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o o O o Oregon. Grape Good Substitute ' or Holly at Christmastime By XL HOBART O The West has no :atiVe holly, 0and each year w'a'--n the holiday O aso-9 &Als around and it's time lor our traditional Christmas holly decoration, unless we hap $nn oo have a cultivated holly tree growing in the yard, we i5ve to S.iy imported or nursery Oholl. Eut hgre in Oregon, as well as in northern California and west ern ash..gton, we have a na tive alternative plant that serves very well as a Christmas substi tute for holly It is Oregon grap", Eerberis aquifolium. True, the familiar ed berries are missing, O but that vacancy is easily filled: for our purpose the important feature of Oregon grape is the G prickly, Sblly-like foliage. Oregon grape, or mountain grape, as it is sometimes called. Girl Scouts G Court, Held A small court of awards was held December 17 at the home of0Irs. Ralplf Thompsen, 18 North Mioc avenue by Troop 0lJ, reside up of sixth grade c$ls. Roosevelt annex, tn honor hl tiftee of their members. Hon ored atcjtoe meeting was Pat Emig, who is Ifavia the troop since herofamily is moving to (-Portland. She recefVed the sec ond !ass bare. and proficiency badges in pottery and child care. Also receiving second class badgesO -gere Louise Ekerson and Cynthia t,irnett. The whole troop is working on tlQ pottery badge and have made the Christmas project in that medium. Each troop meet ing i& three weeks t?ie girls and leader went to Eagle Point wh$ Mrs. John Vinton of Long MourOitj,, Road instructed them in the use of pottery clay and o q vsaisidnce un me inua litre nadge was given by Mrs. .Otto Emig.and her smali son, Mike. O There0 was n 0exchange of Chr'mas gifts at the" meeting,, band troop mothms attrnded. ftiders of Xroop 163 are Mrs. Glen0Bessonette and Mrs. Her mann EiterJrn: the troop usually q meets at the EkerSorp home, at 4 South Crovcland avenue. Troop rwaawittre members are MrsO Ralpi Thompsen, Mrs. Scott .Ellis and Mrs-. David Ko blik. n ' 0 T troop also took part m C?the ChriStmas parade. Iron-On Color' 1 ' ' ' ft- CM TAFO 4 is an erect, or sometimes half prostrate, shrub. Under ideal conditions it sometimes gets to be eight or ten feet high, usually from two to four feet. Its com pound leaves have about seven leaflets. These, like the leaves of holly, have wavy edges and num erous sharp spines. The leaflets are glossy green above and dull er, grayish-green beneath. The beautiful flowers of summer are a conspicuous bright yellow and grow in short dense clusters at the top of the stem and in the axils. These are later replaced by bunches of blue berries that have a slightly whitish cast. Other Species There are several other spe cies of plant in our area that are similar to Oregon grape and very closely related to it. They all belong to the Barberry fami ly and to the genus Berberis. Oregon grape is much the larg est of the various species. They are all called barberries or ma honias, in referring to the same plants. Oregon grape is some times called Hollyleaf Mahonia, sometimes Holly - leaved Bar berry. One of our other species of barberry, or mahonia, is named long-leaved Oregon grape ber beris nervosa. It, too, iS a very at tractive plant, and similar to Oregon grape except smaller and with leaflets having shiny yel lowish-green under - surfaces in-; stead of dull grayish-green. i But the biggest and prettiest of all the mauonias is Berberis aquifolium, THE Oregon Grape. It is often cultivated as an orna mental, and its beauty and popu larity are attested to by the fact that of all the beautiful wild flowers found growing in this lovely green state, the Oregon grape was chosen as the state flower of Oregon. The generic name, Berberis, means barberry; the specific name, aquifolium, means needle leaved. You'll no doubt remem ber this last-named when you're doing your holiday decorating with plenty of nice Christmassy Oregon Grape, of course. A number of sly and secret scientific investigations have re- 'vealcd.the interesting and sig nificant fact that when Santa Clause, jumps out of the fire place at midnight, and his glances light first on one set of bright green leaves, then on the other, his bright little eyes sparkle and dance just a wee bit more for Oregon grape than for holly. This, of course, is because it's Oregon's own. So if you find at the last mo ment that the holly you were banking ' on for Christmas is among the missing, just send Junior out into the woods after an armful of Oregon grape. If it's beautiful enough, to be chosen as the state's number one wildplant. and is good enough for old Santa, then it should be plenty good enough to brighten up the premises at Christmastime. RECEIVES AWARD Mrs. Marjorie Pennington, right, chief of the voucher audit section of the Veterans' Domiciliary at Camp White, recently was presented an award for superior accom plishment during 1956. She is shown with Susie Vincent, chief of the fiscal division, and H. Jaffrey, acting manager of Camp White. All civil service employees at the station are eligible to participate in the bonus awards, which are offered as an added incentive toward better sustained performance of duty. The award presented Mrs. Pennington consists of about 3 per cent of her yearly salary. Two similar awards were presented to mem bers of the fiscal division in August, 1956,. They went to Mrs. Martha Black, chief of the employees' accounts section, and to Mrs. Inez Fricl, chief of the general ledger unit. Wednesday, December 19. 1958 MEOFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Around Hollywood United Press Correspondent By ALINE MOSBY Hollywood :U.R) Burt Lan caster, actor, has another set of problems when he turns his hat around and be comes a pro- an emergency or crisis. Funny thing," the intense, fast-talking Lancaster added, "I was the one who fought for Borgnine to be given the lead ducer: Be i n g ! in 'Marty'.'" sued by Oscar-1 The Borgnine battle is only winner E r n-1 one of Lancaster's chores as a est Borgnine, I producer. He now is starring in which, L an-1 his company's "Sweet Smell of caster says, is i Success." Although Hill is Borgnine's credited as producer, Lancaster "mistake." j sits in on casting and script con Lancaster is ferenccs. ' caster, a man of firm opinions, answered promptly. "But most important, e aren't interested in just money, but in making good pictures. This is the fun to make movies that reflect our taste. "I turned producer because there are many actors who are long past their peak who still are around. But some day when people say about me, this fellow is a bum. he can't act, I can go on in this town for 10 years making a good living as a producer." Nashville. Tenn. 0J.R Mrs. Herbert York me upon an old egg while cleaning her father's trunk. 5Te egg had this notation on it, "Carried aby o see Uncle Jimmy," and a dge of 40 vears ago. -e Potted Plants o . HOPPE'S GREENHOUS? & FLORIST 30S loiier Lane Ph. 2-6379 TelegrcH Delivery Service Aline Motby the only star who also is a successful big-time producer. His company, with partners James Hill and Harold Hecht. has turned out such hits as "Marty" and "Trapeze" and now ranks with the Samuel Goldwyn studio as a big inde pendent movie-making company. But the job is not without headaches, such as when Lan caster, who himself fought his bosses years ago for better work ing conditions, finds . himself being sued by an actor making the same beef. Awaiting a court hearing is Borgnine's compli cated suit in which he asks changes in the contract he signed with Hecht - Hill - Lancaster be fore "Marty" made him a star. Nomal Position "Our position is a very normal one," Lancaster, the producer, said. "We've been extremely nice to Flamboyant Role This year Lancaster also found time to help produce "The Bachelor Party" and star for his old boss, Hal Wallis, in "The Rainmaker." The latter flam boyant role should snare Lan caster his second Oscar nomina tion. It has been called by some critics his best performance. Why has Lancaster, incidental ly, made a go of the tough pro ducing business a challenge that has stumped many other actors? "We have reasonably good taste, we know what we're doing, we seldom disagree," Lan- Hollenbeck Home Scene of Party Prospect The Lion's auxil-j lenbeck. Red Blanket. The prcsi-; this boy. I remember how I was iary of Prospect held the annual dent, Mrs. Lowell Asnl, conduct- j treated under my contract with Christmas party at me rancn ea a business meeting. home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoi-! The auxiliary will fill several ! Christmas backets and distribute them to underprivileged families in the Prospect district. Games were played during the evening and gifts were ex- hanged. The party closed with Millers Arrive From Anchorage; Mark Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. Miller refreshments. arrived by plane December 15 Mrs. Ila Chapman was a guest. Hal Wallis so when we started this company I said, let's not treat the actors as they usually are treated. Let's be fair. "Any actor has the right to make demands until he gets to the point of no return. No, I wasn't surprised when Borg nine sued. 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