Librarian Rides
The Bookmobile
In This County
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• Books By the Armfuls
Every Mouth in Year
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By Mrs. Elizabeth It Copeland
District Librarian
A day on the bookmobile is a
real education! It offers us the
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priceless opportunity of talking
to the people we buy books for all
the time. We had just such a day
recently in Martin County in the
vicinity of Oak City.
Of course, everybody over there
is busy getting tobacco ready for
market. We really did not expect
to get to see many of our folks.
And we did miss quite a number.
But to our great satisfaction, they
didn’t miss their books. Instead
of the usual family group and
close neighbors, we were met by
one member who selected books
for all. But let me tell you about
it.
We were delayed in leaving
Washington and therefore missed
the early-part of the day. We
joined Mrs. Peelc and Mrs. Scott
in the little village of Hassell
where the bookmobile was just
completing its regular visit with
Mrs. Nelson and her neighbors.
We didn't see the books they bor
rowed but we noticed they had
from 15 to 20 each. Then Mrs
Nelson wouldn't let us leave until
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five baby toy terriers. She told |
us she wants to raise them for1
selling and we made a mental note
to send her some books on the I
care and feeding of dogs.
From there we went on down
the road to stop with Mis. Ed
mondson. We parked under the
; were immediately surrounded by I
several children from the neigh-!
borhood and Mrs. Edmondson!
herself who came out with a plate j
of beartifu! chocolate cske she!
had just baked. it was for our
lunch, she said, and she hoped it |
would be enough to go around.!
We smiled later when we opened!
it to find six huge slices! The
children found their own books'
and we helped Mrs. Edmondson i
select for al ltheir mothers and
select for all their mothers and
tobacco barns. "I don’t know
what we would do without the
bookmobile." she said, and her
eight year old son said. "Mama if
it hadn't been for the bookmobile
I couldn't have started school in
the second grade, could I?" Then
she told us of her recent attend
ance at a Roman Catholic wedding
and we discussed varieties of
church ceremonies
Our next stop was at the Briley
home where again we found
books to meet the wishes of all
the family, historical fiction,
sports stories and others.
We stopped at Barrett's Drug
Store in Oak City for lunch and
that wonderful Chocolate cake.
Then to Mrs. Liverman who told
us of her 21 year old son in the
army while she held her one year
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fessed she hid Forever Amber
from her family while she read it
in secret.
The Tysons were not at home
and we went on to Mr. Hassells
Store. But today we stopped
across the road under Mr. Rober
son's shade trees. One of the
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us and he went flying to *>?.. barn
with the news that we had arriv
ed. We left fairy stories for the
girls and horses, dm^ and Indians
for the boys. It was i happy oc
casion with perhaps ten people of
all ages gathered for a visit to the
library.
As we approached Smith’s store
on the Palmyra road we saw a
little boy running toward the
house and we heard the familiar
cry, “Bookmobile's here! Book
mobile's here!”
In a push cart with her seven
month old baby, Sarah Smith was
bringing also the great quantity
of books she had read this past
month. Her husband is away in
service and these books have
helped her to pass many lonely
hours. Both children and grown
people came out to this stop and
we had a gogd time talking with
them about crops, politics and the
books they had read.
Next came the Harrell family
long-time bookmobile patrons and
avid readers. They have a large
book shelf in their living room.
Each month they empty it and re
fill it with bookmobile books. And
what's more, they read those
books -Amy Jean, fifteen year
old daughter, always gets from 115
to 50 books for herself She is not
and her mother selected books for
her. Her younger brother reads
'almost as many and her mother
is not far behind. They wanted
[all kinds—good novels, biogra
phies, travel, adventure and
[others. Mrs. Harrell asked for a
particular book on house plan
ning. She is going to renovate
her kitchen and wanted some
help We ll take her books on that
subject next month. She had a
big pitcher of ice water ready foi
she knew on a hot day we'd hi
thirsty. We drank three glasses
each!
We went on to the Mannings
and drove into the cool back yard
Inspected the chickens, including
Easter biddies now grown up and
hack to their natural color. Left
an arm full of books for the par
ents anrl the son who suffers with
arthritis and could not come out
His mother told us how ho looks
forward to bookmobile day.
A few more smaller stops and
we made our way back into Wil
liamston about five-thirty. W<
went to our small office to refi 1:
our shelves with more books for
tomorrow.
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Jamesville Club
Holds Meeting
The Jamesville Woman's Club
met Tuesday evening, October 7,
with Mrs. James Long, president,
presiding Following the business
meeting. Miss Esta Martin, chair
man of the American Home De
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schools. Mrs. Davenport told how
she screens school children in or
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described her methods of helping
these handicapped children, and
quoted figures to show that east
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type of teaching in every school
She used the audiometer m test
ing the hearing of several club
in ii mi mu
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and one visitor. Old business was !
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mils next meeting as we are look
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for the train
Tht National County meet.nit
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tober 25-29 We are also planning
a booth for the Williamston fair.
Achievement Day is Nov 14. and
will be held at Cross Roads.
Mrs Harrison showed us slides
on Fitting Ready Made Clothes,
and its importance on looking neat
and well dressed even though they
were made over. Hostess served
ice cream, cake and potato chips
The meeting adjourned to meet in
November with Mrs James Stalls
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is returning to the United States
under the Army's rot it ion pro
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He served in the 1st Cavalry
Division, whic h spent 17 months
in tin front lines ol Korea before
being assigned to security duty
in Japan late in 1951.
During his tour of duty in the
Far East, he server! for four
months in Korea, in Battery B of
the !)9th Field Artillery Battalion.
Corporal Baki r holds the Ko
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Occupation Medal for service in
Japan, and the United Nations
Medal.
The son o'' Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
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('.. he entered the Army in Jan
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