Show arbor day activities in richa richfield beld arbor day with its usual activities has passed once again bigand little folks got out and dug into mother earth to plant trees and to attend to their lawns and gardens in general holiday spirit prevailed over richfield banks offices and business houses bouses were closed the sun was kind and smiled down on the many children of earth who went forth to abide the customs attires at times though he hid his faco face behind thick clouds we presume it was at those thosa intervals when tho the earth dwellers did not do enouf of tree planting according to his opinion for the sun loves trees loves to kiss them to rest on them trees aro are among the most beautiful and useful creations of god and to give tribute to trees one lay day of the year arbor day should be a sacred duty to every one of us arbor day brings back to our memory a poem by joyce kilmer which will vall make one love trees more and more it reads 1 I think that I 1 shall never see A poem lovely as a tree A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed against the earths sweet flowing breast A tree that looks as god all day and lifts her leafy arms to pray A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robbins in her hair upon whose bosom snow has lain who intimately lives with rain poems are made by fools like me but only god can make a tree the high school celebrated arbor day by cleaning the grounds and making general improvements tho the junior boys under direction of principal D DC C II mitchell itchell and orson smith laid sixty pipes for watering the lawns the sophomore boys under direction of junius ogden and frank gardener put up a fence along the east side of the school ground and the freshmen boys under the direction of kenneth roylance and theodore martin cleaned and dug ditches ditche ard and cleared up brush while the masculine body of the high school thusly paid tribute to arbor lay day the feminine part under the direction of the lady teachers did their share to make work a pleasure by furnishing a delicious luncheon at noon for the whole student body which of course was enjoyed immensely miss aliss jean cox state supervisor ot of home economics paid a visit to the high school on arbor day the grade school had its regular work until when the children under their teachers participated in cleaning up the grounds and after this was accomplished they enjoyed outdoor games the rost post office also beautified its premises by planting according to government specifications the trees and flowers tho the government had sent the grounds of the second second ward meeting liou house 0 were a busy place forty men and seven teams had come to do their share in beautifying the spacious territory and they did accomplish creditable work awen ty five loads of sand were hauled the street was leveled sewer connection to take the waste from the drinking fountain was installed a new pipe line for watering the west side of the lot was laid a wire fence was put up and the ground was put in shape ready for planting the ladles ladies of the relief belief society surprised the busy workers with a sumptuous lunch and supper bishop directed the work splendidly |