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Copyright iqo^. by A, Stirling Colder. 
DETAIL OF FRONT OF HEAD OF SEWELL CROSS. 
sword and fasces, bound together by designs of 
conventionalized roses, shamrocks and thistles in- 
terwoven with the monogram, in Latin : “Work 
and Hope.” These support a shield bearing the 
inscription, which is as follows: “In memoriam, 
William Joyce Sewell, soldier and statesman,” 
followed by names of parents and usual dates. 
The memorial was executed in Windsor green 
granite by the Leland & Hall Co., of New York. 
NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 
IN CONVENTION. 
The second annual meeting of the New Eng- 
land Cemetery Association was held February 
13th at the Quincy House, Boston, sixteen mem- 
bers being present and indulging in a social hour 
before the anouncement of dinner. 
The meeting was called to order by President 
McCarthy, Superintendent of Swan Point Ceme- 
tery, Providence, R. I., and after the reading of 
the records of the last meeting and their approval 
came the report of the Secretary and Treasurer, 
which showed the finances of the association to 
he in favorable condition and that there had been 
an increase in membership during the year. 
Next came the election of officers for the ensu- 
ing year, resulting in the following : President, 
George W. Creesy, Superintendent of Harmony 
Grove Cemeterv, Salem ; Vice President, Frank 
M. Floyd, Superintendent of Evergreen Ceme- 
tery, Portland, Me.; Secretary and Treasurer, 
William Allen, Assistant Superintendent of Mt. Au- 
burn Cemetery, Cambridge. 
The President-elect then announced the names of 
Supt. Marshall of Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Mass., 
and Supt. George Standley of Beverly, Mass., to serve 
as Committee on Applications with the officers-elect 
during the coming year in which a substantial growth 
ir membership is expected. 
Seven applications for membership were received 
and the applicants duly elected members of the Asso- 
ciation. 
In regard to the circular recently issued respecting 
the extermination of the Gypsy and Brown Tail moth 
pests, mentioned in the January Park and Cemetery, 
said circular was very favorably responded to by the 
members and it was voted that they be circulated 
am.ong the membership after the manner of the “end- 
less chain letter” system. 
It was voted that this association be represented by 
its President at the meeting of the National Associa- 
tion to be held in Washington, D. C., September 12- 
15. 1905- 
The next regular meeting of the association will he 
held at Salem, Mass., on June 14th, next, where an 
enjoyable and profitable meeting is expected. 
Copyright /Q04 by A. Stirling C alder, 
REAR VIEW OP SEWELL CROSS. 
Below the symbolic panels on the front is another 
one containing five pilasters, or rudimentary columns, 
and in the corresponding base panel of the back is the 
family coat of arms, accompanied by conventional de- 
signs of roses. 
The bronze marker, inserted in a granite ledger 
stone over Ihe grave, embodies a representation of the 
