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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
advancing: the interests and elevating the 
character of the Cemeteries of our great 
country. 
Secretary and Treasurer Bellett Law- 
son, Jr., read his annual report. Twenty- 
two members were added at the Phila- 
delphia meeting and five applications are 
now awaiting action. Four members 
died during the past year: Wm. Cros- 
bie, Washington, Pa. ; W. H. Minor, 
Chicago ; J. M. Stratton, Philadelphia, 
and Thomas White, Fairhaven, Mass. 
Floral tributes were sent in the name of 
the association to all, excepting Mr. 
White, whose death was not reported 
to the secretary in time. The treasurer’s 
leport showed a substantial balance on 
hand. 
Greetings were received from C. 
Coyle, secretary of cemeteries, Dublin, 
Ireland, who has been a member of the 
A. A. C. S. since 1904. 
The committee on credentials reported 
favorably on the following members 
who were admitted and the committee 
also recommended revising the by-laws 
so as to admit associate members. The 
new members are : 
Mr. Fred C. Buege, Superintendent Union 
Cemetery, of Milwaukee. 
Mr. George R. Fletcher, Supt. Sunset View, 
Rust, California. 
Mr. E. S. Hyde, Supt. Linwood Cemetery, 
Dubuque, Iowa. 
Mr. Wm. H. J. Kieckhefer, Pres. Union 
Cemetery, Milwaukee. 
Mr. Daniel Midam, Appleton Cemetery 
Assn., Appleton, Wis. 
Mr. Louis F. Mohr, Supt. Mound and 
Graceland Cemeteries, Racine, Wis. 
Mr. Edward C. Peaslee, Vice-Pres. Lin- 
wood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. 
Mr. George Schrade, Supt. Mount Auburn 
Cemetery, Berwyn, 111. 
Mr. Guy L. Sharp, Asst. Supt. Oakland 
Cemetery, Princeton, 111. 
Mr. T. F. Shouse, Supt. and Secy. Spring 
Hill Cemetery, Danville, 111. 
Mr. F. E. Swartz, Secy.-Treas. Cemetery 
Association of Dunmore, Dunmore, Pa. 
Mr. Lorenz F. Wagner, Supt. Evergreen 
Cemetery, Milwaukee. 
R. Birnham, Supt. Oak Ridge Cemetery, 
Springfield, 111. 
Otto Fick, Sexton, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 
Harvard, 111. 
Thomas Sowerby, Asst. Superintendent, 
Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
C. A. Lanz, Secy. Lindwood Cemetery, 
Dubuque, la. 
Thomas Johannis, President Woodlawn 
Cemetery, Green Bay, Wis. 
William J. Zartmann, Chief Engineer Park 
Dept. Queens, and ex-superintendent park 
department Brooklyn, N. Y., Ave. K and E. 
19th St., Brooklyn. 
William S. Freeman, Vice-Pres. Rose Hill 
Cemetery, Chicago. 
George W. Creesy, superintendent 
Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, 
Mass., charter member, read a paper on 
“The Origin Progress and Present 
Condition of the A. A. C. S.” Mr. 
Creesy reviewed the history of the or- 
ganization, giving the late Charles Nich- 
ols, superintendent of Fairmount 
Cemetery, Newark, N. J., credit for 
being the originator of the association. 
The first meeting was held at Spring 
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, O., Octo- 
ber 19, 20, 1S87, at which there were 
twenty-five men and four ladies pres- 
ent. The elimination of old methods, 
removal of copings, grave mounds, fenc- 
ing, etc., mark the progress of the asso- 
ciation and important state legislation 
relating to cemetery practice are among 
the benefits that have resulted from its 
far-reaching influence during the past 
quarter century. 
Wm. Falconer, superintendent Alle- 
gheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Pa., dis- 
cussed “The Ideal Cemetery" in an ex- 
cellent paper. In considering one of the 
difficulties encountered in modernizing 
old cemeteries Mr. Falconer, whose 
cemetery is sixty years old, said: “Dur- 
ing the last nine years I have removed 
7 24 miles of stone and iron fences, 24 
mile of hedges from around lots, dug 
out and cleared away over a mile of 
cobblestone and gravel paths and filled 
them to grade and seeded them to grass 
* * * leveled thousands of graves, 
planted hundreds of trees and thousands 
of shrubs and still this cemetery has no 
claim even to an approach to the ideal, 
and it never can be ideal because of the 
burden of original mistakes.” * * * 
“In the ideal cemetery every useful 
modern and mechanical or otherwise 
should be adopted * * * For excel- 
lent suggestions in the way of the ideal 
cemetery permit me to recommend Mod- 
ern Park Cemeteries, by Howard E. 
Weed, cemetery landscape architect, and 
published by Park and Cemetery.” Mr. 
Falconer’s very suggestive paper will be 
published in a later issue. 
A Few Thoughts : Retrospective and 
Prospective” written by H. A. Church, 
charter member, Urbana, O., were read 
by the secretary. 
The Question Box proved prolific at 
several sessions and many problems 
were discussed. The question asked 
more frequently than any other said 
Secretary Lawson was, “Is the com- 
munity mausoleum a good thing in a 
Cemetery?” At the suggestion of E. 
G. Carter it was decided to appoint a 
standing committee of three, to obtain 
comprehensive information on the sub- 
ject of community mausoleums and ad- 
vise inquiring members the result of 
their investigations. The president, E. 
G. Carter; G. L. Tilton, W. N. Rudd, 
on the committee and Bellett Lawson, 
Jr., an ex-offiico member, “What is the 
best method to get lot owners interested 
in perpetual care?” Wm. Allen said: 
“Let the people see that the perpetual 
care lots receive better care.” Geo. W. 
Creesy favored personal interviews. 
Mrs. E. E. Hay said circular letters 
were being used with good results. F. 
H. Rutherford said : “Instead of giv- 
ing better care to the perpetual care lot 
make it an inducement to the owner to 
place the lot under perpetual care, so 
that he sees advantages in his saving, 
rather than in his care.” 
CHARTER MEMBERS AT MILWAUKEE WHO WERE PRESENT 
AT CINCINNATI IN 1887. 
From Right to Left: Geo. W. Creesy, Salem, Mass.; John Reid, De- 
troit; J. C. Cline, Dayton, O. ; Frank Eurich, Detroit; O. C. Simonds, 
Chicago; R. J. Haight, Honorary Member. 
