Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-25

The Shipleys of Maryland, meet
ing in their 23d annual reunion
yesterday at College Park, were as
busy as the motto on the family's
centuries-old coat of arms.
!. The motto, taken from Virgil's
"Aeneid,"'. reads as follows when
translated freely: IT am not con-
tent with idleness."
About 100 of. the clan gathered
for the day-long celebration at
Richie Coliseum at the University
of Maryland to continue custom
which grew out of an incident in
the 1920s when Shipley driving
team of horses got help from a
nearby farmer, who also turned out
to be Shipley. They decided there
were hundreds of Shipleys in Mary
land and the reunions were begun so
that the Shipleys might get to know
each other.
And despite the mugginess Of the
weather yesterday, there was no
idleness evident as members of the
clan spent five hours visiting, sing
ing, renewing acquaintances, eating
and mapping plans for the future
under a six-point program. In ad-
dition, the descendants Of Adam
shipley, who settled in the Old Line
State in 1868, elected officers, insti-
tuted a voluntary dues plan and
voted to apply for membership in
the Maryland Historical Society.
Sasscer Speaks.
They also heard an address by
Representative Sasscer, Democrat,
of Maryland, and awarded prizes to
the youngest" and Oldest Shipleys
in attendance and to the one who
had come the greatest distance.
The reunion got under way about
1880 with an invocation by the
Rev. Richard L. Shipley, minister
OF the West Baltimore Methodist
Church, who also delivered a spir-
itual message. Then came some
singing and the introduction Of
Representative Sasscer by H. Bur-
ton Shipley, baseball coach at the
University of Maryland.
You Shipleys as clan, who have
stood the various tests for over 300
years, have a true heritage" Rep
resentative Sasscer said, land num-
bering among you today, as in the
early days of Maryland, are leaders
in the various endeavors."
6-Point Program Outlined.
The six-point objective was
briefed by Mrs. Dorothy Shipley
Granger, Baltimore, president of
the organization, as follows:
To stimulate interest in the per-
petuation of the heritage of the
Shipleys; to promote acquaintance
in the family, which number about
900 in Maryland alone; to research
and prepare all facts relating to
the history of the family and take
care of family records; to obtain
relating to family
homesteads and family burying
grounds in Maryland; to provide
suitable markers for the homesteads
ana burying grounds, and to pro-
vide means of inspiring the
younger members of the family to
be worthy OF the qualities Of their
An old Shipley mansion in Balti-
more, recently purchased by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
have room in which Shipley heir
looms and information viii be dis
played, under an agreement with
the VFW, Mrs. Granger announced.
Woman, 80, Is Youngest"
Miss Ida A. w. Shipley, Wood
bine, Howard County, who said she
was past 80" but would not accept
the annual reunion prize awarded
the oldest Shipley in attendance,
was given an award designated for
the youngest" Mrs. Agatha Ship
ley McCarty, Baltimore, who de-
clared she didn't mind at all adj
uniting she was rs years old, was
presented with a basket of dahlias
as the oldest present.
Mrs. William Thornley,, Connells-
vile, Pa, whose mother was Shin
ley, was awarded gift for bcil2~
the Shipley to come The longes di-