2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, August 21, 1938
Gardener
Of Year
Announced
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women' Editor
; New York TPl As a "gar-
dener" who can't even grow
. apartment - house philoden
: dron, it's a pleasure to meet
an expert like Mrs. L. C. Col-
lins Sr., of Sylacauga, Ala.
; Also a little discouraging.
Because Mrs. Collins, a serene
, lady of 60, tells me if I'-m not
! born with a green thumb
) chances are strong I'll never
develop one.
. The southern woman, chos
; en national "Gardener of the
Year," . patiently explained
; that "gardening is a way of
I life.
"It is done by instinct. It
is like being born with musi-
cal talent. You can take music
; lessons, but if music doesn't
come naturally, it takes some
i digging.
Entered a Contest
; "The love of growing things
has to be inherent. Plants
i need tender loving care . . -
they are like children. Some
people aren't born to take the
time."
Having found why my philo-
dendron is sickly I don't
baby it enough I went on
to ask Mrs. Collins how she
; won the title and became a
gardener in the first place.
The winner, a widow with
' three married children and
six grandchildren, entered a
contest sponsored by the Un
ion Carbide corporation and
conducted through local gar
den clubs.
All contestants and there
were 25,000 entered from 44
states gave written answers
to 100 technical questions,
prepared by a horticulturist,
on flora and fauna in all parts
of the country.
A Shrub for Christmas
Her grandmother also was
a flower buff, but her mother,
a physician, didn't rate as an
expert. Her husband, who was
a car dealer, banker, and
dairy and beef cattle grower,
shared her hobby.
"In addition to all the oth
er "things I got for Christ
mas," she said, "he always
gave me some flower or
shrub I'd been longing for."
Mrs. Collins, with one help
er a high school boy gar
dens a plot of land which
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Dance Announced
By Youth Group
The Methodist Wesley
group for college age youth
plans a barn dance Friday,
August 22. Young people are
asked to meet at First Metho
dist church at 7 p.m. from
where the group will eo to
Kersaw square. Mr. Kershaw
will call for dancing;
All college aee younz Deo-
ple are invited to attend.
covers three-fourths of a city
block on the edge of Syla
cauga, a town of 20,000 near
Birmingham.
Her assistant does the
heavy spading, mowing and
pruning, but she, does all the
planning, the planting and
transplanting, grafting, fer
tilizing and repotting. The
greenhouse she already has is
filled with orchids. And she
also grows vegetables
"everything in the catalog."
IP it p HUFF
After yesterday morning's work in the garden, we de
cided for the steenth time that of all the garden equipment,
sprayers are the most unsatisfactory. We've tried practically
everything on the market and they either break, rust, clog
or otherwise break down.
For the "cover the whole garden" spraying we use one
of the glass jar and metal top gadgets which attach to
the garden hose, and it's very satisfactory when it works.
Yesterday morning we discovered that the' solution wasn't
going through the nozzle, but was backing up in the jar.
We shut off the water, took the whole contraption apart
and discovered that water would run through both the
rubber tubing and the nozzle, so why wouldn't it spray
when hooked together? A second try proved equally fruit
less so we shut off the water, took the entire gadget apart
and went in the house and found our bifocals and a
threaded needle. Without our bifocals we can't see the
little hole in the nozzle, and one time when we tried to
open it with a fine needle, we had trouble getting the
needle out. So this time we were wiser we'd use a thread
to pull it out. After poking the needle through the hole a
couple of times, we assembled the darned thing, for the
third time, and this time it worked. Only the hose we
attached it to leaked at the coupling, so we had to unscrew
the jar and find another section. And this is why the
garden doesn't get sprayed oftener, and why we hate
sprayers.
This summer Potpourri has been downright discouraged
with the garden. We were somewhat late, as usual, with
planting annuals, the everlasting storms have left their toll
and now the bugs and a mysterious disease are plaguing
us. Some of the fuchsias have died and even the hardy
petunias aren't what they should be. Considering the sad
state of our, own garden, we're glad that we are invited to
enjoy the gardens of others. Sunday night Potpourri was
among the guests at the reception which followed the
wedding of Carol Wikstrom - and Donn Forbes, and the
gardeners present spent most of their time exclaiming over
the Wikstrom's flower beds, which were one mass of
gorgeous blossoms. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wikstrom like to
garden, and admit that they spend the greatest share of
their leisure time in the yard. They fertilize the soil with
sheep guano and water heavily during the dry weather
and believe this accounts for the heavy bloom they achieve
Mrs. Wikstrom has one other trick about mid-way dur
ing the summer she shears back the petunias and alyssum
and other annuals and in three weeks or a month is re
warded with the abundance of bloom which the guests so
admired Sunday night.
Potpourri toured the garden with Mrs. Ivan Burton
who added her sighs of admiration to ours. "I should quit
reading the garden books," Frankie B. declared. "The
books say to plant pansies in the shade well mine are in
the shade and you should see how spindly they are. My
friends plant them in the sun, and they grow and bloom
like mad.
Which reminded us that not long ago we" read that iris
must not be grown in the same plot of ground for more than
three yearsthat this plant gives off a "poison" which
ruins the ground for the same flower but which does not
harm it for other growth. Obviously, one has only to
observe the gardens in Medford where iris are grown on
the same ground for years at a time, producing healthy
plants and prize-winning flowers, to take this bit of writ
ing with a grain of salt.
'
Potpourri's house, we might add, is in the same sad state
of disrepair as the garden, and the visit last week of the
young marrieds didn't help much. As part of their prepara
tions toward establishing a new home in the suburbs of
Spokane, Wash., where the ex-Army corporal will teach
music in the Mead district, they came to pick up the re-
Miss America
To Attend Show
Miss America, who is Mari
lyn Van Derbur of Denver,
Colo., will attend the lunch
eon and showing of fall fash
ions which Amici Horizon
club of Camp Fire girls will
give Saturday at Rogue Val
ley Country club. It is stated
that Miss Van Derbur will
attend the entire function and
will be introduced.
Members of Amici club are
giving the annual event to
raise funds to be used at the
Special Education school at
Talent. Fashions for young
children, for teen-agers and
for adults wil be modeled.
Reservations are to be made
with' Miss Linda Luman,
SPring 2-7388 or Miss Lana
McGraw.-HIllcrest 6-3714.
Luncheon will be served at
12:30 p.m. with the show to
follow.
t Help Yourself To Happiness
This column Is one of a series on marriage and family problems
Hhich appears weekly in this paper. It presents problems of everyday
living and attempts to bring you the most expert opinion in this
arra. By combining clinical experience, research, and homespun
practicality, we hope to assist you to help yourself to happiness.
Readers are invited to present their problems. AU queries wlf.
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"Is it possible for a mar:
riage to succeed if a woman
is fifteen years older than her
husband?" asks Muriel.
"After my first husband de
serted me, I thought I'd nev
er marry again. But now I've
met a wonderful man, and
I'm not so sure. He's thirty,
and seems quite mature. He
is kind, considerate, respon
sible the kind of husband
every woman dreams of. I
am forty-five and look young
for my age. We have the
same interests, tastes, and
ideals.- My family likes him,
and he likes me. I'd like to
be married to him and be
with him always, but our age
difference worries me.
Should a woman marry a
younger man?"
A marriage with an age
difference can succeed. But
there are many things which
you must consider, when the
womanis the older partner,
before marrying. These points
will have a significant bear
ing on your marital success
or failure.
First, many men wish to
have children. You may not
wish to have youngsters, or
you may be unable to do so.
Does your man wish a family
have you discussed the sit
uation with him fully?
Second, would your rela
tionship suffer if you became
Calendar
Thursday:
6:30 p.m. Zonta club pic
nic, home of Mrs. Oletha
Olson.
Friday:
11 a.m. WCTU, home of
Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Elliott.
18 p.m. Prospect Garden
club Flower and Hobby Show,
Prospect Community hall.
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mainder of their wedding presents, stored during their
Army days, and other p6ssessions.
This meant the emptying of numerous boxes and check
ing their contents, it meant going through letters, some of
which dated back to pen pal days in the seventh grade,
sorting a mountain of programs, report cards, books, snap
shots and pictures and going through boxes and large paper
bags marked with such data as "Robene's treasures" or
"Robene's hats and purses."
Gradually the house took on the look of a rummage
sale this pile of boxes to go in the car when they left,
this pile of clothing to go to a sale, this stack to be burned
or made into cleaning rags, this stack to be cleaned and
stored for further disposal, these "treasures" to be handed
down to small fry who will have fun with them, even
though second hand.
Some articles would bring the operation almost to a
halt. A snapshot taken at a birthday party given for Mary
Lee Watson when she was in Washington school, an auto
graph book from junior high days, stacks of clippings and
pictures from former Shakespearean festival seasons, a
pair of socks marked with . sorority and fraternity crests
and worn to a college "sock hop" what to keep and what
to discard. But time passes, swiftly, and the task must be
finished. So at last the, young marrieds left, after doing the
best they could to put the rooms in order. And now it is up
to mother and father to once more re-settle the house, re
arrange the closets, ship more boxes and do all the other
little tasks which parents really don't mind, although they
are the last to admit it.
The Jerry Latham and Mark Taylor families came back
from a vacation on the Oregon coast saying that the
weather had been perfect, just simply perfect. However,
there was one complaint. The wind, it seems, blew a little.
In fact, one morning while they were cooking breakfast
at one of the beach camps, Lois L. baked a nice stack of
hot cakes and turned around just in time to see the wind
lift them, one by one, and flip them off into the sand. O.S.
less physically able to en
gage in sports, in swimming,
hiking, dancing? To what ex
tent does your mutual happi
ness depend on such activi
ties? If your love is based
primarily on physical rela
tionships rather than stem
ming from personality char
acteristics) it might not wear
comfortably with age.
Third, what adjustments
would have to be, made? Have
you agreed upbn whether
you are to work outside after
marriage, and does , this de
cision suit you? Would you
enjoy having a man make
decisions concerning the
household and your activities.
or would you eventually feel
"fenced in"? Do you like
being domestic? Do you have
mutual friends? '
Fourth, to what extent were
you responsible for the' col
lapse of your first marriage?
Might the same behavior pat
terns, which created trouble
in the first marriage, play a
similar role in the second?
Fifth, do both of you ap
proach this relationship as a
cooperative situation? Do you
wish to share interests and
responsibilities, religion, life
habits, and security? Do you
feel relaxed in each other's
presence, and do you honest
ly enjoy being together above
and beyond all else? Can you
share trouble, as well as hap
piness?
Discuss the situation fully
with your friend, Muriel. If
you still have uncertainties,
confer with a marriage coun
selor who will help you to:
ward a wise decision.
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Guests Arrives
From California
Mr. and ' Mrs. Floyd Ham
ner, Coachella, Calif., are
guests in Medford of Mr. and
Mrs. William Davenport, 405
North Central avenue. The
Hammers, who came up by
car," plan to be here about a
week and are spending some
time at Lake of the Woods.
The ' Hamners three chil
dren are attending camp at
this time.
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Stuffed Tomatoes
With fresh tomatoes at their
best, serve stuffed tomato sal
ads for lunch some day soon.
Peel and hollow the fruit, and
drain upsided own while pre
paring filling. Chicken or
tuna salad is delicious in the
tomato cases. Add chopped
celery, wedges of meaty ripe
olives, instant minced onion
and mayonnaise to the meat
or fish. Heap into tomatoes,
and garnish with several
shiny whole olives. Serve
with hot biscuits and tall
glasses of iced tea.
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