PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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that cemetery for twenty-two years, is 
credited with being one of the leaders 
in building up that residential commun- 
ity, and in developing most of its sub- 
stantial institutions. 
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R. E. Gifford, formerly superintend- 
ent of Homeland Cemetery, Rootstown, 
O., has been elected superintendent of 
Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, O., 
and has moved his family to the latter 
town where his duties began November 
Sth. 
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C. T. Shepherd, for many years su- 
perintendent of West Park, Joliet, 111., 
has resigned his position. Friction with 
commissioners is said to have been the 
cause. 
Jules Fonta has been elected to suc- 
ceed Edward Baker as superintendent 
of Audubon Park, New Orleans. Mr. 
Fonta is an old French gardener who 
was the first superintendent of Audu- 
bon Park. He has been in the nursery 
business in New Orleans. Mr. Baker, 
the retiring superintendent, was pre- 
sented with a gold watch as a testi- 
monial of esteem from employes of the 
park. 
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PERPETUAL CARE IN 
AMERICAN CEMETERIES 
Reprinted from Park and Cemetery, with additions of criticisms 
and forms for contracts and agreements. 
The symposium on perpetual care recently published in Park and Cemetery has been 
reprinted in book form, with the addition of critical comments by W. N. Rudd, a discus- 
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Contents: A Symposium of methods of the leading cemeteries; Legal Aspects of Per- 
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