PARK AND CEMETERY. 
VII 
PERSONAL 
Charles L. Kimmens, the present sex- 
ton of the cemetery at Bolton, Mass., 
is the last of a long line of members 
of the Kimmens family to hold that 
office, which has been an heirloom of 
the family for 56 years. 
Henry Buffenmeyer has been ap- 
pointed superintendent of Jacob Park, 
Louisville, Ky., to succeed Eugene 
Terry, who resigns on account of ill 
health. 
E. R. Roberts, superintendent of 
parks of Tacoma, Wash., has resigned 
his position, and will remain in Seattle 
to practice landscape architecture. E. 
R. Davenport, formerly assistant engi- 
neer in the employ of the park board, 
has been appointed supervisor of parks. 
Patrick Bolton has been elected su- 
perintendent of St. Mary’s Cemetery, 
Troy, N. Y., to succeed the late Dennis 
Flannery. John J. Healy is secretary. 
Jerome E. Browne has been appoint- 
ed superintendent of the village ceme- 
tery at Coxsackie, N. Y. Daniel Cum- 
ming is president of the board. 
Alexander W. Blain, for 38 years su- 
perintendent of Elmwood Cemetery, 
Detroit, has been appointed a member 
of the public lighting commission by 
Mayor Thompson. Mr. Blain was for- 
merly a park commissioner and was se- 
lected for his fitness regardless of poli- 
tics, as he describes himself as a 
“Roosevelt Democrat.” He is 68 years 
old. 
Charles Smith, formerly superintend- 
ent of Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, 
Mass., is a candidate for the legisla- 
ture from that district. 
F. William Bensberg has been ap- 
pointed a member of the park commis- 
sion of Utica, N. Y. 
The Minnesota Territorial Pioneer 
Association is arranging for a semi- 
centennial celebration and grand home 
coming of Minnesotans for the State 
Fair week in St. Paul, Aug. 31 to Sept. 
5. George H. Hazzard, 664 Gilfillan 
block, St. Paul, is secretary of the asso- 
ciation. 
The Indianapolis Board of Park Com- 
missoners has appointed Leroy E. Sny- 
der secretary of the board and assist- 
ant to George E. Kessler, landscape 
architect of the city, at a salary of 
$1,500 a year. 
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Tells when, where and how to plant ; discusses 
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