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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1950
Page
2
In TRIN KLEVAR residents two Rum ween signs mark dawn at 4 Hane Dain 602 Lenz Reach. A crafted figure uses five inch pointed laths attached to a stand to pierce soil, creating a garden sculpture. Mrs Flair calls the activity fun and inexpensive, inviting others to cut out patterns and wooden decorations for yard watering and sundry weather-ready display.
A gardening pamphlet touts pelletized seeds and peat rich in nitrogen for strong growth. It lists vegetables such as lettuce onion tomato carrot broccoli cabbage and peppers along with flowers including calendula larkspur sweet peas and wallflowers. The guide notes ten tomatoes as most successful when using pelletized seeds.
An older style guide extols carnations for fragrance and versatility in Long Beach gardens and indoors. It covers growing from seed or plant, care, watering, light soil, and pest notes, with examples of varieties and bloom care tips for cut flowers and boutonnieres.
Mrs. J. S. Cow offers simple guidance on early American style dining nooks. Pen shelves and hanging pots are common features. The note highlights practical use and period-accurate touches for small dining spaces.
Pattern number 225 offers a full size alphabet numbers for wood or metal signage with cutting guides for frames. Priced at 23 cents, orders go to Workshop Pattern Service Long Beach Tre s Telegram Ledford Hill New York 6141 Paxton. The article notes a kitchen redesign by the Cawleys with a shelf rack above the stove for copperware and handy storage.
A chemical praised in the Journal of Economic Entomology as the most effective ant killer ever tested proves powerful against aphids in Southland trials. It dissolves the aphid wax jacket, kills aphids and insects that feed on them, and can affect pests days or weeks later via residues on their feet. On roses the spray targets aphids, rose weevil, rose beetle, and rose worm, with tests in Compton 1949 showing two to three applications offer spring and year‑long control.
A caliginous tale explains the cacomistle or ring tailed cat as a swift climber and night hunter in the California foothills. Miners once tamed one to curb mice, noting its size, coat, and clever climbing, though it can bite when unsettled.
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