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"HALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



The Whittier Elm is nominated for a place in the Hall of 

 Fame by the Rev. L. M. Powers, of the Universalist Church 

 of Our Father, in Washington, D. C. This famous elm is 

 near the poet's birthplace at Haverhill, Massachusetts. When 

 the place was sold in order that the poet's mother might live 

 near the Quaker Church in Amesbury, the new owner pro- 



Photograph by M erryman 



THE BEAUTIFUL WHITTIER ELM 



posed to cut down the tree. An admirer of the poet then 

 offered to pay a yearly rental for the place including the 

 tree in order to save the elm. The place is now owned by 

 the Whittier Association and the preservation of the beautiful 

 old tree assured. 



