Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Jul 1929, p. 41

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================r===============~~~==~~==-================== RETURN FROM EAST ...J!!!!!!!f Bud Haskins of \ Vin net ka and Erll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cullen of \Vilmette · have motored to F s Garden Talks (,Cont1'ibutt·tc- by lrilmrtt c Garden Club) July 12, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE ' 41 A few years ago, a strong, beautiful vine grew about the trunk of one of our . trees. A similar vine grew alon~ ~ back fence. In the \\·oods near us, several tree trunks were covered with the same vine. It was an attractive thing-that there were three lcavl:s on a stem· did not occur to us. One day a friend \\"ho was looking at our garden saw the vine on the tree. "Do you knO\\' that :vou ha \·e poison iq· growing on your tree ?" she asked. \r e were attached to the vine and disinclined to belieye her. But she was right- it was poi on iYy. Feeling as if \\"C \\'ere destroying a friend, we cu.t it off at the ro(]t. The ire . h looking lea\ es withered at once. The plant ne,·er grew again. ~1 am· oi our \·ards have "nison in· in them . Along railroad a~· enU(~ bt:-t\reen Isabella and Greg-ory, it grows at random along the \\·alk. It is a prett\· vine and in the fall has brilliant coloring. People gathering autumn leaves sometimes earn· home a fe\\' graceful sp rays \\· hos~ Jeayes are a little brighter than the others, and learn too late that it is poison in·. One aut lwrit ~· tells of various ~·ay s of killing the pest.:\~; it spreads underground. it is not alwan a~ ea~w ~1 matter a:-; we iound it. \\·hen \\'C me-rch· cut the \"inc at its root. One wav destroying the i\·y. that he mentions is to spra.\· the vines frequent!,· with kerosene or gasoline. Another wa\· i:-; to cut the plants close to the ground and coYer the ground above the roots with hean· tar paper. Another wav is to dig up -the pfant and keep a careiul \\'atch for new plants that may at ,pear in the same place. or near. Among <;hemicals used to destrov the iv\·, he n;entions arsenate of soda, sulj)ha.te of iron, sulphuric acid, and sodium chlorate. California. They are visiting Dean Farley in Pasadena. Dean Farley lived in Kenilworth this past year with his aunt and uncle. :\fr. and ~[rs. \V. A. Kn l.·np. \\'llile attending ~ ew Trier. 1 R T 8 MORTGAGES Constructt·on Loans E c 0 : Eatabliahecl 1889 618 Grove SL Greenleaf 5600 Read the Want Ads U\IWlMMI\Ili\IU\J 11\IU\1\l\IV\IVV lSSJ ln [Jlencoe Jes Skokie RJdge of I":_ ~I iss Dorothv Darling, daughter n f Mr. and 1f rs. Ira C. Darling of 25o Kenih\·orth avenue, has returned from Ogontz school in Philadelphia to :;pend the summer with her parents. }.f iss Darling was met in Philadelphia ln· her nH,ther. ~hs. Darlin g, ancl her .·ister. Tane. From there the,· went to Atlantic Cit\· and to Ne\Y York for a few claY . s. '_r ane Darling will return with Dorothy to Ogontz in Septemh{'r. M rs . Herrv Yissning oi 257 Kenil\\'Orth a\·cntt<', KenihYtll(h. hrts had :1.=' her .(!lle:->ts the' past \\·eck. ~frs. G. K. \\'ordrn and her three daughters nf Alton, Ill. Friday-. ] uly 5. the party made an air tom to Lake Gcne\'a, starting from Chicrt fYO and returning \\·ithin t\\·o hours. 1'he t-rip was ver\' interesting to all of them as the~' could disting-uish many of the places on the north shore. -0- -o- When one wants -a new home, _,convenieat suburban 'life, -congenial surroundings, -excellent property value .. Mrs. 0. R. Clark of Louis\'ille. J(y., is the house guest of 1frs. A. ]. DeBerard. 1220 'Greenwood avenue, for ab0ut two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. DcBerard also have their son and daughter- in -la\\' ·and their children. ~I r. and Mrs. Philip E. DeBerard and Philip. Jr., and Jeanne, of Louisville, visiting them for two weeks. SKOKIE .1\IDGE Representative Always on Property -oM iss Mary Gillette, 533 Roslyn road, Kenilworth spent the week-end of July 5 with Mrs. Alfred McDougal. Miss Gillette is the financee of Mrs. McDoug-al's son, Alfred. Miss Gillette is now staving with her f~ther, Milton Noble Gi11ette, in Evanston. -oMrs. Charles F. Southward. 30() Oxford road, Kenilworth, has as her ~uest. her sister, Mrs. B. B. Watson of Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Watson expects to be here in Kenilworth about two weeks. BAIRD & WARNER Office: 107 Skokie Ridge Drive, Glencoe Directions: West on Park Ave., Glencoe to Bluff St., North to Dundee Rd., West to Skokie Ridge Entrance. Phones: Glencoe 1554--Briargate 1855 IU\IWV\AMMI\MMMMMIWlMIUUVWUV\1\MJ\IUUU . Jj

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