Parks and Cemetery Board approves DAR bench placement; elects new chair and vice chair

The Norton Parks and Cemetery Board voted Aug. 6 to place a bench donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution at Norton Center Cemetery and elected Bob as chair and Miss Gibson as vice chair.

The vote to recommend bench placement in an open area near a young tree passed on a roll-call vote. Ruth, a Parks and Cemetery Board member, moved "to put, that we recommend the placement of the bench, in the open area that's by the younger tree," and a board member seconded the motion. The motion passed with board members Miss Dimack, Miss Gibson, Miss Witzberger and Mister Fritz voting yes.

The motion followed a discussion about placement options. Board members said they considered siting the bench near large, older trees but worried about falling limbs. Ruth described the preferred site as on the north side of the cemetery "halfway between the…