Marion progress., 1949-03-17

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i'll County Librarian II
!, "Oh, St. Patrick was a gentleman,
+! Who came of decent people;
/ He built church in Dublin town,
/ And on it put steeple." {.
] from "St Patrick Was
i Gentleman"
F.; by Henry Bennett
Although St. Patrick's Day, Mar
ch IT, is not holiday anywhere in
the United States, it is celebrated
by Irishmen everywhere.
Young people will enjoy the story
of the Irish lad, "How Pat Got Good
Sense" by Charles J. Finger in our
new anthology, "More Favorite
Stories Old and New" selected by
Sidonie Matsner Gutenberg.
During February the Dysartsville
School borrowed ninety-two books
from the Bookmobile. When these
books were exchanged last Tuesday
for new titles, they had been circu-
lated eight hundred and one times.
In the Dysartsviile and Laurel
Hill communities one hundred and
fifty-one books were borrowed dur
ing January and February for home
reading from the collections kept by
Mrs H. C. Mcintosh and Mrs. w. F.
Blanton.
At Nebo School no record of
home circulation was kept, but dur
ing January and February the
teachers at Nebo School borrowed
three hundred and ninety-one books
from the Bookmobile for their pu-
pills
Miss Ruby Owensby of Nebo cir
culated one hundred and sixteen
books during January and February
from the Bookmobile collection
kept in her home.
The library appreciates the splen-
did cooperation in Marion of both
young people and adults during the
! days the library was closed while
the floors were being painted. AL
though the library was closed for
three days, the circulation totals for
February were larger than in Feb
ruary of last year. Last month
/ ho, ~.
home reading Of this number, 457
titles were books of nonfiction. In
! 1948 the total circulation for Feb
ruary was $40, and in 1947 the to-
tai circulation for February was
4 1, 246.
Among the new names added to
our registration files were: Donald
Greed Burleson, Carolyn Curry,
Syble Jean Hollifield, Mrs. Virgil
Mckinney, Alvin Hardin, Mrs. W.
S. Shiflet, Annie Ennis Plemmons,
Harold Sprinkle, Jimmie Ward, and
Sherill Dean Young.
! This weeks new books include
many titles on the. Home Demon
stration Club Reading List for 1949:
Farming and Democracy" by A.
W. Griswold-The author feels that
in full production, full employment
and full democracy, rather than in
subsidies and special privileges lies
the future of American farming.
'"The Hatfields and the McCoys"
by V. C. Jones-History of the
famed mountain feud of the last
century from the time a Hatfield
, and Mccoy went to court over
razor-back to the day, some sixty
years after that, when sons of the
leaders shook hands and had their
pictures taken.
Tourney Through the Bible" by
W. D. Ferguson--A layman inter
prets the Bible for other laymen in
a smooth, readable narrative which
will stimulate interest in the read
ing Of the Bible.
"You and Psychiatry" by William
c. Menninger-An introduction to
psychiatry with emphasis on parent
child relations and on developing
the mental health of small children.
'How to Think About Ourselves"
by B. w. Overstreet-A sound,
commonsense discussion of the ev-
eryday problems we face in our
changing civilization, some errors
we make in our destination and
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