Wayne Unison, Janetta
Margaret Jimision, Ross Mcintosh,
Bobby Morris, Jimmy Lou Murray,
Loretta Lee Silver, Mary Louise
Spratt, Mary Spurlin, Mrs. Howard
White, and Mrs. F. G. Wills.
Among the New Books
catalina" by w. S o m e e
Maugham-A mediocre story, but
readers who like Somerset Vaughan
will want to read his new novel
"Catalina'' is the story of a young
girl who had been trampled by a
bull and who was cured after her
prayers were graced with a vision
of the Virgin Mary.
Jonathan Fisher: Maine Parson"
by Mary Ellen Chase-Jonthan
Fisher was a Congregational minis
ter in Blue Hill, Maine, from 1894
to 1887. He was a farmer, a mission
ary, portrait and landscape paint
er, a wood-engraver, a writer of
poetry and prose, scientist, math-
ematician and surveyor, and father
of a large family, as we'll as a
country parson.
Russia Astride the Balkans" by
Robert Bishop and E. S. Rumania,
suppressed all freedom, looted the
country, installed fake govern
ment; as we'll as the inside story
Of King Michael's abdication. The
authors spent four years in Ru-
mania as political and economic OBJ
| servers-two under German rule
and two under the Soviet"
''Of Flight and Life" by Charles
A. Lindbergh-The famous flyer
gives his simple yet inspiring solu-
ton for a civilization threatened
with extinction by our present-day
standards of scientific materialism
"Secret Heart" by Vida Hurst;
"When Fortune Smiles" by Fern
Shepard; "The Romantic Journey"
by Anne Brooks; "Castle of --
by Anne Brooks "Castle of
Dreams" by Norma Newcomb-Iight
romances.
death and Lilacs" by Fred Bay
ard-mystery.
"Home Range" by Lynn Westland
western.
Among the New Books For
Young People
"Riding the Rails" by Elizabeth
Olds-A fascinating picture book
about the history of railroads; tell
ing how people used to be afraid
Of engines and the strange things
that happened on the first trains;
and showing how railroad was built
across the United States and the
different kinds of trains and signals
there are today.
"Wish on an Apple" by Shannon
Garst-With their father and moth
er, Dale and Larry have Travelled up
and down California, following the
crops, always hoping to find a per-
manent home somewhere. The hope
/ comes true in the orchard country
of Oregon. The story stretches over
an eventful apple-groWing season