Evening star., 1948-05-09

four women, their husbands and
their neighbors In the block are
going to be showing Oh their back
yards In an "alley tour" and Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Bartlett are going
to use their garage As = place tc
receive guests and dispense refresh
ments.
The four "host" couples are men,
bers Of the Silver Spring Garden
Club, but they live In Washington
on . VALLEY between Seventeenth
street and Argyle terrace and Bu-
chanan and Allison streets NV
They have been the driving spirits
which in recent years have made
their alley q delight to behold, spicl
and span the year around. The l:
families in the block cooperate
wholeheartedly.
Other members Of the club octette
are Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Koka, Mr.
and Mrs. Burch Lee Butcher and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Carney. In
all, six residences face Seventeenth
street, three face Allison and six are
on Argyle terrace.
Trash is collected once and gar.
bage twice weekly, but you'll nevel
see receptacles after the trucks have
made their visits.
I'VE can't have them" Mrs. Bart.
lett said. "They mar the beauty ol
our flowers and lawns. OF course
our front yards look good, too, but
everybody around here concentrates
on doing his bit to keep the bach
yards tidy"
First day Mrs. Bartlett lived ir
her house, 4511 Argyle terrace NV.
she grabbed a broom and swept UP
the alley. That was IA years ago
"One thing I won't stand" she told
her husband then, "ia to look out
back and see a lot of trash lying
around. Her enthusiasm carried tt
others, who may have been . little
lax and today nobody would think
Of throwing anything out in the
alley. The garden club members
helped the others to make interest.
ing paintings of flowers and shrubs
II haven't any Idea how many will
come to our alley tour" Mrs. Bart.
lett said. but If we run out Of lem.
onade there1l be something else
to drink-maybe just plain water.
The annual spring convention oi
the American Rose Society will be
held at Kansas City May AZ to May
80 at the Hotel Continental. with
the Kansas City Rose Society host
for the occasion. A show will be
staged on the roof Of the Cont
mental. The Nicholson Perpetual
Challenge Bowl, highest American
amateur rose growing award, will
be presented at the banquet on Fri
day evening by George A. Sweetser
president Of the American Rose So
ciety, for the best display Of nine
roses, three each Of three varieties
Tours will include q visit to the
famous Longview farm. Conclud-
ing event will be the rose festival
program at the Kansas City Munich
pal Rose Garden. For details, ad-
dress the American Rose Society
Department A. Box 687. Harris
burg, Pa.
The May meeting Of the National
Capital Dahlia Society will be held
Thursday at 8 pm, at the National
Museum, Tenth and Constitution
avenue NV. Feature will be the
annual plant and root sale Of
current and past honor roll dahlias
as well as miniature, pom pom, ball
and collarrette varieties. The
plants and roots are donated each
year by members and the proceeds
go to the annual show at the Bo-
tanic Garden September IS and 26
i The society seeks to increase its
membership to include all fanciers
in the District and nearby Mary
land and Virginia. Dues are 81 fol
one or 50 for two Of one family
All accepted for membership in 1915
will be issued credit slips which en-
title them to select plants or roots
at the May sale to the amount paid
for membership. Contact Frank j
Petrlick, membership chairman, SOC