Ocean View Lodge members and guests congregate in the cemetery for Halloween communing with and about the dead.
Noble Grand Joe Brennan reads biographical information of James Wesley Schuyler submitted by his great grandson John Cowan of Phoenix. Wesley's father was a friend and business partner of pioneer HMB lumberman Rufus Hatch, reflected in his son's name, Alvin Schuyler Hatch. The two stone markers visible are for brothers J.W. and Charles Rensselaer Schuyler and are in Lot #77 which is dominated by the Hatch pilar as seen in the photo below.
Ocean View Lodge Trustee Larry Giacomino telling the life story of Evelyn Fox Hatch, pillar of the community and the school district and wife of long time County Supervisor Alvin S. Hatch. Larry was Evelyn's podiatrist for many years, first at her Miramar home and later at the assisted living facility over the hill where he would take his family to the visits and Evelyn would always bake a pie or cookies for the occasion.
Dave Cresson, head of the Half Moon Bay Historical Society, holds forth about James Johnston of the Johnston House and the early days of Half Moon Bay. Dave also spoke about Robert Israel Knapp whose grave marker can be seen between the lantern and the Johnston stone. Knapp was a blacksmith and inventor who patented and produced the innovative sidehill reversing plow.