Today's Lawns Have Taken On New Beauty As Grasses Added
Alabama reader Ralph Jones of the API Extension Service describes six new grasses with promise for lawns. Emerald zoysia Meyer zoysia tifine bermuda tifawn bermuda sunturf and tifgreen are highlighted alongside efforts in fertilizing and watering to improve yards.
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Bermuda
Ralph Jones
API Extension Service
Emerald Zoysia
Meyer Zoysia
Tiffine
Tiflawn
Jones
Emerald Xroysie
Turf grasses and their growing conditions described
The article discusses Zoysia matrella varieties Emerald Meyer zoysia and Tifgreen Bermuda as well as Tiffine and Tiflawn Bermudas and Sunturf, noting leaf width density shade tolerance and sun requirements. It mentions vegetative propagation via stolons and lists certified suppliers through Jones' office in Auburn with Alabama Crop Improvement Association certification.
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Meyer
Bermuda
South Africa
Jones
Auburn
Alabama Crop Improvement Association
Radio TV Logs Show Packed Day of Programs
A dense schedule from Decatur Daily lists Sunday and Monday programs across stations. Highlights include Gospel Jubilee, Quartets, Local Reporter, Birmingham Barons game, News hours, and classic shows such as The Best On Wax, You Might be seeing decades of listings with multiple stations WMSL and others.
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Betty Grable
Harry Oe Dixie
Bilee
Jimmy Ficher
Aimericans
Birmingham Barons
Nashville
Roy Camp Departs Cotaco for Geraldine High School
Roy W. Camp, principal of Cotaco High School, leaves July 1 to become principal at Geraldine High School in DeKalb County. He received legal notice from DeKalb County Superintendent J. Wiley Honea confirming the move. Geraldine High serves Sand Mountain’s dense population with about seven hundred students. Camp’s career includes roles at Rodentown and Center Point junior high schools in DeKalb, Mount Hope High in Lawrence County, and Cofaco earlier. He holds a B S from Jacksonville State Teachers College and a master’s in administration from Peabody College Nashville.
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Roy W. Camp
Cotaco High School
DeKalb
Geraldine High School
J. Wiley Honea
DeKalb County
County Board of Education
Densly
Sand Mountain
Camp
Rodentown
Center Point
Mount Hope High School
Lawrence County
Cofaco
Jacksonville State Teachers’ College
Peabody College
Nashville, Tenn
Top Lawn Grasses Include Zoysia and Bermudas
The article notes zoysia as the leading lawn grass from the Far East and recognized as a top South grass by Dr. D G Starkie at the API Experiment Station about two decades ago. It lists bermuda and centipede among the older grasses and urges readers to consult their county agent for lawn plans or renovations.
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Ular
Far East
D. G. Starkie
API Experiment Station
Teacher Mrs Camp to Lead Geraldine School Next Year
A fourth grade teacher from Cotaco, Mrs Camp, holding a master's in elementary education, will move to Geraldine school to teach next year after studying at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn. Mt Etna in Sicily has erupted violently eighty times in recorded history. Workable razors have been of flint shell and shark's tooth.
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Riverside
River
Lisside
Annabel Wright
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Mt. Etna
Sicily
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