The Goderich Signal-Star, 1961-02-23, Page 5p HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEET
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"Many of the beautiful housedown very. deethey will conwaixot gl'bw`" .-r 'CAI"' frill ernhomes ' Dr.R. J. Hilton toldctf GoderieHofU.
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tura, Society, "because we do
not have a tea kettle singing
on the kitchen range, because
we do not have a kitchen range,
and we do not have leaking
windows—just dry air frgrn fur-
naces. The houses are too- hot
for many of our finest house
plants, or else ,we hve to find
newtypes of house plants or go
out of them, and I think we will
get the new kind. But we still
have to remember the import-
ance of climate. The fact that
we don't remember it is the rea-
son I get a lot of letters from
people who want to know why
they cannot keep cyclamens for
years, like their grandmothers
did."
Dr. Hilton, head of the horti-
cultural department at the On-
tario• Agricultural College,- pre-
ented the subject of propaga-
tion of house plants, whether by
seed, cuttings, or other methods.
"Most new ideas," he said in
preliminary remarks, "do not
come from nursrymen or
hybridists, but from interested
hobby gardeners who see a way
to propagate a plant, and with-
out much information engineer
some new form of plant control
that will enable them to de-
velop . a new plant."
Speaking of the multi -dimen-
sional scope of Nature, and what
it does to human knowledge of
colors and hues and seasons,
and Nature's storehouses of food -
materials and the way these are
used, Dr. Hilton said: "I feel
there might be a. rcognized
parallel thereto counter some
dui publicgatherings- on the place of mod-
ern art in the scheme of modern
life or the particular influence
exprsed ' through music and
art, that children must be aware
of, to be' fully developed citiens.
"We do not get the fullest en-
joyment from any practice by selves to the. vegetative propaga- Mr. A. Bettles opened the meet -
merely repeating what we have tion technique. We can grow ing with the theme song after
ben shown to do. As -literate' plants identical to the parent which the Scripture, Romans 12,
beings we ought to go farther. unless mutation has occurred. was read by Mrs. A. 'Bell. The
Human beings have a marvel- Strawberry daughter p 1 a n t s topic and prayer were taken by
ius characteristic--ofcommunie•- transplanted give us- a whole MJ McCowan. Fifteen ldies
ation, which allows them to pass row; 300 in one season can be answered the roll call by hand -
on to their children and child- taken from one parenting in their little aprons with
rens children, and through the R ith the delphinium, peony, a penny for every. inch of their
medium of books and the phlox, the crown isdivided into waistline measurements in them.
spoken word in so many wonder- , various components, each with The secretary's and treasurer's
fol---ways;-•their -ideas---ana-pieeofrootoreye. reports were read and adopted. It
thoughts. "Then there are offsets, as int vas decided to start the hobo
teas this Monday and to' con-
tinue for two weeks. Mrs, W.
Jti�ldell gave a reading. During
theafternoon a crib quilt was
'quiilted, The hostess served a
lovely lunch. •
Miss Kate Williams returned
home last Saturday after spend-
ing two weeks in Clinton hos-
pital. -
able to arrange to attend the totthdkdtht
;;;- iGui es Entertain Mothers
o nex mon , an ase aR n rt Banquet HonoJ� ing Founders
nual meeting of the O '
placing- plant .orders thro>,rgh In celebration of the birth- had been set up to wh'ch each
the local society.
Mr. McKee announced that a days of Lord and Lady Baden girl eontributd one penny. The
number of good prizes have money thus raised is used to.
been donated for the June flow-
er show, in addition to the usual
Powell the lst Goderich Girl
Guide Company entertained
linue to grow..1n any. ,.njonth .of cash -.awards, their `mothers axle' friends at
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gets busy and provides impetus
for growth. ,Many plants burst
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leaves. Then we have flower DONNYBROOK, Feb 20.,.
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growth
growth
in May and June, and The February Meeting of the
by July we see buds, and growth
is dower and of different char—
acter. at the home of 11/lzrs, ,Charles
Cuttings Jefferson with a good attend -
"If we are going to grow a ance. The call to worship was
plant from a cutting, we must given by Mrs. James Leddy who
have tissue that is meristematic had charge of the W.M.S. tweet
Root meriStem is already pre ing. Mrs. William Hardy read
sent in corms and bulbs. Inside the Scripture lesson from Sec-•
seeds such as the walnut is an • and Timothy, Chapter ,k3 after
embryo plant.' L' we are going which Mrs. Leddy led in prayer.
Mrs. W
-to propagate a plant by seed or esley Jefferson presented
otherwise we, ought to remember a chapter .in the new study book.
that its inherited characteristics Articles on Temperance -were
should be of concern to us. Per read by Mrs. Gordon Naylor and
haps we should. think twice be -Mrs. Morley Johnston. Mrs. Tom
fore we take cuttings from a Armstrong read the poem, "A
neighbor's rose or ilium tree or Changed World." The minutes
willow, because a neighbor on were read by Mrs. Stuart Cham -
the other side may have better ney. Mrs. Leddy read two
scions, with better inherited "Thank you" notes. Mrs. Morley
characteristics and you will get Johnston reported that the large
something a lot better. Inherit bale of quilts and clothin
ed characteristics- have a bear which had been sent to Nor
ing on this whole qu tion of Bay for relief, had arrived the e.
plant propagation. Joyce Chamney received the of -
"I think, there will be do -it- fering.
yourself kits ,iyith automatic The Ladies' Aid meeting was
radiation or, X-ray means' that in charge of Mrs.William Hardy.
will allow people to play with Mrs: Sam ,Thompson read the
their plant seedlings and get poem "Johnny Entertains." The
their plant mutations. It is not "mystery boxes" were opened
too fantastic to think we will providing the Ladies' Aid with
have, all sorts of things home a nice sum of money. Lunch
gardeners may use to adjust was served by the -hostess, as -
plant mutations. sisted by Mrs. Gordon Naylor
"The garden pea, lobelia, pet= and Mrs. Edward Robinson. Mrd
unia, sweet alyssum and snap -Gordon Naylor invited theladies
dragon we propagate by seed. to her home for the March meet -
"A -sexual or vegetation by
ithe..whole seed formation r
axed- t rPd-gdea 'of pollination and
fertilization of the ovule. Just
take some other part of the
plant we recognize or suspect has
a capability of coming up as a
complete plant and we treat it
the same way. The potato, gladi-
olus corm, onion sets, lend them -
PORTER'S HILL
PORTER'S HILL, Feb. 20. —
The Woman's Association of
Grace Church met at the home
of Mrs., Ray Cox for the Febru-
ary meeting. The president,
"Propagation is the' increase
of plant numbers by any
means. We may lease it to Na-
ture -or adjust conditions in
some way, as in a field of corn
or an- orchard. Probably the
first basic condition is food sup-
ply. In order to reproduce 'the
kind and shape and form, we do
it in many cases otherwise ,than
by seed. In the corm, Nature down in the right environment
provides na -storehouse' of food it will reproduce because of the
supply which lends itself to pro-
pagation.
"I suggest you keep in mind
the pineapple and in the holly-
hock, a true biennial which goes
as a perennial. -
"Cuttings—as from a cur-
rant bush, begonia leaf or apple
twig—should be taken under
fight conditions. With the Afri-
can violet we have to' have both
i4 ots and shoots, With a knife
cut across a begonia leaf, bent
wound and the urge to grow cal-
lous.
"The black raspberry cane
that plants grow in flushes of rises erect and grows dawn and
growth and then an apparefrt into the ground and• establishes
cessation of growth and then a,a new plant. In "lay,ering" you
-real--eessAt len-of -•growth--in-•-same ; . -c lin;;- esu thv.a t part
• parts. The periods of growth that is still affixed to the p
are extremely important in re- and until it take new root' it
lation to plant progagation. The is essentially att hell.
above -ground part of an apple "Some plants, like the Eng -
tree is in true rest after ahe lish ivy, have aerial roots, which
---- leaves -fall:- It- passes through mean ntrthing unless they get
-=-ehemieaP..c�hanges and ,by mid- into a moist crevice.'.
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January they are through. If Dr. Hilton diista•ated the
we could provide a satisfactory pruning and grafting of a young
climate for them, they would apple tree.
burst into growth. It ie not dor- He was introduced by Brig.
mant because . of environment G..M. Ross and thanked by E. J.
but inheritance. After mid -Jan- Pridham.
uary it is dormant because of President Don McKee, who
environment. Roots are another wa's in ,charge of the meeting,
matter, and unless frost goes announced that he had not been
OBITUARY
MRS. J. M. McKENZIE
Mrs. D. B. Wiggins, Goderich,
received word of the death- last
Thursday in Toronto of her
anent, sister, Ci1S: .Annus' 1' iroy
Kenzie, formerly Matilda Rob-
erton. Other survivors include
three -daughters, hers: 1i. ' L.
(Mar -ion) Good, Mrs. R. L.,
(Grace) -Champion;.- and Mrs. J,•
N. (llelen) Mogridge, all of 'I'or
onto, and seven grandchildren.
' Mrs. McKenzie was the daugh-
ter of the late Robert Roberton
and Elizabeth Heapy and was
born at Walkerburn: She was in
her 94th year and lived many
years' in the Aubufri district•.
Since the death of her husband
in 1924 she has resided with heir
daughters.
The body rested first at the
A. W. Miles funeral chapel, Tor-
onto, then at the T. Little and
Son funeral ,home, Galt, where
funeral services were held on
Monday aftern000n. Burial was
in Mountview cemetery, Galt.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mills, 215
Palmerston street, and Mr. and
Mrs. �Fran�lc Roberton, Seaforth,
attended their aunt's funeral.
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JOHN A. POTTER
A lifelong resident - of . -the
Holmgsville districts John Pot-
ter, died on Saturday in Clinton.
Public Hospital where he had
been a patient for some time.
A son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Potter, he was horn 78
years age. He was a member
of Holrnesville United Church.
14e .. is survived by one son,
Elmer, Holn'iesville; three grand-
children, and three. brothers,
Will, Lucknow; Fred and Clar-
ence, Clinton. He was prede-
ceased by his ,wife, the former
Edith Huller, tarld by a sister,
Frances.
Funeral services were held
'Tuesday afternoon at•Nthe Ball
and Mutch funeral home, Clin-
ton. Burial was in Clinton ceme-
tery.
IRA MERRILL
A Goderich Township farmer,
Ira Merrill,- died suddenly on
Saturday on his Maitland con-
cession form. A son of Samuel
Merrill and Mary (Polly) Jervis,
he was born in 1886. He at-
tended public schools at Port?
er's Hill and Summerhill. He
was an ardent supporter of
Ebenezer United Church until
it closed. Afterwards he was
a member of Ontario Street Un-
ited Church, Clinton.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Myrtle Phillips; one
daughter, Mrs. George (Mari-
anne) Cofelongh, Hullett Town-
ship; three sons, Jack, -at home;
Elwin and Ross, Clinton; and
eight grandchildren. One bro-
ther, William, predeceased him.
Funeral services were con-
ducted on Tuesday afternoon at
the Ball and Mutch funeral
, home. Clinton with interment
in Clinton cemetery.
Some 2t) guests were welcomed
by Miss Mary McMillen, Lielaten;,
ant, ; - 'tl'1 •az> rtip"any; who" ex-
pressed regret that the Captain,
Miss Una Macdonald was unable
to be present for the event. -The
District Commissioner, Mrs. N.
T. Ormandy, explained that the
Guides, Brownies, Scouts and
Cubs celebrate the birthdays of
Lord • and Lady Baden Powell
each year on "Thinking Day,';
February 22nd. Op this day
members- of the organization
throughout the world think of
their Sisters and brothers in
other lands. Mrs. Ormandy told
how Guiding had started 50
years ago with a small group of
girls in England and has grown
to a world wide movement with.
over five million members. Can-
ada alone has over 19,000 Girl
Guides. The Commissioner ex-
pressed the hope that the next
50 years would see continued
success in Girl ,,Guiding.
The Company leader, Cath-
erine Andersen, called the com-
pany together to form a horse-
shoe. The color party, Nancy
Watters, Bonnie Weber, and
Karen McLean raised the flag.
The "Thinking Day" program
was introduced by Catherine
Anderson who explained that in -
1932 a ."Thinking Day Fund"
organizellid assist guide com-
panies throughout the world.
Tha,lrpgram
began with
pray -
'ex.
'offered by Delores Taman,
and took the form a:l`Fa pageant.
Using an "Ataddin - Lamp". a
Genie- ('l:rttsiy-, tarns) was pro-
duced, who granted the girls
their wishes by bringing Guides
from other lands into their
midst. The visitors from foreign
lands were represented by Syb..
Bowra, Maureen Dowds, LYnda
Green, Jane McLean, Bonnie
Rawson and . Rosemary Von
Keitz.
Tea and cupcakes were served
to the guest's following the pro-
gram.
, Cupcakes set in the form of
a trefoil, the Girl•Guide symbol,
represented the birthday cake.
Yellow and blue' candles were
set on the cake on which there
was yellow icing. The colors
are the official Girl Guide col-
ors. Also on display were two
cups which this company has
won' at area field days.
The northernmost point of
land in continental United States
is in Canada because 200 years
ago a mix-up in defining the
boundary made American terri-
tory of a peninsula that juts
into the Lake of the Woods,
north of the 49th parallel, that
is part of Minnesota but can be
reached by land only through)
Manitoba.
More than 2,500 sets of Encyclopaedia Britannica donated
to Canadian high schools by the publishers and the Cana-
dian, School Trustees' Association are to be replaced with
extensively revised 1961 editions. Exchange, involving
nearly 140 tons of books with a million -dollar retail value,
will ,require several months. Pretty collegiate students
Pam Overgard (left) and Anne Harley compare old and
new volumes.
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The Gederich Signal -$tar, Thursday, Vebruary 23rd,
ST. HELEN..
ST. HELENS, Feb. 20. -Mrs.
Ken Grewar and Nancy, of
Brantford, ,,spent the week with
her irerkts, Mr. and Mrs. Har-,
vey Webb. They were accom-
panied by Miss June Hatt, -of
:reroute. who. spent a ay
a.
'Mr.,M tui tura ,4g4it fav(
Sue Scott, of Waterloo, spent
Saturday With Mr. and Mrs. Fred
McQuilbu.
Mr, and .Mrs. Andrew Gaunt,'
and Murray, were recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Perrott,
of Goderich.
The' World Day, of Prayer, was
observed on February 17th at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. B. F.
Green. The theme for this year
was "Forward Through the
Ages, in Unbroken Line." Rev.
Mr. Green addressed the group
on the topic "Prayer."
PORT ALBERT
PORT ALBERT, Feb. 20. --The
February meeting of -the W.A.
and W.M.S. of St. Andrew's Un-
ited Church was held at the
home of Mrs. Mel Dickson with
10 members and one visitor
present. It \was, the World Day
of Prayer service, the theme
being "Forward through the
ages in unbroken line." Roll
call and reports were read and
adopted: Thank you cards were
read. The March roll call is to
be answered by a Bible verse
containing the word "Love." It
was reported that five hospital
visits had been made during the
month. The Port Albert Aux
has been invited to
the, W.A. Presbytery an
td - give afternoon davot
Max • 3,. at - Winthrop ,.
Church. It was planned
the annual bazaar in July
study book ;was, read, b
Hart. The president,.
Crawford, clpsed the
with., -a . byn n the
tioiuutsqua-,-*ON
hostess.
Le en ie s will '
Lenten s awtce � bo
in Christ Church, Pert A.
every Thursday astern
4.15 o'clock during ,lent.
one is welcome. •
Mr. Clarence Hoy.: and
Robert Hoy, of Goderieh.
part of the week -end at k3
Congratulations to ,Rev.
Gru'hn who is celebratin
87th birthday today,' !o
February 20th,
Mr. Richard Stewart,' a
ent of University of ,W
Ontario, London, is spendin
week at the home of his
ents, . Mr. and Airs.,
Stewart. • ,
PERSONAI
Miss Norine Taylor, of l
onto, spent the past Week
at the home of her par
Rev. and Mrs: C. E. 4a
Essex street.
At the Toronto Conserva
of Music examinations, held
cently in Stratford, Janice
burn was successful in pa
Grade 3 Piano.
Mr. and Mrs; Scott McN
Detroit, have been visiting t
sister, Mrs. A. L. Cole,
avenue.
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