The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-09-25
GODS PROVIDENCE is OUR
INHERITANCE

Members and guests, following the
dedication of the memorial, motored
to the William Hoye maple grove on
the banks of the beautiful Youghio-
gheny, where they enjoyed at lunch
the goods things from the farms of
Maryland, followed by an interesting
program, which included:
The adoption of a constitution of
the society; the election and installa-
ton of officers, as follows: President,
Elijah Hoye, Sang Run, Md; first
vice-president, Robert F, Towson, of
Smithburg, Md; second vice-presi-
dent, Emma Hoye Leigh, Lincoln,
Neb.; secretary-treasurer, Miss Beulah
Engle, Grantsville; historian, Charles
E. Hoye, Los Angeles, Cal.
Report of memorial committee, by
John R. Engle, Kingwood, w. Va;
report of the historian, Charles E.
Hoye; singing, Maryland, My Mary
land"; fife selection, c. F. Cook; his
torical story, discovery of Ginseng
(Sang) Rum" Schell B. Hoye, Oak
land; reading of Paul Hoye's will,
Arthur Towson, Smithburg, Md; "Old
Man of Hoy" Elizabeth Engle Wads-
worth; brief addresses by Mr.. E. A.
Browning, Oakland, and Mr.. Stephen
M. Hoye, of New York City; "Auld
Lang Syne," led by quartet; old-time
violin music, Browning Brothers.
One hundred ninety-seven partook
of the lunch and the total attendance
was more than $50, including, as well
as the Hoye family, the Friends, De-
Wits and Browning, descendants of
neighboring pioneers.
Among the many members and Wis
Matthews, Oakland; Sadie C. Bishop,
Smithburg, Md; G. Tyson Kenny,
Washington county, Md; Mabel T..
Landell, Philadelphia; Mary B. Wade,
. Lucia A. Hendrickson, Washington;
Mirah L. Drane, McHenry; Mrs. Eta
V. Engle, Grantsville; Catherine j.
Stanton, Bittinger; Mr.. and Mrs. J. n.
Miller, Page Miller and Miss Black,
Cumberland; Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Pu:-
liam, Keyser; Mrs. H. d. Perry, Bay
onne, N. j.; Miss Bryan, New York.
Mrs. Perry is the historian of the
famous Deakins family of England
and Virginia. Leonard Deakins was
half brother of Paul Hoye, their
mother being Tabitha Marbury, of
Maryland. H..
Five photographs of Paul Hoye's
home and of William Waller Hoye
We're awarded Mabel Towson Landel
and Elizabeth Engle Wadsworth for
having the most beautiful red hair of
members of the family present.
The committees desire to express
their thanks to all those who assisted
in erecting the memorial and in the
preparations for the happy reunion, as
well as all who took part in the pro-
gram, and especially appreciate the
old-time violin music Of the Browning
Brothers, whose sweet music carried
the thoughts of many back to the days
of their youth. "r
Even the elements were kind and
made the first day of autumn a perfect
day as the family met under the maple
trees by the clear waters Gods own
handiwork. .n =:
Paul Hoye, whose ancestors were
red headed Scotch-Irish from County
Antrim, setteled on his plantation
called "Frog Harbor," near Williams
port, Md, before the American Revo.
luton. His son John became a veal
thy and prominent citizen of Cumber.
land, while the other son, William
Waller, surveyor, about the veal
1900, was a pioneer settler near the
Youghiogheny River, farthest west
and from his. "Crabtree Bottom" farm