Cemetery Work Dates Set

Tuesday, March 1: From 4:30 p.m. until dark we will be probing for bases and headstones at the Cheatham-Gibson-Coleman Cemetery near Campbellton. Bring probes and shovels. Weather permitting. We might need the shovels to move the snow! On Highway KK west of Campbellton, Fire #KK4302.

Saturday, March 12: Beginning at 9:00 a.m., we will be working at Finney Cemetery near Robertsville. This is a completed project that was badly vandalized last month. The tombstones need to be re-set and Washington Monument Company has offered to help us with the heavy work. Also, we need to drop and burn two dead trees and perform some other general maintenance. There is a lot of trash in the road ditch that needs to be cleaned up, etc. Bring chainsaws, rakes, trash / recycling container, matches (in case I forget), etc. If the weather is uncooperative we will reschedule.

We need to get the iron crosses from St. Francis Borgia reset sometime soon. Do you have them Allen?

Reminder: Work day at St. John’s U.C.C. at Bem (near Owensville) is Saturday, April 2.

Reminder: The Trailer Committee will meet soon to ready our trailer for lots of action! A special Thank You to Shelly for designing the decal for the trailer.

Marc Has a Doozy of an Idea!

Our little group uses expendable supplies that become exhausted and need replacing. By keeping your dues current, new materials can be purchased and always available for use.

Just remember, your dues can keep the work going even when you are unable to join the crew every workday. Your help is always greatly appreciated. Don’t forget our meeting, Feb. 22, 2010. We look forward to seeing you there!

It'll Soon Be Time to Visit the PROJECTS!

Spring is just around the corner, so buy some new work gloves and blow the dust off your back brace; it’s almost time to get cracking!

A trip to Finney Cemetery yesterday resulted in resetting the misplaced footstones and all of the rocks that had marked graves. Also, the smaller stones belonging to the two Finney infants were set up. Washington Monument Company has graciously volunteered to assist in putting the headstones back up whenever we set a work date. There are a number of cedar logs still scattered around the perimeter of the cemetery. If anyone wants these, please make arrangements to pick them up before the bonfire, otherwise they will be up in smoke!

Cheatham-Gibson-Coleman Cemetery: Our Campbellton project is awaiting completion. If we cannot locate bases, we will need to build and set about six of them. We will use our knowledge of the family relationships to determine the placement of the headstones. We may also have a burn day there to clean up the brush pile and we need to finish cleaning the headstones.

James Cemetery (working name): At Pacific, we have committed ourselves to an “early spring” day where we will observe as layers of earth are peeled back an inch at a time. Our job is to spot headstones or other markers as the earth is peeled back. Then, our assignment will be to repair and reset whatever is repairable. The city of Pacific will be maintaining the site.

St. Francis Borgia Cemetery: There are still a couple of iron crosses to be reset. The church’s volunteers will continue to straighten leaning and settling stones.

Wildey Odd Fellows: Some have expressed an interest in working here as time allows and perhaps in smaller groups, etc. There is much that can be done, including straightening, repair, and lots of cleaning.

St. John’s / Bem: We will be spending one work day at Bem in Gasconade County to help their cemetery committee with a few repairs and share our techniques.

Ebenezer “Stone” Church: Two of our repairs have failed, so we need to spend time there. One headstone is being replaced by Washington Monument Company. Thanks!!