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Milford chronicle., 1933-07-28
SELBYVILLE
Rotary Club.

Rotary Club.
Two years ago, the Selbyville Ro-
tary Club, then just recently organ
ized, adopted the custom of having
their weekly meetings and dinner
somewhere at the seashore during
the summer months, and are now
enjoying the gentle breezes of the
Atlantic Ocean at Bethany Beach.
This past Friday evening the dinner
and meeting was at the West Breeze
Hotel, with a goodly number of
both members and guests present,
the Rev. Howard Warren, of An
sonia, Conn, being the guest speak
or of the evening, during which time
he compared life's activities to a
mountain stream in which there are
many boulders in the way, but it
just keeps on going, sometimes
around and sometimes over, but fin
ally finds its way to the sea, no OBJ
stacle or difficulty having been too
great for it to reach the desired
point. In addition to this Mr.. John
A. Tubbs gave very interesting re-
port of the Rotary International
held in the Mechanics Hall, Boston,
Mass, the latter part of June, when
5000 members and guests were in
attendance, 81 different countries
and 35 of the United States being re-
presented, Mr.. Tubbs and the Rev.
Warren, both being among the repre-
sentatives.
Work on the new playground,
1.-THE Storks Landing Place, on the
church property is still in progress,
new equipment for the different age
groups being installed in addition
to what has already been in use dur
ing the past few weeks. In the
morning of each week day, a group
of children are in the church hall
making posters, boxes, covering jars
and doing many other things under
the supervision of Miss Beulah Clear
waters. In the afternoon during
the week Miss Clearwaters, assist
ed by volunteer workers have other
groups of children on the playground
where a source of great joy and
pleasure is found by the little tots
in the sand piles, swings, see-saws
and SO forth. The tennis court
also provides a great deal Of enjoy
ment for the young people and some
of the adults of the community.
SeIbyviIIe Boy breaches.
Rev. Howard Warren and wife,
who are camping at Fenwick Island,
for a week, attended church here on
Milford chronicle., 1933-07-28
LEWES

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Jones of Phil
al'elphia are spending some time
here with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Jones.
Miss Helen Marshall spent the
weekend in Philadelphia with
frien ds.
Burton Maull is confined to the
Beebe Hospital due to illness.
Miss Elva Baynum of Washing
ton, IL. c., is spending the week
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Baynum.
DR.. james Beebe, of Lewes, has
been appointed a member of the
State Board of Education by Cover
nor c. Douglass Buck for a term of
three years.
Miss Helen Scott of Georgetown
is spending some time here at the
guest of her sister and brother-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. William S. In
gram.
Miss Eva Betty Schmierer, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Halton Schmi-
erer, is spending month with her
grandmother, Mrs. Mary B. Schmie-
rer in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lewis w. Mustard, Jr., and
children, Lewis, Robert and Martha,
of Wellesley Hills, Mass, are spen-
ding a couple of weeks with Mrs. |
Mustard's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles S. Morris.
Habrick Hill of Rehoboth has |
leased the property on Fourth |
street, near State street, and is con-
Quoting a filling station. The prop
erty was formerly occupied by Will
liam M. Carpenter.
Miss Marguerite POynter is on a
two weeks cruise to the West In
dies, Panama and South America.
Miss Marian Summers of Phila-
delphia is spending the summer
here with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wolfe
at their residence on Kings High
way.
F. Irving Walls of Wilmington
who is a summer resident here, is
confined to the hospital due to ill
ness.
Mrs. Mollie F. Carey is spending
some time in Port Jefferson, L. l.,
with her brother, G. B. Wells. Mrs.
Carey has been spending several
Milford chronicle., 1933-07-28
MILLSBORO

Mrs. Thomas Petit Evans and
Miss Willie Evans of Horntown, Va,
and Mrs. Baker Goslee, of Stockley,
spent last Thursday night and Fri
day with Mrs. w. H. Johason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams and
daughters returned Friday after
noon from three weeks visit in
New York State. Mr.. and Mrs Will
liams were iolnei by Mr.. and Mrs.
". ]. Rose and motored fcom their
cottage on Lake Cayuga to Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Burton
entertained the Bridge Club at their
cottage at Oak Orchard on Wednes-
day afternoon at a supper bridge
party.
The Be Ye Faithful Sunday
school class spent delightful day
at Bethany Beach last Thursday.
Prof. and Mrs. J. NJ. Bennett en-
tertained Mrs. Benefits brothers,
DR.. Jesse Fifer and DR.. Carson Fifer
a part of last week.
Miss Edda Graham of Philadel-
phia is visiting her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Blackstone for
several weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1933-07-28

family this week.
Miss Kate Brittingham was a
guest of her cousin, Miss Electa
Long for supper on Sunday eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac ]. Quillen, Jr.,
the Misses Helen Hudson and Paul
inc Brittingham and II. c. Johnson,
have returned from Duke University
in Durham, N. c., where they have
been attending summer school.
Mrs. Eva Bunting, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Bunting and three daughters,
of Newbern, N. c., were guests of
the formers sisters, Mrs. Asher Par
sons, Mrs. Maggie Baker and Miss
Clara A. Holloway from Friday until
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pasher w. Watson,
Jr., have had as their recent guests
Mrs. Watson's uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Murray and son,
Milton, of Philadelphia, also her
nephew, Walter Marvel, of Roxana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Hill and
daughter, Jane, have just returned
from a visit with Mrs. Hills mother,
Mrs. G. r. Neese in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Williams,
Sr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Williams, Jr.,
spent last week with the family of
CASHIER Williams, in Wilson, N. c.,
and were accompanied home by Miss
Helen Williams, who is spending
sometime with her cousin, Mrs. Paul
Pepper and other relatives here.
COlOred Woman Dies.
Mrs. Caroline Johnson, a much
respected colored woman died sud-
denly early last Sunday morning,
Aunt Caroline" as she was known,
was more than so years old and has
been in the home of Mrs. l. w. Long
for more than 80 years. Mr.. Longs
son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Uhiah
Long were at the seashore and the |
former Mr.. Long thought Aunt Caro-
line was a little late in getting up |
went to make an investigation and |
'ound her with life extinct. She had |
1een up and m;tde her bed and was
dressed lying III the floor with her |
land over her heart, and probably
lad felt a heart attack and had lain
lown in the floor instead of disturb
ng her bed again. Funeral was
rom the Long home on Tuesday af-
ernoon with the services at her
lone church in Berlin, Md, Rev.
Moore and quite a number from our
:hurch attended the funeral.
Milford chronicle., 1933-07-28

months with Mrs. Ida Morris at her
home on West Fourth street.
Mrs. George Harrington of Far
mington is spending the week here
as the guest of Miss Hannah Rench
at her residence on Mulberry street.
Mayor U. w. Hooker of Lewes has
started a movement in having a
boulevard built from State street
out to the DeVries monument ON
Pilottown road, which marks the
spot of the original settlement of
the State of Delaware.
The movement, one that has been
considered for some time as a fit-
ting approach to the historic spot,
is favored by prominent citizens of
this section, the town of Lewes
having already done much toward
removing unsightly obstacles along
the roadway, but having to restrict
such labor because of lack of To-
cal funds. DR.. Hooker believes it is
the right of the town to participate
in the $2,000,000 government fund
allotted to Delaware for highways,
$500, 900 of which must be spent in
Incorporated towns. The proposed
highway was on the calendar for
construction at one time, but for
some reason had not received nee
essary approval.
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Chiropractor
35 Maryland Avenue
Rehoboth
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BOWERS BEACH

The hot, dry weather and slack
fishing in July prevented many for
mer visitors to come to Bowers
Beach for sport and recreation, but
with August and good fishing at
hand, the old time crowds will start
real summer at Bowers; and big
Thursday" only a fortnight distant.
Last Sunday many came to Bow
ers, but this week the Fair at Har-
rington interferred.
Mrs. Laura Sedden, of Camden,
N. j., was a Sunday guest of her
brother, Harry Griffin at South
Bowers, with several friends from
Milford Neck.
Evening star., 1933-03-26
PLANTING SHRUBBERY.

Thousands Of trees and shrubs are
planted in local gardens and lawns
each year. What becomes of them?
Do they flourish and bloom and become
an ornament to the home as the eager
purchaser hoped? It would be inter-
esting to know the truth. To hazard a
guess, not much more than one-half of
the plants live any considerable length
Of time. This disastrous result Is part
ly and, in fact, largely because the
average person does not realize the
needs of living plants.
In the first place. our local soils are
generally poor in plant foods, although
at the same time very responsive to
proper feeding. It Is not sufficient to
simply dig a hole in the ground. set
the plant and await its development
Very properly. where the soil consists
OF reddish clay or other poor material,
1t Is advisable to secure some richer and
more workable material for filling in
about the roots at time of planting
Again, the hole should be dug large
enough to accommodate the roots with
out crowding. The depth should be
sufficient to place the plant equally as
point is easily ascertained by the diff
ference in the color of the bark. In
lieu of new soil, one can mix the clay
or sandy soil with peat moss or leaf
mold and supply additional nutrients
in the form of bone meal or some other
good fertilizer placed below the roots or
scattered ON the soil after planting
Before planting shrub or young
tree, the broken ends of roots should
be cleanly cut, but al. sound roots
should be left intact, as from these old
Evening star., 1933-03-26
BY J. w. WELLINGTON.

roots must emerge the new feeding
roots. The greater the development of
the root system, the better the chance
Of quick growth in the new situation.
The question of what quality of stock
to purchase is often asked and quite
pertinently in these days when shrubs
and trees are handled by so many diff
ferent types of merchants. Old-fash-
ioned gardeners still insist on the su-
periority Of purchasing directly from
the grower, and this claim has much
in its favor. Yet the remarkable sue
cess that many home owners have had
Of late years with cheaper stock pre-
vents drawing positive deductions. As
a matter of fact, II one can get good,
vigorous planting stock, 1t makes but
little difference where 1t Is obtained.
Subsequent care or lack OF care Is OF
much more importance.
There Is need of pruning newly
planted stock simply because Of the
reason that digging has destroyed the
balance between roots and top. BY
pruning the top Of its weaker growth
and cutting back Of struggling shoots,
the balance Is partly restored and the
roots task lessened for the time being.
The first Summer IS the critical test
for newly planted shrubs and. unless
one is prepared to till the soil about
the base of the plant frequently, good
heavy mulch of peat mess often means
the difference between success and
failure In critically. dry Summers, such
as 1890, even mulching may fail to
save newly planted stock unless water
can be supplied once in while. To
date the water problem Of 1888 seems
to be In the opposite direction.
Evening star., 1933-03-26
VEGETABLE GARDEN.

April makes possible a start of veg
etable growing. The so-called cool
weather crops, such as peas, beets, let
tuce, onions, radishes, spinach and
cabbage can be planted safely now, as
they will withstand frost. AS a matter
OF fact, peas, spinach and radish Sown
in late March or early April stand
much better chance of rewarding the
grower than those sown later. Simply
because the later sowings are usually
forced to mature In the heat Of mid
June.
The soil for the vegetables should be
spaded deeply. If clayey, the gardener
must watch the time when moisture
content Is low enough to allow the
Jumps to crumble when struck with the
spade or fork. There Is no use in
turning up solid Jumps of soggy soil
because these remain lunpy more or
less through the year. A good time to
fertilize Is when the soil is freshly
Spaded and before 1t has been smoothed
with the rake. Although stable manure
is still the best known fertilizer, it can
be satisfactorily substituted for by
good grade Of ready-mixed fertilizer
spread at the rate Of about two to
three pounds per 100 square feet of
surface. Often the fertilizer can be
spread more uniformly if first mixed
with a larger quantity of peat moss or
sand to give bulk. After the plants
are up and partly brown, some nitrogen
fertilizer can be applied along the row.
This year should boom the vegetable
garden again because of the need. in
many instances, of increasing the fam
lily food supply. The vegetable garden
makes possible the production of
whole lot of real food If one concen-
trates on crops such as potatoes. beans
and roots. Crops such as tomatoes,
spinach and lettuce, supply both food
and increased health. The returns
from the vegetable garden are. however,
in direct proportion to the energy that
the gardener Is willing and able to put
into the task. There is a great deal
more to the enterprise than simply
putting the seed in the soil and watch
ing it grow. However, given care. the
vegetable garden can be counted on
to pay returns.
Evening star., 1933-03-26
FERTILIZERS.

It Is well to bear in mind that a
plant uses many different materials
from the SOIL Many of these are
present In sufficient quantity that they
never need be considered in the pur-
chase Of materials Others, chiefly
nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium,
are generally lacking, especially in
soils that have been cropped for some
time and in those that are naturally
infert1e. Local soils are generally not
sufficiently fertile to grow garden plants
successfully. Trees. on the other hand,
with their relatively large root systems.
are able to thrive where flowers and
vegetables can not make headway
About the most successful fertilizer ma
terial that gardeners have ever had is
rotted stable manure, which contains
all three of the nutrients mentioned
above and, in addition, organic matter
which lightens the soil, holds moisture
in critical periods, and breaks down
slowly into simpler nutrients Manure
also increases the amount of beneficial
bacteria and allied forms In the soil.
Next to manure stands perhaps a
good grade Of mixed commercial
fertilizer supplemented with composted
refuse or peat moss. A mixed fertilizer
contains nitrogen, phosphorus and
potash, and inert materials Most i'm
portant Of the three elements Is
nitrogen. and mixture with less than
4 per cent of nitrogen cannot be con-
sidered Of much general use. Bone
meal contains both nitrogen and phos-
phorus, chiefly the latter, and by many
Evening star., 1933-03-26
CLADIOLUS VARIETIES.

The following List Of gladiolus var
ieties was furnished by DR.. H. r. Wat
ktns, president Of the Montgomery
Suburban Garden Club and gladiolus
grower Of long experience, in response
to q request for list Of moderate priced
high-quality kinds for the everyday
homo gardener:
Minuet, lavender: Charles Dickens,
purple; Ave Maria, pale violet;
Veilehenblau, deep violet; Thomas Edi-
son, dark red; Commander Koehl, red;
DR.. F. E. Bennett, scarlet: Betty Nut
hall. orange; Golden Dream, yellow;
Mammoth White; DR.. Nelson Shook,
rose; Pride of Wanakah. rose pink;
Mrs. P. w. Sisson, light pink; w. H.
Phipps. salmon pink; Giant Nymph,
pure pink; Victor, blotched, and Mar
mora. Among primulinus types are
suggested Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. Rose
Mist. Golden Frills, Ethelyn, Scarlet
Bedder and Tiffany.
Evening star., 1933-03-26
SEED.

Within each seed lies q miniature
plant perfect in all its details. Soil
treatment and care will help to develop
the resulting plant, but in no wise can
they modify its inherent character. II
it is of poor stock 1t will remain Of poor
stock regardless of fertilizer and culti-
vation. Hence the importance Of good
flower and vegetable seed in making O
garden. After all, the seed cost Is a
relatively small part of the outlay for
producing a crop. Hence, for those who
have the means, one cannot urge too
strongly the selection of good seed.
Naturally the question arises as to
where to purchase good quality seed.
The results Of Investigations at one
Of our State agricultural experiment
stations offer light on this question. 1t
was found in termination tests Of hun
dreds of packets of seed purchased in
the open markets that brands from
certain dealers were uniformly good
and from others uniformly poor. This
points the way to secure good seeds
First deal with firm that has stability
and a good reputation and, once con-
vinced that a dealer handles good
material. give him regular patronage
Novelties in flowers and vegetables
are exceedingly plentiful in print and
Just as rare in actuality. They make
attractive lure for the would-be pur-
chaser, but older gardeners have
learned that too often so-called novel;
ties are not new, but simply renamed
older kinds, or. if new, relatively in
ferior and by no means worth the pre-
MUM asked.
Many of the ANIMALS that we grow
in our flower gardens can be grown
successfully from seed sown directly in
the open garden Our long growing
season enables practically all species to
mature satisfactorily. However, certain
slow-growing species, such as SALIVA
and petunia, can very well be started
in box or pot Of soil placed before a
sunny window or, better yet. in hot
bed.
Evening star., 1933-03-26

remove large limbs, the cut should be
made close to the main limb.
The grape Is one species that nee6s
rather heavy annual pruning. The
vines, otherwise, become q thicket Of
growth. the clusters become small, and
the berries ripen unevenly. The man
ner Of pruning depends primarily on
the method Of training-that is, vines
covering an arbor must be handled diff
ferently from those handled on q wire
trellis. The principle is, however, the
same, based on the fact that grape
flowers are borne on shoots emanating
from last seasons growth A vine with
all Of last years wood pruned of would
not bear any fruit. Several workers
have reached the conclusion that 40 to
go buds Of last years wood are enough
for the average vine. On the trellis
there might be four long canes Of 10
to is buds each, while on the over
head arbor there would be many short
canes. Bleeding of grape vines de-
scribes the loss Of sap from wounds
made at this season. However, between
pruning with loss Of sap and no prun-
ing, there Is no choice; any good
horticulturist would choose the former.
Evening star., 1933-03-26

gardeners, Is considered no better than
superphosphate in which substance the
phosphorus Is available at consider
ably lower cost. Nitrogen is the sub
stance that imparts q rich green ap-
pearance quickly, and hence we find .
mixture Of three parts of cottonseed
sulphate. much In favor for lawns.
Broadcast over the lawn at the rate
Of one to two pounds per 100 square
feet, the mixture brings quick results.
Preferably 1t should be applied before
rain and washed in with the hose.
Fertilizer costs are small since most
of the food used by the plant Is made
in its own leaves from the carbon
dioxide of the air and water through
the action of sunlight. Yet without
the fertilizers previously mentioned. the
plant cannot make use Of its own food
to full advantage.
Evening star., 1933-03-26
THE GARDEN CLUBS.

The year, with its various economic
problems, has brought no abatement in
interest in gardening: in fact, people
appear to have turned toward horticul-
ture as q relief from depressing prob
lens. This tendency is reflected In the
Garden Club activities. Memberships
are steadily increasing and attendance
at meetings has been encouraging.
The Takoma Horticultural Club Will
hold its regular monthly meeting on
next Monday evening at the Takoma
Park Branch of the Public Library.
The guest speaker will be c. R. Enlow
Of the United States Department Of
Agriculture, who will discuss the plant
ing and care Of lawns, a subject Of ever
present interest to the home owner, the
lawn being at once the most important
and the most difficult single feature in
the gardening program. c. M. Purves,
chairman of the clubs Purchasing Com
mittee, working in collaboration with
local garden supply store, has success
fully negotiated a sale of fertilizers to
members and is closing up a suhstan-
tial order of rose plants. The officers
of the club for the current year are:
Wilbur r. Youngman, president; C. G.
Carr. vice president, and Mrs. John H.
GULL, secretary.
From DR.. H. r. watkins. president of
the Montgomery Suburban Garden
Club. it is learned that this enterprising
organization is again taking an active
part in local horticultural matters.
Meetings have been held regularly on
the first Thursday Of each month in
the auditorium Of the Somerset. Md.
school. In addition, the Purchasing
Committee has negotiated sale Of
fertilizers and Of plants. Approximately
$50 rosebushes of fine new verieties
were secured for members. The secre-
tarv for the calendar year Is T. M.
Anderson.
At the next meeting of the Woodbridge
Garden Club, to be held Monday eve
room Of the Sherwood Presbyterian
Church, there will be shown two motion
pictures, one on the life of honey bees
and the other on the parks of WASH
ington and vicinity. The officers OF
the club for the present year are Mrs.
A. L. Foster, president, and Mrs. A. H.
Engelbrecht, secretary.
Mrs L. Helen Fowler presented her
beautifully illustrated lecture. Water
Gardens" before the Hyattsville Horti-
cultural Society. meeting Thursday eve.
ming. March %, at the home of Mrs.
B. F. Gather in Riverdale The grow
ing Of hardy lilies was shown to be
relatively simple and exceedingly worth
while. The president Of the society Is
Prof. w. R. Ballard of the University
of Maryland and the secretary Mrs.
John Harlan.
Evening star., 1933-03-26
PRUNING PLANTS.

Although it is little late to discuss
Spring pruning. there are certain prin.
ciples that it may be well to outline.
Do not touch the early Spring flower
ing plants such as deutzia, bridal
wreath, lilac and weigelia, until after
Towering is completed. On the other
hand. such species as hydrangea pani-
culata grandihora, buddleia, Grape
myrtle, should be pruned now II one
expects to obtain fine bloom this year.
These latter species carry their bloom
on the terminals Of new shoots.
With tree fruits, is Is not too late to
prune, although the sooner, the better.
However, the old-fashioned belief that
trees need severe pruning each year
has been proved false. It Is simply
necessary to remove dead and broken
limbs and thin out those in the top
Of the tree moderately to allow light to
enter and air to cirtulate freely In the
tree. Where it becomes necessary to
Evening star., 1933-03-26
A GARDEN SCHOOL.

Local gardeners, amateur and pro-
fessional, are to be offered on April 3.
4 and an opportunity to go to a
garden school at the new horticultural
Listed among the speakers are j. II.
Mcfarland, president of the American
Rose Society, who will discuss Modern
Rose Growing; Kenneth Boynton of
the Bronx Botanical Gardens, who will
lecture on herbaceous perennials; DR..
E. v. Wherry Of the University of Penn
Sylvania, who has consented to discuss
acid soil plants, and Mrs. Charles Stout
OF Short Hills, N. j., who has chosen
as her subject Alpine Gardens at Sea
Level" Local horticulturists, including
D. v. Lumsden, B. Y. Morrison and
members Of the university faculty also
will take part.