Page Ten . The Semiahmoo Sun & White Rock Weekly, Thursday, September 6, 1951 SS eee hee Adverituas of Local woman finds hobby cena in preserving flowers Morgan rT: — aT F Pi Muay THE RIE DEV te ALC YOUR FILL, WE CICInie Rubi WOH'T HEL ZALUA_IF WE DON'T PADDLE FASTER / "UGH /.. US PADDLE HARO, CAPTAIN. DORGAN | By CHRISTINA STEWART Ralaing “flowern that will last forever® Ia the hobby of Mrm, Allee Holmes, 136 "D" Street. -—— ig ArTAIN MoReaN i] ie oe wan over wo had a very lovely é Sprays of different varieties hans w r wo had Y y pee fm her guest house awaiting hor | canteen Miiied Magers to foc thems Into| “carrying on ina anccincial work! | Ruaivicarae tear fad colorful bouquets, The pink and] peceasitated Mrs, Ho Kini EWS HER AND LITTLE ill white dalsy-like rtatlco KANE UP} jong hours and being up early In BLACKGOLD — ts bide down, They are plucked with] ing mornings, but she adds, “I the stem attached whilo the straw | ynow I was dolng son pin very flower, the amber-shaded everlant:} worthwhile and 1 enjoyed It a 7 TALL OLD Ing Hower ta wipped off without) jr that time it was necessary iy So TiAy Min BY THE BMKCLE, the: stem just before) they ore fq) quye bandages and Mio'-cid ? Bin ite Mel handy go that thoy Witkp FRESIL tpt ‘These are gathered nightly, 204] could be used at a moment's no- fare wired while fresh. For this pro-| tice, In Mra, Holmes’ utility room cedure Mrs, Holmes has apeolal| gio still has hor straw basket wires witha tiny hook on or ging there just ay It was whon whieh she Inabris through the ‘cen- n clésed, with its band- tre of the: bloom and the hook ive tape and, other holds the wire intact, ‘This nightly supplies, Sho adds, pleking will continue on Into} aiways felt it was a useful thing October. to Keep “They bloom profuscly,” says | ACTIV Mrs. Holmes, Last year she soll] Besld $50 bouquets to Jones Florist, in| was vory active in the VON for 28 Vancouver. Other varietios include ri. , the Immortals and the Acrolinum.| Mrs. Holmes bas brought honor to herself and also to tho Wh Rock Bowling Club by the n laurels she hax won by her skilful WORKER thea many tivities nhe Mrs. Holmes’ living room 1s graced by a huge bouquet con- isting of five yarletles in colors of white, pale pink, mayyo, deop| bowling. 3 pink, rust and Iiiter-| One sweet story she related wa: mingled with daint; of her sona while they were still they ure a picture of beauty and] teenagers, Fi fragility, Mrs. Holmes asserta| mer week-tnd y on n sum thelr boy ave for a “there colora remain vivid and|companions would their petals strong for an Indetinite | week-end nping expedition to Point Roberts, When thoy would period, often several y Mrs. Holmes has alw: enthusiastic Hower raiser. During her 31 years in Burnaby she ter j@ large garden and took a special interest in flowers. would d arrive at the Point they signal by waving thelr ~ligh! flashlight In the air, and we lvinj n slope in Burnaby \d_ know en the routhi It tall was : “ would well!” SAVES SEED il the SPGA Tnopect : hough coming to White Rock thes A. Inspce! e 5 Sus) ba maved her own’ Aower| |, 7MOURM. comin to a paneer ha er Buy, Sell or Exchange with Semiahmoo Sun Bei Ree csc ie adh Ha | COAewtte, Ber ay, Ja) aa bus dale 55K, he will come, pick the Classified born from a few seeds. She claims = Ponsraeer? it or keep it until he has found « By saving’ ber own seed from year| RADIO WRITER |q, the homo for it, and only a a Inst| . to year the seeds beome acclima- eaten S resort {g tho animal destroyed tized’ whereas many package varle- eae ae ee les are from flowers grown in & Ee —liferent type of soll from ours al- A few days azo, a Indy phoned 4 (ay reported together. ~ Mr, Maitland, our SPCA In tor is caused by the animal} Fortunately Mrs. Holmes. has the and reported that someone had 0 badly Injur peneat of fairly damp soil on her ubandoned five pupples, not that they could Jot and in spite of the drought ned, in the dite : this year her yard is an array of of Cloverdale. Mr L 4 gay blooms. | picked the pups up and took them Pros, White Rock SPCA. =a u lls! elislayed vy the Liquor Control 1 ‘The proverbial cat with nine \to the SPCA pound; he tried to aie = » British Columbla. lives cannot compete with the ac- lifoea ana rovive them, however, t : compllshments of Mrs. Holmes, It poor wee things had been aban-| ¢ | Reece oe ee Tote too: aes nee fu of ticke| Meeting changed Bus R fans School Gal would ‘need {0 live nine tives and burrs and would not or could] Sermianmoo Group ot the White us Routes for Surrey Schools to accomplish the many things she not cat, wo thoy had to b ool 3 ‘ i at, so they had to be put to| Rock Hospital Auxiliary will meet HALLS PRAIRIE E. 7 ALL'S PRAIRIE ARE has done. ‘hie Author of the mew scries,| seep. A case like thin, 4 this, | Thursday, September 15, Instead of ge ne Having raised cient children, |what Makes You Sick?” (Tucs-|!» wanton cruelty, and is inexcus-|today as previously arranged. HOUTDENO SE four girls and four boys, she 194 days at #:30 pam. on the Dominion| %Ple, because there aro ways of|Mcoting Iv to be held at the hom Leave Hall's Pralrlo and Mud Bay s.c-sssseesesene SoS j Aivnya taken an active interest (| nctwork of CBO)—Ted) Allan has|humuncly disposing of unwanted| of Mre, Merrill Binning, Sie nin earn a PTA and all schoot activities a8) cored in the last awo or threo|*Mimals. All that 1s necessary {9 to] Road, at 8 pm, I _ e = Be eerie Wise ie Saalioud wet Sears ce Gun of our mast proline weave Campbell River and Paclflo Highway 8:30 7 weekly lawn bowling. She ™4I0- writers for radio, We has contri- FOR SPRAY or BRUSH PAINTING Ue BLOM GS tains that a busy mother necd* tuted to CBC Wednesday night, the CALL Arrive School ....... Byres oa 5:50 * an interest that Is hers personally, |Sunday .Stago. series, .Canadian BoM er eg oh ay igdi6 Miah Paeoreuca: gia any “éemor CDC WARREN M, SLAUGHTER that just as thoy have thelr per-|werioa , White Rock, 1.0. Phone 249 soa) interests so mother should] Before turning’ his full attention 2 NO. 1 S hbaye hers. * to the radio market, ho contrib st sf S A fe radio market, ho r Stevenson and North Blum via Stevenson... 8:00 STARTED CANTEEN to Canadian and American maga- Stevenson and Cres t Road via Crescent Road S-05 During the war years her four) zines, wrote a novel, and did scen- re x _ S 5 ssianlace ser “ican. Mollywood Higin Via King George Highway) ....scseesris SS © thAL rs. Holmen, assisted by a|/studiog, Ho lives near Toronto. Bohieal Wosai tas Vitec Stay ee _ > few_women friends,’ opened a Ser- NO, 2 Vicemen's Canter nw in Burnaby. SECRETARY, eave Tara via Crescont Road wetaeene ° 8:30 Bald she, “I knew that somt- ‘ yeneon gens porns i where some kind. folk were boing Arrive School cscs SRR NER na good to my boys and I wanted to do the same for servicemen here Po Ray: Shopherd Schoo! WHILE IT LASTS bietn 3 o3°' HOUT NO, 1 materials Loave Buena Vista and Siayte via Stayte to = 8:30 woon they acquired better equip: ‘ a ct C sa Rive Pbatedisd ia welts reverie wie North Bluff to King George to Camp PER BOTTL ¢ Loave King George nnd Campbell River via Campbell B40 Evie hy os OU , Washington and-“Marine Drive. ~ Soho}, inke gta Limit 3 bottles per customer ROUTE NO. 3— Leave Elgin via Croscent Road, Stevenson and) .