The Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-11-01, Page 139
FOR A
GREENER THUMS
By di MacLeod Ross
An Unusual Year
The past year has been a
most unusual one in the garden
for inost people and the fall
of wet snow on October 25th
last only served to emphasize
the point. The combination of
heavy mew on trees arid shrubs
still m full leaf was disastrous.
In this garden, a smeke bush
was sprayed in all directions,
a mulberry lost half its
branches, while lilacs and locust
trees were snapped off. The
aponeadies, began with the early.
burst of hot Weather from Mae,
the 13th to 23rd yvhen terppee.
atures reached the 80's on sev-
eral days and even hit an 89
on May the 17th. The remelt
of this Warm spell was to bring
on the roses unduly soon, 'so
much so that several people
wondered whether they would
have any bloom at all left for
the Jane 23rd flower show. In
previous years it has often been
a question of whether to choose
a later date for this show. How-
ever, as always happens, just
as many were unaffected as
ingly high standard of show was
the result:
As far as this garden was
coneerned black spot was non
existent, but in its place came
another fungus disease which
Call our number and we'll
- show you the 0oal of every
is right in front of you.
It ig less work and sensible
economy, too, to have us do
your cleaning. The time,
fabor and money saved and
the possible accidents avoid-
ed is worth many times more
than. our moderate charges.
dGODERICH Frenc
DRY CLEANERS
W. D. WILSON, Prop.
WEST JA 4-3452
made it necessary to defoliate
complete bushes in sonie 'eases.
Conseltetion of .the reference
books led to the belief that this
Was "rust." Howexer, refererice
to QA.S. brought an expression
of surprise -that black -spot
should /lave been controlled but
not "rust." Later on; when
affected leaves were shown to
Mr. Hartnoll, he suggested leek
of phosphates° in the soil. In
the result, the only cure was
and has been defoliation of all
affected stems, after which they
immediately sprouted end heve
since bloomed. The conditions
alsd .brought ,out a new variety
of bug led for the .first time
some slugs have been found.
Taking stock of some of the
experiments which were indulg-
ed in, 'the use of black poly
sheet tol-obviate the necessity
for weeding paths was'an un-
qualified -succeSs. Much labor
.was saved and not a weed ma-
tured., Several purchases from
the society's auction sale have
done well. For example, Gaz-
anias, grown by Mr. Reg Bell
from seed, have given numerous
richly colored yellow and orange
blooms and the plants have now
been taken inside where they
continue to provide eolor. A
small Korean chrysanthemum
has also prospered and is now
a large plant covered with
daisylike flowers of an orange
hue. The Gerbera,'another Bell
-seedling, on the other hand has
remained static all summer and
failed to flower. It too has
been breught indoors where it
is producing a new leaf with
much _deliberation. .„
There are always aknumber of
negative lessons.' Lilies of the
Auratum Speciosum type—Gold
Band and Milan Wallace, in
their • second and third years.,
in one spot were poor per
formers. It seems desirable to
take. them up Miter a couple of
years" and them all over
again in a new location rigor-
ously prepared with humus and
above ell good drainage. The
more expensive the lily Milli
the quicker it rots if not well
drained. Another rather super-
fluous negative lesson was that
tubrous begonias do not per-
form when set in soil" Which
resembles pseudo concrete.
Ordered in good faith and de-
livered in bad, its resemblance
to cement moiler was not' real-
ized till too late. It is- a great
mistake to believe that begon-
ias do well in full shade. This
.merely causes them to become
lanky, a failing it is easy to
;kart if the corms are not given
full light before they are put
eut in the bed. Lack of sun
hours can be the cause of lanki-
ness in geraniums toO' and white
on this subject,' it is not too
late to take cuttings. There
are a hUndred and one ways
to induce roots but an' easy one
is to put the sheik cut just be-
low a bud, into a glass of vermi•
culite and water. The- recent
snow has put paid to the plants
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Godench W.I. Members
Guests at Carlow Nket
CARLOW: A large number of
members of the Goderich W.I.
were guests 91 the Tiger Dun-
lop W.I. when they held their
October meeting October 24 in'
the Township Hall, Carlow.
The roll cell, "a news item" -
was easily answered by the
meinbers. The Cuban crisis, on
everYone's mind these days was
the Most common item men-
tioned.
The president, Mrs. T. Hunter,
welcomed the guests and many
friends present for the very
successful meeting. A donatibn
of $10.00 was sent to the
C.N.I.B.
Mrs. L. Young, the secretary,
read this year's resolutions .to
be presented at the area con-
vention to be held in London
the first week in November.
Mrs. R. Jewell was named
the delegate to represent the
branch at the convention. Mrs.
Tait Clark reported on the train-
ing school held in Wingham and
announced that she and her
themselves and they can be
lifted, the* roots washed end
then hung root up' in a cool
cellar till spring.
assistant, Mrs. M. Bogie, will
staie the course, "143 pounds
of meat" at the hall on Novem-
ber 8 and 9. Manyo ladies sign-
ed up to take the course which
promises to be very educational
for the housewives of this aeea.
Three high school girls of
the community weee chosen to
attend the Commurrity COncert
in Goderich this coming season.
They are: Anne Falkiner, Pat,
Buchanan and Barbara Link -
later.
Mrs. R. Buchanan introduced
the guest speaker, Miss Anna
MacDonald of CKNX, Wingharn,
who, in- a very humorous -man-
ner, told about her holiday trip
to Jamaica; she also showed
many slides of the beautiful
places where she .visited. Miss
MacDonald also favored with a
solo and led in a sing -song.
' 'Mrs. L. Young thanked Miss
MacDonald and presented her
with a gift.
A eucessted auction sale of
home baking Was conducted by
Mrs. R.. Jewell and Mrs.
Hunter. A delicious lunch was
served by the hostesses, Miss
Long, Mrs. Pfrimmer, assist-
ed by the branch directors and
many other members.
ASHFIELD
Macdonald if; a patient in Gode,
rich hospitql, having suffered
a heart attack.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Sandy Macdonald on the
birth of a son, Octeher 26, in
Goderich hospital.
The sectional m.eeting of the
Women's Missionarv Societe
was held in Ashfield Church,
October 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Elliott
and family of Port Huron were
guests recently of VV41liain Mac.
donald.
The girls and leaders of the
C.Q.I.T. entertained the Child-
ren of the Church and Expler•
ers at a Hallowe'en party on
Monday night in the Sunday
school room, s,
Mrs. C. Holland has assumed
her duties as, rvident ,director
of the Y.W.C.A., Stratferd.
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Pegr.ep
.-Awai.ded
and Mo. MacArthur,
attended the Fall Convocation,
October. go., at MeMaeter Uni-
versity, Their son,. John Dun -
.can, was awarded at that three
the degree ef Doetor of Phil
"Energy Levels in"Pi192 and
Dr. IVIeCArthur graduated' in.
1.958 from the. University „of
Western Ontario and since that
tim:e has pursued research at
McMaster University in -the
field for Which he was aWarded
his degree. He is now on. the
staff of Queen's Universiql in
the Physics ,Department.
Also ettending this Convoca-
•
tion were .bis wife and bis
wife's parents, Mr. and, C.
Thompson, of Teeswater, and
hie -brother, Pona4d of the star
'of McMaster, and wire, as well
as many of hie friends in Rene
RETURNS TO GODERIC.14
resident engineer On tile con -
in 195749, has retutrie0
to Goderich. lic, will be en-
gineer on the expansion project
at the Sifto Salt plant on Ox-
ford street. Since" leavinA.
Goderich, Mr, 1VIilling has been
engaged at engineering. con-
struction work ler Dominion
Tar and Chemical Company at
the following places: Cooksville
and Caledonia in Ontario and
at Joliet in Quebec.
NEW MANAGER
A native of WindSnro
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of Adams nrniture Con1P40.-
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t.Pre' and before that WO" in
the Woodstock store,.,, Mr. 'Snid;
Huron. read., 'Nfr. Snider re-
places Mri, Wm.-7,14althwalte as,
He came to GoderA9b from The manager of the Goderich atdree
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