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'The May Boys*' 

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Sometimes we fellows who are HKKPI and NOW. 

 sort of lose sight of our sturdy, trail-blazin«- 

 parents who lived in the THKN and TIIKRK. 



Lastsunniier 1 took a pilgrimage with my8:5-year- 

 old Dad, to his old home "way back in the hills, 

 miles from any railroad. We went mile.-, up a 

 well-nigh impassable road, whichmy Grandadcut 

 through the forest when the War of l.sl:> was 

 being fought. We looked up the oM family 

 burying ground where, after cutting awav the 

 wild roses, we found lichen-covei'ed stones 

 marking the Ai'rave.s of those sturdv pioneers. 



That night we made camp down by the brook, 

 and as we sat in the tent door looking out at 

 the stars, our admiration for those sturdy 

 characters who had wrested their living from 

 that wild country became profound. 

 A new appreciation grew within us for those 

 who had gone before. 



Recently Mr. Sefton ami I called on the May 

 bovs in Madison. N. .1., to see the new iron 



frame Propagating house we completed for 

 them not so long since. 



As oru' of the boys spoke of the decisiveness of 

 his father and his untiring energy, John May 

 seemed with us again in his sons, .lohn May, 

 that vigorous character who was one of New 

 .lersey\ pioneers in rose growing, 

 .lohn .May. whose advice meant so much and 

 whose e.xample so many followed. 



Today the bo\s are working out their plans far 

 in advance, as did their father. 

 The new Propagating house i^ but the seed 

 germ of what is to follow. 



With the present (lualitv and price of coal, a 

 centralized heating plant is one of the things 

 they are mulling over, which is an undertaking 

 reiiuiring the true May characteristirs. 



And so the worii of .lohn May. who is still hale 

 and hearty, is being carried on l)y his sons. 



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