PRES RT tgogeery gl ore From the Librarian And Drugs A new book titled, ‘Strange Monsters and Great Searches’, by George Laycock, hasbeen recently added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memorial Library Children’s annex. The curiosity of man, coupled with his imagination and often his superstition, has led him on unending searches for many kinds of strange creatures. There is still much mystery surrounding the famous Loch Ness monster, altnough in '1968 researchers using elegtronic locators found evidence 1 his existence. 4 A coelacanth, found in 1938 off the southern coast of Africa, is believed to have been a sfirvivor of an ‘‘extinct” Oy that was a link between land and sea animals. i In 1896, a giant octopus, with arms 100 feet in length, was dis- covered on the shores of St. Augustine, Fla. The stories of these and numerous other monsters, and of the amazing searches and discoveries involving them are related here by George Laycock. Through these tales of adventure runs the promise that, even in this modern world, there are unsolysd mysteries surrounding tfise strange ‘animals. 7 Mr. Laycock has traveled and camped widely, gathering in- for his articles and books. at Annex A new book about drugs has also been added to the shelves of the annex. It is ‘The Ups And Downs Of Drugs’ written by Kathleen Elgin and John Oster- ritter, M.D., Ph.D. Drugs can kill you. How much do you know about the facts of drugs? Don’t depend on your friends for answers. Depend on the facts. ‘The Ups and Downs of Drugs’ is to the point and easy to understand. It explains all kinds of drugs: depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens and narcotics, and many others. It describes their effects—good and bad. A drug is something that makes a change in your body. If this change helps the body, the drug is a medicine. If this change hurts the body, the drug is a poison. A drug can be good for you. Aspirin is a good drug. A drug can be bad for you. Heroin is a bad drug. But too much of any drug is harmful. Drugs should be given to you only by your parents, your doctor, dentist, or nurse. This includes even vitamins, aspirin, and germ Killers to put on cuts and rashes. Medicine pre- scribed for one member of the family might be bad for another, even dangerous. The co-authors of this book give just the kind of direct and honest approach you, your teachers and parents need to deal with this serious problem. ‘The Back Mountain Memorial Library Children’s Annex will once again conduct a vacation mer. New materials have been received from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry in Harris- burg. The vacation club this year will be conducted on a Smokey Bear theme, and will be called the Smokey Bear Reading Club. There will be books available in this reading club for youngsters aged 8 through 12, or third Although there is a suggested reading list sent from Harris- burg, the children are not re- quired to read only books that are on this list. Each child must read one book in each of the five categories listed on the back of the reading card, plus five more books of their own choosing in any of the categories. A total of ten books must be read in order to qualify for the certificate. Each child who. joins the reading club will be issued a Smokey Bear Reading Club card. On the back of this card is space for listing the books he has read. The card will remain in the library until the child completes the program. On joining the club, each child will receive a bookmark and a Smokey bear pin. He will also receive a comic book, titled, “The True Story of Smokey Bear’. The reading program will be- gin June 14. Truchksville Nursery School graduated 32 students, May 24. Above are members of the three-year-old class which include Megan Thomas, Becky Post, John Sheehan, Michael Lubinski, Amy Goulstone, Gregg Boughton, David Cramton, Derek Zambo, Guy Llewellyn, Fred Ruggles. At far left, standing is Mrs. Husted, and at right, Mrs. Grey, teachers. The school is now accepting enrollments for September. Call Virginia Shaw, 696-2154. ; Four-year-old class members of the Trucksville Nursery School are Chris Saul, Lisa Burak, Brian Banks, John Randolph, Dori Volinski, Leslie Maslow, Jennifer Williams, Krissy Ertley, Chucky Christine, John Reese, Scott Price, Paul Gritman, Malcolm Burnside, Sarah - Goulstone, Leslie Myers, Kim Watkins, John Clark Metz, Terrell Smith, John Peterson. Mrs. Baird and Mrs. Collins are teachers. Absent: Scott Dingman. Our Advertisers white, and blue! Let's proudly show these products you enjoy most (Garden State Farms Er
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