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Thursday, October 31, 2013 – Daily News 3A Community people&events Samayoa-DeBiase to wed A husband's garden reflections By Jim Wilson Honnnneeeey! That's the summoning cry of a Red Bluff Garden Club wife. It is to be heeded at all costs, whether it be for an errant weed, pruning, planting, moving or toting. To not answer the call is inviting a large dose of herbicide on the relationship. The garden journey has been educational though, for I have learned a new vocabulary: " walkway"---a place for potted plants and flowerbed overgrowth; "patio"--also a large place for potted plants with a small portion for table and chairs. You must learn to walk sideways and duck. "Flowerbed"---a mini jungle with no utility walks and where you have to tip toe while you work so you don't step on the undergrowth, "archway"---an obliterated hardscape that you must turn sideways to go through, "indoor plants"---items to crowd the kitchen sink at dinner time, "dwarf plants"--ones that are a minimum of 10' tall, "invasive plants"---ones that have no chance of multiplying until they are in the ground and take over all others, "nursery"---where you go only to visit and look until the "itch" to buy takes over. Oh, and guys if your wife becomes an officer in the club forget any conversation or time with her. Of course there are the wandering garden tools. They have been known to hide under plants, attempt to camouflage themselves in plain sight and more often than not they have migrated to buckets or wheel barrows loaded with brush or to brush piles themselves or even to the garbage can. Then again many have just disappeared and aren't seen again until new ones are bought. But fellas it's still worth it. I am proud of my wife for becoming a master gardener under adverse study conditions, the new confidence that becoming an officer has given her and the tremendous time and care she gives her plants. The gardens are beautiful and, with the herbicide set aside, I love her loving her garden. The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with National Garden Clubs Inc., California Garden Clubs Inc., Pacific Region and Cascade District. Lit society learns about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Courtesy photo Mr. & Mrs. Samayoa of Whittier, and Mr. and Mrs. DeBiase of Los Molinos are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Giovanni Alexander and Rachel Marie. They will be married at Mill Creek Baptist Church on Dec. 28. 90 years ago... Trial begins in Tuscan Oil Company suit Trial of the suit of G. B. Wilcox against the Tuscan Oil company, looking to cancellation of a lease the latter holds on several thousand acres of land a few miles north of Red Bluff for oil drilling purposes, opened in the superior court here today before Judge Walter E. Herzinger of Redding who presided in place of Judge John F. Ellison. — Oct. 31, 1923 The Fitzhugh Literary Society held its first meeting for the 2013-14 season on Oct. 7 at the home of Milly Waits and was called to order by President Madi Gates. Gates welcomed members back from their summer break and appointed Mary Adams and Sue Williams as critics for the evening's program. The program committee explained this year's theme of Whodunnit? British Mysteries. The membership enjoyed Madi Gates' report on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish physician and writer, was most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes. Other publications included plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. Born May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was one of ten children and said to be his mother's favorite. Her attention influenced him in many life choices. After prep school, his mother determined he would study medicine. At 22, he graduated with degrees in medicine and surgery, spent a year as surgeon aboard a steamer to West Africa and opened his own practice in Southsea a year later. Patients were rare, so Doyle spent a great deal of time reading and writing. In 1886, he wrote a short novel, A Study in Scarlet. After a struggle to get it published, he accepted 25 pounds that included all rights to the book. The novel received good reviews and featured the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. He credited his Holmes' characterizations to Dr. Bell, his favorite lecturer from medical school, who had taught his students to look for clues and to use reasoning to find proof. In 1890 he studied ophthalmology in Vienna, and moved to London to set up practice. However, he never had a single patient come to his office and decided to devote himself entirely to writing. He wanted to focus on writing historical novels which he considered more important works than those featuring Sherlock Holmes. However, readers were enamored with and wanted more of Sherlock Holmes; his mother encouraged him to continue that writing, which he did. In 1893, he decided it was time to kill off Holmes so he could devote more time to his other writings, so he had Holmes fall into a crevasse. Reader response caused him to bring back the Holmes' character in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Doyle is credited with many accomplishments other than his fame as a writer: planning the estate Undershaw which includ- ed its own power plant, writing English Army reforms entitled The Great Boer War, being knighted by King Edward, promoting the idea of a channel tunnel to connect England and France, and suggesting improvements for the safety of soldiers with the development of inflatable rubber boats and protective breast plates. Doyle studied spiritualism for years and concentrated on it even more after the deaths of his first wife, a son, and a brother. He traveled extensively, became famous for promoting spiritualism and gave a series of popular lectures based on the message, "They are not dead." After battling angina, he was buried in 1930 with the words, "Steel True—Blade Straight" engraved on his headstone. To this day, Doyle's Sherlock Holmes character is still popular in print, television and film. 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