HEADSTONE REPAIR PROCEDURES WILL BE DEMONSTRATED AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CLARK COUNTY CEMETERY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Cemetery restoration veteran Dan Johnson of Sellersburg will be demonstrating the techniques he has developed for repairing headstones at the April 4th meeting of the Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee. The group will meet Saturday at 2:00 P.M. at the Clarksville Library. Dan Johnson and his wife Betty last year completed their fifth Clark County cemetery restoration project -- Plum Run Cemetery near Hamburg. It was a monumental undertaking with over 115 known burials. The Johnsons are probably the most experienced cemetery preservationists in the area. They are also the Township Captains for Silver Creek Township and will be spearheading the upcoming cleanup of the old Francis Wells Family Cemetery in Sellersburg. The focus of the April meeting will be discussion of pioneer cemeteries within Jeffersonville Township, scheduling work dates for clean-up efforts at the Francis Wells Family Cemetery in Silver Creek Township and McClintick/Sylvester Cemetery in Jeffersonville Township as well as making plans for restoration work at other sites throughout the county. Following the April 4th meeting, members of the group plan to visit pioneer cemeteries in Jeffersonville Township. The public is invited to attend. The May meeting will be held at 2 P.M. on the first Saturday in May at Pyke Funeral Home at 209 South Ferguson in Henryville when the group will focus on pioneer cemeteries in Monroe Township. Anyone interested in helping to identify, assess, restore, preserve and protect abandoned and neglected pioneer cemeteries in Clark County is invited to attend. Volunteers are desperately needed to assist in these efforts, especially church and civic groups, including individuals willing to make short-term, even one-day commitments to the projects. People with outdoor power equipment (chain saws and heavy-duty weed cutters) are also urgently sought. For additional information, contact: Lois Mauk, President Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee, Inc. 931 Colonial Park Drive Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130 Home: (812) 282-6492 Office: (502) 583-2005, Ext. 211 E-mail: LoisMauk@usa.net Visit the Clark County Cemeteries website at: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881