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10 The Grader eh Signai Star, Th ►ay, May 3rd, 1962
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re enhous
Urs.- Justin Tucecer,� the form-
* er Helen lowrie, of Lighthouse
street, Goderich, has built a
new type of construction at
their home in Zephyrhills, Flop,
It is, a 14 x 24 -foot aluminum-
-coated steel and plastic green-.
lipuse and houses a collection of
400 orchids' brought with them
from their hpme in Detroit.
A picture of Mr. and Mrs.
Justin Tucker and the green-
house they, built appears in the
'current issue ° of '"Zephyrhills
News.- Along with it is the fol-
lowing story:
Providing 90% shade for the
orchids is a .green over -covering,
which "softens" the sun glare.
Landscaping for the green-
' house will be in keeping with
that for the home. Included
will be /Scarlet runner vines on
o the south, or front, side for
- shade: and color, hibiscus, azal-
eas, and at each corner a white
pot holding crotons or straw-
berries will be installed.
To bring their orchid collec-
tion to Zephyrhills, the Tuckers
took them from pots and . placed
each plant in a plastic bag,
hen carefully loaded them into
their automobile. Despite freez-
ing weather encountered along
the way and again after arriv-
ing here, • the plants came
through 'remarkably : well and
are'putting on new growth now
that they have been repotted
° and are in the greenhouse.
Some are blooming.
Mrs. Tucker. became an orchid
enthusiast 25 years ago ,When
—her son,gave. her a Cattleya -on
1VIether's Day. Her interest and
enthusiasm have mounted
• through the 'years.
In the collection now are
Cattleyas, phaleanopsis, . yellow
• and brown blossorhing oncid-.
gums, a beautiful almost black
blossoming hybrid Cypridium
from India— which she, exhibit-
ed in the recent "Everybody's
Flower Show"—Phaius (Hooded
Nun), a Rodriquezia secunda
with a spray of red flowers,
Odontoglossum hybrids from
France which have put on new
"leads" since the Tuckers mov-
ed here, dark -leaved Oncidiums
from Brazil, hybrid Vandas from
Hawaii, Dendrobiums, Agrea-
eums, reed type edpidendrums
and a few native orchids. -
Ten large cymbidiums are be -
ing triedoutside in the garden.
One Qncidium grande will have
yellow and brown "tiger"
blooms. •
Keeping company with the
glamorous orchids are other
plants including a red passion
flower.
Also noted were "community"
pots of Vandas which Mrs.
Tucker will repot into small
"thumb" pots and as they grow
into larger ones.
Potting media - include os-
mundo, which is fibrous and
spongy, tree fern and bark
chips, the latter mostly cedar.'
Mrs. Tucker is a native Can-
adian who has exhibited flowers,
including orchids, ' in many
shows. She has judged in the
Woman's National Farm and
Garden Association, is a charter.
member and vice-president of
the Mid-America Orchid• con-
gress, 'and
on-gress,'and has travelled ,abroad
extensively. -
Thirty of the Oncidiuins in
her collection were purchased
while in „France last year: She
is a member of Zephyrhills
Garden Club, and,,,as a vice-pre-
sident of that cluh'is a delegate
to the state convention in
Jacksonville this week.
The Tuckers carne to Florida
after he, a businessman travell-
ing in Ohio, Michigan; Indiana
and w• Illinois, became tired of
ice and snow. They visited his
sister, Mrs. Winfield Newell,
whose home is on U.S. 301
North, liked Zephyrhills and
then bought property in Zephyr
Heights.
FOR A
GREENER THUMB
By G. MacLeod" Ross
Last Week In The Garden
The past week was • most re-
warding for not only could you
see the. results of your work
last fall in all manner of plants.
bursting forth in their beautiful
colors and shapes, but it en-
abled necessary workto be done,
tinder most pleasant conditions.
--ATI-his time of year the lawn
is due for more than_.casual . con-
sideration. • 'The, Tseeding
with improved merion blue has
paidoff well,, exeept'"where the'
birds got in first. It produces
a deep, thick turf and as such
is probably the best weed . killer
you can buy. A first light mow-
ing was necessary -and at a time
when the grass blades .are so
succulent, it demonstrated the
short comings of the rotary
mower as compared with the
cylinder type. The rotary blade
is essentially a mulcher and a
masticator. As a result, • the
lawn has to be raked after mow-
ing and the machine itself has
to be cleaned. Both of these
tasks are necessary' in much
lesser degree with the cylinder
-cutter
The present is a good time to
use any SO -Green grass fertil-
izer you may „have over to feed
such shrubs 'as privet hedges,
evergreens, climbers like Boston
Ivy rad clingers like euony-
mous.
The iris are heading up and
will do well if given a sprinkl-
ing of superphosphate.
Tuberous begonia corms
should be sitting- on moist peat
moss in a warm, well lit position
indoors, to bring them, on. The
begonia bed should be given
some preparatory treatment.
Begonias deserve a rich, well -
drained bed if they are to
justify. thein_ keep.
The tubers or roots of dahlia
and canna should also have been
disinterred from their winter
peat and placed in the ` cold
frame in moist peat to wake
them from their hibernation.
Peonies have made much
growth in the past week and
will ° benefit from a handful, or
two of wood ash from ` the in-
cinerator. • The ash provides
potash,' its strength depending
on how dry it has been kept.
Lupins are in leaf and poly-
anthus is in bloom, while aquil-
:�- SCOTS " G1.RL
VISITS FARMS
Miss Ann Stewart, a member
of the Scottish Young Farmers'
Association, will be the' guest
of the Huron County Junior
Farmer and Junior Institute
meihbers for a ten day visit
which started Apr. 28. MissStew-
art is representing 'the Scottish
Young Farmers on a three
month exchange -visit to-Ontar-ioa
and will be visiting various
counties and places of interest
during this time. Her home is
at Fans, Eariston, Berwickshire
in Scotland where her `father
▪ operates a 1,200 acre family
farm. The farm -program' in-
• chides cropping of barley, oats;
sugar beets and turnips and
carries a purebred Aberdeen
Angus herd. Miss Stewart has
• been an active member of her
- local young farmers club and
• has held most of the offices in
that club.
While in the County, Miss Ste-
wart will be staying with Miss
`Marjorie Papple' of °Seaforth and
ai Mrs: •Robert -flown; -of
Exeter. She will be very inter-
ested-Ain,-
nterested n,- finding out how we
live • and how our .organizations
,operate and sowill be attending
•a :number of Junior Fanner and
4-H :meetings during her stay,
M •
istrict legion Favors Holding .Of
weepstakes In Aid Of � spitals
_CLINTON.--The District "0"
convention of 'the soya Gan
adian Legion at Clinton on Sun -
.day, gave itsapproval to a re-
solution calling for, Goveriunent-
cbntrdued national, sweepstakes
to support ctanadian hospitals.
The resolution will be . present-
ed to the Ontario Provincial
Command. • -
,About 200 veterans attended,
te convention, including t1 e
following from I Goderich: J
Adam, president of Branch 109,
Royal Canadian Legion, Eric
Johnstone, George and Harold
Chambers, George McCabe,
Charles Cadman and Clarence
MacDonald.
New " hospital construction
costs are .creating a heavy de-
benture debt on many munici-
palities and the need for new
hospitals in many sections of
Canada in the near future were
the reasons given for . the re-
quest.
garden lime: -
Shrub roses seem quite im-
pervioiis to the winter. and may
be trimmed not because of any,
dead shoots, but rather to im-
prove the shape of the shrub.
Bush roses have. been divest-
ed of their winter billing -up,
an operation which should be
done with care and patience be,
cause of the many shoots_hidden
beneath _ the soil covering. They
should now be pruned and it
willbe noted how varied is the
performance of - the different
varieties at this season. In this
garden the floribunda Frensham
needed only a trim, 'whereas
Queen Elizabeth seems to have
been killed down to five inches.
Inspection of the ramblers,
which were pruned last year
after flowering, show a good
deal of winter kill, 'more than
usual and will require more
pruning of dead wood than
would normally be necessary.
Climbers vary too, in their -re-
lative ,dates of •showing bud,
which is also dependent on the
degree- of shelter provided by
their location. It is well to. ex-
ercise ' 'restrain"in pruning
climbers, since so many canes
look dead and brown which
later :show duds. •Until you
can distinguish the living from
the dead,• a conservative snip-
ping of the terminals is the
safest policy.
Chrysanthemum plants trans-
ferred to ,the cold frame last
fall seem - to have survived.
They were '• set in humus and
covered with' dry leaves. This
practice applies to the less
hardy varieties such as the
Harvest strain. and Yellow
Spoon, a particularly hard var-
iety to winter_
'fall fall th_e use of a thick
polyethylene" shroud on ' striall.
evergreens was tried. ' A ds'arf
white spruce (picea glauca con -
Ica) has responded extremely
well to this form of transparent
protection from drying winds
an•,,.,s making astounding
growth, still under its soutain.
Of course there is no lack of
further work, but the past
week's weather was a tre.nend-
ous incentive to' get things done:
Q.H.S. Plant Auction
On May 18th at 8 p.m. in St.
George's Parish Hall you will
egia isteading up well and may 1iave an opportunity to display
be given- a light dressing of your winter's work in the shape
The"town square horse -troughs are about to acquire, their
honorable discharge from active duty. Serving as oasis
for parched percherons over the past' century, the cast iron
tubs are to enter Huron County's Pioneer Museum as the
latest addition to the town's memorabilia. Curator Herb
Neil will place the troughs in a specially prepared location
in the museum's farm machinery section. Shown in the
picture is the familiar equipage of Ernie Jackman getting
filling station service at the West Street oasifs.
' Photo by ,R.H.
of cuttings, and seedlings of
perennials, annuals and house
plants. You will be able to dis-
pose of that "old family retain-
er" which needs 2 new and per-
haps, more sympathetic home
than yours. Anyhow, Ave hope
you will bring numerous plants
which ours d~irtor, Charles R.
Bristow-, will auction -for. the.
-benefit of°' tile" 'toeiety's°— fungi
and so enable it to do Some
more beautification of °Gode-
rich. This isthe evening when
fun is provided for -young and
old: Bring "some plants and
tell those you bought from last
year how their offspring fared
with you. - •
FREE
PARKING
overnight
;while space is available)
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THANK YOU GODER.IC'H
a � Y
We would like to thank •the Goderich Lions Club, the
,ladies at the arena and the citizens of Goderich for look-
ing after'our boys so well.
TRACTOR COW -PONIES
A SOURCE OF DANGER,
How many Ontario farmers
can afford a $3,000 cow -pony?
This would seem to be an ex-
pensive and unnecessary luxury,
and yet hundreds of our farm-
ers allow their school-age child-
ren to take the tractor for the
cows lough; hilly pastures;
groundhog helps and dead rur-
rows present hazards, that these
oung-peoole.should,not;. ie4all
ed on to handle.
Recently, a fourteen -year-old
boy lost control of such a cow-
pony tractor and ' was almost
killed, when it tipped over.
Such a risk far outweighs any
advantage gained over walking.
Don't take a chance with your
boy on a 53,000 cow -pony.
We enjoyed ourselves and hope 'Fr1 turn.
FORT- WILLIAM PEE WEES
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE
ANNUAL MEETING_
MINATING tONVENTIaN:
.Legion Hall -.. Clinton •
s:00 p.m.
W edr scdayr, May 91962
.Guest' Speaker
H+aGeorge Hees.M.P.
Federal of Trade and Commerce
Authorizeitlist Huron Progressive Conservative A;isoeiat 4n
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11486
11
Social Credit'
Party • ..-Meeting
In one of five pre -nomination
rallies being held in Huron
County, the Social Credit poli-
tical _party • held a meeting at
the Bedford --Hotel -on: Wednes
day evening:
Other • rallies were held at
Seaforth On Monday and at Clin-
ton on''Ttiesday ,, -
A former Clinton business-.
man, Earl Douglas, of "London;
was in Huron last week 'setting,
up the series of rallies for the
Social Credit party. He oper-
ated a "garage previous to and
during World War 11 at Min:.
ton. .He is 'now an assistant
'organizer for Social Credit in
Western Ontario.
The grandfather of Mr. Doug-
las, Peter 'Douglas, of near
Zurich., was prominent in poli-
tics in the 1900's. Another re-
lative, _Mayor Douglas, was
known. as the person who /first'
related social credit .system to
politics. It was a Ifuron man,
William Aberhart; who formed
the first Social Credit govern-
ment in 'Canada. This was in
1935 in Alberta.
The British North American
Act of , 1867, and its amend-
ments, makes each of Canada's
provinces sovereign in its own
sphere.
Trade .In The
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Canoe -Trip'
Is Abandoned
The conventions also resolved F� John
That `the�`post o/id depart paint"district co
be 'requested. to discontinue the
"tender" method .,of awarding
rural mail delivery contracts.
Delegate's suggested a "com3eti-
tion" >nnethod be instituted.
Delegates felt that under the
tender method that there is no
preference available to a vet-
eran applicant.
District C, . as a `result of Susi-
day's conventions ,will ask the
Provincial and Dominion com-
mands to request the postmaster
general of Canada to issue an-
nually a commemoration ,post-
age stamp in November in mem-
ory of `.fallen comrades.
A projected canoe trip down
the 'Maitland River, by, three
Wingham youths, created an
alarm late Sunday night when
they wore reported missing.
The Ontario Provincial Police
were alerted and a request for
information was broadcast 'by •
radio and TV from CKNX,
Wingham, At 12.05 midnight.
the local detachment was ad-
vised that the boys had aban-
doned the trip and had—re-
turned ..to their homes. The
meandering_ Maitland .always
`has presented a challenge to
district canoeists but this one
seems to have been just "a
good ideaat the time."'•
The . first airplane flight in
Canada took place at Baddeck,
N.S., in 1909, sill: years after the
Wright. brothers flew at .Kitty
Hawk, North . Carolina. o
The convention started Satur-
day night in the Clinton branch
Hall No. 140, followed by • a
morning session Sunday at Clin-
ton District Collegiate Institute
and concluded Sunday night in
the branch hall. •
to
son of
in
am
ander, was chair-
man of the' sessions. Delegates
were welcomed by J. Douglas
Thorndike, president of the
Clinton branch, and Clinton
i
n
Mayor W. 3'. Miller. Guest speak-
er was Bob Veerbeetn, of Wal-
laceburg; regional vice-presi-
dent, Ontario Command:
Zone commanders .who report-
ed were Douglas Andrews, of
Clinton; iv, Fred Buckingham,
Stratford; Fames Sullivan, Dur-
ham;' William Scarr, of Port
Erin., Resolutions were pre-
sented by Durward—r. Preston,
of Waterloo, district deputy
commander.
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