The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25
TREE PLANTING ATTENDED
BY SIXTY DESPITE COLD
Ceremony Is Held Under Aus
pieces of Civic Club Monday
Native American Elm Planted
PROGRAM is RENDERED

Despite the cold wind of the after.
noon, approximately go persons were
in attendance at the tree planting
ceremony of the Oakland Civic club,
which was held in the vicinity Of
Washington spring on Monday at
o'clock.
The tree was a native American
Elm, obtained from the Swallow Falls
region by A. L. Sines and Harry Loar,
and was presented to the Washington
Spring Park committee of the Oak
land Civic club by it's president, Miss
Lottie Loar, during the program.
Mrs. C. Milton Smell opened the
program with short address which
was followed by the invocation and
scripture reading by Rev. Walter B.
Brock. After singing America"
Rev. D. C. Trimble made a short ad-
dress, discussing Washington's love
of trees and living things and show
ing how appropriate it was to plant
trees on his birthday anniversary.
Lois VanCleve Sincell, direct des-
cendent of one of Washington's Revo-
1utionary officers, Capt. William Van
Cleve, recited the poem, "Trees,"
which was followed by the presenta-
ton of the tree by Miss Lottie Loar.
The tree was accepted for the COM
mittee by Mrs. E. H. Sincell, Mrs.
Paul Naylor and Mrs. F. E. Rathbun,
members. Delbert M. Davis gave a
reading, Salute to the Trees" and
those present sang one verse of "The
Star Spangled Banner" led by DR..
Robinson, accompanied on coronets by
John McIntire, Jack Treacy, and Irv-
ing Broadwater. Mrs. Paul Naylor
gave a reading, "The Planting" and
the benediction was pronounced by
Rev. j. w. Dawson.
Mrs. Sincell, in her opening address,
gave the keynote of the celebration
in the following words:
"Today all over this broad land of
ours we as a people are celebrating
the 200th birthday of George Wash
ington, the first president of our
United States. Everyone has been
urged to take part in the Bicenten-
NAL celebration.
"What more important and far
reaching method than planting trees
could be employed, monuments, not of
bronze or copper or stone but of
growing things, alive with life, emb-
lens of that living nation which our
first president guided into being.
There is no greater need in the Uni
ted States today in the matter of self
strengthening thSn that of trees.
Washington undoubtedly would be
the first to desire as memorials to him
trees that will make his country
stronger and better one, and so today
we, the Civic club, are planting on
this birthday, tree.
"Under the auspices of the Civic
club there have been II trees planted
in Washington Spring Park and about
$500 trees in the county. We in re-
atty are a second continental army
mobolized in peace for the planting of
trees, lasting tribute to the Father
of Our Country"
Miss LOar Presents Tree
In presenting the tree to the Park
committee Miss Loar said:
at is my privilege and pleasure as
the president of the Oakland Civic
club to present to the Park committee
this American Elm to be planted by
you on the 2O0th birthday of the
Father of our ountry, on this spot
where tradition tells US Washington
himself once paused to drink from the
waters of this nearby spring.
at is interesting to know that
groups in every community of the
land are now or soon will be during
this Bicentennial celebration, planting
trees of all kinds which together will
form monument of 100000 living
trees to his memory.
"May this tree and the others SINH
1arly dedicated, serve to keep green
the memory of the Father of our
Country and keep alive in our
hearts and in the hearts of those who
follow, his faith in the Providence of
God and the future of our land, his
courage in meeting the dangers and
periIs of life undismayed, his patience
and perseverance in overcoming diff
culties and obstacles, his spirit of
obedience to authority and his self
sacrifcial devotion to the welfare of
his country and mankind"