Flowers

The Maugansville Historical Society is asking Maugansville residents to help revive a May Day tradition by hanging or exhibiting a basket of flowers on the first Sunday in May — May Day. It can contain live or artificial flowers and can be any size. Let's see Maugansville blooming this Sunday. Community yard sale The Maugansville Ruritan Club will hold its 11th annual community yard sale on Saturday, May 21, starting at 6:30 a.m. and running until 1 p.m. Inside tables cost $13 to rent, and the club will furnish a table.

Snowflakes fall while customers shop Sunday morning for Easter flowers at the Greensburg Farms flower stand on Eastern Boulevard in Hagerstown. More winter-like weather is in store this week.

The first Mother's Day - meant by her daughter to honor her mother Anna Reese Jarvis - was celebrated in 1908 at a church service in Grafton, W,Va. Each guest was given a white carnation - Mrs. Jarvis' favorite flower. A writer of the time Jane Stewart commented that this flower was especially apt for the celebration as it symbolized "sweetness purity and endurance. " The carnation offered as a remembrance at the service was a far cry from its ancestor the smaller flowered clove pink.

Bob and Kathy Walters of Greencastle, Pa., plan to celebrate Valentine's Day by traveling to Hawaii. They also will be celebrating their one-year anniversary, and Kathy Walters, 62, described the trip, which will begin Friday, as “romantic” and a chance for them to show their love for each other. “We got married out there so it's a special place for us,” she said. The couple, who got married on Feb. 21, 2012, is heading for Kona, Hawaii, which Bob Walters, 67, said is “as close to paradise as you could get.” Not everyone is setting out for exotic places, but couples across the Tri-State area have a variety of plans for celebrating Valentine's Day, ranging from vacations to dinner and flowers.

Flowers at traffic islands around Hagerstown are just a few months away. Hagerstown City Council members agreed Tuesday to allow a Hagerstown flower shop to landscape traffic islands throughout the city. Pat O'Brien, owner of Ben's Flower Shop on Potomac Street, will solicit sponsors for different traffic islands. The sponsor will pay for the maintenance of the island. Each sponsor's name will be placed on a sign on the traffic island. The first planting is expected to be made this spring, said city Public Works Manager Doug Stull.

Name of business: Stop Buy 'N See Owners: Reginald and Elsie Martin Address: 21170 Millers Church Road, north of Leitersburg; also at Hagerstown City Farmers Market and Pennsylvania Dutch Market seasonally Opening date: Oct. 4, 2007 Products and services: Flowers at Pennsylvania Dutch Market; baked goods, flowers and fresh tomatoes, May through July; and the service of making baked goods with a customer's recipe....

Spring is here and I receive calls daily on what to plant. If you are growing vegetables, potatoes and onion sets should already be in - or plant them now. Asparagus, carrots, beets, lettuce, broccoli and cauliflower can all be planted this month. For a complete list of vegetable crop planting dates, please contact me at the Extension office for publication #HG 16, or you can access the fact sheet at www.hgic.umd.edu/_media/documents/publications/planting_dates.pdf Are you planting flowers?

FUNKSTOWN - When asked if he liked running Roostervane Gardens, Denny Warrenfeltz smiled as he plucked a few lavender-colored flowers for an arrangement that was going out in a few minutes. "I've got to like it," he said. It just so happens that Warrenfeltz was at his 2 S. High St. business at 3 a.m. that day, frantically bringing all of his bedding plants and herbs inside because of an unexpected cold snap. Warrenfeltz and his wife, Shawen, have owned Roostervane Gardens for the past 13 years.

A digital thermometer at the entrance to Hagerstown Community College indicated late Saturday morning that the outside temperature was 10 degrees above freezing. It would be disingenuous to suggest visitors to the 12th annual Flower & Garden Show forgot winter still has its grasp on the region, but it was easy to envision spring's impending arrival after stepping inside the college's Athletic, Recreation and Community Center. Live and dried flowers were everywhere, as well as garden products and displays.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com CHAMBERSBURG, PA. - A Chambersburg area couple say they're patriotic, but not flag wavers. So instead of waving a flag, Galen and Sandra Powers are planting one. They've set aside a section of their lawn on the west side of their 2341 Falling Spring Road home, cordoned off by a hedge of holly, to plant gardens in its four corners - in red, white and blue flowers. The Powers have been gardening for years. A walk around their home shows that gardens and plantings abound.

Gene Alden O'Dell, 76, of Hagerstown, Md., died April 26, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center. Born May 25, 1936, in Quinwood, W.Va., he was the son of the late Lundy B. and Edith M. (Jones) O'Dell. Gene served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1954 to 1957, during the Korean War. He received the National Defense Service Medal. Gene worked as a truck driver for Pony Express and Halls Motor Transit. He received driving awards for 15 years with no accident and million-mile safe driving.

Buckets that collapse, a variety of locally made cheeses, and advice about compost and rain barrels could be found among the displays of colorful flowers and garden-themed decor Sunday at the Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association's 19th annual Flower & Garden Show. One of the tables closest to the show entrance in the Athletic, Recreation and Community Center was for the master gardeners of Washington County. One man who came in Sunday morning asked how to treat bagworms, said master gardener Linda Shelbert, who lives in the Mount Aetna area.

A Pennsylvania business selling appliances and artwork m ade out of leaves is one of the vendors participating in this weekend's 19th annual Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association Flower & Garden Show. The event started Saturday and continues today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at HCC's Athletic, Recreation and Community Center. Gay Iapalucci, owner of Leaf Me Alone of Bedford, Pa., takes real leaves, turns them over and blends concrete mixtures with them. After that, they are painted and can be sold as various products, including a bird bath, a Lazy Susan or even a patio table.

Mrs. Rebecca L. Leatherman, 91, of Wolfsville, Md., entered peacefully into eternal life on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born May 30, 1921, near Middletown, Md., Rebecca was the daughter of the late George Edgar and Edna Irene Palmer Shank. Upon the passing of her parents, Rebecca resided in Hagerstown with her Uncle Leon and Aunt Eva Brandenburg Palmer and also Mr. and Mrs. William H. Brandenburg near Wolfsville. She was the wife of the late Carroll Charles Leatherman, who passed in May 1991.

After five years of exhibiting her wares at the Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association's Flower and Garden Show, Jessica Snyder expects lots of good days for her business after the event concludes. "We generally get really busy right after the flower and garden show," said Snyder, describing it as a spring kickoff of sorts for her business, Guten Tag, at 4 Frederick Road in Funkstown. The HCC Flower and Garden Show will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the Athletic, Recreation and Community Center.

Bob and Kathy Walters of Greencastle, Pa., plan to celebrate Valentine's Day by traveling to Hawaii. They also will be celebrating their one-year anniversary, and Kathy Walters, 62, described the trip, which will begin Friday, as “romantic” and a chance for them to show their love for each other. “We got married out there so it's a special place for us,” she said. The couple, who got married on Feb. 21, 2012, is heading for Kona, Hawaii, which Bob Walters, 67, said is “as close to paradise as you could get.” Not everyone is setting out for exotic places, but couples across the Tri-State area have a variety of plans for celebrating Valentine's Day, ranging from vacations to dinner and flowers.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 BOYS BASKETBALL Justin Osoro scored a school-record 44 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead Highland View Academy in a 97-38 rout of Fulton County Christian on Tuesday. Hunter Sorensen had 12 points and Luis Mendoza, Arthur Thomas and Ray Fisher had 10 points each for the Tartans (21-7). Skyler Gordon had 20 points and Caleb Gingerich had 14 points, 11 rebounds and four steals for the Chargers (4-11). Osoro broke the previous school record of 38 points set by Ian Magambo.

Virginia J. "Ginny" Goslin, 92, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, surrounded by her daughter and granddaughters. She was born Aug. 29, 1920, in Hagerstown. Virginia was the daughter of the late Robert F. and Anna M. Butts Johnson. Virginia was the wife of Bayard W. Goslin, who passed away June 19, 1972. Virginia was a member of Oak Ridge Garden Club and Southside Bowling League, and enjoyed birds, flowers, word-search puzzles, soap operas, and crab cakes and beer at Chic's Seafood in Hagerstown.

Residents of Maryland can ring in the New Year with 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January.  By becoming a part of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation, new members will receive two white flowering dogwoods, two flowering crabapples, two Washington hawthorns, two American redbuds and two goldenraintrees. The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting, between Feb. 1 and May 31, with enclosed planting instructions.

Ray Dale Sweitzer Jr., 43, of Hagerstown, Md., and formerly of Swanton, Md., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1969, in Cheverly, Md., to Maureen Lee Kyle Vandevander of Kerns, W.Va., and the late Ray Dale Sweitzer Sr. He was a graduate of Southern Garrett High School. He was previously employed by D.M. Bowman, Williamsport, Md. He was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include, besides his mother, his stepfather, Benny J. Vandevander of Kerns.