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                                    On the flemory Train< Subway System ation for 75 years,1 Jubilee is being h two special :er and token will the event. The illustrations of ir used since the i in 1904. The ns have a diamond instead of the juts.Arthur G. Perfall, of annell donated his i the tokens%u201d and n tokens went on a* the same cost at all MTA%u2019s token ahic design of the George Gershino- ; artist. The poster 36 inches and ismd Jubilee posteri5 at New York City:, BoerumPlace andSt. or send $5 toj Dept, 347 Madison10017. Send $2.50ver shipping andnr~, ^ mmi5%u00a3%u00a3Jtn%u00a3%u2022mmtL525jd%u00a3rE%u00a3%u00a3JJr%u00a32J%u00a3aGARDENING WITHOUT PESTSA HANDBOOK Insects, Fungi end Viruses on 1 rees. Shrubs ond F owers Weed Control/Air Pollution Comprehensive Treatment GuideSlug Those Ugly BugsStanding between a gardener and a dream garden is a vast host of pests: larvae, beetles, slugs, aphids, viruses, mildews, and the whole crew. If you want to get rid of them, the Brooklyn' Botanic Garden can help you in its new handbook, Gardening Without Pests. With an emphasis on practical and safe methods for approaching the creepy, crawly hordes, the handbook suggests ways of avoiding pesticides in some cases, but explains the safest, most effective use of poisons when they are really called for.Of course the first step to getting rid of a pest is to identify it. The book contains dozens of illustrations to help, some of them worthy of inspiring a new horror movie. Battle of the Giant Slugs, here we come!Gardening Without Pests, AHandbook. Published by the BrooklynBotanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave.Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225. $1.95 plus S.60postage and handling. Order by name and number, the new booklet is No. 89.Per information R72-4433.T w o If B y S e aHalloween ain%u2019t beans without pumpkins, and the sloop Clearwater, the realized dream of folksinger Pete Seeger, will be making sure there%u2019s a heap of pumpkins all along the shores and nabes of the Hudson this season The ship has set sail down from Albany, hopping from port to port brimming and stuffed to the nunwales with jack-olanterns to be. Its three New York City proper stops will head off when the Clearwater puts in at the Fulton Ferry to sell pumpkins, hold concerts and distribute information on the environment and how to save it: the boat will then flip over to the other side of the river and spend two days in the slips of the South Street Seaport doing more of the same. The Pumpkin Sail/Sale is an annual tradition dating from 1971. and to stock the singlemasted, floating stage, crew has berthed this year ten tons of the huge orange gourds to scatter here and about.The Clearwater w ill dock at the Fulton FerryLanding under the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct. 26 from3-7pm, before heading to the Manhattan side'sSouth Street seaport (South Street at John St.) fortwo days of pumpkin sales from noon to dusk. Formore information call (914) 454-7673.Woosh. Run for glory on Sun., Oct. 21, blazing your way into the New York City Marathon immortality. Even Walter Mitty would%u2019ve pulled up lame or with cramps or a twisted ankle or something against that speed demon Bill Rogers who practically owns this five borough race, having won it the last three years and holding the record for this 26-mile 385 yard street course with a time o f 2:10:09. Over two million of the slower and wiser New Yorkers are expected t0 line the streets to watch thousands of runners of all ages and both sexes chase Rogers for the Samuel Rudin Trophy.New York City Marathon October 21 starting10:30 am at Staten Island Toll Plaza, over theVerrazano Bridge. About 11:30 the Marathon w illreach Sunset Park, go thru Park Slope runningalong 4th Ave. then over Atlantic to Bedford Ave. toQueens ending up in Manhattan's Tavern on theGreen.Here%u2019s a new twist to the free enterprise system. Out at the edge of the Manhattan Bridge, Marc Servin owns a large loft which he%u2019s set up as a theatrical space with appeal to arts groups that don%u2019t have a home and are devotees to the %u2018have stage %u2014 will travel%u201d philosophy.%u201c It%u2019s a beautiful space%u2014absolutely a huge loft,%u201d says Kathy Bernson, who, with fellow choreographer Stormy Mullis and visual artist Susan Share, is putting on a visual-dance fusion called %u201c Double Guestures%u201d in Servin%u2019s A.I.R. Theater space under the aegis of the CETA artist%u2019s project program. The loft will be big enough to accomodate the new work's interminglings and interactions, which include not just dancers and choreography numbers but also a %u201c room-sized book%u201d set designed and constructed by Share which will fill the stage and open to reveal different segments of the performing space.%u201c Double Guestures%u2019%u2019 by Kathy Bernson, StormyMullis and Susan Share w ill be performed by theDancing Turtle theatre group in the A.I.R. Theatre.223 Water St. on Oct. 19 and 20 at 8 pm. Admissionis $3.50 (TDF dance vouchers accepted); for moreinformation, call 242-6259. For details on thetheater space, call Marc Servin at 643-1029.F u n d A n d A im sHow do you get your hands on some money to do the projects that are needed in your community or organization? A good question. The answers will be provided in a workshop on Fundraising Techniques and Methodologies for community organizations offered by Abraham & Straus.This is the second time the department store is offering the workshop. The first time around, the room was filled to overflowing for the one day intensive session for people who wanted to get the competitive edge in the search for funds.A & S Fund Raising Techniques and Methodologies for Brooklyn community organizations, Oct. 26at 420 Fulton St. starting 8:45 until 5 pm, call 875-2554October 18.1979, The PHOENIX, Page 1
                                
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