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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
"a League Calendars
Work of 81 Arronoers

The 18th edition of the an
nual Flower Arrangement CAL
endar" of the National Capital
Garden Club League is ready
for distribution. The 1864 edi-
ton Is the final production of
the Calendar Committee con-
Guiding a two-year term.
The following have served
under the guidance of Mrs.
Donald Lerch, jr, chairman:
Mrs. Robert Burns, Mrs. Paul
Ferrero, Mrs. David Frazier,
Mrs. E. L. Gates, Mrs. R. j.
Jorolemon, Mrs. George Lee.
Mrs. Leroy Meyer, Mrs. Curtiss
Werner, and Mrs. Ryland Will
lis.
On the colorful cover is an
attractive arrangement by Mrs.
Roland Hutchings of the
Neighborhood Garden Club,
Alexandria. Inside are go more
pictures, including four others
In color, one Of which is a
beautiful house plant.
These 81 pictures represent
the work Of 81 individuals,
many appearing in the calen-
dar for the first time. These
individuals represent 80 organ
izationS and clubs in the area.
A double page spread in the
center Of the calendar shows
one Of the beautiful areas in
Fern Valley in the National
Arboretum. Fern Valley is a
special product created and
maintained by women in the
League, and the Arboretum
staff.
Sale Of the calendars is the
only Embarrassing project of the
league. Profits provide money
for the operation of the
leagues varied activities. One
of these activities is the Christ
mas Greens Exhibition, staged
annually in the Botanic Graden.
Garden clubs are again Of
fered an opportunity to profit
from the sale of calendars. This
offer is detailed in letters sent
to club presidents by the dis
tribution representative in the
various areas.
Members Of the distribution
committee are as follows: Dis
trict Of Columbia-MiSs Allene
Outright, FE. 7-7282; Mrs. j.
Fillippo, LII. 2-5976, and Mrs.
E. E. Thompson, OIL. 2-3190.
Virginia-Mrs. j. P. Banko, Ell.
6-6l68; Mrs. William CasSell,
KE. $3.50; Mrs. Edwin Deck
ard, CT. 6-0579; Mrs. Howard
Nancy, 765-0454; Mrs. Thomas
Thomson, JE. 2-1653, and Mrs.
Jack Wilson, so. 8-4272. Mary
land-Mrs. Edna Chester, OIL.
2-7918; Mrs. L. A. Meadows,
VIII. 2-2600; Mrs. John RutteT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
Dogwood Wilt

From D. r. B., 10000 Drumm
avenue, Kensington. One of my
dogwood's leaves has been
whiting since early summer. II
has not bloomed since set out
five years ago. Should dog
woods be fortified? A hydran-
gea shrub SprawlS on the
ground. Answer-The dogwood
leaves show no signs of insect
or disease injury. The problem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
BEAUTY IN FLOWERS
Urge for Action
Comes With Fall
BY MRS. HERBERT H. GREeER

refuse to be out Of balance
with the rest of living and
they must painfully search for
the equilibrium.
I hope you have had a rest
full summer. Now stir yourself
and gather your arms full OF
action. The season has changed
and you have changed with it,
1t is much too early to use one
bleached branch and two dried
flowers. The gardens are simply
perky and fresh with gay fall
flowers and they will stay pro-
ductive with all the blessed
rain.
The Greek word kosmoS
means beautiful and the name
cosmos was aptly given to a
beautiful native of Mexico.
This flower seems to be at its
best now. Long, graceful stems
swing and sway in the breeze
and from the finely divided
foliage many attractive daisy
type flowers burst into bloom.
The circular design radiateS
from a high footed aluminium
container. White cosmos bios
SONS orbit like sparkling stars
at the periphery while the core
Of the area is decorated by
several false dragonsheads or
PhySoStegia. There flowers are
a lovely lavender-pink. Both
their shape and color give a
good contrast. A few gray-green
plumeS of common spurge add
intensity to the delicate foliage.
Does the container look
familiar? Well it might.
I took the top of an old garden
torch and rested it on a funnel.
Both are old and made of alu-
minum and they fuse into an
illusion that, I would say, makes
quite a successful container.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08

HA. 2-8029; Mrs. Warren Sea-
ton, JU. 5-0346. and Mrs. Will
liam Werber, WA. 7-1446.
The calendars are recon-
mended as a personal engage
ment calendar as well as q gift
appropriate on any occasion
Nine thousand calendars have
been printed. A complete SELL
out is the goal of the commit
tee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
Spreading Weed

From F. w. S., 6100 Forty
third street, HyattSville. The
inclosed weed has practically
taken over my lawn. How
may it be killed? Answer
The badly dried specimen
was difficult to identify. It ap-
pears to be common chickwee6
Spray with Silvex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
Starts today
DON'T Be |!a;S!l5!E2
BY 3I:I1:I2; Whitman

You can win your own personal "war of
nerves." says Howard Whitman, noted writer
on human and social problems, in remark
able and reaSSuring series of articles starting
Sept. in The Washington Star.
All you have to do is get your nerves to work
for you instead of against you. Then you will
have won half the battle for successful living.
Actually, says Mr.. Whitman, lease of
nerves" often is case of perfectly good
energy misdirected But that energy can be
re-directed in your favor.
How to do just that is the subject OF his
helpful and interesting articles. He explores
the causes of nervousness and gives practi-
cal guide to reducing your tensions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
Chinese Holly

From r. R., 41O4 Franklin
street, Kensington, Md. When
and how should Chinese holly
be pruned? Answer-The Chi
nese holly (Ilex cornuta var.
Burfordi) requires at least one
and preferably two prunings
a year If 1t is to be kept at a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08

Most people like to be busy
and occupied. Work of one kind
or another is a blessing which
makes us feel capable and ex-
hilarated when we indulge in
it. Each human being contains
within himself a tremendously
vast well Of resources and when
these energies are tapped and
kept humming. life becomes
truly abundant.
Whatever we do, we can do
with ZeSt. It takes no extra
effort, but work done with Zest
results in far greater voltage
and satisfaction becomes multi
piled. Indeed, both work and
play are governed by attitudes.
1t would be foolish for me
to say that we could even rest
with zeSt, but we certainly can
do so with abandon. Then moth
ing would stir us into action,
and procraStination would suck
us up like quickSand-until we
feel recharged. Then many
new ideas, both good and bad,
start clamoring for attention.
Many are quickly forgotten, but
If they are persistent enough,
they gell into stimulating ac-
tivity.
It seems to me that every
thing on this earth has it's
own built in rhythm of work
and play and rest. OF course,
some people feel no separation
OF work from play since to
them their work is play and,
conversely, other find that play
can be arduous work. Then
there are the absorbed ones
who never stop to rest or to
play. These chain workers have
no time for a change Of pace.
Sooner or later their systems
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
9-Foot Tomato

Mrs. w. B. Peterson, 61e
South Glebe road, Arlington,
reports a 9-foot plant has out
grown all other plants in her
garden. The Csc plant which she
purchased last spring has out
grown the stakes and is now
being tied to a stout cord fast
ened to the edge of the patio
roof. 1t has produced several
very large fruits and is well
loaded with green fruits. The
variety is believed to be the
Big Boy Hybrid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
SHOWS

Sept. 14-PinecreSt Garden
Club show 3 to 8 pm, St.
Adams Episcopal Church, 9309
Columbia pike near AMMAN
Gale. Theme: Cultural Explo-
SION" Entries open to public.
For schedules call Mrs. Mar
vim Baker, 354-4874. For reser-
vations call Mrs. Ernest
King, FL. 4-7303.
Sept. 14-Springfield Acres
Garden Club horticultural
show at Fischer Hardware
Store in Springfield, Va. Mrs.
Bernard o. White is chairman.
Sept. 14-Riverdale Heights
oath annual flower show at
Fire Hall, Roanoke road and
SiXty-first place. Public viewing
g pm. Entries received from 8
to $50, open to adults and
children. Chairman, Mrs. Lee
Frazier; programs available.
Sept. 14-15-Seedling Gar
den Clubs fall show, Rockville
Civic Center. Theme: Fantasy
of Autumn" Hours: 2 to 8
pm. first day; IL to 5 second
day. For information call Mrs.
Merit Holmes, VIII 6-O193.
Sept. 14-15-Cheverly MD
Garden Club 10th annual fall
show, Cheverly- Tuxedo School;
4 to 8 pm. first day; to Z
p. m. second day. Theme: THE
American Way" To enter an
arrangement call SIP. 3-2476 or
SIP. 3-2755. Educational ex-
hibitS on ground covers, rose
culture, song birds, state flow
erS and national parks. Garden
entries wanted from $3.50 to
1870 first day, separate divi-
sion for youngsters 7 to l6.
Sept. 2O-Gaywood Garden
Clubs eighth annual fall show,
4 to 8 pm, Oak Chapel Meth
odiSt Church at Layhill and
Argyle Club roads, Silver
Spring Theme: The Grandeur
That Was Rome" Entries in
vited from public. Schedules
may be had from Mrs. Michael
Hunter, EV. 4-6978.
Sept. 2O-22.-Annual meeting
and show of the Colonial Dis
trict of the American Rose
Society in HagerStown, Nd.
Sept. 21-22-Falls Church
Garden Club show, George Ma
son Junior-Senior High School.
Sept. 21-22-"Paradise Por-
trayed" flower show, Francis
Hammond High School cafe
terra, 4646 Seminary road.
Paintings and sculpture by
Tommia Whitefield. Show
sponsored by the Alexandria
Council of Garden Clubs.
Sept. 21-29-Fall meeting of
American Rose Society in Nash
vile, Tenn.
Sept. 28-Woo6 Acres Gar
den Club ninth annual show,
Thoreau intermediate School,
Cedar lane, Vienna, Va. Theme:
The Woodland Scene" For in
formation on entering exhibits
call DU. 5-5383 or DU. 5-8347.
Oct. 5-6-Potomac Rose So
ciety's fall show at the Botanic
Garden.
Oct. ll-l2-Fernwood Gar
den Club OF Bethesda and
LuXmanor Garden Club of
Rockville to hold joint fall
show at Bethesda Congrega-
tional Church, l00l0 Fernwood
road. Cochairmen Mrs. Robert
Hotz and Mrs. Ralph Dawson.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

gram. There We're no roads and no
bridges, hence no wagons could be used.
Mr.. Stlce had built for accommodate
ton of his customers a small round log
house II had no floor, no thinking, no
chimney, and customers often had to
remain at the mill three days awaiting
their turn. A fire in cold weather would
ne built on the ground inside the cabin
and those waiting would sit on a To-
foot rail roasting their feet by the fire.
the old men would grumble and growl
while the boys would scuffle and parch
corn and have a good time disturbing
the Older ones who were trying to sleep.
And we think we are having a tough
time OF it if the car doesn't start.
The Memphis (No.) Democrat
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Coleman Andrews
Patience Al Breaking Point

ing for the benefit of govern
ment and not for ourselves.
Robbing the treasury has al
ways been the favorite pastime
of those who could get their
fingers into the till: but that
isn't the point. What 1 would
have you appreciate is that
this is not robbery" not in the
old hijack sense.
Rather. it is a device, design
cd by the government itself
the Budget Bureau SO that
another government agency-St.
Elizabeth's-can have a no-limit
drawing account. This is a PHI
losophy, the old Harry Hop
kins idea of tax-tax-tax-spend-
spend-spend being carried be-
yond the political into the ideo-
logical.
And St. Eizabeth's is but one
little hospital.
How much more such plumber
is there in the bloated, near-10O-
billion budget now before Con-
gress? One wonders.
1t may be st. E~Gzabeth'S
should have more space. Space
enough for one more ward,
labeled 'taXpayer."'
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
College Tests
For Selectiye
Service Set

Applications for the S2lective
Service College Qualification
Test to be given on April Is are
now available to college students
at the Selective Service local
boards, the State Director Of Sc
lective Service for Virginia. an
nounced today.
The test will be given at more
than 500 colleges in all 50 states,
Puerto Rico, and Canal Zone.
College students may obtain
full information about the test
from any Selective Service local
board.
Scores made on the test viii
provide local boards with evil
dence of aptitude for continued
undergraduate and graduate
study. The scores will not of
themselves determine eligibility
for deferment, but are consider
ed with other information by the
boards IN determining whether
to defer individual reglstrants
for further study.
Applications for the test must
be postmarked no later than
midnight, Thursday, March %.
The test, used since 1851 to aud
local boards in determining
questions of student deferment.
is administered by the Science
R Research Associates of Nc
Henry, III.
To be eligible to take the test,
the applicant must be Satisfac-
tCrlly pursuing a full-time col
lege course, undergraduate or
graduate. leading 70 i degree.
He need not be "a student of a
four-year college. but his entire
course of study must be salts
factory for transfer of credits to
a degree-grantlng institution.
The applicant must be a Sc
lectlVe Service reglStrant who
intends to seek defermont as a
student. He can take the test
only once.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
The Allen-Scott Report
Chang Seeking U. S. Pledge OF Non Interference
For Mainland Attacks And Return This Year
By Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott

or even be toppled. For this rea-
son, Chang holds there would
be small risk of involving the
Soviet.
This argument is rejected by
U. S. policy makers.
This fatty opposing view is
the principle reason they are de-
laying a decision on Chiang's re-
quests.
Until General de Gaulle's Jolt
ing veto of Brltain's Common
Market membership. the Presi-
dent and his advisers did not
take Chiang'S plans seriously.
Now they feel anything can hap
pen.
What isn't publicly known is
that Chang has substantial
capabillty to lift troops onto the
mainland.
One estimate Of U. S. military
advisers on Formosa is that the
Nationalist have enough planes
and ships to land and -dC0p- be.
tween 5000 and 10000 troops in
one night and keep them sup
piled for at least 80 days.
THE NEW MOOD - The now
or-never. do-or-die mood build
ing up in the F'ormosa govern
ment could touch off a major
kennedy-Chiang clash unless an
agreement is reached Oh a
course of action.
White House insiders report
the President is keeping his own
counsel. But it is known that his
top advisers in the Defense and
State Departments, for the first
time in years. are leaning toward
"unleashlng' Chang at least
for more daring raids against
the mainland.
Chiang's $50, 900 man army is
at its peak. If it is not used
this year. an expensive program
Of arms moderniZation will have
to be undertaken to maintain its
efficiency.
In the case Of aircraft, this
modernization already is under
way. The F-lO4, one Of the All
Forces best intercepters, is be
ing supplied the Nationalist in
limited number.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Foolish Faith

APPARENT faith shown by the Adj
ministration in Khrushchev's inten-
tons in Cuba and his promise to remove
troops and offensive weapon is not
shared by the rank and file of Ameri-
cans. Dilly-dallying diplomacy does not
satisfy. management of news" by Of
flclal sources causes uneasiness. Talks
of tax cuts and proposal of a S98 bill
lion budget with attendant deficit of
$40 to S12 billion do not find approval
with people who have to meet a per-
sonal budget strained by taxes and
more proposed taxes for additional do
nestle programs. A crisis in confidence
is building up for the Administration.
Certain facts are admitted about
Cuba.
Russia has from $4,000 to 1900
"technicians" and combat troops in
Cuba. khrushchev's promise to move
out 1000 combat troops before March
Is brought relief in Official circles. Re-
naming will be 1000 or more. No good
reason can be seen for any troops in
Nupd, nor regardless OF Wheth-
er they are for offensive or defensive
use. Castro forces, strengthened by
Communist troops, can hold the Cuban
people in subserVience indefinitely.
Reliable reports indicate hat Com
munists from several South American
nations are being trained in sabotage
and revolution by the Communists now
in Cuba. The inference is that they will
return to their native countries and be-
come the cadre for Communist action.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

the young man who wanted wings show
ed a burning zeal to fly.
In World War II, as in World War
l, volunteers flocked to sign up as ca
diets. No one was drafted to fly a fight
er, or a bomber. There We're always
more than enough volunteers.
We sometimes forget, in our civilized
world and with all our possessions, that
it takes this spirit to keep a nation
strong. And when we are told every
day these days that the pilot, the man
ned aircraft, is a thing Of the past, we
can not only wonder but we can be
gratified that the same old spirit is
still there.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Original Paper To
Be Read At
Garden Club Meet

KEYSVTLLE, Feb. 21-"The
African Violet and I" will be
read at the Keysville Garden
Club on Monday, Feb. Is. at
s pm. in the Community Club
Building by Ms. j. Q. Rock
Well, a member. This original
paper relates the adventures of
Mrs. Rockwell in the cultivation
of these particular, potted plants
in the home.
Artistic exhibit will be "Afri-
can Violets'. and hostesses for
the meeting are Mrs. c. L.
Shaeffer. Mrs. Eva Haley, and
Miss BERTHE Yates.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-Gel


eralissimo Chang Kai-shek is
pressing the U. S. to give him
a free hand to intensity attacks
against the Communist : ruled
Chinese mainland.
AS outlined to U. S. officials,
Chiang's bold plan calls for in
creasing the number and size Of
his commando-type raids this
spring and summer.
If these raids succeed as plan
, ned and produce internal Chi
nese support. Chang will then
make his long awaited bid to es-
tabliSh a Nationalist presence"
on the mainland by the end of
this year.
For the present. Chang is
seeking only loninterference
from the U. S. and a limited
amount of special equipment. In
the long run, he hopes for active
U. S. support and arms if he
triggers a major revolt on the
mainland.
The latest American official
to hear Chang make his case
for his hazardous venture was
Representative Daniel Flood, D
Pa, of the House, Military APP
preparation Subcommittee. Sub
sequently, Flood reported TO the
White House that Chang is in
deadly earnest about his grand
design to attempt a return to
the mainland this year.
Also, Flood believes the Gen
eraEssimo has no intention OF
waiting indefinitely for a de-
clslon by President Kennedy.
Flood warned the White House
that Chang is well advanced
with his "raiding" preparations.
and If no word comes from
W a shlngton II, the National
ist leader will go ahead On his
own and expand the size and
number of his commando strikes
this spring.
Instead of the 2O-man raids
staged in recent months, Nation
alst attack groups will be in
creased to several hundred. For
these assaults. Chlang's crack
troops, including airborne units,
are to BE- used.
The raiders mission viii be
to: ID disrupt communications
by blowing up bridges. tunnels,
and radio stations; ~ establish
contacts with friendly groups
among the peasants and mill
taly.
THE BIG HOPE - According
TO Flood, Chiang's great hope is
that the widespread misery
caused by the devastating tail
ure of the Communists great
leap forward" has spread to the
Army, causing sufficient disaf-
lection to spark revolt
Already, more than a score Of
commando raids have given Chi
ang much convincing evidence
that the time is ripe to trigger
spontaneous u%prlsings. In sew
eral instances, Chinese peasants
fed and hid Chiang's raiders for
days before helping them es-
cape.
Significantly, it is Chiang's po-
sltlon that the strained relations
between Picking and Moscow
greatly reduce the risk Of an III
vaslon of the Chinese mainland.
The kremlin, he contends.
would like to see the Picking re-
glme suffer a military setback
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
The Flood Year

1914 was the flood year in Scotland
County-a year by which all floods in
the West are measured excepting
Noah's flood. 1t rained almost continu-
ously from the 10th Of May until the
Isl Of August. Water would be over the
Eablus bottom so days at d time. At
enc time there was not a pound of flour
or meal in Scotland County for perhaps
a month. Families made hominy NOR
tars and pounded hominv meal. There
WAS plenty of vegetables. plenty of
meat and wild game. Mr.. Shelby Stice
owned the mill about IS miles from
Memphis run by horse power. Each
customer rode horseback with a sack
OF corn from d saddle and furnished the
horses and harness to grind his own
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

At what point may a person
be forgiven for losing patience
with the Federal government for
wasting his money?
Let me suggest I have found
that point.
St. EliZabeth's in Washington,
you may know. is the local
mental hospital. 1t subsists, in
the main, on F Federal tax
money; SO much money per
patient. At the end of the year
the government pays the hospi-
tai according to its case load:
the more patients, the more
money.
So. as one SupposeS was in
evitable, St. Elizabeth's has
been offered a method of in
creasing its income. Easy: Just
turn EN- over faster; check 'em
in. check EN- out, get more
patients on the books.
The device is to be found in
the proposed Federal budget for
1864, just released.
Another system, the one the
hospital uses for Senile people
is bad enough. These harmless
old folks-at $9.49 per head per
ruiem-are taken in and tn en-
farmed out to private homes, at
a rate somewhat less than that
allowed the hospital by the gov
eminent.
So, if a homeless, aged per-
son lives for some years after
having received the st. Eliza
beth's' stamp-and many do
he becomes quite a profitable
item for this tax leech.
That's bad enough.
Now the speed up. Under the
system the Budget Bureau has
submitted, the hospital is en-
couraged to empty its beds. to
return to society people W h o
may be dangerous-not the old
folks, the crazy" people.
Think of it. For the dollars
involved, criminally insane are
to be put on a treadmill. AS one
alert Congressman said in OBJ
jecting to the concept. This, of
course. will encourage our
courts to send more criminals
up to St. EIizabeth's for psychia-
try because they will get out
faster and be returned to the
community to prey upon tn G
people of the District Of Co
lumbia and on the tourists who
come here.
Il have never heard such a
zany idea as this, to pay them
to turn out mental patients
whether they are cured OF
not
The Congressman calls il
zany. l call it insane. Indeed,
who's looney now, the patients
or those responsible for this
new policy?
What can spark such an idea?
What philosophy governs those
who conceive such plans?
Isn't it perfectly apparent? II
seems 50.
We have, at last, arrived a
the point in this nations decline
where the money working people
pay as taxes no longer has any
meaning, not a veStlge, to thosl
who spend it. We are govern
ed by a breed of bureaucrats
who think of you and me as
suckers, as menials, as people
who shall spend our lives work.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Old Flying Spirit

THE Shreveport Times ran an edi-
torial not too long ago in which it
remarked that of 27,OOO Air Force re-
s~ervists and Air National Guard Per-
sonnet called to duty in the Berlin
crisis. only Is per cent asked for de-
ferment or relief. The Louisiana news
paper believes this reflects the same
old flying spirit of World Wan | and
World War III.
It is + that fliers have long had
an enthusiasm and a spirit apart. In
World War | when what is now the
L. S. Air Force was only the Aviation
Section of the Signal Corps. which in
turn was but a branch of the Army,