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A Problem That Must Be Met SquarelyConsider This-Every family in Kokomo should own a lot in beautiful, new, Memorial Park Cemetery. Burial plots are for sale on easy terms of payment. You now have the time and leisure to make a wise and satisfactory selection. This is the time to act.Some day you must face this question squarely.When the crisis comes there is no time then to choose the best and most satisfactory plot. You must then take the first thing offered. Now you not only have time to select, but time in which to pay. Let us tell you all about it.A Place of BeautyKOKOMO MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY will be the beauty spot of Kokomo, It will be a beautiful, quiet, restful, fitting place for the burial of the dead.Its natural beauty went far toward it? selection ».the site for Kiikamci’s beautify cemetery and the vast amounttoiFiwrk done in the past and to be done in the future will complete the requirements of a modern and beautiful burial ground.When completed Memorial Park Cemetery will have the following points of excellence; More than three miles of beautiful drives. A handsome and imposing stone gateway. All of the pleasing aspect topographically, that- an expert landscape architect could give it. A substantial and handsome iron fence set in concrete. A beautiful stone chapel for cemetery bural services. A small lake, through which will flow Prarie creek. The banks of this creek are to be beautified, and the stream itself makes an attractive adjunct to the cemetery.An Ideal LocationIt is most fortunate that the association was able to obtain a site so convenient to the city. The actual distance of KOKOMO MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY from the center of the city is not great and its convenience of access makes it even more desirable than many, sites might :have been even closer in. ;'*bn 1 i ; L'; ■Situated, as it is, at the intersection of Ohio and North streets, it is conviently aecessable from the south and west. The main entrance is located at the northwest corner of the cemetery and right at the intersection of those two streets. It is easily reached by city street car being but four blocks north of the Monroe street line.Persons desiring to see the cemetery may reach it by taking a Monroe street car to Ohio avenue and walking four blocks north or may, if they go by motor, reach it in various ways, as all main roads northeast lead toward it.Prices and GuaranteeThe plan upon which the plots are to be sold is most conveniently arranged for the pur* chaser. It is simple and easily understood.AIL prices are based upon a valuation of fifty cents a square foot. The purchaser may buy' a space for one grave or for five or for ten or more. There are several convenient plans of payment all advantageously arranged for the purchaser.Every buyer is protected by the upkeep guarantee until the end of time.One of the most binding provisions of the cemetery association is that which provides for the upkeep, in perpetuity, of the tract—and not merely the upkeep, but the continued beautification. This provision is carried in the association’s by-laws. It is also incorporated into the constitution, and it is made a specific part of the contract of sale with every lot owner. Those who desire to lay their dead to rest in the new cemetery will know, always, that every grave is to be tended for the rest of time.Selections Now Being MadeEven before the announcement was publicly made that this new cemetery was to be opened, many applications were; made for reservations, owing to the urgency of the need of the public for additional burial space. . :....... ....The burial plots are now open for sale. Nothing is to be gained by delay. Hundreds of people are visiting the cemetery daily, many are making their selections now. Burial plots range in size from a single grave to plots forty by forty feet and to some irregularly shaped plots even larger. The selection and the range of prices is therefore very wide. You will find no trouble in getting just the plot you want if you select now. Come out tomorrow—make your selection before the plot YOU want is gone.Telephone For Motor ServiceThe association has selected for its sale agents,* the Schwartz Brothers Realty Company and the Miller-Harbaugh Realty Company, who may be reached by ealling telephones 985 or 379. At your request an automobile will he sent to your door and you will he taken free of charge to inspect the grounds of Kokomo Memorial Park Cemetery.While it is not the intention of the association to offer the properties for sale on Memorial Day, plans have been made to give the public an opportunity to inspect the grounds on that day. For the benefit of those who will be at Crown Point, a special motor service will be maintained. Automobiles will be at the Crown Point entrance all day and visitors will be taken to Memorial Park without charge. Memebers af the association will be in attendance all day.
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Kokomo Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Tue, May 27, 1919
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