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PARK AND CEMRTERY 
THE CONVENTION OF CEMETERY SUPERIN^ 
TENDENTS. 
The annals of the Association of American Ceme- 
tery Superintendents will have no more memorable 
page than that which bears the 
record of the fifteenth annual 
convention held at Pittsburg, 
Pa., Sept. 17, 18 and ig, igoi. 
The attendance was good, the 
papers and discussions profita- 
ble, the entertainment left noth- 
ing to be desired, but the dark 
deed of the assassin introduced 
an unexpected number into the 
program that will long be re- 
membered. The third day oi 
the meeting being the day of the 
President’s funeral, the conven- 
tion adjourned, and in a body 
attended union memorial ser- 
vices at the Shadyside Presby- 
terian Church, in which the cler- 
gy and congregations of three 
churches took part. 
The business sessions were held in the banquet 
hall of the Hotel Schenley. Mr. George M. Painter 
presided. Divine blessing was invoked by Rev. H. 
T. McClelland, and Mr. James F. Burke, an eloquent 
young lawyer representing the City Recorder, ex- 
tended a very cordial greeting to the visitors, to which 
Mr. William Stone responded. 
The keynote of President George M. Painter’s an- 
nual address was the betterment of individual mem- 
bers in their chosen work and more persistent efforts 
in the direction of increasing the membership of 
the organization. He said in part : 
When we contemplate the improvements that have taken 
place in our cemeteries in the period covered by this as- 
sociation, many of which are the results directly or indi- 
rectly of its influence, we have cause for congratulation 
and should be proud to be members of such an organiza- 
tion. * * * It is to be regretted that every cemetery in 
the United States has not seen the benefits to be derived 
from an organization of this kind, * * * While we have 
accomplished a .great deal of work there is still much more 
to do, as we progress along professional lines our indi- 
vidual responsibilities become greater. We owe our trus- 
tees, lot holders and the public in general more than the 
mere giving of merchandise for value. The cemetery of- 
ficial of today must be gentlemanly in his deportment, 
considerate with his patrons, always looking to the best 
interest of trustee and patron. If we would have our call- 
ing advanced to the point where we desire it, we must 
conduct ourselves accordingly. 
The annual re])ort of H. Wilson Ross, secretary 
r FIFTEENTH I 
iANNUAL CONVENTION 
I ASSOCIATiOM OF 
Umerican 
PITTSBURGH 
^ S£PT.n,l8,19,19«l ^ 
PHOTO BY R. L. SLEETH, JR., WILKINS6URG, PA. 
GROUP OF CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENTS IN HOMEWOOD CEMETERY, PITTSBURG, PA. 
