Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-04-07
"BEAUr1FuL THoRNRosE"
Title Of Handsome Booklet Just Is
sued by Cemetery Association

'Beautifuls Thornrose" is the title
Of a booklet which has just been
issued by the Thornrose Cemetery
Company and which is an attractive
bit of art. in every way worthy of the
place 1t describes.
Printed on heavy white paper and
found in gray the booklet contains
many beautiful illustrations, desorip.
tive of the cemeJsry, in addition to
reading matter of notable interest.
Tributes from the pens OF Major S.
u. Yost. r. D. Hsislip. Thomas +.
Opie and Harold E. West, which nave
appeared In the local papers. make mp
the opening pages while an address
by Captain James Bumgardner of
great historic interest also finds place
within the little volume.
The frontispiece is q view taken
from the driveway just within the
gates. III no other of the illustrations.
perhaps. is the beauty of the place
shown mole strikingly. In the fore.
ground is the receiving vault and to
the left of this picture is the bridge
with the tower while all around are
trees and plants and other green
things shading the resting places Of
the dead. In striking contrast ia the
nsxt illustration which shows the
cemetery in winter and with the
ground covered with snow.
Several views of the Test pavilion,
the newest addition to the grounds
sdorments, are given. One taken
from the east side showing the four
ssat1es representing the seasons and
conveying ths b,ss i1ea Of the pistur-
esque location OF the pavilion on top of
. hill from where may be ssen much
of the grounds as we'll as a good por.
tion Of the surrounding country,
B.tssy Bell being visible in the dis.
tanee.
Another ILLUSTRATION shows the
pavilion from a short distance away
permitting q fair impression of the
beauty and grace of its construction
and the ideal surroundings. while a
third shows the figure crest" which
is placed within. Other illustrations
show the tower, the mouu ment to the
Oonfe1 erate dead and there is still an
other view Of the pavilion.
In connection with the address of |
Captain Bungardner there appears
facsimile of this pots:
'This address ia believed by the |
author to bv the first memorial adj.
d. ess which was made and published
in the South after the close of the
war-April &c 1904" i
James Bumzardner Jr.
The date of the address was June
1879. Accompany ing the reproduce
ticn is photograph showing q war.
time gronp mol uding Captain Bum.
gardner, then lieutenant, Captain VS.
q. Baylor and Lieutsnants Henry
King Cochran. Thomas J. Burke and
). H. Waters.
The booklet is from the press of
the Vallsy Printing Corporation and
vas edited and compiled BY Arista
Hoge. All through ita pages IL ssea
he hand of Mr.. Hoge who more than
any other psrson has made Thorn
rose the beautiful place that it ia
Through the years his labors and his
time nave gone toward the planning
and execution OF q Thousand Things,
more or less, which have transformed
it. 1t was he and almost alone who
made 1t from q barren field that was
! mere dumping ground inso q place
where beauty ana quiet suggest peace
md rest, fitting gateway to that
which lies beyond.
At Kings Daughters Hospital
Miss Gertrude Caterson, who was
operated on recently for eye trouble
by DR.. Hanger, Is getting along NICE
".
Miss Mary Oroghan, who has been
ill ct tho Kings Daugh.
ters hospital, having undergone two
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