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Show l!!!l!lilllll!i!l!lllinill!il!lllll!!ll!lll 9 5buuia, But 9 Jtecad. . . By SECOND-GUESSER 9ll!!ll!ll!l!lll!lllili!lllli!l!i!il!!!!l!l!!il The City Cemetery is back in "the limelight" again. Not so long ago, we remember, quite a sum of money was spent in fencing fenc-ing the cemetery, cleaning and improving the grounds, and installing in-stalling a water system so those who wished to care for the last resting place of their loved ones x would have water for flowers and lawn. Just after last Decoration Day one lady not only had her loved one's lot desecrated, but sneak-thieves sneak-thieves stole flowers and vases from the grave. Now we hear another report from a lady who is attempting to care for her portion of the cemetery Young boys have torn away the flowers she planted, plant-ed, "mauled" the fence around the grave, and played a game of marbles on the grave. The lady picked up a handful of the marbles, mar-bles, so evidently she frightened the kids away. We hear many, many remarks about the type of cemetery we have, and how it looks. But, as the lady pointed out, how can people keep their cemetery plots looking nice, with fresh flowers and green lawn, when its desecrated dese-crated by thieves and mauled and trampled by playing children. chil-dren. To us, a cemetery has been a place of reverence, not a play- j ground. The wave of petty thievery, car pilfering, etc., continues, according ac-cording to City Marshal Leon Williams. Of late, the-thieves have leaned toward auto tires, with several more thefts the past week. 1 To be identified, and to convict con-vict the thief, it is necessary to prove original ownership, and this can be done only if the owner has the serial number of his tire. So, Leon points out, the safest method is for every car owner to IMMEDIATELY write down the serial number of each tire on his car, truck or jalopy. Then, if one is stolen, the marshal mar-shal can readily identify it, recover re-cover it for the owner and present pre-sent the thief before Judge Koch. |