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L. W. Hickman was elected president and 
A. E. Householder secretary at the annual 
meeting of the Lovettsville Union Ceme- 
tery Co., Frederick, Mo. The treasurer’s 
report showed the assets of the company 
amounted to $1,429.36. 
A meeting of the stockholders of the 
Athens Cemetery Association, of Athens, 
0., was recently held in the Mayor’s office 
and J. B. Allen was elected president and 
O. B. Sloane secretary. This company was 
only organized a year ago, but in that time 
has made many improvements in the city 
cemeteries. 
At a recent meeting of the Board of Di- 
rectors of the Manchester Cemetery, Man- 
chester, 111., it was voted to prohibit the 
erection of a community mausoleum. Chas. 
Thady was elected president, and John Rob- 
son secretary. 
The Grand Forks Cemetery association, 
Grand Forks, N. D., met at the Commer- 
cial Club rooms recently and elected C. C. 
Gowran president and M. Krogsrud secre- 
tary. 
Lot owners of Bellaire Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Bellaire, W. Va.. at their annual meet- 
ing elected the following trustees for the 
ensing year : Geo. Pracht, William Por- 
terfield, J. B. Gibson, Clarence Simpson and 
William Marlin. D. H. Darrah was elected 
treasurer. 
At the annual meeting of the Appleton 
Cemetery Association, of Appleton, Wis., 
recently, the officers were re-elected, as fol- 
lows : President, Herman Erb; vice-presi- 
dent, Humphrey Pierce ; secretary-treasurer, 
Joseph Koffend. Jr. The treasurer’s re- 
port showed the total receipts to be $11,- 
254.24 and total disbursements $10,573.24, 
leaving $631 cash on hand. 
The Greenmount Cemetery Association, 
of Quincy, 111., has elected August Huse 
mann president and George Julfs secre- 
tary. 
The annual meeting of the Woodhull 
Cemetery Association, of Woodhull, 111., 
was held recently in the town hall. 
The annual meeting of the lot owners of 
Maplewood Cemetery Association, Luverne, 
Minn., was held a short time ago in the 
directors’ room of the First National Bank. 
The annual meeting of the South Hen- 
derson (111.) Cemetery Society was held 
in January in the South Henderson Lb P. 
Church. 
The Nichol Cemetery Association, of 
Marseilles, 111., met with Mrs. Mary But- 
terfield recently. 
The annual meeting of the Estabrooks 
Cemetery Association, Fond du Lac, Wis., 
was recently held. 
The regular annual meeting of the trus- 
tees of Zion Cemetery Association, Pawnee, 
111., was held recently for the purpose of 
electing two trustees for the ensuing year 
and transacting other business. 
At a special meeting of the City Coun- 
cil at Suffolk, Va., recently, J. S. Dennis 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
was appointed as keeper of the cemetery, 
in place of Robert 'H. Almond. 
Vandals have been entering the cemetery 
at Evans, Colo., recently and destroying 
several monuments. As a result, a special 
man has been appointed to watch the cem- 
etery grounds. 
Secretary W. S- Prie, of the Forest 
Llome Cemetery Association, Milwaukee, 
Wis., has reported to the county judges 
that $213,618.58 is the principal now held in 
trust for care of lots and that $6,966.30 
was expended in 1914. The money is in- 
vested in first mortgages. 
Officials of the War Department are co- 
operating with the members of the Fine 
Arts Commission in efforts to preserve the 
natural beauty of the Arlington National 
Cemetery, Washington, D. C., and to per- 
mit of its development on lines of artistic 
simplicity. At the suggestion of the Art 
Commission, Q. M. Gen. Aleshire has di- 
rected a restriction, so far as possible, of 
future interments in the cemetery to such 
areas as will not interfere with the land- 
scape effect on the completion of the pro- 
posed amphitheater and chapel and the 
approaches from the cemetery to the pro- 
jected memorial bridge across the Potomac 
River to the marble Lincoln memorial in 
West Potomac Park. Steps are also being 
taken to restrict the design, height and 
cost of individual monuments. 
The following brief statement from W. 
H. Graves, superintendent of Hudson Citv 
and Cedar Park Cemeteries. Hudson. N. 
Y., gives the main features of the work of 
the Cemetery Commission for the past 
year. The present commissioners. Michael 
Baier, Geo. H. Tator and Wm. H. Parker, 
are maintaining a high standard of ceme- 
terv efficiency, their grounds having ac- 
quired quite a reputation for judicious man- 
agement. Receipts : City appropriation, 
31,000: from annual care of lots, $1,224.80: 
from interment fees, $1.661 ; from founda- 
tion work, $450.21 ; from sale of lots and 
posts. $2,416.70: from 3 per cent on per- 
petual care fund (balance to accrued in- 
terest per cent), $604.50; from miscellane- 
ous sources. $286.56: balance on hand Jan- 
uarv 1, 1914, $236.79: total receipts, $7,- 
880.56. Expenditures. 1914-1915, $6,589.62. 
Total amount of perpetual care fund. 
$24,398. Area of lots sold. 1914, 6,618 
square feet; new water pipe laid, 400 feet: 
new tile laid (mostly 30-inch), 400 feet: 
foundations built. 96; cement walks and 
steps built, 400 feet ; spent in regrading in 
old section. $411.32; improvements in Ce- 
dar Park, $271.38: number of interments 
this year, 298; vaults set, all kinds (mostlv 
cement). 52. A new heater has been in- 
stalled for the chapel and extensive re- 
pairs made to stable and tool house. The 
commmission continues to add yearly a 
number of new shrubs and about 100 trees 
from their own nursery has been set out 
on the grounds.. 
Forty-five unemployed married men have 
been put to work at the North Burial 
Ground, Providence, R. I., by Superintend- 
ent Warren in connection with the filling 
and grading work there which has been 
begun following the appropriation of $5,000 
for the purpose by the City Council. The 
men given work were recommended by 
Overseer of the Poor Cummings and the 
Emergency Job Bureau as being needy, and 
a full week’s work will be provided for all. 
At the ,end of each week forty-five other 
men will be put on, and this shifting proc- 
ess continued until the task is done. It is 
expected that about six weeks will be nec- 
essary for the job, and that about 270 men 
will be given some temporary assistance. 
Following are some facts and statistics 
from the annual report of Hamilton Cem- 
etery, Hamilton, (Ont.) Canada: Amount 
for perpetual care funds received during 
1914, $11,014.47; amount for perpetual care 
funds received during 1913, $13,748.80; to- 
tal amount for perpetual care fund, $114.- 
292.31; number of burials, 1,236: amount 
of ground sold, square feet, 29,723 ; single 
graves (adult) sold, 118; single graves 
(children) sold, 222; lots sold during year, 
211; old lots placed under perpetual care. 
97 ; total of lots sold in cemetery, under 
perpetual care, 2,664 ; total of lots sold in 
cemetery, under yearly care, 4,927 ; ground 
for sale under perpetual care, 236,000 
square feet. After the heavy portion of 
the season's work was completed it was 
found possible to provide labor for some 
five extra men throughout the winter by 
commencing the reclaiming of the large ra- 
vine at the rear of the cemetery, to which 
end a road was constructed down the hill- 
side, which should be widened in the spring, 
and the ravine provides wonderful oppor- 
tunities for a natural park with lakes and 
drives throughout. The board was able to 
arrange for a renewal of the investment of 
$100,000 of the perpetual care funds for a 
further term of five years at even better 
terms than before. It will be possible to 
have, when the present cemetery is entire- 
ly disposed of, a fund approaching $200,000. 
The Jordon Cemetery Corporation, re- 
cently incorporated, as noted in our last is- 
sue, is located at Waterford. Conn., a sub- 
urb of New London, instead of at Water- 
ford, Mass., as reported. 
The Philadelphia Lawn Mower Co. has 
just issued a small booklet giving a few 
testimonials from users of the Genuine 
Philadelphia Mowers. The book contains 
much strong praise of this mower line, and 
a long list of parks, cemeteries and public 
grounds where the Philadelphia mowers are 
in use. 
C. S. Harrison’s Select Nursery Co. has 
just issued the third edition of its Peony 
and Iris manuals, that give many facts of 
interest about the use of these popular 
plants in the arid regions. 
Superintendent J. D. Richardson, of the 
City of London Cemetery, Little Ilford, Es- 
sex, London, writes that his cemetery has 
