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(a)usa.net
Visit the Clark County Cemeteries website at:
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881