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Evening star., 1940-01-07
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Evening star., 1940-01-07

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Evening star., 1940-01-07

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
Minimum Requirements
Talked At FSA MEETING

Minimum requirements for Farm
Security administration borrowers
in southeastern North Carolina
were discussed at a district FSA
conference held during the past
week in the agricultural building
at Elizabethtown.
Conference topics of discussion
included: written farm and home
management plans for 1910. soil
conservation practices, determina-
ton Of maximum and minimum
standards of soil building methods,
and payments that can be earned
on farms through compliance with
the AAA.
The conference was attended by
w. M. CHM, supervisor of the rural
rehabilitation division, and Miss
Mildred Mcdonald, farm and home
management supervisor, for Bruins
wick and New Hanover counties,
and FSA officials from the counties
of Fender, Columbus, Bladen and
Sampson.
Harvey D. McLawhorn, of Colds
boro, district supervisor of RR pro-
grams, and Miss Mary E. Johnston,
Of Goldsboro, district supervisor of
farm n home management pro-
grams, called the conference to de-
eide on minimum standards for
FSA borrowers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17

people Of Fochlad calling to him
in a dream. Suddenly he felt des-
tined to go back to the land OF
his captivity as a missionary. How
ever he felt hesitant and uncertain
because of his lack of fitness for
such an enterprise and the defec-
tive education Of his youth.
To Auxerre in France he went
to himself for his life's work.
Fourteen years after his ordination
he set out for Ireland. The bishops
and priests discouraged him because
they thought his project rash.
In 432 Patrick however was conse'
Grated at the death of the bishop
of ireland. Druidism was very
strong on the island, and few Chris
tan communities existed. The
kings, chieftains and their people
worshipped the sun and moon, and
venerated mountains, rivers a n d
woods.
In this heather land Patrick and
his companions slept on the ground
the first night, and a swlneherd
thinking them thieves told his mas
ter, Dichu. Dichu was prepared to
STAY all of them when he looked
upon Patrick's face. Immediately he
changed his mind and offered them
hospitality. Patrick preached to him,
and Dichu became the first convert
won by the apostle.
In the island-plain of Dalaradia
and districts about Dun Lethglasse
Patrick's religion g r e w as he
preached and baptized. Dichu gave
him land for a Christian establish
ment. When magicians belonging to
kings or chieftains challenged him,
Patrick matched his wits with
theirs. Tradition always lists him
as victorious.
His Cherished Wish
But Patrick's most cherished wish
was to bring Christianity to t h e
children of Fochland whom he had
heard crying in his dream. There he
Travelled and revisited the scenes
where he had herded his masters
flocks and prayed at night in the
woods in snow and rain.
To the summit of a lofty and de-
solate peak he retired for lonely
contemplation and prayer. 1t is said
he remained there fasting 40 days
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
GARDEN CONTEST
RULES ANNOUNCED
Pupils Of City's Six Grammar
Schools Eligible To
Compete

Rules for the 1910 Star-NeWs
school garden contest were an
nounced yesterday by Carl Render,
director of the contest, as follows:
1. Garden must not be less than
20 by 20 feet.
2. May be all vegetables or vege'
tables and flowers.
8. Parents may prepare the
ground and show child how to
plant, all other work must be done
by child.
4. Garden must be kept clean OF
weeds and worked regularly.
When gardens are Judged, con-
sideration will be given to general
appearance, condition of plants, and
cleanliness.
Special and careful consideration
will be given obstacles child had to
overcome such as poor soil, lack OF
tools, seed and fertilizer, due to
parents not being financially able
to supply them; also Indifference
on the part Of parents.
All children attending the FOL
lowing grammar schools in the city
are eligible to enter the contest
and must give their names to their
teachers: Hemenway, Cornelius
Harnett, T~ileston, Delgado, William
Hooper, and Isaac Bear.
Contest prizes are: First prize,
IS; second prize, 50; and third
prize, 81, for each school.
The star-News silver trophy will
be won by the child having the
best garden in the contest and pre-
scented to the school which the win.
ner attends
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17

( and 40 nights like Moses, Elias and
Jesus. Since then Croagh PatricS
has drawn multitudes of pilgrims
every year at the anniversary Of his
death.
For nine years Patrick toiled
among alternating hopes and fears,
successes and defeats, which are
certain to accompany missionary
work in a barbarous country. Thep
he made a trip to Rome to receive
recognition Of his work and get a
few relics for his church, for great
Importance was put on fragments
Of cerement cloth or gains of dust
from the grave of an ancient Chris
tan.
What Rome thought of st. Pat
rick was clearly shown when he
brought back the most precious of
all gifts: relics Of the apostles
Peter and Paul. These were parti-
cularly opportune to put in his new
church Armagh, which marked the
beginning of the chief ecclessiasti-
cal city of Ireland.
Patrick is said to have establish
ed more than $50 churches, .bap-
tized 10000 people and ordained
a great many priests. He built
monasteries where young natives
became monks and daughters of
chieftains were virgins of Christ"
Another Contract
Another of Patrick's great con-
tributions to Ireland was the
schools of learning for which the
Scots became famous a few gen.
erations after his death. Their rise
was due to the contact he gave
Ireland with Roman ideas and
Roman literature. He taught the
Latin alphabet to natives studying
to become priests and encouraged
them to continue to study in order
that they might not be as unedu-
Gated as he. Thus Latin became
the ecclesiastical language of Ire
land, and inaugurated a new Pc
Rod of culture for the island and
opened a wide outlook on the uni
verse.
Patrick died in 461 A. D. He was
buried in the barn at pichu's, and
for II days there was no night.
Men told angels kept watch over
his body and diffused sweet odors
of wine and honey as they travel
ed back to heaven.
Such have been the countless
legends arising about st. Patrick,
Mostly his career is lost in OBJ
security, but without a doubt he
made Christianity a living force
in Ireland which could never be
extinguished.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
Carozina?s Many Irish Descendants
viii Observe St. Patrick;s Day
BY GLADYS BEST TRIP

st. Patrlck'S Day! thousands OF
North Carolinians will wear their
bit of green today, for the Irish
make UP a great part Of our state.
Their names can be found in every
conceivable connection. Will books
as early as 1875, court records,
minutes of the General Assembly,
and numerous old records testify
concerning the early Irish pioneers.
Among Irish named counties are:
Wayne, Moore, Burke, Rowan, Nc
|Dowell, Rutherford, Montgomery and
Dublin Cater misnamed Duplin).
Dixie and yankee Doodle are
Irish tunes set to new words.
No wonder North Carolina proud
ly observes st. Patrick's Day! The
patron saint of Ireland is still re-
vered in the hearts of Irish descen-
dants for his deeds almost 1900
years ago.
St. Patrick established firmly
Christianity in Ireland. Countless
legends have arisen about him. He
is said to have charmed the snakes
and toads to the coast Of Ireland
and driven them into the water.
Some believe that he planted the
green shamrock, Ireland's national
flower.
His Own Story
But from st. Patrick's own writ.
ings come the only true facts known
concerning his life. Son of a Brit
ish deacon who was a free subject
of the Roman empire, Patrick was
not particularly religious until at
the age of 16 he was kidnapped by
a group of Irish marauders.
Into the deepest part of a wild
and desolate Ireland, Patrick was
taken by his captors to serve a
chieftain. Tending his masters
hocks on the hills of Ireland he
learned to love all the beauties Of
nature, including the three-leafed
ed for The Trinity: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
A great spiritual change came over
him in the six years he tended his
masters floclls on the hillsides. Be-
fore dawn he arose to pray out
doors in fair weather, hail, rain or
snow. In a single day or night ome
times he offered as many as 100
prayers. In his dreams he seemed
to hear voices speaking to him. He
took them as divine limitations, and
they heartened him to escape.
So Patrick ran away and crossed
to France on a ship loaded with
Irish wolf-hourds. His first miracle
occurred when starvation threatened
the boats crew as they crossed o.
foot a desert in France. Knowing
Patrick to profess Christianity, the
crew tainted him to call on his God
for food.
In the spirit of a missionary, Pat
rick replied: Nothing is impossible
to the Lord, my God. Turn to him
truly, that he may send you food
in your path this day till We are
filled, for he has plenty in ali Places
Presently a drove of pigs appeared
On the road, and as they devoured
them, the crew thought surely it
had been a direct answer from God.
In Italy Patrick escaped from
them, having been told in a dream
Thou shalt abide with them two
months" He found refuge in the
island c~loister of Honoratus, but in
a few years left to visit his kin in
Britain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
Two More Priesthood
Clinics Are Arranged

Only two more pre-school clinics
are scheduled during March in the
citv and county schools, DR.. A.
Elliot, health officer, said yesterday.
They include: Sunset Park school,
Monday, March 10, and William
Hooper school, Friday, March ~.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17

Parents having children who plan to
enter school for the first time next
fall are asked to be present at z
o'clock on those dates.
The April schedule of pre-school
clinics includes: Monday, April I,
Delgado; Friday, April S, Wrights-
boro; Monday, April 8, Forest Hills;
Friday, April IL, Bradley's Creek;
Monday. April Is, Winter Park; and
Friday, April 10, Carolina Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
& Cover Club
To Meet Or Monday

The semi-monthly meeting Of the
Cape Fear Stamp and Cover club will
be held Monday evening at 8 o'clock
at the Chamber of Commerce,
J. Edwin Bunting, director Of pub
licity, urged yesterday that stamp
collectors send their covers to him
at 3O7 Walnut street in order to be
ready for the special pair Of cachets
to be arranged here in early April.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
Edward L. Pierce, S.,
Dies In New York City

Edward l.. Pierce, IS, a native of
Whiteville and Hallsboro, died at Z
o'clock yesterday morning at his
home in New York City.
Pierce was the SOL OF the late
Jesse and Maria Pierce, of Halls
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
SUNDAY. MARCH II, 49,,

York City for the past " a. IN Ne,
D He is survived by Ole ,i ,ts's.
K: F. sanderson, Of Wbi s.s'sF, A,s,
attorney Of Whiteyilie. 9'"0eFsop,
Funeral services viii, he s
3 o'clock Monday Afternoon Ne tr ned at
in whiteville. Burial i'' vii, s3tn md
the Whiteville cemetery '0lloH in
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Use Straw
.TOCOver
Aza1eas
House Plants MAY
Soon Be POtted to
Bring Indoors
BY EDWIN II. PERKINS.

Azaleas are becoming more popu-
lar as gift plants No longer do the
recipients allow them to dry up and
die after Towering. Instead, they
are planted in garden plots for
yearly repetition of their beautiful
bloom. Each fall those who planted
azaleas in their garden have GER
tain questions crop up in their
minds. First in importance concerns
the hardness of aZaleas.
On the whole. aZaleas will weather
the most severe winters if lightly
protected with straw. There are
two general types-one which loses
its leaves, another which retains its
evergreen foliage Those which lose
their leaves are frequently thought
to have died.
If it is intended to have the bloom
indoors during an early period, it is
necessary to lift them. pot them and
bring them indoors, where they will
be protected against freezes. The
correct storage temperature is 40 to
As degrees. Since azaleas have
masses of surface roots and few
deep roots, they should be potted
into large, shallow containers.
Pruning for symmetry should be
done Immediately after the bloom
ing period. New growths contain the
buds on which next seasons flow
ers are borne. To prune now would
rob the plant of next seasons bloom.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Protect Water Lilies
Against Freezes
This Winter

Hardy water lilies which have
bloomed all season in our backyard
pools will remain hardy in any
section of the country where the ice
does not completely encase them.
For instance, if they are II inches
below the surface of the water and
the normal depth of freeze for the
locality is IS inches, it is almost cer-
tain that those water lily roots will
then, 1t is well to protect them.
They can be protected by cover
ing them with water the depth Of
which is greater than the normal
freeze or-and this is the better
plan - the roots can be lifted,
cleaned and buried in pits below
the sectional frost line. Placing
them atop several inches of ashes
and covering with mounded soil is
good plan.
In other sections they receive suffi-
cient protection by allowing them
to remain in the pond, which is then
covered with a layer of boards. and
soil or straw. This Is accomplished
in an easy manner. Presuming
that the pond is 10 feet square, we
would need II boards l foot wide
and IL feet long. Lay the boards on
the edges of the pond. Mound up a
foot or more of straw or soil on the
boards. The result is a foot-thick
protecting layer, which keeps the
water from freezing to an appre.
ciable thickness.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
American Hyacinths
Can Take Place of
Imported Bulbs

Since the supply of hyacinths is
limited this fall in the United States,
why not consider some of the ma
tive American bulbs for fall plant
ing? Among these are the camas-
sias, or star-hyacinths.
Camassias bear long spikes of
flowers which are not so snowy as
hyacinths, but still worth while.
The spikes of flowers are about
to feet in height and not so dense
as the hyacinths, although the in
dividual blooms are larger and open
wider. The colors are pale and
deep blue, lavender and white.
They can well take the place of
hyacinths in the shrubbery plant
ing and you will find them much
more persistent. They are abSo-
lutely hardy and native to our
Eastern States, the Plains and the
West Coast.
Being native bulbs, they will gen.
orally take care of themselves once
they are planted. The bulbs should
be set in a good, well-drained soil
and the area around them kept
free of weeds during the growing
season. They grow naturally on
the edges of woods or in grass
meadows where there is plenty of
moisture.
Camassias are now being offered
at reasonable prices by the differ
ent seed and plant houses. There
is not a great deal of difference in
types. although probably Camassia
leichtlini is the strongest grower
All of them should be planted fairly
soon for best results.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
SunflOWers
Return to
Favor
Lend Quaint Charm
To Any Spot That
Needs Screening
Photo Courtesy Jackson 4 Perkins Co.

Remember the old-faShioned SUM-
flowers which used to decorate the
gardens of every ones grandmother?
For quaint charm and as means
of distracting attention from an
unattractive fence or garage, some
of the perennial sunflowers, or
HelianthuS. are ideal and well worth
a place in modern flower borders.
There is swamp sunflower, He'll
anthus decapetalus. which bears
numerous yellow flowers at this
time of year, making one of the
brightest pictures in the fall land
scape. Other good types are He'll
anthus mollis. H. orgyalis, H. scaber--
rimus and H. strumosus One CT
the showiest of these is a form of
mollis, Ashy Sunf1ower. which re-
sembles a small dahlia when in
bloom. Besides these. there are
many wild forms which are well
suited for garden use.
All of these sunf1owers are practi-
cally disease proof, although they
may serve as hosts for patches of
mildew, but this is only a minor dis
figurement. Once planted, they will
take care of themselves, even crowd
ing out weeds. Their only draw
back, in fact, is that they some
times become rather weedy in their
habits themselves, particularly the
Jerusalum- -artichoke, Helianthus tu-
berosus. The plants will grow in
practically any soil, however. and
the flowers are well suited for
indoor decoration.
Evening star., 1940-10-12

arrives. They are splendid for nat
uralizing and make pleasing dis
play in the rock garden. The
snowdrops prefer soil that is more
moist than do most of the small
spring Towering bulbs, otherwise
they are handled the same.
Mission bells or guinea hen flow
ers are two of the common names
for fritillaria, but they have many
other names. Having been grown
in this country for many years and
being hardy and persisting, it is
not surprising to find them growing
in some of the older gardens. F.
meleagriS has pendant reddish
brown and purple flowers, although
there is white form as well as
improved varieties.
Fritillaria imperialis-crown i'm
perials - are exceedingly snowy
members of this family. They are
much more difficult to make happy
than are the less snowy guinea
hen flowers, but once established
in a congenial situation, they will
last for many years. Give them a
deep, rich, loamy soil in full sun
and set the bulbs at least 6 inches
deep.
The little grape hyacinths-Mus-
carl. are fairly well known in local
gardens and deservedly so, for they
are hardy and dependable. The
tight little clusters of flowers give
them their name. Most gardeners
use them as edgings, although they
make splendid mass paintings in
the rock garden and shrub border
The bulbs should be spaced 4 inches
or more apart and covered with 3
inches of soil
Other small spring -flowering bulbs
that should not be overlooked are
the leucojum-snoWfake; ornitko-
galum-star of Bethlehem; pusch-
kinia-a persistent little white.
shaded and striped with-blue flower;
the scillas-squills, both the Eng
lish blue bells and the wood hya-
cinths. The wood hyacinth resem-
bles a small Dutch hyacinth, while
the English blue bells are more
like dark blue glory -the-snow
Triteleia, a chionodoxa- like flower,
and last, but not least, the trilliums
or wake robins.
The shortage of foreign-grown
tulips and hyacinths can hardly be
called serious situation, for it
Il, rr;x,
natives listed and many other
worthwhile dubious flowers. Many
gardeners have focused their atten-
ton on the more widely advertised
tulips and daffodils, ignoring these
smaller though daintier flowers,
which one author describes as really
fine things that people don't buy!'
Evening star., 1940-10-12

thoroughly raked into the surface
soil. 1t is usually much better to
improve the topsoil already at hand
with these materials than to pur-
chase new topsoil, which must also
be improved before it will grow good
grass.
Four lawn seed mixtures are
recommended for new paintings and
renovating old sod. No. / mixture
is for average sunny locations; No.
mixture for lawns that are to be
cut very close; No. 3 for partially
shaded areas, and No. for terrace
slopes and poor, sandy and shaley
soils. These mixtures, developed by
the New Jersey Agricultural Expert
ment Station, are carried in stock
by large percentage of seed deal
ers. New lawns will require to 5
pounds of seed for each 1000 square
feet, and this is entirely adequate
if evenly spread over the surface
and carefully raked in. A light roll
ing after planting is an effective
way of flrming the seed into the
soil.
If natural rainfall is not adequate,
artificial watering is desirable to
insure prompt termination and
growth. 1t is necessary, however, to
use a fine mist-like spray to avoid
forming a crust on the soil which
would hamper emergence of the tiny
grass seedlings. After the lawn be-
gins growth. moving may be advis-
able to prevent the nurse grasses in
the seeding mixture from growing
too rankly. Cutting at height of
IL inches at a time when the grass
leaves are completely dry will not
injure the lawn at any time. Now
ing at shorter intervals is undesir-
able.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Garden Club Notes

Mr.. RAYMOND Augustine mas
chosen "Trees" for the subject OF
his talk to be presented at the meet
ing of the Washington Garden Clup
on Monday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. E. G. Baldwin in Arlington.
Mrs. R. M. Baldwin will be CO.
hostess, and a number OF members
of the club will present flower ar
rangements to be discussed at a
round-table.
An informal flower show has been
arranged by Mrs. Perley Nuttlng.
chairman, and her Exhibition Com
mittee of the Chevy Chase, D. c..
Garden Club to be held on October
IA. Mrs. Leason Adams of Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda, Md, will be
hostess, assisted by Mrs Newman
Little. Mrs. Frederick Newburgh,
Mrs. John Writ and Mrs. Eli Swavely.
Mrs. Daniel G. Davis will give a
brief talk on judging, which will
be done by club members.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Porch Boxes
May Bloom
Adequate Food Is
Required to Keep
Flowers Healthy
THE MASTER GARDENER.

I am indebted to Mr.. H. D.
Hemenway, noted author, lecturer
and gardener, Holden, Mass. for
the following suggestion, and think
If communicate to you his enthu-
siasm, you will appreciate my quot
Ing his letter:
why not tell your people how to
have attractive window or porch
boxes all winter?
Just as the ground was freezing
last fall I filled three window or
porch boxes with the young Johnny
jump-ups or Ladies' Delights CViola)
just coming into bloom. These 7
placed on the rail next the glass
on a glassed-in but unheated porch.
OF course they froze cold nights and
remained frozen several days at
time. Every sunny day all winter
some of the blooms would show.
Sometimes while the garden IS
covered with snow we have 80 to 40
blooms in each box They attract
considerable attention and have
been very much worthwhile.
Another plant on our porch all
winter. always green and attractive.
is Sedum acre. 1t fully covers the
top and sides of a 10 or II inch pot
Anyone can do as we'll as I have
II they will remember the bacteria
that makes plant food in the soil
available does not function at low
temperatures, so it is necessary to
feed with complete plant food.
OF course apply the plant food. dis
solved in water. on days when the
soil has thawed out"
I hope many of you will have
porches bursting with bloom and
decked with green this winter. After
all, many of us have inclosed. un-
heated porches that could well be
put to such use.