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JecksonvHle Jewmal, Friday, April 1, 1977
Gardening
Gourds A New Medium
For The Artistic-Minded
fey SANDY STRICKLAND
Journal Staff Writer
Billy Carter visited the
Marigold Garden Circle re
cently in the form of a
gourd. He spent his time
grinning at the members,
baring teeth actually made of
peanuts.
Groueho Man was there,
his trademark moustache
Upped up at the adds. A sting
ray. owl and snake also were
on display.
Cultivating gourds and
turning them into well-known
personalities, hanging bas
kets, arrangements or ani
mals is a favorite pursuit of
Mrs. Joe Parham. The wife
of a Baptist minister brought
a carload of gourds with her
from Jackson, G , to put on
a garden program here and
visit her sister, Mrs. R B.
Hemphill.
Usually considered ined
ible, the gourd, nevertheless,
has a variety of uses and is
twice mentioned ia the Bible,
she said. In fact, Jonah was
more concerned ever his
beautiful" gourd vine than
the thoosaaus t pecpte ia
Nisevah so Gd sent a wem
to destroy it, She said
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making Ms ink dwm the
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thmhqft their mead ta {want
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WIND DAMAGE The tornadic-like winds that blew through Butts County on April
4th toppled a wall of the new theater being constructed by Baker Enterprises, Inc. on Hwy.
42 north near the Jackson City limits. —Photo by Dale Whiten.
Jackson Band
To Appear In
Rose Parade
The Jackson High School’s
marching band has accepted
an invitation to appear in the
56th Annual Rose Parade on
Friday, April 22 in Thomas
ville, Georgia.
Under the direction of E.
W. Moore, the Jackson High
School Band will be televised
over WCTV Channel 6, a CBS
affiliate, and the following
week April 30, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
The entire parade will
appear on all eight stations of
the Georgia Education Tele
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An Owl Made From A Luffa
Journal Photos By Woody Huband
her husband was pastoring a
country church in Stock
bndge, Ga., a friend found a
Qintstone gourd in her bam
from which Parham planted
a seed. The gourd flourished
and the Parhams were on
their way. Later Mrs. Par
ham visited a gourd museum
in East Bemstadt, Ky. After
seeing the prehistoric ani
mals made by Minnie Black,
she got the idea of fashioning
children’s gifts from the
gourds.
“All you need are some
thing for the eyes and a little
imagination,” she said. Some
she paints with black and
white shoe polish to produce
penguins. Others, which are
actually in the shape of a
snake, get a red finish.
Her collection ranges from
the ornamental nest egg vari
ety to a 160-pound bushel bas
ket, which she said takes two
deacons to lift. Among the
shapes created by nature are
a horn, pipe, wart; spoon,
vision Network.
The Rose Parade is one of
the oldest and longest in the
South and annually attracts
over 75,000 visitors to the
city.
This year’s parade will
feature guests Judy Norton-
Taylor (Mary Ellen of The
Walton’s) and Mrs. George
(Mary Beth) Busbee, who’
will serve as Grand Marshall
of the Parade. Also attending
will be Miss Georgia Sandy
Adamson and Miss Georgia
Holiday Susan Kiser. Ameri
ca’s Favorite Clown, Ronald
McDonald, will be on hand
throughout the parade for the
delight of the children.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA
nest egg, the famous dipper
and the club gourd, which
Mrs. Parham quips is handy
in case of midnight intruders.
Her favorite is a 150-year-old
dumbbell gourd passed down
in her family.
One of the most versatile
is the luffa, better known as
the sponge or dishrag gourd.
In Japan, they’re grown
24,000 to an acre and used in
packing, to make sandals,
dishrags and sponges. They
can even be opened up and
spread out to make a beach
hat, she said.
For those interested in
growing their own gourds,
the American Gourd Society
member said not to plant the
seeds until the soil is warm.
A separate patch is essential,
Mrs. Parham said, or the
gourds will mix with the
squash and cucumbers. She
held up a yellow and orange
’ pear gourd, which had run in
Lots of Nerve
A panhandler walked up to
a gentleman in the street
and asked for a quarter. “Of
all the nerve. What’s the
idea of stopping people in
the street and asking for
money?” “What do you
want me to do.” the panhan
dler replied, “open an of
fice?”
carniichael insurance agency
with a squash, but still re
tained its gourd qualities.
Usually they're grown on a
trellis to keep them from
crooking. If they run on the
ground, they get mosaic
markings, but Mrs. Parham
likes the effect it creates.
When ready for use, she said
to "cut your stem with the
gourd because if it loses that,
it loses its personality.
“As 90 per cent of a gourd
is water, it has to escape and
therefore forms a mildew.”
To dean plant, Mrs. Par
ham advocates soaking it in
hot water and scrubbing it
with steel wool. When the
mildew is removed and the
gourd has dried to the point
the seeds rattle (they make
good maracas too), it’s ready
to be turned into whatever
one fancies.
To give a polished effect,
she sometimes shellacs
them.
RECYCLING TRICK
TO VISIT FLOTILLA
The Reynolds Aluminum
Recycling Company’s truck
will be in Flovilla at the
corner of Lee and Heard
Streets on April 13 and 27
from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Aluminum beverage cans
bring 17 cents a pound at the
Flovilla weighing station. In
addition, foil, tv dinner trays,
snack-type pudding con
tainers. pie plates and
aluminum meat and sardine
cans are also purchased.
FISHING PROSPECTS
ARE BETTER HERE
Ben Gunn, fishing expert
for the Department of
Natural Resources, antici
pates better fishing con
ditions locally for the week
beginning April 10th.
Fishing at High Falls,
which will be high and
muddy, should be fair,
especially for catfish and
Jackson Lake, which is rising
and muddy, should be good
for bass using plastic worms
and fair for others.
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Mrs. Parham Holds A Basket Gourd For Storing Apples
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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1977