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Gardener Siaris Second 50 Years At Monastery Washington fU.R) Broth er Meinrad, keeper of Washing ton's famed Franciscan Monas tery gardens, has begun his sec ond half century of serving God as a gardener. The 75-year-old monk, who has dedicated his life to the church but is not a priest, re cently observed his 50th anni versary as a Franciscan by tak ing his vows of poverty, chastity . and "obedience for the second time. He first took fhe vows in 1905 at the same church and has held the position of monastery gardener since then. The appearance of the monas tery has changed greatly during the past 50 years, due mainly to Brother Meinrad's gardening , skill. Lush shrubs, trees and bright flowers now fill the grounds and draw thousands of visitors a year. The site of the Grotto on Lourdes at the monastery was dug out by Brother Meinrad in 1912, with the aid of 15 teams of horses. 0 Brother Meinrad favors flow ers over lawns because they're easier to care for. "A lawn you have to work at all the time," he said. "You get a nice one and it turns to crab , grass. "With flowers you just go in and pull the weeds." Ail the weed-pulling isn't cfone by the Brother now, al though his work schedule is still rugged. He customarily gets up . at 5 a.m. and works a full day. Four hired workers and a young er Brother now help him. Brother Meinrad came to the JJnited States when he was 18 years old. He was working on the monastery's farm when giv . en the job of gardener. "I told them I didn't know : anything about it," he said. "But they said I could learn. A fellow would have to be a dumbell if he didn't get onto the knack of It in 50 years. A tour of the monastery gar dens would convince anyone that Brother Meinrad has gotten the " knack of it very well. " "Vr jfir .... ... . .. ,,.,.;X.,. 'COMMON ACCORD' U. S. Secy, of State John Foster Dulles (right) receives a waxm greeting from Yugoslavia's President Tito as the two met on Brioni Island in the Adriatic. After a seven-hour conference, they issued a common accord" calling for independence for Soviet satellite countries. Nixon Seen Choice 01 California GOP Washington (U.R) Two Re publican congressmen said to day that Vice-President Richard M. Nixon appears to be the choice of California Republicans for the 1956 GOP presidential nomination if President Eisen hower doesn't run. But the two , congressmen Reps. Robert C. Wilson (Calif.) and Peter Frelinghuysen (N. J.) said after a tour of the state that they found "universal hope" among Republicans that the President will be able to run again. Their trip was sponsored ,by the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. The congressmen said they found little evidence of a rift between Nixon forces and those of Gov. Goodwin J. Knight in the state. There are 7,500,000 widows in the United States and their num ber is increasing by 100,000 a year. Vancouver Hunter Lost Since Sunday Vancouver, Wash U.R) Searchers led by a bloodhound late yesterday failed to turn up any trace of Ray E. Lemoine, 21, a deer hunter missing since Sunday in the Fly creek area east of Yacolt. Two deputies, Harry Funk houser and Harry Winters, hunt ed the rugged area yesterday without result. The Vancouver hunters had split up with his two compan ions to seek deer but Lemoine failed to return to their car at noon Sunday, the appointed time. Bats Take Over Abandoned Tunnel Rochester, N. Y. (U.R) Nature has a way of using the handiwork of man for its own devices. A century ago engineers gave up a tunneling project which up a tunneling project which was tern with the Allegheny river at Olean when a rock fall killed a number of men. Scientists now think the 400 foot abandoned cavern has become the site of to link the Genessee river sys ern United States. Six varieties of bats are known to exist in this country, and spe cies of all six have been found in the cave, located in Letch worth State Park. Scientists say it is the only known colony in North America where all six varieties are found. More than 4,000 of the winged mammals are known to inhabit the cavern. Bats Banded Because of this unprecedented abundance and variety, a study of the cave is planned under the direction of Dr. William N. Fen ton, assistant commissioner of the New York State Museum in Albany. Fenton is especially in terested in the bats' mysterious migration and hibernation habits. Preliminary study has been made by Edwin Gould, a Cornell graduate student, in preparing his master's thesis on the bat colony. Last year Gould banded j 1800 bats and received reports I from Canada and several south ern states. Gould concluded the creatures hibernate in the cave during the winter and migrate over a broad area in warmer weather. 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