"ONE MILLIONTH OF A "POUND
RT Spring! And all that grand fun of
brown loam; filling your eyes with
quainted all over again with growing
the insect.
For example, let’s examine a single
Yet In One Season Alone The Weight of Her Progeny, If
he ‘They Survived, Would Equal The Weight Of The
’ Population Of China
digging your arms elbow deep in rich
sunshine and blue skyv getting ac-
things.
The only grim thing in this lovely picture is the fact thal perennial gar-
deners also have to make the acquaintance of any enemy that outnumbers
all flowering plants and has inhabited the “earth ‘much longer than man
- group of insects—plant lice or aphids;
see the variety of damage they do to
plant life and the marvelous adapta-
tions they go through in order to out-
‘wit man and their other enemies.
~ lips, lilies, shrubs, trees or'
vegetables is safe from the ravages of
these infinitesimal creatures, accord-
ing to Doctor A. A. Granovsky, Ento-
~ _molegical Consultant of McLaughlin
Gormley King Company.
' *‘Aphids,” he saps, ‘‘are hard to de-
“ tect, since even the’ largest of them is
no longer than one-eighth of an inch.
: edly they vary in color to match their
host, ranging from different shades of
green to yellow, amber, red and dark
brown. The subterranean ones which
attack roots are pale grey ghosts of
their kin above ground.
“These tiny fellows breed so rapidly
that colonies of them have been known
to destroy entire crops in a month's
time. ‘Indeed, in one season, if all the
children and grandchildren of one
. ‘stem mother’ survived, ' they would.
equal in weight the entire population
of China!”
According to Professor Granovsky,
gardeners should look for aphids. at
their feeding grounds—the undersides
of leaves and the stems of plants. The:
lice feed by. eans of long sharp beaks,
which théy tab. into the victim and
through which they suck the life-blood
of the plant. When a colon? attacks a
plant, literally thousands of small
mouths are continuously withdrawing
#8p, pumping ‘eh depleting vital
juices.
Chief among the natural enemies of
these tiny destroyers is a flower of the
ehysanthemum family which greatly
resembles our common field daisy. Its
~ pame is Pyrethrum, and tradition has
it that the marvelous power of pyre-
~ thrum to protect the rest of the garden,
was discovered by a German woman
~ who tossed a withering bouquet of py*-
yethrum flowers into a corner only to
find it later surrounded with dead in-
sects.
- With the discovery of the insecti-
_cidal power of pyrethrum, it was first
believed that insects died from eating
it. Today, scientists know this is not
true. Pyrethrum Kills insects by par-
a ving their nervous systems, Once
it touches the insect, paralysis sets in.
Yet, deadly as a pyrethrum insecticide
harm plants, pets, or people.
‘With the amazing cleverness dis-
played by the insect family in out-
witting its enemies, aphids disguise
themselves in various ways, such as
hiding under a thick white mess of
. wax-like threads. = “Other aphids,”
gays Professor Granovsky, “form what
we call plant galls__large deformations
on the structures of plants. These galls
serve as houses for the insects. In
this respect, man got the better of his
enemy, because for centuries certain
aphid galls were used in the orient in
manufacturing inks, medicine, and for
dyeing silks and sealskins.”
: Some varieties of aphids produce a
sweet sticky protective substance
called ‘honey dew.” For many cen-
turies “honey dew” was considered the
“sweet of heaven” and records corrob-
was the aphid “hone, dew” which is
$0 abunda in tropical countries.
One of the most interesting rela-
tionships in nature is that existing be-
tween ants and aphids. Certain species
of ants feed on “honey dew,” and in
order to protect their source of supply
they build small shelters for the in-
sects and guard them jealously from
predators and parasites.
oy \
McCormick’
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because if
vacuum
- Sone of your prize roses, irises, tu- |
garden |“
is to most garden insects, it does not!
orate the belief that biblical manna |
Outlet
~. MRS. JOHN SUTTON
CORRESPONDENT
Doris Rogers has returned from
Wesnitgn, :
een
Luzerne for a Tew days.
Grant Ashburner visited. “his uncle,
Asa Wolfe of Pikes Creek, recently.
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Mis, Weiter Kyttle is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Solanski in New York.
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~ Miss Ruth Lozier is spending some
time with her aunt at Mountain Top.
Rev. Lewis Siefert attended the fun-
Miss Albert Wilcox, a graduate at
Lehman High School, has returned
Eom, Washington. : a
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Mrs. Jesse Hoover is visiting ° Yor
daughter, Mrs, Archie Wilcox of Leh-
man tor a few days.
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Mrs.
Barre spent the day at her Token
‘Switch cottage recently.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Sutton and their
daughters, Clara and Betty, and Miss
Hannie ‘Sutton visited Mrs. Theodore
Frankenfield recently.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hoover enter-
tained over the week-end: Mr. and
Ira Hoover and Nesbitt Hoover and
children Edna, Marion, Ned, Eddie,
Charles: and Florence of Wilkes-Barre,
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The Girl Scouts of Outlet had their
weekly meeting in their troop rooms
on Monday evening. Four new girls
were admitted to the troop: Saomi
Shupp, Alberta Milbrodt, June Wheel-
er and the assistant, Marion Hoover.
Plans are being made for a birthday
par or on June 23rd.
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The monthly meeting of Outlet Y. T.
C. was held at the home of Loretta
Pascoe. It was planned to have a
birthday party at Laketon High School
on June 23, and a roller skating party.
‘on Friday, June 15, at Harvey's Lake
Picnic Grounds. The meeting was ad-
journed and lunch was served the fol-
lowing people: Bill Ashburner, Harold
Kocher, Edwin Ide, Tom Patterson,
Reese Walters, Edison Wialters, Viola
Rossman, Dorothy Ide, Ruth Rogers,
Marie Baer, Elizabeth Sorber, Mr. and
Mrs. Phil Pascoe, Doris Rogers and
Harold Casterline,
Mrs. Bags | is visiting ‘her son at |
eral of Mrs. Heverling in Allentown.
P. J. Sherwood of Wilkes.
/| Monday morning,
Laketon
MRS MARIE OBERST
CORRESPONDENT
Mrs. Ira Stevenson has been ill with
a cold.
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Adolph Mayer was in Wilkes-Barre
on Tuesday.
: Mrs. Jane Kocher has been ill but
{1s recovering.
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Mrs. Virginia Sax left for her home
on Long Island on. Tuesday. z
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Mrs. Jennie Learch called on Mrs.
Oberst on Tuesdag' afternoon.
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. August Gomes. has opened a confec- |
tionery store at Sandy Beach.
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Mrs. William Hillard and children
visited Mrs. Clifford Booth on Tuesdaft
ills
Mrs. Tide: Mayer and Marie Oberst
called os Mrs. Myrtle Kocher on Mon-
day. 3
Mrs. Sherman Davis has been ill for
several weeks but is somewhat im-
proved.
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Marie Oberst vigited her sister, Lula
Blanche Whipple on Tuesday after-
noon, s 7
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Wiallace Traver has bought the
Frank Kocher farm and is moving
here ‘this week. .
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Basil Lord was rushed to Nesbitt
Memorial Hispital last week for an
appendicitis: operation.
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Arie Dowling is” convalescing
after a long illness." His many friends
wish | him a speedy TeCOVerS.
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Mrs. William. Housch and daughters
Adalaide and Florence visited Mrs.
Raymond Garinger on Monday.
Rev. Paul Mounts, a Lutheran mis-
sionary, will preach at the Lutheran
church on Sunday morning at 9. Sun-
day School will be at 10. Rev. John
Albright is pastor.
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Mrs. Florence Aikman and daughter
Mrs. Virginia ‘Sax of Long Island
came here a week ago to open her cot-
tage, Long Acres. Miss Audrey Koch-
er is staying with her. Mrs. Edna
Migser and Mrs. Oberst visited Mrs.
Aikman on Monday afternoon.
Vacation Bible School .
Opened At Shavertown
The daily vacation Bible School of
Shavertown M. E. Church. opened on
with Rev. Fred M:
Sellars, pastor, as dean. The school
will continue for two weeks, with ses-
sions dailyr except Saturday from -9:30
to 11:30.
Mrs. A. George Prater has charge of
beginners, assisted by Mrs. William
Morgan and Mrs. Albert Major; Mrs.
E. P. Whitby, primary department, as-
sisted by Mrs. Edgar Adolph and Mrs. i}
Cortez Jennings; D. C.' ‘Smith, in’
charge of junior department, assisted
by Viola Doughton and Rev. Mr. Sel-
lars; Mrs. Ross Williams, girls’ pro-
ject, and Emerson Evans, boys’ pro-
ject.
servant.
Gone—with the wind and with the past—are the
dear, dead days when the flickering yellow glare of the
kerosene lamp was the only means of illumination on
the farm. The miracle of electricity has changed that.
Today a flick of a switch floods a room with shadowless
light, commands a helper who lightens chores and house-
work, stands ever ready to make the new day happier,
healthier and more prosperous.
Harvey's Lake Light Co.
Make electricity your
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Kerkles At 24th
Annual Reunion
(Continued from page 1)
garet Kunkle, Mrs. Olin Kunkle, Elea-
nor Kunkle, Charles D. Kunkle, Mrs.
Julia Kunkle, Mrs. Minnie Kunkle,
Philip Kunkle, Mrs. Palmer Updyke,
Jane, Emma, Kiler and Julia Updyke,
Mrs. Marvin Elston, Mrs. Stanley El-
] ston, Helen, Lena, Eleanor and Gerald
Elston, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Kunkle,
Alan Kunkle, Louise Kunkle, Owen
Jones, Edwin Shoemaker, A. L. Kunkle,
Martha, Ida, Carl, Loren and Joan
Kunkle. EAR
Visitors: Mrs. Jane Brace, Luzerne;
Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Morgan, New
York; Vivian, Allen, Soxen; Robert
Williamson, ‘Wyoming; Fred Dodson,
Muhlenburg; Mrs. Archie Corby, | Janet
Corby, West Pittston; Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Devens, Bobby Henney and George
David West, visited Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Rislepr on Wednesday."
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Youngblood and
Mrs. Youngblood's sister left Sunday
on a trans-continental tour. They will
return in about seven weeks.
Mr. Robert Williams of. Wilkes.
Barre visited Mr. and Mrs, D. M.
Spurgeon on Tuesday evening. Mr.
Williams is a former resident of Dal-
las,
Mrs. ‘Willard Burke of Los! Angeles,
Cal, and her sister, Mrs, Marguerite
Girard of Pittston visited Mrs. W. B.
Risley recently before returning to the
‘West Coast together. Accompanied by
Mrs. Girard, Mrs. Burke will visit Yel-
lowstone park, Seattle and San Fran-
cisco. They are nieces of the late O.
'D. Stark, a prominent resident of Wyo-
ming County.
‘Mrs. Brown Host To
Former Classmates
Mrs. Arthur Brown of Dallas enter-
tained a party of eighteen friends and
former classmates on Thursday night
at an 8 o'clock dinner at Castle Inn,
Idetown. The occasion furnished a
splendid opportunity for the renewal
of friendships and was a delightful
affair. & i
Present were:
Dallas guests: Jane O'Kane, Edna
McCarty, Lillian Kuehn, Lillian Rood,
Helen Czulegar, Viola Smith, Mrs.
{Arthur Brown, Alice Hainbach, Mrs,
C. L. Myers, Gertrude Wilson, Mrs. N. |
R. Thompson, Mrs. Daniel Richards
and Betty Wilarhola.
‘Out of town guests: Eva F. Piper
and Madeline Ahrends, Luzerne, and
Miers, Kunkle. .
Mrs. Joseph Wiest and daughter,
Helen, and daughter- in-law, Mrs.
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BIG MOMENT
There comes 'a time in every wo-
man’s life when” ordinany provender
won't do. When she has to produce
something pretty special or else. Not
so long ago we came bang up against
one of those major crises and met it
face to face with a new, ‘Apricot and
Apple Sauce Cake.
try out that recipe next time you need
to- do something spectacular?
It's simple. Just cream together one-
half cupful butter, add a cupful of
‘sugar and cream the two together well.
Then add an egg and beat the mixture
{for all you're worth. For a really ele-
gant flavor, blend 2 cans of Strained
‘Apricots and Apple Sauce (lifted from
the baby’s larder) with one- quarter
teaspoonful soda and add to the other
good things in the mixing bowl. As a
separate process sift together three
one-half teaspoonful salt and two tear
spoonsful’ baking powder. Add this to
the butter mixture, alternately: "with
one-quarter cupful milk, Pour into a
greased loaf pan (7.by 10 inches) and
bake in a moderate oven 30 or 40 min.
utes. « Cool. Cut into squares and top
How'd you like to |
times, two cupsful sifted cake flour,|
By FRANCIS PECK
creamy macaroni with its crown of
golden cheese sauce all ready to open,
heat, and eat, too. And there you are,
you see, with the main dinner dish
done in no time at all. Of course, if
you have about 20 minutes grace you
could combine a canful with some hard
of" one" €Bg" ‘into slices. Arrange’ the.
thesbottom of a buttered casserole. Be:
sure to sprinkle each egg layer with
salt and pepper for seasoning. Then
scatter 4 tablespoonsful grated Amer-
ican cheese over the top layer of mac-
aroni and add a few fluffy shreds of
egg yolk for a final finish. Mash that
left-over egg yolk through a sieve to
make the soft vellow shreds. Bake
in a moderate oven (875 degrees F.) 20
minutes, and there you" have a Teal
short order trumps;
It's no trouble, at
recipe on .tap that can be tossed off
as. quick as this . hot pickle and
cheese combination. To. begin, slice
bread: about: one-quarter inch thick
and cut a large round from each slice
off with larrups of slightly sweetened
whipped cream. It's the quintessence
of spring! ;
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LAST MINUTE LOGIC
On busy days when dinner time
sneaks on you unawares, snag a can of
cooked macaroni from the pantry shelf
and save the situation with a quick
concoction. You'll never be caught !
short if you keep a couple of these
stout tins on hand all the time. It's
a completed creation — this luscious
Jane Fillmore, Wilkes-Barre.
with a medium size cooky cutter.
Toast all the rounds briefly on one
side, then place crisp green slices of
fresh cucumber pickle in the center of
the
Blanket
pickles with thin slices of American
cheese cut by the same cooky cutter.
Pop into a moderate oven until cheese
each untoasted side.
melts. Then sprinkle with’ paprika
and serve hot. You can make quite a
platterful at a time. Enough to hold
all your famished guests until the meal
gets under way.
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