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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
NEW DEVICE FOR BETTER INTERMENT SERVICE 
BORDER BOARDS AND GRAVE SETTING WITH BOARDS OPEN. 
Dr. R. N. Kesterson, secretary of 
Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, 
Tenn., has recently developed an in- 
teresting improvement in interment 
service that adds considerably to the 
beauty and refinement of the Grave- 
side ceremonies. It consists of an ar- 
rangement of combined border boards 
and grave cover, the operation of 
which is well illustrated in the ac- 
companying photographs. 
The border boards and grave cover 
are composed of two pieces, one for 
each end of the grave. They are 
five feet long, ten or twelve inches 
wide and 1 % or 1V2 inches thick. The 
side boards on which the pall bearers 
walk are composed of four pieces ten 
feet long by ten or twelve inches wide 
by seven-eights thick. Two of these 
pieces are put together one on top of 
the other and the ends nailed to- 
gether. On the top of these are 
nailed at each side strips, the full 
length of the boards, IV2 inches wide 
by three sixteenth thick. This forms 
a depression in which corrugated rub- 
ber is either glued or tacked to the 
board to make good footing. A leaf 
seven feet and four inches long is 
produced by sawing the top board in 
two. This leaf is hinged to the bot- 
tom board by three small hinges to 
each board. These leaves are opened 
out and a green cloth is tacked onto 
the leaf and bottom board, then folded 
back, hiding the cloth. The wood- 
work is painted green. In using, put 
down the two end pieces, then put 
the side boards on top of the end 
pieces. When time for covering grave 
fold these leaves over and you have 
a beautiful covering on which the 
flowers are placed. If the boards do 
not come together just slip them on 
the end pieces. A V2 inch strip is 
nailed on the bottom of these boards 
V2 in back in which small hooks are 
fastened on which the grave lining 
is hung. 
BORDER BOARDS CLOSED AS A GRAVE COVER. 
