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September 5th- 1967 BIEN VENU with Walter and Bea Wilson.

The lawns and garden were in such beautiful condition- and
the veiw from the porch was lovely, as always- but on this perfect,
clear late summer evening it was truly a treat to be at Bien Venu.

After a pleasant social time and a look at all the place-
we enjoyed the usual good dinner. and this meeting was called to
order by the president, Ellis Manning, at eight o'clock.

John and Dorthy Weske were the only absent members, and the
guests were Deborah Willson and Alice Ligon.

The minutes of the August meeting were read and approved.

For her selected article Mary Moore Miller read about the
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Thesesspectactular red, white and black
birds of the southern swamplands that ornithologists had long feared
exticnt- have been found in Texas. Three pairs of the 20-inch
birds- as big as crows- have been sighted in eastern Texas by one
of America's leading experts on woodpeckers. he- mr. Dennis, estimated
on the basis of his study and reports from amatuers that there
are five to 10 pairs of the birds in the big Thicket. The last
previous confirmed sighting of an ivory bill, America's largest
woodpecker, was one bird in the Chipola River in Florida in 1950. There
have been peroidoc reports of sightings, but as they closely resemble
the pileated wood pecker ornithologists have dismissed the reports.
However Mr. Dennis has definately spotted one on a tree 50 or 60
feet from him- and with his seven power biniculars he had no dificulty
identifying it.

She also read of the drive to have issued - in full color-
sheets of flower stamps- the subjects represent the four sections
of the country. Suggested were- Northeastern U.S. the
showy ladyslipper- Souteastern U.S. Franklinia three: Northwestern
U.S. the Douglas Fir and Southwestern U.S. the Ocotillo, known
also as coach-whip and vine-cactus. We were asked to support the
movement by writing a letter to the address given by Mary Moore
Miller.

Sylvia Woodward was with us- and we were sorry that
Dick was not able to join us- Sylvia had forethought- and told us that
it is time to make new lawns- and renovate old ones. also the time
to move- divide or plant out peonies- oriental poppies and to plant
fall blooming bulbs. Pant deep. Attend your chrysanthumums-
stake firmly to protect from the fall winds. To make a first class
hege- plants should be cut way back, cosequently small- less
expensive plants do just as well. House plants should be brought
in the middle of this month, but spray thoroughly first- to rid them
of pests. Ulric Hutton suggests that flowering almond and some
other flowering shrubs should be treated like peach trees- as the
same boror attacks them.

A.D. Farquhad gave his weather report- telling us the
high for the month of August was 86 with a low of 60- with measurable
rain on 15 days totaling 6.4 inches.

We especially enjoyed the exhibits- which were displayed
in the room where we met- so we were able to examine the- and the
members demonstrated some that were particularly interesting.
Spring Villa had nine vatieties of tomatoes- and william and Zela
Heckendorn told us the good and less good points of each. They
also had a lemon cucumber and some lovely border flowers and
cocks comb of various varieties. Other exhibitors were:- The
Cedars, The Highlands, Great Ease, Mt. Pleasant, from Fine hill