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Board of Cemetery Trustees
Date: 2022-09-07 Time: 6:OOPM
Building: Location: Berger Rm
Address:
Purpose: General Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
TOWN CLERK
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Virginia Blodgett, William Brown, Ron Stortz, Caitlin Salmon, Sally
Hilgendorff
Members - Not Present: Carl McFadden, Brian Boyle
Others Present: Michael Hannaford, Supervisor; Michael O'Halloran,
Administrative Specialist
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Caitlin Salmon
Topics of Discussion:
Town of Reading
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Pursuant to a meeting legally posted, the meeting of September 7, 2022 convened at 6:00 P.M. in
the Berger Rm at Reading Town Hall.
Present: Virginia Blodgett, Vice Chairman
Caitlin Salmon, Secretary
Ron Stortz
William Brown
Sally Hilgendorff
Absent: Carl McFadden, Chairman
Brian Boyle
Also Present: Michael Hannaford, Supervisor
Review of Past Meeting Minutes
The minutes of July 12, 2022 were reviewed and approved by a vote of 4-0 on a motion by
Virginia Blodgett and seconded by Bill Brown.
General Business
Reorganizing of Officers held off until all committee members are present.
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Signing of By-Law for dogs in the cemeteries. Ginny will try to join the Zoom meeting to
answer any questions. Will be in Town Meeting Warrant either way.
Historic Headstone Rubbings: A large box of Laurel Hill gravestone rubbings that were done
for the bicentennial were found in the basement of the Library. Currently they are being
digitized so they can be viewed/printed. Only problem is two stones — the two known slaves
were not done. Would the board have a problem if they were done now to complete the set.
Motion made by Ginny to have Jocelyn Gould make rubbings of those two graves. Seconded by
Bill and approved by a vote of 4-0.
Question to the committee — Would there be a way to mark out some of the Veteran's graves?
Could the Satellite be a possibility to mark at least the most difficult ones — the "Old Cemetery".
Mike will find out if it is possible — he will touch base with the survey department.
Next Meeting — October 4, 2022 at 6:OOpm.
Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 6:16 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Caitlin Salmon, Secretary
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