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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-11-12
MANTEo coLoRED NEWS

Herbert M. Collins of Salem,
Mass, recently visited his par
ents. He was accompanied by his
children, Deborale and Marshall,
who are planning to stay for a
while with their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Collins. Her
bert has recently been promoted
to the rank of Chief in the U. S.
Coast Guard.
Rev. Lindbergh White was ac-
companied by the Heaven Creek
Baptist Church Choir and a
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number of members to the
Corinth church where he preach
ed Nov. Z.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. H. M.
Collins of Salem, Mass, a girl,
Joan Lorraine, weighing 6 lbs, 8
OF. The mother is the former
Miss Gertrude Jones of Killwyn,
Va.
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At pompous Roman banquets
of old, flowers were dropped
from trapdoors in the ceiling on
"over-stuffed" guests as they re-
clined on touches in the dining
room.
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The Navy operates a CORES
pondence school with more than
100000 Navy and Marine stu
dents.
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Amendment vesting the General Assembly with author
to provide for the retirement of members of the
preme Court and for the recall of such retired memt
to serve on said court in lieu of any active member
for any cause is temporarily incapacitated.
Amendment authorizing the General Assembly to est
lsh Board of Paroles with complete authority to grs
revoke or terminate paroles.
Constitutional amendment providing that where one co
ty constitutes senatorial district such county shall
limited to senator in the General Assembly of
State
Amendment reducing the length of residence for vot
in a precinct from four months to thirty days preo
ing election
Amendment abolishng the requirement for an election
short term offices occurring between the date of
General Election and the following January first
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THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
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THERE is NO SUBSTITUTE
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Judge Superior Court
VIM. Y. BECKETT
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For BID. of Education
ELLIS A. GRAY CD
S. SC'B'UGH (R)
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For Co. Commr:
C. C. DUVALL CD
L. L. SWAIN (D)
w. H. LEWARK Cd
w. T. TOLER (R)
J. w. SC'B'UGH CD
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l. C. JENNETT (R)
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Fruit and Vegetable
Demand to Stoy
High, VPI Says

consumer demand Tor fruits
and vegetables is expected to be
at about the same high level as
in 1858.
Agricultural economists at VPI
say. however, that foreign mar
kets may be slightly weaker.
More specifically, Virginia
apple production, with normal
weather. should be somewhat
larger than the 1853 crop and
prices will be lower.
Virginia prices for strawber-
ries are expected to be as high
as or higher in 1854.
The potato outlook depends on
what producers do. If late crop
producers market as they did in
1923, 1t could mean de-
pressed early potato market.
Virginia producers should plant
about the same acreage. taking
care to keep production costs
low.
Consumers will buy more sweet
potatoes in 1854 at satisfactory
prices. Producers with facilities
for storing will make better
profits.
The demand for fresh market
truck crops will be good. Vir-
ginla prices. as in the past. will
depend on production and mar
ketlng in earlier production
areas and in Virginia.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Cynthiu Westcott
ToL Lecture Here on
Garden Enemies

DR.. Cynthia Westcott, author
ity on garden problems and au-
thor of many books and articles.
will lecture at the Woodward &
Lothrop Chevy Chase store au-
ditorium at 2:30 pm. January 81.
under auspices of the KenWood
Garden Club. Her subject will
be Garden Enemies" The num-
Der Of tickets is limited and
| they should be ordered from
Mrs. Robert E. L. johnson
tOliver 2-8999.
DR.. Westcott'S latest book deals
with how to recognize common
pests and diseases. 1t is titled
Garden Enemies" and was pub
lished by Van Nostrand last Sep
tember. Other books. not to
mention numerous articles in
newspapers and magazines, in
clude The Plant Doctor" Uip-
pincott), The Gardeners Bug
Book" doubleday and PLANT
Disease Handbook" Wan Nos
trand).
A recent book. "Anv One Can
Grow Roses" 1952), found wide
acceptance and was even trans
lated into Braille. A portion was
translated into Portuguese for
scientific publication in Brazil.
During the war winters of
1914 and 1945 Miss Wescott was
employed by the Department of
Agriculture to work out a prac-
tical control for the disastrous
azalea flower blight and was
stationed in Mobile. BY follow
ing her recommendations for
spraying, the gardens through
out the South prolong their sea-
son many weeks.
Because the azalea blight is
now present in some Maryland
gardens, the lecture in Chevy
Chase will include slides of the
disease and control techniques.
Miss Westcott is chairman of
the garden enemies section of
the National Council of State
Garden Clubs, serves on the
Executive Committee of the
American Horticultural Council,
is a, consultant for the Brooklyn
Botanic Garden, where she
teaches short courses, and is a
member of the chronological
Society of America and the
Evening star., 1954-01-10

National Capital Dahlia So
ciety will hold its annual BAN
quet Thursday evening at the
Metropolitan Memorial Meth
odist Church, Nebraska and New
Mexico avenues NV, at GAS
pm Program: Church Barber
Shop Quartet selections: colored
films. 'Springtime in Holland" ="
Gardens of Europe" Modern
ChrySanthemums for Fall
Beauty" and Growing orchids
in Central America"
Alta Vista Garden Club will
meet at 8 pm. Wednesday with
Mrs. j. M. Bobbitt. SIT Kings
wood court, Bethesda. Program:
Chrysanthemum slides by Mr..
and Mrs, Preston Groome.
At the Christmas party open
house sponsored by Hilltop Gar
den Club and Mrs. Ethel Van
Der Linden, decorations winners
included: First. Mrs. Gladys Cur
tbs; second, Mrs. Velma O'Brien:
third. Mrs. Mildred Stauffer:
honorable mentions, Mrs. Mary
Calcaro. Mrs. George Lee. Mrs.
Rose Brun, Mrs. Clara Morris
cite; judges, D. j. Mclaughlin,
president of Summit Park Citi-
zens' Association, and c. E. Clee-
ton, president of Hillcrest Citi-
zens' Association.
The Washington Garden Club
will meet tomorrow at 1890 pm
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Life in the Country
Volumes Of Encyclopedia Pleasant to Read;
Weather Forecosting Proves Complicated

It came as something of a
shock to me the other day to
find that 1t will take more than
a rain gauge and barometer to
set up a weather station.
According to my rmultivolume
encyclopedia, even a barometer
is not to be trusted and its SIM
pie little readings must undergo
all kinds of intricate corrections
before they mean anything
There are mathematical for
mulae that cover almost a page
that are to be used in correcting
barometric data. Since I am no
mathematician, / turned the
page, hoping to find something /
could understand - something
like a simple statement that a
falling barometer means rain.
1t wasn't there, though, and !
couldn't find anything in the
meteorological section about how
high is a high" and how low q
"low."
So I gave up on the learned
stuff. set my barometer and sat
around waiting to see what it
would do. It fell a little, and
there was rain and I rushed out
to take a look at my rain gauge.
But there hadn't been enough
rain to leave a mark, and had
to jot a '"T" down in my record
book for the day. ''T' meaning
there had been a trace" of rain.
My first attempt at weather
forecasting was a success, but
III have to admit that I doubt
if I could do as we'll in a dark
ened room.
I had the advantage of being
able to look out of the window,
and my forecast wasn't for much
ahead of the present. In fact,
most any one with eyes in his
head could have seen that rain
was more than probable. and
the action of my barometer had
little to do with it.
X X
In addition to learning next
to nothing about meteorology,
there are many other worth
while facts to be cleaned from
the encyclopedia. In fact, there
are SO many interesting facts
Evening star., 1954-01-10
By Jones Birchfield-

that I usually forget what I am
looking up and go of reading
about other things that I am
not in the least interested in.
I find, for example, that there
are several gates in the Krem-
lin and that once there was a
secret passage leading down to
the river.
l find there are lots of -four
mills at Minneapolis, and that
William Preston Blair, who dis
covered the spring at Silver
Spring. Md, was born at Abing-
don, Va.
Also that the first double ex-
posure in a moving picture was
used to allow Mary Pickford to
play the parts of both Little
Lord Fauntleroy and his mother
in the old film, and that there
are pages and pages devoted to
the subject of money" a sub
ject that interests me only as to
the degree of f1atness of my
pocketbook.
My encyclopedia is indeed q
great work and provides a mar
velouS means of passing dull
afternoon.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Garden Club Activities

at the Arts Club, 2017 l street
NV: speaker Mrs. James
Strayer; hostess, Mrs. Willough-
by Chesley: assistant hostess,
Mrs. A. Maupin.
New officers of Hoe n Hope
Garden Club are: President.
Mrs. Calvin Griffith; vice presi-
dent. Mrs. William Rippard;
secretary. Mrs. Charles Rudolph;
corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Charles Wilson Jones: treas
urer. Mrs. Charles v. Shannon;
parliamentarian, Mrs. Richard
L. johnson. At the last meet
ing Mrs. Shannon and Mrs.
Humphrey Daniel were named
as the clubs committee for the
National Capital Flower and
Garden Show. Individual mem
bers will make flower arrange
mentS. The Washington Cath
edral Flower Mart in May was
also discussed.
Holmes Run Acres Garden
Club will meet Tuesday, $3.50
pm. at the home of Monroe
Burk, 2404 Elm street, Falls
Church; speaker, Martin Frank
lin on House Plants"
AvOndale Garden Club has
elected these officers for 1854:
Mrs. K. M. Fisher, president:
Mrs John A. Mclean, vice pres
ident; Mrs. E. l.. Black. secre-
tary-treasurer. and Mrs. L. v.
Mayola, corresponding secretary.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
This Week in the Garden rs'-.r e-,s
Mulch Prevents Heovino
Cover Shields Soil From Heat of Afternoon Sun;
Old Seeds Can Be Given BIottes termination Test

ed as live seeds. If the per-
centage of live seeds is less
than IS to 40 per cent they
should be discarded.
In selecting varieties for
planting in the Washington
area. it is we'll to follow the rec
concentrations of experienced
gardeners. Soil. climate. disease
and other factors affect the
health and productivity of plants
and their varieties. While it is
always interesting to test the
newest things, for certainty of
production the experienced gar
dener depends upon the tried
and proven.
Don't Foil the Birds
Now that the weed seeds have
fallen. many of the winter bird
visitors have difficulty in find-
ing adequate supplies of food.
This difficulty increases when
the ground is snow covered. A
feeding station we'll supplied
with wild bird food is a haven
for such birds. Keep it we'll filled
and the birds will soon learn of
it's whereabouts.
Boord in Fish Pond
If a board or stick is placed
in the pool the fish will secure
the air needed in a freezeup
and. if the pool has sloping
sides. there will be less risk of
the ice bursting the walls.
w. H. Y.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Drilling Method Is Best
For SEEDING Red Clover

What effect does the method
of seeding red clover have on the
stand and yield?
Agronomists studying that
question at the Staunton branch
of VPI Agricultural Experiment
Station say that the average
yield of hay per acre for four
years was over one-half ton
higher when the seed was drilled
than when it was broadcast and
left uncovered
The usual method of seeding
red clover is TO broadcast ON
small grain in the spring by
means of rotary hand fan.
The results of the four-year
test showed: Broadcast seed gave
1886 pounds of hay per acre:
broadcast and covered with spike
tooth harrow, 1903; broadcast
and covered with cultipacker,
1925, and drilled, 1872.
Evening star., 1954-01-10

The ground is frozen deeply
enough for mulching. a task
that should not be neglected. The
alternate freezing and thawing
normal in this area, tends to
push plants and bulbs out of the
ground if they are not securely
rooted
This action is commonly called
"heaving."
To avoid this injury most gar
deners apply a mulch to the
ground as soon as there is a
"crust."
Straw is commonly used to
keep the ground frozen in the
strawberry bed; compost, salt
hay and other materials are fire.
quently used in the perennial
border. Pine boughs or other ac-
cessible materials may be just
as satisfactory. Packed leaves
tend to hold moisture and unless
they can be spread over brush
are not desirable for this pur-
pose.
Test Seeds by termination
Seeding time is not far away
and the gardener intending to
use last years seeds might well
take time to test them. If they
still have good termination they
will be just as satisfactory as
newly purchased seeds. How
ever, if they have lost their GER
mination they should be dis
carded.
Usually in testing seeds a
blotter is spread over an old
plate, so or 100 seeds spread out
upon it and covered with a sec
ond blotter. The blotters are
then moistened and covered with
a second plate. This is to keep
the blotters from drying too rap
idly, also to facilitate the fire.
Quent examination of the seeds.
It will take from five to 20
days for the. seeds to sprout-
depending upon the kind. Rad
ish seed will germinate even
quicker, while bluegrass seed
needs a month.
After a reasonable time the
seeds should be examined. Those
with a strong sprout are count
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Old Shoe Will Help
Young Dog to Solve
His Teeth Problem
By Peter Boqqs

If you received a puppy as
Christmas present be prepared
and expect that he will destroy
a few things in your home.
It is only natural for a puppy
to chew on things. It's natures
way for him to loosen and re-
move his puppy teeth. These
puppy teeth are replaced by his
permanent ones by the time the
dog is 4 months of age. and
any chewing after that age is
more or less mischievous. l sug-
gest you give the new puppy an
old shoe to chew on. He will
soon learn that this is permis-
sible and will play with the
shoe instead of destroying more
important items in your home.
A blind person with a SEEING
Eye dog invaribly attracts a
lot of attention. Many strangers
approach the pair and as a
means of striking up an acquaint-
ance almost all start off by
asking the name of the dog. If
the dogs owner didn't spell it
out the animal would hear his
name so often that he might not
obey rapidly when addressed by
it, In fact, / know some blind
people who invent some odd
name for their dogs under such
circumstances. This, too, is
wise policy on the dog owners
part. The dog is one of his
most important possessions in
the world and it is only wise
that he protect this valuable
property by every and all means.
Your dog, as a rule. loves to
go motoring in midwinter. How
ever, if you call him from
warm house and bid him jump
into a. drafty car. he is in dan
ger of catching a bad cold. You
yourself, have added to your
ordinary house costume a thick
coat and a hat and perhaps
muftler. But your dog has to
endure the long and chilly drive
with the same coverings he wore
when he was stretched out
asleep on his cozy rug indoors.
When you are going to take
him for ride in very cold
weather. let him run around
outdoors for a few minutes be-
forehand, to get his blood cir
culating and to accustom him
to the change from house to
car. In the vehicle, let him
sit or lie on the seat, not on
the floor. See that the wind
does not blow directly on him.
In brief. show a modicum of
common sense in your treatment
of him on such drives. If you
do so, the ride will benefit him
and give him a good time. If
you don't, you may we'll be
starting him on the first stages
of a bad illness.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Virginia Farmers
Get Rules on U.S.,
State ak Returns

w. j. Nuckolls. associate agri-
cultural economist at VPI, re-
minds Virginia farmers that they
have both State and Federal
taxes to gloom about.
The rules are these:
II you had a gross income of
$500 or more during 1853 you
must file a Federal income tax
return If at least tWo-thirds of
your gross income is from farm
ing and your business year starts
January l, you have two choices,
Either file your return and pay
the tax due on or before January
81. 1854, or file an estimate of
your tax and pay this amount by
January Is, 1854. then file your
return and pay any balnce due
by March Is. 1854. If your busi-
ness year does not start January
l, you may file your return on or
before the last day of the first
month succeeding the taxable
year, or you may file an estimate
within Is days, and a return
within two and one-half months
after the end of your business
year.
Virginia State returns must be
filed by every one. married or
single, adult or minor, who had
for the taxable income) year
1858 a gross income of $1,000 or
more. The time for filing your
State tax return is between
January l and May /. The tax
does not have to be paid until a
later date, the final date being
December 5. 1854.
Mr. Nuckolls says good farm
records are of untold value in
dealing with the income tax. It
is often surprising how much tax
money can be saved by having a
complete and accurate set of
farm records.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
New Help for Gardeners
Plastic Material Traps Moisture, but Admits Air;
Roofing Techniques Made Simple; Shipments Safe
By W. n. Younemon
IheS,or Garden
By W. H. Younemon
The Sfor's Curden Editor

The gardener has struggled for
years to overcome the dessicating
effects of dryness upon his plant
materials. Lily blubs. which are
plump and turgid when dug,
soon shrivel unless carefully pro-
tected. A shriveled blub has lost
much of it's vitality. The garden
er has devised many schemes to
maintain humidity about his
stored blubS, for his plants grow
ing indoors, and for the survival
of cuttings until they are rooted.
Some of the schemes were salts
factory. but others involved too
much attention to be practical.
A new plastic material de-
veloped for commercial uses has
been found to offer much to the
gardener. While this material
has been manufactured for sew
eral years, its uses in the garden
and in plant culture are only now
being realized.
The first such use was to main
tain the moisture in the roofing
media for air-layering.
Holds Moisture Long Time
Polyethylene, a transparent
plastic. permits air but not mois-
ture to pass through, thus it is
ideal for protecting plants. blubS
and cuttings. The air-layer today
is simple because the moss
wrapped in a small piece of
polyethylene & inches square)
holds sufficient moisture at the
layer even though the develop
Tnent of roots may take a year
or more.
Instead of daily attention as
was formerly required. the air.
layer today needs only an oc-
casional examination to make
certain the tie has not come un-
done. This is a significant ad-
vance.
But the polyethylene has been
found to have many other uses.
One gardener stores his dahlia
tubers in polyethylene sacks and
finds that they come through
the winter without sign of shriv-
cling. In fact, he advises care
in seeing that they are thor
oughly surface dried before
storing.
Bog Proofs Boxes ond Pots
Boxes and pots filed with cut
tings can now be wrapped in a
polythylene cover and will stay
moist throughout the period
needed for roofing. A 6-inch
pot filled with sand, sand and
peat, or other roofing media,
will hold a dozen or more cut
tings. After watering, place the
pot in a polyethylene bag and
tie the top-it's just that simple.
One of the problems of the
summer vacationer is to keep
the house plants growing safely
during the summer. BY incloS-
ing the pots in a piece of poly
ethylene large enough to cover
the pot and to be tied about the
base of the plant they are likely
to survive a three week vacation
period without whiting.
Polyethylene bags are excel
lent for inclosing balled plants
and shrubs for shipment. While
they should be packed carefully
to prevent disturbing the ball of
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Hybrid Corn From VPl
Runs to Hiqher Yields

Hybrids released recently are
showing improved grain quality
and better yields.
On data in the official hybrid
corn tests to date at VPI Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, the
new hybrids have yielded approx
imately 10 per cent, AZ bushels.
OF ST per acre more than the
average of the recommended hy-
brids grown in the same tests,
and have been much improved in
quality of grain.
Evening star., 1954-01-10

ease Of beans. was successfully
stamped out by applications of
streptomycln sulfate. 1t remains
only to find a means of using
the antibiotic in a crude state
rather than in its expensive, pur-
if1ed form to make this method
of control practical for farm use,
say the scientists.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Scientists Are TESTING
Antibiotic Sprays

Experiments carried out at the
Agriculture Department Plant
Industry Station at Beltsville. in
dlcate that bacterial diseases of
plants may be controlled in the
near future by antibiotic sprays.
In greenhouse experiments and
f1eld trials at the station, halo
blight. common bacterial dis
Evening star., 1954-01-10

soil, there is no danger Of loss
through drying. The bags are
very light and thus the shipping
weight is much less compared to
pots or burlap covers.
Roofing GreotIy Simplified
One of the newest uses Is to
place cuttings on long strips Of
polyethylene-the ends of the
cuttings are covered with sphag-
mum mosS-the polyethylene is
then folded over and rolled up.
This leaves the tops of the cut
tings extending above the edges,
with the butts secured covered
with moist moss. The roll is
then placed in a humid atmos-
phere to keep the leaves from
willing. Or, if single cutting is
to be rooted, the butt and moss
are tied in a small square of the
plastic.
According to the Quarterly
Bulletin of the Michigan Agricul-
tural Experiment Station. sue
cessful roofing of chrysanthe-
NUNS, begonia. fuchsia. carna-
ton. poinsettia. pelargonium
(geranium) and coleus was OBJ
tanned by this method.
A number of kinds of ever
green's were rooted last spring in
a peat-sand mixture with the
container covered with polyethy-
lene. Watering was. practically
unnecessary throughout the
three month period.
Con Cover Whole Seeded
Polyethylene sheets-it comes
in 56-inch width-may be used
to cover seed beds where protec-
ton from wind and rain is neces-
sary very small seeds, and
several widths may be tapped to-
gether to make large sheet for
covering beds during fumigation.
Polyethylene is quite light, a
pound of 200-gauge film will
cover 100 square feet. The
heavier. 400-gauge. covers only
half as much. 1t is sold under
various trade names. Some
gardeners will carefully save the
containers in which fresh fruits
and vegetables are received be-
cause polyethylene is now being
used for their protection. The
freezer bags have proven very
useful for covering pots. bulbs
and plants. Moreover. they are
tough and may be reused sew
eral times.
Too Much Moisture q Worry
So far the biggest problem
encountered is to make certain
that the root ball, the roofing
media. or the bulbs are dry
enough. Too much moisture
can and does encourage rotting,
and since the plastic does not
permit loss of moisture, it is
important to have only the right
amount of moisture inside when
tied.
This may seem a rather en-
thusiastic Endorsement of poly
ethylene, but it has proved so
helpful in handling cuttings,
preserving bulbs and in keeping
plants alive that it is now an
important part of my garden
equipment-a real helper, one
that saves much time and at
tention.