i Harold Younkcr: .ison Mulch 1 Stevenson, THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN PAGE THIRTEEN DECEMBER 5. 1951 Z, myfield Vl.l. Annual Meeting g annual meeting of the 15 women's Institute was me home of Mrs. warfield on October 29 with. the presi- O". in the chair. dc;-he meeting opened by singini: node". followed by repeating "” ..C,,ed-- in unison and il :,',lf,,..,e.s answered the roll call by wing membership dues. u Minutes of the previous mec ml .1 last annual meeting were read M proved. and business period RT: .555 Committees gave their !" gm '.....i new ones were an- mlnted as follows: 1!” new myappolntedl; sick,Mrs. Fllcai: Orr ands rs. D. Johnston: M1 h Mrs. Eddy Cole. Mrs. Blair ”'"j,.;,. in make chocolate syrup A" the school children for No- lornber 31.20 was paid in for ma- tsrm i,.,..ght, and the secretary . med having paid 38.24 for L3,... supplies. Mrs. Warflcld on- donated a box of fruit. ' The election of officers followed President, Mrs. David Johnston: .,.ce.pi-ealdent. Mrs. Willard Mac- Donald: secretary. MTS- Wlllafd Nicholson: auditors. Mrs. Mlllkf on; and Mrs. Blair Andrew: ill- rectnrs Mrs. Warileld Orr. Mr!- Eddy cnie, and Miss Pearle Nich- oiillrrls Blair Andrew was appoint- ee Red Cross convener for the Coming year, and Mrs. Willard MacDonald to have charge of re- membering the sick in the district The secretary was asked to write the Red Cross society for material to be made UP- Tiic president thanked the mem- hers for their cooperation during me past year, and it was then an- nounccd the December meeting would be at the home of Mrs. David Johnston. with roll to be mswe.-ed by exchange of Christ- mas gifts. Meeting closed by sing- ing "0 Canada". Lunch was served by the committee in charge. North lliver w.i. Annual Meeting The amiual meeting of the North River Women's Institute uls held at the home of Mrs. Harry Scott on Monday,Novembei' 1'"? my!!! held Il- Gth. ll'l'.ll ilic president in the chair The meeting opened with the "Ode". followed by "Creed". and sixteen members answered the roll call by paying their dues. One new member was welcomed. Minutes of the last annual and regular monthly meetings were mid and approved. The president then thanked the members for their cooperation during the year, after which the secy.-treasure: gave it very successful financial report. showing money raised from rink cant:-on. collections. etc. with a balance of 0188.82 on hand. During the year the Institute repaired the horse shed, sent gifts to the sick and boys overseas, and contributions to the various or- ganizations. Mrs. Sterling McKin- non and Mrs. Roy Bruce were ap- pointed to buy and send 'gifts to two of the boys in the service. Reports of school committees and correspondence were then . discussed. Election of officers then took place and resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Sterling McKin- non: vice-president, Miss Elinor Younker; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. auditors, Mrs. Clayton Stevenson and Mrs. Rob- ert Vickeraon: directors. re-ap- poinved: Red Cross Convener, Mrs. R. wiieatley; sick committee. Mrs. P. Jewell and Mrs. Robert Vicker- son; and school committee, Mrs. Bruce Macxlnley and Mrs. Keir Warren. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Fulton Warren on Monday. Dec. Ilrd. Lunch com- mittee will be Mrs. H. Younker. Mrs. Sterling Mcxinnon, Mrs. Ed- and Mrs. Clayton Meeting adjourned and a delic- icus lunch was served by the host- els and committee in charge. Soutli-Granville w.i. Annual Meeting The members of the South Granville Womenia Institute met at the home of Mrs. Wellington Maclnnis for their annual meeting on November 7th. with the presi- 'l"ii presiding. The meeting opened by singing llle ”Ode" and repeating "Collect". Roll call was responded to by 11 members and membership fees amounted to 32.00. The minutes hi-the last meeting and the last. lnnualmeetlngs were read and ap- proved and the president gave a iery interesting address on the bencfits of the Women's Institute: Ind the services rendered by same lllveliorts by committees were men and the following were then lvliolnted: sick. Mrs. Msclnnis and Georgie 5"Wl'l: school. Mn. Morrison and "- clliliilell: lunch, Mae Buch- :iIn and Mrs.MaoInnil: program. rt. Chappell and Mrs. Maclnnis. Roll call for next meeting to be gihlwered by an exchange of ,u”'im-s lifts. and Alexandra "' klmlly invited the members glllelr home for that meeting. M 0f 33 cents and 32.91 were I; M10 Mae Buchanan and Chris- un acbcod. After which Alexan- mdlfler reported one sympathy t sent out in October and two chop hand for the next year. - risaie MacLeod was appointed I91. a new bucket for the school. treasurer reported 042.11 .0 04.00 in the birthday box. 44 in the bank. leaving hand for the you-. to hold ahbaeaar to' ave a 3. chappclra mako final ar- Ooofgta aoancra. Orwell cove Vl.I. Annual Meeting The annual and monthly meet- ing of the Orwell Cove Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. John A. MacLeod on Nov. 14. There were ten members and two visitors present. The president, Mrs. John Mac- Rae presided, and the meeting op- ened by repeating "Creed" in uni- son. Roll call was answered by members paying their annualdues. Minutes of last annual and regu- lar meeting were read and ap- proved and reports of committee: were heard. ”Thanks" were received for fruit treat, and correspondence was read and discussed. It was de- cided to send a 310.60 food pack- age to Korea, through "Care". It was also decided to send to Red Cross for l,000 cod liver oil cap- sulea. After a lengthy discussion on a school library. members decided to get some information from an ex- pcricnced carpenter regarding ma- terial and cost, before next meet- ing. Mrs. F. E. Rooney invited members for the December meet- log. with the roll call to be an exchange of Christmas gifts. also two articles for the Orphanages. Entertainment committee will be Mrs. James Rooney and Mrs. Wil- fred MacLean. ,The retiring presi- dent gave a fine address on the years work. followed by the sec- retary treasurcr's report. which showed a balance on hand of 3161.46. The newly appointed officers for the coming year are as fol- lows: President: Mrs. Walter MacLeod. Vice-President: Mrs. Ernest Mac- Le'od. Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. D. M. MacDonald. Directors: Mrs. John MacRac Mrs. Edison MacLcan and Mrs, James Rooney. Auditors: Mrs. Ernest MacLeod and Mrs. Wilfred MacLcan. Sick Committee: Mrs. John Mac- Rae and Mrs. John A. MacLeod. School Committee: Mia Thelma MacDonald. , b 310.00 was voted for school prizes and the meeting then adjourned. Mrs. Edison MacI..can and Mrs Ernest MacLeod entertained the group with an interesting program. Prizes were won by Mrs. Gerald Rooney and Miss Matilda Map- Donald. Thc hostess served delicious re- freshments and a pleasant social hour followed. West Govehead W.l. Annual Meeting The sixth annual meeting of the West Covchead women's Institute was held at the home of Mas Al- bert Read on Nov. 6th with eight- een mcmbers and two visitors present. "rhe meeting opened with the "Ode" and "Creed" and roll call was answered by paying mem- bership fees. Minutes of the .last regular and annual meetings were read and adopted. The retiring president, Mrs. Miller Beairsto, gave a pleasing report of the year's work, and thanked the members for their co-operation during that time. The treasurer, Mrs. J. 5. Allan gave the financial report for the year as follows: Receipts 3201.15; expenditures 3169.82; balance 381.23. The Red Cross convener an- nounced the following work had been completed: Seven drcsses,onv: sweater, one pr. mittens, one pr. pyjamas, four nightdruses. and two pr. stockings. one layette is nearly completed. After sofne discussion it was cic- cided to have an auction sale of aprons and other articles at the next meeting which is to be held at the home of Mrs. Wilfred Mc- Donald. Mrs. Gldeoii McLauchlant.'iank- ed the members for flowers and a card of thanks for fruit was re- celved from Mrs. Lloyd Bell. A suggestion was made and ac- cepted that iii the future the In- stitute present a college class ring to any Gradex student who pass- c:. the entrance examinations. The following are the officers elected for the coming year: Pre- sident. Mrsuljlibberi; Hughes; vice- president, Mrs. Ramsay Auld; sec- retary, Mrs. Albert Reed: treasur- er. Mrs. James Allan; Red Cross convener, Mrs. Ira McDonald: auditors and directors were re- elected. New commlttees appointed were as follows: sick. Mrs. Frank Hughes and Mrs. Bernard Maye; school, Mrs. Walter McLurc and Miss Florence McMillan. Roll call for next meeting to be answered by an article for the auction sale. After a delicious lunch had been served by the hostess, the meeting closed with the National Anthem. . Chrissie MacLeod. Mae Buchanan and Lois Abbott to look after the program for the bazaar. Alexandra Kier and Mrs. Mor- rison were appointed scrutineers for the election of officers which resulted as follows: rresldent-Mrs. Stirling Corbett (re-elected). Vice-president-Mrs. Sheldon Ab- bolt. Secretary-Alexandra Kier. Treasurer-Mrs. Wellington Mac- Innis (re-elected). Auditors-Chrissie MacLeod and Lois Abbott. Directors-Mrs. Morrison. Mrs. Abbott. and Georgia Somera. Card committee-Mu. Ohappell. Collection amounted to 65 cents and the secretary was asked to write I letter of thanks to all those who donated to the bazaar. The meeting closed by alnslnl the National Anthem. after which Winner of every golf award in the Treton and district book this season, Miss Lottie Nldd9l':)' of Trenton, 0nt.. is shown with Just a few of the trophies and cups she captured. Miss Niddery had as many more to carry away. lireenvale W.l. Annual Meeting . . ' The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Greenvale Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. John Matheson on Nov. 13th with the president, Mrs. B. Won- nacoit presiding. Roll call was responded to by five members and three visitors were present. The minutes of the last annual and last regular meet- ings were read, approved and signed. The president gave a short re- port on the years work, and the financial statement was given by the secretary Treasurer. showing receipts (including balance from last year) 371.04. Expenditures- S4907, leaving a balance on hand of 822.77. The various committees gave their reports. It was decided to get the Nat- ional Film Board to come to the school in the latter, part of Nov- ember and also to have a sale of linzches and bazaar articles the same evening. Officers elected for the coming year were as follows:--Presldent- Mrs. B.. Wonnacott; (re-elected) Vice-President Mrs. s. B. Spence: (re-elected). Secretary- Treasurer-Mi's. Sam Sllliphant: Auditors-Mrs. J. lllatheson and Mrs. Walter Weeksn Directors- Mrs. Earle MacRae. Mrs. A. Car- ew and Mrs. M. MacPherson. The. following committees were appointed for three months:- School-Mrs. W. Weeks. sick- Mrs. MacRac, Mrs. Matheson and Mrs. Wbnnacott. Correspondence .was read and discussed and it was decied to then Send a food parcel to the adopted. Institute in England. Mrs. E. Mac- Rae and Mrs. S. sllliphant were appointed to take charge of this. Next place of meeting was un. lecidcd and roll call is to be "What As A Child Did You Like Most About The Xmas Season." Collection for evening was :17 cents. Meeting Closed with the National Anthem. after which a dainty lunch was served by the hostess, 355l-"ed by Mrs. B. Wonnacott. SHAMROCK W. X. The annual meeting of the shamrock Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Ambrose Mccarville on November 7th. Four- teen mcmbea answered the roll call by handing in an old decorat- ed hat tied up in a paper bag and by paying their fee of 25c. In the absence of the president the vice-president very capably performed the duties of the pres- idcnt. The school committee reported new blinds were needed for the school, also enamel for the stove pipe. Treasurer reported the amount of receipts for the five months of organization as 3195.73: expenses were 3106.24. New committees were appointed: Sick. Mrs. Aeneas Hughes, Mrs. Earnest Duffy; pro- gram, Mrs. Joseph Trainor. Mrs. Joseph Mulligan; lunch, Mrs. Alden Greenan, Mrs. Samuel Gillis, Mrs. Joseph Hagan, Mrs. Emmett Hughes. The election of officers for the coming year resulted in the fol- lowing: President, Mrs. Roderick Nicholson (re-clectedi); vlce-pres- ident. Mrs. Joseph Mulligan (re- elected): secretary-treasurer. Mrs. George Hughes: directors, Mrs. Alden Clreenan, Mrs. Lionel Cairns. auditors. Mrs. Emmett Hughes, Mrs. Joseph Trainer. A very nice letter of thanks from a member of the Institute was read by the secretary. The program consisted of ii very "charming hat parade". prizes be- lng won by Mrs. Owen Mccarville. Mrs. Joseph Trainer and Mrs. Ear- nest Duffy. Mrs. Joseph Hagan kindly invited the members to her home for the December meeting. The meeting closed by the sing- ing of "God Save The King". Following the meeting a very fine demonstration of nylon prod- "cta was displayed by Mrs. Mary Sullivan. At the close of the nylon party a delicious lunch was served by the hostess assisted by the com- mittee in charge. ROAD CIRCLES VOLCANO HONOLULU -- (Routers) - Last I section of a new 127-rnuo circular highway around a Hawaiian vol- cano has bout completed. Swing- ing completely round the base of Haleakala crater. lthe road goes along beach and fishing coast. lunch was served by the H059”! and committee. over cattle ranges and past an- cient. burial craves. : committee, Mrs. Mt. Mellick W.l. Annual Meeting The twenty-second annua1meet- ing of the Mt. Mellick Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. W. J. Mutch on Thursday. Nov. 15th. The meeting opened by the Creed in unison, and roll call was responded to by twelve members paying membership fees. The minutes of the last annual and regular meetings were read and approved and the president then thanked the members for their co-operation during the year. The treasurer gave the financial report. The Red Cross Committee re- ported that two pairs of Dylamas had been sent in, and the sick committee reported that one treat was sent. It was decided to study home nursing during the winter months. Mrs. Lodge Lane was appointed to have charge of the first lesson at the December meeting. The election of officers was as follows: President. Mrs. Edmund son: vice-president, Mrs. Richards; secretary. Mrs. Robertson; directors, Mrs. Everett Jenkins. Mrs. Lawson MacEa.ch- em, and Mrs. Jack Macliac; aud- itors. Mrs. J. E. MacEachern and Mrs. Malcolm MacRae; sick com- mittee, Mrs. Jack Macl-'tae and Mrs. Elliott Robertson; school Arnold Bruce; Red Cross committee, Mrs. Wen- dell Jones. Correspondence was read which consisted of a letter from Red Cross asking for blood donors, and one asking help in sewing and knitting. It was decided that the members make a baby's layette, and Mrs. MacEachem offered to make a dress. The member: agreed to send 521.20 to "Care" and have them send two food parcels to Instit- utes in England. Money for same to be made up by each member donating 31.00 and balance to be taken out of funds. Collection amounted to 65c. The roll call at the December meeting is to be answered by members passing in a gift for or- pha children. M,il's. Malcolm MacRae invited the members to meet at her home for the December meeting after which the meeting closed with the National Anthem. A deliciouslunch was served by the hostess. 8 f New Haven VLI. Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Haven Women's Institute held at the home of Mrs. Macxinnon. Meeting opened with Ode. fol- lowed by Creed in unison. and roll call was answered by 17 members paying membership fee. Minutes of the last annual and monthly meetings were read. Report for the year was read by secretary-treasurer as follows: Total receipts . .. Total expenses Balance . Sick committee re-ported visiting three sick, and it was decided to order two bottles of cod liver oil capsules. Roll call for next meeting is to be answered with gifts for New was Neil ly. It was then moved and second- quilt batts. and it was also decid- ed to knit an article for the Or- phanages for the next meeting. llunter River NJ. Annual Meeting meeting of Hunter River Women's Institute was held at Mrs. J. R. Murchison: members paying annual dues. with the Institute Ode, foltowed the minutes of the previous meet. lng and the last annual meeting, were read and adopted. sented to assist the secretary wltli The following ladies were named to provide refreshments for same: Mrs. Burns. Mrs. Frank Bagnall, Mrs. Emmett Bernard and Mrs. C. H Mccluigan. Boyle were asked to take care of tickets at the door. The membe also decided to send a. member to attend short course in dramatlcs. vice-president, Mrs. C. B. Mathe- son; see.-treasurer, Mrs. C.I-I. Mc- R0bHlv- Guigan; directors, Arden; Mrs. Reagh Bagnali and Mrs. J.R. Elll0tl'- Murchison; Murchison nail; social secretary, Mrs. Sher- ren. exchange of Christmas gifts for December meeting at Mrs. Reagli" Bagnall's home, and the following ladies were asked to bring refresh- ments: Mrs. Frank Bagnall, Mrs. G. B. Matheson. Mrs. J. 8. Mac- Leod and Mrs. MacKinnon. Frank Bagnall gave an excellent address. One topic emphasized in this address was the urgent neeri of concentrated effort on the part of parents and teachers to ban the sale of salacious literature now in the hands of so many of the chil- dren. years was read by the secretary, show- ing total receipts for the year end- penses 3408.56. land Health and Nutrition were thor- and a hearty vote of appreciation was extended to her. The refresh- ment commltree served lunch, as- slsted by Mrs. Murchison. of the Summer-field sub-drlvison of ember 12th. with twenty-two mem- Croken. Mrs. A. C. Hughes. chasing new surplices took place family that were burnt out rccent- the living and dead members. ed that the buying committee get ved by the hostegs um pgmggn. 5" Bpenl and discussed. playing cards. On November 5th the annual home with eleven Mrs. Frank Bagnali presided and a well as an executive meeting, Mrs. C. B. Matheson kindly con- ntries for the Shur-Gain Concert. Reagh Bagnall. Mrs. J. 8. Mr. Rcagh Bagnall and Mr. P.R. The new slate of officers elected or 1951-52 are: President, Mrs. Emmett Bernard; Mrs. J.S. Bums, auditors, Mrs. J. R. and Mrs. Frank Bag- Roll call will be answered by an The retiring president, Mrs. An itemized statement on the receipts and expenditures ing Nov., 1951, as 3570.48, and ex- Several films shown by Miss Ro- from the Department of oughly enjoyed by the members SUIWMERFIELD C. W. L. --The regular monthly meeting the Catholic Women's Lea-gue was held at the home of Mrs. Alfred Curley on Monday evening, Nov- hem and four visitors present. The meeting was opened with prayer by Father Murray. The pre- sident. Mrs. Joseph Croken presid- ed and the minutes of the last meet- ing were read by Mrs. John Cash. The treasurer reported 329.01 on hand and the proceeds from card party amounted to s3.48. Arrangements were made for an- other card party to be held in Emerald Hall under the direction of Mrs. John Cash. Mrs. George A discussion in regard to pur- ancl it was decided to buy six. Claswc” ”e59l9ct9d" ' . ' It was then moved and second- Adlca cg';";:m”"m:3 ll'?:;5'l'AllgIer:t', the er that a mass be offered for Ygaiiken 5 ” ' of the evening was Vlinsloe uorin W.l.l Annual Meeting North Women's Institute was held at the home of Miss Winnie Cud- more on Tuesday evening. Nov. 6. "There's A Long. Long Trail" and repeating the The roll thirteen dues. and one new member was welcomed. last annual and monthly meetings were read, approved and signed. followed by an address by the pre- sldcnt. by . stated that receipts were 3195.73. expenses 3110.71, hand 376.02. that soap, paper towels, and paper container had been purchased, hut R. kettle was needed. Shaw thanked the members the fruit he received. Cross convener reported four pairs of Dyllilnas halided in. elected for the coming ycar:- (re-elected i. 6 on sinauer dliantftfes of low-cost men gay "Mm Cuminins Dependable Diesels are the source of profitable power on bundredsof iobs such as yours: emf. aaaxcnes - 1;-TIM 50” ummins Diesels Handling heavier loads faster Ff: operating I 5? in In 250 days of operation. fuel cm" for a Cummtol DIM?! Powering a aavmill are 82250.00 less than the fuel coat! of two oll engines with a combined horsepower OQUIA l to that of the Cunamina Diesel. That's because mill i production increased from 15,000 to 25,000 feet per day ..),,,, an Cuinmim Diesel replaced the other enKl"" - - - and she cost per 1000 board feet dropped from 30y67f I0 5041 '; - . N or,-v"m- V . g . Russel-Hipwell - " ENGINES LIMITED M,;;,l.T,,,1 nwgm sotwn Tnroviin Pnrl Artiiiir still:-8SlALl:!V.:-S8i.:.i3.indrewI !'r2e(i)!8eBrieion Noiltillf-gin)? 5-hp” ' 357' 4411: 57, The annual meeting of Winsloe The meeting opened by singing "Creed" in unison. call was answered by members paying thei; The minutes of the The financial report was given the secretary-treasurer who and balance on The school committee reported Mr. Arnett for The Red. The following are the officers President: Mrs. James Cudmore Vice-President: lMrs. Stanley? Younker ire-elected t. Secretary-T1'easurei': Mrs. Nelson Stevenson. Directors: Mrs. Claiidr Craswell. Mrs. Arnett Shaw. and Miss Win- liie Cudmore, Auditors: Mrs. Stanley Younker. Mrs. C. L. Cudmore ire-electedl. Red Cross convener: Mrs. Claude ,6, ; : : designed for ' INSIDE STORY-Crowds at Frankfurt, German, gather around 3 big transparent model of the human body displayed at a health exhibit. inner organs of the body are clearly depicted and blood circulation Is lll(llCaiPd by electric lights which mark veins and arteries. The exhibit. cal ed "Say Yes to Life", is bring shown in Europe's major cities. rcad' The next meeting School committee is Mrs. Mur- phy and Mrs. Darrach. Next meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. Richard MacPhce. The correspondence was then read. and it was stated four thank you notes were received. Receipts were received from orphanages and Cancer Fund for money sent ' in, and a letter from Jim Austlii in Korea was read. It was moved and seconded to send boxes to boys in services. Collection was taken and amounted to 31.00. The following are the officers elected for the next year: President. Mrs. Michael Murphy: vice-president. Mrs. Earl Moore: soc.-treasurer. M.rs.Lloyd Mh0Kln- non (re-elected); sympathy cards. Mrs. Gus Tierney; auditors. Mr! Clarence Frizzcll and Mrs. Roland Buying committcc. Mrs. Gus Tierney and Mrs. Nell MacKln- non; sick committee. Helen Doch- erty and Mrs. Clarence Frizzell; press secretary. Mrs. Roland Bu- chanan Jr.; directors; Mrs. Hugh MacDonald. Mrs. Duncan Grass and Mrs. Lewis Darrach. one new member joined and the meeting closed with "The King. after which a dainty lU"0l'l W53 served hy the hostess. Alnia W.l. Annual Meeting Arthur Rennie was hos- tess to the Alma. Women's insti- tute members on Thursday. N0- vember mod. for their Annual meeting. Fburteen members Wild "'9" dues and there were two visitors present. Mrs. Arthur Rennie was elected President for the coming year and Mrs. Jack Clark Secre- tary-Treasurer. (re-elected). The members decided to pay the secretary of the school 315 for now on the new modified water system. A vote of thanks was given Mrs. Stanford McNeil for the use of her house for the chicken . Also a vote 0! thanks to all those who contri- buted food. . The next meeting is at the home of Mrs. Wilbert Murphy. Lunch was served by the hostess, assisted by the committee in --Mrs . charge : it brilliantly lighted basementroom of the U. 8. Department of Agri- culture's research laboratories here. scientists are getting closer to the elusive secret of plants. of agricultural research they are able to measure the exact effect which growth. Past vesearch. and work Bucllilniin 513 in the development of better vari- eties of vegetables and flowers, up to now. cause natural light can never be accurately controlled. been in,operailon a. few months. it has already been used to help start development of a brand new variety of disease-resistant potato seed. In fact. use of the room for developing new varieties of all kinds of seeds now appears to he one of its most valuable by-pro- ducts, Borthwick and Marion W. Parker. the two plant scientists in charge. of the project. revolutionizing the world's production if it helps in providing the answers Borthwick and Parker are seeking. wide and 7'3 feet high. feature. was developed and General Electric engineers. Eighty- elght "slimline" fluoreacentlampa. supplemented with 24 00-watt in- candescent lamps. provide the li- lumination. The lamps are the same as those used in your home. cent lamps provide all the light ..u...ishment-with none of the harmful which plants need for growing. They give an illumination level of over 2000 foot candles, more than 40 times the level pre- vailing in modem stores and of- Light Work: By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Cmrespondent BELTSVILLE, Md. -- (NEA) -- In life itself in For the first time in the history light has on plant cell has been hampered be- Although the room has only according to Harry A. It also could be A-factor in- food about plants which 0 O O The room is 20 feet long. 10 feet Its vital lighting equipment. installed bv the The fluorescent and incandes- clementa of sunlight- which is ices. The thing that makes the Bolts- BY THE LIGI-I Stanley Younker; the program in -he it 3- 3 g - . .-W 1' y al ex-- and id 97 3 d3'"lY 1'-mch W35 5” Itounker. it-liange of a 25c Chrisiinas gift. The correspondence was Stevenson, Mrs. The collection amounted to 31.15. for the evening The meeting closed by singing The lunch committee will be llfrsai the Nnumml Amhem- 5”” whlc,h ,P.obert stgnlpyllllllcll was served by the hostess is to be held at the home of Mrs.lYounker, and Mrs. Alton Yoiiiilcci-.,lp.iid committee in charge. Tmof the incandescent lamps. this Agriculture Depart- ment rcaoarcli worker tends some teat plants. Under artificial light. the 7"! , ,';,..,...g,.. ,5 ....-........,.e.. vegetation sometimes does better than under sunlight. ville installation unique is A sim- ple method of stepping up cur- rent cycle for the lamps, plus an automatic means of light intensity continually fixed. keeping the Research being done in the controlled environment room by Borthwick and Parker will supple- mcnl work of a similar. higlily impractical nature already undei way in the Us. and in other parts of the world. Theirs is basic re- search aimed at answering all the questions of the effect of light on plant life. The other work is aim- Agriculture Department Uses Household Lamps In Development 01 Better Plants And flowers In Hawaii. for instance, tests are l'lldPr way to determine wliether light. can be used in increase. the sugar crop there. It is believed that if a cane field can be lighted for it short time during the night 1'. will keep the cane from forni- im: a flower at the end, at which. stage it ccascs to grow sugar fill the stalk. ' Finding out just. exactly how much light a cane field needs. and at what. time of the night. could result in much bigger sugar crops. The same iiiforination has it slin- iiar aNlllCR1lOll in other crops, . . . it is prtssilulc. througli artificial lichtiiig. to make many areas of the world with short days far lll0l'P productive. In the US. the grral. vni'lcly or ivcaliicr and day- lcngth probably lessens the need for widc-smcnri artificial lighting in increase food production. How- ever. in Flnrldia, as one small ex- ample. artificial light used atnlght could be used to help grow onions by altering the day-nlglil. cyclc. ' There is a wide field for pm- fical use of liclii. research in flow- cr growing. Pnlnscttias. for in- stancc, need a great deal. of dark- nt-as. mid their blooming tlinc is difficult to control by orclliiary growing incans. with artificial light. lmwcvcr. their blooming can bc controlled exactly. In the development of new seeds of all kinds the controlled environment room will have its most practical application, in ad- dition to its use as a tool in basic agriculture research. When the technique of new seed production in the room is more fully devel- oped, it will be possible to produce new varieties of all kinds of seeds vrhich can be tailored for use in any part. of the U. S. or world. regardless of what light conditions might exist there. However. if the room is able in help Borthwick and Parker ach- ieve their ultimate goal. the dis- covery of the secret of plant life, it is impossible we predict just what tremendous benefits to eivil- 1 ed at specific problems in the flelddsation will result. a