Fantastic. Its always great to hear someone taking interest in the neglected cemeteries. Better yet that the volunteers seemed to go about it the right way. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] screaming > a positive story comes out of Pike Co.(or at least I think it is positive) > where three men, volunteered to clean and weld in fence around a very badly > neglected cemetery, it named the land owners who gave permission to enter the > cemetery, and the fact the twp. trustee provided funds for work, altho I am sure > it didn't cover their labor and time. > The men expressed a feeling of satisfaction over uncovering the site by > using chain saws to cut brush etc...I don't believe there was stone repair done.. > as not mentioned or shown in the article in the weekly Pike Co. Dispatch > newspaper.. > There was a list of those buried there with the article and this was to have > included veterans of both the Civil and Rev. war. > .I do hope that their efforts are appreciated by descendants of the folks > buried there, as apparently it did not seem important that their ancestors grave > sites were so badly neglected . > Pike Co. does not have cemetery commissioners. > .I also hope the current discussion does not put the brakes on cemetery > clearing and restoring as this is excellent weather to do such....Ruth Pride > Wheatland Knox Co. > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. >