Bravo Melody and Bravo Madison County Cemetery Commission! I have ancestors buried in several pioneer graveyards (Mendon, Busby, Perkinsville to name a few)in the county in several townships (Fall Creek, Green, Jackson) and have appreciated the work you folks have done. Keep up the good work, just realize that these folks have a fundamentalist zeal with respect to restoration techniques and you have to love them for carrying the torch and at the same time feel good about your own efforts in fighting the good fight. Now, can we move on???... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hull" <thull@iquest.net> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] summary > Well, Kyle, I started this mess by naively thinking that members of a > pioneer cemetery restoration list would enjoying seeing that we'd saved > the Cottrell from extinction. > Since we'd been asked to move to a different topic, I wanted to finish > what I started. I thought I'd bring the subject "full circle" as we say > in the literary world. Your negative, critical comments as to the > timeliness of the closure gives me the opportunity to add that the > Cottrell Cemetery is preserved and those stones in cement will be standing > for a good long time just like their predecessors in other Madison County > cemeteries. That is what cemetery restoration is about and that is the > bottom line, so to speak. > Melody > > At 10:39 AM 9/9/2005, you wrote: > >>Melody: >> >>The whole point to all of this discussion has been regarding your methods, >>not your intentions. I congratulate you on all of your hard work and >>dedication...it's just that many on here believe there to be more >>effective and proper >>ways that would look even better than what you can accomplish. I would >>guess >>that many of those you cite who are pleased with your work base that on >>the >>condition before your work and after. That's not to say they understand >>what you >>are doing or how you are doing it...and quite possibly don't care as long >>as >>you are doing something. But if the facts were known to all of them, and >>they >>saw what other options were available and what other end results could be >>had, then maybe they would agree that there are better ways. It is >>unfortunate >>that from everything I have read from the Madison Co posts on this list >>that >>these same people may never be exposed to these techniques unless they >>travel >>outside of your county to compare the other options that have been >>proposed. >>And while I will agree your Green Twp. trustee has expressed his >>appreciation, >>he is also on record as saying that you may not be doing the work exactly >>correct. The fact that he is OK with that is as troubling to me as the >>work being >>done. Again, I think this topic is at an impasse with regards to Madison >>County, so the best we can hope for is to have others that read these >>posts do >>their diligent research before undertaking any work. >> >>Kyle D. Conrad >> >> >>==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of >>"UNSUBSCRIBE" to INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >> or to INPCRP-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com (for DIGEST version) > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of > England and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: > "Show me the manner in which a nation or community > cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical > exactness the tender mercies of its people, their > respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty > to high ideals." > >