1 hursday, December n , 1952
PAGE SEVEN
For What It's Worth
THE
HOLLY
h av es,
b rig h t
b e rrie s a n d
¡»via
the branches a re cut cleanly a t
midal crown m ake it a fine shade their junction and re stra in t is
HE \ ÎRGINIA world opened
By Clifford P. Roive
or ornam ental tree, particularly used, however, no harm is done.
sleepy, surprised eyes to find
he man or woman who
near
the coast where it is resist- Correct holly clipping is a proper
snow sparkling w hite beneath a
drinks and drives is Public cloudless sky. ’Twas then mem ory
and to salt spray. Europeans m ake and profitable annual harv est.
Enem y No. 1 in my book
hedges of it.
found a picture th at will never
D estructive stealing must be m ade
Ju st recently I read of a young lade. A holly tree with its dense
Holly wood is white, hard, unprofitable or the A m erican
tough, uniform and stains well. It holly will be gone forever.
[expectant motliei tangle ot thick short twigs and
is used for artificial ebony, col­
•vho lost her life stiff foliage had caught innum ­
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la s well as th at erable puffs of clinging white.
ored inlays, scientific and musical
I >f her
unborn Bright red berries, rich green
instrum ents, wood turning, cabi­
^ ■ child when her leaves, pure w hite snow and deep
net work, interior finishing, sp o rt­
S J h u sb a n d ’s
c a r blue sky; strong colors interm ixed
ing and athletic goods. The bark
I able Tv fx\ L. P. and Conven­
was employed in m aking bird­
hit by a reckless with bold strokes. The m elting
lime.
tional. Capacity 10 records.
Iriver. The last snow wetted leaves and berries
f
New needles, fine tone
■xyi|line of the news m aking them glisten in the Dixie
The holly is the sta te tree of
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Cost $169.50
t o r y casually sunlight.
Red, white, green; I
Delaware. It is protected by law
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| mentioned, as if white, green, red up and up in I
in several states. Before C hrist­
u n im p o rta n t,
towering mass of resplendent ing came from the old Roman mas, unscrupulous people trespass
11 hat the driver tricolor like a 40-toot bouquet,
and tea» oft branches indiscrinu-
Festival of S a tu rn or from the
' >1 i he other c w against a foil of blue.
nantly, killing m any trees. Holly
Teutonic practice of hanging ev­ grows slowly.
w as arrested for drunkenness.
No berries are
Man has noted the beauty of
ergreen
as refuge for sylvan borne until it is 10 years old. If
BROOKINGS
If you or I or anyone else were the holly since earliest time, says
spirits.
In
p
arts
of
England
it
to get a jag on and walk down the National Wildlife Federation,
the stre e t carrying a shotgun and as evidenced in songs, poems and is considered unlucky to bring in
holly before C hristm as eve. By
w ere to kill the first person we folktales. The spirit of olfl super­
m et, would we be arrested foi stitions, of gnomes, and wood D aD rbyshire tradition the hus­
band or wife will rule, depending
drunkenness? Not by a darned sprites hangs among its tw isted
on w hether the holly brought in
sight! It would be m anslaughter branches.
It brings dream of
has rough leaves or smooth.
and we could look forw ard to happy’ c hristm ases. Hollv hang-
Am erican holly is much like the
spending the best part of the re ­
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species. It grows in
m ainder of our lives behind bars. comes to most is having their
moist, sunny places from east
Rut w hat happens to the d ru n k ­ driver licenses revoked. The gen­
Texas to New Jersey, and north
en driver who is not one whit dif­ eral public gets the impression
along the coast to Cajie Cod,
ferent from the drunken gun that just because the drunk didn’t
Mass.
In Louisiana it a tta in s a
blaster. The w orst penalty th at know w hat he was doing, he can’t
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height of 100 feet, with its stocky,
be held to blame. This is ta n ta ­
BROOKINGS, OREGON
rough gray trunk four feet in di­
nnm; : ; nnt r in 11 n mount to giving the drunken (iriv­ am eter. In spring the inconspicu­
er a license to kill.
ous flowers ot some trees are all
Any m an with the sense th at stam inate, of the others, all pistil­
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God gave geese knows that when late. Only the latter, of course,
he
slides behind the wheel a fte r will produce the half-inch b erry ­
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drinking, he is ju st as much a like fruits. Lustrous evergreen
potential m urderer as the m an
who stalks in the dark of night
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with intent to kill. If the pen­
alty were made stiff enough, he
would think twice before driving.
Some say th at the reason the
law is not enforced is that those
Teacher of
given the responsibility are afraid
that they them selves m ay be
caught in a sim ilar predicam ent
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