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Show ! BOOKMAN'S NOTES BY AURELIA BEXXIOM Librarian, Sprajrue Branch Pub lie Library, Sugar House largely due to her efforts that South Carolina has 32 counties with county-wide library service, ser-vice, that a state library extension exten-sion agency has been established and that the state has excellent library laws. The other trustee honored at the convention is Thos. H. Mc-Kaig Mc-Kaig of Hamburg, N. Y. He has been a trustee on the Hamburg library board and at the time made an effort to establish a j county library service; was chairman of the Erie County Library association, similar to the Friends of the Library organization or-ganization in other states. He became a trustee of the county library and since has been active ac-tive on the Legislative committee commit-tee of the library association and was chairman of committee when an effort was made to secure se-cure an additional $2,000,000 for state aid for public libraries. Mr. Lee Nicholson, president of the Salt Lake City Library board, was present at the convention con-vention and attended the Library Li-brary trustee section. 'At one of the other meetings the superintendent super-intendent of the branches of Seattle public library, Miss Eb- ' erlein told how the Seattle Friends of the library group (a well-organized and helpful contingent) con-tingent) was organized about tn yars ago. . FICTION: Knock at My Door . . . Motly. Too Much to Ask . . . Rives. XON-FISTIOX Laughing Into Glory . . . Eag-leson. Eag-leson. Live Alone and Like . . . Hil-lis. Hil-lis. Sew It Yourself . . . Grigsby. Make 'Em Laugh . . . Lurie. MYSTERY': .Blood Red Death . . . Bradon. Blood Red Death . . . Badon. In contrast to last week's list of best sellers is one suggested sug-gested by the Booklist Staff of the American Library asocia-tion: asocia-tion: Where The Sabia Sings, by Heneriqueta Chamberlain, in which the daughter of American Amer-ican missionaries tells of her childhood in Brazil and contrasts con-trasts it with life in the United Unit-ed States. I've Shed My Tears: Dosoo F. Karaka. This is a biography bi-ography of a European-educated Indian describing . Indian leaders and political and religious relig-ious conflicts. Missouri Compromise: Tristram Tris-tram Coffin: A disillusioned New Dealer's view . of official Wasington during the Truman administration. The Enchanted: Martin Flavin writes about Spanish refugee children escaping from the Germans, embarking on an old sailing vessel. They find safety on a tropical island. The work of American Quakers Quak-ers in the rehabilitation of Finland Fin-land is described in Hinshaw's An Experiment In Friendship. Home Country by Ernie Pyle on people and places in the U. S. A. The Loving Are The Daring: Brooke Conway's novel about a mother, her children and stepchildren, step-children, and the American-Geman American-Geman home she held together, Bookman's Pleasure: Hol-brook Hol-brook Jackson has compiled selections se-lections from the writings of well-known English and American Ameri-can authors in which they comment com-ment on themselves and their conferees. None of these books are in the library at present. At the Library convention, two outstanding library trustees trust-ees were honored. One was Mary E. Frayser, cairman of I the South Carolina State library board and outstanding library trustee in South Carolina. It is |
