Warren County, Missouri Group Forming

There will be an organizational meeting of our potential “spin-off” group, of the Warren County Historical Society on Thursday, December 3 at 6:00 p.m. at the Warren County Historical Society Museum in Warrenton (one block south of the courthouse).

Update of Happenings

Just a quick update on the happenings of the Franklin County Cemetery Society.
At our meeting Tuesday we set one work date: Saturday, January 9 at 9:00 a.m. at the Vitt-Burckhardt Cemetery near Campbellton. We will be removing one fairly large tree and burning it in the field. We also plan to reinstall the section of iron fence which has been repaired. Some weed-eating may be needed there as well.
Directions to Vitt-Burckhardt Cemetery: From Washington take Highway 100 west to KK. Turn left onto KK and go several miles to Sunny Road. Turn left onto Sunny Road and go to the first driveway on the right. Turn into the drive and go to the end (next to the house). Park there and walk out into the field on the right. You will see the cemetery as you enter the field.
Froehlich Cemetery in New Haven is finished. The New Haven Preservation Society will plant grass there in the spring and maintain the site hereafter. An added bonus of our last work day there was the removal of all of the tree stumps in the cemetery and the brush along the back fence line. The place really looks great and thanks to everyone who helped on that project.

HELLING Cemetery

Here is a potential upcoming project.  It will only require tombstone cleaning and in one case, using stack mix to reattach the pieces.  This is the Helling Cemetery, about five miles south of New Haven.

There are four marked burials and possibly one unmarked burial.  The descendants are interested in cleaning it up and will handle all brush removal, and they will decide what to do with the fence, which is partially down.  Thanks to Susan W. for taking the photos.  

November 4 Update

Finney Cemetery was visited on November 3, hitting it head-on with weed-eaters, chainsaws, etc. The crew got the weeds down, cut a few stumps a bit shorter and removed a couple of small trees.

The new sign was installed at Union Church Cemetery (Germantown) this past Monday.

At the History Fair in Union Sunday, we gained two new memberships in the Franklin County Cemetery Society and handed out at least a dozen of our brochures. Quite a number of folks took a look at our display, so let’s hope we get a few more members.

Reminder: Saturday November 14 at 9:00 a.m. we will be working at the Froehlich / Poese / Pruessner Cemetery in New Haven, with plans to finish the project. We especially need “cleaners” that day as some will be absent. There are two medium-sized obelisk type stones that need cleaning. One stone, in three pieces, needs to be glued together. This, plus maybe a little minor ‘landscaping’ should take care of it. Please join us to see this project completed.