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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
February 6, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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usin c • ] ( ontmued from page one.) ii .°rt where the bookmobile bookmobile which ranged from, liThe Lenny Wilkens Story,' 'it:ilyd. Before he walke~e Oa~t Favorite,, F, airy Tales told in >: ethy did a double ta . Gernrany, Lff in Other Solar ~ed back to the book rack. Systems to The Man in the ; can't forget to take some ;nee fiction," he said and ,Wed a handful of paperbacks• the bookauobile was a 68 degrees. But it was cold wet outside and the fan had circulating warmed air the cab which made ids blink frequently over eyes. Gray Flannel Suit" and "Boy Scouts of America Field Book." The bookmobile also holds records by such diverse composers and artists as Arlo Guthrie, Percy Faith, Duke Ellington, and Edvard Grieg. Magazines included: Time, Newsweek, Seventeen, Esquire and Organic Gardening. be called the South Puget Sound Regional Library." Gena Howe has worked for years in libraries including one and a half years at the Olympia library. She was transferred to the Timberland South Mason Library when it opened. The bookmobile left the Shelton area and traveled north on US 101. The ground on either side of the road was covered with a crusty layer of dirty snow. A few days earlier that same snow had adhered to the roads and need. The school stops such as at Hood Canal Elementary are intended to allow children in the country to check out pleasure-reading books. The bookmobile's next stop was Waterwheel where it parked next to a closed gift shop. Mrs. Howe and Bernethy carried on conversations with the patrons like old friends who hadn't seen each other in almost a month. While the patrons glanced at the titles on the shelves they traded tidbits of information about stopped next Bernethy let loose a few healthy honks of the truck's horn. Once again patrons ran to the bookmobile as soon as it stopped. A woman left with not only two armloads of books, but filled out a fistful of request slips for books to be mailed to her home. The variety of books she requested reflected her diverse curiosities. She wrote on one request form, "anything by J. Kishnamurti," "Men and Plants" on another, and "The Whole Earth Catalogue" on a third. i, new bookswereaddedto Jim Bernethy has been a made the bookmobile trip more vacations, surgical operations, The books she returned already-generous sutmlv of bookmobile driver for over 15difficult. You never see snow like marriages and the latest sports included a book by Justice 2,000 volumes on" the years "way back when it used to that on post cards - the events. William O. Douglas, a guide to dangerous kind or the dirty kind. With a smile and a wave, French cooking and a book on lllnllllHilnuniulaltil lliillillill,liiiliillliiitlilUr i InllmnlluunnlnllmlfllllllllllllnllllllUl The rain continued all day Bernethy bade farewell to the ecology. long. The two clean white rags patrons and said, "Remember, By the end of the last stop it IW~,~ ~ ~ hanging on the edge of a box that has to last you three weeks." was dark and Gena Howe had between the two front seats were The next three stops were less tabulated the day s output: 220 used frequently to wipe off the productive. No one came on at articles, including 86 adult lllllllnnn,llllllllllllll,ll llllillilllllllllliiilllll I |llllllnllllllllllllllUllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllll . windshield fog. Bernethy turned Shamrock Point. Only one person fiction, 63 adult non-fiction, ll at thePurdy cutoffand continued came on where the bookmobile juvenile fiction, 5 juvenile along the Skokomish River and finally entered Union. The bookmobile was parked across the highway from the post office and Dave's Mark-It Foods. Immediately, people came scurring out from the grocery store and nearby houses with their heads covered with hats or wrapped in scarves. "I've never been on a bookmobile before," said one elderly patron,,,-- have I been missing anything? "Well, come on in and see," said Mrs. Howe. A woman returned an armload of books, laid them on the counter and then said,'"That s only my first load; I have to go back and get some more. The bookmobile was filled with half a dozen or so patrons who stepped sideways facing the shelves of books as the rain pattered on the roof. One man unfolded a large grocery sack and proceeded to fill it with ...... magazines. When the bottom was ~ : adequately filled he slid the sack i with his foot and started working i on the mysteries and westerns, ~iii~ ...... gradually sliding his sack to the :; non-fiction. i ....... By the time the bookmobile left an hour later, 76 items had been checked out. ~:~: ~ ~ ..... ........ The bookmobile has been stationed in Mason County since November, the opening date of the new Timberland South Mason Library. Previously, bookmobiles came all the way from Olympia and Montesano to serve the rural Ik !!iIl3!!r~tar!p!~Liii!ihDxe BpwO°e~!%~{:iCi~dntChaei~!~!!!~gi areas of Mason County. There is still one run by the Montesano bookmobile which makes several stops in the west section of the ...~ and German shepherd Darenta e The tan bab is a county. But for the first time r [ ~ and th .... " ~ g " Y Mason County has a bookmobile Ii ulack and white one is female. Also in need of based within its borders. Vlie; ed.'ate home s a very friendly and sweet-natured The bookmobile based in Q?h°llle mix, black and white with Dalmation-patterned Mason County makes 12 different ----- m 'Coor nl.ce dogs available include two cockapoos, one runs. Each stop is visited once Oifica,?recl and the other black and curly-haired. A every three weeks. Nine are -- roy a free veterinarian examination accom antes community runs and three are for ll °9 • For further information call 426-4441. P schools. The bookmobile can only supplement the materials students stopped next to a small grocery store at Sunset Beach. And only four people came on at the Terre Linde Court across the highway from the wet and desolate Belfair State Park unused in its off-season. Timberland officials are constantly reviewing the schedules to consider which stops should be eliminated. But one non-fiction, 21 magazines and 34 paperbacks checked out by 25 individuals. That averaged out to almost three articles checked out per mile driven. The bookmobile was far from home and it took another hour of driving in the hard rain before it reached the comfort of the carport of the library. stop may have a dozen patrons -- ,, a, m, ,. one day and none the next. It is Ar[$ r¢ll I difficult to determine when a • Spe :t¢ Iculor bookmobde stop becomes useless. ........ vel " at the Trails End lne OOOKmOOllC ira eo .., . ... - olympia, wasn. along the winding highways on Feb. 14 & 15 the north and south shores of Friday & Saturday Hood Canal. Sometimes it passed Noon to 10 p.m. of modest faro, ;:b~l~6 neighborhoods houses, other times the Noon to 6:00 p.m. closely-packed elegant summer Forinf'o'rmationcall homes of the well-to-do. 1-273-9 ! 94 Before the bookmobile 1-943-2064 ~III I i~NEIII I/ I lC:tJJ l Mason County Federal Credit Union • 521 RR Ave • 426-160! i¸ : s on Reg. 8.98. Men's heavyweight Western style jeans. Comfort- able 100% cotton denim that's right for any season. Flare leg styling and other wanted features. Machine washable. In indigo blue and other popular colors. Waist sizes 28 to 38. Sale prices effective through Saturday. / / unde.rwear, .... ~ l / an: d~il'lzr~ : '~: / ale ~i~ Reg. 3 for 1.99. 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