New Books Available At
Regional libraries
By: Ashton chapman
recently acquired by
the Public L.brar.es in Bak
crsville, Burnsville, Spruce
Pine and Newland include.
THE ROAD by John Ehle.
A novel about a ra.lroad th£»t
■was blasted through a Wes
tern Nor.h Carolina, moun
i-a n, of men against great
natural forces, working to ac
hieve grea t ends, f ghting
triumph even in defer.;. It
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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1987
proves once aga.n Ehk’s sta
ture as a wri.er of unrelent
ing power and authenticity.
He won Norih Carolina’s
nou-ficL'on awards in two
successive years, receiv.ng
the Sr WaAer Raleigh Prize
for THE LAND BREAKERS
in 1984 and in 1965 the May
flower Cup for THE FREE
MEN.
I NEVER PROMISED YOU
A ROSE GARDEN by Han-
nah Green. Seldom has the
s.ronge and seductive world
of msan iy been charted more
explicity, or more beautifully,
than in this novel, the
shining :*tory of a young
girl s three years in a mental
hosp tal and her journey back
from madness to reali y.
CORREGIDOR: The Saga
of a Fo .tress, by James H.
and William H. Belote, with
photos. Th s book, based on
seven years of extensive re
search in offic al records and
interviews wAh hundreds of
inlividuals, is the f rst full
stcry of Ihe loss of Correg
dor in 1942 and As recapture.
THE YANCEY RECORD
MIRACLES: Poems h y
Chldren of the Encrlish
mr'ki-g World, collected by
Richard Lew s. The first col
lection of its kind—nearly
200 poems wr A'en by English
speaking children a-ound the
world, all between 5 a d 18. It
is a of Ahe exc>te
m* at, wonder and rmh imagi
native newer of children. It <s
an anthology to be read as
poetry are os a sampling of
pree^rjousness.
ROAD SAFETY: HOW TO
REDUCE ROAD AOCIDFNTB
by T. S. Sk'llman. A practical,
eary- + o-foilow guide for ithe
aver^by*, intelligent motori'A.
It pres-’-Cs persi’aa've ideas
on driver psychology that
may well be the only realLA/c
kind of irnnrovement we can
hone to make in the road
accident si'uat-'on today.
k THE FAMILY GAME
POOK, compiled by Robert V.
Masters, with over 200 draw
ings. A treasury of fun-filled
games, activities and parties
for all members of the fam
ily-preschoolers to teen
agers.
Coontios A/loot
Quota For
Dinner
Nineteen counties have al
ready met .their quota for tha
annual Jefferson-Jackson Day
Dinner to be held in Rale gh,
March 18„ scaled Robe.i L.
McMillan, Jr., Chairman, to
day. McMillan and M.S. Tom
my E. Medl.n, of Smithfield,
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DIAL 765-4255 SPRUCE PINE, N. C.
SO’-B PH AVILV ANNIVERSARY ft 1917M9CT
Vice Chairman, met wi.h oth
er commi.tee hea ls this week ?
to complete plans for ihe all
day Democrat.c meeting,
which will include a luncheo.i,
a reception and dinner.
The count.es which have
met their quota are: Alma
nac, Alexander, Ashe, Avery
Ca.awA, CarrAuck, Davie,
Greene, Joh son, Macon,
Madison, Montgomery, Pas
quotank, Pi A, S.anly; Un on;
Watauga, Wilson and Yancey.
Approximately 1,500 Demo
crats are expee'ed to attend
the dinner, which w 11 be held
at 7:00 p. m. in Memorial
Auditorium. Bena‘or Robert
C. Byrd, D West Vr-lnia, a
native of No. l h W.lkeeboro,
will be the sneaker.
Party offc als Including
Governor and Mrs. Dan K.
. Mcora, Lieutenant Governor
ficrA 1 . Senator Sam J. Ervin,
Jr., Senator B. Everett Jor
dan and all DemocraMc Con
gressmen from No-Ah Caro
lina, as well as members of
the Council of State, will be
among the DemocrrAs who
will attend tre traditional
dry-long fest'vA'e*.
Heads of commlfijees 1n
charge of the event are:
Janrms Kimsev and Wad*
Smith, marshalls and ushers
Mrs. Annie E. Cooper,
ttatinn; Russell Swindell,
honAs; Mrs. R. H. Carson,
demrat : ons; C A. DUlon, Jr.
ar.d W. W. Mnrr'man, ban
quet Mrs. M-ble Dorsev, re
ception: Mrs. John D. Pobin
son, ln-chron: Mrs. Berna
dette Hoyle, publicity.