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a tea a. . friends Some of ticulturally may your hor- inclined tell you they're going up to Sudbury to see the flowers. In December. They havent flipped their bulbs They're responding to Alec Gray's warm in- Vitation to come north to see his greenhouse. Gray is chief horticulturalist for International Nickel and he has 1200 acres under glass in the city which hasn't always been famous for its greenery Kach year the company mounts a special Christmas show, and Gray suggested that it would be worth a trip. The coloured slides that he brought with him to the October Horticultural Society meeting proved his point. They showed a huge Christmas tree made of live poinsettias. masses of | chrysan- themums and_ other festive plantings. The big Christmas show is just one aspect of Gray's work with Inco Hie's in charge of land- scaping and planting for Inco installations in Sudbury and the surrounding areas, as well as in Port Colborne, Thompson, Manitoba and Shebandawon, near the Lake head. "A mine needn't look like a mine," he said. "It doesn't need to look dismal" And he showed photographs of attractive plantings around the Zates from which un- derground workers emerge al shift's end A curved bed of pink petunias took away from the sternly rectalinear lines of an office building. and attractively shrubbed and planted rest areas were incorporated into most office and mine building sites. oye See "There's a lot of rock in Sudbury,'" said Gray, "and we have learned how to live with it." Pictures showed planted beds flowering on top of and around huge rocks. In some cases, the rocks themselves were part of a colourful arrangement Gray has even put flowering planters at bus stops "so the workers will feel cheerful when they cone in in the morning.' In another case of living with difficullies. a photograph showed neat borders of river stones - Separating sidewalk and lawn. "We found that the POE ESE SE EL SES EIS OLED PALA A MP Guest speaker President of the Midland Horticultural Society Madeline Hobson stands and chats with guest speaker . Alec Gray. Gray comes from Sudbury where he is the chief horticulturalist for International Nickel. Gray spoke ata pot luck supper on Monday night. Staff photo Society presents awards and prizes The following were presented with awards and prizes at the Octobe meeting of the Midland Horticultural Society : Past-President's Award tor highest points of the year, in both cultural and decorative categories - Doris Scott. Simpsan"s Award for second highest number of points for 'cultural and decorative work - Helen Redman. 'Trustee honoured John McCullough was honoured by the Simcoe District of the Ontario Public -- School Men Teachers' l'ederation (OPSMTI*) ata dinner meeting last Wednesday evening. The Midland trustee on 'the Simcoe County Board of I-ducation was presented with | the district's ~ Meritorious Award. Making the presentation, services chairman Doug Muxlow cited McCullough's long service {0 education in Simcoe County, both as a trustee and as an en- thusiastic . supporter of the projects: of the teacher's education committee such as the Moffat Trophy for highest decorative points - Doris Scott. Gladys Edwards Trophy for cultural points 7 Agnes Milward. Cruikshank Award for cultural and decorative - Marjorie Ferriss. Sheridan Nurserie Award - Agnes Milward. Ilobson Trophy for Juniors = Terry Beatty. The Annie Jones Award for memberships will be awarded al a later date Orillia campus of Wilfred Laurie: University and the projected Simcoe College In his address, McCullough praised the efforts of all groups associated with education in~ Simcoe County. He pointed out , that when compared with other systems across -- the province. Simcoe could feel proud. of ithe cooperation, dedication, and inter-commiunication of lrustees, ad- ministrators, and teachers. 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