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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1955)
(to SquasJi, Yankee Gardener Make Big Hit in West Reich By ARTHUR EDSOV WASHINGTON un Jim Mac farland planted squashseeds last ; spring in Frankfurt. Germany, and i before you could say, "der eichel- See Section 1, Page 5 kurbis," he was on his way to international fame. He has been praised, extrava gantly, by the Germans and con demned, extravagantly, by the ! Communists. All on account of bis vegetable garden. When Macfarland, who is in the U.S. Information Agency, was sent to Germany, he planned to do as he always had, whether he was in Canada or Turkey. Yes, sir, he would have a little .garden. By-Products Well, it took time, but few gar dens ever thrived 50 spectacularly, Macfarland said Wednesday. He's home on leave, and with him is a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings, all by-products of his gardening. Macfarland isn't sure now hy he decided oh gardening as a habit he never touched a hoe back home in Mountain Lakes, N. J. but 10 years ago when he went into foreign service he took along a few packets of seeds. No matter where he was, the crops thrived nicely. . - Three years ago he was sent to Frankfurt, and found a different situation. The Germans set aside small acreages in the heart of town for gardening. Each acreage is run by a club, and members have small plots in which to plant their seeds. "In 1953, I applied for memoer- ship in the club nearest me.' Mac farland said. "Nothing happened. In 1954, same story. This y.ear I got it. A nice little plot, I'd say 35 by 100 feet. Fine soil. . "They say I'm the first Ameri can ever to join a garden club in Frankfurt. And when the; word got around that I planned to plant peas, sweet corn and squash it created a little excitement. Espe cially the sweet corn and squash. The sweet corn because the;; Ger mans think corn is nothing; but chicken feed, and squash because thex had never heard of it. JThey made to make up a word, eichel kurbis. It means acorn pumpkin." Well, gardeners are the same the world over. So many Germans wanted to try their hand at sqfuash raising that Macfarland had to send an S.O.S. to a Philadelphia I seed company. It not only gave the seed, free, but sent it airmail so it would be there in plenty of time for planting. ;:. Good Neighbor ' The German newspapers became interested. There are pictures of Macfarland passing out the squash seed while sitting in front of a sign reading: . j "Amerikanisher Squash V. Samen Gratis!" , J Other pictures show him lean ing on a rake discussing c&ps j with Karl Moerchel. president cfj his garden club and a Frankfurt j Elderly Couple -x Both Succumb to ; Heart Attacks : ' . r xx NEW PALTZ, N. Y. Mrs. Frank Waldron j called a doctor, early Wednesday; and asked him to hurry to her home, saying her 80-year-old husband was suffering a heart attack. The doctor arrived a short time later to find Waldron, a retired carpenter, lying dead on his bed. Beside him was; his 78-year-old wife. She, too, was dead. Authori ties' said later both had died of heart attacks at approximately the same tjime. f, police official. And news stories had headlines like; "Better under standing over the: watering can" and "good neighbor over the gar den fence." ; Only the Communist paper looked dourly at the gardening. "They said this proved Americans plan to stay in Germany for SO years," Mcfarland ; said. Well, the crops did splendidly. Some of the Germans raised big ger squashes than Macfarland's, and the prospects for next year are so good the president of the Philadelphia seed company asked him to drop by and fill him in on the German garden club situ ation. . ' ' "Had an excellent lunch," Mac farland said. Did they eat squash "By jgolly, we didn't," he said. "I feel like a traitor." Will of News , Vendor Asks -'X 'Fun-for AW ' - - ' ' ' '' . ',-' " . LOS ANGELES UV-For 57 years John Patrick Tierney sold news papers at the downtown corner of 4th and Spring streets, his little Stand festooned with ' shamrocks and Irish flags. I I Wednesday the lawyers store keepers, bankers, and' other who were the customers of the genial Irishman found a new man at the corner. ' - t i They learned Tiernev" had die Monday at the age of 8.. - , - i His regulars remembered the simple creed he had expressed; "I believe in mankind. I believe in good looking women, dqgs and race horses. But mostly I .believe in everybody having fun." ' ; And in a footnote ta his. will Tierney had written tnat he. wanted no funeral, adding: "Everyone go out and have a good time." Statesman,. Salem, Or., Thun., October 1 3, 1 955-$ec! '1)-S " Trapped Fingers v Cut Off With : Pocket Knife KANSAS CITY, Kan. Lfl-A farm worker used a pocketknife Tuesday to-sever four fingers of the right hand which had been caught in a mechanical corn picker. After: the surgery, 60-year-old Clarence Carey of Gardner, Kan., walked a quarter of a mile to the hospital at Gardner. He later was brought to the University of Kan sas Medical Center here where he was reported in good condition to day. '. ' ' . : Carey, a civil service employe of the Olathe Naval Air Station, had taken, a few days of his vaca tion to help with the corn harvest on the Robert Stockmeyer farm. Stockmeyer said Carey had his picket knife out to remove a corn husk from the' machinery. His hand was caught between two roll ers; : crushing the fingers almost to the juncture with the palm. Paper Work Slows Action , CHICAGO (UP) The rNb. ' 1 culprit against quick action by urban redevelopment agencies, it turns out, is paper work. : Agencies " charged with clear ing blighted areas and redevelop ing them for industrial, business or residential use put the blame for delay on filling out forms and other paper work. T ; Seventy-nine agencies replied to a questionnaire by the Na tional Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Some described the paper work as "in superable" and others called it "No. 1 Headache." David Schihe Near Release Army ANCHORAGE, Alaska J UV-Cpl -G.; David Schine, who, became the Army's best known private during last year's McCarthy-Army hear. ings,- will be ' leaving 1 the "army shortly, v ..":-.' - .- . t Army headquarters here report ed Wednesday that it has drawn up : special orders for his release- in the next two weeks. A Ft, Richard son information officer, said Schine . may leave Alaska any time after . Friday. He has been a member of a military police detachment here for the past year. ' : . He is- scheduled to be' released from active duty Oct. 24 at Ft. 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