September 09, 1976 (vol. 87, iss. 1) • Page Image 29
…Thursday, September 9, 1976 th WoodI e t By Marnie Heyn my father cut the birches down the summer that i moved away the trees were diagnosed as beetled dying my mother wrote dad tried to make a bench of their stumps and boards but the wood splintered and snapped no use so father broke the birches to chunks to stop doors steady trash cans chock tires and fasten the cold frame but not to burn birch burns readily but father is tender toward the ...…