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PARK AND CEMETERY 
cemetery practice that must have left a pleasant impres- 
sion upon all who saw it. Showers interfered with 
the inspection of the grounds and detained the party 
in the substantial administration building, which is 
also the domicile of Superintendent Sheard. Later the 
drive was continued several miles farther to the sum- 
mer resorts on the beach on Lake Ontario and back 
to the city by way of Seneca Park, through which the 
picturesque Genesee River, with its magnificent water- 
falls, winds its way. The river has a fall of 260 feet 
within the limits of the city and affords a water power 
of 30,000 horse power. 
The final number on the programme was a compli- 
mentary banquet at Powers’ Hotel. The spacious 
dining-room was beautifully decorated for the occa- 
sion with hunting, potted plants and an abundance of 
cut flowers. J. W. Keller, chairman of the executive 
committee, introduced W. N. Rudd, of Chicago, as 
toastmaster, who called upon half a dozen or more 
for speeches on timelv subjects; one of these came in 
the form of a vote of thanks to the executive commit- 
tee and all who had aided in the enjoyable entertain- 
ment provided during the three days’ meeting. Thus 
ended the 17th annual convention, which, in point of 
attendance, discussions, entertainment, etc., was one 
of the most successsful of the association’s gatherings. 
In attendance at the convention were the following, and 
others who failed to register: 
H. Wilson Ross, Newton Center, Mass.; Thomas White 
and wife, Fairhaven, Mass.; Frank S. Sherman and wife, New 
Flaven, Conn. ; George M. Painter, Philadelphia ; John M. 
Boxell, St. Paul, Minn.; John Bidelman, Albion, N. Y. ; Wm. 
Stone, Lynn, Mass.; Perry W. Goodwin, Jamestown, N. Y. ; 
Edwin S. Beecher, Winsted, Conn. ; Frank Eurich and wife, 
Detroit, Mich. ; Dwight B. Snow, New Haven, Conn. ; Fred. 
R. Diering and wife, New York; Geo. W. Creesy, Salem, 
Mass. ; Robert W'. Barbour, John A. Moore, David Woods, 
William Falconer, Pittsburg; J. H. Morton, Boston, Mass.; 
Frederick Green and wife, Cleveland, O. ; Henry Bresser, 
Toledo, O. ; W. H. Druckemiller, Sunbury, Pa.; James War- 
ren, Jr., Providence, R. I.; J. H. Erskine, Manchester, N. H. ; 
James C. Scorgie, Cambridge, Mass. ; Alex. H. Davidson, 
San Francisco, Cal. ; John Reid, Detroit, Mich. ; W. H. Foord, 
Toronto, Ont. ; A. E. Silcott, U. T. Dubel, Canandaigua, 
N. Y. ; T. H. Wright, Covington, Ky. ; Bellett Lawson, Jr., 
and wife, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Chas. 3. Jefferson, Philadelphia, 
Pa. ; A. W. Hobert and wife, E. Arlington Merriain, Min- 
neapolis, Minn. ; E. G. Carter and wife, Geo. L. Tilton, Chi- 
cago ; Albert Marckhoff, Elgin, 111.; Wm. Halbrooks, Evans- 
ville, Ind. ; J. A. Brewer, Des Moines, la.; Geo. Gossard, 
Washington C. H., O. ; Herbert W. Higgins, Orange, Mass.; 
James S. Devlin and wife, Pittsburg, Pa. ; Frank Wise, Peter- 
boro, Canada ; R. D. Boice, Geneseo, 111. ; John Applebee, 
Ashtabula, O. ; Andrew K. McMahon, Newport, R. I.; Ed. 
L. Kimes, Toledo, O.; J. C. Cline and wife, Dayton, O. ; 
J. C. Dix and wife, Cleveland, O. ; James C. Parkinson, 
Baltimore, Md. ; L. B. Root, Kansas City, Mo. ; E. W. 
Mitchell, Medford, Mass.; C. A. Stiles, Malden, Mass.; John 
E. Miller, Mattoon, 111. ; A. H. Smith, Mrs. N. H. Smith, 
Camden, N. J. ; Timothy McCarthy, Providence, R. I.; Wm. 
Crosbie, Washington, Pa. ; Bellet Lawson and wife, Harris- 
burg, Pa. ; J. H. Shepard and wife, Guy J. Chaffee, Syracuse, 
N. Y. ; S. W. Ruber, Marshalltown, la. ; Herman Bartholomay, 
Wm. Salway and wife; Cincinnati, O. ; A. Reinhardt and 
wife, Orange, N. J. ; John J. Stephens and wife, Columbus, 
O. ; J. P. Birkhimer, Salem, O. ; T. Donlan, Wilmington, 
N. C. ; W. N. Rudd, Chicago; Harry Lawson, Philadelphia; 
Geo. Simpson, Detroit, Mich.; Wirt Leland, New York; E. 
St. George, New York; J. P. McDonald, Buffalo; Mr. Troup, 
Buffalo ; Harry Lawson, Philadelphia ; George Simpson, De- 
troit, Mich. ; Asa B. Taber, Springville, N. Y. ; James H. 
Larder, Fredonia, N. Y. ; W. Ormiston Roy, Montreal, Que. ; 
C. M. Loring, Minneapolis, Minn. ; R. J. Haight, Chicago ; 
H. M. Farnsworth, Cleveland, O. ; B. L. Gallagher, Cortland, 
N. Y. ; John Dunbar and wife, John W. Keller and wife, John 
B. Meisch, F. Sheard and wife, J. M. Keller, C. J. Maloy, 
Rochester, N. Y. ; and many others identified with the local 
parks and cemeteries, nurseries, etc. 
Convention Notes. 
Fourteen states and Canada were represented. 
Golden Rod and Purple Aster were out in all their glory. 
There was an unusually large attendance of ladies. 
Rochester is the greatest seed and nursery center in the 
world. 
There ought to be more Bishop McQuaids in the Catholic 
Church. 
Mr. Stone told of a lot holder who did not discover that 
the number of her lot was 13 until some time after her hus- 
band’s burial and then insisted on having the remains re- 
moved at once. 
Messrs. Salway, Eurich and Cline, accompanied by their 
Meeting of Illinois 
Believing it would be to the interest of the cemeteries 
of the state of Illinois to organize an association for 
mutual benefit, the undersigned hereby issue this call 
for a meeting to be held in Springfield on Tuesday, 
Sept. 29th, 1903. Dr. H. Wohlgemuth, president of 
Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield, will give further par- 
ticulars concerning place of meeting. 
wives, and Geo. W. Creesy, John Reid and the writer repre- 
sented the Cincinnati contingent of seventeen years ago. 
The association’s membership is larger than ever. Ceme- 
tery trustees are coming to realize that it is money well in- 
vested to send their superintendents to these annual gather- 
ings. Not to do so is false economy. 
Lowering devices of the latest patterns were exhibited by 
the National Burial Device Co., Coldwater, Mich., and Well- 
man Matheis, Toledo, O. Messrs. Tilton and Parkinson, of 
Chicago and Baltimore, respectively, showed interesting photo- 
graphs of views in their cemeteries. This feature should be 
encouraged at conventions. 
Cemetery Officials. 
(Signed) : W. N. Rudd, Mount Greenwood, Chi- 
cago; E. G. Carter, Oakwoods, Chicago; Robert D. 
Boice, W. H. Hosford, Geneseo; John E. Miller, Mat- 
toon; Albert Markhoff, Elgin; M. F. Crane, Jackson- 
vile ; A. H. Plant, Kankakee ; T. A. Hudson, Danville ; 
Hy. Wohlgemuth, Springfield ; H. L. Pitcher, Rose 
Hill, Chicago. 
