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Show EDITORIAL BEAUTIFY FOR THE CENTENNIAL If you haven't as yet decided what to give Uncle Sam on his 200th birthday, why not make It a tree, a flower, a plant, a shrub? Just think, if all of his relatives chipped in by planting a living gift on the occasion of his Bicentennial, what a pleasant beginning it would be for his third century. John W. Warner, Administrator of the American Revolution Revolu-tion Becentennlal Administration (ARBA), who has said the success of the Bicentennial will be judged by the number of participants, not spectators, suggests this Is one way an individual or community can become involved in the commemoration com-memoration of the nation's 200th anniversary with lasting effect. The ARBA is encouraging support for the "Green Survival Sur-vival for the Third Century" program of the American Association of Nurserymen (ANN) and has designated the project a national Bicentennial program. The program is designed to encourage "individuals and groups to plant trees, shrubs, grass and other plants in a nationwide effort to help purify the air, stabilize the soil, clarify the water, beautify our surroundings and abate noise." Mr. Warner noted that many of the more than 2,000 communities around the country which have received na-; na-; tional Bicentennial recognition to date, have included such beautification programs in their Bicentennial planning and expressed hope, that many others will join. |