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Evening star., 1955-07-17

Removal Of the seed heads o
llilacs and rhododendrons is goot
practice. since it puts the plant
strength into growth for mex
springs Towering. This may b,
too much of q chore If tn,
gardener has q considerable
number of such plants, so ther
1T is recommended that the seeC
heads be removed from a few
plants to insure a few choice
blooms.
Put House Plants Outside
Bury the pots Ito the RIM o1
as many Of the house plants as
is convenient in the garden SC
that they will have more ia
vorable growing conditions thar
usually prevail in the house dur
ing the heat of the summer
Light shade is usually preferable
The pots might well be placed
upon gravel to insure good
drainage, and they will need tc
be protected from pests. Pruning
is usually desirable when setting
them out-of-doors so that by
fall they will be attractive, bushy
plants again.
Hollyhock Care
Hollyhocks can be a weed and
"a nuisance unless the spent
flower stalks are removed be-
fore the seeds ripen. BY remov-
ing the top before the seeds
fall, a second blooming usually
rewards the effort.
Blackberry Warning
At this season of the year
when ripe blackberries are such
Ia tasty dish, there is the usual
temptation to plant a few in the
yard; or. perhaps, to allow the
volunteers to grow so that the
family will not have to pick ber-
ries in "chigger"- Infested weed
patches. The blackberry thrive!
so easily in this area that 1t i.
next to impossible to keep II
within bounds; and, because oi
the underground rhizomes, jusi
as difficult to kill out. Person.
ally, the chiggers are the lesser
of the two evils.
Daylily Season
Now that the height of the
Evening star., 1955-07-17

guineas are so small they get
through the wire. So far, they
can get back without help. but I
fear the day will come when they
can't get back.
Somehow, I hate to take over
the management Of another
family, even if it is a hen-gui-
nea keet affair.
4
We have a quail nesting down
by the front yard fence. When
i cut the grass. she comes out
to lure me away. Every time
Evening star., 1955-07-17

Now that the height of the
Evening star., 1955-07-17
By w. II. YOUNGMAN


Have you taken advantage o!
the many new materials and de-
vices that science has made avail.
able to the gardener in recent
years? The list Of modern aid:
is surprisingly long. Undoubted.
ly some still feel that gardening
can and should be done the old
fashioned way. Perhaps the
flowers we grow might well bt
placed in that class, but we car
do O better job today and with
less effort and with greater
certitude Of the outcome.
Several years ago there was Q
great deal Of comment over the
synthetic soil conditioners. To-
day we use them on the heavier
clay soils for which an adequate
supply of humus is unavailable
and find that air and moisture
reach the roots much quicker
It there is any doubt about the
quality of the soil for seed flats
flower pots, or other restricted
areas, it is well to pulverize the
soil, add the conditioner and
mix thoroughly. It will hold the
minute particles together in
aggregates, thus providing the
soil structure that Is needed.
Fruit Setting Harmones
The new fruit-setting harmones
are finding more users each
season. That lonely holly tree
(female) that provided such q
sparse berry crop as to be dis
gusting to the owner might put
on q first-claSs display if the
blossoms were sprayed as soon
as they are well developed in
the spring. However, this ma
terial was first publicized be-
cause it enabled gardeners to
produce tomato fruits with very
few seeds. Undoubtedly more
gardeners find it of value in
making the first blossoms de-
velop into fruit when tempera-
lures are normally unfavorable
for fruit setting.
The concentrated fertilizer
that may be sprayed on the
plants, thus insuring quick re-
sponse to feeding, is undoubtedly
one of the bigger boons, because
too many gardeners find it diff
cult to wet the soil before a dry
fertilizer application.
This liquid application to the
foliage permits Of regular feed
ing, something the oldtimer did
with his liquid manure. 1t seems
to make a big difference. These
concentrated fertilizers may be
applied to the soil and still pro-
duce rapid results.
Another fertilizer development
is the one that provides the
slowly available nitrogen which
avoids burning of roots and foli-
age, and the one application lasts
for several weeks.
Insecticides and Fungicides
The improvement in insecti-
cides and fungicides is just as
astounding as that in other
fields. Modern science has not
only produced more effective
materials but the manufacturers
are mixing them into all-purpose
dusts or sprays so that the gar
dener no longer need keep a cup
board full Of chemicals to protect
his garden.
Because we buy our plants
from all corners of the country
1t is not long before we have
introduced insects and diseases
into our gardens. They may be
Evening star., 1955-07-17

the home of DR.. Ralph L. Nor
rison. 5959 Addison road. Seat
Pleasant, Md. today at 3 pm.
DR.. Morrison will talk about his
organic gardening procedures
and conduct a tour of his So
acre farm. Public invited.
Neighb0rhOod Garden Club of
Arlington will meet tomorrow
at 8 pm. at Mount Olivet Meth
odist Church. Fred v. Grau,
associated with the American
Golf Turf Association, will speak
on Midsummer Lawn Care. ="
Evening star., 1955-07-17

Mrs. r. H. Wilson is chairman
|of hosteSseS.
Neighb0rhoOd Garden Club of
Gaithersburg and Washington
Grove will meet at the Epworth
Methodist Church at Gathers
burg Wednesday at l pm. Mrs.
Ruth Van Ripper Of Rockville will
talk on How to Judge Flower. "
Rock Spring Garden Club will
meet Thursday at 10 am. at the
Rock Spring Neighborhood
House. Mrs. Joseph Crane and
Mrs. Frank Hunter will demon
|strate the making of corsages.
Gardens will be toured.
Sunny Acres Garden Club of
Broyhill Crest will meet July 81
at 8 pm. at the home Of Mrs.
w, F. Smith, 1906 Oakwood
street. Falls Church, Va. Mrs.
Charles S. Combs will conduct
a workshop on flower arranging.
Evening star., 1955-07-17
GARDEN NEWS ~ -
Scientists Are Partners
InGrowinq YourPIonts

controlled with one Of the soil
fumigants Of which there are
a number on the market. While
most Of them are best known
for nematode control. there are
some that viii sterilize the soil.
killing disease spores and even
weed seeds.
Weed control formerly was
achieved with the hoe or by
hand pulling, but today many
of the weeds are killed by spray
ing. The broad-leaved weeds are
most commonly controlle d
through the use Of 2.4-D, poison
ivy and other woody shrubs and
vines with 2.4,5-T or ammonium
Isulfamate. But there are a host
of others, including the pre-
|emergence herbicides, that pre-
vent weeds from sprouting g
among the growing crops.
Crab grass that Is such q uni
|versal pest may be killed in the
mature stage with potassium
|cyanate, sodar, or phenyl mer-
curry. Seedlings may be prevented
by spraying at the proper time
with PMAS.
For RoOtipgs, Cuttings
The roofing of cuttings used
Ito be done in carefully selected
media, but today much Of this
chore is avoided by using sphag-
mum moss and treating the
slips" with one Of the roofing
|hormones. They are most useful
with the hard to root" kinds,
although there are still a few
kinds Of plants whose cuttings
root very poorly with the pres
emily developed hormones.
Some gardeners have undoubt-
edly been intrigued with the
growth retardants now available,
for instance, maleic hydrazide.
1t is successful If properly ap-I
piled at the right time and un-|
der the right conditions. The
margin between stopping growth
and killing is very small and so
most Of its current use is by the
professionals.
Moisture of Plants Saved
Many of our commercial nurs-
erymen are using the new anti
dessicants-liquid plastics that
may be sprayed upon trees or
shrubs prior to moving. They
prevent loss of moisture until
the newly planted tree or shrub
has become established. BY their
use it is now practicable to move
sizeable trees and shrubs during |
the summer and while in full
growth with the chances of loss
greatly reduced.
Speaking of plasticS, this list
would not be- complete without
mention of polyethylene. Gar
deners are using it in more and
more ways. The first use was to
keep the moss moist in air-lay-
ering, but it is just as useful in
keeping bulbs from drying out,
for roofing cuttings, shipping
plants without soil, and for
covering cutting frames and
young plants and seedlings so
that they do not need daily at
tention.. The polyethylene pre-
vents loss of moisture while at
the. same time permitting the
interchange Of gases.
Still of more recent date are
the aerosol bombs that contain
insecticides. Handy little pres
surized containers dispense the
all-purpose materials at the
pressure of a button. Excellent
for house plants and other linn
tied uses.
Evening star., 1955-07-03

Shildahl. Arlington: Archie W..
Nalls. Alexandria: Q. Z. HieholsI
son. Crosier, Va.
Evening star., 1955-07-03

y. n. Allesood Of Silver Spring;
Mrs. Emerson FaEkes. J. l.
wahisby and John T. McRae Of
Arlington; Morris Rosenberg.
Chevy Chase.
The following had accommo-
dations starting Friday at the
George Warrington: Mrs. Paul
n. War. Linton T. West. Miss
Esteyah z. webb. L. A. Jamison
and Maurice Fox. all Of Wash
ington; Mrs. Paul /. Neuhaus.
Bethesda; Earl z. Hart and
Stanley @. Herr Of Hyattsville.
|B. W. H. Heitmuller, Silver
Spring; James H. Gnam. Alex
|andria.
Guests this week or for the
Fourth stopping at the Colonial
Hotel: Mrs. Maurice c. Thore.
DR.. Warren D. Brill, Dennis j.
|oLeary, Mrs. Emily Knopp, all
of Washington: William G. Bur-
ton, Hyattsville; Mrs. Maud
Kiatta, Mount Rainier; Miss Mary
Frances Sweeney. Silver Spring; !;
Russell Garner. Arlington.
Vacationers at the Commander
Hotel this week: Mrs. Louis H.
Palmer. Frank Huseman, d. w.
Earll Of Washington, Arlo L.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Warmer Waters Step Up
Rehoboth Beach Fishinu

ties at Indian River Inlet, Army
engineers have awarded q $101,-
460 contract for regarding the
south jetty to George E. Shock
ley Of Rehoboth.
Big news in further develop
ment Of this coastal section for
summer homes was disclosed
here this week. A group of Re-
hoboth and Lewes businessmen
have announced plans for estab-
fishing q 360-acre waterfront
and woodland community on Her
ring Creek and Rehoboth Bay,
10 miles south of Rehoboth. To
be called the Herring Landing
Community. plans for the devel-
opment were drawn by Wash
ington landscape architect.
Boris Timchenko, we'll known for
management Of the annual
Washington Flower Shows.
Plans include q yacht basin.
country club, tennis courts and
swimming pool for the harbor
area.
Summer cottage owners in Hen
Ilopen Acres that skirts the>north-
ern end of Rehoboth Beach prop
ere, and where q number Of
handsome homes are owned by
vacationers from the Washing
ton area, have made plans for
erecting q Henlopen Acres
Beach Club near the oceanfront.
Members of the Henlopen Acres
Association that includes Rear
Admiral J. Lockwood Pratt
(USNR) Of Washington. hope
to have the clubhouse ready by
next season. An ample parking
lot is being laid out. The Reho-
both Art League announced a
$40 student-member prize for
See REHOBOTH. Page D-7
Evening star., 1955-07-03
/ RAVEL
Dunes Club at Ocean City
Opens Holiday Program

a row. w. A. Suddeth Of Hyatts-
will, who boated the fourth mar
lin OF the season this week. win
be out again this week end. So
will the Riverdale Sportsman's
Club Of Mount Rainier and c. D.
Frank of Washington. All four
have reservations with the Capt.
Talbot e. Bunting dock.
The Plimhimmon Hotel had
these Washingtonians booked
for the holiday: Miss Joan Holt.
Miss Charlotte A. Ball, Miss
Cecile Hollander. Carl A. Krogr-
man. Mrs. Myron U. George.
Mrs. Ada L. Mahoney, Miss
Frances Castaldine, Herm q n
Schwartz. Patrick ]. De Rossi.
Seth B. Robinson, jr.: Earl J.
Jenkins. Miss Sarah E. Waller,
Mrs. Coleman Summer, Ray
mond H. O'Connor. Mrs. Vernon
M. Herring and Miss Shirley
Widener. And also Mrs. E. w.
White, Bethesda. and Thomas
P. Poore. Kensington.
Expected at the Atlantic Hotel
are Miss Elizabeth Coty, Miss
Jeannette Potter. Miss Mary
Krook. Mrs. Della s. Kane and
son. John E. Kane, jr.; Miss
Cecilia Gidrites and Miss Mary
E. Bainbridge. all of Washing
ton; ]. M. O'Brien, Chevy Chase:
Mrs. E. D. Murphy. Phoenix
Nd; r. c. Fields, Alexandria
Miss Glenn Murphy. Arlington
and Edgar Keffer. Takoma Park
Other Guests
The guest list at the Harrison
Hall earlier this week or during
the holiday included:
Representative Lester johnson
Miss Evelyn Newman, Mrs. Ruth
S. Myers. r. E. Fisher. David
Rosenburg. D. s. Woodrow. Mrs
M. B. Murphy, Guy johnson
Robert A. Erwin, Carl Kusenberl
and Mrs. Virginia Eggleston, al
'of Washington. Also PhilliI
Baker. william r. Talbot arc
Evening star., 1955-07-03
FAIR KIND OF WHITTLIN'

Woodcarvers from the famous John C. Campbell
Folk School at Brasstown N. c., will be among the
craftsmen demonstrating their skis at the annual
Southern Highlands Handicraft Fair at Asheville,
July 1922. Jack Hall is shown here as he whttles
horse from holly.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
By WILLIAM B. COCHRAN
Special Correspondent of The Star

OCEAN CITY. Md, July a.
lHordes of visitors are here this
week end for the Fourth. The
rush began Friday. This resort
plans no set activities, leaving
guests free to enjoy water sports.
sun bathing, fishing, and Other
resort diversions,
The Dunes Club. q private
membership club north Of here,
planned gala opening week end.
"The Moon Is Blue" was to be
shown, Observation-Disclosures.
Friday night at the club. The
Hilltop Players from Baltimore
had Mel and Betty Shaffer in the
starring roles.
An opening dinner dance was
set for tonight with cocktails and
music beforehand.
Hank Fort. a Washington cafe
singer, was billed. She 1t was
who introduced Protocol" at a
IPerle Mesta party.
The club plans a tea and buf-
fet supper Sunday, with an in
formal luncheon Monday.
Mrs. Thomas F. johnson Of
Berlin, Md, is president Of the
club. The Johnsons at their
South Point Farm were to have
Capt. and Mrs. Donald Mac
Donald of Annapolis, formerly
of Washington. as weekend
guests. Capt. Macdonald was
at one time in command of the
Williamsburg. A cocktail party,
preceding the dinner dance. will
be given by the Johnsons.
"Sabrina Fair" to Open
Curtain is at $40 pm. Mon
day for "Sabrina Fair" a New
York importation. starring Nat
allie Craveth. It will run through
July 10 in the Ocean City
School. Picnic" will be given
later.
Band concerts in the Ocean
City bandshell commenced last
Sunday. They will continue
Through the season. each Sun
day night at 8 pm.
| Guy Lombardo and his Royal
Canadians will be heard here
July IA at the Pier Ballroom
starting at $3.50 pm.
The Farm Bureau Insurance
Association convention was held
earlier this week at the Atlantic
Hotel.
White Marlin Taken
BY midweek six white marlin
were boated OF Ocean City.
During this week end Cs-
bourne Owings. a. Washington
realtor. will be fishing again.
Last week Owings had the dis
tinction Of ding the first
marlin for a second season in
Evening star., 1955-07-03
BY VIRGINIA CULLEN
Special Correspondent Of The star


REHOBOTH BEACH, Del,
July with the waters around
this resort area now reaching
their normal summer tempera-
lures spol tsmen are planning on
some good fishing over the July
Fourth holidays.
Sea bass and bluefish are run
nirg strong, party-boat skippers
report. Every day this week q
long line of cruisers was seen
heading out into Delaware Bay
from the Roosevelt Inlet at
Lewes, and out of Indian River
on the Ocean highway south OF
Rehoboth for some deep-sea
trolling Even surf fishermen are
casting from jetties along the
bathing beaches.
This type Of angling is growing
In importance. It affords thrills
for the fisherman and fun for
the beach -lolling crowds.
Prize Catch Of Blues
A prize catch of bluefish was
brought IN by a party Of Wash
ington sportsman who went Out
with Capt. Divide Willett in the
cruiser Rema from the Indian
River Yacht Basin. In the group
were John w. Stover, Clinton O
Edgerton. Joseph Foster. Alfred
Thomas Lawrence Cullen and
Christopher Tucker.
More than 800 sea bass was
the reported catch of a party o1
eight OUT with Rehoboth's vet
eran water man, Capt. Irving
PleaSantcn, for some bottom
fishing off the Delaware coast.
Capt. John ]. Marsh. man.
ager of the Indian River Basin
said that practically all Of his
100 party boats were chartered
over the week end. Marlin and
bonita are expected to be run
ming strong If the warm weather
continues.
With the growing importance
Of good navigation around jet
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Hotel Over Fort
WIILEMSTAD.

Some Of the walls and the So
foot thick ramparts Of an old
fort that once guarded the en-
trance to Curacao's Willemstad
Harbor will form the base for
the Intercontinental Hotels
Corps new air-conditioned ho-
tel in the 18th century capital
|of the Dutch West Indies.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
SUNNY FLORIDA

Thrills ef Miomi Beech, Silver
Springs. 81. Petersburg, Merins-
land. 81. Augustine much more
TO see and do on this svn-fiIlsd
pIaylund psninsulo.
I'll DAYS . 8 MEALS . 3l@3.eo
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-06

Mrs. Herman Witt, former Sidney Fairview resident. is becoming
a highly popular vocal soloist in Seattle and Bremerton, Wn, where
she IS IN constant demand for singing engagements. MI. and Mrs. Witt
moved TO Seattle in 1912 and while she had sung in church chois
here, she never dreamed. she writes. of singing in sc many places in
and Seattle IS she has in the past ten years. She has stud
led voice the past eight years under teachers in Seattle and Bremerton,
and also a teacher from Hollywood. DR.. Fred Schaddlers a noted piano
artist formerly of Vienna. Austria. and now of Seattle, is her present
music instructor.
Mrs. Wit t, has a concert planned for January IA, in Bremerton.
when she will sing several English numbers and n II two concert
numbers including "Estraelda" in Spanish and Brahms Lullaby" in
Gernmlan" III: Schaddler Will aSo play a few piano selections.
Mrs.. Witt has appeared in many concerts with the Olympian SINGERS
which have been broadcast from Seattle stations, and is now sinuinq
with a choral group. Sunday Dec. l9. Mrs. Witt SANG several solos on
the Christmas program featuring Stan Bronson. TV star at KING
main soloist for several events in Seattle. including church and music
store programs. She has made several tape and disc recordings of her
voice. On a recent visit 10 Sidney. she told us that she was enjoying
with all her heart and soul the singing career that she has been n
gagged in for the last ten years and hoped TO reach greater attainments
as If progressed. The above picture was taken on the occasion of one
of her recent vocal program presentations.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-06
New Wheat Farm
Allotment Period
Ends Feb. |

Farm operators desiring 1855
new wheat farm allotments may
file applications at the County
Agricultural Sterilization and
Conservation office now, Chris
Josephson, County ASC committee
chairman said today.
GA new wheat farm" is one on
which no wheat was seeded for
grain during any of the years
1852, 1858 and 1854. To be con-
sidered during the present re-
quest period, a new wheat farm
must also be one on which spring
wheat will be seeded for 1855
harvest.
This second - and final - new
wheat farm application period for
1855 will end February l, Mr..
JosephSon said. The first request
period ended June rs, 1854. Farms
which received allotments as a re-
suit of requests filed during the
first period will not be considered
for additional allotment during
the current request period.
Forms for making applications
are available at the County ASC
office. Applicants should thor
oughly complete their requests,
Mr.. J%osephson said, since the form
provides essential information for
use in determining the need of the
operator for an allotment.
The chairman also pointed out
that an application must cover an
entire farm and not just a tract
of land which is normally consid-
cred as part of a larger farming
unit.
The present request period is
made available to afford consid-
Grafton of farms which may have
changed hands since the first
application period, and farms
where 1855 operations may be
changed due to conditions not
known last spring. The chairman
cautiorled that only applications
made on the proper form (CSS 10
- Wheat and filed at the county
office by February 1 can be con-
sidered for an allotment.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-06
"MONTANA this WEEK.

present, just as the library of
congress in Washington, with its
background of things of profound
historical Importance, teens with
activities pertinent to things of
the present.
Through the efforts of the Mon
tana Historical society, Montanans
and thousands of others are learn
ing the rudiments of the conquest
Of a wilderness which has be-
come a great and growing COM
monwealth. And as to pioneering,
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-06
Sidney Minister
Moves To Lead,
South Dakota

The Rev. E. L. Badenoch and
family, who have served st. Law
rence's Episcopal Mission here
for three years, left last week
for their new assignment at Lead,
S. Oak.
Rev. Badenoch will serve a
church of 500 communicates there
and the family will move into
a large rectory which has been
newy remodeled.
Through his years of work Rev.
Badenoch built up the congrega-
ton which resulted in the build
ing of a church located at the
corner of Main & 9th Ave. W.,
where regular services will be
held every Sunday morning at
HOO.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-06
Popularity
Rated High With
Working Press
By Stanley James
Sidney Herald
Washington Correspondent

Washington, Jan. 6 - President
Dwight D.. Eisenhower's populari-
ty may be at a new low with the
average voter but it is not under
going any slump with the average
Washington correspondent. espec-
tally those who cover the Presi-
dents weekly press conferences.
Recent polls have indicated hat
the President is now at a low
point in his relations with the vo-
ters of the country. From a high
of more than rs percent, it is said
that his support from the people
today is down to just over half
Be that as it may, the President
has won new recruits from a press
corps campaign to become Presi-
dent. A poll of reporters covering
both candidates back in 1852
showed that Stevenson had the
majority of Washington writers
with him.
Yet in the two years since the
President took over in the White
House II it will be two years this
January - he has changed the
minds of many of these writer's.
Even some of them who cannot
support the Republican party are
high on Mr.. Eisenhower and NAV
support him - if he runs again
ever though they would not nor
mally vote Republican.
What has impressed MANY re-
porters in Washington is the sin
cerity of General Eisenhower's an
proach to U. S. foreign and domes-
tic problems. They believe that in
Mr.. Eisenhower the country has a
man who really puts the country
above partisan politics.
In other words, Mr.. Eisenhower
is an American first and a Repub-
lean second. That is the way if
ought to be. AS a result of his high
loyal attitude on issues pertaining
to the welfare of the country. the
President has won converts among
the press corps. He may not have
the same support from the people,
but he has picked up support from
the working press.