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IB Gee. J Statesman Salem, Ore- Smw FeK. 21, 1S54
News1 of Fai4ii;:'Hbme;andi-Gddd
By LilHe L. Madgen
Garden Gabbing
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Home Workshop
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
' II you are one of those fortunate few who do. not have to work
on Washington'! Birthday tomorrow and if it doesn pour down
rain you might well spend the time getting thole sweet peas into
the ground. The earlier they get in, the more bloom you can have
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Sweet peas will thrive in any sunny location, fthey need a rich,
well-manured deeply dug soil with good drainages Arrange a trench
about six inches deep. Place the seed four to si inches apart and
cover lightly with good soiL Then place-another! light covering of
peat moss on top of this and scatter slug bait or sharp sand on both
aides, of the trench.
Before planting seed, shake it up in a sack with a bit of semesan.
As the plants grow you can rake the soil in around them until
the trench is filled level with the surface of the rgrounL
While we are on the subject of sweet peas, let me suggest that
tou look over some ef the new varieties. There are some new earner
flowering sorts now. many of which come into bloom three to four
weeks earlier than the older varieties. Also there are some aew sorts
which have many more blooms to a stem than the: older varieties do.
If you have berry -bearing bushes in your! shrub border, prune
before the flowers appear. Late flowering shrubs -such as hydrangea
hortensis can be pruned now. Remember that the flowers develop
on the shoots that did not flower last year do hot cut these to the
ground. Is
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Pretty soon now youll be getting yours chrysanthemum bed
ready for spring planting. Most growers do not ship crysanthemums
for spring planting until late March or Aprili However, orders are
filled in rotation, so the orders placed early will be attended to first
Perhaps you recall that last fall quite a number of us attended
open house at the gardens of Dr. . J. Kraus at Oregon State Col
lege. We noted a lot of new ones which he was going to introduce
this year. If you don't remember where you put the list here are a
few of his new ones which are available from Marvin Black, out on
Chemawa road: Ballerina, an orchid rose, a bushy two-foot plant.
heavilv covered with two inch blooms. . 5
Chestnut, a reddish chestnut brown, small, fully double blooms
with long stems. Purple Sage, another orchid-purple with lUac silver
reverse. The petal arrangement of this is irregular. The blooms are
rather large. (Marvin adds the supply of this plant is very short)
Reverence, a light primrose yellow, large land fully double This
begins to bloom about September 10.
Snowspoon, the best white spoon, single liut the Northwest but
almost double in the Midwest (and don't ast me wny). Tfie Diooms
are snow white and three inches across.' j 1 f
White Rice, another fine white one. Very; sturdy, full-double
blooms. t i
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Almost everyone has a philodendron, if he has any house plants
at alt So few have peperomia, which seem much better adapted to
the average small house ... particularly is the Watermelon-Begonia
(peperomia) suitable. The heartshaped dark green leaves, striped
with silver, make a very pretty little plant The peperomias like
northern exposure, plenty ef water and lots .of humidity. I fre
quently see them in florists shops here in the valley and always
wonder why I don t see them more often in homes.
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Now is the time to think of transplanting your house plants
that have grown throughout the winter. Some of these need very
little transplanting that is repotting only every few years. Others
should be transplanted every year. I
A Bomber of bright red azaleas were received during the St
Valentine season. A south window win suit these plants best for
the present The ideal temperature is 45 degrees at night and little
more than 5540 degrees in the daytime. If a sunporch is available,
this is nsnally quite suitable. Most living rooms or dining rooms get
too warm to keep the azalea in good blooming health. Water the
plant frequently and very thoroughly but dor not let water stand in
the saucer or the leaves will soon begin to tarn yellow and drop
Most of tho azaleas we are getting here are also hardy here, although
a few are not Ton might ask your florist if yours is, and then, as
soon as the weather warms np April for instance, set the plant out
la your azalea bed for next year's bloom.
New Rose Is Size of Penny
Lazy Susan Table
Blends With Decor
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By BILL BAKER
Furniture Designer to the Stars
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In designing my Lazy Susan
coffee table, the purpose was to
create a piece of furniture that
would blend with any kind of de
cor, yet achieve distinction by
performing a special function;
The main table top is station
ary, ot course, am me -raisea
Lazy Susan ring and crowning
small table top rotate convenient-
ly as a unit ;
While the Lazy Susan coffee
table looks expensive, it can be
built at home for just a few dol
lars and a few hours of hobbyshop
work. If you want to have a lunvr
beryard do the cutting, it will add
a few extra dollars to the basic
cost
I made the table for my own
home in clear white pine, giving
it a lacquer finish, but alder
wood, gumwood and plywood are
other excellent choices. The cost
of using an expensive hardwood
is somewhat offset by a saving of
about $5.00 on varnish and lac
quer, since the choicer woods re
quire only a wax finish.
For informal entertaining in
small quarters, the Lazy Susan
coffee table is a handy and at
tractive space saver. Its generous
dimensions make it equally suit
able for spacious rooms. '
The double-decker Lazy Susan
unit is readily detachable in '.a
few minutes. You can make this
Lazy Susan coffee table in your
own workshop in a few hours
with the aid of pattern number J01
Every section of the table is giv
en you in its exact aize, on heavy
duty paper which can be pasted,
taped or thumbtacked right on the
wood for simple tracing and cut
ting out
Youll also receive shop-tested,
easy-to-follow directions in sim
ple, understandable language.
Tinker Belt pictured here.'is one of the new small roses that will
become quite popular this summer, according to growers who had
the opportunity to tesu.it oat last year.
Garden
Calendar...
set your L117 luu eoffee
table pattern, tend your name and
address together with one dollar
(SD la cub or money order to
Bill Baker, The Oregon States
man, P. O. Box 1111, Los Anteles.
California. REMEMBER TO ASK
rOB PATTERN NUMBER 11.
Other Bill Baker pattern avail
able: No. 13, Planter Desk, SI-
Questions
Answers
Question Where can I get
old-fashioned roses? Are there
any, catalogs out; on these? If so
would you give me the name?
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Answer Yes, if youll send me
a self-addressed envelope so that
I may reply directly. IH give you
the names of some.
Question Last year had some
madonna lilies that sort of rotted
oit xou toia me to use some
spray, which I did and they
seemed to come out of it But
I lost the slip on which my in
formation was given. Would
you mind repeating? And tell me
when to use it I know I used it
several times last year. F.A.L.
Answer I use Bordeaux mix
ture. Start in early spring and re
peat two or three times before
blooming season and again in
falL Read the directions on the
container carefully so you do not
burn the foliage. It helps, too, to
dig some of the; dry mixture into
the soil around the plant
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vuesaon wnen do we
spray for peach leaf curl? Have
just a few trees but they were
badly curled last year. We art
not really farmers,, so county
agent doesn't visit us. C.BJ.
Answer I'm sure the Mar
ion County agents would be will
ing to give you any information
they .could if you'd call them.
However, in this case, see story
on peach leaf, curl spray else-
wnere on tms; page. This in
formation was: supplied by our
county agents. A
- Question Have been hunt
ing for some information on
the Jordan Community in Linn
County. Can you by chanct tell
us how old it is and the family
names of the early settlers
there? O.T.
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Statesman New Serv'rtt
OCE Speech and Hearing
Center Plans Open House
i Statesman Mews Serrte
MONMOUTH The Western Oregon Cooperative Speech and
Hearing Center on the OCE campus here will hold open house
Friday and Saturday from 9 am. to 5 p.m.
Purpose is to acquaint both the public and professional, school
people; with the service of the center, according to Dr. Robert L.
Mulder, director of the recently
completed center. j: ,
The center is the last of five
regional centers in the state to
be completed through a coopera
tive arrangement between the
Special Education Division of
the State Education Department
and OCE. j
Thef geographical region
served by the Center in Mon
mouth is composed of Tillamook,
YamhilL Lincoln, Marion, Polk,
and Benton Counties.
General objectives of the cen
ter irivolve clinical speech ther
opy for children who are organi
cally speech handicapped, ana
general service to students on
campus, to screen for speech pro
ficiency in prospective teachers
and to provide on-campus and in
service sourses related to special
education with emphasis on
speech correction practices and
techniques for the classroom
teacher.
One-day diagnostic clinics are
i held , periodically at the request
of local school districts in this
area.
Call to Work
Looms Soon
For Loggers
Dallas Firm
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School Job 1 1
, : Statesman Mews Service;
AMITY The bid of $11J
194 of Grubb and Green Con
(traction Cex, of Dallas, Ore,
has been approved for eon-,
traction of a four-classroom
addition U Amity Gride
School, schoolboard chairman
v Russell Sheldon said; Satur
day. I 4' '
Grubb and Green submitted
the low bid among 13 contrac
tors who bid on the project
Construction is due t start
May 1 with completion due in
time for start of school in the
falL f ,.
Chinchilla Show
et for Feb. 23
Chinchilla pelts will be offered
on the western Market for the first
time this year. Chinchilla Associ
ation of America will sell these
pelts through the Seattle Fur Ex
change, one of the three largest
fur auction houses in the United
States..,
The association, Portland
Branch, is holding its fourth an
nual open show, Feb. 23 at the
Multnomah hoteL Registration
starts at 8 a.m. and all animals
must be in place by 11 o'clock at
which time judging starts.
Feb. 2 Marion County Straw
berry Growers meeting, Izaak
Walton League Building, 1:30 p.m.
Feb. ZS Mill City Garden Club
meeting. I I
Feb. 25 Salem Camellia and
Rhododendron Society, YMCA f 8
p.m. Elizabeth Lord and Edith
Schryver, speakers. t
Feb. 25 Labish Meadow Gar
deners. Home of Dorothy Zielin-
ski. Don Smith to show slides. !
March 1 Salem Garden Club; 2
n.m. 460 N. cottase street, t f
March 4 Salem Begonia Sciety.
March 10 Mt. Angel Garden
Club. I f
March 11 Men's Garden Club
of Salem, YMCA 8 p.m. (
March is Salem Rose Society,
YMCA 8 p.m. It
April 22-25 Multnomah County
Spring Garden Show, Gresham."
May 1 Silverton Jay-C-Ette
Flower show, : Eugene Field Audi
torium, Silverton. , in
May 15-16 Salem Garden Coun
cil Spring Flower Show, Izaak Wal
ton League.
May SO Fleet of Flowers, De
poe Bay. - i
June 8- Pacific Regional Gar
den club meeting, Ashland., ;
June 8-9 Oregon State meeting
of Garden Federation. : s
Jane 12-1J Salem Rose Society
Show, Izaak Walton League build
ing. I I
Dedication Set
Wednesday at
Morningside
Statesman News Service
SOUTH SAEEM Official open
house and dedication ceremonies
are slated to be held at Morning
side School Wednesday beginning
at 7:30 p.m.
SupL of Schools Walter E.
Snyder will chairman this recog
nition of Salem s latest new school
opening.
Snyder is to introduce LeRoy
J. Stewart, chairman of the school
board who will in turn introduce
the members rl the board. Other
special guests are William 1. Wil
liams, architect for the job; Rob
ert Morrow, general contractor;
Mrs. Agnes Booth, Marion County
school superintendent; Paul
Harvey, chairman of the Morn
ingside P-TA, and Rex Putnam,
superintendent of public instruc
tion. A salute to the flag will be led
by LaMont Perman and Warren
Harvey with the invocation deliv-i
ered by the Rev. Harold Hamil
ton, pastor of Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church.
The school, located at South
12th Street and Strong Road, was
completed and occupied this year
following Christmas vacation. i
Answer It's listed as hav
ing been settled in 1847 with a
grist mill, the first "business".
Settlers were Sheltons, Thom
ases and Bilyeus.
: Question I have a spot that
eems just suited for a fern gar
den, and wonder if such a garden
is ever planted by itself. There
is a pool and some trees mostly
oak. I have always wanted a
green garden, and am espe
cially fond of ferns. Could you
tell me anything about the soil
they take and a little about va
riety? H.D.
Answer A fern garden is love
ly, and does exceptionally well in
the Willamette Valley. We do not
see it here very often. Some of
the .nicest fern gardens I have
seen were around San Francisco.
Ferns will do just as well here. A
rock or rather large boulder or
two helps out, if you have the
space. Ferns like a soil full of
humus and if this is not natural
where you plant them, add it to
the soil. You would enjoy. I'm
sure, the book "American Ferns'
by Edith Roberts and Julia Law
rence. Your library probably has
it in stock.
Question I'm an invalid and
have enjoyed your page so much
dreaming of what I could do if
able. But now someone gave me
a metal hanging basket with an
interior of pottery. It is nine
inches across and almost as deep.
I used to like greenery in the gar
den so much and once had a green
garden. Would any fern or vine
grow well in this indoors? L.O.
Answer Get the basket filled
with a soil of one-half loam, one
quarter sharp sand, and one-quarter
well decayed leafmold. Mix
the whole together well. Don't
plant too much in the basket It
will look better if given plenty of
room. Place an upright plant in
the center. For this a Boston
fern, if you like green things,
would do nicely. If you want flow
ers, the i semperflorens begonia
would do. For trailers at the
outer edges you could use Wan
dering Jew, one of the small ivies,
or smila. You might also use
dwarf alyssum, the .small gera
niums, a low growing phlox, lan
terns. A flowering trailer might
be a lobelia.
School Lunch
Aims Told to
Pringle Club
; Statesman News Service
PRINGLE Simple food, un
der sanitary conditions, at a low
cost
These are the aims of the
school lunch program as explain
ed by Mrs. Emma Wasson to the
Prinrie Community Chib Thurs
day night She stated that tnere
has been a great change in
school lunches in the past 20
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years.
Menus are careiuiiy piannea
to' ! make them nutritionally
sound. In most cases the teach
ers eat with the children and
good eating habits are stressed.
Principal A. W. Hoerauf, an
nounced that, starting Monday,
there will be a ten-minute rest
period immediately following
lunch, rather than after the
children come in from play at
one.
Hoerauf stated that the quiet
period would give food a chance
to start to digest, whereas if the
child rushed out to play imme
diately after eating, blood would
rush to the extremities and di
gestion would be delayed. After
the rest period, the children will
have the usual play period, re
turning to their rooms ten min
utes later than before,
An "Old-Timers" Day is being
planned for April 15. All. who
have had any connection with
the school will be invited to at
tend this meeting.
Statesman News Service
GRAND RONDE The logging
business is snapping out of the
winter doldrums here, and hun
dreds of loggers and millwork
era in this area expect to be
called back to work within the
next two weeks.
About 50 men already have
gone back to work on the Lone
Bell logging operation here.
2up t c. j. Hmes said Saturday.
Long Bell's operations closed
down briefly at Christmas and
resumed, only to be stymied by
the mid-January blizzards which
plastered deep snow over the
area.
We have had worse winters
and longer shutdowns in the
past Hines said. . ;
But the effect of this winter's
shutdown was widely felt in Yam
hill County by merchants.
Hines said the company hopes
to produce about 50,000,000 feet
of Douglas fir, white fir, hemlock
and cedar this summer and falL
That would be 10,000,000 feet
less than last year.
. The Murphy Logging Company
which operates a big mill and
logging operation in the Grand
Ronde area is rushing comple
tion of a new log dump on the
Yamhill River near Dayton. Mill
Sup't Robert Ross said about
100 men will "definitely" resume
operations on March 1. The mill
normally can handle 21,000,000
feet a year.
New Dallas
Group F
Statesman- News Servir
DALLAS The young married
couples of the Methodist Church
have organized a discussion
group where problems! and ex
periences of their age group may
be presented. The group will
meet monthly; the next meeting
is scheduled for March 14 at tho
home of the .Clinton (Bud) Fos
ters. ' j "
At the Feb. 14 meeting a film,
"Is Your Home Fun," was shown
with commentaries by ;the Rev.
Fremont FauL Officers elected
the same evening were president
LeRoy Fritz; Bill Harlahd, vice
president and program' chair
man; and Mrs. Bud Foster, secretary-treasurer,
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Kindergarten to
Start New Term
Statesman News Service
WOODBURN Mrs. L. H.
Hildebrandt of the organization
of mothers of children at kinder
garten age, has announced the
opening date of the second term
of; classes on Tuesday, March 2.
The school will again be taught
by -Mrs. T. M. Baxter at Lincoln
Grade School.
Mrs. Hildebrandt asked that
parents interested in entering
their children, cooperate in the
project by calling her at an early
date. Classes will be . held Tues
days through Fridays as in pre
vious terms, said the spokesman.
Polk County
Court News
Statesman News Service
DALLAS A : marriage li
cense was issued here Friday to
Kenneth Ross Dyer, 21, Army,
and Glendoris Floyd, 19, student
Both listed Dallas as address.
Suit for divorce has been filed
by Donna L. Banks vs. Leonard
D. Banks in Polk County Circuit
Court Alleging cruel and in
human treatment, plaintiff eeks
restoration of maiden name of
Donna Durfee and equal settle
ment including Barbecue Tavern.
Married July 1, 1951, at Winne
muca, Nev.
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