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.
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'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. Dr.
Fenton hopes to find the pattern
and full extent of these migrations.
Tuesday, November 8, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TlfK
Pais Remembered
On Dash for Freedom
London !U.R) An unselfish
rhesus monkey remembered his
pals when he broke out of his
pet shop cage Monday.
He freed 27 white mice, seven
parakeets, two canaries and
seven finches.
HE OBJECTED
Boston (U.R) When William
Bowes, 73, died, he left $16,000
in uncashed wage and pension
checks. A retired Metropolitan
District Commission engineer,
he had refused to cash the
checks because he objected to
the federal withholding tax.
During his retirement he lived
on his World War I pension.
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