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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OHIO MAGAZINE PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE STATE OF OHIO VOLUME 33 NUMBER 10 October, 1969 FEATURED IN OCTOBER Autumn in Ohio 2 Chrysanthemums 4 Recipes of the Month: Pumpkin Fudge and Pumpkin Coke 9 Kenyon College 10 October Storm 14 Roy Kowalski, Pointer of Houses 16 Sunlit October 20 Ohio Teocher of the Year ... Charles Rousculp 22 Bob Goes Comping 24 A Glimpse of the "Good Old Days" 26 Golden Age Hobby Show 30 Flamboyant Foll 32 Special Library Services 34 Ohioono Doy 38 Cincinnati's Leaf Mon 40
OCTOBER COVERS Front-"The Ridge"- Judith White Inside front-"Woodland Color"-Staff Photo Back-Mallard Pair- Kori Bednarik
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AUTUMN IN OHIO
Photos by Michael Timko Chrysanthemums bloom in col ors for every occasion. Mums also vary in shape and size.
Pompon mums are excellent for cut flower arrangements because of the spray of flowers on each stem.
the flower with the magic touch
By ROUDELL BYRD Ohio Coopera1ive Ex1ension Service Photos by MALCOLM EMMONS 0/iio Coopera1ive Ex1en,ion Service This beautiful standard mum is used extensively in floral pieces as well as in corsages for footba 11 spectators. HE CHRYSANTHEMUM can extensively in funeral arrangements well be called the flower of and are nationally famous as the T magic. It blooms in practically corsages worn at football games. every color imaginable, has flower Pompon is a spray of flowers on one size and shape to fit any occasion or stem, which is very suitable for cut desire and is used in literally _hun flower arrangements and popular for dreds of ways and events. Its flower weddings, Christmas and other spe shape and appearance range from a cial occasions. "Black-Eyed-Susan" to a "snowball." HISTORY ALMOST Basically, there are four groups CLAIMED MUM INDUSTRY of "mums." Garden mums are pro The mum industry was nearly duced with a hardiness for outside wiped out in the 1940's by a virus production and a growth period that disease called "Stunt." Yoder Broth permits flowering before fall frosts. ers, Incorporated, of Barberton, in Pot mums are grown in greenhouses cooperation with experiment stations with four lo five cuttings per pot and United States Department of and are used as gifts for hospital Agriculture scientists, saved the in patients, Mother's Day, Easter, Christ dustry through an intensive study mas, Thanksgiving and other special of the Stunt virus. At Yoder Broth dates. Standards are cut mums used ers greenhouse, a heat chamber is
4 Grown in beds, garden mums, of one color or a mixture of colors, accent the landscape. They are lovely cut flowers.
Thousands of standard mums are pinned on Ohio State University football fans each fall, especially at Homecoming Time.
used to reduce the virus as much as possible. Temperature is held at 90 degrees in the daytime and 80 degrees at night to promote rapid growth of plant tips. This means that under these conditions, plant tips, or the tips of the stems, are growing faster than the virus. Almost micro· scopic-sized cuttings are taken from these plants in the hope that the tips are free of the virus. Indicator plants are then used to check for the pres ence of virus. This vast industry incorporates a number of production steps into the management of mums before the consumer sees them at local florists, garden centers and other retail out lets. Stock or "mother" plants are grown in several states, according to s Cuttings, center, only two to two and one-half inches long, are set in a root ing medium to develop stocky root !.ystems, like the outside two plants.
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Harry K. Tayama, Extension floricul turist at The Ohio State University. Cuttings about two and one-half inches long are taken from the stock plants and shipped to Barberton, where rooting of each cutting takes place. Yoder Brothers has about 14 acres of greenhouse in Barberton with 12 acres under glass and two under plastic. They use a rooting medium of one-half sphagnum peat moss and one-half perlite to root the hundreds of thousands of plants. To sterilize the rooting medium, a steaming op eration precedes the rooting of the cuttings. A rotary tiller, designed especially for the job, stirs the root ing medium before cuttings are set. All equipment used in or around the rooting medium is sterilized to pre vent disease contamination of plants. Striking, a term used among florists, which means setting cuttings in the rooting medium, is done pri Above, this worker is "striking" cuttings marily at night during the summer -a term used among florists for setting months. Daytime greenhouse tem cuttings in rooting medium. Below, rooted cuttings are being cartoned for peratures in summer run about 15 shipment. A plastic interlining preserves to 20 degrees higher than outdoor moisture until they reach the florist. temperatures. This condition requires a misting operation to keep the cut tings and rooting medium damp or in condition for roots to form on the small cuttings. A control panel with automatic timers turns the mist ing system on and off every few minutes. Thus, workers are more ef ficient working at night when the misting system is not in operation and the temperature is cooler. Cuttings come into the rooting greenhouses the year 'round, says Tayama. A rooting hormone is used to speed root formation. This gives a more uniform root system to all the plants and ensures uniform harvesting-harvesting of an entire
6 These pot mums, left, are grown four to five cuttings per six-inch pot. They are often used as gifts for hospital patients, Mother's Day and other special events.
bench of plants at one time. The entire setup at Yoders is on a computer system. Every shipment of cuttings is recorded showing va riety, color, location by greenhouse, bench within greenhouses, number of cuttings, and many other details needed by Yoders to fill orders. Then, when orders come in for rooted cut Standard mums also make excellent tings, they can be handled quickly cut-flower arrangements for home use or for floral shows. and efficiently. Advance orders are a big help. For example, if a florist wants 4,000 plants, he gets his order in at least 26 weeks in advance of the time he needs the plants. In this way, Yoders can plan for the number and varie ties the purchaser desires. This not only assures the grower of the num ber of plants and the varieties he wants but also a good discount in price. These experimental varieties may Packaging and shipping is done never make the market. Develop ment of a single new variety often in the daytime, twice per week costs more than $100,000. Monda) and Friday-except in June when plants are shipped daily. Ship ping cartons. containing 500 rooted plants per carton, are shipped to all parts of the United States, Canada, South America and Mexico. The number of standard mums produced in Ohio runs into the mil lions annually. The majority of these are exported out of state, mainly to the northeastern part of the United Stales. Thousands of pot mums are also produced weekly. Pot mums are very popular. The number of cuttings per six-inch pot, for pinched or snipped-off plants, de pends on the time of year they are being grown. For Easter to Thanks giving flowering, four cuttings per pot are adequate if plants are prop erly maintained. Depending on vari ety, an average of 20 to 30 flowering shoots should be produced per pot.
7 a second spraying with 0.25 per cent solution two weeks after the first ap· plication may be desirable. Where Phosfon is used, it is applied as a drench on the soil at the same time B-Nine is used-when breaks are one and one-half to two inches long. Garden mums are a great favorite. For best results, Tayama suggests purchasing garden mums as small, established plants in containers from florists, nurserymen or garden cen ters in the spring ( mid-May to late May). and planting them at that time. Spring planting allows time for the plants to become established in the ground before frost; and chances of winter kill are less, he says. Plants Rooting hormone used when cuttings in full bloom may be purchased and are set permits workers to harvest planted in the fall; they should be entire plantings of mums at one heavily mulched to safeguard against time. The hormone helps develop uniform root systems. winter kill. Pinching to remove one-half to one inch of the stem tip is highly recom mended for garden mums. ( Pinching means snipping off, and is usually done with thumb and forefinger.) This practice results in increased de velopment of branches. Many garden varieties are pinched two to three times during the growing season, starting when stems are six to eight inches long. When branches that have developed in the leaf axils after the first pinching become six to eight inches long, they are ready for pinch ing again. Do not pinch varieties that flower about September 15th, after July 1st; varieties that flower about October 1st, after July 15th; nor varieties that flower about October 15th and later, after August 1st. The chrysanthemum is a light sensitive plant. That is, garden mums A greenhouse of stock plants that produce tiny cuttings is shown above. cease to grow vegetatively and start flowering when days get shorter and nights get longer in the fall. These growth and flowering periods are con {ff!J][f{fJJJ!fJ!i!/ jj!JJ[i!iYJ[!J!iYJJJ _ continued trolled by lights and black coverings in greenhouses. In this way, florists can produce flowering mums any Five cuttings should be used per pot factorily, says Tayama. Plants are month in the year. for flowering during the winter sprayed with a 0.25 per cent solution The chrysanthemum does have a months. ( six ounces per gallon of water) of magic touch, and those who enjoy a The use of growth regulators, such B-Nine when the breaks (flowering pot mum, a bouquet of cut mums or as B-Nine and Phosfon, regulates the shoots) are one and one-half to two a beautiful bed of garden mums are height of the pot mum very satis- inches long. For some tall varieties, glad that it does.
8 RECIPES OF THE MONTH PUMPKIN FUDGE and HIOA S become "Pumpkin Eaters" in the Fall, "when 0 the frost is on the pumpkin PUMPKIN CAKE and the fodder's in the shock." It was James Whitcomb Riley who de scribed Ohio pumpkins in unfor gettable poetry while visiting Don Piatt, at Piatt Castle, West Liberty. On this particular tangy autumn morning, Riley seated himself upon a rail fence which surrounded one of Piatt's cornfields. He took from his pocket a pencil and a bit of paper; then he scribbled out his famous poetic reflections on the beauty of the rural Ohio scene. Not only do pumpkins go nicely into poems, but they also go deli ciously into cake and candy and pie, ice cream, custard - even pumpkin burgers. This venerable vegetable also saved many pioneer families in the North west territory from starvation. In some of those near-famine times it even served as a substitute for coffee. Today at harvest time Ohioans honor this round, golden vegetable at the Circleville Pumpkin Show, PUMPKI! CAKE where pyramids of pumpkins are proudly displayed. And housewives 1/ 2 cup shortening can just as proudly display and serve 3 eggs to their families and guests their own 3/ 4 cup pumpkin pumpkin '·products"' - pumpkin l / 2 teaspoon salt fudge and pumpkin cake. l 2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 12 teaspoon cinnamon 1 / 4 teaspoon ginger 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 2 cups cake flour PUl\IPKJ.i\ FTDGE 1 / 4 teaspoon soda 2 cups sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons pumpkin ] 12 cup buttermilk l ..i. teaspoon cornstarch 2 3 cup chopped nuts l / t teaspoon pumpkin pie spice Cream shortening and sugar together. Beat eggs and l 12 cup Carnation milk add to pumpkin. Mix with creamed mixture. Sift to 1/2 teaspoon vanilla gether flour. spices, salt and baking powder. Mix nuts Cook together sugar, pumpkin, cornstarch, spice and in flour mixture. Add soda to buttermilk and add Carnation milk until mixture forms a soft ball in cold alternately to the creamed mixture with the milk. Bake water. or reaches 235 degrees. ( Do not stir while cook in two 8'' pans at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Frost ing.) Add , an ilia. stir lightl) and cool in ice water to llO with a caramel icing. degrees. Beat until creamy or fudge loses its gloss. Pour Recipes and preparation courtesy of Home Service Depart onto a buttered plate and cut into small squares when ment, COLUMBUS AND SOUTHERN OHIO ELECTRIC COM nearly cool. PANY. Pumpkin and leaves, courtesy of LAZARUS.
9 KENlON COLLEGE
"The first of Kenyon's goodly race Was that great man Philander Chase; He climbed the Hill and said a prayer, And founded Kenyon College there.
He dug up stones, he chopped down trees, He sailed across the stormy seas, And begged at every nob/e's door, And also that of Hannah More.
The King, the Queen, the Lords, the Earls, They gave their crowns, they gave their pearls Until Philander hod enough And hurried homeward with the stuff.
He built the College, built the dam, He milked the cow, he smoked the ham, He taught the classes, rang the bell, And spanked the naughty freshmen well.
And thus he worked with all his might For Kenyon College, day and night; And Kenyon's heart still holds a place Of love for old Philander Chase."
Old Kenyon Hall was the original building on the campus at Gambier. Old Kenyon was built in 1829. Today it serves as a symbolic building on the campus, attesting to the school's traditions and greatness. It was destroyed by fire in 1949, but rebuilt in 1950. The new structure matches the exterior of the original building. HE VERSES of the Kenyon College song that extolls the founder, The Rt. Reverend Philander T Chase, first Episcopal Bishop of Ohio, tell of the founding of a college in 1824 that today stands as the oldest private institution of higher learning in the state. Founded 145 years ago, Kenyon is one of the finest men's colleges in this country; and just last month opened its doors to offer the same education to women at its coordinate college. Following 17 years as a rector in urban areas in ew York, Louisiana and Connecticut, and after a con flict with Bishop Hobart-a man with whom he never agreed-Chase decided to go to Ohio in 1817. Two years later he was consecrated Bishop. In 1823 the Bishop announced that he would go to England and solicit help for the "sinking Church in the West." Despite vigorous objections of Bishop Hobart, Bishop Chase, with introductions supplied through his brother, a United States Senator, and Henry Clay, "sailed across the stormy seas." There, through the efforts of Lord Gambier, he met many lords, earls and ladies of the court who contributed Lo the College. Street signs throughout the Village of Gambier stand in testimony that the benefactors have not been for gotten. Lord Kenyon, a principal benefactor, has the Ascension Hall, above, a classroom and ad College named for him. His descendant, the Rt. Hon. ministration building, was named for the Church of the Ascension in New York City. Lord Kenyon of Gredington, today serves as honorary Below, Bexley Hall was the headquarters of chairman of the Kenyon College board of trustees. the theological seminary and now houses of fices of the college staff. The College Chapel, The Church of the Holy Spirit, was New Mather Hall, foreground, and Old built in 1869 by contributions of the congregation of Mather Hall, background, are the build the Church of the Ascension, New York City. This land ings that comprise the science complex mark shows Kenyon's continuing church affiliation. at Kenyon. The excellent science pro gram at the school is aided by fine physical facilities for teaching. KENYON -continued
After first locating in Worthington, Bishop Chase The Gordon Keith Chalmers Memorial spent many months looking over the Ohio countryside to Library is named for Kenyon's late president. It can hold over 200,000 find a site for his College which would be a "retreat volumes and includes a rare book room, of virtue in seclusion from the Vices of the World." seminar rooms, a fine arts room and Climbing a hill in Knox County, the Bishop knew he other faci I ities for Kenyon's scholars. had found the secluded area of which he dreamed. Yet, it was not too far from civilization . . . only 40 miles from the new National Road and the Ohio Canal. Mount Vernon had excellent stage service and it connected the town with the bigger cities in Ohio. In 1828, Bishop Chase officially moved the College from Worthington. where he had started a theological seminary in 1824. Even before the move, Chase realized the need for offering a more general education. In Chase's day, college life was filled with the stuff that made pioneer tales exciting. The students told of bears, rattlesnakes and wolves ... and the mis trust of the settlers that farmed near Gambier. The War of 1812 was recently over. and the settlers were sure the college was a British fort. and the students soldiers in disguise. These settlers, many of whom were Revolu tionary War veterans, felt that nothing British could be trusted. During the middle 1800's Kenyon began its first growth period. 1t was able to justly claim that it had the largest library west of the Alleghenies. The school graduated many outstanding men, among them, Ruther ford B. Hayes and Edwin Stanton. One of the pro fessors, Hamilton Smith, was credited with inventing the tint) pe, during his period at Kenyon. When the Civil War was over, the college went into a decline. But following the post-war depression, the college began to build again. Its steady growth from 1875 soon regained the College's reputation for excel lence. Today. the campus of Kenyon College is a tranquil spot in a fast-changing world. Graduates receive the Bachelor of Arts degree. However, more than 80 per cent of Kenyon's liberal arts graduates go on to further educa tion in medicine, law, the sciences, business and the arts. Kenyon, a small college. has an enrollment this year of just over 1,000 students, both men and women. The teacher/ student ratio is conducive to excellence: an PUBLISHED MONTHLY BREATHTAKING COLOR OUTSTANDING ARTICLES OUTDOOR LIVING TRAVEL AND VACATIONING HISTORY AND OHIOANA • Camping • Festivals • Museums • Hunting • Tours • Arts & Crafts • Fishing • Sightseeing • Industry • Boating • Hiking • Agriculture AND MUCH, MUCH MORE THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OHIO MAGAZ INE DEVELOPMENT D EPT., BOX 1001, COLUM BUS, O HIO 4 3216 ------ORDER FORM
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average class has 15 students; the study programs are Kenyon also has an intramural sports program for challenging and geared to today's world; and the faculty, its students, both men and women. 60 per cent of who have Ph.D. degrees, are teachers first. Many Kenyon graduates have gone on to great fame This fall a new look came to Gambier and to Kenyon and fortune in their fields. All will recognize the name College. The first women students were accepted. One of Paul Newman, '49, actor. Others include: Dr. Novice hundred and sixty freshmen women were admitted to Fawcett, '31, President, The Ohio State University; The the school, along with a sprinkling of upperclass women. Right Reverend Arthur Lichtenberger, '32, former Presid Kenyon's Coordinate College allows men and women to ing Bishop, Episcopal Church; and many others. share classes and library facilities, but the men and Dr. John N. Meagher, '46, M.D. states his feelings on women have separate traditions and separate campuses. liberal education in these words. "Even though a chosen This new look at Kenyon will not change the attitude vocation calls for specialized knowledge or skills, the of the college 'toward education. President William very nature of our society demands interplay and inter Caples, at his inauguration on April 15, 1969, said, change of thoughts and concepts on both broad and " ... there are too few Liberal Arts colleges left in pointed problems. The individual prepared in a liberal this country. Kenyon College will remain a small Liberal arts college is obviously better equipped to deal with Arts college and will teach the specialized type of educa these problems." tion needed for a well-rounded person." Today's need for education has not eliminated the Kenyon has a well-rounded type of living for its need for communication. A specialized education is vital students. It is a charter member of the Ohio Athletic for many people; but each person must be able to com Conference and participates in 11 intercollegiate sports. municate with his neighbors, his co-workers and his Kenyon students play football, basketball and soccer. family. Kenyon aids this communication by providing a They swim, go out for both indoor and outdoor track, liberal arts education . . . an education on which one baseball, wrestling, golf, lacrosse and tennis. may build for a life of commitment. Sometimes, even autumn's red-gold glory must be blunted by a backdrop of lowering, unfriendly clouds ... And a passing storm may obscure the sun's planned signature to a rich October day ... Sometimes, even home and hilltop blend with earth - and lose them selves, in the amber framework of a darkening sky.
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Ray Kowalski, right, translates common Ohio scenes into whimsical, stylized paintings of houses. He is surprised, he says, at the range of people they ap pea I to. Children as well as stern art Ray Kowalski, critics enjoy them. PAINTER OF HOUSES
His work transmits the charm of old, well lived-in houses
Below is "Grandmother's House Over he sees while traveling Ohio the River and Through the Woods," a generalized suggestion of a house any one's grandmother might have lived in, "though probably very few of them really did," Ray says. HAT do you see when you look at a white, two-story frame house of the nondescript style W common in the 1920's and 1930\? Perhaps the sort of house you grew up in. Perhaps a candidate for a paint job and new shrubbery. Perhaps a graceless combination of Victorian and Georgian architectural styles. There's an artist in Cleveland who might see in such a house the subject for his next painting. His name is Ray Kowalski, and the theme for most of his work of the past three years is houses. Not large, elegant or historical houses, but the sort that look forlorn beside a freeway; that remind you of visits to aunts, uncles and cousins in your childhood; that will probably eventually be demolished to make way for modern town houses. To Kowalski, the aging house sags and sighs for a happier past when it held a lot of children and not so many memories. It suggests a brief story, which Kowalski summarizes in a long title, such as "The House Where All Your Favorite Cousins Lived-And You Stayed Overnight." For Kowalski, deciding on the title precedes the actual painting, which he describes as "acrylic collage." He uses modeling paste and crumpled news paper to achieve a raised or three-dimensional effect, and uses acrylic paint over these built-up forms. Kowalski's houses lean. The wobbliness doesn't mean the houses are falling down, he explains. It's just part of the design of the painting. To the viewer, the listing
Kowalski had to leave his easel and drive through the Ohio countryside near Cleveland to find the precise quality of decrepitude that he captured in "The Barns That Survived Their Last Winter," below. The painting above is titled "The House Where the Family Lived in Peace Be cause There Was No War." He had no real model for this house, Kowalski says, but intended its basic, primitive Kowa Is k i -coniinued design to represent a sort of "Every man's house." houses have a primitive, whimsical quality they wouldn't home and painted it," he says. have if they were perfectly upright. In "The Barns That Survived their Last Winter," he Other people have remarked that he leaves out land knew he wanted to paint some barns that look "like scape and people, that he hasn't put any curtains at the they let out a sigh in the Spring because they have made windows. In some of the paintings there is a single it, but these particular ones are not going to make it tree sticking up like a lollipop near the house, or a again." He was working on the painting one Saturday fence, or a cloud in the sky. In one entitled "House in late in the winter but knew it was not going well. Front of Genevieve's Herb Garden," Kowalski has painted "So I got into the car and drove for about six hours," in one small herb plant. But. in general. he is sparing he said, "and just looked at barns. I didn't photograph with detail except on the houses themselves, which have them, just looked at them, and came back and finished raised features like porches, shutters and shingles. the painting. That's the feeling I wanted- you know, These, too, are part of the artist's intention. He wants Spring is here and Winter is over." to focus attention on the house. He very deliberately Before he became a painter of houses, Kowalski used paints only the stark shell of the house without furnish to do a lot of sketches, he says, in a rather classical ings or inhabitants. style and mainly of architectural subjects. He is thinking " I want people to put !heir own furnishings in it- to now of branching out into acrylic collages of heavy, geo create their own situation within the house," the artist metrical pieces of machinery and earth-moving equip says. "A lot of people ask me about that. I am kind of ment. But he's still interested in houses and wants to pleased that they look that closely at my houses." do more, perhaps a whole streetful of them, if he can Kowalski gets the ideas for many of his paintings find a piece of masonite big enough. rrom houses he was familiar with in his boyhood. Sights Kowalski has had numerous one-man shows in the he sees in his travels about the Ohio countryside provide Cleveland area. His paintings have been shown at the inspiration for the rest. American Greetings Pan Am Gallery in New York City; Sometimes he photographs a house he likes; often the Ohio State Fair; the national competitive exhibition he works without pictures. Traveling to a friend's farm at Chautauqua, New York; Watercolor, U.S.A.; and the near Dayton, he came across "The Ugly Shack Near Cleveland May Show. He is a graduate of the Cleveland Leo's Farm Where the Old Man Lived in Beauty." He Institute of Art and is an art director for American went home and painted the shack without photographs. Greetings Corporation in Cleveland. In addition, this The old man "was out there all the times when I dropped fall he II ill be teaching an evening course in design al by and I didn't want to embarrass him so I just came Cooper School of Art, Cleveland.
18 Below, Kowalski stands beside two of his works An abandoned shack near Kent gave at a recent one-man show. The top painting, Kowalski the idea for "The House on suggested by a scene near Chagrin Falls, is the Edge of Winter," above. The pic "House in late Autumn Waiting for an Early ture below is of a very real house Winter." Below it is "House on a Hill Above a that the artist remembers from his Small Town and on a Clear Day You Can See childhood: "House on the Way to Aunt the Small Town." Mary's or Aunt Bertha's."
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OHIO TEACHER OF TIH E YEAR ... Char1e§ l The author displays newly-pub lished "Chalk Dust On My Shoul der," a portion of the fruits of his 20 years of teaching, and a few more of living. At a busy autograph party at Lazarus downtown store in Columbus, right, two visitors enjoy one of the anecdotes in Mr. Rousculp's book. Below, right, an appro priate sign announces the autographing event and the author of the day. PROUD PROFESSION ... teaching is that to Charles Rousculp; and his students and colleagues A believe that his work as a teacher of English re flects the man's outstanding ability to communicate with his students and be understood as a teacher, a human being and a man. Last ovember 18th, educators gave concrete expres sion to these feelings, when Mr. Rousculp was named Ohio Teacher of the Year. He accepted this very special honor at the Ohio Education Association Banquet last December in Columbus. 22 A man who likes "the full spectrum of humanity," Mr. Rousculp decided as a freshman in college that teachers were of great importance. After serving as a marine in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II, realist Rousculp decided he wanted to do something ·'more constructive." He entered the teaching profession. Usually the action, as far as Charles Rousculp is concerned, is in Room 106 at Worthington High School. In this legendary room, with black bust of Goethe and Civil War saber over the door, he has taught English to over 2,000 upperclassmen. But this school year, his 20th year of teaching, Mr. Rousculp is working with 8th graders in enriched and regular English classes at Kilbourne Middle School. Since he is coordinator of English for grades seven to 12 and works· closely with their English teachers, he is getting "a firsthand view of the Middle School Program and keeping in touch with the young people in those grades." In Charles Rousculp's "spare time," he has displayed the versatility and wide range of his talents and interests by writing a book, "Chalk Dust on My Shoulder," which was published this year by Charles Merrill Publishing Company, Columbus. In his book Mr. Rousculp assesses his life. His valuation of this existence is revealed as he relates and reflects upon his experiences in and out of the classroom. In the book's foreword Rousculp says, "The chalk dust on my shoulder is the badge of my fraternal order. The little mists of ideas which descend on me every day as I write upon and erase the board in my room have given my existence a meaning and a direction." "Chalk Dust," said one reviewer, "presents educational methods and philosophy through lively essay and anecdo· tal style. It is an intensely human, plain-spoken docu ment of the ordeals, the errors and the triumphs that mark the teacher's day and that underscore his dramatic contribution to American society." "Successful teachers must present a challenge to today's students," says Rousculp, who works hard to motivate his students toward intellectual achievement and suc cess. "Current media have made students more well informed than ever, responsive and alert. And adding to this challenge, the students are also concerned with the relevance of subject matter to them ... they want to see how it definitely fits into their lives." Ohio's teacher of the year, Charles Rousculp, seems to have crystallized his feelings about a lifetime in educa tion and those he is helping to educate for life in his book. He has written . . . "Surrounded by the young, l share their spring and their indomitability. What is more, l've talked myself into supposing that some little part of me will travel into the tomorrows I shall never see." In his morning class, top, Charles Rousculp helps his stu dents dissect sentences and to understand why and how the rules of grammar they have learned apply to their own speech and writing. Audrey Bullar is at the blackboard, middle, as Marianne Miller waits her turn. Phrases and clauses next concern the absorbed students, right. 23 Bob Goes A T AN AGE when most persons r\... who enjoy good health are happy just to be able to take things easy and live from day to day, Robert J. Martelet, 92, of Canton, likes to keep active. "That 'ole rockin' chair's got me' song was meant for old folks, not me," he says. 01' Bob, as he is affectionately called by a host of friends, has been an active sportsman all his life. His hunting and fishing expeditions have taken him to the far reaches of Canada but he still enjoys these sports best, close to home, in his native Ohio. Bob Martelet has been instrumental in starting many sportsmen's clubs. Within the past several years his attention has focused on the Canton Township Sportmen's club. He even helped "put up" the building. For 60 years Martelet earned his living as a pattern maker and operated a wood shop in Canton. He was an expert boat builder and always kept a boat at nearby Meyers Lake for fishing purposes. He never let business interfere with pleasure. With very little en couragement he would take off on a camping trip with several buddies. Bob prepares his own bacon and eggs, above. He believes there's nothing like a hearty breakfast to start the day out proper. Left, he tells fishing buddy (to his right), John Taylor, why his lure is better. Two friends listen intently. Camping· Around the turn of the century they would take a train to Zoar, where they fished the Tuscarawas River. On one of their frequent trips to this area they uncovered a fabulous col· ,; lection of Indian artifacts. Although his first love is still the great outdoors, Bob enjoys getting together with some of his cronies for an evening of cards. Associates say he is an excellent euchre player. Each spring, when the weather gets nice, Bob gets the urge to go camping. And while he doesn't take the long trips he did in his earlier years, you are apt to see him and his camper at a number of local lakes or ponds. Always ready and willing to help their "young" nonagenarian friend are many associates and companions. Many years separate Bob and two of his closest buddies, M. D. "Red" Deremer and John Taylor, both of whom still like to go camping with him. "Bob Martelet is quite a wise· cracker," said Deremer, "and here is one of his classics: 'My fishing is curtailed now because I don't have a job. And you gotta have a job to take off from if you're going to enjoy fishin'." This peaceful setting, above, is a per· feet spot for Bob to e n[oy his favorite pastimes, camping and fi shi ng. Bob Martelet spends many evenings playing cards with old cronies at Canton Town ship Sportsmen's Clubhouse, rig ht. The Durell Farm Museum ... A glimpse of ''the good old days" The museum's kitchen, left, was once part of an old home in Massachusetts, built before 1800. Each brick and board was trucked to Columbus and reassembled exactly as it once stood. ,) N THESE DAYS of TV dinners and instant break fasts. power mowers and station wagons, the average I American family has life pretty easy. But it hasn't always been this way! A visit to yesteryear, just a few short blocks from the Center of Columbus. offers a glimpse of pioneer life in the Midwest a century and a half ago. Inside the Durell Farm Museum, established by The Union Fork and Hoe Company in honor of its president, Edward Durell. visitors can imagine what life was like. back in the "good old days." A long-time collector and student of the handcrafted tools used by earl) American farmers, Mr. Durell is a member and past president of the Early American In dustries Association, a group devoted to the collection. classification and study of handcrafted implements used in America before ] 820. The collection was begun 35 years ago, when Mr. Durell discovered the impressive ingenuity of those set tlers who built homesteads on the Ohio frontier of 1790- 1820. The early examples of hand agricultural tools which he collected are the predecessors of the modern hand agricultural tools manufactured by this company. Many of the tools made today by Union Fork and Hoe are direct descendents of more primitive implements hammered out at the blacksmith's forge or cunningly contrived from time-seasoned wood. Remodeling of the company's two-story factory pro vided the opportunity to house in proper style the many antiques he accumulated. The museum, added as a third floor, shows off the best of thousands of pioneer imple ments in settings moved intact from early homes. The basic design of the Durell Farm Museum is that of an Ohio farm home in the period ] 790-1820-an environment in which choice items in Mr. Durell's collection can be displayed as though in actual use. Mr. Durell and the museum's architect, Merton Bar rows of Royal Barry Wills architectural firm in Boston. This handmade, five-tine pitchfork, above, was made from one piece of wood. After steaming the wood, the farmer sawed each of the tines and separated them with wooden pegs. Af ter grinding meat, the pioneer wife put it in the sausage stuffer, right, slip ped casings on the nozzle end and pushed down the handle, forcing meat into the skin. On the table, left, are two different types of water pipes. The round wooden pipe was used before the long soap stone pipe. On the shed wall are tools of pioneer black smiths and wheelwrights. In order to use the hardwood cranberry picker, below, a pioneer woman had to get down on her knees in the bog. • FARM MUSEUM - continued visited many of the old farm homes in southeastern Ohio to learn more about how frontier homes of that period are constructed. They found a strong resemblance to the architectural style of New England homes of the late l 700's. Among the old farm houses they saw in southern Ohio was the Rufus Putnam home, preserved in the Campus Martius Museum at Marietta. One of the original houses of the inner stockade of Marietta in 1791, it clearly shows the building pattern common at that time. As a family became better established in a community and as threats from Indians became fewer, it was common to build additional rooms adjacent to or above the initial single-room home. Four rooms were added on to the Putnam home in this manner. At the museum, this principle of growth is exemplified. Its kitchen represents the original home which a frontier family would have built upon their arrival in Ohio in the 1790-1800 decade. In the homes of the early settlers, the kitchen was the center of home life. Here was the warmth of the fireplace in front of which some of the daily chores were performed and conversation enjoyed. In this room the family lived and worked until its im proved fortunes made possible the addition of new rooms 10 or 20 years later- rooms of better construction com plete with glass, plaster and paint. The museum shows this development in four addi tional rooms, which represent a hall, parlor or living room and what would have been two bedrooms. The living room serves as Mr. Durell's office. What ordinarily would have been a bedroom is now an exhibit room displaying many interesting devices used during the early Nineteenth Century to increase production or shorten the hours of labor in the home and on the farm. The museum is arranged so the visitor enters a foyer walled with handsplit weathered boarding, gable and front door, all of which were once part of the actual exterior of an early Ohio home. The front door of the house is the entrance to the museum. On the opposite 28 The- kitchen was the center of all activity the room in which the family worked and played. Below, the pioneer made boots, women's shoes and other leather goods. Left rear is a saddler's bench used to repair harness or do other leather work. The forms or lasts in the forefront were used to make soles for shoes. This mop, made of ordinary corn husks and wood, is evidence of pioneer in genuity. The wet husks were ideal for cleaning old hardwood floors. end of the foyer is a series of three sheds. which are at tached to the house and which will eventuall) connect with a barn. This structure is an old New England equivalent of the modern breezeway. While research has not discovered any positive infor mation as to what was kept in such sheds, Mr. Durell conjectures that the average Ohio farm wife would have been able to convince her husband that the shed or bay nearest the house be used to store her surplus household equipment and the things with which she worked at certain seasons of the year. Among those items she pro bably stored in the shed nearest the house were butter churns, wash boards, extra baskets, milk buckets, spin· ning ,1 heel. corn husk mop. a , aried assortment of con tainers, candle dippers and. once in a while, a bathtub. In the middle shed, tools ,1 hich ordinarily were used by the pioneer to maintain his house and farm are displayed. After having his home for quite a few years, the farmer built this second shed to ha, e a place for his maintenance work. Here he repaired iron and har nesses. shoes and copperagc, built chairs and tables for his II i fe and forge tools for farm work. These tools were the basic one!-. needed b) the pioneer, 11 hose farm was often remote from the sen ices of the ,illage crafts men. This made it necessal') for him to have the tools of a carpenter, ,1 heclright and blacksmith and lo kno,1 h0\1 to use them. Thu'-. almost e1 eq artifact bears the stamp of incli, idual making. By the same reasoning, the smaller farm tools, such as rakrs, hoes and forks, 11 hich probably would have been kept close to the barn, have been placed in the farthe,t shed. Throughout the mu;.eum , i~itors can !'>Ce traces of the days II hen pioneers did everything for themselves. ,, hen the) grew their own foocl, built their own homes. made their own tool" and worked e,en after the '-UII went clo11 n. prepuring for tomorrow. The Durell museum is fillrd 11ith evidrncc of pioneer ingrnuil) the kind required lo live a happy life with out shopping cent<'I'~. automobiles and colored television. 29 Above, left, Elijah Pierce, master woodcarver, demonstrates the tech nique of his intricate hobby to a group of interested show visitors. One of the highlights of the Hobby Show is the Musical-Tea held in Derby Court, above. At the entrance to the Gallery of Fine Arts, below left, two of the 3,500 visitors who attended the show are given programs by the general chair man, Mrs. Herbert Hoffman, at right. Mrs. Lillian Taylor, below, seems well satisfied with her entry, this hand-sewn quilt. Apparently the judges liked it also as they awarded her the grand prize in this category. 30 RIENDLY · competition in a Gallery are made ready for the big juried show of creative ability event. More than 900 entries are F would be an important event assembled and categorized. in almost everyone's life. But it is The list of persons who volunteer especially important to some 400 their services for this worthwhile Senior Citizens as they enter their project is long and impressive. works in the Golden Age Hobby The 32 judges for the show have Show at the Columbus Callery of the unenviable task of awarding the Fine Arts. first, second, third and honorable Co-sponsored by the Columbus mention ribbons in all of the ap· Recreation Department and the Citi· proximately 150 categories. zen-J ournal, this three-day show has A list of all of the hobbies entered been an annual event since 1948. in the show would be lengthy; but The growth and success of the photography, painting, crocheting, Colden Age Hobby Show is due, in weaving, knitting and ceramics make great measure, to the 500 or more up a large percentage of the hobbyist volunteers who work in the program. displays. And, according to Mrs. Herbert Hoff During the recent show one senior man, general chairman, and Mrs. citizen was heard to remark, "I have Ardath Lynch, Columbus Recrea so many interesting hobbies going tion staff coordinator, these volun for me I can't possibly get all of teers really work. them done." This seems to be the Long before the three-day show refreshing altitude of the Colden Age gets underway, the rooms of The Hobb) Show. Some people have a knack for win ning top prizes. These apple dolls were the grand prize-winning entry of Mrs. Agnes Broadrup, Columbus, her fourth grand prize at the Columbus Show. Mrs. Ardath Lynch, left, staff coordina tor, Columbus Recreation Department This display gallery, one of three used and Mrs. Herbert Hoffman, general during the Hobby Show, gives some show chairman, view the crocheted idea of the great variety of items en afghan which won third prize for Mrs. tered by Golden Agers throughout the Francis Hutzell, Columbus. central Ohio area. 31 "L ET'S GO to the library!'' is often heard in Ohio. and Special Library Services for library visitors carry home some 70 million books a year for fly CLA l.J DI J\ £ Si\JITl-J Ohio S1nte Library their reading enjoyment. Ohio's libraries are among the most-used in the nation. and they are popular "ith people of all ages, from pre school children to senior citizens. But thousands of Ohioans can't get to the library-so the library goes to them. Ohio librarians have pioneered ways of taking collections of books to people who need them but are unable to get to the library. First, horse-drawn wagons and then bookmobiles carried books to people in neighborhoods and rural areas remote from libraries. Librarians took books to settlement houses and adult education centers, rest homes and hospitals, where they were needed. The needs that reading satisfies for the average person are every bit a$ real £or the handicapped. This group, too. needs library service- as children to become acquainted with the world: as students in school; as adults learning a trade or pro· fession; to get information, to fill leisure, to grow; and, above all, ns people, to "push back" the four walls which often bound the limits of their existence. Now, libraries have special ma terials and services for the thousands of Ohioans who are blind, physically A book is a wondrous thing; it handicapped. homebound or hos can teach, entertain and shock. This one, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," pitalized. They encourage readers was both a favorite book and to use regular library services if movie. Now it is available in many forms. From the top, clock they can, but to make use of special wise: braille; film; regular issue; materials where necessary. Im large print; tape; record; and portant differences arise from the paperback. Each has a specific purpose. Talking records, tapes need to compensate for physical and braille are for the visually handicaps. and "getting the right impaired; large print books are book in the right format" to these for those with changing vision. readers offers personal and reward ing relationships. Technology has produced wonders to help. Talking book machines. re cordings, tapes. mechanical page turners, bed specs and prism lens Mr. Louis Fioritto, Euclid, is a stu glasses are now available. The latter dent at Euclid Extension of Cleve are a great comfort to bed patients; land State University. Mr. Fioritto they serve as "periscopes" by an was using the braille editions of a book for a term paper on pov gling the vision for reclined reading. erty. He works full time days and Books come in braille, in large type, attends college at night. 34 on records ( talking books and maga zines recorded on unbreakable micro groove records) and tapes. The most popular and widely used of the spe cial materials are the talking book machine and talking books. The talk ing book machine is a specially rle signed record player which plays the recorded books and magazines at 33 1/3, 16 2/ 3 and 8 1/ 3 R.P.M. Most talking books are recorded at 16 2/3 R.P.M. , while magazines are or will be at the space saving 8 1/3 speed. With talking books there is no need to learn to read braille "dots." Immediate participation is possible. Involvement comes through listen ing, and frequently talking book "readers" develop preferences for certain narrators, which influen•;e their choice of "books." The handicapped have the same diversified reading tastes as the sight ed. A wide variety of reading is often the greatest source of profitable and recreational occupation open to them. Thus, the library's objective Roger Mae Johnson, left, State For a patient with no use of arms is to provide the widest range of sub Library consultant for Library Serv or hands, the automatic turner can ices to the Visually and Physically be a real asset. It operates and turns ject material possible. That many Handicapped, d iscusses with Martha pages so the patient may read at libraries are successful in this is evi Venturi, State Department of Edu his own speed and not have to denced by the fact that many readers cation consultant for Special Edu fumble or use limbs that are physi cation, the posters and brochures cally handicapped. Books can be a have developed a full range of read describing services to the handi very important part of a person's ing tastes only a/ter becoming handi capped, which are on display in all recovery from a long illness. public libraries throughout the state. capped. The Cleveland Public Library's comprehensive service to the ill and handicapped is known throughout the world, annually attracting for eign librarians and social service workers. It maintains libraries in 54 agencies, such as hospitals and in stitutions; and for twenty-eight years has operated a monthly schedule of home visits by librarians to handi capped children and adults through out the metropolitan area. The Cincinnati Public Library. which also provides extensive service lo the handicapped, is engaged in a special project of service to excep tional children (here meaning all children who are physically and men tally handicapped). The project has attracted nationwide attention from librarians and educators, as well as psychologists who work with handi capped and disturbed children. A film. "Reaching Out," based on this project is inspiring similar programs 35 Li bra ry- continued in libraries throughout the nation. Smaller libraries in Ohio also give individual services to the homebound or hospitalized. Many send a staff member with books and records to county homes, hospitals or people's homes. Some cooperate with Grey Ladies, Junior League and other com munity groups in giving this service. In Alliance, the Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce assists with delivery of talking book ma chines. In Marion, the Junior Serv ice Guild transports materials from the public library to and frbm shut ins. Ohio public libraries work with other agencies and volunteer groups to serve the handicapped. In Cleve land, replies to braille letters re ceived from blind readers are trans The Telephone Pioneers of America, cribed into braille by a volunteer. whose primary function is repairing talking book machines, work in the For a variety of reasons, blind pa Cleveland Regional Library for the trons only rarely visit the libraries; Blind to duplicate master tapes of books. Ray Christian and Marcellus and, even when they do, usually pre Furlong, volunteers, stated that with fer that the materials they select be their sophisticated equipment they can mailed to them, since both braille duplicate over three hours of listening in only 24 minutes. Children at St. Rita's School for the and talking books are difficult to Deaf, Cincinnati, enjoy a story by Hilda carry. limpur, Cincinnati Public Library, who works with exceptional children. The services of two regional li braries for the blind and physi cally handicapped at Cleveland and Cincinnati are extended throughout the state with help of a number of volunteers and public agencies. Among them is the Ohio Bureau of Services for the Blind, which distrib utes talking book machines. The American Red Cross transcribes braille; some chapters of the Lions Club and the i\1ultiple Sclerosis So ciety and private agencies for the blind also issue talking book ma chines. The Kingsbury Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America. a national volunteer group of senior telephone employees, repair and re store the talking book machines throughout the state. Ohio people who enjoy reading aloud often vol unteer to make recordings of books and materials; others have learned how to transcribe in braille. Some 36 IIIH.!EN '-ELLER organizational groups make this a dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, polio community service project. Such and diplegia) . Temporary immobil • programs are in operation in Akron, ity which makes the use of conven Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Co tional reading materials impossible, lumbus, Toledo and Youngstown. such as an injury resulting from an The two regional libraries in Cleve accident or a fracture, makes a read land and Cincinnati regularly assist er eligible for this service, whether volunteers in getting started in this he is convalescing at home, in a hos project. pital or in an institution. Large type books especially de The service is free. As many talk signed for the visually handicapped ing books as desired, plus a free rec (but also helpful to slow learnl!rs ord player, are available at no cost. "All sight is of the soul," said and persons with "tired eyes") arc Books in braille and tapes are also Helen Keller. Sighted persons take available in many libraries. A 400- supplied. Supplied free are subscrip all their gifts for granted. The volume collection of large print tions to the Braille Book Review and blind cannot and do not take things for granted. But any per books, made possible through a Talking Book Topics, bimonthly pub son who wants to read, to hear, grant from the State Library, rotates lications of the Library of Congress to feel a book ... now has such which describe new books and con pleasures available to him. The among libraries in Ashland, Crest small red book on the left is the line, Galion, Loudonville, Mansfield, tain order forms and articles on li same book that appears in the Marion, Shelby and Willard. Many brary resources. All materials are four volumes of braille, right. library reading rooms also include sent through the mail free of charge. periodicals in large type ( for ex The State Library of Ohio also ample, the Reader's Digest and the plays a role in providing services New York Times.) to the handicapped. The General As Ohio has two regional libraries sembly appropriates money to the for the blind and physcially handi State Library Board to underwrite capped. The regional libraries in the costs of the statewide library Cleveland and Cincinnati are part of service for the blind. From this, pay a nationwide system working with ments are made by the State Library the Library of Congress to serve the to Cincinnati and Cleveland public blind and physically handicapped. libraries, which operate the regional The librarian of any public library libraries. Further expansion of the can put a reader in touch with the services to the handicapped is pos regional library. sible under the new program in the As a result of a new Federal law, Federal Library Services and Con anyone with a physical or visual dis struction Act, which is administered ability who cannot comfortably use by the State Library. a conventional book is eligible for The partnership among Ohio Li this service. The law recognizes that braries, the State Library, the two The world today has more elderly many people have physical ailments Regional Libraries for the Blind and persons than ever before and their or visual problems which incapaci Physically Handicapped, and a va needs must be met. The book, tate them, even though they are not riety of volunteer agencies is making above, is just one aid that ful fills these specialized needs. A blind. For example, anyone suffer certain that more and more of the large print book, it is available ing from severe arthritis or the ef Ohioans who can't "go to the li to any person who cannot read fects of a stroke, is eligible ( as are brary" can still have the many ad without a magnifying glass or is partially sighted. Newspapers victims of cerebral palsy, muscular vantages of public library service. and magazines are also made available to these persons. Melissa Meckroth, 13, cerebral palsy victim since birth, enjoys homebound talking book serv ice. Melissa, sixth grader in the Home lhstruction Program, Cincinnati Schools, gets sup plemental reading enrichment through talking books. Mr. James C. Flickinger, right, receives at least l 0 books a month from Miss Dorothy Fleak of the Hospi tals and Institutions Depart ment, Cleveland Public Li brary. Mr. Flickinger says, "Books are a basic need. Since I am homebound, this service brings them to me." A shut-in can receive many special library services. Ohioana Career Medalist, Burgess Mere dith, center, joyfully reads from James Thurber's works. Pleased listeners are: W. Desmond Cooper of Dover, Ohioana Chair man, Tuscarawas County; and Mrs. Mills Judy of Cincinnati, daughter of Ohioana founder, who presented the medal to Mr. Meredith. Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood, standing, winner of the Juvenile Book Award, listens as Ernest Cady, Columbus Dispatch Tab section, book page editor, presents her award. Seated is Burgess Meredith. Left to right, Des Cooper congratu lates Amalie Nelson, Ohioana Cita tion winner as Civic Leader and Ed ucator, who shows her citation to Bernice Williams Foley, Director, Ohioana Library, and Ed Mason, Ohioana Citation winner as Lecturer, Historian and Author. 38 a ACH YEAR, The Martha Kin lumbus Dispatch. Bentz Plagemann was presented an ney Cooper Ohioana Library Amalie Nelson, of Columbus, re Ohioana Book Award for "The E Association honors outstanding ceived an Ohioana citation as a civic Heart of Silence." Mr. Plagemann Ohio authors and composers on leader and educator, "For distin was born in Springfield and was a Ohioana Day. The Martha Kinney guished service to Ohio in the field of bookseller before he began his suc Cooper Ohioana Library directs social science and as a leader in cessful writing career. Hollis Sum much of its work toward recognizing civic and cultural affairs." Mrs. Nel mers, distinguished professor of Eng and collecting Ohioans' achievements son is a former staff member of the lish, Ohio University, Athens, re· in literary and other cultural fields. Department of Adult Education of ceived the Ohioana Book Award in Many talented Ohioans were recog the Ohio State University. Both pro the category of poetry for "The Ped nized at last October's Ohioana Day fessionally and as a volunteer she dler and Other Domestic Matters," festivities. continues to devote time and effort his fourth published book of poems. Ed Mason, of Columbus, lecturer, to civic and educational affairs. He has also written four novels. Elisa historian and author, received an William H. Vodrey, of Canton, beth Hamilton Friermood, formerly Ohioana citation, "For distinguished lawyer, author, lecturer and histor· of Dayton, received the Ohioana service to Ohio in the field of radio ian, received an Ohioana citation, Book Award for "Focus the Bright broadcasting on American Heritage "For distinguished service to Ohio Land," in the category of juvenile and Government Under Law, and for in the fields of law, literature and fiction. Most of her well-known books the series of articles entitled "Build history." Mr. Vodrey is both an have period settings and many of ers of a Nation." Mr. Mason is di author and editor and has contribu them have a midwestern background. rector of public relations for the Co- ted much to achieving the recognition Jack Matthews, lecturer in English of Ohio as a cultural state. and creative writing at Ohio Uni The Conservatory of Music at versity, received The Florence Rob Capital University was presented an erts Head Memorial Award, the gift Ohioana Music Citation, "For dis of Book Study Group No. 1 of the tinguished service to Ohio in uphold Columbus Branch of the American ing high musical standards and in Association of University Women, promoting musical excellence." The in cooperation with the Martha Kin University has a notable record of ney Cooper Library. Mr. Matthews 50 years in the teaching of music. was honored for his novel, "Hanger Ohioana Book Awards were pre Stout, Awake! ," and is also well sented to five authors. Allan Eckert, known for his poetry and short formerly of Dayton, accepted his stories. award for "The Frontiersmen," an Ohioana Career Medalist for 1968 historical narrative. Mr. Eckert is a was Ohio-born actor Burgess Mere prominent American author currently dith, known for his work on stage, working on an historical series en screen and television. Meredith titled "The Winning of America." delighted the luncheon audience, as Richard O'Connor, biographer, who he concluded Ohioana Day with an received his award for "Ambrose uproarious rendition of James Thur Bierce," has written many notable ber's "The Night the Bed Fell on books. In the category of fiction, Father." 39 Sam Cartmell's hobby has nearly turned into another career. He is considered an expert on tree and leaf varieties and has lectured on this subject at several Cincinnati area universities. Cincinnati's Leaf Man LEAF from a sweet gum tree "le~f man." These are always gra lying in his path changed Sam ciously received, although their dis A Cartmell's life. play value is doubtful! Since his retirement, Mr. Cartmell Mr. Cartmell's collection of pre has taken a daily hike of four miles served leaves is educational for both through Cincinnati's Eden Park. One his audiences and himself. Mr. Cart October day, in 1967, he saw a par mell says he has always been in ticularly beautiful leaf and began terested in nature, but not specifi working on a method to preserve its cally leaves. Through his hobby, he beauty. has become an authority on leaf and Today, Mr. Cartmell has mounted tree varieties. over 90 varieties of leaves, kept in His collection includes leaves of all their original state by his carefully seasons, and they bring lessons in for guarded preservation secret. The estry indoors to school children, hos leaves are attractively arranged on pital patients and library patrons. over 200 plaques, which have been The most valuable results of Sam displayed in Cincinnati's libraries, Cartmell's hobby are the friends he nature and garden centers, stores and has picked up along with his leaves. schools. He has met city officials, naturalists, His leaves have made Mr. Cart teachers and thousands of other Cin mell something of a celebrity around cinnatians while preserving and dis the Cincinnati area. His most faith playing his leaves. ful fans are the children who greet A single leaf that caught Mr. Cart him on his daily walks through Eden mell's eye two years ago has turned Park. He is often approached by a into a whole forest of new interests youngster with a big handful of and new friends for Cincinnati's curled brown leaves gathered for the "leaf man." 40 PRINTS FOR FRAMING Now available- set of four favorite covered bridge scenes, in full color. 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