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CEIlETilY NOTES 
A representative of the Bureau -of 
Accounting from the state auditor’s 
office of Ohio in examining the. mu- 
nicipal accounts of Urbana, O., reports 
that expenditures of Supt. Henry A. 
Church, of Oak Dale Cemetery, for 
attending conventions of the Associa- 
tion of American Cemetery Superin- 
tendents, are illegal. In commenting 
on the fact that this was the only sum 
which was illegally spent, the Urbana 
Times-Citizen says: “This is a show- 
ing that is surpassed by no other city 
in the state, and comes pretty near 
being a perfect record when it is un- 
derstood that the money which the in- 
spector claims was spent illegally was 
used by Supt. Henry A. Church, of 
Oak Dale, to defray his expenses to 
meetings of cemetery superintendents, 
the people receiving the benefit from 
such trips in the magnificent condition 
of Oak Dale cemetery.” 
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Forest Lawn Cemetery Book 
To the Editor: P.\rk and Cemetery 
must be a good advertising medium. 
I haven’t seen the June number as 
yet, but understand mention was made 
in it of the booklet just issued by 
The Forest Lawn Cemetery Associa- 
tion, of w'hich I am secretary, as I am 
being flooded with requests for copies. 
Wish you had said the publication 
cost us 2.5 cents each and that we will 
be glad to send it anywhere upon re- 
ceipt of remittance to cover the ex- 
pense. 
H. S. Mann, 
Secretary Forest Lawn Cemetery, 
Omaha, Neb. 
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CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS 
Mount Joy Cemetery, Middletown, 
Pa., has purchased two additional 
acres. 
It is reported that the United States 
Government will open a new National 
Cemetery on Deer Island near Bos- 
ton. 
The Brookside Cemetery Associa- 
tion. Muncie, Ind., has added ten acres. 
Park View Cemetery has been laid 
out near Alexandria, Ind., and im- 
provements are under way. 
The Universal Cemetery, Bowles- 
burg, 111., is considering the purchase 
of two adjoining acres. 
A new cemetery of 15 acres has 
been laid out near Crabtree, Pa. 
The cemetery at Ishpeming, Mich., 
is to build a new iron entrance gate 
and lay out a new section. Rev. J. 
Keul, pastor of St. John’s church, is in 
charge of the work. 
The Haddam Neck Cemetery As- 
sociation, Haddam, Conn., has been 
incorporated by F. A. Brainard, Ben- 
jamin A. Williams, and others. 
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., 
has recently passed a rule forbidding 
any but employes of the grounds from 
working on the lots. 
The Elmhurst Cemeterj^ Company, 
of Joliet, 111., has been incorporated at 
$150,000 by Joseph N. Schuster, Joseph 
Campbell and C. W. Jordan. 
Lake View Cemetery, Calumet, 
Mich., will add 20 acres of adjoining 
land. Fred Olson has been re-ap- 
pointed superintendent. 
Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, 
Mass., is having plans prepared for a 
crematory to be erected on the 
grounds. 
The Rock Creek Cemetery Associa- 
tion, of Petersburg, 111., has been in- 
corporated by Samuel Schnapp, Er- 
nest M. Primm and others. 
E. Estabrook, superintendent of the 
Bennington Park Lawn Cemetery, 
Bennington, Vt., writes that there are 
more than t\vo miles of roads built in 
that new cemetery and material on 
hand for a receiving vault and mortu- 
ary chapel which is to contain 24 cata- 
combs. One section of 142 lots is al- 
ready laid out and ten acres more are 
partly laid out. 
Oak Lawn Cemetery Association, 
Oakland, Cal., has been incorporated 
to operate a 320-acre cemetery, by Al- 
fred Mudge, John E. Bowes, and J. J. 
Rose. 
The mayor of Fresno, Cal., has ap- 
pointed a committee to provide for the 
systematic improvement, and manage- 
ment of the cemeteries. Dr. Chester 
Rowell, George Cosgrave and Frank 
Helm are members of the committee. 
The Lebanon Cemetery Association, 
Lebanon, Ohio, is considering the 
erection of an arched entrance gate 
and would like to hear from firms 
who do this class of work. 
Manager Geo. W. Heber, of the 
Rrookville Cemetery, Brookville, Pa., 
is making extensive improvements this 
summer in grading, paving drives, and 
installing a new water works system; 
the sexton’s residence has also been 
remodeled; the total cost of the im- 
provements will be about $2,700. They 
are soon to issue an elaborate book 
of views. 
Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashua, N. 
H., has added five acres. William 
Snow is supennteudeut. 
Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. D., 
has prepared plans and will soon let 
the contract for the erection of a re- 
ceiving vault and chapel to be of 
pressed brick and stone. 
The annual report of Tacoma Cem- 
etery, Tacoma, Wash., gives a com- 
parative statement of the receipts and 
expenditures for the years ending May 
,31, 1902, 1907 and 1908. The receipts 
for 1908 amounted to $39,455 and the 
expenditures $20,537. The “Irreducible 
Fund” gained Over $15,000 during the 
year and now amounts to $85,992. 
Thirty per cent of the sale of all lots 
and single graves goes into this fund. 
A new greenhouse was completed dur- 
ing the year at a cost of $3,727, and 
there was, as a consequence, a 50 per 
cent increase in the greenhouse re- 
ceipts, which amounted to $1,214. 
There were 555 interments for the 
year. Chas. Manley is president of 
the association. R. Kotner. secre- 
tary and Geo. A. Hill. su]ieriiitcndent. 
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