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Show THE LEHI SUN. LEIII. UTAH live Oak Trees Over Century Old War Brings Strange Sights Make Warm Slippers For the Little Folks Are Eligible for This Unique Society; Its 'President' Is Elected By Girth'! fr iunior wysfor I Thi, j, ft in l sides f 8 little i ss is s ' ...tern Nwipaper Union. I Jrecent celebration of u onniversary of I founding of the Live iociety of Louisiana, .:,finn fathered eorgaiu"""" 15 WWWBWBMWu :- - . . i,:.,3i;.;.'K"l?. ..... 1 SAwHJ- - M ifr- - . . lit w . late Dr. W1IJ ,AJ- ps m t'! e the jj taffeta,"! lar, des piettia 1 flannel t will be nonee( all skeW ltrast dj No. n .5, 17 ari ements 1 requires! lout ut ad order 1J TtESM merj in each pai . Sue.. f I Poetrl oetryc :ker. has called attention V,ome of the famous ,at serve as living mon- to important even is 'history of the United i Stephens, wno was ior years president ui pctern Louisiana insti gated the Live Oak -while gathering dcta historical trees of his iuring 1935. It shortly famous througnout , jve oaks with an estab-ije estab-ije of at least . a century 4ted to the society. The L is elected "by girth." Me Breaux oak on the ppi river in at. uiaries Louisiana, has held the of-reason of-reason of its size ever s society was first organ ic oak is said to be the j America, having a girth ;tt at a height of four feet j pound and standing 75 .jh with a spread of 166 is beneath this moss- : : giant tnai Laoaue ana ms : French explorers are said knelt to offer thanks for di arrival on their voyage je Mississippi river in a There the fruit trees bear a" : on the list of charter :3 of the society is the riie oak in old St. Mar-inhere Mar-inhere descendants of the el Acadian exiles from icotia still carry on the tra- and customs of their t forefathers. Under this it heroine of Longfellow's :eline" met again the lover J sought through weary p and perilous journeying aid that he had another aril as, too, are the duelling New Orleans, In another ;se trees looked down on I gallants who sought to real or fancied insults ides that flashed in the the early sun. Often the i branches of these oaks ' a duellist who lay on d of honor as his oDrjonent iff victorious, if Dues' With Acorns. 5 of member trees are Payable in November of "ear, The acorns are plant-to plant-to society's own nursery f young trees, treasured -en and horticultural socialise soci-alise of their distin-1 distin-1 Parentage, are used for highways, college cam-ad cam-ad parks. spring of these aristo- Muve oak family have 'tflmanv far-nurau l-,v,J 11 them now stand on es-: es-: South America. Others the Pacific to take sou of Australia. Still caSt Shadows nvr tk J"Pical bloom in Hawaiian - so provide a link be- overs of this Pacific af the United States. m are admitted to th Presentation of their jee by someone who """attorney." Each inducted with fit- Ih?arraned bv th "WW Of Louisiana J i fk Officials takl nar rr. these Louisiana Lve not the nnto oi 1 J of this country having 0 rooted in ....i.! nca was an uncharted Deneath whose ot n ." ,,ai,gea uie I ' Datlon 8 history. r3'y most fan,,.-.; r.?:,1Can. the "or of tK- .",uusni io be ' ui the nr m,..i . covered tC . Iorest r.?e "gwn and 7 aimost 100 fppt a branch spread result . 8 urancnes as S,? a storm the 'or a pulpit in a 'ent is th- Kio rds on tL ' ""mense. ', Allege an PUS 01 ? th on6 18 entitled '?! .1,: 01 ts tonc .,T:.r'lu..Decause -ciilS mat tnnL- re- was 'sat in aition Jer thp r ;u ';aiJ' was vuw. treebe- ana the Sus- Dr. Edwin L. Stephens standing beside the Locke Breaux oak in St. Charles parish, La., "president" of the Live Oak Society of Louisiana. quehannock Indians, thereby assuring as-suring the settlers of safety which left them free to develop the land and build homes and communities. communi-ties. When the colonists were discussing dis-cussing problems which led to revolt against England, patriotic meetings were held in the shade of the Liberty tree, out of which arqee its name. Later still, General Gen-eral Lafayette was entertained beneath its shade when he visited Annapolis in 1824. The Royal Oak or Tree of the Lighted Lanterns, near Easton, Md., also stands as a living memorial to this country's fight for independence and the right to her own trade. During the War of 1812, a British ship came to anchor at night opposite the town of St. Michaels in Talbot county and began to shell the town. The townspeople, who were unprotected, unprotect-ed, hung lighted lanterns in the tops of the high tree and so deceived de-ceived the enemy into mistaking Historic "Evangeline Oak" St. Martinville, La. in them for lights of the town, with the result their shots passed harmlessly overhead. A stalwart oak at Chesterfield, S. C, which was already a lordly tree in 1852, played a role in the Civil war. The first flag bearing bear-ing the words "Immediate Separate Sep-arate State Action" was fastened to its branches and fluttered there until General Sherman took the town and ordered the flag down Even before gaining fame in the Civil war the tree had been marked as one of Chesterfield's historic points of interest as it had served as a place for Indian parleys par-leys and their pipes of peace, together to-gether with stores of arrowheads were found buried beneath it. New York cherishes as its oldest old-est tree, the Inwood tulip tree, on the northern end of Manhattan island. Said to be more than 225 years old, the tree was in its youth when Henry Hudson made his memorable voyage of discovery discov-ery on the river that bears his name. Cory don, Ind., claims one of the country's famous trees, the Constitutional Con-stitutional elm, beneath which, on June 10, 1816, members of the Constitutional convention met to deliberate on the articles of law to be adopted for the government of the new state of Indiana. This tree is protected by law against depredations. Roosevelt Oaks. Even in our own modern era trees have their place in current history. When the final plans were drawn for the library of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, in which his papers pa-pers will be kept for posterity, the President decided to preserve the landscaping of the grounds so that future generations might see the place just as it exists today. Thus, the landscaping plans necessitated ne-cessitated preserving, in appearance appear-ance at least, the six great oaks which surround the front of the library. These trees have stood for several hundred years and it was because of their beauty the library was erected on the present pres-ent site. Accordingly, President Roosevelt decided to have young oaks planted next to each of the old oaks, so that when the old ones finally died and were removed, re-moved, the young ones would grow in their corresponding places. The oaks chosen were a group of 19-year-old trees that had been planted by the President's Presi-dent's daughter, Anna Roosevelt Boettiger. Of even more historic interest is th use of the trees which grew about the groups of Lincoln's childhood home to flank the white marble walls of the memorial to the Great Emancipator's memory. mem-ory. It was under these same trees that the boy Lincoln spent his childhood summers learning to read and write. Two of the huge shade trees which have been included in the landscaping were those under which two of the historic his-toric Lincoln-Douglas debates were held. A tree which needed neither age nor historical background to bring it fame is the unique "Apple "Ap-ple Annie tree" which marks the grave of Mary McGrath, for years a familiar and colorful figure fig-ure in the theatrical district of Broadway. Mary McGrath. walked New York's "Great White Way" for years, selling apples to passersby who included many of the great theatrical names of her era as well as the less great. She inspired a story and subsequent photoplay and when she died a few years ago the Broadway theatrical world mournedi her passing. A group who had known "Apple Annie" through the years planned a unique memorial a tree composed of the seven varieties vari-eties of apples which had constituted consti-tuted her wares. The tree, which bears Astrachan, Gravenstein, Fall Pippin, Baldwin, Greening, Russett and King apples, now is planted on her grave. In addition to serving as monu ments, historical trees have them selves inspired monuments. A bronze monument marks the site of the old Liberty elm in Boston The tree was planted by a schoolmaster school-master long-before the Revolution Revolu-tion and, dedicated by him to the independence of the colonies, was a favorite meeting place for pa triots. When at last it fell the bells of all Boston churches were tolled. A monument was erected to the memory of a tree which in its turn had served as a living memorial to the fight our forefathers fore-fathers waged to make this a free and independent nation. Modern methods of tree sui gery have helped to preserve many historic trees which, without with-out man's help, would have died of the ravages of time, storms and insects. The new tree surgery sur-gery with rubber, originated by the noted horticulturist, George Van Yahres, and subsequently developed de-veloped by engineers of the B. F. Goodrich company, was used to preserve the life of the old Washington Wash-ington walnut tree in New Jersey. Tradition has it that the first President frequently hitched his horse to an iron ring embedded in the tree when he commanded the American Revolutionary forces. For more than 150 years the tree withstood onslaughts of weather. A few years ago decay set in and it seemed that the tree would go the way of other historically his-torically famous trees which have disappeared from the earth. The Van Yahres method of tree surgery was employed, a new type of interlocking rubber blocks being used to fill up cavities in the tree caused by decay. Whereas concrete fillings formerly former-ly used in tree surgery give the tree a rigidity which makes it impossible for the tree to bend with the wind in a severe storm, these rubber blocks have such pliability the danger of the tree cracking when buffeted by a wind was eliminated. In addition, bark grows more easily over rubber as the tree scar heals. After the insertion of the filling, antiseptic antisep-tic wax was injected by steam pressure to kill any lurking decay germs. Today, the Washington walnut tree gives promise of remaining re-maining as an historic landmark for another century or so. r3 iir I r A British couple, enjoying a morning walk along the beach on a section of England's coast, stop to gape at an Indian army service corps nnit, led by a single native piper, moving supplies to an anti-Invasion outpost. Right: Nicholas OukounsifT, whose home is in occupied Paris, is shown as he arrived ar-rived at Jersey City, N. J., on the S. S. Excambion. He shouldered arms before going ashore. N 4 v!" . - ',, I,,-!-" Select 'Sun Goddess' and Then It Rains! r $ Ufht f IjSk! ffi r SV aM.VlAwBlll..woooJP9twv 1 Vim .11 . ni ski I Los Angeles was recently deluged with a driving downpour of rain, which stalled hundreds of automobiles. Above, left, boyi in a boat come to the rescue of people stalled In an automobile in a water-covered water-covered street when the car ran out of gas. Just before this downpour, strangely enough, lovely Miss Joan Leslie (right), was selected as the living symbol of southern California's all-winter sun festival season. II Duce Contributes to John Bull I First Amisli Recruit SSav'R fkV AA 1 This imposing array of Italian Breda guns is part of a huge amount of military equipment captured by the British forces In Egypt In skirmishes skir-mishes that preceded the big drive of the British imperial army, end which brought British forces on to the soil of Italian Libya. Picked desert troops were responsible for this "haul." The British claim also to have captured thousands of Italians in Western Egypt. Sails for France as U. S. Ambassador JV.r-.--. 7 t ' v. v.t; .V 1 - ! t v v. 4 Amos King Fisher, believed to be the first man born in the Amish religion re-ligion ever to enlist in the U. S. army. Amos rejected the Amish faith, which forbids fighting, and made application for entrance into the army. Wired for Sound Dwarfed by a battery of eight-inch guns on the crniser, Tuscaloosa, Admiral William D. Leahy, the new ambassador to France, and his wife, are pictured aboard the warship as it left Norfolk, Va., for Lisbon, Porto-gal, Porto-gal, from which point they will proceed to Vichy. France, where he will assume his duties. Capt. L. P. Johnson of the warship is at the right. it .A i I - X $ y, , William Proctor, demonstrating new two-way radio to be worn by New York city patrolmen on the beat. 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Each merchant charged what he thought "the traffic would bear." Advertising came to the rescue of the consumer. It led the way to the established estab-lished prices you pay when you buy anything today. |