HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-05-23, Page 2Page 2—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 23, 1979
Plant sixth mernorial.tree onArbor
Celebrating Arbor Day at
St. Joseph's School, Kings-
bridge on Friday, May 18,•
included the sixth memorial
tree planting ceremony with
Mrs. Bernardine Kinney,
president of the Kingsbridge
Genealogical Society partic-
ipating.
Arbor Day was first cele-
brated on April 10, 1865 by J.
Sterling Morton, a newspap-
er man and later Governor of
the State of Nebraska. Mr.
Morton was born in Michi-
gan when 90 per cent of the
state was covered with leaf
bearing trees and huge white
pines. It became the largest
lumber producing state until
1900, and provided lumber
for the rebuilding of Chicago
in 1881. When Mr. Morton
moved to Nebraska it was
almost a treeless prairie.
He induced the Board of
Agriculture. to proclaim April
10, 1865 Tree Day. Encour-
aging other states to join
them, on that day over one
million trees were planted.
The idea spread to other
states and other countries.
Taken from the Goderich
Signal 1888 - on the first
Friday of May Arbor Day will
be observed by the schools
throughout the province. At
the request of the Hon. Mr.
Ross every teacher especially
in the rural areas should
begin now to inculcate in the
minds of children the beauty
of the trees and flower
planting, and it will always
be remembered by them.
There would never be a
scarcity of lumber' and the
deplorable results if tree
planting was .properly obser-
ved on every farm. It would
also be a great benefit to the
country at a small initial cost.
The National Women's
Jewish Organization had
planted over one million
trees in Israel by 1973. By
giving a tree certificate on
special occasions as birth-
days, anniversaries;—wed-
dings and memorials for a
contribution to send a tree to
Israel.
Mrs. Kinney, who donated
the tree for Arbor Day
planting at Kingsbridge said
"Could . not something be
done here in Kingsbridge for
tree planting?" The moun-
tain ash tree is donated in
loving and grateful memory
of our O'Loughlin ancestors,
Mrs. .Kinney said: `Brian
-O'Loughlin, his wife, Bridget
•
•
Kitson, our great grand-
parents, who migrated to the
Gore from Ireland in 1847.
Later they- moved to St.
Augustine to the farm of
Murray Gaunt MPP. Also in
memory. of Patrick O'Lough-•
lin, his wife, Mary McCann,.
our grandparents who lived
on the next 100 acres. They
built a frame house in 1870
which . is still in use, the
Humphrey farm. In memory
also of my parents, Joseph
O'Loughlin and May Griffin,
who lived on the 9th conces-
sion, Ashfield Township
from 1904. This tree planting
will be the first activity of the
O'Loughlin Reunion which
will take place in Kings-
bridge June 23. and 24th.
In closing she quoted a
verse from an old Scottish
hymn:
Think of a world •without
flowers
Think of a world without.
trees.
Think of a sky without any
sunshine
Think of the air without any
breeze.
We thank Thee Lord for
flowers, trees and sunshine.
We thank Thee. Lord and
praise your name,
CP
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