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OHIO CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENTS IN CONVENTION AT SIDNEY, O. 
A special flower day is gradually 
becoming an anuual feature in many 
cemeteries throughout the country. 
Such an annual occasion certainly 
stimulates the interest of those im- 
mediately concerned and gives a wide 
publicity to the cemetery itself. At 
Brookville, Pa., an excellent program 
of music and speaking was arranged 
for Brookville Cemetery, and the sec- 
retary reports a large attendance, the 
cemetery in fine condition with an 
abundance of flowers, and over its 
60 acres scarcely a grave was left 
without a bouquet of cut flowers. 
The Elmwood Cemetery Corpora- 
tion, Birmingham, Ala., has evident- 
ly ventured into the field of growing 
flowers for commercial purposes, with 
Ernest Kolenberge in charge. There 
have just been completed' two fine 
steel frame greenhouses, a propagat- 
ing house and a number of cold 
frames. 
Extensive improvements are under 
way at Oakland Cemetery, St. Joseph, 
Mo. A new macadam driveway from 
the Ashland entrance is almost com- 
pleted and all the roadways within the 
cemetery have been macadamized. 
Stone retaining walls have been built 
at several places and other better- 
ments have been made. 
A check for $25 to help in improv- 
ing the condition of West Millbury, 
Mass., Cemetery was received from 
President Taft on Sept. 12, by the com- 
mittee in charge. Some of the ancestors 
of President Taft are buried in the 
cemetery, which is nearly 100 years 
old, and is now being put in good con- 
dition with funds raised by subscrip- 
tion. 
The ground plans and landscape at- 
tractions of the new cemetery at 
Chisholm, Minn., have been perfected 
and agreed upon between members of 
the village council, church representa- 
tives and the different allotments for 
each church have been made. The 
Protestants, Catholics and Croatian- 
Servians will each have a plot of 
ground and there will also be a pot- 
ter’s field. 
A handsome fountain has been 
placed in the town cemetery of Lee, 
Mass., by W. A. Heapley. It is made 
of cement and is surrounded by nice- 
ly arranged evergreens. This was pro- 
vided by the same young lady who 
spent over $1,000 last year on grad- 
ing and adorning the cemetery. 
There appears to be a new spirit 
making itself felt in regard to the 
cleaning up of the old neglected burial 
ground, and press notices of such 
movements are growing in frequency. 
We note that the Old Town cemetery, 
Milford, 111., one of the oldest ceme- 
teries in that section of the state, and 
which has been neglected for years 
has recently been cleared of weeds and 
underbrush and now presents a much 
better appearance. 
OHIO CEMETERY MEN MEET 
The illustration on this page shows 
the Ohio Association of Cemetery 
Superintendents on the grounds of the 
Wagner Park Conservatories, Sydney, 
O., at the time of their annual con- 
vention in June. The second day was 
spent at Piqua. Several excellent pa- 
pers were read and discussed. The 
officers elected for the ensuing year 
were as follows: President Fred. I. 
Sloan, Ironton; Vice President R. E. 
Gifford, Ravenna; Secretary and 
Treasurer, G. C. Anderson, Sidney. 
The next meeting will be held at East 
Liverpool, O., in June, 1913, and will 
include a visit to Steubenville. 
In recording the names of the new- 
ly elected members of the Association 
of American Cemetery Superintend- 
ents, on page 168 of the September 
number, a blunder was made in trans- 
scribing the name of Mr. Charles A. 
Lantzky, secretary, Linwood Ceme- 
tery, Dubuque, la., the sixteenth on 
the list. In advising us of the error 
Mr. Hyde, the superintendent of 
Linwood, and also a new member of 
the A. A. C. S., enclosed a picture 
postal used as a feature of their ad- 
vertising scheme, which we herewith 
reproduce, and which has more than 
a passing interest. 
ADVERTISING POST-CARD USED BY LINWOOD CEMETERY, 
DUBUQUE, IA. 
