Mrs. Ben Schoun, Director, Community Services Center."., and Allen Chaffee of the AU grounds department. Arbor Day began in April, 1872, when newspaperman J. Sterling Morton was influential in getting Nebraskans to plant over one million trees in a single day. The state of Nebraska had previously had almost no trees. Also in the picture: Mrs. Everett ..., Berrien Springs Community Services Center (Michigan), 1970s.. Written on photograph: "In observance of the centennial of Arbor Day, the Berrien Springs Garden Forum donated two evergreens to the Community Services Center, 840 St.Joseph Road, which is operated by the Berrien Springs and Pioneer Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Churches. Planting one of ..., Mrs. Everett Kidder, publicity chairman for the Garden Forum, and Mrs. Ben Schoun, director of the Community Services Center