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ft2tBig Crowd Attends Local Amateur Flower Show;a;s)SEvelyn Dye’s Outdoor Blooms Receive Top Award1-iddikinMiss Evelyn Ann Dye's large baskets of outdoor flowers won the silver medal as the outstanding exhibit in the Newport Horticultural Society’s amateur flower show which ended Thursday night at. Aquidneck Hut. The show, termed J the society's most successful In *years, attracted so many people1that its closing time was extended from 8 o’clock to 8:30. *The Middletown 4-H All-American Club won the silver medal for 4-H exhibits. In the Newport County garden club still life contest, the Seaside Garden Club (Mrs. John T. Sheehan, president, exhibitor) won first place; Portsmouth Garden Club (Mrs. B. Earl Anthony) second, and Jamestown's Quononquit Garden Club (Mrs. A. Leroy Greason), third.* Mrs. Edith Matthews received a certificate of culture for a Japanese grape ivy. Mrs. Elizabeth McCrohan and Mrs. Violet Lawrence each won seven classes.Prize WinnersWinners were:Rubber plant. Frances Wright, Mrs. Edith Matthews; three* vari-gatefl foliage plants, MJss Eileen Jeanes; specimen aspiddistra, Miss Nellie McCarthy, Mrs. Margaret Gough; three vases perennials-., Mrs. Violet Lawrence, Mrs. Concetta L-ozita*, three vases annual asters, gladioli flowering red, pink and white, vase gladioli any other col-J ors, gladioli arranged for effect,decorative red dahlJahS, seven classes, Mrs. Violet Lawrence.Six foliage plants, •six flowering plants, vase gladioli primulinus plnlc, three vases annuals, gladioli imulinus aranged for effect, decorative dahlia pink, miniature dahlia pink, seven classes, Mrs. Elizabeth McCrohan.Vase gladioli, flowering, Betty Sherman, Mrs. Lawrence; vase gladioli prlmulimus, not red, white or pink, Betty Sherman, Mrs. I. T. Sherman; centerpiece of gladioli George Dye, Mrs. Violet Lawrence; basket of gladioli arranged for effect, Mrs, Edith Matthews, Evelyn Anne Dye.Outdoor Flower*Outdoor flowers, Mrs. .Tames A. Easton (asters). Mrs. Jacob Menzi, Mr?. Easton (zinnias); centerpiece of outdoor flowers, Betty Sherman, Evelyn Anne Dye; basket of outdoor flowers, Evelyn Anne Dye, Mrs. Jacob Mensl, Mrs. Chester L.Wood.Centerpiece of dahlia, Evelyn Dye, George Dye; basket of dahlias, Evelyn Anne Dye, Mrs. Edith Matthews; sldetable arrangement of outt-door flowers, Mrs. Jacob Menzi, Mrs. B, Earl Anthony, Mrs. Joseph X. O’Brien.Large display of outdoor flowers, Miss. Evelyn Anne Dye, George Dye; collection of zinnias, Mrs. Gordon D, Oxx: lilies. Mrs. John T. Sh9ehan, Mrs. Jacob Menzi; single dahlia, Mrs. Gordon D. Oxx; pom pom dahlia, Mrs. James A. Easton.Wild flowers, Mrs. Concetta Lozl-to; cabbage, Mrs. Edith Matthews, Mrs. Margaret Gough; lettuce, Gordon D. Oxx; onions, Mrs. Jacob Mer.2l, Gordon Oxx; peppers. Gordon Oxx, Mrs. Concetta Lozito; tomatoes, Mrs. Flora Livingston,MURPHYTelephone 321NCE SALE r MerchandiseTwo Newport Sergeants Returning From KoreaTwo Newporters are among Army troops who are returning to the United States from Korea.Sgt. Raymond W. Shirley of SS Evans St. served with the 180thRegiment of the 45th Infantry Division. Shirley, a postal clerk inthe Service Company, received the U. N. and Korean Service Ribbons during his 13 months of Korean duty. He entered the Army in January. 1949.Miss Nellie McCarthy; corn, Mrs. Jacob Menzi, Mrs. Edith Matthews; string beans, Miss. Nellie McCarthy, Mrs, Margaret Gough.Vegetables Lima beans, Mrs, Margaret, Gough, Mrs. Edith Matthews; potatoes, Mrs. Edith Matthews, in memory of Mrs. Ommo Klnrlcha; carrnt.s, Mw. Edith Matthews, Mrs. Concetta Lczito; beets, Mrs, Edith Matthews, Mrs. Margaret Gough; six vegetables, Mrs. Jacob Menzi, Mrs. Margaret Gough, Miss Nellie McCarthy; 12 vegetables, Mrs. Jacob Menzi, Mrs, .Flora Livingston, Gordon Oxx.4-H Club, vegetables, Middletown All-American and Middletown 4-H Seniors, blue; Portsmouth 4-H Seniors and Tiverton Farm and Home Club, red; flowers, Little Compton Club and Portsmouth Seniors, both blue.4-H Club members.: Insect control, Carol Franklin and Bradford Flney, both blue ribbons; vegetable, Raymond Caseelra, blue, Anthony Soares, red, Joseph DeArruda, white flowers, June Knceland, Jean Tolderlund, Barbara LyDn, blue, Barbara Wardell and Manuel Arru-da, red.Monochrome Arrangement*Ping monochrome arrangement, Mrs. John O’. Sheehan, Mr s. Edward Ravne, Mrs. Mary M-aher; TomThumb, Mra. Joseph Dorfleln, MissMargaret Cummings, Mrs. HaroldTwigg.Artistic arrangement, Mrs. Alfred Pierce. Mrs. Chestcr L. Wood. Mrs. Patrick Curran; line arrangements, Miss Margaret Cummings, Miss Louise Benson, Mrs. Joseph X. O'Brien.Specials: African violets, Mrs.Frank O’Connor, Miss Eileen Jeanes; Xoverty arangements, Leo-nere Karchsr in memory of Mrs. Hinrichs; blackberries-, Gordon D. Oxx, Leonore Karcher In memory c£Mrs. Hinrichs; three muskmelons. Gordon D. Oxx, Nicholas DiMauro, Eleanor Benson, Eileen Jeanes, Vil-ma Wright, John Thompson, (three awards); special awards Patricia A. Curran, Mrs. Margaret Gough, Mrs. Harold Twlgg, Mrs. James A, Easton, Susan Hall Brown, Mrs. Concetta Lozito, Rocky Farm Girl Scout Camp, Mrs. Edith Matthews.Children’s miniatures, Ann Rua-seK, Ann IValS’h. Joan Shea; specimen fern, Mrs. Edith Matthews.! OOt-M a -s 2 t.WE C3S SS M’S ES.?, SC. g £ S S 9
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Newport Daily News
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