Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-12
BURIAL ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BURIAL
ASSOCIATION is ORGANIZED IN
WAPELLo COUNTY
Object is to Provide Fund to Defray
the Burial Expenses OF Deceased
Members-charIes T. Sullivan Fun.
eraI Director of Association.

The Wapello county branch of the
National Cooperative Burial ,associa-
ton has now completed its organiza-
ton and has membership of about
1900. The work of organizing the as
sociation. which has been carried on
by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Sullivan,
began some weeks ago, as was men
toned in the Courier at that time. The
object of the association is to create
a burial fund to meet the funeral ex-
penses of deceased members. Its by
laws provide for the assessment of the
members, ten cents for adults and 5
cents for children under 10 years of
age. whenever death within the ranks
of the association occurs. From the
fund $500 is to be paid to defray the
funeral expenses of adults and $50 for
the funeral expenses of children.
The National Cooperative Burial as
ISOLATION is not an experiment. 1t has
several branches, one of the strongest
and largest being in Keokuk
The expense of belonging to the as
ISOLATION is SO small in comparison to
| the benefits to be derived that 1t has
not been difficult task to secure the
1000 members necessary to complete
the organization of the association.
All the money paid into the treasury
of the association goes to pay the bur-
| ial expenses of deceased members and
not to solicitors or collectors, as Is the
case with some organizations Of this
kind.
From the bylaws the following arti-
cles are selected, explaining several
important points in connection with
the work of the association:
| Article I1I.-"Any person may be-
come member Of this association by
paying an initiation fee of SO cents for
adults and Is cents for children under
10 years"
Article W.-"Each member 10 years
of age or over shall be assessed 1C
cents each and each member under 1C
years cents on the death Of mem
ber Failure to pay such assessment
within twenty days works suspension
of the membership Of the delinquent
member"
Y Article V.-"No assessment shall bt
levied on any member of this associa
ton until the completion of the orga
nization, at which time the secretary
shall cause to be printed in one o,
more papers, published in the cit,
where such association is organized, (
notice of the perfection of the associa
ton; at which time each member shall
be liable to one assessment, TIL
amount so collected to be deposited il
/ bank to the credit Of the association
and subject to check by the secretar:
for burial Of members of this associa
ton.
. Article VII.-"The initiation fee
shall be used for the purpose Of payin
: the expenses Of the organization o
this association and such other 81
: penses as may be subsequently incur
t red, such as printing and postal card
for the notification of members whe
: an assessment Is due.
Article x1-'As there are no salal
n led officers in this association and n
J, provision made for payment of collet
t tors it shall be incumbent upon eac
k member upon notification that an a!
sessment is due to call at the Office {
; the secretary, 115 West Second stree
. and pay same, bringing his certificat
. of membership that he may receiv
). credit as per agreement"
$. The attention Of the members Of til
organization Is called to section
1t quoted above, which provides that pa
ment of the first assessment shall /
y made upon the completion Of the wor
of organization. Payment should
made at once to the secretary, Mrs. |
T. Sullivan, at the office, 115 West Sc
ond street. All who desire to becon
IS members or to investigate the ass
r. citation may secure information regar
ing it from Mr. Sullivan at his office.