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VttW GMOfll 1,1! Jaffa What* new? Many of my reader* hove beard about, and some may have used gibbereUic acid ter the hormone effect it baa on plant growth. For this report, credit is due the Amdal Division of Abbott Labora tories Os Ventura, California, and Farm Technology of Willoughby, Ohio. GibbereUic acid is a very unusual compound in that it is not produced by synthetic processes. It is produc ed by a deep culture fermentation of a fungus, Gibberella fujikouri, first discovered in Formosa in 1926 It is a natural growth hormone and has less toxicity than many of the so-called non-toxic chemicals. A few examples will serve to in dicate the type of research being conducted by the Abbott Labora tories and some of the plant re sponses that have been observed to date. Lemon trees have responded with larger green fruit suitable ter stor ing and marketing as fresh lemons and a decrease in small yellpw lemons which must be processed into juice. There has also been a delay in harvest time so that the peak production will come closer fllay Father Ghristmas smile on you • ‘ with blessings bountiful * Do Your Christmas Shopping at Thomas; the Store of Courteous Service! THOMAS FOOD MARKET Swain & Hargett Sts. Raleigh, N. C. sA JOYftiio'^wßSfljM: it JL. 9 - - ■Mflur > I U9w 8 j-.f i*'. Met Um Mends of Christmas... loppy children’* iMfhttr, crackling fancy fires, street ringing hells—compose s carol hi yoer heart. 121x6 -uFom, 1 f^WES W WU/ 1401 Downtown Blvd. OPE.V MOXDAT KITE TIL • Dial 828-5741 \ ■ *-&•- >. ■ : ■ . •• ■ • » _ * to peak sale* months in the sum mertime. In the field of breed ing. gibbereUic add has been used to induce bolting (formation of seed stalk) in lettuce. hi Florida, gibberelUn has been used to induce sprouting In newly harvested Irish potatoes. The stimu lation from the hormone has tha ef fect of by-passing the normal rest period necessary to induce sprout ing. In New York and Michigan it has been found that treatment of sour cherry trees infected with a virus disease can be made productive a gain. In Washington gibbereUin treated sweet cherry trees have produced firmer fruit ail'd better color. The ripening Os the fruit has also been delayed which ex tends the marketing season. Yield increases have been observed on corn and a larger boll set on cot ton. Other studies are being conduct ed with strawberries, grapes, to bacco and ornamental crops such as roses, camellias and others. This is a brielf progress report for your information and not a recommendation that you treat everything around the house HOW CHRISTMAS CAME INTO BEING Our Holiday Season with its joyous feeling nixed with religious observance intrigues many as to its be* ginning. Os course there are many legends §nd interpre tations concerning the origin of Christmas, its name and why we celebrate it during December. Much time and study were given to establish a reasonable date and answers to give us the Christmas we now enjoy. The fourth century is as far as clerical researchers and lay scholars can go, into history, to pinpoint the observance of our traditional Christmas, However, the custom of a Christinas festival was already established dating back from previous eras. The word Christmas began as •'Christ’s Mass” or from old English “Christes Masse*' or the Maas of the Christ. And it was St. Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, who strived to set up a universal day of observance from its regular spring celebration. The good bishop was granted permis sion by Pope Julius I to appoint leading theologians of the time to determine, as accurately as they could, the date of Christ’s nativity. Having discovered many dis crepancies and contradictions in astrological and astro nomical calendars for the accurate celebration of Christ’s Mass, the Church set the 25th of December for this joyous holiday. So, since the year of 352 AD. to this present day, the Saviour’s birth has been observed. But, to this day, in some foreign countries, the festival of Christmas still occurs on many different dates. Members of the Ortho dox religion, such as the Russian, Greek and Ukrainian commemorate Christmas on the 6th of January. In most European countries, December 6th is the dsy chosen to to mark the beginning of the long and happy season. On The Home Front (Items this week from Frank lin, Chowan, and Edgecombe Counties.) REUPHOLSTERS FURNITURE Mrs. Ruth High, a young home maker of Spring Hope, Rt. 1, found it would cost more to have a sofa reupholstered than the original cost of the piece of furniture. Mrs. Margaret Baldwin, home economies agent, say* several neighbors living In the Frank lin County community were in vited to Mrs. High’s to attend a workshop. And Mrs. High reports that tha cost ot the completed sola only *9. Now two of the neighbors are planning to upholster their sofas before the holidays. ACHIEVEMENT PKUOKAM Mrs. Pat tie Fayton was selected as the most outstanding Home Demostralion Club member in Chowan County and was recogniz ed at the achievement day program. Mrs. Onnle Charlton, home economics agent, says the wo men were Judged on their par ticipation in (he loom Home Demonstration program; sup port of county, state, and dis trict activities; their leadership ability and aceempUshments. Others vieing for the honor were Mrs. Rose Overton, Mrs. Helen Parka, Mrs. Mattie Jordan, Mrs. Minnie Summers, Mrs. Jessie Bad ham, Mm. Rhodia Roberts, Mrs. Carrie V. Brown and Mrs Cleo White. MAKE YOUR OWN BEDSPREADS Homemakers In Edgecombe Toast 'for breakfast has becomo an American standard. But it s de licious at other times of the day, too—as a bedtime snack, for ex ample. For promoting sweet dreamt, try this suggestion; toast enriched bread slices on one side only under the broiler. Spread the untoasted side with a combination of butter, brown sugar, chopped nuts and nutmeg or butter, honey and grated orange rind. with gibbereUin. It seems apparent that this natur al hormone, properly used, holds much promise in helping solve our ever-increasing needs for food and fiber. County have started making their bedspreads aa a result as a workshop by Mrs. Genevieve Greenlee, heme eeenemlm Ex tension specie HH, Mrs. Hazel Parker, home econom ics agent, says IS women worked on three spreads during the workshop. Now the Chib members are re questing workshops for their local club members. «► May all your roads lead, you to Christmas: to cherished hearts, to oheerful hearth., to spirit's strength, with the “blessing or the joyous Season* Serving Raleigh & Wake County For 81 Years «. S. TUCKER A BUMS.. I.\C. 112 EL Hargett St. Raleigh, N. C. TE 2*2563 Over 1,000 Jam Auditorium To Hear Winston-Salem Choir WINSTON-SALEM Over 1.000 persons jammed Fries Auditorium Sunday December 13, to hear the Winston-Salem State CoUege choir, under the diection of Dr. Jamee A. Dillard, present its annual Christ mas concert. Campus students, city students, city residents and visitors from neighboring cities and states came to hear tha singers per form. Their applause during the program and their words after it indicated that they thoroughly en joyed what they saw and heard. As « members es the ekeir ■sag wth veleee Uhe them es the angels who song at the tint Christmas. Bkahl with the X TO OUR FINE CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS! . EDENTON ST. CLEANERS 902% E. Edenton St Raleigh 832-8105 haraaay and sweetness es the vetoes was the heaetlfslly ar ranged background seen* es the Nativity am e starlight night. All seme depleted the Vir gin Mary and Child with e seph and tha angels watching aver them. Fereene In the na tivity scene Included Oraetta Bearers as Mary and James Smith as Joseph, and Freda E. Paige and Rachel Utile at High ting the works presented on program was Bach's “Motet No. 0." a lively piece done in German with exclamations ot praise to God and many alleluias. RALEIGH. N. Cm SATURDAY, P******* * *** Featured- as soloists in various selections were: Madelyn Guilford, soprano for ’ ' - WWfPjlll .. 'rtK# v -; Ml» Y ■ : r • ’ $ V. ■ • -t* ®\ T -1-^ v ... threshold of a bright new yecur. MILES II SHOE SHOP 219 S. Wilmington St 832-005 tra Eaten.MteAltiMfo Johnnie Jones, •***■* *■»"** item Mcom. mm. NtJEg**- weld's -IBe CTiiIHW jET The CterifoMUi WdWrggy eanoter. Resort V jßjfeg; *Mho tiegtiV, - 19
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