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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
$nn oo have a cultivated holly
tree growing in the yard, we
i5ve to S.iy imported or nursery
Oholl.
Eut hgre in Oregon, as well as
in northern California and west
ern ash..gton, we have a na
tive alternative plant that serves
very well as a Christmas substi
tute for holly It is Oregon grap",
Eerberis aquifolium. True, the
familiar ed berries are missing,
O but that vacancy is easily filled:
for our purpose the important
feature of Oregon grape is the
G prickly, Sblly-like foliage.
Oregon grape, or mountain
grape, as it is sometimes called.
Girl Scouts
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Court, Held
A small court of awards was
held December 17 at the home
of0Irs. Ralplf Thompsen, 18
North Mioc avenue by Troop
0lJ, reside up of sixth grade
c$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
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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.
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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.
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caster, who himself fought his
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Nomal Position
"Our position is a very normal
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"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
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caster his second Oscar nomina
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"We have reasonably good
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them to underprivileged families
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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. You never know what
people are like until they're in
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Pendleton (U.R) The Uma
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