"Old weathered wood has a nobleness and beauty about it and when I saw these old gateposts standing like ancient but staunch sentries on a farm near Allendale, Michigan, I couldn't resist them. Their very starkness, as they stand etched against the lush green pines in the background seems to endow them with a certain quality of nobility."

Merizon's thoughts included in 1971 calendar by the Independent Liberty Life Insurance Company.