150 
providing no public vaults, crypts or mauso- 
leums for the permanent entombment of 
human bodies shall be constructed jrntil the 
state board of health has approved the plans 
and a fund sufficient for permanent main- 
tenance has been furnished. 
The city crematory, at Richmond, Ind., 
recently caught on fire, but the damage 
done was slight. 
A new cemetery law was recently passed 
in Galesburg, 111., in regard to Linwood 
Cemetery, which provides for a regular 
salary for the sexton and that all lots must 
be purchased from the city clerk. 
The bill permitting cities to receive and 
handle trust funds for the upkeep of ceme- 
teries was killed by the House Committee 
of Illinois. 
Following are some of the statistics set 
forth in the Annual Report of the Board 
of Commissioners of Pine Grove Cemetery, 
Lynn, Mass., for the fiscal year ending De- 
cember 31, 1914: General Fund — Receipts. 
Sale of lots, $12,148.56; interments, $3,875,- 
00 ; interest on perpetual care fund, $10,- 
102.02 ; appropriation, $8,500.00; total, 
$42,435.29. Expenditures : Labor, $30,990.09 ; 
sod, dressing and fertilizer, $1,525.59; 
total, $42,435.29. Total permanent fund, 
$14,938.11 ; total perpetual care fund, $255,- 
415.61. 
Cemetery Officers Elected. 
At the annual meeting of the River- 
view Cemetery Association, of Ander- 
son, Ind., the old Board of Directors was 
re-elected with one new member, John 
Ullrich. The association is in good finari- 
cial condition and has a reserve of $26,000. 
L. W. Morton, A. J. Allton and Will- 
iam Shyrock have been reappointed as 
the Cemetery Board of Canton, 111. 
An entirely new Board of Directors, 
consisting of William McMurtrie, D. A. 
Crosby and A. R. Armstrong, for three 
years; two years, W. B. Getchell, Mrs. I. 
P. Swangie and William Towner; one 
year, W. Roberts, Mrs. George Murphy 
and Andrew Myles, was chosen at the 
annual meeting of the Oneona Cemetery 
Association, Duluth, Minn. The associa- 
tion now has $10,525.30 in the treasury. 
The Lyons Cemetery Association, of 
Rapatee, 111., has elected Mrs. Hannah 
Karr president and D. I. Foster secre- 
tary. 
William Martens has been elected 
trustee of Willard Grove Cemetery, 
Channahon, 111. 
H. G. Justice, M. Dunlap and Cleve 
Waldon have been appointed a commit- 
tee to superintend all work of surveying 
and laying off lots in the new cemetery 
at Fox Valley, Ore. Mrs. Julia Adkins 
was elected president of the cemetery as- 
sociation and Mrs. C. Waldon secretary- 
treasurer. 
Mrs. Jesse Heneman has been elected 
president and Mrs. Augusta Eltzholtz sec- 
retary of the Ladies’ Cemetery Improve- 
ment Association of Chanute, Kan. 
Carl Dorwaldt has been elected secre- 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
tary and treasurer of the Cemetery As- 
sociation of Sutton, 111., and C. A. Loomis 
a member of the Board of Trustees. 
At the annual meeting of the Wood- 
lawn Cemetery Association, of Winona, 
Minn., Hannibal Choate was re-elected 
president and A. C. Dixon secretary. 
At the annual meeting of the Board of 
Directors of Spring Hill Cemetery Asso- 
ciation, Lynchburg, Va., the following 
officers were elected : President, Chas. 
E. Heald; vice-president, John P. Petty- 
john; secretary, William A. Miller; su- 
perintendent and treasurer, J. T. Yates. 
New Cemeteries and Improvements. 
The road leading from Calumet, Mich., 
to the Lake View Cemetery was recent- 
ly resurfaced, widened and macadamized 
throughout. 
A movement for the enlargement and 
improvement of Amity Cemetery, near 
Goodwine, 111., was recently launched by 
George C. Christ and Samuel A. Wise. 
Over $3,500 has been subscribed for the 
permanent fund, about $500 for the main- 
tenance fund, and $800 for a land pur- 
chasing fund. 
The ladies of the Lawton Cemetery 
Association, Lawton, Okla., are raising 
money to erect an iron fence around 
that cemetery and otherwise improve 
the grounds. 
Memorial Park, a new 123-acre non- 
sectarian cemetery on Central street, half 
a mile west of Evanston, 111., was opened 
recently by the Central Cemetery Co., of 
Chicago. John B. Schott is president 
and Charles E. Selleck, secretary of the 
association. 
Plans have been made to improve St. 
Andrew’s Catholic Cemetery, Grand 
Rapids, Mich., and it has been suggested 
that a permanent board of administra- 
tion be formed and a permanent fund 
raised to keep the cemetery in good con- 
dition. 
The Elmhurst Cemetery Co., of Elm- 
hurst. 111., has been incorporated by Ja- 
cob Glos, Albert H. Glos and August A. 
Timle, with a capital stock of $10,000. 
A fund of $4,500 has been subscribed 
for the maintenance and improvement of 
East Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, 
111. A strip of land 100 feet wide was 
recently purchased which will extend the 
cemetery out to the road on the north 
and a new fence will be erected soon. 
The committee looking after the work is 
composed of H. B. Grommon, James 
Clow, Mungo Patterson, W. D. Bough- 
ton and Robert Clow. 
The Byron Cemetery Association, By- 
ron, 111., has purchased the land occupied 
by the nursery of the Hiram Stires es- 
tate for an addition to the cemetery. 
Rosedale Cemetery was recently in- 
corporated at Sour Lake, Tex., by A. H. 
Tarver, Mrs. F. H. Carpenter and Mrs. 
T. O. Darby. 
The ladies of the Greenwood Ceme- 
tery Association, Cedar Falls, la., recent- 
ly erected a gateway at the entrance to 
Cemetery street, leading off First street 
to Greenwood Cemetery. 
Plans are under way in Pasadena, Cal., 
for the establishing of a new cemetery in 
that city. 
Murrayville, 111., is considering the 
building of a new cemetery, and a com- 
mittee composed of J. H. Dial, J. E. 
Thompson and W. B. Wright has been 
appointed to push the matter. 
The Cemetery Board of Roanoke, 111., 
recently placed a number of new lot 
markers in their cemetery. 
Lena, 111., recently built an addition to 
the City Cemetery. 
A petition is being circulated in Ash- 
kum, 111., for the raising of funds for the 
upkeep of the cemetery in that city. 
A new fence with concrete posts and 
an arched gateway will soon be erected 
around Big Prairie Cemetery, Carmi, 111. 
For the purpose of forming a perma- 
nent organization to preserve and beau- 
tify the! old cemetery on West Second 
street, Tulsa, Okla., a mass meeting was 
recently called by John Archer, of Cher- 
okee, formerly of Tulsa. 
Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, 111., has 
been generally cleaned up under the su- 
pervision of Sexton A1 Willis. 
Under the general direction of Com- 
missioner Bauer a great amount of work 
has been done to improve the appearance 
of the grounds at Pleasant View Cem- 
etery, Ivewanee, 111. 
The committee in charge of the new 
cemetery at Mishawaka, Ind., has se- 
cured a tract of land lying between In- 
diana avenue and Mason street and the 
St. Joseph River as a site for the ceme- 
tery. The tract contains about twenty- 
eight acres and will be named the Lin- 
coln Garden Cemetery, being adjoined on 
the west side by Lincoln Park. 
The Hopewell Cemetery Association, 
Wayne County, Ind., was recently incor- 
porated by L. O. Anderson, Benjamin 
Barnes and J. Freeman. 
A cemetery association was organized 
at Fort Sumner, N. Mex., recently. 
St. Patrick’s Cemetery, the Roman 
Catholic burying ground southwest of 
Chanute, Kan., is being, improved and 
the contract has been let for 600 feet 
of crushed rock driveway. 
The members of the Catholic Church 
of Sludlsburg, 111., have organized a cem- 
etery association of which Dr. A. Hay- 
den is president and Peter Brady secre- 
tary. 
A new fence has been placed around 
Sutton Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan., and 
the monuments straightened. 
Messrs. McCrady Bros. & Cheves, 
Inc., have been given a contract for 
$25,000 worth of work for the develop- 
ment of Riverview Cemetery, near 
Charleston, S. C. The contract calls for 
waterworks, sewerage, a residence for 
the superintendent and offices. 
