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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.
-
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¡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
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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
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