Evening star., 1933-11-29
20 Mather Memorial Plaques
Placed as Work Nears an End
Six Others Remain to Be Unueiled II,
Honor of Name and York of Founder
of National Park Service. -.

2, 1882, and its location was q boulder
IN Chinook Pass. Washington, on the
Mr.. Mather. Midsummer snow lay upon
the scene Of the ceremony. The prin-
cipal speaker was Gov. Roland X.
Hartley. but the occasion likewise was
marked by beautiful eulogy delivered
by Prof Edmond 8 MeaI1y.
Other Plaques Unveiled.
Two days later, on the 65th an
niversary Of Mr.. Mathers birth,
identic plaques were unveiled In Dunes
State Park, Indiana, where Richard
Lieber. president, National Conference
Smith. dean, Notre Dame University,
spoke; Longmire, Rainier National
Park, Wash, with Maj. o. A. Tomlin-
son Of the National Park Service in
charge Of the ceremony; Petrifed For
est, Holbrook, Ariz., where Mr.. Albright.
director, National Park Service, and
seven other personal friends Of Mr..
Mather participated in the rites: Yose-
mite National Park, California. with
Ralph L. Phelps and Col. Charles G.
Thomson. superintendent. giving ad-
dresses: Madison Junction, Yellow
stone National Park, Wyo., where four
rangers disclosed the monument and
Struthers Burt, author; D. W. Green
burg, S. T. Woodring. Roger w. Toll.
superintendent. and E. v. Robertson,
representing Gov. A. M. Clark, were
speakers; Zion National Park, Utah,
with Heber j. Grant. president. Church
Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
and P. P. Patraw, superintendent, pay
ing tribute to Mr.. Mathers work:
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona,
where Gov. George w. P. Hunt was
the eulogist and Chief Ranger Carl
Lehnert's infant son removed the flag;
and four other sites.
July 10. 1882, was the date of the
dedication of plaque at Sequoia Ma
tional Park, California. DR.. Grosvenor
was the committee member accorded
the honor of unveiling the tablet, and
Col. John r. White, superintendent;
Right Rev. Louis Child Sanford and
Judge Walter Fry were the principal
speakers. On the same day the Bo-
hemian Club of San Francisco spon-
sored a memorial broadcast over the
N. B. C. network with Timothy A.
Mr.. Phelps, Melvyn Jeffress. Wallace A.
Sabln, Rudy Seiger, John w. Petty and
others participating in the program.
Mrs. Roosevelt on Program.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled
the plaque assigned to Bear Mountain,
Palisades Interstate Park, New York.
May q last, and the eulogst Of the
occasion was Secretary of the Interior
Ickes. MIR. Mather's widow and his
daughter, Mrs. Edward Mcpherson, at
tended the service. and Mr.. Baker, de-
signer Of the memorial, also was pres
ent.
On July Is still another plaque was
set up at the top of Logan Pass, on
the Going to-the-Sun Highway, Glacier
National Park, Montana. Gov. Frank
A. Cooney and Senator Burton K
Wheeler attended. and o. S. Warden,
chairman, State Highway Commission,
gave the dedicatory address, honoring
Mr.. Mather as "mountaineer and states
man, lover of nature and Of his fellow
men, who with a generous and far
seeing wisdom has made accessible for
multitude of Americans their heritage
Of snow-capped mountains glaciers and
streams and falls, of stately forests and
quiet meadows"
Plaques yet to be placed will 60 to
Mount Mckinley National Park, Alaska:
Gen. Grant National Park, California;
Hot Spring National Park. Arkansas;
Shenandoah National Park. Virginia,
and Great Smoky Mountain National
Park. North Carolina.