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The Coavention of Cemetery Superintendentsat St. Louis. 
This meeting to be held on September 15th, 
1 6th and 17th, will be the tenth annual convention 
of The Association of American Cemetery Superin- 
tendents, and I again desire to urge all Superinten- 
dents who can do so to attend. 
The object of the Association is to benefit cem- 
eteries rather than Cemetery Superintendents. All 
Cemetery Associations, therefore, that desire to 
keep up with the times should send a representative 
to St. Louis on the days mentioned above. There 
will be papers and discussions on the management 
and improvement of Cemeteries. Let me ask once 
more that members of the Association bring photo- 
graphs with them. We can learn about cemeteries 
by visiting them better than in any other way. 
Next to visiting a cemetery a photograph gives the 
best idea; and next to photographs, descriptions. 
The coming meeting being the tenth of the As- 
sociation I think it would be well to review the 
work of past years. If each member, as the roll is 
called at our first session, would read a selection of 
one or more paragraphs taken from papers of for- 
mer meetings or other good articles that have ap- 
peared in The Modern Cemetery or Park 
AND Cemetery, it would make the meeting more 
interesting and help all to get acquainted. 
It has always been our aim to make each meet- 
ing better than any that has preceded it. Let each 
member do all he can to make the convention a 
success. 0 . C. Simonds, President. 
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PROGRAM. 
The following is the program of the tenth an- 
nual convention of the Association of American 
Cemetery Superintendents, to be held at the Plan- 
ter’s Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 15, 16, 17, 1896 
The officers for 1896 are : O. C. Simonds, President, Grace 
land, Chicago, 111 . Geo. W. Creesy, Vice-President, Har- 
mony Grove, Salem, Mass. Frank Enrich, Secretary-Treasurer, 
Woodlawn, Toledo, Ohio. 
Executive Committee — Matthew P. Brazill, Calvary, St. 
Louis, Mo. ; R. D. Boyce, Oakwood, Geneseo, 111 .; S. W. Rubee, 
Riverside, Marshalltown, Iowa. 
SEPTEMBER 15, FORENOON. 
Meeting called to order, 9 a. m. 
Reception of new members and roll call. 
Address of Welcome — Mayor Wallbridge. 
President’s Address. 
Secretary and Treasurer’s Report. 
Communications. 
Informal discussion. 
Recess for dinner. 
AFTERNOON. 
Visiting Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries. 
EVENING MEETING, 8 P. M. 
Selections to be read by members, on call of President. 
Paper. Review of Richmond meeting. — C. W.Hamill. 
Paper. Life and Works of John J. Smith. George E. 
Painter. 
Question box. 
SEPTEMBER 16, FORENOON. 
Meeting called to order, 9 a. m. 
Roll call. 
Address by Hon. A. Graham Frost. 
Paper. The Cemetery as a work of Art. — Mrs. Fanny Cop- 
ley Seavey. 
Paper. Roads in Cemeteries where Macadam is too Expen- 
sive. — S. W. Rubee. 
Paper. Advantages of nurseries and greenhouses in Ceme- 
teries. r-John Reid. 
Appointment of Committees. 
Nomination of Officers. 
Recess for dinner. 
AFTERNOON. 
Visiting Forest Park and Tower Grove Park. 
EVENING. 
Banquet tendered by the Missouri Botanical 
Garden at the Mercantile Club. 
SEPTEMBER 17, FORENOON. 
Meeting called to order, 9 a. m. 
Address by Professor J. B. Johnson. 
Paper. Education of lot owners, — Matthew P. Brazill. 
Paper. A Plea for the Perpetual Care of Cemeteries.— 
B. D. Judson. 
Paper. Fertilizers. — D. Woods. 
Report of Committees. 
Election and installment of officers. 
Recess for dinner. 
AFTERNOON. 
Visiting Missouri Botanical Garden. Lunch on 
grounds of Director. 
EVENING. 
Meeting called to order 8 p. m. 
Paper. Benefits from attending the meetings of our Asso- 
ciation. — J. R. Hooper. 
Paper. Drainage. — H. F. Torrey. 
Miscellaneous new business. 
Adjournment. 
Maps of business part of St. Louis, noting 
railroads from Union Station to Planter’s Hotel and 
other points of importance will be mailed with 
printed programmes, etc., to address of members. 
All members attending convention are expected 
to engage rooms at Planter’s Hotel, and to notify 
Chairman of Executive Committee if they intend 
attending convention, and how many ladies will be 
in the party, so that we can arrange for accommo- 
dation. 
Invitations to banquet will be distributed in 
convention parlor. 
An officer of the Street Railway Company is al- 
ways in front of the Union Station to direct visi- 
tors to the proper street cars. 
Any information will be furnished promptly by 
Matthew P. Brazill, Chairman Ex. Com., Calvary 
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. 
