LAST STAND by June Schwartz Autumn-- The acriid smell of burning leaves Wafted on the burning air; Weak sunlight filtering through the oak, maple, and poplar, Turning the leaves to flame, saffron, scarlet, and emerald Black, lacy silhouette of the oak Against the steel-gray satin sky; The lonely cry of the loon On a cold midnight lake, The raucous screams of birds Streaking south; The sense of urgency that grips When Summer makes her last Valiant stand Against Winter's overpowering Force.

From the Nashville Banner, Thurs., April 13, 1967: Riding Fall Fatal to June Ellen Schwartz Services for Miss June Ellen Schwartz, 19-year-old Emory University coed from Nashville who was killed Wednesday in a horseback riding accident, willl be at 11 a.m. Friday at The Temple, 5015 Harding Road. Miss Schwartz died near Stone Mountain, Ga., when she struck her head on a rock after being thrown from a horse. Miss Schwartz was a graduate of Parmer School and Hillsboro High School where she was a National Merit Scholarship finalist. Miss Schwartz began her studies as a political science major at Emory in 1965.  She served as corresponding secretary for Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority there and was a member of Hillel, a religious group. At Hillsboro, she was secretary of LDC Sororities.