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MATlf-IALL, N. C, . I J, 1ZZ3 f" -If . -..HCORD . v."., ;. ; V J7y XARL FLEMING , Citum.Tmes SW ITrftw r . . -i - i When'th Yarn aniiiklarf. little rajr baked woman peeked from ) the door of : a null ; clapboard ; ' nouns, that loY m thi aida f ' teephU) is this section of Moun tainous, rugged - Madison , County. . Then iImi, emerged, carrying : bulging pillow, cam, and descend ed .the hU,'rIy lifting first n foot and then the other out of the mod. When she drew near, he waved a bare hand in the hold, wintry air and smiled greeting. ' la the pillow case, it turned out, she waa carrying 16 books, ranging from a Zane Grey West ern to a "whodunit" celled "The Caae of the Terrified Typist Her destination with the hooka the Madison County bookmobile, one of 105 mobile libraries that ply 800,000 miles a year through the back reaches of 94 coon ties in North Carolina, delivering en lightenment and entertainment on wheels m rural cHiaene. last year's circulation of books through bookmobiles is almost half of the total 10tt million books circulated threat public library services. ' Madison County has had book- ' mobile service for Ztt years. taotawMla, typical of those that operate throaghout most ef the tats, serves a population of ' bout 22,000 persons, some of whom " fead until recent years probed no farther late literature than the Bi ble, farm Journal and the mail or ' ner catalogue. 2,000 Customers Sines its first jannt into the . county, tha. MadiacOounty hook. 'euaaae traveling tares oays a ' week, IS months a year has ' -developed a clientele of 8,000 regv '"Alar customers who are sow with- ' drawing 2,000 books a month from their library on wheels. Km. Peggy Dotterer of Hot Springs, a former school teacher, ' ' drives the bookmobile 1,000 miles a month aver some of the rough' est terrain in North Carolina. v Her stopping places are country ' stores, appointed private homes Her ' "customers" are mainly rural housewives and children, some of whom walk a distance of two miles to meet the bookmobile, their homes being inaccessible to i vehddesl '.' ,t - - Entertaining , Her books are, in the main, en . tertaining rather than education j aL The bulk of them run from 'Westerns snd light romances to Jiv V ;V Mars Hill News J iMMtiM MRS. J. W. HUFF, Correspondent ff COMING TO MEET the Madi. son County bookmobile at Price's Unapel Church in rural Madison County are a group of the book mobile's regular "customers," some of whom have walked from two miles across the hills to get books. Sometimes 1 inclement weather prevents the Madison bookmoble front reaching remote parts of the county like this. Note the arms-full of books the women are carrying. -' wx r ; ; " Cms atartssy AtUvQU CWsea-IWe , . ; , i .! i in V Dr. Bruce Sams, who had been confined to wV home for more than a month with broken foot nd leg bones suffered "from fall on an Icy sidewalk, is now able to be in his office for awhile each day. Mr. L N. Allman, who spent most of last week in St Joseph's Hospital, was able to come home last Saturday and is thought to be getting along nicely. Mr. . Arties Edwards was taken to the Aston Park Hospital last Thursday night and is expected to be a patient there for some time. Air. KUis Reese is a patient at the Mercy Hospital, Charlotte. And Mrs. Carrie Sprinkle is at the Campbell Clinic, Baptist Hos pital, Memphis. Mr. Johnny Anderson is at the Veterans Hospital, Johnson City, Tenn. religious works. But Mrs. Dotterer, a literary tnissronary who beats the kills in dungarees and high-topped men's sajtk shoes, enthusiastically as- ene one quality is rapidly im proving. Sinclair Lewis is fairly popular. Church weddings are not uncommon in the rural mountains anymore, so books on etiquette have found wide use. At least one woman in Mrs. Dotterer'e domain has learned to read ' by withdrawing children's books from the mobile unit. and having her son, a grammar school student, instruct-her. Until the bookmobile began op erating, Madison County had no library service at all Home Bern onstratton Clubs . staged a drive to raise S3.000 necsssarv to anal fyejounty foe state aid with apwlcmobile ' program. X. Under this arrangement, the state pro vides a ' basic appropriation of $4,000 a year, which must be matched by a local appropriation of $3,600 minimum. Federal funds also are available for extending the bookmobile service into new rural areas. North Carolina has more book mobiles than any state in the na- third tjon and qualifies for the largest federal aid grant Statewide, operation ef the 106 bookmobiles cost the North, Caro lina taxpayer an estimated SI cents a year. Mrs. Elisabeth Hughey of Ra feigh, state librarian, hails the growth ef bookmobile service as "a most affective means af pro viding people with books and la formation they otherwHe eould not get" The service undoubtedly . is proving more beneficial in Madi son County than in. most areas, owing to the county's geographic- ai remoteness. It , took 82 years for the bookmobile service to get here, the first one ia the state ran in Durham County: in 1923, but o&ee ' here, , books have been Isyously embraced biv the.rurl people to tbU area. . This week, as Mrs., Dotterer was making . her monthly run through this region, which passes over the French Broad Biver, thence into the high hills, she stopped her new bookmobile at a tiny rural church. The door opened and 16 people popped out, their arms full of books. They hurried to meet the Mrs. Alvm Ponder is at the Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, And Mr. James Kennedy is at Moore General Hospital Swanna noa, Little Mikey English, son of Mr. snd Mrs. Oliver English, re cently underwent s tonsillectomy and last week suffered from "strep" throat, but is improved now and expects to be out soon. . af r f V. SJmi4, --- ' iimry an wneeia. Vf a ap- , mMtinit , .u. proximately IfiOO volumes lining . i. ftn4.. m!ZZ, , WS WW, -V I Vision Hn.nlf.l Ww k. wkhh m i W9B, ua w"leame back on xoot m au aireeuoae nacs ths something ef a novelty parts ef this remote country until comparatively recently the printed word.',' '"" missed reporting include : the Joe S tines family,'; of Camden, S. iC, and Dr. and Mrs.: Ernest Stines Jr. and little son of Baptist Hos pitel, Winston-Salsm, who visited Mrs. J. H. Stines and Mr. and Mrs. Jos Marshabanks of Detroit and their son, Mr. W. C. Marsh banks,, and family of Georgia who met here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Briggs. i 7. And a recent week-end visitor here to Dr. and Mrs. Seymour wss Mrs. Seymour's sister, Mrs Frederick Knodd, of New York, who has ths stage name Ann Hil lary, and appears frequently on TV programs. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rice, Friday, Jan. 10, at Me morial Mission Hospital, a son. Born to Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Jenkins, Friday, Jan. 10, at St. Joeeph'e Hospital, a daughter. 1 mm i v . r x .Mrs.' Xndrew Chandler, 61, of Walnui RFD 1, died at 12:15 a. m., Monday, January , 18, 1958, in an AsheviUe hospital after a l0Bg;'8lwals;'4 , f ... I , : Funeral .V services were "held .Tuesday at :o p m., in Walnut ' Free Will Baptist Church: The Rev. R. H. Ballard and the Rev. Dobcrt BuUman officiated. . Buri al was la Walnut Cemetery. , Surviving are the husband, An drew Chandler of Walnut) four stepsons, Ed , Chandler , of Alex ander, Shuford ef Asheville and 1 Bill and Gene 'Chandler of Wal nut; two stepdaughters,' Mrs. Jack Blaclcwell of .WaliNat and Mrs. Ralph Fisher of Marshall, 'four sisters, Mrs. Dorcas - Black of Candler, Mrs. Swann Frishy of Marshall, Mrs. Lillie Davis of Marshall and Mrs. Mannie Mel ton of Chester, S, C. Arrsngements were under the direction of Bowman-Rector Fu neral Home, to the campus Tues- dav marnlnv mnA Mnmta Ma wirxyu, l condition seems to bo satisfactory. ig oi a novewy m Mmei wiM i.... . IN 1 WT rtJ . HA niADoa SiOY DISPENSZX .uiiea to aate. Jest a h - f 1 1 0 Balssgli .' Taa Motor VaWeles Departotnt's summary af traffic deaths through 10 a. as., January 13, 18C8: ear. 43 1 - Perseverance 1 "The kind of people who csn take defeat gracefully will event- I ually arm a great victory. imtiiia JAMES ALLEN J !l "B s 1 1 1 jj " J )imuieuuy . sitag faqp mm 4' at aeichbar of yours end bebevs I a mo Bma oi saao, ate and are toRsnmos yoa ! 1 may be able, als to save yoa mcteycs) auto ' flosncfaf and tosmaace through the Stats Ferai laaft FW These srsk4s tor wbJchrve been spec . .'t'd traiasb1.Csj bm or sae sne soon. TB ha-,' v4 v mxlous to mast you. ? t' " V s A '" "l IKSIAMCI - ir Mrs to Kt:ov? YOUX STATF FAT : ; ' -Home Electric I . Phona - , MARSHALL, N. C. .4 ' -3. C6. !-' ! - RADIO ANNOUNCE1IENT3 and posted bullet ins like this one let the peopje 3 of rural Madison Ccu-ty know when the bookmobile will arrive.;" Mrs. IV Dclterer h shown posting a notice in a rural f' ..; zt Tarnard. C!:a drives about 1,000 miles a r :l ever the rcr-Ii terrain cf lladiaon County. Ct tmtrU;j ttslUeCs Ci:li-Timt Mrs. H. H. Carson Passes Friday; Funeral Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. H. H. Carson, 93, who died Friday, Jan uary 10, 1958 in an Asheville nursing home, were conducted Sunday in Beech Gleen Baptist Church. The Revs. Eddie Mc Pete re and R. L. Williams officiated and burial was in DeWeese Cemetery. Pallbearers were Clyde DeWeese, Vaughn Robinson, Tom Brigman, Carroll Radford, Frank Briggs and Marion Ramsey. Mrs. Carson, a former resident of Madison County, had been making her home at Oteen in Buncombe County recently. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H. H. Mitchell and Mrs.' L. A. Pope, both of Oteen; and six grandchildren - ' ' , Hokombe Funeral Home was In charge.- " . . '' ( ' It Is essy to see through the man who is always making a pectacle o himself. ' .' - Cr-!and J a s!l v ' I took in f .r i !' f ! s t ! Tt l.'ce recently ! n poker game r-!(" !.ioning l?t 1. fathered . v Handy 3104 Pickup . ' ' Hsrs's new huatle. r NOV OPEN" , BACH STREET; f :" (jjBBnaaaas QaicLly -' E crtlj YouH find improved fuel-savins : muael and naw. atylal.; U5-h.p. Tbriftmaster 6's, or new Chevrolet' S8 pickup flaat 283-ciK-in. 160-Ji.pt Tradcmastcr ; briB-a you m naw high In Vt't (optional at extra cost). And built-in muscle with new'. extra-rigid front end sheet metal V and hefty framei! New style . fenders, piUe and cab interiors ? combine good bets with can-! tale-it durability. Visit your Chevrolet &&!cr soon. -. .? . emdency with mora pow erful hljrheompreselon V3 and e-cy Under enslnaal C-vrc'.t's huOg 1958 pkl: n f rt c-n handle touh jots L t an j at lower-than-ever costsl Rdy to tlm Into tough I" enoree with mil thmto . work-whipping fomturotl - iiCKua aoxts up to t rut m Unoih Take your choice of 78. 98' or 108" pickup boxes. V; Each offers a full-width grain-. tight tailgate, more load space t (no inboard wheclhousinjs). MAiawoce nocss, rv: i rrri UK9 ITSTi Sturdy pklrp - . are constructed of rc ni r .. toned hardwood. , ZLll t recessed nearly tw. r'vt i form longer Lie. . . , t:zr i:vzns: "I f
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