The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18

was accomplished in 1919, the city re- serving to itself the right to appeal to the court, with the view of having a responsible bonded corporation ap- pointed as. trustees of the trust fund, in case the association fails in it's ob- ligation to maintain the cemetery in good condition.
 PERPETUAL CASE
 So great has been the response of lot owners for the past year that there are now 225 lots under perpetual care and more than 400 members of the me morial association. Through improve ments already noticeable in the main- tenance of lots, many people who have paid dues for temporary care, and many who have tended their own plots have seen the wisdom of investing a small amount that will provide care for the resting places of their dead long after their own hands. so will ing in ministry now, are folded, dur ing all the years after they themselves have been gathered unto their fath- CTS"
 According to a statement of the sec retary. MT. Cory. there are HOO lot owners of Oak Hill cemetery, and though the success of the corporation has already attained assurance and a present campaign is directed toward the increase to s5000O the goal of the association will not be reached until every lot owner is a member of the Oak Hill Memorial Association and un- til every lot has been guaranteed the care that it should have now, and in the years 10 come.
 All Jots sold in .uture Cand there is yet much vacant property that may be purchased) will carry the guarantee of perpetual care, and such certificate will be- issued the purchaser. Upon ap- plication to the officers, a charter of the association including contract with the city, and full explanation of the per- petual care plan, may be obtained.
 Though known as the resting place of the pioneers, the history of Oak Hill cemetery is still in the making There are homes bereaved in recent years where is the memory of a baby's grave or of some other near and dear one whose resting place though sought but yesterday, will be unviolated during all the years to come, because of the per- petual care of the memorial association.
 visit to the cemetery will reveal the general permanent improvement accom- plished in the past few years, in the wall that replaces the old fence on Nine teenth street, and in the new shrubbery and flowers that have been planted. A movement is on foot now to do away with all copings, and the association is planning to beautify unsold lots and waste places that have marred the comeliness of the site that soon will be one of the beautiful spots of Birming- ham,
 landscape architect has already looked over the situation with a view to planting more than sl000 worth of shrub bery next fall. Iris day will be cele- brated, if MT. Earle's present plans are carried out, when every individual who is interested will be invited to contri- bute the iris bulbs that are so hardy in this soil and that bloom so generously on the hillside.
 MT. Earle also expressed the hope as did MT. Frank V. Evans that stone chapel and administration building will replace the inadequate wooden structure now serving as the sextons headquar- ters, and that memorial gates will soon replace those now in use on Nineteenth street and on Eleventh avenue as the gifts of some citizen or citizens in memory of the pioneers who laid the foundations of this ~city.
 For the benefit of those who cannot express their gratitude for the past in terms of costly monunents, there will still be left a memorial each one inter ested can contribute, in the white and purple rises which will lend fragrance