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PARK AND CE M E 7 E R Y. 
tern and across the American channel of the Detroit 
river brought the party to unique Belle Isle Park, 
a possession of which any city in the world would be 
justly proud. This island of 700 acres was purchased 
by the city in 1879 for $200,000, since which time 
many costly improvements have been made. The 
most recent are a handsome and well-stocked aquar- 
ium and a horticultural building. 
The time passed rapidly here, as time that is 
passed pleasantly always does, and soon the whistle 
of the excursion steamer Sappho called all of the 
loiterers to the dock. Luncheon was served on deck 
as the steamer glided up the Canadian channel and 
out into Lake St. Clair. Then came the concluding 
business session, for there still remained much busi- 
ness to transact. The committee on location report- 
ed in favor of holding the 1907 convention at Provi- 
dence, R. L, which was adopted. 
Appropriate resolutions on the death of four mem- 
bers who had passed away during the year, were 
adopted, and a copy of the resolutions ordered sent 
to the families of the deceased. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing 
year and acknowledged the honor conferred in fitting 
words : President, J. C. Cline, “Woodland,” Day- 
ton, O.; vice-president, Fred. R. Diering, “Wood- 
lawn,” New York, N. Y. ; secretary and treasurer, 
Bellett Lawson, Paxtang, Pa. 
The president-elect appointed the following mem- 
bers on the executive committee for the Providence 
meeting: Jas. Warren, Jr., North Burial Ground, 
Providence: Timothy McCarthy, “Swan Point,” 
Providence, R. L; A. K .McMahon, “Island,” New- 
port, R. 1 . 
Mr. Tilton, for the committee on membership, re- 
ported, recommending that Mr. F. W. Higgins, 
“Woodmere,” Detroit, Mich., be elected an honor- 
ary member, which was heartily concurred in. 
The high wind that was sweeping the deck made 
it difficult to hear some of the speakers and it was 
voted to order the paper on “Floral Decoration of 
Cemeteries,” by Mr. T. W. Bolam, of Sutherland, 
England, Fellow in the Royal Horticultural Society, 
printed in the report of the proceedings of this meeting 
without reading. 
The matter of appointing a committee On laws 
was reconsidered and after some discussion action 
was postponed indefinitely. 
Mr. Frederick Green read the report of the com- 
mittee on inspection of cemeteries, in which was 
given a resume of interesting particulars concerning 
the cemeteries visited, with an occasional recom- 
mendation from the committee. 
Resolutions were adopted expressing the grati- 
tude of the association to all who had contributed 
towards making it such a complete success. 
Mr. Geo. W. Creesy volunteered to have the re- 
port of the first annual meeting reprinted and divide 
the expense pro rata among as many members as 
may be interested. He will be glad to hear from 
others who were not at the meeting. 
Mr. Geo. M. Painter volunteered to do what he 
could towards getting reduced rates to the Provi- 
dence meeting. 
Speeches were in order from the local committee 
and after adjournment the deck was cleared for 
dancing. The ride on Lake St. Clair, through the 
United States ship canal and past the Flats, where 
Detroiters spend some of their summer days, was 
greatly enjoyed, and good music added not a little 
to the pleasure of this most delightful excursion. 
Farewells came when the steamer reached her dock 
in Detroit about 8 p. m., and brought to a close a 
convention that was truly pleasurable and profitable 
to the fullest degree. 
Those Who Attended. 
Those present were: Jas. H. Nicoll, Lexington, Ky. 
Frank W. Stolba, Cedar Rapids, la.; Wm. Crosby, Wash- 
ington, Pa.; A. H. Talcott, J. F. Munsell, M. M. Warren, 
Ashtabula, O. ; Geo. L. Leslie, Miss Harriett Leslie, New 
Castle. Pa.; C. Jacobs, wife and daughter, Sturgis, Mich.; 
U. T. Dubel and wife and Miss Preston, Canandaigua, N. Y. ;. 
T. H. Wright, Covington, Ky. ; John R. Gaudin, Birming- 
ham, Ala.; J. H. Erskine, Manchester, N. H. ; E. W. 
Mitchell, Medford, Mass.; Wm. Falconer and daughter, 
David Woods and daughter, Pittsburg, Pa.; James Warren, 
Providence, R. 1. ; H. Wilson Ross, Newton, Mass.; W. H. 
Foord, Toronto, Ont. ; E. A. Merriam, Minneapolis, Minn.;. 
Frank M. Floyd, Portland, Me. ; T. E. Anderson, Danville, 
111.; Henry Bresser and son, Toledo, O. ; T. H. Little, Mt. 
Hope, Chicago ; S. W. Rubee, Marshalltown, la. ; J. A. 
Brewer and wife, Des Moines, la. ; Wm. Eurich and wife,. 
Minneapolis, Minn.; W. H. Norris, Aurora, 111.; Christian 
Schroeter, Detroit, Mich. ; R. A. Leavitt and wife, Melrose, 
Mass. ; C. W. Modie, Mt. Gilead, O. ; G. Scherzinger, Fond 
du Lac, Wis. ; Geo. W. Creesy and son, Salem, Mass. ; L. 
L. Mason, Jamestown, N. Y. ; O. W. Crabbs and wife, Mun- 
cie, Ind. ; G. L. Kelly and wife. New Albany, Ind. ; M. Whit- 
taker, E. Liverpool, • O. ; L. G. Alga, Ravenna, O. ; E. C. 
Smith, Manchester, Vt. ; Dr. E. G. Douglass, Lapeer, Mich.; 
H. A. Church and wife, Urbana, O. ; P. L. King, Butler, 
Pa. ; C. M. Baker and wife, Dwight, 111. ; G. E. Whittaker, 
Youngstown. O. ; A. C. Gossard, Washington C. H., O. ; 
L. G. Turner, Baltimore, Md. ; G. L. Tilton and wife, Chi- 
cago, 111.; F. R. Diering and wife. New York City; Wm. 
Stone, Lynn, Mass.; A. H. Platt and wife, Kankakee, 111.; 
A. W. Hobert, Minneapolis, Minn. ; Geo. Gossard and wife, 
Washington C. H., O. ; E. G. Carter and wife, Chicago, 111.; 
Jas. H. Morton, Boston, Mass.; Eugene V. Goebel, Thomas 
Sowerby, Grand Rapids, Mich. ; George A. Burton, Cold- 
water, Mich.; John W. Burns and wife. Port Huron, Mich.; 
John J. Phare, William Temblett, Cleveland, O. ; John Sher- 
rill, Detroit, Mich. ; John McGlade, Detroit, Mich. ; Robt. G. 
Boice, Miss Lillian M. Richardson, Geneseo, 111. ; John R. 
Hooper, Richmond, Va. ; John E. Miller and wife, Mattoon, 
111. : J. A. Schmiemeier, St. Louis, Mo. ; Richard Gohlke and 
wife, Findlay, O. ; R. N. Kesterson, Knoxville, Tenn. ; B. 
Braysher, Monroe, Mich.; Geo. A. Burrows, Traverse City, 
Mich.; Geo. Ruff and wife, Lincoln. Neb.; John Bessmer, 
