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Let’s Talk Trees Arboretum Tour

October 10, 2018 By Angie Hoschouer Leave a Comment

Of the fifty-eight Oak species native to North America, Woodland has twenty-five of them on its Arboretum grounds plus another 140 different species of trees. Join tour guide Kay Linden as he gives you an enlightening tour of the Arboretum at Woodland Cemetery.

Tour begins at 10:00 a.m. and departs from the main entrance of the cemetery. Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 118 Woodland Avenue off of Brown Street near the UD Campus. This event is free and open to the public. To make a reservation or for more information, please call 937-228-3221.

Woodland Cemetery, founded in 1841, is one of the nation’s oldest rural garden cemeteries and a unique cultural, botanical and educational resource in the heart of Dayton, Ohio. Visit the cemetery and arboretum and take one of the many tours Woodland offers free of charge. Most of Dayton’s aviation heroes, inventors and business barons are buried at Woodland.

Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 118 Woodland Avenue off of Brown Street near the University of Dayton Campus. The Woodland Office is open Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm and Saturday 8 am to 12 pm. The Cemetery and Arboretum are open daily from 8 am to 6 pm. The Mausoleum is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. For more information, call 937-228-3221 or visit the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum website.

Let’s Talk Trees Arboretum Tour

September 12, 2018 By Angie Hoschouer Leave a Comment

Let’s Talk Trees Arboretum Tour

August 8, 2018 By Angie Hoschouer Leave a Comment

Let’s Talk Trees Arboretum Tour

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Let’s Talk Trees Arboretum Tour

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Spring Migration Bird Walk at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum

May 12, 2018 By Angie Hoschouer Leave a Comment

Join us for a morning bird walk on International Migratory Bird Day. Every spring, millions of migrating birds are passing over us at night, stopping to rest and refuel during the day, and many of them utilize Woodland’s many acres as a stopover every year. This mostly slow-paced walk will wind though the grounds, with the possibility of hills, depending on where the birds lead us. Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist, Amanda Lawson will be your nature guide. Along with the many year-round resident birds, we may also see vividly-colored birds like Blackburnian Warblers, Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers, and Rose -breasted Grosbeaks. Bring your binoculars and dress for the weather. The walk is from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and leaves from the main entrance of the cemetery. Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 118 Woodland Avenue off of Brown Street near the UD Campus.

To make a reservation or for more information, please call 937-228-3221.

Woodland’s Spring Migration Bird Walk

May 12, 2018 By Angie Hoschouer Leave a Comment

Join us for a morning bird walk on International Migratory Bird Day. Every spring, millions of migrating birds are passing over us at night, stopping to rest and refuel during the day, and many of them utilize Woodland’s many acres as a stopover every year. This mostly slow-paced walk will wind though the grounds, with the possibility of hills, depending on where the birds lead you. Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist, Amanda Lawson will be your nature guide. Along with the many year-round resident birds, you may also see vividly-colored birds like Blackburnian Warblers, Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers, and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Bring your binoculars and dress for the weather.

Let’s Talk Trees Arboretum Tour

May 9, 2018 By Angie Hoschouer Leave a Comment

Luminaries of Dayton: Charles Russell Greene

April 16, 2018 By Angie Hoschouer

Charles Russell Greene was born in Newport, Rhode Island on December 21, 1785. His family moved to Marietta, Ohio in 1788 with the Ohio Company. Mr. Greene’s sister married Daniel C. Cooper, who influenced Charles to settle in Dayton in 1806. Charles entered into partnership with Cooper and soon after had a store on his own. In 1822, he was appointed to succeed Benjamin Van Cleve as Clerk of Montgomery County, Court of Common Pleas, holding that office until his death. He was one of the first to serve on the Board of Directors of Dayton’s first bank. His position as Dayton’s first fire warden was what led to his death.

Mr. Greene had ordered Matthew Thompson into the line to pass water buckets during a fire. The man refused and Mr. Greene used his authority to force him to comply. The next day Mr. Thompson made complaint and had Mr. Greene summoned before the Squire. During Mr. Green’s inquiry, Mr. Thompson, while under the influence of alcohol, struck Charles on the head, which resulted in his death.

Charles Russell Greene died on September 10, 1833. He was one of those that was removed from the Old Fifth Street Cemetery and re-interred at Woodland on December 11, 1844.

Luminaries of Dayton: Nathan M. Stanley

March 30, 2018 By Angie Hoschouer

Dayton Daily News, March 18, 1942
Funeral For N. M. Stanley To Be Friday

Funeral services for Nathan Myer Stanley, 76, of 1719 Radcliff rd., founder of the Stanley Manufacturing Co., whose death occurred late Tuesday night, will be held at the Boyer mortuary, 609 Riverview av., at 10 a.m. Friday. Officiating at the services will be Dr. Phil Porter, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, and Dr. C. Lee Scott, minister of First Unitarian church. Friends may call at the mortuary after 4 p.m. Thursday.

Mr. Stanley had been ill for more than a year but his death was immediately due to a heart attack. At the time of his death he was chairman of the board of the Univis Lens Co. Mr. Stanley was active in the Dayton Philharmonic association, was a member of the First Unitarian church and of the Dayton Bicycle club and Dayton City club. He is survived by his wife, Minnie J. Stanley; two sons, George F. Stanley, president of the Stanley Manufacturing Co., and Myer Hewson Stanley, secretary-treasurer of the Univis Lens Co.; five granddaughters; one grandson and one sister, Mrs. Eve Weiner.

Born in Exeter, England, Mr. Stanley as a youth became connected with the optical business, which his family followed in Exeter. When he was 18 years old, Mr. Stanley went to Canada with a cousin, Barnet Laurence, who was a wholesale optician in Montreal. During his early years, Mr. Stanley traveled the United States as a representative of the Laurence Company. On a visit to Dayton, Mr. Stanley was convinced by John Breen, then proprietor of the railroad station restaurant, that Dayton had fine prospects as a city.

Shortly thereafter, Mr. Stanley opened up an optical department in the H. D. Carnell drug store at Third and Main streets. He followed this venture by opening up more optical stores and eventually becoming engaged in the wholesale optical business. Experimenting with glues in order to paste metal letters on glass doors, Mr. Stanley discovered processes that resulted in the establishment of the Stanley Manufacturing Co.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley visited England during World War I and there Mr. Stanley learned of a new type of bifocal lens. He purchased the American rights for the lens. In 1926, he started the Univis Lens Co., located in one room in the Third National bank building. The Univis Lens Co. had a plant on the old McCook Field site. The company was recognized as one of the nation’s principle manufacturers of high-grade bifocal lenses. This company and the Stanley Manufacturing Co., both monuments to the creative energies of Mr. Stanley, at one time employed 600 workers.

Nathan M. Stanley died on March 17, 1942. He is located in Section 121 Lot 262.

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