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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
A new cemetery has been opened by W. 
H. Riggin and G. W. Bevard at Carter- 
ville. 111. It will be known as Hillcrest 
Cemetery. 
The Catholic Cemetery Association, of 
Jacksonville, Fla., is planning to make some 
much needed improvements and repairs in 
the old cemetery on Cordova street. Among 
the improvements will be the erection of a 
new fence and a general clearing tip and 
beautification of the cemetery. 
The old board fence around the Prairie 
City Cemetery, of Prairie City, 111., will 
soon be replaced by an iron fence. 
The Cemetery Board of Woodlawn Cem- 
etery, Tampa, Fla., will ask for enough 
money to construct a stone retaining wall 
on the south side of this cemetery. 
• The Scandinavian Cemetery Association, 
of Rockford, 111., is commencing improve- 
ments in this cemetery. The drives and 
walks will all be paved with brick. 
The Parkview Cemetery Association, of 
Farmington, Mo., was recently incorporated 
by M. C. Spaugh, L. H. Williams and W. 
N. Fleming. 
The Woman’s Auxiliary Cemetery Asso- 
ciation was recently organized by the 
women of Brenham, Tex. 
Park Lawn Cemetery, of Waco, Tex., 
was recently incorporated. The ground is 
being laid out by a landscape architect and 
the cemetery will have every modern im- 
provement. A proportion of the funds 
from the sale of every lot will be set aside 
and placed in a trust company for the per- 
petual care of the grounds. 
The arrangements of the joint committee 
from the Council and Board of Trustees 
for the purchase of 2% acres of land for 
cemetery purposes were approved at a joint 
meeting of the two boards at Mt. Gilead, 
O. , recently. The consideration for the land 
is $1,650. The transaction will not be 
finally closed, however, until legal questions 
are decided. 
Having received authority from the local 
water company to proceed with the installa- 
tion of a system of waterwarks in the cem- 
etery, the San Benito Cemetery Association, 
of San Benito, Tex., plans the sodding of 
all the grounds under its control with Ber- 
muda grass. Steps will be taken to see that 
the ground so sodded will be kept in good 
shape. 
The fence around the Hico Cemetery, of 
Alworth, Tex., has just been completed at 
a cost of $1,700. It was built through the 
combined efforts of the Hico Cemetery As- 
sociation, Ladies’ Auxiliary and the citizens 
of that city. Barmore & Himmell, of Cam- 
eron, were the contractors. 
Work was commenced recently on the re- 
construction of Ridgelawn Cemetery, of 
Elyria, O. William Warnen was appointed 
superintendent of this cemetery a short time 
ago. 
Repairs are being made in the city cem- 
etery at Freeport, 111. The lots will be 
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