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the floor gave in VAN BELLE ON GARDENING v> Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, November 28th, 1979-9 The Leskard ladies on Saturday held a successful tea and sale at the Leskard Church. Above Mrs. Earl Duvall sells an admission for tea to Mr. A. Murdoch of the Leskard area. The front portion of the church housed the afternoon tea with the Sunday School section being outfitted for the sale. All were abuzz at the Prepare for Xmas party at Museu m The volunteers of the Bow- high spirits after their suc- manville Museum, still in cessful pre-Christmas sale, Ontario Téléphoné Service Commission ■ '* Public Notice TAKE NOTICE that Community Telephone Company of Ontario Limited has applied, pursuant to The Telephone Act, R.S.O. 1970, C.457, for approval of rates for Çall-Pac. , . IQa The Ontario Telephone Service Commission will jgï] consider this application at the Commission's fj|]] Offices, 3625 Dufferin, Street, Suite 200, Downsview, rj^j Ontario, on December 14, 1979 at 9:30 a.m. ral Persons wishing to make representation or LTT submissions to the Commission with respect to this LUT application may do so at this hearing. As required by the Statutory Powers Procedures Act, R.S.O. 1971, c. 47, the Commission further gives notice that if you do not attend at the above mentioned hearing, the Commission may proceed in your absence and you will nqt be entitled to any further notice in the proceedings. Secretary-Registrar Ontario Telephone # Service Commission Suite 200 3625 Dufferin Street Downsview,. Ontario' M3K 1Z2 African Violets sale when a portion of the Sunday School floor dropped about a foot and half and at this point had to be roped off. No one was injured in the mishap. are now decorating the Museum Museum for their Christmas party on Friday, November 30 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $1.00 for the adult party to be held at the Museum at 37 Silver Street in Bowmanville. The Georgian-style house with its massive verandah and * conservatory offers an invitation to a past elegance unresistable when the house is seen illuminated on a winter's night. Inside the former Jury family residence special baking will be served with hot mulled cider. A door prize will be presented to the holder,of the winning ticket in the form of a "hand-crafted table-size Christmas tree. The new owner of the doll house will also be announced as the winning ticket is drawn that evening. Thp camaraderie of a gathering at the Bowmanville Museum is an enjoyable beginning to the Christmas month and don't be surprised . if you see ladies from the past century perched on a Victorian Victorian chair or looking over the hand work of another era. Regretfully the newly formed choir of students from St. Stephen's andSt. Joseph's Schools will not be singing as previously announced due to the illness of their leader to whom they send all good wishes for a complete recovery recovery and gqod health in the new year. No other plant will bloom as well indoors as the African Violet, with proper growing procedures it can and will bloom throughout the whole winter. African Violets are a relatively new plant, which was originally collected ■ in Africa in |{ie late 19th century and since" that time has increased in popularity until today there are large fast growing Societies in Canada and throughout the world. The past decade has brqught new strains of this popular plant into the plant- world through hybridizing and cross pollination, and in Canada and the U.S. we now have growers that grow nothing else but African Violets. Some are grown in greenhouses, but an increasingly increasingly amount of African Violets are grown under artificial light in controlled atmospheric buildings, esp: ecially since the cost of fuel is going up. Some of the new varieties have definite advantages such as better and larger blooms with more colours and the flowers are produced on longer stems so that the flower will show up on top of the leaves. Two of the new strains are the Optimara varieties and the Rhapsody strain, both in new colours. African violets are actually named wrong, since the proper name is Saintpaulia but due to the fact that it was found in Africa and that it resembled the violet flower, it is commonly called the African African Violet. 1 African Violets grow outwards outwards from a crown in a circular or rosette form, and the leaves are flëshy thick and also the stem is thick right to the base of the rosette, and the flowers will grow from the base of the rosette. Single flowers will have five petals and thë double varieties will have so many petals that the flower will resemble a tight ball of flowers. Those plants with plain green leaves are called "Boys", and those with frilly notched and ruffled leaves, which will often have a white centre are called "girls", however this has nothing to do with ability to flower, since all will bloom profusely when you provide the proper growing growing conditions. . There are three rules for growing African Violets: Proper wàtering . . .is a must, .since the leaves are" fleshy they can absorb a large amount of water, but will also- rot quickly if water is left standing in the saucer. The best way is to water from the top, only when the plant needs it, and then- give it enough water so that the water will- run out of the bottom, drainage drainage holes, then check daily to see when it needs moçd water. Fertilizer . . . 'buy a fertilizer, with a high piqs-' 'phoric acid and potash content, content, and then fertilize about once a month. . - ' ; Humidity . . .because the humidity is Tow in homes in th*e winter months people think that African Violets will not bloom in the winter, but this is not correct, it will probably be due to lack of humidity. I recommend to place the plants in peatmoss during the winter, or place them on a bed of pebbles so that water will stay in the pebbles, but make sure it does not touch the pots. This will create enough humidity around the plant itself, so that it will flower all year round. African Violets should be placed in as much light as possible, so a north or east window will be ideal, and even south windows during the low light intensity during December and January. Until next week, happy gardening. Free Worm Seminar Earn up to $15,000 per year in your garage or basement. Raise National Night Crawlers ( Like the dew worm ) -Be your own boss -Part-time or full time -Multi-million dollar industry -Exceptional opportunities Tuesday, December llth 7:30p.m. O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute 301 Sirncoe Street North, Oshawa The Corporation of the Town of Newcastle Notice Section 116 (10) of the HIGHWAY .TRAFFIC ACT prohibits parking which would interfere _ with the clearing of snow. Section 116 (13) of the HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT provides for THE REMOVAL OF THE OFFENDING OFFENDING VEHICLE(S) AT THE OWNER(S) EXPENSE. EXPENSE. Town of Newcastle By-Law 76-30, Section 5(f) states : "That'no person shall, on any highway, park any vehicle ... for a period of longer than three (3) hours".