CLUB BRIEFS Ladies Auxiliary Sets Installation Of New Officers The Ladies Auxiliary to V.F.W. Post 7288 will install a new slate of officers Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m. at the post in Calabash. Katherine Bachmann is the in coming president, succecding Flor ence Cook. Other officers arc as follows: El len Oellcrich, senior vice president; Ann Flash, junior vice president; Dot Hoffman, treasurer; Kay Kicl basa, conductress; Margaret Keller, guard; Florence Cook, three-year trustee; Catherine Corrick, two-year trustee; Jean Fategoni, one-year trustee; Katherine Soenichson, sec retary; 'Katherine Sommcrs, patriot ic instructor; Joan McMahon, chap Iain; and Mary Benes, public rela tions. The club will hold its monthly covered dish dinner for members and friends May 1 1 at 6 p.m. DAR Workshop Set Two county chapters will be rep resented at a District IX workshop to be held May 13 by the North Carolina Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Among those attending the ses sion at Trinity Conference Center on Bogue Banks will be members of the William Gause Chapter in Shallotte and the Brunswick Town Chapter at Soulhport. Chapter officers, committee chair men and members will make plans for the coming year. Flowers Are Theme "Say It With Flowers" is the theme of the North Myrtle Beach Christian Women's Club May 16 buffet luncheon at the Surf Club, 1701 Springland Lane, North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The luncheon is from 12 noon to 2 p.m. and costs S8. Featured on the program will be a sweater fashion show, music by lo cal soloist Judy Glymph and a talk by Barbara Fain of Dunwoodie, Ga. She is a former model and the wife PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Married 40 Years Gary and Alfa Carr of H olden Beach celebrated their 40th anni versary with a pot-luck dinner for friends and neighbors given by their three children, Steve, Mike and Debbie, and their families. The Cam were married in Santa Maria, Calif, on April 28, 1951. of a U.S. Air Force colonel. A free nursery will be provided at Lakeside Baptist Church. Reservations and cancellations arc required for the luncheon and nursery. In the South Brunswick Islands area, call Louise Blizard, 579-2562. Right To Life Meets The Brunswick County Right to Life chapter meets Monday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at Shallottc Commun ity Chapel on N.C. 130 cast, Hoidcn Beach Road. A presentation will be given on new events, said Jean Barber, co chairman. More information is available from her at 579-6623. Roads Are Topic A Whiteville historian, John Mc Neil, will be the guest speaker when the Brunswick County Historical Socicty meets Monday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Concord United Methodist Church fellowship hall. McNeil will discuss the origin of the road system, said Lottie Lud lum, secretary. The public is invited. Committee Elects Officers The Hoidcn Beach Bcautification Committee has elcctcd Margaret Vasco as its chairman for the com ing year. Other officers arc as follows: Jane Stcorts, vice chairman: Rachel Harmon, sccrctary-trcasurcr; Norma Swartz, typist; Elizabeth Tandy, publicity chairman; Fran Vogt, bro chure chairman; Marian Brcecc, work and water committee chair man; Virginia Dovcl, fence decorat ing committee chairman; Jane Stcorts, Yard of the Month chair man; and Rose Smith, Donna Mc Gcc, Harriet Hart, Rachel Harmon, Adline Broadnax, Laurie Webb and Martha Padgett, zone captains. The committee will celebrate its summer break at a May 16 lun cheon at Lockwood Folly Golf Course clubhouse. The committee's current project is landscaping of the fire substation property. The first stage of the Groundcover An Alternative To Grass BY C. BRUCE WILLIAMS Extension Area Turf Specialist Dear Plant Doctor: I have had it with grass. Please tell me what 1 can use instead of grass in my yard. 1 have a sandy soil with areas that range from full sun to fairly heavy shade. Help! Answer: Groundcovers, mulch, brick, williams concrete and as phalt (in that order). Seriously, groundcovers or mulch are probably your best bet. There are hundreds of species of groundcover that can be used in the coastal plains of the Carolinas. Some of my favorites are English Ivy ( Hedera helix), Asiatic Jasmine (trachelospermum asiaiicum), Carolina Jessamine ( Gelsemiutn sempervirens). Large Periwinkle ( Vinca major) and Wintercrcepcr Euonymus (Euonymus foriunei). Please not that (here are dozens of different varieties of these plant species. For instance, English Ivy has hundreds, maybe even thou sands, of different varieties avail able for the gardener. There are even varieties of English Ivy avail able that do not climb. Dear Plant Doctor: I have spider lilies growing in my backyard and would like to divide them. When is the best time of year to divide spi der lilies? What should I know that would help the survival of the trans planted plants? Answer: The spider lily ( Lycoris sqiiamigera) is also known as the Magic Lily, Resurrection Lily, Hardy Amaryllis or Autumn Ama ryllis. This usual flowering bulb plant produces foliage in the spring THE PLANT DOCTOR that dies back in the summer. Flowers magically appear in ihc late summer without the accompanying foliage. According to my sources, the best time of the year to propogatc Lycoris j is immediately following foliage die-back in the summer. Bi^b offsets or bulblcts will take two to three years to produce a flowering plant. Flowering bulbs are similar to other plants in their nutritional re quirements. Bulbs will do better if adequate nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are provided at planting time. Phosphorus docs not leach in the soil like other fertilizer nutri ents, so it is important to provide adequate amounts to the root sys tem. Two cups of 8-8-8 per 100 square feet of bulb bed, well incor porated into the soil, or the recom mended amount of a commercial bulb fertilizer should provide your bulbs with the start they need. Dear Plant Doctor: My wife and I would be grateful for any advice you might offer concerning our weeping fig trees. We have two and both arc approximately 6 feel tall. The problem is they exude a sticky substance which covers the carpet and anything within the circumfer ence of its branches. Is there a cure? P.S. Any suggestions for getting this sticky substance off the floors? Carpet? Mexican tile? Upholstery? Answer: The sticky substance your fig tree is exuding could be coming from several sources. The weeping fig produces a sap that is white and very sticky. Pruning the tree could produce sufficient sap to causc a mess but would not be a perennial problem. 1 suspcct your fig tree has a mealybug or similar insect infesta tion. Many insects excrete a honcy dew-like substance when feeding on plants. The solution to your sticky substance problem is to get rid of the mealybugs! One of the best treatments for mealybugs is to take your weeping fig outdoors (during warm weather) and thoroughly wash the tree with an insecticidal soap. Repeat treat ment every seven to 10 days until all mealybugs arc gone. As to removing the sticky sub stances on your floors, etc., I rec ommend you contact the county ex tension home economist. ***** For dogwood lovers, a new ver sion of the long out-of-print Grow ing and Maintaining Healthy Dog woods is available through the North Carolina Association of Nur serymen. You can obtain a free copy by writing the NCAN, P.O. Box 400, Knightdalc, N.C. 27545. Also, the Cape Fear Botanical Garden in Fayctteville is growing. The Friends of the Garden, along with Friends of the Parks and Fayctteville Parks and Recreation, will sponsor a three-day Spring Splash at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden April 19-21. Outdoor activi ties are planned for all ages. Call the Garden office at 919-486-0221 for more information. 1 hope to see you there! (Send your gardening questions to The Plant Doctor, P.O. Box 109, Bolivia, N.C. 28422.) 70% Off Gold Chains & Bracelets Mother's Day is May 12. \ Graduation Days are May 29 & 31 From $12 per gram Oa/^IsCaticC JezueCers River Run Shopping Center Hwy. 211 & Long Beach Rd., Southport 457-4407 All Major On-Premise Credit Cards Ring Sizing ^^^^Accepted & Engraving STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHER Long Bay Installs Officers lj)ng Ray Garden Club installed officers for the 1991-92 club year at the club's April meeting, as well as hearing a program on growing orchids by Robert Hassler , a local orchid grower. New officers are (from left) Retty 11 arrelson, first vice president; Kathleen Parker, secretary; Ann iMtighinghouse, pres ident; Rirdie Frink, second vice president; and Virginia Winfree, treasurer. three-stage effort has begun. ffence at the foot of the Holden nized Phyllis Noah for her help with The club has rccognizcd Judy Beach Bridge and the team erecting art for the current fence display and Bryan for seasonal designs on the the dispalys. Also, the club recog- the Yard of the Month sign. )? q j i I PHOTO CONTRIBUTED FOUR STUDENT 'SHADOWS' joined their Rotarian hosts for breakfast following a day on the job together. i,eft to right above are Suzy Moore King, Cleon Butler, James Payne, Heather Hughes, April Dowless, Allen Bellamy and Ben Robinson. 'Shadows' Get Close-Up Look At Jobs Eight West Brunswick High School students recently "shad owed" a South Brunswick Islands Rotarian for a day, getting a first hand look at a possible career field. In this traditional program for Rotary International, students arc paired with a business or profes sional person and spent the day working with them to sec what work in that field is like. The pur pose of the program, said President Milton Iossi, is to assist students in making rational vocational choiccs and to provide an incentive to stay in school and to pursue career goals. Students participating in the shadow day were Keith Wilson, April Dowless, Patrick Hughes, Heather Hughes, LcShawn McNeil, Ben Robinson, Greg Ycagcr, Da mans Bellinger and Cleon Butler. Four also accepted the club's invita tion to attend its Friday morning breakfast meeting. Their Rotarian hosts were John Fazckas, Allen Bellamy, William "Bud " Powell, Su/.y Moore King, Tony Martin, Mazie Frink, Glenn Humbcr, James Payne and A1 Laughinghouse. Billy Privette, 4-H extension agent with the Brunswick County Extension Office, assisted Payne in organizing the program. He also helped Judy Harris, guidance coun selor, in matching students and Ro tarians for the day. HI I if ' Wolfe Yard Selected STAFF PHOTO BY OOOO RUTTER The Holden Beach Beautification Committee has chosen the yard of Lillian Wolfe ( center ) of 188 Greensboro St. as yard of the month for May. The Holly Springs resident is pictured with J.W. Colder, a friend who helped with the yard work, and beautification committee representative Phyllis Moah, who did the art work on the new yard of the month sign. SAVE $ SAVE $ SAVE $ SAVE $ SAVE $ SAVE $ SAVE $ SAVE $ Mother's Day Is May 12th and We ) V\ Have a Great selection of Recliners In Stock Just For MOM! Why Wait Months For Delivery? We Have In Stock - Ready For Delivery These Items and More!!! *67 Living Room Sets *34 Sleepers *36 Dinettes and Dining Rooms *78 Recliners, Rockers and Swivel Rockers *27 Bedrooms (open stock) *Odd Chests starting at *49?? 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