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Evening star., 1954-05-16
By Alice S. Younemon

Now that so many Of the new
ranch-type houses are including
an open terrace as an integral
part of the plan. a few sugges-
tions in regard to the effective
use of potted plants should be
timely and helpful. Many OF
the older homes also are adding
a useful and attractive terrace
or patio They have been part
of California homes for years.
Plants fol this purpose may
be grown in pots. tubs, cans OF
boxes. They may be chosen for
shady or sunny spots. In facS
many sun lovers may be placed
in the shade for a short time.
The. soil mixture is very i'm
portant If you use some form OF
container because the roots can
reach only a very limited dis
tance-two parts of good gar
den soil and one part Of peat
or leafmold or of well-screened
compost. Fertilizer should be
added also To one bushel Of
the soil mixture add as much
fertilizer as will fill q 4-inch
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Long Crop Device

Gardeners can increase tomato
yields by using wire cylinder
to force vine growth upward.
M. M. Parker, assistant direc-
tor of the Virginia Truck Ex-
pertinent Station at Norfolk,
said Is tomato plants grown in
a station garden produced 1900
pounds Of tomatoes, or 66
pounds per plant. when cylinders
were used.
The new method, tried the last
three years, heightened the
bearing season of the tomato
plants and provided a crop of
red. well-formed tomatoes from
early July until freezing weather
late in November.
Mr.. Parker said cylinders,
made of heavy wire concrete
reinforcing with 6-inch mesh,
were placed over the tomato
vines a few weeks after they
were planted.
The cylinder, 2 feet in dia-
meter and S feet tall, forced the
vines to grow upward rather
than to spread. Many of the
vines. he said, grew to the top
of the cylinders and down the
outside, measuring as much as
IL feet in vine length.
The cylinders. he said, are
strong enough to stand unsup-
ported. Stakes. however, were
placed on either side to prevent
the wind blowing them over.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
inexpensive and Cheerful
Terrace and Potio Beauty IS Easy to Create
Thoughtful Ponner con Use Even Tree Scheme Of Boom
Leofmod and Compost Should Go in Pots Tubs Boxes

flower pot. For most plants a
5-l0-5 mixture will be satisfac-
tory.
It will be necessary to water
often. The soil in clay pots dries
out very rapidly. It is well to
bury the pots in flower boxes,
tubs or other containers made
for the purpose. Sometimes a
fairly narrow border is incorpo-
rated in the plan. Whatever the
method the container holding
the plant may be set and should
be. perhaps. in somewhat
large container which contains
moist peatmoSS.
If you are fortunate enough to
have a tree growing within the
patio. a planting Of some bright
colored flowers around the base
will add a. cheerful note-nas-
turtiums, petunias or scarlet
sage, etc.
Sometimes geraniums may be
set at the outer edge of the
steps. They add a cheerful note.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
COLLEGE PARK

Many tomato plants are set
back so severely by transplanting
that they never recover. Andy
Duncan, University of Maryland
horticulturists. advised these
steps:
Plant only the strong, healthy
plants as soon as received. Throw
away any that are weak, dis
eased or poorly colored. Strong
healthy plants will bear two
weeks earlier than weak ones.
Wet roots of tomato plants as
soon as you receive them. Re-
move center bundle and stand
basket containing the other
bundles in 2 inches of water in
tub for S minutes. Do not wet
stems. Place tomato plants in
shade. This will freshen plants
and give them a better chance
of living after transplanting.
Dip the plants for insect con-
troll. Dip the tops in a mixture
of 3 ounces of lead arsenate,
2 fluid ounces of summer oil
emulsion and 5 gallons of water.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Best Size for Beets:
Like Golf Balls

Beets give heavy yield for
the space they take in the home
garden, and can be harvested
all summer long and served in
many delicious ways.
The height of their quality is
reached when they are as big as
a golf ball; so several sowings
at intervals are advisable to keep
new crops coming to be har-
vested in their prime.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Mems Garden Clubs
To Meet in Denver

The annual convention of the
Mems Garden Clubs of America
will be held in Denver June 8-11.
Among features will be a lecture
forum on "Crab Grass" lead by
DR.. r. Milton Carleton. and a
reception for delegates in the
gardens of LeMoine Bechtold,
well known hybridist of daylilies.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
DU POINT TOMATO DUST
boosts yield and quality

Ideal combination of special chemi-
eals to protect tomatoes against
blights and insects, all season long.
Sizes: S-oz. and 2-lbs.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Beuns Are Popular,
Efficient Producers

Next to tomatoes. beans are
the most popular of home gar
den vegetables, and one of the
most efficient producers of food,
for the space devoted to them.
Plant breeders have improved
beans remarkably, first by re-
moving the strings from "string
BEANS" and then developing
heavy-yielding, top-quality va
rietieS, which resist diseases and
bear twice as long in the home
garden as formerly.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Thin Small Plants

Small garden seed can rarely
be sown so Sparsely that thin
ming out excess plants can be
avoided in the home vegetable
garden. Large seed can be
spaced accurately, but with small
ones it is necessary to sow more
than there is room to mature,
and when they come up many
must be sacrificed so that the
others may have room to de-
velop.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Kill Grubs in Soil

Many battle to save trees is
won by a grub-proofing lawn
campaign against beetles and
other pests. Arsenate Of lead
sprays help after the beetles
have reached adult stage.
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
Rites For Isaac
Williams Saturday

Last rites for Isaac Williams
As, Bill E. Jones will be held to-
MORO wmorning II O'Clock at the
Chapel in the Valley. Interment
will be in Double Butte Cemetery
Mr.. Williams died Tuesday in a
local hospital, following a short
illness. A native of Arkansas, he
came to Phoenix in 1914 and was
a member of AF of L Engineers
Union.
Survivors are his wife, Myrtis;
son, Roy Lee Williams; two sisters,
Mrs. Myrtle Carter, Santa Monica
Calf, and Mrs. M. H. Davis
liable, Okla; two brothers, Ode
Carver and Juice Carver, both OF
Kansas City Mo.
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
Woman May Oppose
TaImadge On
Desegregation

A Georgia daily newspaper car
ried a front page article last week
to the effect that a prominent At
lanta woman lawyer and Sunday
School teacher may throw her hat
in the ring for governor of Georgia
on "a platform of compliance with
the u. S. Supreme Court decision
outlawing school segregation.
Mrs. Grace Thomas, a resident of
Decatur with law office in At
lanta, said last week that she is
seriously considering entering the
race because all gubernatorial
candidates thus far qualified "are
trying to circumvent the law"
A Baptist Sunday School teach
er. Mrs. Thomas is national chair
man of the move for jury service
for women, a past president of the
Women'S Bar Association of Geor-
gia, a leader in the Business and
Professional Women's Association.
There is nothing the Commun-
lists would like better than strife
in Georgia and disobedience to
the law" Mrs. Thomas said. Il
think we should work for the
unity of the people. 1t would be to
the advantage of the white child
rem as we'll as the colOred child
rem. It is the Christian thing to
to. 1t is anti-Communist. 1t is
good citizenship. AS a lawyer, l
think we should obey the law"
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Harrison Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held
Saturday at l pm. for Mrs. Mar
garet Harrison, 81, of 1248 East
Broadway, at Ragsdale Chapel in
the Valley. Rev. E. D. Hankins will
officiate, according to Ragsdale
Mortuary, which is in charge.
Mrs. Harrison died on July 4. She
came to Phoenix Is years ago from
PaWhauska, Oklahoma.
Surviving are her husband, Boyd,
and a cousin, Anna Roberts of
Phoenix.
Interment in Double Butte Cere-
terry.
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
Business Awakening To Wide
Negro Market, Survey Shows

NEW YORK-BuSinessm every
where are paying more and more
attention to the huge and profit
able but long-ignored Negro mar
ket. Time, The Weekly News maga-
zine, says in it's business essay in
the current July 81 issue. The
conclusion IS based on survey
conducted by Times news bureaus
throughout the country.
Overall, Time says, the Negro
market is estimated at SIS billion
a year. Census figures show that
the total income of Negroes had
quadrupled since 1910, and their
r1edian income has shot up even
faster. For non-whites f96 per cent
of whom are Negroes) the median
income has risen almost four times
from $489 in 1889 to $1,943 in
1851, while the white income has
increased less than three times
over the same period.
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
State Leadership
Prospects Detailed
In Opportunities

Arizona today was revealed In
detail as one of the Pacific South
west states having top prospects in
such growth factors as population,
jobs and income.
In the picture chart above, the
National Association of Manufac-
turers outlines some of the major
factors which establish this state
as one of the leaders in the de-
cade of Opportunity"
While the Nation whole is
expanding, it is the Far West, the
Pacific Southwest, and this partic-
ular state which are proving to be
trend leaders in rate of predicted
growth.
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
Eighth Annual
Session Will
End Tonight

The Paradise Baptist Sunday
School and Baptist Training Union
Convention closed its eighth annual
state session here today. The meet
ing was held at the First Institu-
tional Baptist Church and was
very we'll attended by delegates
from most of the churches of the
state
The general program theme was
'''The Church Fostering Personal
Christian Faith in the New World
Community"
The Official delegate list which
includes the instructors follows:
from Mt Calvary Baptist Church,
Tucson - Misses Margaret Arm
strong, Melba Jean Hicks, June
O'Kelly, Sadie Turner, Mrs. Sadie
Turner, Mrs. Ennette Wooten, Rev.
T. S. Jackson and IIalston Pitts;
from First Baptist Church, Flag
staff-Miss Cathleen Barnes and
Mrs. Cora Lee Todd; from Mt
Olive Baptist Church, Prescott :
Misses Lorinia Brown and Oral
Lee Brown; New Home Baptist
Church, Phoenix - Mrs. Earlene
Browne; First Institutional Bap-
tist Church, Phoenix-Misses Yer
nola E. Billingsley, and Hazel Boy
er, Mrs. Maggie Brown, Mrs. Aure-
liza Erwin, Mrs. Essie ]. Walton and
J. D. Holmes; and Antioch Baptist
Church, Phoenix Misses Dorothy
Foules, Gretchen Vann and Mrs.
Fanny Morgan.
Election of officers was held yes
terday afternoon. Only two changes
in the present roster was nrade.
Miss Sadie Turner was elected re-
cording secretary and William C.
Smith Jr., corresponding secretary.
Reelected were: Elder P. V. Dav-
is, President; Sister Erlise Brown,
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09

According to an article appear
ing in a Texas paper, a group of
white citizens in Orange, Texas, a
town of 10000 are beginning to
smart, under the recent U. S.
Supreme Courts unanimous de-
cision outlawing segregation in
public school.
1t said "The gang, known as the
.Moonlighters' have issued state
ment saying that any Negro, who
tries to go to a white school will
find himself grave"
FIERY CROSSES
At least, a half dozen fiery cross
eS have been burned principally in
the Negro sections, and several
Negroes have received anonymous
death threats by telephone. Every
night, the colored sections bristle
with watchful men carrying rifles.
Blazing crosses have been burn
ed in other parts of eastern Texas
and western Louisiana, notably in
Paris, Texas, and Lake Charles,
La. This action has been going on
since June Z.
To combat this promised reign
of terror, Police Chief Raymond
Sanders is being assisted by agents
of the FBI. Extra police squads are
patrolling the city, and the chief
told newsmen early this week he
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
LOCAL POLICE

The gang published notice in
the towns newspaper stating: Tell
the local police to lay off the
Moonlighters-or else"
Another typewriter notice was
found attached to homemade ar
row in the yard of Mrs. Mary
Alice Lakey, a reporter of the
Orange Leader. 1t said in part:
"You have cast shadow on our
intelligence. Well, we are smart
enough to know what the Supreme
Court ruling on schools is all
about. We are violently opposed
to tive are not going to stand
for it. The Bible teaches us that
black men and red men are diff
ferent from white men, and it is
our aim to make sure that they
respect that difference"
The Moonlighters have been ac-
tive since the first week in June
when they left a note in the Lakey
front yard apparently as a publ
city stunt, which read: "Save Our
Schools. Down With the Negroes" "
Also attached to the arrow bearing
the message was a "Moonlighter''
membership card.
The gang is believed to have de-
rived it's name from a Western
movie, the title being given to a
band of vigilanteS.
At first, Chief Sanders regard
ed the activity as the work of
pranksters, but now he has chang
ed his mind. He thinks it is the
work of handful of adult
trOublemakerS who will have to be
stopped before someone gets kill
ed"
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
TAPPING THE
SOUTHERN MARKET

The increasing notice business
men are taking of the Negro mar
ket is particularly evident in the
South, where two-thirds of the Is
million u. S. Negroes live.
To help tap this market some
Southerners have begun employing
Negro statesmen. A Negro hired by
a Packard dealer in Charles, S. c.,
for example, sold two new and
three used cars in his first Is days.
The months before the entire staff
had sold Negroes only four used
cars.
GROWING NEGRO AID FIELD
Market surveys show the Negro
|customere responds best to an ad-
vertisement emphasizing quality
and prestige. A long history of ex-
ploitation makes him wary of
cheap, shoddy goods. Thus, Time
says, a Negro will spend more OF
his salary on high priced goods
than a white man.
Some 374 u. S. radio stations
now broadcast special programs to
entertain and sell to Negroes. And
the Negro ad field is growing so
fast that Manhattan's Batten,
Barton, Durstine and Osborne
hired a Negro two years ago as
special consultant on the Negro
market, has since boosted its ac-
counts in the field from two to 40.
FICTION OF CREDIT RISKS
The economic srise of the Negro
Continued on Page g.
Arizona sun., 1954-07-09
'MoonIighters' Dare
Neqroes To Attend School

expected break in the case with
in the next day or two.
''We've had this stuff before he
said. land we know how to handle
it."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-08-05

ness during the next three
months.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-08-05

Government farm programs,
what conclusions has Anderson
reached?
The American farmer will al
WAYS get a good hearing in Con-
gress, but the farmers will have
to prove their case FOR any pro-
gram they want. 1t seems to me-
though, that farmers would be
better off if they would cut their
tie to the Federal Government. l
would suggest three things:
First, surpluses will have to be
controlled by units of production
bushels, etc-not by acreage.
Production methods have grown
too efficient and acreage controls
tend to drive farmers to extreme
production measures with some
times harmful results.
Then, if the U. S. intends to
seek a world market for farm
SURPRISES, we should have two
price plan-one for the U. S. it.
self and another price plan that
would enable our farmers to sell
on the world market at competi-
tive price.
Third, I think if l were Score
tary of Agriculture I'd take i'm
mediate steps to encourage all
branches of the agricultural in,
dustry to organize so that at the
end of 10 years each branch
would have it's own program. The
apple growers. the wreat grow
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-08-05

men. Why, the SENTINEL did
great service in running columns
after column of explanation"
Has the shift to dairying real
ly paid off?
mo doubt about it. Today, the
average income per farm in
Montgomery County is five times
what it was in 1926. The average
national farm income today is
$1,876; the Maryland average is
$2,212, and the Montgomery
County average is $2,877. In 1881
we began to make Roadway in
the drive toward dairying and it's
done pretty well by us as you can
see from these current figures.
think this is especially good when
you consider that half of all
County farms are less than 80
acres in size"
When Anderson came to Mont
gomery County, the idea of hav-
ing college-trained men help the
farmer was only II years old.
Did he find farmers waiting with
open arms to greet the County
Agent?
mo sir. In those days when
you went to visit the average
farmer it was a good idea to turn
your car around and face down
hill before you got out to visit
him."
How, then, did the County
Agent win acceptance?
"Well, in my case I'm a natural
optimist. l had to learn how to
procrastinate. l think it has been
my greatest asset. 1 learned new
er to start farm program in any
field until the farmers themselves
were convinced it wah worth
while. BY doing this seldom got
into situation where l had the
steam railing doWnhill and then
had to dam it up and start all
over again.
"You can't tell the farmer what
to do and you shouldn't try. But
you way give him an incentive to
start looking into things on his
own account"
Who does Anderson remember
as being particularly helpful to
him in providing that incentive?
MANY, many people. They've
all been grand and it's hard to
single out any. But right away
think of Cy Jones-dead now
former Farm Bureau president;
Dorsey King-he's goet a lot of
sense; Thomas c. Darby - also
passed on = WV. Hodges of
GAINESVILLE, Lewis P. Allnut of
Jacksonville for his sense of hui
NOR; Henry Hickerson, and DR..
T. V. Symons of the University
a great builder and administrat-
or"
After 80 years of watching
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-08-05
Gaithersburg Coop
To Plan Meetings

MEMBERS OF Jne SOuIneTn OldIeS
Gaithersburg Petroleum Coopera-
tive, Southern States Gathers
burg Cooperative and Locker
Plant Boards of Directors and
Farm Home Advisory Committee,
their wives and husbands will
meet August 10 at Z pm. at Ep-
worth Methodist Church, Gath
ersburg, to make plans for their
local 1854 Southern States Coop
erative Annual Membership meet
ing, to nominate persons to make
plans for their local 1854 South
ern States Cooperative Annual
Membership meeting, and to fill
vacancies occurring this year on
the Board and Advisory Commit
tees.
Elections will take place at the
membership meeting. One of the
questions to be decided at this
session will be whether or not
to hold a Farm Talent Round Up
Contest as the highlight of the
Annual Meeting. If such a con-
test is held, the winner will have
the opportunity to appear in a
district elimination contest to be
held later this fall. District elm
nations will be judged by mem.
Der of Ted Macks Original Anna
teur Hour staff from New York.
Members of the Southern
States Gaithersburg Petroleum
Cooperative board are: Samuel B.
Briggs, President; Allie Messer,
and j. Raymond Kemp all of
Gaithersburg, Md; Ray B. Ro.
berts, Derwood; Lewis Leth,
bridge, Ashton; ]. William Pur,
dunn, Clarksburg; and Douglas
Briggs, Germantown.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-08-05

Members of the Southern
States Gaithersburg Cooperative
and Locker Plant are Ward w.
FetroW, President, o. H. Wells
both of Germantown; T. M. Gar.
rett, Rockville; H. w. Mumford,
Jr., Clifton Wightman, and w. o.
King all of Gaithersburg; Ken
meth Heisler, Boyd.
Members of the Farm Home
Advisory Committee are Mrs. C.
A. Watkins, Germantown; Mrs.
F. c. Green, Mrs. o. w. Ander-
son, Mrs. Herman Allen, and Mrs.
H. w. Mumford, Jr. all of Gath
ersburg; Mrs. Basil Mobley, Der
wood.
]. Harvey Richard, Kenneth
Windham and Lester Donovan,
Managers of Southern States
Gaithersburg Petroleum Coopera-
tive, Southern States Gathers
burg Cooperative, and Southern
States Gaithesrburg Cooperative
LOCKER Plant, respectively, will
attend the meeting. L. w. Rich
ardson and r. D. Hammond,
Southern States District Manag-
ers, will also be present.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-08-05

then u years old, to the day
took up his duties in Montgom
cry County. And because he be
lieved in agriculture personally
he used his salary savings
through the years to buy the
farms he owns today-at Gath
ersburg, Jacksonville and DECKER
son.
Il just didn't know any better
way of investing my money" he
said quietly of this and with com
plete disregard of the stock and
band market.
Furthermore, o. w. has en-
couraged his son to stay with
farming and he gives the same
advice to other farmers sons.
There's a better time coming
for boys and girls on the farm"
he said with decision. applied
science has been accepted and
farm life has less druggery in it.
That's what makes most young
folks leave acknowledgements
and it's going. We no longer
have to move manure with pitch
forks, you know. And farmer
can be his own boss-that's big
point.
What does Anderson consider
the outstanding accomplishment
in County Agriculture in his %
years as County Agent?
The answer was quick and de-
cisive:
"The shift from cropping to
dairying as the base of the Coun-
tvs agriculture. When I came
here, the value of the County ag-
ricultural production-then most
ly crops-was less than 81 mil
lion. Today-with dairying as the
base-it's $11 million. You see,
Montgomery County is a high
cost of production area. Anr you
get much better standard of
living by using your land to pro-
duce milk and meat than to grow
crops for human consumption"
The shift from cropping to
dairying was one of the big COM
paigns in which Anderson played
a leading part.
There were others who did
just as much as to sell the shift
to County farmers" he quickly
pointed out. "In fact, the whole
thing started from a thorough
survey of County farming by a
group of farmers and business
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-08-05
On the Farm,
County to Entertain State Hereford Men
On Annual Tour Scheduled for Aug IA

Montgomery County will be the
host to the Maryland Hereford
Breeders association on Saturday,
Aug. Ia when the group will Wis.
it prominent Hereford farms in
the County. Howard County
farms are also included on the
tour.
Boyd T. White, University of
Maryland Extension animal hus-
bandman, reminds beef cattle
producers that this tour always
presents a wealth of information
that is helpful to them.
The tour will begin at the
Spring Valley Hereford farms To-
Gated Is miles west of Rockville
on Route 28 At this 1900 acre
establishment producers can see
the herd of 400 cows and hear
manager A. Leland Clark talk
about many of the cows and sires
being used
The second stop will be at c. R.
Hurts farm near Sunshine, just
off Route 81. Lunch will be
served there.
At 3 pm. the group is sched-
uled to visit John Rogers BuShy
Park farm near Cooksville. At
this stop, herd manager Dick
Clayton will give demonstration
on preparing a Hereford for the
show ring.
The last stop, at Sis pm, will
be at Meadowbrook Farms, loca-
ted on Route 20 near Ellicott City.
]. c. Lewis, the owner, will dis
cuss some of the work he is do
ing in starting testing program
based on weight for age in his
calves.
Supper will be served at Mead
OVERLOOK Farms.
A judging contest for ladies is
a special feature of the tour. The
ladies will judge a class at each
farm.
Anyone wishing to attend the
tour should contact John A.
Rolfe, tour chairman, Spring Val
ley Hereford Farms, Poolesville.
This is necessary because of the
need to make early arrangement
for lunch and supper.