Wednesday, October 28, 2009

FALL PROJECTS REPORT

Froehlich Cemetery in New Haven: Work day on Saturday, November 14 beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Union Church Cemetery: The sign will be installed at a mutually agreed upon time.

Finney Cemetery: “Weed-eating” the cemetery will take place in the next couple of weeks.

Vitt-Burckhardt Cemetery: Date to be selected for a winter work day to remove and burn the dead tree.

Ebenezer “Stone” Church (old) Cemetery: Possible project for next year.

Griswold Cemetery, Marthasville: The one broken stone to be re-glued.

Ming Cemetery: Essentially finished, but one stone needs void mix.

Pleasant Hill Cemetery: Board member is satisfied with the overall appearance. One or two large stones may need adjusting by the monument company.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Froehlich Cemetery update

A brief report on our accomplishments at the Froehlich Cemetery.

We had a small turnout, and one descendant of those buried at the cemetery was present and helped as well. In all, there are eight marked graves at the site. Three headstones are standing, including a modern military stone marking the grave of the Civil War veteran Augustus (a.k.a. Gustave) Froehlich. The other two standing monuments were obelisk style and had been re-set by descendants several years ago.

The original stone of Froehlich was badly fragmented and since it had been replaced, the fragments were buried atop his grave. The two obelisk style stones were unstacked and then restacked using our stack mix. A finial was glued back on top of one stone; the other finial remains missing.

All of the stones except the two obelisks and the modern headstone were thoroughly cleaned. All bases were located except for one. All bases were reusable, one being in fair condition and may be ‘improved’ by the descendants. The base of Froehlich’s original stone was utilized for the headstone of his infant grandson, whose base was not located. Genius! All but one headstone is reinstalled. This stone was in three pieces and we have the bottom third in its base, but need to epoxy the remainder. Two footstones were located and reinstalled.

The NHPS will level out the ground and plant grass in the spring next year. They will handle the ongoing maintenance.

We will plan another visit to complete the repairs on the one headstone and also to clean the two obelisks. Overall, the appearance of the cemetery was improved greatly yesterday. The weather was absolutely perfect. Everyone’s help was appreciated!

Our Thanks to the New Haven Preservation Society, who were on hand to help and they also provided coffee and coffee cake, and later chili with all the trimmings, and soda for lunch.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Directions to Froehlich Cemetery

Highway 100 to New Haven. Turn right onto Douglas Street (between the Boondocker Inn and the New Haven Care Center). Turn left onto Raintree Drive. Turn right onto Walnut. The cemetery is on the right hand side of Walnut between two modern houses. Park on Walnut Street.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

WORK DAY SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 8: 4:30 p.m. at Finney Cemetery; mowing, trimming and clean up
THE ABOVE WORK PROJECT IS CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER. It will be rescheduled at a later date.

Saturday, October 10: 8:00 a.m. at Ming Cemetery and 1:00 p.m. at Pleasant Hill (lunch provided by the Scheers)
Saturday, October 17: 8:00 a.m. at the Froehlich Cemetery, New Haven. NEW PROJECT!! See Below.
Also, a head count is needed of those going to Froehlich Cemetery in New Haven on Saturday, October 17. The New Haven Preservation Society is hosting lunch our workers. Please let Marc know A.S.A.P. if you are attending that day. Thanks.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Froehlich Cemetery - New Haven

The Froehlich Cemetery inside the corporate limits of New Haven has been prepared for our restoration work. Let’s plan on Saturday, October 17 beginning at 8:00 a.m. Detailed directions to the site will be sent before that date. This is not a large project, but several stones are in of need cleaning, repairing and resetting. There is no brush or weed removal required. The site is basically level and easily accessible. This should be a small, but fun project. Please mark your calendars and plan on joining us!