Cooperative Living January 2018 - 7

HistoryMystery
The theme for this year's
column is " Famous
People Born in Virginia. "
You are invited to submit
your guess as to the
identity of the person
pictured in each issue
and submit it in writing,
along with your name,
address and phone
number, via mail to History
Mystery, c/o Cooperative Living, P.O. Box 2340,
Glen Allen, VA 23058-2340 or guess online at
www.co-opliving.com under " Contests. " The deadline
for this month's entries is Jan. 19, 2018. Correct
entries will be placed in a drawing and the winner
announced in the March-April 2018 issue. The winner
will receive a check for $25. 
LADYBUGS CAN INDEED
BE A NUISANCE
I'm writing in response to the October
Mailbag letter whose writer was appalled
by Margo Oxendine's method of ladybug
disposal, as described in the August Rural
Living column.
I am also a Virginian, born in Bath
County, and I've lived in numerous
locations inside and outside the state. I
would suggest that before giving advice on
how to dispose of ladybugs, you travel back
to Bath County in October and November
 DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS?
Our October 2017 History Mystery
subject was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996).
Born in Newport News, this successful jazz
singer got her start at age 17 after winning
an amateur contest at the Apollo Theatre
in Harlem, New York. Often referred to as
the " First Lady of Song, " she was noted
for her purity of tone, impeccable diction
and " horn-like " improvisational ability.
Fitzgerald pioneered the art of " scat
singing, " in which she used her voice as an
instrument, performing memorable musical
collaborations with such legends as Louis Armstrong and
Duke Ellington. Her 59-year career not only brought a wide
range of music to diverse audiences, but she also appeared
in several movies and popular television shows. Reader
Barbara Cottman of Woodbridge was our $25 winner.
Congratulations, Barbara!
when the leaves start to fall, especially after
a cold night and on a sunny afternoon,
when we are inundated with ladybugs, and
see how successful you would be by gently
putting a 3x5 card under all the ladybugs to
take outside and when you open the door,
more ladybugs swarm in.
In June 1991 my husband was
painting outside one morning, came in for
lunch and when he went back, he could
not continue, as our house was covered
with ladybugs that had been dumped
on us.
These non-native ladybugs have not
been beneficial for our garden plants. They
may not eat fabric or household items, but
they do bite, stink and stain where they
leave a squiggly trail. Our front porch
ceiling, back porch siding and all areas of
woodwork are covered with their stain that
is difficult to remove
without serious
scrubbing.
Every fall we are
burdened with these
nasty ladybugs and my
husband has to sweep
up thousands from his
shop and outbuildings,
as I do the same on my
porches.
- Nobel Byer,
Warm Springs
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READERS IDENTIFY MYSTERY TOOL
FROM LAST ISSUE
Editor's Note: In the NovemberDecember
issue of Cooperative Living,Jesse
Meadows of Lyndhurst requested readers'
assistance in identifying an antique tool that
he had found in Pennsylvania years ago.
We received dozens of responses to
Jesse's request for help. Writers offered
several different possibilities, ranging from
a candle-wick trimmer to a device used
for splitting cedar shingles. The correct
identification, we think, was offered by
many readers: an ice pick patented by
Ethan Rogers of Cohoes, New York,
in 1885.
Below at left is the photo Jesse sent that
was published in the November-December
issue, and next to it is the patent drawing
for the tool. 
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