Evening star., 1948-09-12
Garden Club Activities

o0IOCII MI
The Potomac Rose Society will
meet Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
in the National Museum, Tenth and
Constitution avenue NV, for a
symposium on roses looking toward
the annual fall show October 2 and
IS. Speakers will be Frank Pohanka,
DR.. Freeman Weiss, A. G. Barrett,
R. e. Scammel and ]. Morton
Franklin. Suggestions will be given
on how to select, cut and prepare
blooms for the show.
Any rose grower in Washington
will be welcomed to enter roses in
the show and has an equal chance
to win top honors. Three classes
will be opened for specimen variety
blooms: "a" from gardens having up
to IS plants: "B" from gardens hav-
ing up to 100 plants: "C' from gar
dens in excess of 100 plants. Any
rose from these groups can win the
Best in the Show" grand prize.
Among prize news for the show Is
inclusion Of two new trophies. Mr..
Scammell has presented a silver
bowl for highest points winner in
the novice class. Mr.. Barrett has
presented q silver trophy for the
winner in q special class for hybrid
tea and floribunds roses having
stems more than Is inches long.
The show is dedicated to Niels J..
Hansen, organizer, charter member,
director and officer of the society.
Each new exhibitor will be given
"a pounds Of busting compound.
Members of District of the
American Rose Society will meet in
annual session here October 2 at
4:30 pm. at the National Museum.
There will be a dinner at the Ra-
leigh Hotel at $50 o'clock, and an
evening session at the Museum
Auditorium at $3.50 pm, with ad-
dresses by Or. Weiss and Mr.. Barrett
Woodbridge Garden Club will meet
tomorrow at Sherwood Hall, Twen-
ty-second street at Rhode Island
avenue NE.
Next Saturday the Potomac Rose
Society will offer the public and its
members q tour of the Conard-Pyle
Co. gardens at West Grove, Pa
Round trip fare will be $3.50. Res
ervations are closing for seats in
the second bus. Telephone j. C.
Manian, Wisconsin 5476. Leave from
Eleventh street and New York ave-
nue. at 8 am.
Chevy Chase, ID. c. Garden Club
will hold its first meeting of the
season at the home of Mrs. Elmer
N. Bunting. 3726 Window place
NV, tomorrow at l o'clock. Mrs.
Edwin Bethlehem, jr., and Mrs. E. E.
Schnellbacher will assist Mrs. Bunt-
ing. Following luncheon there will
be business meeting and quiz by
members. Fall flower arrangements
| will be shown.
An elaborate folder descriptive of
the forthcoming sixth annual
Bethesda Chevy Chase Harves
Show is being circulated. The show
will be held next Sunday from 2 to
9 pm. in the Bethesda-C Chevy Chase
High School.
Special sections for dahlias and
roses are included in a garden flow-
ers division that also includes an
nuals and perennials, hardy chrys-
anthemums, gladioluses and miscel-
laneous flowers of all types. Master
divisions of the show are also set
aside for artistic arrangements, for
vegetables and fruits, for canned
fruits and vegetables, for educa-
tional exhibits, crafts and hobbies.
Judges include W. H. Younsman, J..
stealey Elms: Netls J. Hansen. Mrs. Dion
L2may Tayioe, Miss GLADYS d,ipin: Mrs. Mrs.
Ola Powell M Malcolm. Miss Edythe Turner
Meson csrk MEs Ro0f5 St. chaqs Dp s0 e
R. Watkins, Albert ?. Vierheller, Dr.
hart, Anthony R.. Gould, Mrs Val G.
T. simmons, DR.. victor 4. Boswell. Robert
E. Webster.
Exhibits for the show will be ac-
cepted up to II am. day Of the show
but will be received from Z to 10
pm. the previous day.
Specific assignments for the show
follow:
Honorary chairmen, Commissioner Wes-
son; general chairman, Col George Strong
vice chairman. J. Stealey Elms,
Recording secretary. Miss Altona Char
nald Alexander; treasurer J. Braddock
Grant; ARTISTIC arrangements. Mrs. A. E;
EhishlaseI i,n and Mrs; C. g. Lesvitt; canned
and Mrs. r eS eeSruecini: ia epe erafts Nine Mrs
f aaf 'fs d. f. 00ei ParEel ss ahd IaS Dr. Eress e.
It Gol Ray XIV K Windham % fruits Idn and vese1 sno
tables, Edward Matteossian and J. A. Fitz-
Decorations, Mr. Elms and J. Philip
educational exhibits, Mrs. Thomas wal
Hospitality, Mrs. Edward K Bender.
Judging, Capt. J. A. Guard.
Publicity, Mr.. Schaefer.
Property, George A. Smith and J. h
Schedule. Mrs. J. Braddock Bodley and
Mrs. j. H. Sidebottom
Cover design for schedule, Mrs. Clark H.
Hilles.
Scoring and tabulation, Mrs T. Perry.
Staging, Edward L. Stock, jr
Sweepstakes usSss eI.M and other prizes. Richard
Advertising and commercial exhibits,
Mr. Schaefer
Finance, Les Bell, tr.
Food, Thomas Perry, jr.
The Gaithersburg Garden Club,
which meets Wednesday with Mrs.
Edwin Fry, plans for more ex-
tensive planting Of bulbs for spring
display, according to Marion Yoder
Drummer, its publicity chairman.
The club has made definite contri-
buttons to the beauty of Gathers
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