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erection of a mausoleum at an estimated 
cost of $250,000. The association, or- 
ganized four years ago, now has 130 acres 
on the Eleven-and-a-Half-iMile road just 
north of the limits of the village of Royal 
Oak and oft' the Rochester road. During 
that time the association has sold 2,300 lots 
and has fifty-two acres already developed. 
“Flower Day’’ was fittingly celebrated at 
Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn., 
Alay 18. It is an annual custom in the 
spring season to decorate all graves at 
Greenwood, this being done by relatives 
and friends of those Imried in this ceme- 
tery and also by the Greenwood Cemetery 
Flouer Association, composed of a large 
number of ladies. A program arranged by 
the Flower Association was executed at the 
cemetery chapel. The chief feature was an 
eloquent and eulogistic address by Rev. \\’. 
C. Whitaker, D. D,, rector of the St.John’s 
Episcopal Church. Flowers were donated 
by the leading florists of that city. Dr. R. 
N. Kesterson is president of the cemetery, 
which was recently illustrated and described 
in these pages. 
The fourth annual memorial services of 
the Detroit Crematorium were held ]\lay 31 
and were well attended. A program con- 
sisting of several musical numbers and an 
address by Rev. D. R. Freeman, pastor of 
All Souls' Church, Grand Rapids, Itlich., 
was enjoyed by all. 
Dr. Hugo Erichsen, the president of the 
Cremation Association of America and sec- 
retary of the IMichigan Cremation Associa- 
tion, celebrated the thirtieth ( Pearl ) anni- 
versary of his marriage June 1. At the 
close of a repast, in which his children and 
grandchildren participated, Mrs. Erichsen 
was the happy recipient of a beautiful pearl 
brooch as a memento of the occasion. 
Lindenwood College, at St. Charles, Mo., 
is negotiating to purchase the old cemetery 
in the rear of the college which belongs 
to the First Presbyterian Church of St. 
Charles, in order to preserve the graves of 
Major G. C. Sibley and his wife, Mrs. Mary 
Easton Sibley, who is the founder of the 
college. The cemetery comprises about one 
and cne-half acres of land. The body of 
Rufus Easton, said to have built the first 
house in St. Eouis, as well as many other 
pioneers, are buried in the cemetery. 
Leroy Christie, secretary-superintendent 
of the Ottumwa Cemetery .Association, of 
Ottumwa, la., has issued his annual report 
for the year ending April 30, 1916. Among 
the receipts are the following: Burials and 
moving bodies, $1,249.50: care of lots, $1,- 
028.95: perpetual care fund, $1,617: total 
receipts, $6,362.98. d'he total amount in the 
perpetual care fund is $17,046.85. The 
total disbursements amounted to $5,086.94. 
There were 171 interments made during the 
year and 100 grave markers set. 
At a meeting of the Board of Directors 
of Riverside Cemetery Association, Three 
Rivers, Alich., recently, new rules for ve- 
hicles were adopted giving automobiles per- 
mission after June 1 to enter the grounds 
subject to the same rules as apply to horse- 
drawn vehicles. The rate of speed is lim- 
ited to eight miles per hour. Bicycles and 
motorcycles come under the same rules and 
regulations as other vehicles. The penalty 
for violation of the rules adopted is a fine 
of not less than $1 nor more than $25 and 
the costs of prosecution. A contract with 
the Sheffield Car Co. was also made giv- 
ing the company the flowage rights at the 
cemetery grounds, in exchange for which 
they will dredge and fill the low grounds 
on the south side of the cemetery. 
Officers of the Zion Cemetery Co., oper- 
ating a negro cemetery in the southern 
part of Memphis, Tenn., will be permitted 
to operate the burial grounds only five 
years longer. 
A “Cemeterv Board of Managers,” a de- 
partment of the municipal government of 
the city of Kewanee, 111., which shall have 
power to receive in trust from the pro- 
prietors or owners of any lot or ground 
in the cemeteries of the city or any per- 
son interested in the maintenance of the 
cemeteries any sum of money by bequest 
or otherwise, was created recently in an 
ordinance adopted by the City Council. The 
Board of Managers consists of A. W. Ev- 
erett, H. T. Lay and Theodore Cronau. 
New Cemeteries and Improvements. 
Many improvements in Mount Mora 
Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo., have been 
made during the spring. The driveways 
have been put in condition and much at- 
tention has been given to the graves. 
A 400-foot drive will be built in the 
new addition to the cemetery of Atlanta, 
111. The drive will be 8 feet wide and 
will have a concrete curbing on each 
side extending 4 inches above the ground. 
The directors of St. Mary’s Catholic 
Cemetery, McHenry, Ilk, are collecting 
funds to complete the fence and also make 
other improvements in the cemetery. 
Anthony Diggs is circulating a petition 
and subscription list for a cement walk 
to the cemetery of Lena, Ilk, to replace 
the old wooden walk. 
A number of improvements have re- 
cently been made in Milton Cemetery, of 
East Alton, 111. A large fence has been 
built around the north side of the ceme- 
tery and if funds will permit, more fence 
will be constructed and otlier improve- 
ments made. 
Rose Hill Cemeter\-, Tulsa, Okla., has 
all been laid out in sections to be im- 
proved. The cemetery consists of fifty 
acres of high, slightly rolling land, with 
an almost perfect natural drainage, and 
improvements are now being completed 
in the way of buildings, fencing and 
planting: wells have been dug and 
pumping plant and water reservoir 
constructed. 
Funk Old Settlers’ Cemetery Associa- 
tion was recently incorporated at Can- 
ada, Marion county, Kan. 
The City Council of Russellville, Ark., 
recently passed an'ordinance giving legal 
status to the Russellville Cemetery As- 
sociation, and authorizing it to collect 
moneys for lots sold, to secure funds by 
subscription and otherwise, and expend 
the same in the upkeep and maintenance 
of the cemetery. 
The Springfield Cemetery Association, 
of Danville, Ilk, have taken over the 
single grave section of that cemetery and 
at their own expense the plat has been 
leveled to one grave, the graves have 
been filled in when sunken, re-sodded and 
graded down to the common level; and 
will be kept mowed. In this section no 
growing flowers or plants either in pots 
or earth will be permitted 
An iron fence will be erected around 
the Udina Cemetery, Udina, Ilk, near 
Elgin, through the efforts of Udina 
women composing the Ladies Aid of that 
village. Mrs. William Shiel has charge 
of the work. 
Plans are being formulated by the 
members of St. Stephen’s parish for ex- 
tensive improvements upon St. Stephen’s 
Cemetery, of Niles, O. A committee of 
workers has been named to take charge 
of the work, its members including P. J. 
Sheehan, John L. McDermott and others. 
The proposed improvements will include 
grading of the cemetery grounds, and 
a number of walks will be laid out, and 
flowers and shrubbery planted. A new 
fence and entrance gate is to replace 
the old one. New driveways will be 
laid out and a well drilled, that water 
may be available at all times. 
The Winslow Corporation, of Dunbar- 
ton, N. H., was recently organized by 
Arthur Winslow, of Boston; Samuel C. 
Essman, Harry F'. Lake, Elizabeth A. 
Brickett, Annie M. Kendall, of Concord, 
to protect and preserve the Stark family 
cemetery at Dunbarton. 
About one hundred new trees were 
planted in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Maple- 
ton, la., recently. 
The Board of Trustees , of Oakwood 
Cemetery, of Upper Alton, Ilk, have 
completed plans for extending the city 
water to the cemetery grounds. 
It has been suggested by the Rev. 
Father P. J. O’Reilly, pastor of St. 
Joseph’s Church, Springfield, Ilk, that 
the drive to Oak Ridge Cemetery that 
city, be beautified. He urges that the 
thoroughfare from the turn in Black 
avenue to the cemetery gate be paved, 
and that shrubbery and flowers be 
planted. 
Thomas Lennon, of Joliet, Ilk, is pro- 
moting the movement for an organiza- 
tion for the purpose of backing plans for 
the systematic care of St. Patrick’s Cem- 
etery, one of the oldest cemeteries in 
that city- 
Melvin Cemetery Association, of Mel- 
vin, Tex., was recently incorporated by 
Oscar Sellers, Marvin Hunter and J. A. 
Maxwell. 
