January 7, 1958br/These azalea plants will grace a highway divider by McMinnville hospital through efforts of Fred Koch, 1745 Progress avenue. Koch began raising the plants eight years ago to beautify McMinnville highways and arranged for them to be placed near the hospital with the belief that they will be ldquo;our finest advertisement for the city.rdquo; Members of the Menrsquo;s Garden club helped Koch remove the azaleas from his backyard and tie roots in burlap State Highway department crews are to plant, water, and mulch the plants. From the left at front Arthur Fryer helps Koch uproot a plant as Alec Sherlock and Jim Stinson wrap another in burlap. Watching at rear, from the left, are Perry Willoughby, Lou Parsons, Fern Ramsey, Steve Thomas and Harold Smith.