I. ol a - The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, September 6, 1995 3 st JY 2, on College shows art drawn from | ; "x First day blues Native American plant remedies 9 - Ginny Reisser held a tired Corey Conrad after his first day of sein » kindergarten at Gate of Heaven School, left. Below, Eileen By GRACE R. DOVE e' Szychowski gave her son Brian a good luck kiss before his Post Sul Some resembled 2 gilt block first day in school last week Usage artist Christ Musgrave h : DALLAS TOWNSHIP - College = portrayed red clover and other 5 POST PHOTOS/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Misericordia is hosting an exhibit plants with sacred symbols of the L. of Native American plant reme- full moon, spiral and lightning T dies, with pictures of 36 plants around them. In one presentation L- used by various Native tribes, a lightly sketched outline of a , which will run through Septem- blackbird flits mysteriously across t ber 30. the treetops, while the inscru- e According toinformationatthe table face of a bobcat peers from 49 exhibit, the Native Americanswere amid the foliage and a stylized a’/¥ far ahead of European medicine turtle makes her steady way at the time when North America through the grass. L, was settled. Native peoples knew Delaware (Lenape) artist h the vital organs and their func- Donald H. Secondine, Jr., bor- c tions and the different body sys- dered his renditions of Virginia t tems. They introduced some of snakeroot and black cohosh their remedies to European set- (bugbane) with patterns resem- Cy tlers. bling classic Native reverse rib- be The Natives knew when each bon applique, used to decorate 1 plant was ready to be harvested articles of clothing. 8 for use, which part of the plants European doctors considered 4 were to be used and how they some Native remedies to be mir- le were to be prepared and stored. acle drugs. The American chest- i- Generally, the roots of annuals nut is the only plant used to treat t- were taken before they floweredin = whooping cough, while the water al the spring, while the roots of bien- avens is credited with saving the 0 nial herbs and perennial plants Thompson Indians from small- were taken in the late fall. Bark pox. 9 was removed from trees in the late In addition to helping gyneco- e winter and early spring, when it logical ailments, poor circulation S. came most easily from the and nervous disorders, golden branches, and leaves were picked ragwort was considered an anti- he J before the plants bloomed. dote for poison-tipped arrows. | Native doctors often used a sort The lowly club moss, used to ; of doctrine of signatures, inwhich treat diarrhea and nosebleeds, 5 1 plants whose leaves were heart- found its way into the white man’s shaped were used for heart ail- world in the manufacturing of "4 ments, for example. explosives. 3 Ronald Cheek of the Cherokee Sweet flag was so valuable a i nation drew the stems, flowers remedy for stomach and women's and leaves of ladies’ slippers, problems that some tribes used it o oi morning glories, wild garlic, dan- as a medium of exchange. ) BE delion and others in pastels on a Even poison ivy had its use, as A ‘Nati - black background, bordered with a treatment for herpes and ring- : \{¥ intricately detailed line patterns. = worm. 0 oi (continued from page 1) e axle. or “There's lots of pressure on the the firm's parent company. The TheDallasplantwasbuiltin 1946, site, but we're optimistic it can be West Side Flower Club meets Sept. 12 0 people up there,” Wolfe said. “The 93,000 square foot building sits and employed 600 people at its filled,” he said. The West Side Flower Club will meet September 12 at 6 p.m. in the i “company didn't realize what on 16 acres in Dallas Borough. peak. social hall of the Church of Christ Uniting, Market Street, Kingston. 3 skilled employees they had here. Native Textiles, which makes Beginning with the September meeting, it will begin at 6 p.m., doors 0 * The workers up there aren't as The Greater Wilkes-Barre Generating an annual payroll tricot cloth for women’s intimate = Will open at 5:30 p.m. § ell trained as we were and can’t Chamber of Commerce is trying of about $2 million, Native Tex- = apparel, football-type jerseys and The mini-flower show will feature fall flowes, dahlias, and vege- 9 @- put out as much good Product as to help fill the vacant building, tiles paid. $2,898 in municipal athleticjacketlinings, announced tables. : we did.” according to director of market- taxes and $22,895 in school dis- in March, 1994 that it would move Members’ dues for 1995 are due at the September meeting in order 4 ~The Dallas plant is for sale, ing and development Todd Von- trict taxes in 1993, according to its operation to Glens Falls within to remain in good standing. according to Carl Anderson, con- derheid. “So far no manufacturer tax records. 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