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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1949
Page
6
Forty-niner and Tallyho, two new hybrid tea roses, won the National Rose Jury’s All-America Rose Selection for 1949 after two years of trials in 18 test gardens. Forty-niner features a chrome yellow bud with a rich yellow exterior and inner orient red, while Tallyho shows bi colored petals that vary by weather and location from crimson to cardinal red with pink inner shades.
Electric fences kill and injure mainly children and animals each year. The National Safety Council lists precautions including using only approved controllers with proper ground and lightning protection, not tampering, prompt repairs, child education, and clear warning signs near buildings and property lines.
Cotton likely leads all cultivated crops in attracting a great variety of insect enemies. Thousands of insects occur on every acre, with more than 100 species attacking the crop, including boll weevil, bollworm, pink bollworm, cotton flea hopper, tarnished plant bug, aphids, mites, armyworms, grasshoppers, and thrips.
Right Line for Clothes discusses best types of clothes lines, maintenance, height, and drying efficiency. It recommends a taut stationary wire and cleaning with kerosene plus wiping. suggests rope lines for easy removal and machine washing when soiled. High Compression Engines reports plans for 1949 models to reduce gasoline costs by up to 33 to 40 percent, noting higher octane fuel will be needed and initial models may not meet savings goals.
Ammonium nitrate emerges as a new fertilizer form in U S farms with mixed fertilizers starting in 1930 and top-dressing crops from 1942-43. By 1947 about 274,618 tons were used, and projections suggest over 406,000 tons in 1848. It now supplies roughly forty percent of nitrogen in all fertilizer forms.
Miss Mary A. Hopton died March 15 at age 76 in Brethren Home Neffsville Pa where she had lived since 1939. Funeral at Lancaster and burial at Salunga. Numerous local residents and relatives visited, hosted guests, and attended services. social calls and hospitality marked the following weekend across Ridgely and nearby towns.
Greensboro society items note Mrs Lida Jarrell visiting with son Linwood Jarrell and family. Baltimore’s Mr and Mrs Charles Wieneke visited friends a weekend. Miss Dorothy Swann of Wilmington stayed with her mother Mrs Georgia Swann. Rev T S Dixon was in Allentown. Claude Rawlings spent the weekend in Wilmington with daughters. Mrs Charles Bilbrough Sr returned from Washington DC. Miss Doris Karcher spent last weekend in Wilmington. Mrs Harry Karcher was in Wilmington Saturday. Mr and Mrs Smith R Simpkins of Wilmington welcomed a daughter born in Delaware Hospital on March.
Mrs. Simpkins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeth Weaver Sr. Miss Ruth Dixon from Sanford Florida and Miss Mildred Dixon from Hyattsville Maryland were weekend guests at Rev. T. S. Dixon's home along with Mr. and Mrs. James Simpson of Haddonfield New Jersey. Ruth Dixon visits Dover friends while her brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. James Simpson plan return to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Redden and their small daughter from Ridgely were dinner guests. Dr. Paul Biggers and family visit relatives in Georgia. Miss Mildred Ginn spends weekend in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson of Wilmington and Mr. and Mrs. Joiner of Ridgely and Greensboro were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bird DeFrank.
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