mands prompt remedying in some form or another. This is not the first time that the falling away of the bank has disclosed the bones of bodies there interred this recent occurrence and that the abandoned graveyard contiguous to high school building makes some action imperative. Not only is the north bank caving away but the same is true of the west and south sides.” The outrage jumping from the page is obvious (and justified). But this was not to be the last trouble emanating from cemetery. The Press reports on a hot and steamy July day in 1914: OLD CEMETERY IS GIVING POLICE ANNOYANCE - The old Reformed- Lutheran cemetery is not only an eye-sore but it has become a rendezvous for the de- praved of both sexes, with the result that the police are having more their hands full in keeping undesirables out of the cemetery. Well, we were all teenagers once. Turns out the goth kids have always been around. I didn’t see any information regarding success of the police crackdown on the lewd folk cavorting amongst the cadavers. I’ll have to follow up with Rachel on this.
In 1925, exactly one hundred years ago, the final graves were relocated and the Morning Press was there to cover the news along with a few nosy residents.
“A curious crowd that at times numbered more than 100 yesterday watched the work of removing the bodies from the old Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery at the corner of First and Center Streets.”
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