The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04

TOTAL ............ 7,691,SS5
 Methods by which the tree planting army approached the bi- centennial planting suggestion are as varied almost, as are the tree planters. To Berks county, Pa. goes first place, thus far, for a campaign that brought results. The Berks County Conservation asso citation has registered 1,229,646 trees on the honor roll of the Am erican Tree association. Directed by Harvey F. Heinly, the president, the campaign was started with a bi-centennial tree planting dinner. Among the speakers were Lewis R. Staley, state forester; w. R. Mat toon, of the U. s. Forest Service; c. B. Montgomery who spoke of the trees of Washington's time. The Boy Scouts had big part in the program. They knew how to do things in Berks county. The registration list includes church congregations, schools, state hos pitai, an orphanage, and of course many individuals.
 But this outstanding community effort may be outdone by Boy Scouts and All clubs before the end of 1882. There is the dedica- ton of a million trees on a 750 acre summer camp in Oneida county, New York, to the memory of George Washington. The report is made to the American Tree as- sociation by William J. Wiley of
 Utica, superintendent of the Ma
 sonic home of the Grand Lodge
 Free and Accepted Masons. There
 is the planting of 1000 trees by
 the students of the Raymond Ri
 ordan school of Highland, New
 York, during a visit to William
 and Mary college in Virginia. This
 is called the George Washington 1 plantation. From Fort Story, Va Lieut. E. R. Guild of the 18th
 coast artillery registers the plant
 ing of 61,560 trees in memory oi
 Washington at Cape Henry. Here
 is a reforestation project that wil
 be watched with great interest a!
 the years go by because this plant
 ing by the soldiers, and named fol
 Washington, Is to save the moving
 sand dunes.
 The George Washington Bicen' tennial Tree Planting Committed
 for Connecticut has recommended
 to the State Forest and Park com
 mission that it set aside tract oi
 land for development and plant ! ing of forest to be known as the
 George Washington Memorial for
 est. Similar recommendation
 were made to the authorities oi
 each town in Connecticut.
 On the other side of the world | in Hawaii, members of the Hilc | Woman's club planted a tree 1T | honor of George Washington. The registration was sent in to the American Tree association by Mrs A. J. Lafferty, secretary of the
 club. c. s. Judd, territorial forest. ] CT at Honolulu, has sent in 10( applications for membership in the tree planting army from the pupils of the Waiahole school.
 l The Iowa society, Daughters oi | the American Revolution, has planted 5000 trees in honor oi | George Washington and the regis 1 traitor was made by Mrs J. B | Fitzgerald, the state regent.
 The Rotary club of Three Lakes | Wisconsin, sponsored the dedica' l ton of a George Washington unit within the boundary of the newly l formed Argonne national forest. L c. Cunningham. president of the
 Rotary club, reported the tree planting.
 Pupils of the Mccarthy schoo of Mccarthy. Alaska, have all planted trees in honor of George Washington ana their names have been placed on the national honoi roll by Mrs Margaret Harrais | teacher of the school.
 Bicentennial tree planters car | be found at any point of the com pass. Members of the Ssth in | fantry of Fort Douglas, Utah. have planted b71 trees in honor ol i, George Washington. according to report by Col H. c. Price. The, were assisted in their tree planting by Major John F. Bowman and thu salt Lake City Bicentennial Memo rial Tree Planting commission. Th' Fort Loudoun chapter of the D. A R. Of Winchester. Virginia, hai
 planted trees in honor of 0eorg' Washington. This chapter Of th'