“…“…Our Our 1818thth Annual Annual Celebration! ”Celebration! ”

20082008

Oppenheim-Ephratah Central Oppenheim-Ephratah Central SchoolSchool

“…“…a holiday that celebrates the a holiday that celebrates the future!”future!”

Julius Sterling Julius Sterling Morton Morton

Founder of Arbor DayFounder of Arbor Day

Nebraska Nebraska

April 10, 1872April 10, 1872

The cultivation of trees is the cultivation of the good,

the beautiful, and the ennobling in man.

J. Sterling Morton

New York  Last Friday in April

Sugar Maple

““He that plants trees loves others beside He that plants trees loves others beside himself.”himself.”

Thomas FullerThomas Fuller

English Clergyman, Author, and WitEnglish Clergyman, Author, and Wit

Mrs. WeaverMrs. Weaver

DedicationDedication

““He who plants a tree plants a He who plants a tree plants a hope.”hope.”

Lucy LarcomLucy Larcom

Mrs. SargalisMrs. Sargalis

DedicationDedication

““To exist as a nation, To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, to prosper as a state,

and to live as a and to live as a people, people, we we must have trees.”must have trees.”

Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt

American PresidentAmerican President

Ms. VavraMs. Vavra

DedicationDedication

http://www.arborday.orgBalsam Fir

(Abies balsamea)

How To Plant TreesHow To Plant Trees

• Bare Root Trees

• Balled & Burlapped Trees

• Containerized Trees

Trees may be the most important and useful plants on Trees may be the most important and useful plants on earth.earth.

They provide us with…They provide us with…

……oxygen we need to breath…oxygen we need to breath…

……water that is vital to all living things…water that is vital to all living things…

……food for both animals and people…food for both animals and people…

……wood that we depend on for our daily lives…wood that we depend on for our daily lives…

……the oasis of shade on a steamy, summer day!the oasis of shade on a steamy, summer day!

““We do not inherit the We do not inherit the Earth Earth from our from our parents; parents;

we borrow it from our we borrow it from our children!”children!” Old Indian Old Indian

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