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ShopeIy LiIoc Bushes
Need Pruningin Spring

are tolerant of soil conditions but
they do best in a soil that is only
Slightly acid. Spring feeding is
highly recommended for good
growth. A dormant spray every
other year Is needed to control
the scale insects which seem able
to find every lilac bush in the
community.
Not Too Much Shade
However, even with these steps
lilacs may not thrive if they are
in competition with shallow
rooted shade trees or are in toe
much shade. Where such condi-
tons exist it is best to lift the
lilacs in the fall and move them
to a more favorable situation.
Speaking of unfavorable stu
atoms. frost pockets should be
avoided as late spring frosts can
and sometimes do destroy the
flower buds. Lilacs are noted for
their winter hardness, but in
the spring after the buds have
begun to swell there is a period
in which the flower buds are
susceptible to frost injury. How
ever, if the plants are located
in an exposed situation they are
seldom too far advanced at the
time of late frosts. 1t is in the
protected locations that they are
most likely to be too far ad-
lvanced and SO susceptible to frost
injury.
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GIenwood Rood Club
Show Set Saturday

Leap Year" will be the theme
of the Glenwood Road Garden
Club Saturday from 2::30 to 8
pm. at the Bethesda Methodist
Church, Old Georgetown road
and Huntington parkway.
A silver bowl will be awarded
for a year to the sweepstakes
winner. with other awards fol
arrangements and specimens
The public is invited to view the
exhibition.
/ Show chairman is Mrs. George
Smith. Mrs. Ralph Horton Is
program chairman COL. 2-6942)
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|GIudioI!us Group
[Meetinq Set

The National Gladiolus So
|ciety is planning its annual show
July % and 90 in the Botanic
Garden near the Capital Build
ing. Entries will be open in both
specimen and arrangement
classes with the public urged tc
submit material.
Visitors are welcome to the
meeting Of the society to be helc
Thursday in the lecture room Of
Petworth Public Library, Georgia
avenue and Upshur street. al
8 pm. Cultural practices Of
raising glads will be discussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
Keep AnnuuIs PIucked

All ANIMALS will keep bloom
ing longer if whitening flower
blooms are kept plucked. Mem
bers of the early blooming viola
family. particularly pansies, can
be kept in bloom most of the
early summer provided they are
regularly picked over and pro-
vided they have some protection
from burning sun.
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Show Schedule
This Week
Wednesday

Wednesday
Bethesda Community GardeI
Club, SOD annual show, 3 to
pm. Christ Lutheran Church
Bethesda. Md; floral arrange.
ments using driftwood. AL
classes open to competition.
Friday
Garden Club of Fairfax, "Vil-
Ilage Mart" II am. to 3 pm,
Truro parish hall in town OF
Fairfax.
Saturday
Glancarlyn Garden Club, 2 to
g pm; Glencarlyn Elementary
School. Arlington, Va. All classes
open to competition.
Glenwood Road Garden Club,
2:30 to 8 pm. Bethesda Meth
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odist Church; five specimen and
five arrangements classes open
to competition.
GrOgreen Garden Club, 3 to 5
pm. North Bethesda Recreation
Center. All classes open to COM
petition.
TakOma Horticultural Club,
rose and peony show, 3 too p .m.,
Takoma Elementary School.
(Show continues May 27).
Neighb0rhOOd Garden Club of
Arlington, Va. 2 to 9 pm. st.
Marks Church t25 cents; SO
specimen classes; 10 classes on
artistic arrangements.
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AIRS Show Dute Set

The American Rose Society
las cirulated programs for the
National Rose Show at Portland,
Greg. June 6 to 8. Rose judging
will be featured in classes and
demonstrations. For data: DR.
Vinton D. Sneeden. 3546 NE
REIMBURSEMENT avenue, Port
land IL, Greg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN
Star Garden Editor

SlAA 0aANth GuAepA
Most kinds of lilacs tend to
grow into topheavy, barelegged
plants unless they are given
some pruning. This, is contrary
to the usual concept Of lilac care.
However, it is commonplace to
see a tall more-or-less barelegged
bush surrounded by a large num-
Der of suckers. Pruning and
control of the suckers can keep
the lilacs attractive and usually
without the loss Of a season OF
bloom.
The desired pruning usually
consists of an annual removal
of unwanted suckers, and once in
five to 10 years the removal of
old Towering stems.
Lilacs are shallow rooted
plants that tend to throw up a
large number of suckers from
the root system. These small
plants are usually a nuisance
and should be controlled. A half
dozen is sufficient to retain and
shape up for future bloom. They
are also insurance of perpetual
ing the plant should the borers
destroy the main stem. which
does happen in the Washington
area.
Encouraging a Few Suckers
AS the old cane or stem be-
comes tall and the lower two
thirds barren wood it is time to
remove it. cutting it off at the
ground line. This should be done
at the end of the blooming
season so that the suckers that
are ready to take over will have
nearly a full season growth and
bud development. This pruning
should not be delayed until fall
since the lilac tends to 90 DOR
mant here in September or early
October. The suckers, if of good
size and we'll shaped, should
bloom the following spring, but
If not then by the second spring
The rapidity of growth and
development of the suckers can
be greatly speeded by mulching
Their roots are too shallow
growing to permit cultivating.
They should also be fed and
watered if the season is lacking
in rainfall. A monthly feeding
of 5-l0-5 is adequate, although
some specialists will use high
potash fertilizers. while others
will depend upon a nitrogen
fertilizer.
Privet Stock Often Hard
Occasionally a FLAG develops
only single stem and Goes not
produce sucker growths. Some
times this is. because the lilac
was grated on privet stock.
Usually such plants are set
rather deeply into the ground so
that the lilac will soon develop
its own root system.
Since this was not taken care
of at planting time the only al
tentative is to mound the dirt UP
over the root area in the hope
that new root system will
develop. Without it and the re-
sulting suckers the bush is likely
to become unsightly, perhaps lost
through the activities of the cane
borer. s6aN
Lining the soil with ground
limestone, feeding. and control
ing scale insects also have a
bearing upon the vigor and
growth of the lilac bush. Lilacs
The Arizona post., 1956-11-23
What ChunUkuh Means
BY DIR. MAURICE N. EISENDRATH

BY DIR. MAURICE N. EISENDRATH
President, Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
The Jewish word Chanukah, which gives its name to
winter festival dedication
For more than 1000 years have celebrated Chanu
kah reminder of the first battle behalf of religious
liberty in recorded history
Our prayers hymns, gftgiving and candleighting on
this solemn but joyous occasion must reinforce within
the desire to emulate the Maccabeans in their sacrfca
effors Judaismand also Chrisantywould not be alive
today not for those efforts Let therefore dedi
cate ourselves extension of the in which liberty
is enjoyed.
Chanuah is occasion for extreme determination to
light flame of religion beacon for children
community and country 1t is also occasion to
recall tyranny whether it exists within hearts or
as disturbing force in the international must be
combated would like to pay special tribute to the free
press of our nation as of light and enlightenment
am particularly grateful to the AngloJewish news
papers of who truly devote themselves to the
dissemination significant happenings and thus provide
all with the data need in endeavors to keep
our faith and it's precepts aglow.
The Arizona post., 1956-11-23

Vardis Fisher, the promi-
nent and brilliant American
novelist, has written a novel
entitled "The Island of the In
nocent," which describes the
war between Hellenism and
Judaism, and in it he insists
that this was one of the great
battles of Western civilization,
for had Hellenism won out,
the Western world would have
taken an entirely different
turn. And he, out of wisdom
and insight, sides with the
Jews.
THE GRECIAN rulers of
Syria saw in Hellenism a
method of unifying all of its
slave states. In forcing this
new order down the throats
of the conquered nations, the
necked people," the Jews, who
nceked people," the Jews, who
rejected Hellenism as a way
of life. And so war began. An
tiochus sent a powerful army
into Palestine to root out the
Jewish God.
The Temple was turned into
a Grecian house of worship.
Jews were forbidden to OBJ
serve Jewish laws and GUS
toms-and when they persist
The Arizona post., 1956-11-23

meaning. The Jews were Civ
en- an opportunity to develop
as a nation. The kingdom
lasted about one hundred
years and then Rome swept it
away.
BUT HAD the Jews not had
the opportunity of creating a
state, had they not had the
benefit of living together as
a unified people, perhaps the
Romans would have no trou--
BILE with them. They might
never have been a Bar Kochba
rebellion. Assimilation might
have won out and the Jewish
people could surely not have
been inspired in 1948 as they
were. History and the accom-
plishments of history remain
within a people.
WERE 1T not for the Judah
Maccabee and his small band
of brave men, fighting against
the mightiest power of their
time, who knows whether Is
rael would have fought its
way to victory of eight Arab
nations?
HAD THERE been no Judah
Maccabee, could there have
been sabra heroes of Israel,
men who refused to recognize
the avowed superiority of
eight enemy nations ringing
them with millions of men?
Had there been no Jewish
State under the Maccabees,
The Arizona post., 1956-11-23
The Great Story Of Chunukuh

/ icated the altar with great
ceremony.
The war had just started.
The rest of the story is his
tory: how the small armies of
Judah Maccabees defeated,
with guile and with great mil
itary strategy, all the armies
of the Syrian overload. The
feats of Judah were so impress
sive that he is today ranked
with the 25 outstanding mill
tary leaders in world history
(and a bas relief of him ex-
lists at West Point to give fur
ther evidence of his reputa-
tom.
The victories of the Macca-
bees led to the establishment
of a Jewish State and for
1900 years there was no other,
until Israel arose from the de-
bris of World War II, and
came into being.
IN THE BRIEF period of
the HaSmonean reign, the
Jews experienced an awaken
ing which kept alive their
hopes for their future and per-
mitted them to survive as a
people through years of per-
secution and horror. The spir-
it of rebellion wakes strong
only in a virile people. A peo-
plea with no resistance, no ag-
greSSiveneSS can only stag
nate and rot.
THE TRIUMPH of the Jews
over Syrians meant that relig-
ious and national liberty had
been fought for and acquired.
Even in those days, men knew
that freedom is not simply
given to a nation. Much must
be sacrificed for that gift. And
the victory took on added
The Arizona post., 1956-11-23

ed, death was their reward.
1t was at this critical point in
the history of man that the
first martyrs for freedom of
conscience sprang up to fight.
WHAT HAPPENED then
bears repetition. An aggres-
sive family arose in the land:
five brothers, an heroic father.
After a few brushes with an
over-confident foe, the rebel
army entered the Temple-on
the 25th day of Kislev, the day
Chanukah begins-and reded-
The Arizona post., 1956-11-23
BY HAROLD U. RIBALOW

The holidays of a people are
perhaps the key to the under
standing of the ce1ebrant. Fes-
tivals tell us much of the ma
ton which observes them.
Just as one can write books
about Americans and their
holidays, Indians and Hindu
rites and parades, Muslin Ra-
madans, and Buddhist devil
dances, so can Jewish hOli-
days speak volumes for the
Jewish people.
ODDLY ENOUGH, Chanu-
kah, one of the liveliest festi-
walls of the Jewish calendar,
is an eight-day feast which,
until recent years, was not a
major holiday to observant
Jews (not to be compared
with Rosh Hashanah or
Yom Kippur), but a pleasant
festival commemorating the
military victory of an oppres-
sed folk.
For centuries, it was a hap
py eight-day affair which re-
minded Jews all over the
world of heroism on the bat
tlefield, of the struggle be-
tween Hellenism and Judaism,
and it kept the Jews aware of
Chanukah as an event which
marked the martyrdom of hui
man beings on the altar of
freedom of conscience.
More recently, however,
Chanukah has taken on more
significant meaning for our
time. The State of Israel was
established under circumstan-
ces startingly similar to those
existing in the days of the
Jews of Chanukah times. The
heroism of modern Jews of
Israel has been compared with
the accomplishments of the
Maccabees, the heroes of Cha
nukah.
And the inspiring story of
Israel has brought to the fore
front the victories of the Mac
cabees, and in that remark
able way that Jewish history |
has of repeating itself, Cha
nukah and modern Israel
mesh and blend. Thus, Chanu-
kah today is marked as a ma
jor holiday.
THE STORY of Chanukah
has been told, retold, inter-
preted and highlighted by
Jewish historians, poets and
novelists since the inception
of the festival. At no time,
however, has the theme of the
revolt been more fully signi-
ficant than today. The issue of
Jewish freedom is as live right
now as it was 1900 years ago.
Chanukah is not a glib holi-
day; it contains no pat phras-
es. no facile jingoism. This
fete commentaries a conflict
between the HasmoneanS =
that is, in effect, the Jewish
people-and Antiochus Epi-
phanes, who represented the
Hellenistic way of life.
The Arizona post., 1956-11-23

would there have been a Jew.
ish State today?
THESE ARE not idle ques-
tons, and to answer them is
to pronounce the significance
of the Maccabees and of Chan
ukah.
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12
All Junior Council
Elects Officers

The newly organized Kent Coun-
ty All Junior Council elected Of
ficers for this year. Fred Grampp,
Oak Grove Club, president; Doris
Warren. Chestnut Grove Club,
vice president; Elaine Mitchell,
Wildcats Club, secretary; Betty
Hayes, Houston Cardinals, report
er; John Clark, Clayton Clodhop-
pers, Peggy Vaughn, Houston
Cardinals, recreation chairmen.
Fred Grampp conducted the
meeting following his election.
The Junior Council will meet BIZ
monthly in different parts of the
county.
After much discussion and sug-
gestions committee was appoint
ed by Fred Grampp to draw up
a constitution. The committee
members are Peggy Butler, An
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12
Big June Flower Show
Planned at University

A total of 103 different classes
of flower and plant exhibits are
scheduled at the University of
Delaware's Spring Flower Show
to be held in Agricultural Hall
on Commencement Weekend, June
2 and 8, it was announced by DR..
Charles Dunham, secretary for the
show and a member of the Uni
versity's horticultural staff.
Sponsoring the show are the
School of Agriculture, the Della
ware State Garden Committee and
Is other Delaware organizations,
Dunham said. 1t has also been
accredited by the Garden Club
Federation of Pennsylvania and
judges assigned to it will be from
the accredited lust of the Nation
al Council of State Garden Clubs.
Dunham says that there are no
exhibit or admission fees required
and asks anyone seeking informa-
ton on exhibit rules to write him
at Agricultural Hall in Newark.
The schedule of exhibits will be
printed and available on request
by April Is. Both professional
and non-professional gardeners
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12
ANNUAL CHICKEN FESTIVAL
Annual DeImarva AFFAIR will Open
at Ocean City, Md, June 2O-22

Annual DeImarva AFFAIR will Open
at Ocean City, Md, June 2O-22
One of the biggest events in the
80-year history of ocean City,
Maryland will take place June
2O-22 when the ninth annual Del
marva Chicken Festival opens at
the resort. Preparations for the
coming of the Festival have been
underway for the past several
weeks and practically every resort
citizen has been assigned a part
in the planning for the gigantic
affair. General chairman of the
planning committee is Ocean City
Mayor Daniel Trimper. Jr., who
wasted no time in appointing var
ious committees to handle the
many activities of the three-day
event. The Chicken Festival is
sponsored yearly by the poultry
growers of three states on the
Eastern Shore, Maryland, Della
ware and Virginia. The big event
has, in the past, drawn crowds of
up to 10000 persons. Because the
Festival is to be held in ocean
City this year, Poultry officials
are predicting a record breaking
crowd of close to $4,000 visitors.
Although the Festival is only be-
ing touted as a three-day affair,
Ocean City people are planning on
five days of festivities due to the
fact that the semi-finnals of the
Miss Delmarva" beauty contest
are to be held at the resort Mon
day and Tuesday, June 1919.
During the semi-finals, 80 girls
from the State area will make
Ocean City their home while they
complete for crack at the covet-
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

ed Miss Delmarva" crown. The
Miss Delmarva" contest is rank
ed as the third largest contest of
its type in the United States sur
passed only by the Miss Amer
lea" and Miss Universe" con-
tests. Tentative plans call for the
Festival to officially open at l
pm., June 20, followed almost
Immediately by the opening of the
Poultry Equipment Show. The
big event of the day will be the
crowning of Miss Delmarva IR"
in the boardwalk pier convention
hall. The high-light of activities
June 21 will be the National
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

and flower growers are invited to
exhibit.
Program chairman for the show
is Robert F. Stevens, also of the
University's horticulture depart
ment. He reports that there will
be 81 classes in horticultural spec
linens. They will feature roses,
perennials, lilies, peonies, house
plants and other plants and flow
ers.
Eleven different classes in bow
er arrangements are planned,
Stevens said, including one for be-
ginners called Beginners Luck. "
There will be one special flower
arrangement class for men only.
Two Junior divisions are sched-
uled, one for youngsters under IA,
the other for those IA to 18 years
old. Included will be garden flow
ers flower arrangements, and,
pressed leaf and flower specimens.
There will also be a special
class for professional gardeners
only.
Dunham and Stevens reported
that special exhibits already PLAN
ned for the show include an orchid
display by the Delaware Orchid
Society in the foyer of Agricul-
tural Hall. Nurserymen are COM
bining to build a large exhibit on
the stage in the auditorium of
Agricultural Hall, as well, and the
Wilmington Branch of the Ma
tional Gardeners Association is en-
tering perennial garden exhibit.
There will also be exhibits by
conservation organizations.
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

Miss Joan Allen, Nutrition Spec
iaiist, demonstrated "Quick and
Easy Sandwiches" and discussed
with the group suggestions for
presenting the subject.
Giving a variety to sandwich
lunches was emphasized at this
meeting. Miss Allen suggested
keeping a variety of breads
whole wheat, rye, raisin, nut,
pumpernickle, etc.-in the freezer.
Several broiled open-faced sand
witches were demonstrated.
The leaders who attended and
are giving demonstrations in April
are:
Mrs. Ida E. Voshell, Marydel
Mrs. Woodrow Holloway, Har-
rington
Mrs. Tyson Cohee. FELTON,
Mrs. Dorothy Pearson, Milford
Mrs. Edith Hill, Harrington
Mrs. Mary KINNEY, Milford
Mrs. Dorothy Argo, Harrington
Mrs. Dorothy Cannon, Harring-
ton
Mrs. Laura Griffith, Harrington
Mrs. Matilda B. Brown, Har-
rington
Mrs. Thelma Hanson, Harring-
ton
Mrs. Sara W. Nelson, Dover
Mrs. Elsie j. Clark, Dover
Mrs. Irene D. Kersey, Viola
Mrs. Mary K. Willim, Dover
Mrs. Margaret L. Kennedy,
Dover
Mrs. Lillian H. Wheeler, Har-
rington
Mrs. Marion L. Brown, Harring-
ton
Mrs. zita 2. Hatfield, Harring-
ton
Mrs Loretta G. Clark, Kenton
Mrs. Belle Everett, Kenton
Mrs. Winnie Lynch, Milford
Mrs. Irma MACPHERSON, Mil
ford
Mrs. Lola D. Cole, Smyrna
Mrs. Clara F. MacLucas, Smyr-
ma
Mrs Nan Bradley, Smyrna
Mrs. Ruth E. Stokes, Viola
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

drewsville; Jean Hayes, Houston
Cardinals; Norma Jean Robb,
Westoille; and Marvin Rothermel,
Milford Millwood.
The Council will plan summer
social event at their June meet
ing.
The seven clubs represented at
this meeting were Sunny Smile,
Andrewsville. Westville, Chestnut
Grove, Oak Grove, Milford Mill
wood, and Houston Cardinals.
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

Chicken Cooking Contest to select
a Junior Cooking Queen. On June
22 the National Senior Chicken
Cooking Queen will be crowned
and the days festivities will be
followed by the Festival Parade,
a two-hour long event participat.
ed in by colorful floats and lead
ing marching units from the three
states.
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

cussed. m a d e
and probably
sampled, too, at
Kent c ou n t y
Home Demon
stration Clubs
in April. Lead
ers attended a
m e etin g on
Tuesday, March
n, at which
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

The average family spends from
S15o-s200 per year on a vacation.
according to AAA.
Education does not grow from
beautiful buildings.
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

Mrs. Raymond Troyer, Dover
Mrs. Joseph Basiago, Dover
Mrs. 3. w. Billion. Wyoming
Mrs. Gooden Voshell, Wyoming
Mrs. Helen Cool, Wyoming
Mrs. Kurt Schettler, Clayton
Mrs. Louise Hudson, Clayton
Mrs. A. T. Slaughter, FELTON,
Mrs. Ruth Rusby, Smyrna
Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Smyrna
Mrs. Harvey Opdyke, Dover
Mrs. Edward Long, Jr., Dover
Mrs. Charles Opdyke, Dover
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

In many cases, a cheerful giver
is one who doesn't give enough
to make him uncheerful.
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12

Sandwiches-plain and fancy,
large and small-are being dis
Smyrna times., 1956-04-12
kent HOme kbOings
BY: Charlotte l. Swanson, Home Demonstration Agent

Mrs. Francis E. Thomas, Mary
del
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F. c. Lucas, 70,
Ex-D. G. Resident

Frederick C. Lucas. 10, died
yesterday in Clearwater. Fla.
where he had lived since retiring
from the extension service Of the
Agriculture Department in June,
l943, after over 80 years Of serv-
ice.
He served on the board of the
Hamline Methodist Church here
before going to Florida. and was
on the official board Of the First
Methodist Church in Clearwater
A veteran Of the Spanish
American War. Mr.. Lucas was
an organizer'of Federal Post No
I824 of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars in Washington. and served
as president of the organization
He was a member Of the Ma
tional Retired Civil Employees Of
Clearwater, and the Washington
Society of Clearwater. He also
was a Mason.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Mary Parkinson Lucas OF
Clearwater. Funeral arrange
ImentS are being handled by a
funeral home there. Burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Mrs. {. C. HuIIbeck,
Native of Illinois

Mrs. Elroy C. Hallbeck, wife
of the legislative representative
of the National Federation OF
Post Office Clerks, died Friday
night at Emergency Hospital
after a long illness. She was So.
The former Gertrude Kother,
she was a native of Springfield,
III. Mr.. and Mrs. Hallbeck were
married in Chicago in 1885 and
came to Washington about 10
years ago. They lived at 1908
Dorset place NV.
Mrs. Hallbeck was active in
the Potomac Heights Community
Church until she became i'll.
Besides her husband. she is
survived by a daughter Anna
Pauline Hallbeck, is, a student
at Western High School, both OF
the home address; her mother,
Mrs. Pauline Kother of Spring
field; two brothers and four sis
tiers. John Kother, Mrs. Alma
Melcher and Mrs. Irene Mason,
all Of Springfield, and Louis
Kother, Mrs. Mollie Worker, and
Mrs. Ben Barenbaum, all Of Chi
cago.
Services will be held at the
8. H. Hines funeral home, 2901
Fourteenth street NV, at 2 pm,
on Tuesday. Burial will be In
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.