Please forward to other Library's Genealogy or Historical Society,
Township Trustees, or make copies and give to your relatives or friends
please pass the word around this is very important to our Cemetery;s
Family own plots, and History to improve these old cemeterys'
Thank You.
NOTICE A PROGRAM AND WORK SHOP COMING:
WABASH GENEALOGY PROGRAM IN WABASH , INDIANA At the Wabash Farm Bureau
Insurance Building on 594 South Miami Street. Monday Evening at 6pm
April 21st 2003
Program; Stone Saver Cemetery Restoration by Mark Davis of Hartford City,
Indiana.
Restoration of Tombs stones ,on Marble, limestone and repair of bases.
Presentation : by Mark Davis ,Hartford City. Indiana
Program ; Will be held: Monday Evening April 21.2003 on Monday at 6pm at
the Wabash Farm Bureau building at 594 N. Miami Street.
Mr. Davis will be showing slides, pictures and showing all kinds of things
that can be done with your family stones. Will show us how to proper Clean
green and black off of them and restore stones back to almost new. Like
repairing broken stones, fill in cracks etc.
He will show the proper way to read stones dates etc.
WORKSHOP DAY On the job learning first hand on how to do these things .
Help preserve our heritage cemeteries around state of Indiana.Is working
together.
Work Shop will be Present on Saturday April 26th 8;30am to 3;30 or 4pm
.In case of rain it will the be done on Saturday May 3rd from 8;30am to
3;30or 4pm
Where: At the Old Lagro Cemetery, Lagro, Indiana 2nd Oldest Cemetery in
the Wabash County )on Clinton Street just off of Hwy old 24 about a block
east of the filling station( just north of the railroad via dock go to
very top of the Hill on Clinton Street and left around the Cemetery which
is the IOOF. And off to the right down the hill is the Old Lagro
Cemetery,.
1.Wear your old clothes ,comfortable shoes, bring gloves and empty spray
bottle , one gallon of water, soft scrub brush.
2.Pack a light lunch and your own drinks. ( note pad to take notes,
Cameras to take pictures .This will be a fun day for all. ( And we do mean
fun.)
Bring a car full of people or Van and your friends and kids to we will be
happy to see all of you.
Hope your all interested to spending the whole day with us and learn the
technologies of Marks work and his teachings. He is really good at his
work.
He will also show us at the Cemetery some work he done from August to
October 2002 he did for families that have relatives buried in the
Cemetery.
Mr. Davis has travel all thru Indiana and some outer state preserving tomb
stones ,And specially Civil War Veteran
There is no fee put we will take donations at the cemetery to help pay for
some of Marks material .He will be furnishing a lot to us to work with
and showing proper way to use it :
THE WABASH GENEALOGY SOCIETY . WABASH , INDIANA
President Linda Thompson - llt(a)kconline.com 1-260-563-4661Vice
President Mae Garrett - mgarrett(a)bpsinet.com 1-765-664-8747 2nd vice Lori
Vermass Secretary Karen Brewer, Treasurer Jean Stone