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The moisture was about normal for the 6 months reported.

The Huttons brought a lovely display of early spring
flowers. The Cedars had pansies. Mary Moore Miller had two
tiny persimmon "trees" grown from seeds. The Hutton's tulips were
were "botanicals" which moles do not eat and are very early
bloomers. Kaufman is one variety.

Reporters on birds: some using feeders are chickadees, hairy-
woodpeckers, and purple finches. Wild geese have been going
over, - one in a double Vee formation. Elizabeth Ligon spoke of the
flight of the white pelicans from Florida (in winter) to Oregon
& Washington for summer andmany interesting varieties of birds seen in
Florida this past winter, -biterms, royal terms, bald eagle on nest,
and an osprey that flow off it's nest as they watched. Three island
acres have 175,000 birds on them. Locally a kilder walks calmly
a few feet from 1400 children using a school yard daily.

The Membership Comittee suggested the names of Irving and
Doris Smith to fill the vacancy (Havens). They were approved and
will be asked to join.

Fred and Elza Thomas sent in their resignations which were
accepted with many expressions of regret and the Secretary was
asked to write them of this action. It was suggested that Jeek
7 Jean ladson would be acceptable members if they would join and
will be asked to fill these vacancies. As a waiting list to
be asked if one or both of the above decline, the names of
George and Nedra Coffee and Ellis and Lucy manning were agreed
upon.

Questions: Can it get too cold for peonies,- so they freeze?
It was thot not. Suggestions were asked for a wind-break for the
north side of a perrnnial bed. Barberry are "hogs" for food.
Miniature holly is good. The bud of a flowering maple was shown.
Edward Iddings identified it as abutilon and said it is not hardy.
The crab-grass killer "Halts" can prove poisonous to pets. The
seeds of the passion flowere were planted three weeks ago by Edward
Iddings but show no signs as yet of sprouting. When a cat was
suggested as the "ridder" of chipmunks, the latter were preffered
to a car! It was recalled that Dorthy Henderson had once reported
shooting chipmunks in Indiana,- such pests as they were. There
was no remedy given for ridding a lawn of Star of Bethlehem.

Wild-life reports: Mountain Lions have been seen in the
community. Deer are frequent visitors. A local horse has been
seen to step on a wire of a fence so that a "horse pal" can ero-
cross it and it tips a birdfeeder to secure grain from it.
The only names known for the male and female bear were he and she bears.

The nest meeting place will be Bien Venu and Edward Iddings
and Leon Small will be readers,- in May.