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SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1950.Parakeets Arc Family Pets. V .. rff C V ••• • •■• *»i f•‘My name is Timmy Knicbes. You’ro sweet!** the pet parakeet of the Milton Kniebes family chirps to Mrs. Kniebes as he perches on her shoulder. ,“Timm}'* is one of about 50 of the Australian birds which the Knicbes family has raised since last fall.(HeraId-Press photo.)iThe Milton Kniebes family at The family visited an aviai[)8 Niles ave. is finding the rais- wheie there were 1 000 parakeet of parakeets an engrossing' and the lack of any odor is wha^ If fit! 14 %bbv{‘•sold’’ them on parakeets as pel* ‘Thnv nrr* nnr* net*, nhnnh whin!Last fall, the Kniebeses visited! ‘They are one pec about whic!' I « • * f * « a mRev. L. E. Buigess, foimer pas-5the neighbors can't complain,” Mrsirst Evangelical United Kniebes stated.of the First ’ethren church, at Elkton and Me attracted to the parakeets he ts raising. fThey came back to St. Joseph th two parakeets and now have out 50, with young they have ised as well as others they have .rchascd.Paiakeets, Mrs. Kniebes explain-, are Australian birds, which are t to be confused with love birds.: brilliant plumage in sky blue, ua, green; chartreuse, yellow, life, mauve and purple, the para-ets make ideal pets.Their talent for mimicry and be-g able to “talk” is one of theircomplishments. However, it is onlj e male which talks and then only he is. a pet. When placed witn her biiris or mated, the parakeets ill forsake human sound and eech for their own chirping.The Kniebes family has two pets. :immy ” which belongs to 10-ar-old Valerie, has a voca-ilary of 40 words and is 10 months Timmy” is allowed the frce-of the living room and flits ppily from his cage to the cur-ns, or to a table where his pet stands and to the round mir-where he peiches upside wn and admires Inmself.Che other pet is “Skipper,” whose mam is the kitchen. Both birds ve not only won the family butBride-To-B♦ 4ELEAXORA LAMBCRTinger ” its eight-year-old . docr o*LOAir. and Airs. II. T. Lambert o 2735 Bayside dr., St. Peteisbuig Fla., and 521 State su, announcij the engagement and approaching“rides” the birds on his back, marriage of their daughter, Elea- m » • 1 1 i — * vihe other birds are housed m in the basement of the Knie-home. They play games, fight ween themselves, or swing hap-on some of the bars Air. Knie-has built in the cages, fhe mating pairs are kept sepa-with entrances to the nest where the eggs are hatched, eggs are about the size of mar-The Kniebeses allow only six the eight eggs laid twice yearly mature at one time, believing it stronger birds will be produced, t takes two weeks for the tiny ds to feather out and they arc Dwed to leave the nest box, which filled with cedar shavings, at e weeks.vlrs. Kniebes stated that para-its have a life span of 20 years.nora Margaret, to Stanley Norma Larsen, oldest vn of Alis Con stance Larsen, 3530 Dickens ave Chicago. III.Aliss Lambeit is editorial as^fc ant for rhe Plant Publishing com pany and associate conductress o America chapter. OES * She is at active member of Twin CHv Play ere, inc., serving cn the board o , directors.. She lia\ also dircctcc plays at the ^st Methodist churci wheie she is a member of tin choir.Air. Larsen is a soloist r-l St. Jarnc Episcopal church in Chicago, c which he is a member He has alsr been soloist in many of lhe churches on the Chicago northwest side■ i^c 15 a member of liic Tiue c*u€intciested have*they become in. lodge No. 904 AF and AM and n birds that Air. and Mrs. Kniebes| in the maintenance and opeumon-re joined the American Budgcree e correct name for parakeets; iety.Barbara and Kay, their other two, ^ ighters, are also interested in the|Methodist churchds and help with the feeding,’ ich consists of a mixture of oalsJdivision of the sanitary dUmct o Chicago.The date for the wedding baboon set for July 22 at the FirjtJO ENTER NAVYSCI1 UA fl Uit.tUUH* vr* vuvu,. ^let canary seed, gravel and cut-| Donald Bor Ion. son o* mis. doio-bone. The birds are also treated}thy Borton, 1005 Alicmgan me. will parakeet seed and millet sprayJleave tomorrow for Chicago townlei ich is soaked in water for 48‘the U. S. navy. He was giac.uoicd irs and then hung in the cages a week ago fiom St. Joseph mgri the birds to pick at. I school. _
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