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From the Librarian
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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.
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