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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

Sixty students attended the entire
/ nTst course OF the Flower Show school
sponsored by the National Garden Club
Lsasue. With the Christmas Greens
Show at the coreoran Art Gallery De-
| cember 10 through December is cap
| turing the attention OF the clubwomen
the next show school dates are March
cltement and hard work Involved in the
Flower and Garden Show a. the Ar
mory March y to 2. Bulbs ano house
plants should be forced and groomed
carefully II they are to be entered In
COUNTY, HILLS GARDEN CLUB:
Tuesday. 10 m, at the home Of Mrs
Robert z Work. 800 Bedford court,
Fairfax. Va; eohostess Mrs. Roy b
Powell workshop prosTam on CnTlst-
PiHEcREsT GARDEN CLUB. To-
morrow, 4 pm, at the home OF Mrs.
Sidney scanlen. 5000 overlook drive
Alexandria. Va. cohostesses Mrs or
members 70 bring Christmas decora-
WARREN WOODS GARDEN CLUE
Wednesday, $50 y m. at the home Of
Mrs. Robert TAYLOR. Gl6 La Marie
sunny AcREs GARDEN CLuB Of
Broyhiil Crest, Fails Church, Va: New
oficeTs are Mary Surasky. president
Elizabeth Smith. vice president; PRS
ella Calvert. recording secretary Jeans
Malone. corresponding secretary, Bar
bara BenAde, treasurer, MArgaTet Lewis,
/ librarian Installation will be 81 the
chFlstmas dinner At the Old Coach
ihVS Af TIIeSs CAPITAL DAHLM so.
Getty: Thursday. = pm. At the Ma
tional Museum. Tenth street and Con-
stitntion avenue NV: demonstration
Quick and Easy chfistmas Deeora-
Aim, Chinese Glassware Public
GREAr FALLS GARDEN CLUB
THURSDAY. a. the home Of Mrs. oeofs,
w. P Psns By ars e Rs sssaH
The Christmas Rose By Mrs Charles
WESLEY HEIGHTs-sPRINGv VALE
GARDEN CLUB: Tuesday, AZ the HON,
0lenbrook road; program. "christmal
Decorations for the Home" BY Theo'
cAPiToL BILL GARDEN CLUB
YAiEs GARDEN cuts: THURSDAY
II pm. At Westminster Pfesbyter al
Church. Cameron NILS road "A b
+" BksDBuRY HEIGHTs GARDEN
CLUB. Thursday, pm. al tht homi
OF Mrs Martha Albrecht, 520s Altos
street Sc. annual Christmas part
preceded BY inste ilAtion OF ofneers.
WOOD ACRES GARDEN CLUB
Wednesday, 4 pm. al the home O
Mra. John Aehl. Vienna. Va. mem
berS holiday decorations contest ant
demonstrntion OF aft wrapping BY Mrs
William NJ HauGh Mrs. Aehl VII
speak on The Care Of Christmas Off
Plants" Mrs Clovis MArkoNski AM
Mrs Edmund J Butler coho1tesses
STONY BROOK GARDEN CLUE
THURSDAY, s pm. at the home OF Mrs
L B. Mcdonald. s505 Herbert street
Pals Church. Va. demonstrations b.
the club members on the theme. Let
Decorate for Christmas
HIlLMEADE GARDEN CLUB; To
morrow. $50 pm a. the home Q
Mrs. l. o. Gibson 500 Melwood road
Bethesda. Nd. prosram. "A santa
WASHINGTON GARDEN CLUB; To
morrow, At the residence OF Mrs Mile
Engelbaeh. 1908 Brookyllle road. Chev
Chase, Nd Mrs Floyd Smith wi
, demonstrate the art OF decorating viii
Christmas greens Club president ]
Miss Minnie c. Hunt
CHEVY CHASE, d. C.. GARDEi
CLUB: Tomorrow 1880 pm AZ tn
home Of Mrs william T. Benson ISL.
Old SDrinG road. kensington. Nd. co
hoSiessex, Mrs. N H. Uelkmsnn Ani
Mrs CLYDE Wendelkin, Christmas work
shop led by Mrs. Arthur RinElano
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blanee 10 ivy leaves IN shape The
Peperomias Ike . nighttine TEN
pefasure OF 80 degrees
MARANTA.-Prayer Piant.-Thts In
interestins plant should Be more
widely used because II Withstands
most household conditions The tn
teresiins leaves with their velvety
centerS fold ~ night, hence the
common name. PRAYER Plant. This
Is the species ". leueoneura. II Is
q shade lover and likes q nighttime
temperature OF 80 degrees
SPATuYfLUM-- Is . most attrae-
tive plant. both the flowers, leaves
and beautiful red berries. 8. hou-
buudum Il considered the best
moderate shade, but must have 81,
syriuEe daily The plants enioy
even suppiy OF moisture and . hui
mid atmosphere while rather tail
growing . 70 ) feet they are vel
worth the extra effort for their a..
around usefulness
NANTHOSOMA.-- Somewha related 70
the Elephant Ear. II has much more
20 recommend 10 The large leaves
OF y. lindeni. nearly - inches Ions
and 4 70 q inches wide. are white
yeined and borne on stalks . foot
long The spathe is white and 4
inches IN lenegh Many indoor gar-
deners prefer the Xanthosoma. al
though lacking In oriGht colors, 10
the caladium.
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which range from : 10 10 inches 81
iength Because Of the usefulness oil
the Draeena Ne nnd many varieties
offered for sale ID. deTemensia. var
NGrnecki. D. fragrAns. var Mas
sAnge. D. Godsefaana and ID. San
deriiaRa are amonG the more De.
sirabie They All grov 10 % ieel
at maturity Shade lovers. they Dc
not hoWer out the variations N size
shape and color OF toliage MAKE
them useful both IA the planter boz
and IN art site aFransemeuts Fvp'
grant leaves are green vita white
or yellow ssrlpeS or faarEint Col
dieana has gray-Ercen bands cross
wise GoHSefnana leaves are green
and soue are igreguiarly Gplctcnec
or banded croSSWtSe with waite
. sAncertana has narrower leaVei
that are fite-margtned.
fIG-fieus-ThiS Is another lAFge ans
popular kind OF foliage plant For
merly bes; known for the RubbertFe,
with large heavy gfeen leaves. oul
nov oiiering many other types ans
forms The Fiddie-Leaved FtE-F
panduTatA, Is much mere attractive
than the Rubberfree but Is not a.
good . houseplAnt However. som'
will like the R1bbeFtFee with varie
rated foiiase The creeping dr-f
pumila, sometimes listed IS P, rad
leans and P. repens. = very hardy
smail-leaved ereepes. that viii tax,
sun or shade. and its SarieGatec
hanging vine Other interesting
forms OF y eiastica are Y. elAstte1
Dseora and y elastieA Exetia. Tit
latter has small leaves and Is graee
fll
FITTONIar--An attractive low-srou
ms plant that thrives IN q froisi
soil TIE y. verschaseiti has dsTl
green heart she ped lrsges With rec
veins eonxnieuous on the loNrr side
An interesting variety. called Sill
YeFneTye, fargyrsneurAi Is most Al.
tracitYe Both may BE- used as I
ground cover In the planter. or .,
toresroPnd plants in front Of talei
GRAPE IVY tClssus) The species. c
antarCtlca. u . tender heroaceous
climbing perennial with thick gloss'
EIssn issvss 7 5000 hoas.
or trained 20 a small trsilis
HIBISCUS On. sa-sinenslsl a lara
growing tropical shrub that produces
snowy flowers over . Iona period o
time. II needs q moist well draine'
soil in warm sunny situation
There are single and double howeTe,
because Of is spread il Is not sui,
able for use except - . potted plant
PEPEROMIA--Of this large famti!
only tvo Of the species are populai
IS house piants-P. sandersil var
aFKyreta and ?. obtusifolla. tn
fs 5 g , si ,ssiEs s,Is s.I and
gonia The second has thick greer
leaves. Now We have such inter
eStinE varieties as Green Ripples
silver Heart and HedeFifolia. IN
lattet because Of the slight Tesem
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Mulching NUNS

House Plants Care
The house plants will greatly
benefit from a strong blast Of
cold water every week or two
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rabbit hunting the other day.
John borrowed Tweed Howser' s
little .4i0-gauge shotgun. and
they took along Tweed's beagle.
II don't know what we would
do without Tweed Howser.)
John had q fine day. even
though he didn't get any rab-
bits. In fact everybody had
fun. including the beagle. al
though ! believe she was q lit
tie disappointed.
She came back over to our
house after being taken home
when the hunt was over.
think she came back to finish
running the rabbit she was
after when the hunters decided
TO call 1t q day.
That's what ! call a per-
sistent dog.
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Crops Resist Disease
And Insect Attacks

Built-in resistance TO insects
is one Of the major goals of
today's plant breeders. Ex-
amples of such work already
accomplished are corn varie-
ties resistant to the European
corn borer. corn earworm. OF
chinch bug; wheat varieties
resistance to the Hessian fly;
barley resistance TO the green
bug; sugar beets resistant "a
the leaf hopper. and alfalfa
resistant TO the spotted aphid
One Of the great milestones in
the history Of cereals was the
release in 1926 Of stem rust
resistant spring wheat yarie-
ties by Z. S. McFadden.
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Dick Downs took our John
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G A R D EN-
G UID A NC E
House Plants That Are Different

The modern house has Great
ed 9 demand for many. many
more kinds of plants for indoor
decoration.
The planter boxes can. and
do. take q wide range Of foliage
plants.
Glass walls usually take a
different type Of plant. one
that Is low and spreading.
Partial partitions and
benches can also use pottec
plants.
These new needs have stimu-
lated florists to produce q sur
prising array Of foliage an.
Towering plants.
The flower arrangers have
been quick to take advantage
of these new plants because OF
the great range in foliage tex
ture as well as the many colcy
variations to be found in the
leaves of the modern varieties
The days of the AspidiStra,
Sansevieria. Pandanus. rubber
plant. Chinese evergreen and
Philodendron seem like ancient
history compared to the mo-
ern array of plants offered by
the florists.
Center Stripe Of Yellow
Most Of the modern kinds OF
foliage plants have one or more
varieties with color variations
of leaves. For example the well
known Gold Dust plant. the
Pothos. is somewhat like the
Dracaena GodSefiiana. al
though the later has large
dropping leaves. There is also
a variety Of the Dracaena with
white margined leaves and an
other has a yellow stripe down
the center OF the leaf. The va
riety Warnecki has a varigated
leaf.
The Peperomia Of yesteryeal
had plain green leaves and nov
we have one with variegatec
leaves. To these add the vari'
cites Green Ripples. Silver
Heart. etc. with interesting
texture and veining.
The snowy specimens Of thu
brilliantly colored crotons arr
excellent for the darker cor.
ners. A number Of plants have
varieties with unusual veininG
and there are a number from
which to make selections.
Some Renewing Popularity
The new demand for house
plants has turned our atten-
ton to some OF the nous.
plants Of ysteryesr.
Begcnias ere definitely or
the road back.
Even the Crown Of Thorn.
and the Christmas Cactus ar,
more freely available.
The Grape Ivy is another
which is coming back in popu'
larity.
Most house plants adapted
to shady situations do no
flower and so are grown only
for their foliage. However
there are several in the lis
given below which require {
sunny situation and do flower
The Aphelandra. Ardisia
Crown Of T'horns. Hibiscus anc
Cuphea. to mention a few. d.
produce flowers. The Ardisi,
has snowy red fruits which ar,
very long lasting. II it wer,
not for these unusual qualitie.
It would be omitted since it i
the one plant which need
lower temperatures than mos
house plants-55 TO so degree
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are codiseum. {. NariegAtum Is the
species from which most Of the
color ana leaf variations are de-
rived The leaves which ranEe n
lenEtn frSm 70 inches, vary
in form from finely cut to euried.
crisD-msrxtned. and some are spl-
rally twisted The crotonS Ike .
warmer day and night temperature
than most house plants. but be-
cause OF the " usefulness IN planter
boyes are mentioned here They
will reach . height OF several feet
II oVerfeu or given too much room
in which 70 rYoW fiGht shade
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I serapbo0k fIIing date. Dec. sl

(Serapb0Ok filing date, Dec. 81
The drenched ground and
snow prevented out-of door
garden work last week. How
ever. 1t should be dry enough
soon TO plant all the roses and
bulbs before freezing weather
comes in earnest. That is one
OF the advantages in gardening
! in the Washington area. There
are always a few days in which
TO catch up with the work. We
should also take advantage Of
such a period TO spade a bit
OF ground for the earliest flower
and vegetable crop planting.
Don't Let Roses Whip
Fasten the climbers TO their
supports or they will whip
about In winter winds, scratch
ing painted surfaces and harm
ing themselves. Roses suffer
frequently from injury. Each
wound affords a point OF entry
for brown and stem cankers.
Store Glad COrms
Now is a good time TO clean
up the gladiolus corms and
store for the winter. Before
storing. dust lightly with DOT
to control the thrips. Winter
control is much easier than
summer spraying. II DOT is
not desirable then place the
corms in bags and add an
ounce OF napthalene fakes.
Place the closed bags in a warm
place for a week or so and then
remove the corms and store in
open containers.
Clean Up the Corners
Do not neglect TO clean up
the corners and other places
where weeds and trash provide
a good winter home for insect
pests. Place the weeds and
trash In the compost pile. cover
with dirt. and sprinkle some
fertilizer on it 50 that the bac-
terra will thoroughly break
down the green material into
useful compost.
Metal Edgings
Now is a good time to install
metal edgings to the flower
borders and in front OF shrub
berry 10 prevent the grass from
spreading into such areas. The
edging viii last for several
years and greatly reduce the
need for hand trimming. More
especially 1t saves a lot Of time
in pulling grass out OF the
flower border.
Mulching Nuns
In view Of the success some
gardeners had last winter in
protecting their chrysanthe-
NUNS with a thick mulch. II
: might be worth a further test
ing this winter. Put the mulch
on after the ground is frozen
A good thick layer. three or
four inches, would seem desir-
able.
House Plants Care
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(1ba Chill your dish! Lots of just little zippyD

Keep your piggy bonk handy! Only 10 or II cents
serving for this wonderful eating Tender meat mixed with
plump red beans and lively yet mild tomato saucethats
Lbbys Chill! It's spiced with such knowing careeven the
youngsters will want it often And imagine, how easy just
serve big steaming bowfuls with crisp soda crackers
If you get fancyyou might garnish the heated
chill with coarsey shredded strong cheese Then with
bbys Ptted Ripe Olives in half crosswse with bits of
pimiento tucked in.
Libby, NcNeiH 6 Libby, Chicago 9, ILL.,
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Show.stealine vegetable dishl Add Glove
Of garlic to Iihbyss Peas. Heat, drain, re-
move garlic; toss with 3 tbsp. chopped
cooked onion. Garnish with pinientO.
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Spun-TunneI
Cites Devices
For Sufety

RICHMOND, Sept. 81 CR.-
Motorists using the $50 million
Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel,
will be protected by the latest
safety features, the State High
way Department said today.
The 3Iz-mile bridge-tunnel
system, scheduled to open NO
vember /, win provide the FIRST
physical link across Hampton
Roads between Newport News
and Hampton on the north and
Norfolk and Portsmouth on
the south. It will trim travel
time between the two areas
from 80 minutes to about z.
The 6.86O-foot tunnel will be
the first major underwater IA
cility to be ventilated by axial-
vane fans, the department said.
Sixteen Of the huge fans,
capable Of circulating 3,4O8, 900
cubic feet Of air per minute,
have been mounted vertically
in buildings located on two
man-made islands. Eight fans
will pump fresh air into the
tunnel and the other eight will
pump out stale air.
Trucks will be kept on both
islands TO remove stalled We
hicles from the tunnel, the de-
partment said.
Huge flood gates. electrically
controlled and housed Just
above the entrances on each OF
the man made islands, will
forestall the possibility Of the
tunnel being flooded during
storms.
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ton grant announced last year
Plans call for the razing Of
two wooden wings on the west
side of the main building. and
replacing them with new two
story brick wings. The main
building would be renovated
inside.
The center would be capable
Of housing and feeding 800 per-
sons. but officials say this ca
pacity would be utilized only at
certain times Of the year during
training sessions Of All en-
campments.
Previously, persons attending
the encampments and training
sessions have stayed in hotels
throughout the District and
held their meetings in scattered
places.
The All has tried for many
years to consolidate the train
ing sessions in one place along
with its national headquarters,
which now is in rented space in
Silver Spring.
The All purchased the prop
erty in February, 1851. Before
that time the buildings housed
the old Chevy Chase Junior
College.
The foundation. however,
has never been able to use the
buildings. Shortly after the
purchase, they were leased to
the Army for its secret Opera
tons Research ONCE. The
sfoundation expects to regain
the property in January.
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struction loans to the localities.
Making available to the
counties the right to borrow
money for school buildings
from the Virginia Retirement
Fund upon affirmative resolu-
ton of the school boards and
boards Of county supervisors.
Cutting out Injuries, friils
and embellishments to reduce
school construction costs.
Repeal Of the Democratic
administrations "cut-off the.
funds and close the schools
legislation.
Mr.. Dalton followed this last
Recommendation with another
rap at the "shortsighted" mas.
sive resistance program sup
ported by the Democrats.
There Is a way to save ouI
segregated Schools" he added
land that is by a pupil assign.
ment plan, admir'stared by the
local school boards"
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valuable asset to our resi-
Dental community"
Last week a group Of eight
residents signed a letter to their
neighbors which indicated the
signers looked favorably on
plans for remodeling Of build
ings on the property to house
the educational center.
Source Of Pride"
The group of eight asked
other residents to study facts
in the case before making up
their minds.
I'VE are assured" they
wrote, shat officials Of the
foundation want to cooperate
with the people and officials
Of Section 4 on a basis Of mu-
tual respect. and to make the
institution a source of pride
to the community"
The Citizens Committee adj
visory group took a different
tacks, however, and the gov
erning body is believed to be
in sympathy with those OPP
posing the project.
The advisory group indicated
it would go along with plans
to convert buildings on the
property into a national head
quarters for the foundation,
but members baked at plans
for the educational center.
The center. the group said.
would constitute a nuisance
because Of noise. traffic and
numbers Of persons involved i. >
Foundation ofiiciaIs say they
would make the center a work
ing All shrine" The rebuilding
and remodeling job. estimated
to cost 1000, would be done
under terms Of a Ford Founda-
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by $500 in the first year Of the
coming biennium and by an
other 800 IN the second year.
I advocate that the 1858 Cen
eral Assembly raise the States
share Of the pay Of our public
school teachers suficiently to
do this"
Mr.. Dalton also advocated:
Providing for full retirement
BENEFITS for each years service
at age so with IS or more years
Of service.
Granting 10 days sick leave
each year cumulative to 30 days.
The COP candidate said he IA
vored the "other Virginia Edu-
cation Association legislative
recommendation on retire.
ment, namely, increasing the
minimum retirement pay for
those already retired from S020
to 1920; and that the formula
for figuring retirement allow
ance be changed from ! per
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|DistrictstOVote
On Fire Tax

Fire tax elections are sched-
uled in four Prince Georges
County election districts to-
morrow. 49,
Polls will be open from z
am. to Z pm. to allow tax
payers to decide their willing-
ness to pay a fire tax levy Of
10 cents per 500 assessed valu-
alton.
The levy was authorized ear
lier this year by the Maryland
General Assembly. subject to
a referendum. The areas in
volved are Nottingham (4th dis
trict); I'd precinct of Bowie
Oath district; LIST and I'd pre-.
|cincts of Laurel 10th DISTRICT,
and Mellwood u5th district.
Volunteer fire departments
which now serve these areas
would share the tax money
that is collected.
In Nottingham district. it
would benefit the Brandywine.
Aquasco and the Upper Marl-
boro volunteer fire departments.
The Mellwood collections would
be turned over to Upper Marl-
boro. Morningside, Brandywine,
Clinton, District Heights and
Forestville fire departments.
The Glenn Dale fire depart
ment would benefit from the
Bowie district election, while
the Laurel fire department
would get the proceeds there.
Voting places will be located
in the following places:
Nottingham district, MAYORS
store, Naylor; ID precinct Of
Bowie, Glenn Dale fire hall;
Mellwood. Mitchell Building,
Marlboro pike; LIST precinct Of
Laurel. Masonic Hall, Laurel
and I'd precinct, Laurel FIRE
house,
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the top Job in the States edu.
cation department"
Mr.. Dalton's Democratic OPP
ponent. j. Lindsay Almond IT,,
has said he will recommend a
study Of the feasibility and
desirability" Of the States as
Stunning the entire cost of pub
lie instruction.
1T might be feasible" said
Mr.. Dalton. for the State to
assume the entire burden Of
paying our teachers. but while
that possibility is being ex-
plored, the State should move
ahead with Increasingly gener-
Gus grants"
School Building Loans
To help localities meet school
construction needs. Mr.. Dalton
proposed:
Transferring $40 million Of
the general fund surplus to the
literary fund for school con-
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TdxAid Urged.
ByCandidafes

The two Republican can
didates for the House Of Dele
gates from Fairfax and Falls
Church called for an increase
last night in the Virginia State
tax exemption allowed for
children.
A jump from $500 to $500
for this exemption was one Of
the campaign plAnks announced
by Mrs. Lois H. Miller and
Robert c. Gotten. jr.
other major points in the
platform are:
/. A locally administered
pupil assignment plan, like the
one advocated by the Repub-
lican's gubernatorial candidate,
State Senator Ted Dalton.
2. A realistic ALLEGATION" Of
State tax money instead Of
the ''robber baron" basis on
which money from nearby
Virginia goes to support the
southern counties.
3. Elimination Of the poll
tax as a prerequisite for voting.
In a Joint statement, the
two candidates declared that,
in addition to the specific
issues. there was the matter
Of the one-party rule-"a rule
that has. over the years, re-
duced Virginia from first in
the Nation to seth or 40th or
46th in every calculation Of
the progress Of all the States"
Mrs. Miller and Mr.. Gotten
are running against Demo-
cratic incumbents John c.
Webb and Omer Hirst. A nth
candidate Is William r. Pierce,
an independent.
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Murtinsburg REEVES
Apple Harvest Fiesta

MARTTNSBURG, w. va,
Sept. Fl Especially The Apple
Harvest Festival, an annual
affair abandoned here in 1910
after five years Of experience,
because Of financing difhculty,
viii be revived under sponsor
ship Of the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce.
The festival is now set for
October 10. II and IL. Douglas
Minnick. general chairman,
said.