Marion progress., 1949-01-20
BY MARY ALICE JONES

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By MARY ALICE JONES
All. children from ages five to ten
will appreciate Mary Alice Jones
"Tell Me About Prayer. They will
love the many simple prayers in
cluded, and will learn from them
to give expression to their own feel
ings of worship and praise.
Among the new picture books for
the little folk are: "Circus Time
by Marion Conger, ''Noises and Mr..
Flibberty-Jib" by Gertrude Cramp-
ton, Little Peewee" by Dorothy
Kunhardt, "Busy Timmy'' by Kath-
ryn jackson, cup in the Attic" by
Hilda Williams, and "Make Believe
by Frieda Friedman.
We regret that Mrs. Don Davis
has found it necessary to discontinue
library service to her community.
Bookmobile service will be con-
tinued to Cherry Springs Commun-
ity if any resident of the community
requests the service.
Mrs. Don Davis has kept a Book
mobile Collection in her home for
more than two years. She has given
generously of her time to help pro-
vide recreational and educational
reading for her neighbors. Adults
and children of all ages h a " e
"flocked" to her home to borrow
books. More books have been bor-
rowed from this Bookmobile Deposit
Station than from any other Book
mobile collection in the coun t y.
Thirty-nine adults and twenty -four
children registered with Mrs. Davis.
Through Mrs. Davis, they borrowed
3,2O6 Bockmobile b o o k, 81, ,503
adult fiction, sc adult non-fiction,
1,431 juvenile fiction, and 1876
juvenile non-fiction. When the last
books for Mrs. Davis Bookmobile
collection were returned to the
Bookniobile, the circulation count
IOI tiie HlieIoeh Oooho was olA'y
eight.
The library appreciate the books
given by Mrs. George Rowe: Lydia
Bailey" by Kenneth Roberts, "Im-
mortal Wife" by Irving Stone, and
"Papa Was a Preacher" by Alyene
Porter.
Readers will enjoy the popular
magazines given by Mrs. John Fin
ley, Mrs. J. F. Jonas, Mrs. Ralph
Rector, and Mrs. Joe Patton.
Among the new registrations at
the library in Marion: Leah Etrula
Atkins, Cecil James Barlow, Mrs.
J. C. Brown, Mrs. E. C. Carnes, Mr..
E. C. Carnes, Bobby Curtis, Phillip
Eugen Ellis, Dorothy Hensley,
Hannah Marie Hollar, Della Holli-
field, Dorothy Lee Hyatt, Jimmy
Dean Kanipe, Lois Jean Lingerfelt,
Mrs. w. A Mccall, Bobby Gene
Morgan, Cora Lee Morgan, Gerald
Murray, Eugene Padgett, Buford
Douglas Ross, and Harry Clay
Sprinkle.
Readers who have been asking for
light reading, such as romances,
westerns, nurse stories, and adven-
ture stories, will be interested in
the new additions to our book col
lection.
rs u an Merton, Civilian" by
Louise Logan, Hearts on Holiday
by Rebecca Marsh, "Nobody Loves
Forever by Margaretta Brucker,
'Fairest Of ALP by Roberta Court
land, Loving You Always" by
Peggy Gaddis, 'fThe Marrying
Kind" by Roberta Courtland, '"The
Dreams of Day" by Gay Rutherford,
"The Red River Crossing" by
Chuck Stanley, "Rawhide Sum-
mons" by Brett Austin, and "Broth-
ers Of the Brand" by Abel Shott.
The many readers of the Jalna
books will be interested in Mazo de
la Roche's new novel, "Mary Wake
field"-Story of the vigorous White
oaks, and especially of Adeline
Whiteoak, who rules Jalna as dow
ager queen. Of Philip the heir, and
of Mary Wakefield who is brought
oyer from England to be the gov
erness of Phillips two motherless
children.