MAV, 1943
THE ECHO
PAGE FIVE
Two Ecusta Employees Discuss Library Facilities
THEY AGREE THAT
LIBRARY AH^RDS
HNE OPPORTUNin
Contains All Kinds Of Good
Books, Magazines And
Newspapers
BY AN EMPLOYEE
Bill asked me today why I spend
so much of my time in the library
and why I am always taking books
horne with me. I told him without
hesitation that it was because of the
sheer enjoyment I get from read
ing good literature. But since my
little chat with Bill at the cafe
teria to-day over that super-roast
heef sandwich, I’ve been doing a
lot of thinking. After all, in times
iike these all of my mental and
physical energy—whether it is for
leisure or for gainful occupation-
inust have a definite purpose.
, The more I have thought about
It, the more reasons I have found
apparent to answer Bill’s questions.
Everyone likes to keep abreast of
the times. I know I do. I have found
that our library is well equipped
to keep its patrons up-to-date. Ev
ery day I go there and read The
Asheville Citizen and of course on
Thursdays I hurry to read the lo
cal paper, The Transylvania Times.
(Some Ecusta news is nearly al-
'vays on the front page.)
There is a good selection of pe
riodicals there, too—fine and time-
iy magazines, the kind we would
huy at news-stands if Ecusta’s li
brary didn’t put them before us.
It offers Newsweek, The American,
Liberty, The State, Life, Time,
Look, The Readers Digest, McCalls,
^lademoiselle. Harper’s Bazaar,
Vogue, Farm Journal, House and
Garden, House Beautiful, Popular
^lechanics. The New Yorker, The
National Geographic, and a lot of
others. You see the wide selection
've have there.
None of my friends are keeping
up with the best-sellers, the books
Americans are reading, better'lihan
I; Right there in our Recreational
library on the fiction and non-fic
tion shelves I can find the books
that are reviewed over the radio
and in book clubs, that everyone
talks about—the choices of people
like you and me.
It makes no difference whether 1
am in the mood for something friv
olous or something serious,, a west
ern, a mystery, or a love story, ]
^^an find a book to fit the mood
There are books on every subject:
religion, sociology, language, pure
and applied science, fine arts, lit
erature, history and biography.
Tomorrow after lunch I think 1
shall ask Bill to go with me to the
library. He is missing something
'vhich I value. Maybe after we read
the newspapers and select one or
two good books to read over the
Week-end, we could play a game of
cards. (Maybe someday luck will
be with me when I play Bill.)
0, yes, I nearly forgot to tell you
that I don’t read books very fast,
but after I’ve had a book for a
Week and haven’t finished it, the
librarian will renew it for me. She
helps me find the books I want,,
and adds the names of books of
iny selection to the library “want
list,” too. I can’t always get all of
them but it is worth a try.
Everyone to his own taste, I al
ways say, but I’ll take our recrea
tional library, where it is well-
lighted and comfortable as the
spot where I’ll spend a lot of my
time. And besides, it doesn’t cost
a thing to use the library.
Our Librarian Helps You Select The Books You Want
In the library you will find most anything that you are looking for . . . good books, magazines
and newspapers. Miss Lucille Roberts is at your service, too. Shown above is Miss Roberts helping
Miss Ann Howell select a book.
BooKCopner»
If at first you don’t succeed
try, try again—the book you are
looking for won’t always be out!
If you have always been, puz
zling about the whys and where
fores of kings, the book I’m sure
you will want to read is CORO
NATION COMMENTARY, by
Geoffrey Dennis.
If you have that craving for a
good mystery, Agatha Christie has
supplied there. She has again writ
ten one of those astonishing de
tective novels for which she has
long been noted.—” It all began
with those mysterious, threatening
letters. Almost everyone in the
quiet village seemed to be receiv
ing them.” Check The Moving
Finger out and see for yourself
how Miss Marple, “the redoubt
able but seemingly innocuous
spinster who made such a hit in
THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY,
unraveled the many twisted lines
of this case.
If you want to read an epic
of Modem America, read the
biography of George Washing
ton Carver “who was a splendid
human being whose life was
spent in the service of his fel
low men. His genius, patient
and pure, ranks him with the
great men of the century, men
who admitted him to their dis
tinguished circle and gave him
their friendship: Edison, Ford,
HELP THE LIBRARY
After taking inventory and
checking over-due book-lists, our
Librarian reports that many books
are way over-due. The library is
up-to-date and we would like to
keep it that way. Let’s keep build
ing our library up. Library notices
have been prepared and are being
sent to the holders of over-due
books. Let’s get those books back
to the library as soon as—or even
before—we get a notice.
Briggs—“Is it true that you
have broken off your engagement
to that girl who lives in the coun
try?”
Briggs—“Yes; they raised the
commuting rates on me and I
have transferred to a town girl,”
Wallace.” This book, a gift from
Mr. Harry H. Straus, is the new
est.
If you don’t want it to happen
again, you should take this hint.
You remember wondering what
that insignia was that the Smith
girl’s soldier boy friend was wear
ing? You were puzzled too about
that uniform th^t Tom Jones was
wearing when you saw him in
Asheville last week, weren’t you?
Your library has a new book to
help you avoid getting into such
tight places. Ask at the desk for
Smith and Taylor’s UNITED
STATES SERVICE SYMBOLS.
LUCILLE ROBE'TS
NEW UBRARIAN
She Is Also Assistant Editor
Of Echo. Marshall
Is Her Home
BY STAFF WRITER
If you really liked those es
pionage novels Manning Coles
has been giving you before, A
DRINK TO YESTERDAY and
A TOAST TO TOMORROW,
you’ll like THIS FORTRESS, his
newest in which he “gives fuller
rein to his magnificent ability
to deal with the hearts and
minds of people, important peo
ple, all kinds of people. The
quiet humor, too, which so en
livened his previous work, is
here given much wider scope.”
If you just don’t know what you
want to read, come to Ecusta Rec
reation Library and you’ll find
something you’ve really wanted
for months and didn’t know the
name of it. The Library is at your
service!
Permit us to introduce Miss Lu
cille Roberts, our new librarian
and assistant editor of the ECHO.
Lucille hails from our own
mountains—Marshall, N. C.—and
already seems very much at home
in our midst. She came to us from
Glen Alpine, N. C., where she
was teacher-librarian at the Glen
Alpine school for two years.
Her training was received at
Mars Hill junior college, followed
by two years at Greensboro Wo
man’s college, from which she was
graduated.
Lucille seems t o understand
quite thoroughly those little tech
nicalities of a library, and can
help us at any time in making a
happy selection for some evening
or rainy Sunday reading. On the
other hand if we are just in the
mood for browsing, she is quiet
as a mouse and makes us feel the
library is ours for just that pur
pose.
Lucille will continue requisi
tioning, cataloging, etc., books and
periodicals for all sections of our
library — recreational, business,
technical — and, in general, li
brary proceduce will be the same
as it was prior to her taking over.
She likes to assist Mr. Evers-
man in collecting material for the
ECHO. So be sure to keep her
happy by sending in plenty of
pictures, articles, poems or any
items of interest. Also, Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines, please note
that if you will inform us prompt
ly of any change in address it wiH
be of great assistance to our new
Assistant Edfitor in properly mail
ing you future copies of the Echo.
ATTENTION!
Please do not take magazines
from the library unless they are
properly charged to you.
Librarian.