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Show SCHOOLS RECEIVE WHITEHOUSE RELICS Souvenirs Made from Timber Removed Re-moved Afters 112 Years, on Display Here. Superintendent of Schools Milton Mil-ton E. Moody has just obtained from the National Lumber Manufacturers' Man-ufacturers' Association of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, interesting souvenirs of historical interest in the form of blocks of wood made from the timbers of the wooden trusses removed re-moved from! the roof of the White House when it was remodeled two years ago. Three of these blocks were secured and were presented to th Woodward school here, the Enterprise and Hurricane schools. These blocks are from one of the trusses that has literally held the roof over the heads of presidents presi-dents of the United States for the last 112 years. They are in excellent ex-cellent condition as far as the wood is concerned, and a half section sec-tion of one will be preserved at Washington not only for its historical his-torical association but as an example ex-ample of the remarkable durability durabil-ity of wood. Twenty-six presidents have lived ln the White House since the trusses were put in place. In 1814, after the battle of Bladenburg, the British soldiers, with their flaming torches, came thronging up Pennsylvania avenue and burned the White House, the fire destroying the interior -and seriously damaging some of the masonry. President Madison and his famous fa-mous wife Dolly, made a dramatic departure from the executive mansion man-sion fleeing up Pennsylvania avenue ave-nue just ahead of the British. Reconstruction was begun shortly short-ly after the fire, the new roof being be-ing held in place by sturdy wood trusses. Today these trusses, with their timbers in almost as good condition as they were when cut 112 years ago, are interesting ex-! amplcs of early workmanship. The ! timbers, all hand hewn, are held j together not only by mortising, but with dowels and heavy wrought (Continued on page 8) (Continued lrorn iron straps pounded out x ' When the old roof it was found that ft,-practically ft,-practically no deteortoJfo ta-ial in any vital? massive main roof UmC " and only the ends otTf over the north portico aged by powder post t era of a century agoTe miliar with the use of :-tives :-tives to lengthen the mff exposed wood and did Lf ' the material as would th X of today. |