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- Residents of Hoofank Corners were stunned by the torching, late last night, of the town's only tree. The tree was
- a Quercus formicadidii, var. flamabus hoofanki. The oak subspecies was named for the town when it was identified
- in 1937. The citizens, in a fit of civic pride, cut down all other trees in the town. An ordinance was passed at the
- same time which forbade the planting of any other species of tree, and plans were made to line city streets with
- seedlings from the single tree. Unfortunately, the tree proved completely sterile, and a statewide search failed to
- produce other specimens.
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- Survivors include three grafts taken years ago by Ed Dumfrey (Clood County) to replace branches on his tree which
- were knocked off in the big wind of 1985. Contacted by telephone, Ed said that he "sure were real sad," and that
- he doesn't "know what'll happen if we has another big wind."
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- Until burial next Tuesday, the town tree will lie in state at Hervies' Lumber Yard. Services will be held at Berherd's
- Funeral Home at 1:00 PM, followed by internment at Bea's Plant Cemetary.