Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1949 — Page 25

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Auctioneer Aims For 50-Cent Bids The Natut® Study Club is hav-| ing & club meeting today in the Arthur Beards’ home, 945 N, Campbell Ave, at 5 p. m. Mr. Beard, who is editor of the ever-| effervescent club bulletin, has not|

a little interest in the Bitena./ ance. For the proceeds of this old-| ¢ashioned box social will go for “aquipment to assist all future) generations of editors.” The ee tioneer - promises (in that same| pulletin) to “work the bids up to a maximum of 50 cents or bust a suspender trying.” Director Ra-| chel Scott:is one of the promo-| ters of this painless money-rais-| ing scheme. |

«gver since I joined a garden| ¢lub I haven't had much time| to garden,” laughed a local gar-| den clubber one day. Perusing| the’ lists of newly elected officers and. committee heads for their various club and community projects, one can easily understand why. ] Irvington Women's Garden Club officers for the coming year are: President, Mrs. O. M. Enyart, vice president, Mrs. George W Price. Mrs. D. G. King Is secretary and‘Mrs. J. I. Gelly, treasurer. Mrs. H. L. Mote is historian; Mrs. E. B. Pitcher, the delegate to the Irvington Union| of Clubs, with Mrs. George Ves-| tal as alternate. Committee heads will hold over for another year with a new pro-| gram committee, made up of Mar-| garet Griffith, Mrs. H. B. Trager, | and Mrs. William G. Holley, Mrs | Garfield Walker is publicity chairman.

The new officers for Forest Hills Garden Club are Mrs. Robert Favre, president; Mrs. William O. Wheeler, vice president;

Mrs. O. R. Marsischke, secretary- ——

tréasurer. Committee chairmen and special officers include .Mesdames| Ray Wilson, Thomas Jackson, B.| F. Orr, Arch DeMars, Ross A. Smith, G. F. Schloot, W. C. Goodall, A. B. Grubb, E. C. Klingholn and R. R. Scott. ‘

The Thalla Garden Club will “meet at 1 p. m. Wednesday in the home of Mrs. Floyd Lively, 5231 Singleton St. Mrs. M. A. Peeples will be the co-hostess. Mrs. Har-|

vey Gluesenkamp - wili discuss “Organic Gardening.” Mrs. Lee Fox, 6167 Guilford

Ave., will be hostess Friday for the 1 p. m. meeting of the Spade and Trowel Garden Club. Mrs.|

“Birds.”

SUNDAY, MAR. 20, 1049 : | Gardening—

Girl Scouts Seek Conservation Badges

By MARGUERITE SMITH

WHAT PLANTS in Indiana can under no circumstances be destroyed? That question has been causing consternation at a number of local dinner tables lately. It's just one of a list some of our Girl Scouts are struggling with these days. By the end of this month when they get this and some 80 other equally easy-to-answer queries settled, they'll be getting their conservation merit badges. ‘The questions arise as part ot the comservation course given

| by Miss Nanci Golden of the

Children's Museum. “I don’t expect them to remember all the answers,” says Nanci, “but I believe in aiming high to be sure we get some results.” (The three Girl Scouts pictured are taking the course. Cathaleen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mertes, 646 E. 32d St., is in the 5th.grade of St. Thomas Aquinas School while Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell D. Pounds, 4215 Rookwood Ave., is in the 4th grade at the school. Frances, a 9B pupil at Crispus Attucks High School, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Smith, 612 Blake St.)

=” » 5 HERE'S A sampling of questions from the list, which brash gardeners may like to try. Theme of the course is importance of the soil . . . to which we can trace any part of the cosmos. (And that does not mean, as one erudite gardener thought at first glance, the flower.) * 1. What plants in Indiana can under no circumstances be destroyed? 2. The cosmos is made up of three classifications. Everything falls into one of these three groups. Name them.

3. List three items you use every day (a pencil, for example) and trace them back until you can show their relationship to soil. 4. What is the percentage ‘of water in most plants? 5. Does yellow color In leaves which should be green mean lack of proper mineral content in soil or lack of moisture? 6. By what means do farmers now control water erosion?

‘Working for Girl Scout conservation badges . . Mertes, Frances Smith and Mary Scott Pounds (left to right). | +

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Determine Choice | The basic plantings in your yard are lawn, shrubs and trees. | And you are the only family who can decide whether for you it's worth the time and effort to !maintain a good-looking lawn of | blue grass. Other possibilities that|

clude bent grass. It spreads | readily but takes more care, much/ watering during summer. A rock garden might. be your | front yard's solution if it's tiny and. sloping. Ground covers and paved and bricked terraces are | definitely the yard of the future] to judge by growing popularity. yard might even be your “lawn” if you've no space at back. One|

might better fit your needs in-| But president of Garden Club, there may be a garden club in Franklin not affiliated. Does | any reader know?

By MARGUERITE SMITH Q—I have recently moved from, Phoenix, Ariz, to a farm one! mile north of Franklin, writes Mrs. Beryle Williams. Can you tell me if there is a garden| club in this area? ;

A-—There garden club on the list I have.

Mrs.

Send questions on gardening to { Or vegetables in your front Mrs, Smith, The Times, Indian|apolis 9. “Dishing the Dirt” ap-

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tree studded state with only wild | {flowers underneath. | ! . an | | AS FOR SHRUBS, would your family rather have shrubbery that can grow tall and unpruned, | to save privacy and time? Or § would it better satisfy your sense - ? of neatness to have a formal . Cathaleen hedge that you must clip at regu"lar intervals? Or you. can striké the happy 7. Two conditions must be medium with flowering shrubs present to allow erosion. What |(even spirea—it has the unappreare they? ciated beauty of much that's com- | 8. What are the two eastest {mon because-it's-easy-to-raise). —} ways you can improve your | Lilacs, weigela, niockorange, own lawn and garden? forsythia, and many others offer 9. People working with soil you unlimited choice. All these make a PH test. The letters [should have at least once-a-year| stand for what? attention (fertilizing and prun10. Iron in soll washes out 'ing) to do their best. quickly or slowly? ® =u = Answers on these conserva- | YOU ARE also the only family| tion questions, if you can bear who can tell whether your yard to grade yourselves, are given [should have trees that will grow

Backyard Adventures . .

BY THE CALENDAR today ls spring's birthday. But ac-

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Anglo-Saxons. Saxon days. But to. those sturdy citizens spring meant chiefly a source of 'vater, a rising.

From that the word took on |

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returning to the original state, |

hence elasticity, as in doorspring. From this by easy stages it went on to mean a youth, a young plant or tree, any source of supply, a livelytune or dance and some ten other ideas.

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Possibly they didn’t have spring in pre-Anglo-Mr. W. doesn’t commit himself as to that.

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