2
Monday, December 10, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Kansas Staff Photo by CORKY TREWIN
Edmonds and Son Jason Size Up a Tree
Christmas Tree Farm Offers the Real Thing
By DAN CHEGWIDDEN
Kansas Staff Reporter
If you can't quite accept the idea of one of those "perfect" aluminum Christmas trees but the real ones on the local Christmas tree for your family, then you need a beautiful room either, take heart.
Steve and Chris Edmonds of RFD 2,
owners and operators of Pine Hill Farm,
will let you pick out and cut your own
Christmas tree.
In a picturequesture setting about 5 miles southcast of Lawrence, the Edmonds area is known for its whitewashed buildings.
Steve Edmonds, a Lawrence stockbroker, and he got the idea of selling trees three
"I didn't have anything else to do one morning so I watched this farm show," Edmonds said. "They were talking about how they grow the Kansas and it sounded like fun to me."
bison Edmonds has taken an active part in the operation. They plant about 1,200 seedlings a year, which they buy from the Forestry Division at Kansas State University. Edmonds said that about 80 per cent of the trees they planted each year lived.
"We PLANT them themselves with a couple of hired hands from the high school or one of the junior highs in Lawrence," said Edmonds.
The Edmundsies, who own 80 acres, have six acres planted predominantly in Scotch Pines. They have about 8,000 trees growing now.
"There's quite a bit of work involved," said Ednadows, "but we enjoy it."
New trees must be planted each spring, and after the third growing year they must be shaped, a task that the Edmonds do themselves.
"Most people come out and reserve a tree sometime before or after Thanksgiving," said Mrs. Edmonds. "Then, they come out a week or two after that and get their tree." People who go to Pine Hill Farm do a lot of wark to get their Christmas trees.
Edmonds said, "We supply the saws or shovels, should a person wish to dig the tree up, and some hot coffee, but the customers simply the manower."
The trees are tagged to show which ones can be cut and, from those tags, different
Historian Tadeusz Lepkowski will speak on Latin American studies in Poland and Eastern Europe at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the International Room of the Kansas University. He is scheduled to spend today and tomorrow at KU as part of a U.S. tour, focusing on Latin American history, a national organization of professors of Latin American history.
Lepkowski is a professor of history and director of the section of Latin American and African history and the department of general history of the 19th and 20th centuries at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Lepkowiak has published articles on 18th
Century Polish history, the Caribbean and
Eurasia.
He is also a member of the Polish National Commission of Historical Sciences and editor of Estudios Latino Americanos and Acta Poliomiae Historica, a foreign language publication of the Polish Historical Society.
He has a masters' degree from the University of Warsaw and two doctorate degrees and has done research in France, Haiti, Mexico and Russia.
Lithuanian born, Lepkowski grew up in Poland and left in 1398 to go to France. He attended secondary school in Villard de Lans in the French Alps and studied history at the University of Grenoble during World War II. In 1460 Lepkowski returned to Poland.
Polish Historian To Visit KU
Today, Lepkowski is to visit the Intensive Spanish Program at Numerakem College, tour Watson and Spencer libraries and attend an African Studies Seminar.
Tomorrow he will visit the Polish language table in the Centennial Room at the Kansas Union and attend a seminar on history, in addition to his afternoon lecture.
FILMS SUA FILMS SUA
SUA Popular Films
Friday, Dec. 14
7:00 & 8:30
Saturday, Dec. 15
SUA FILMS SUA FILMS
colored tags determine the price. Prices range from $5 to about $12.
"The business has been really good this year," said Edmonds; "It has sort of grown by word of mouth, but it has grown a great deal since we started two years ago."
Edmonds belongs to the Kansas Christmas Tree Association and said that the association has helped him to learn the tricks of the trade.
If the customers have a good time at Pine Hill Farm, that, according to the Edwards family, is the greatest benefit.
Overwhelmed by people interested in finding out more about the University of Kansas?
Mert Buckley, Wichita senior and student body president, and Pat Neustrom of Salina, senior class president, will represent KU.
Representatives of the six state supported schools will discuss funding for higher education for fiscal 1975 with Gov. Robert Docking in Topeka tonight.
Students to Talk With Governor
Buckley said yesterday he hoped to promote KU's budgets, which was currently under review.
If you are interested in sharing information about KU with people in your hometown over Christmas vacation, you may wish to stop by the Office of Admissions & Records. 126 Strong Hall, or the Office of School Relations, 101 Union. We will be happy to provide materials which will help you acquaint others with the University of Kansas.
He said he specifically wanted to discuss requests for faculty salary increases, increases in other operating expenses and women's intercollegiate athletics.
FOR A QUALITY COMPACT STEREO RECEIVER WITH PROVEN RELIABILITY,TEST OUR
WHITES
WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL
State budget hearings for fiscal 1975 have been completed. Docking will admit the budget for fiscal 1980.
ALL SLCUN TRANSFORMED AM FM
MULTIPLEX STEREO RECIVIER
Visit with us at 916 Mass. for a free demonstration. We also offer student financing
Diamond size or weight is measured in carats. There are 100 points to a carat.
CONCERT INTERVIEWS (for February 1974)
What you should know about diamonds:
ArtCarved, permanently engraves the exact diamond weight in points on the inside of each ring. It's your assurance that you're getting exactly the diamond weight you are paying for.
REGISTERED JEWELER AMERICAN GEM SOCIETY MEMBER OF NATIONAL BRIDAL SERVICE
Carat Weight
Tuesday, December 11, 1973
SUA OFFICE
Sign Up in the SUA Office Today POSITIONS AVAILABLE
817 Mass. Downtown Lawrence
Hospitality Chairman
Security Chairman
Tickets Chairman
Technical Director
General Committee
Buy1 Get1 FREE TAGO
with coupon
Place a Kansan want ad. Call 864-4358.
Spring Break
P