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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Program of the Cemetery Superintendents* Convention. 
Detroit, A.u^ust 21-23. 
The .local committee for the twentieth annual 
convention of the Association of American Ceme- 
tery Superintendents to be held at Detroit Mich., 
August 22 and 23, 1906, has completed its arrange- 
ments, and the meeting promises to be a very in- 
teresting one. 
Headquarters and place of meeting will l^e at the 
Cadillac Hotel, corner Michigan and Washington 
avenues, where members can secure accommoda- 
tions on the American plan at the following rates : 
Rooms without bath, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 per 
day ; rooms, with bath, $4, $4.50 and upwards per 
day. Other hotels on the American plan con- 
venient to the Cadillac are : 
“Griswold,” corner Griswold street and Grand 
River avenue ; $2.00, $3.00 and $3.50 per day. 
“Ste. Clair,” corner Randolph street and Alonroe 
avenue ; $2.50 and upward per day. 
“Normandie,” ii to 23 East Congress street; $2.00 
and upward per day. , 
Hotels on the European plan near by are ; 
“Washington Inn,” opposite the Cadillac on 
Washington avenue; $1.50 and upward per day. 
"Metropole," 126-130 Woodward avenue; $1.00 
and upward per day. 
“Library Park,” Farrar street, opposite Public 
Library; $1.00 and upward per day. 
It is earnestly requested that members make spe- 
cial and strenuous efforts to attend this convention. 
The committee desires to advise all who are con- 
templating attending to communicate with the ho- 
tels and engage accommodations in advance. 
The program is as follows : 
First F>dy, Tuesday, Aug. 2t, 1906. 
10. a. m., meeting called to order. 
Address of welcome : Hon. George P. Codd, 
.Mayor of Detroit. 
Response : President A. A. C. S. 
President’s annual address. 
Secretary-Treasurer’s report. 
Communications and appointment of committees. 
Half hour with the Secretary for payment of dues 
and application for membership. 
2 p. m. Special cars to German Lutheran, Forest 
Lawn and Mount Olivet cemeteries, returning to 
hotel at 6 p. m. 
8 p. m. Report of Committee on Credentials ; in- 
troduction of new members. 
Address Judge Alfred J. Murphy 
Paper : “Our Birthday” Bellett Lawson 
Paper: “Water Effects in the Landscape” 
George L .Tilton 
Discussion. 
Question Box. 
Second Day, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 1906. 
8 130 a. m. Special cars to Woodmere Cemetery, 
where a morning session will be held. 
Paper: “Satan in the Cemetery”. .John J. Stephens 
Paper: “Trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants 
in the Cemetery” William Crosby 
Inspection of the cemetery. 
II :30 a. m. Special cars to Palmer Park, where 
luncheon will be served. 
2 p. m. Special cars to Woodlawn cemetery; 
short session in Chapel. 
Paper: “Flower Planting” 
W. T. Bolan, London, England 
Paper: “Rough Boxes” Frederick Green 
Paper: “Legal Matters Affecting Cemeteries”. 
John E, Miller 
Inspection of cemetery; also of Evergreen, the 
new cemetery adjoining. 
6 p. m. Return to city by special cars. 
There will be no evening session. 
Third Day, Thursday, Aug. 23, 1906. 
8:30. Special conveyances to Elmwood and Mt. 
Elliot cemeteries; thence to Belle Isle Park, visit- 
ing Horticultural Hall and the Aquarium. 
I :30. Assemble at Insel Ruh landing, board 
special steamer for Lake St. Clair, U. S. Ship Canal 
and the Flats. Luncheon and refreshments aboard 
steamer. 
3 :oo p. m. Closing session aboard steamer. 
Election of officers. 
Miscellaneous business. 
Adjournment. 
8:00 p. m. Steamer to dock at foot of Wood- 
ward avenue. 
Work the Association Has Done. 
President Edward G. Carter, of the Association, is 
sending out a letter to cemetery officials calling attention to 
some of the advantages of membership in that body, from 
which we quote as follows : 
“The Association aims to benefit the cemeteries of America 
by bringing together in friendly intercourse, from all parts of 
the country, the people who are most interested and skilled 
in the various practices of cemetery work ; by affording an 
opportunity of seeing the best examples of cemetery develop- 
ment under the j 'ost favorable circumstances and of becoming 
acquainted with the leading cemeteries and their methods; by 
the presentation and discussion of papers on all subjects per- 
taining to the work and the privilege of questioning those 
whose experience and qualifications make them specialists in 
the various lines involved. The Association’s success in at- 
taining the object is attested by the following: It has been 
conducted for twenty years on the lines indicated, so that its 
value cannot be considered doubtful or experimental, and 
during this time it has received the support and commenda- 
tion of the most capable men in cemetery work, both among 
active superintendents and officers and from men of wide re- 
pute in commercial and professional lines who find time from 
