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~ BROOKINGS-HARBOR P IL O T , BROOKINGS. O R E G O N ay> Fcbruary 28’ 1952 Page Five A long A zale a Row sociable meeting with the ladies glows rapidly and blooms pro at the garden club. fusely. One trims it at the end By Faye Sunderland Last week, when Mrs. Hibbard of its blooming period. Her rhododendron are grouped Wild, gay March is nearly here introduced her lady gardeners, she first told us of her favorite toward the front of the garden —a capricious lady is March. flowering shrub, the Andromeda. Death came Saturday after Wild and stormy one day, sweet This is a most successful shrub and when in bloom, catch and hold the eye immediately. Their noon to Mrs. Ida May Foster, be and sunny the next. There is the here and rewards one from Feb vivid blooms not only sparkle in loved wife of Milton Foster, at smell of spring in the air and ruary through may with cluster back in the old days, I expect bloom of little creamy-white bell- the sun but seem to have a lum their Harbor home. Funeral serv we’d be ready to start tearing like flowers. It reminds one of the inous glint at night. Mrs. Swan ices were held Tuesday at 2:00 warned that lime is fatal to the p. m. from Baptist Community up the house for the spring house dainty Lily of the Valley. rhododendron. Paul DeBlock also C hurch, w’ith Rev. John L. Mum- cleaning. Modern conveniences Martha have pretty well done away with w artna Harbin, Harbin, the the first first speak- speak stressed this pq>it. Rhododeh- bower. officiating. Interment was the old upheaval which sent the | £ ' hh e KAzal‘'a " fa'" dron and azaleas both require an at Smith River cemetery under acid soil. direction of the Roeder Funeral man the house house srnrrvirv, man of of the scurrying so he ' U shrub> because this is its Home. A clematis has turned the light natural habitat. Surrounding us wouldn’t have to beat the car pole, standing of necessity in her with its beauty, we find it a Mrs. Foster was a native of pets. Noadays, we can go outside (garden, into a lavendar draped blaze of exquisite blooms in our the Harbor area, where she was and start gardening. thing of beauty. It is a Nelle born Dec. 18. 1892, sister of Les Azalea State Park, a splash of To make your gardening a lit tle easier, the garden club will varied color on the hills and on Mosa Clematis and its beautiful ter, Raleigh and Wiley Jordan. foliage and long lavendar cluster Besides her brothers she is sur hold its spring plant sale at its the highway and featured in the of bloom makes one forget that vived by: her widower, Milton, gardens of many homes. It is most March meeting. There you will it is twined around anything so at home; George Pitzer, M rs. find plants, cuttings and small reasonable in price to raise as it mundane as a light pole. Velma Yackamouch, Mrs. Lillian shrub from the many gardens in needs no fertilizer. A good mulch God might have made the earth Bailey. Howard Ray. Lester Ray, and water is all it requires. The the area. It will be a public sale bring forth and Dorothy Ray; grandchildren. and more about it in a week or evergreen type is of low growth. Enough for great and small It has a low foot spread of 4 to Robert and Arthur Bailey and so. But de save March 13 for an The oak tree and the cedar Connia Pitzer. 6 feet and its brilliant colors afternoon of shopping for your tree newer garden plus a pleasant and makes "" u ? it " a wonderful shrub along Without a flower at all. - _______ __ __ ¡paths or walks or as foreground Pilot class ads pay—use them. Onr outward life require them material in groupings. The de- not, ■ e iciduous azaleas are among the Income Tax Service most beautifui flowering shrubs Then wherefore had they birth f To minister delight to man, t j — — o.nzx a. _ ... . noon and . t i n existence. They often reach a Hours 8:00 m. to A n d re w H o ffe ld t To beautify the ea rth ” height of 20 feet. When not in 7:00 to 9:00 p. m. MARY HOW’ETT bloom, their foliage is good and R R IC K in winter when the leaves are gone, the branching habit of most LOCAL NEWS Hwy 101, 2 milth south of species is interesting. Azaleas re Mrs. Barbara Blaine of Anch quire acid soil. Brookings, Oregon orage, Alaska, is visiting her par Dealers in the Mrs. Tony Olsen brought with ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Means. CONTRACTOR her, a small branch from the She brought her young son to fo llo w in g »♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦i» Cryptomeria. This can be used as Seattle for medical treatment. Phone 3 q 8 either a tree or shrub. Its foli A condition, first thought to be Residence in Harbor merchandise: SAND & GRAVEL age is somewhat similar to the series, is rapidly improving. For cement work on road fir but very lacy and dainty. It ways. originates in Japan and thrives Groceries Immediate Delivery only in coastal area. It is prop FOR SALE! FOR SALE! Phone 341 agated by seed or green cuttings 2-bedroom unfinished house. Have 2 extra lots. Will and we found it interesting to H a rd w a re or leave orders at Leanord’s hear that all of the Cryptomeria Realty Offioe sell with house or without house. This is priced to ROSS SALVAGE trees and shrub in this area and sell now. Owner leaving. Don’t buy until you see this M a y ta g Appliances in Crescent City, were started from cuttings of the original tree bargain. If you can afford to rent you can afford this Mr. Olsen planted years ago. house. We will take only $275°— with $600 down. Frig idaire The Pleroma is one of Ruth NORINE H ARVEY Bathiany’s Also 2 lots, $450 & $500. Jroo ea. dn., and you pay favorites. It is some A ppliances times called the Glory Bush and per month. See Carl Glass, owner % -ini. north Teacher of originates in China. It sounds o f Azalea State Park. No Saturday calls* please. Piano, Voice, Pipe Organ. veary beautiful with its soft hairy Colem an H ea tin g leaves of copper and exotic pur ple blossoms. Its early winter High School Credits. blooming brings joy to the owner Youngstow n and the fact that it sometimes Studio Building EARL E. SM ITH TRAILER HOMES freezes down if not well protect Kitchens BROOKINGS, ORE. ed, does not detrant from the ul timate worth of the plant. Mrs. N E W TRA ILER S: Spartan, Columbia, Travclo, Jniver^al Pumps Bathiany also mentioned the Sor- barie, or False Spirea. Its bloom Kit, RoyCraft, Roll-o-I lome, Pan-American. Town and Country is a feathery white plume and :uller Paints the shrub is of real value to the SOME GOOD USED TRAILERS: Gas Company gardener with the problem of Brookings office at Matot Co — damp corners or need of a good .arro Feeds Home Office, 7007 N. E. Union Ave., Portland. Phone 291, Brookings or call Ph. tall background shrub. It has an 3521, Crescent City, or write P. adudlt height of 6 feet. O. Box 342, Crescent City. J. E. Mrs. Swan found it difficult to S IX O T H E R L O C A T IO N S Lee and Levi (Jim) DAYTON, distributor. Bu choose just one shrub, as her tane tanks for rent, sale or lease. (garden, is to her, a series of pic C lothing —Open Evenings and Sundays— Office located at Anderson Plumb tures, each grouping dominated ing Co., Fresno Street, offi Pa by one particular shrub. A lemon Wesco and Currin 1 mile south on Hwy 101 Box 246, Harbor, Orc. colored Genista or Broom, draws cific Ave., Crescent City. attention in the early spring. It Pioneer Harbor Resident Passes I SEE R. V. Guerrettaz MASON Shoes Y. & M. A U T O M O T IV E PARTS Fishing Tackle Evinrude M otors AU THO RIZED M cCULLOCH C H A IN SAW DEALER HANSCAMS AND REPAIR SERVICE South Side of Across from Shell Station P. O. Box 596 Brookings, Oregon Phone 3-14 Chetco Bridge 1 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
