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Committee advances Templeton cemetery markers and small improvements; students to present next week
Summary
Members reported donations and local volunteer plans to place headstones for unknown graves, add fencing and signage, and to work with students; the committee anticipates receiving a student presentation next week.
Committee members reported progress on Templeton cemetery work, including a $1,000 donation earmarked for headstones and a plan to pour small concrete bases and set markers for unknown graves. Steve said he already ordered a dozen headstones and that volunteers will prepare simple concrete bases and a low picket or split-rail fence around a cluster of marked graves.
Members described community cooperation: the local historical society offered archival research and additional interpretive material; a donor family in London funded an initial set of markers; and committee volunteers plan to install the markers and construct a modest fence and informational plaque to invite visitors. Steve said the cemetery will remain open to the public and the committee is coordinating installation timing with city staff and volunteers.
The committee also said it had invited a student group (listed as "students" in the meeting) to give a presentation to the school board next Tuesday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and expected a brief report to the committee after that presentation.
No formal action items were recorded as motions during the meeting; committee members described donations, volunteer plans and outreach to partners and said they will proceed with installation work on a volunteer basis and report back to the committee when installations are scheduled.
