The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-06

Day"
The connection of George Washington with
Arbor day celebrations lies in the fact that this
year he has been the inspiration for the most
extensive treeplanting program ever undertak
en- in this country. For q part of the general
bicentennial celebration program this year has
been the project, sponsored by the American
Tree association of Washington D. c., of plant
ing 100000 trees all dedicated to Washing
ton, veritable living memorial stretching from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Cana
dian line to the Mexican border
In announcing this project at the time that
President Coolidge created the Washington BIZ
centennial commission to have charge of the
general celebration this year, Charles Lathrop
Pack, president of the American Tree assoca-
tion. said:
what more significant and unique method
could be employed to manifest the affection
which American feels for Washington? Wash
ington himself must have loved trees, for his
diary contains repeated references TO their value
and care; and he chose a spot for his home
where their beauty is unexceed. Along the
shaded path that leads to his final resting place.
two columns OF trim, straight larches stand
like sentnels, his constant companions along
with those thousands of Americans who come
TO pay him reverence during the daylight hours
HE must have loved the regal beauty of
ton be remembered pre-eminently. Deep-rooted
in the ground, a tree is like a man, coming up
out of the EARTH but lifting its branches to
heaven. And ii grows in usefulness so ii
grows in beauty. 1t may outlast the ages, it
offers its shade to all alike and its dsinterested
ministries succour a thirsty countryside and
provide for its physical and esthetic necessi-
ties. So tree bespeaks the spirit of Washing
ton. He was democratic in his services, regal
in his leadership, commanding in his principles
while he extended a brotherly hand to new
and Independent people struggling for fuller
freedom"
Not only have millions of trees already been
planted in honor of Washington and registered
with the American Tree association by social
civic and patriotic clubs and organizations as
we'll as by individuals but the bicentenna
tree planting idea has now gone around the
world.
King Boris III of Bulgaria has joined this
great tree planting army in hOnorng Washing
ton by presenting to Henry w. Shoemaker, the
American minister at Sofia, two very rare Balk
an varieties of evergreens, for the legation
garden, the other for the American school near
Sofia. These trees have been planted by Min
lister Shoemaker, who is from Pennsylvania
with the help of the legation staff and with l.
Kerekoff of the Bulgarian foreign Office repre-
sentng that nation. Mrs. Shoemaker, Mrs May
HtEu Ddrnes, hTS. rTdih bdTneS, wives OF Ine
secretaries of the legation, and Mr. H. Frey, the
kings landscape gardener, aided in the planting
of the tree.
Joseph c. Grew, the American ambassador at
Istanbul, Turkey was the first representative
of the American government in the foreign
land to register on the national roll when he
planted three black walnut trees with Eugene
NJ. Hinkle signing the application on the ma
tional honor roll a witness.
Following this came the registration of Fred
Morris Dearing American ambassador at Lima.
Peru, who, with Garrett G. Ackerson, Jr., as
witness, planted tree to mark the bicentennial
of the birth of Washington at the Country club