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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Tombstone Design Following A Modern Styling . Dyersburg, Tenn. (UPD Tombstone styles, like every thing eke, keep changing. i "Tilings just aren't the same as when I first started work ing on markers back in 1914 said Clarence O. Parmenter. who entered his . family'; - monument business when h THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1961 was 16. "Folks were a lot fussier about monuments back in those days," he said. "They demanded all kinds of fancy carving and ornamental work A man had to be pretty much of on artist.',' Today, he said, monuments are streamlined, with a few simple lines and little fanc . , work. , .There . are exceptions though. 1 A tew years ago, a man : 1 drowned while fishing at Reel. foot lake. , "He loved fishing so much his wife decided it would bel . . nice to depict his hobby on the marker, ' Parmenter said "Using three colors of gran ite, we reproduced an actual scene from Reelfoot lake, in. ' eluding a man in a boat catch. ing a fish." : ; Parmenter also has carved , a shotgun on the monument of a hunter and the official em blem of the Illinois Central Railroad on the marker of a man who wanted it there to commemorate his 50 years with the line. Significant Change But thf. most significant change, Parmenter believes, is the trend to pick out a monu ment before death. : "I never will forget the first time my father sold a monu. ment that way," Parmenter said. "An - old couple, they : were both in their 70's, came by and picked out their tomb stone and told my father what they wanted on it. "That was in 1008, and it really created a sensation, "Many folks were so super stitious they said the couple would be punished for picking out their tombstone before their 'time to go. "I guess they always fig ured they were right, too, be cause the wife died before my daddy could get the tombstone finished." Often, markers contain only the name and the birth and ath dates of the entombed. . vnetlme, however, the de I rted one arrange! to leave a . linal wo4 to ,W,Qrl4. j.,. Parmenter particularly re members this eplaph: "Beware kind friends as you pass by, As you arc now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare, therefore, to follow me." . E:sy--5c3 Diagram 9365 gKj . ' Extra-easy! Whip up this fun-dress and panty set in an afternoon! Flares from shoul ders so free, cool for sum. mer play. Eyelet touch de lights little girls. Printed Pattern 9365: Chil drcn's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8. Size 6 dress takes 2 yards 30-inch ? yard contrast. Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for tills pattern add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar- in, Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th t New York 11. N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUM BER. 100 FASHION FINDS the best, newest, most beautiful Printed Patterns for Spring Summer, 1961. See them all i:; our brand-new Color Cata i loe. aend 35c now! V- SATISFACTION ' Practical faifcs buy Bmd Everyone Reads The Ml All Why 4o you buy Brand Names? Because you trust them. You know that they are consistently good, that they always meet the high standards of quality you've set for yourself and your family. You'll find Brand Name products wher ever you go. No guesswork shopping. Like good friends, they're always there. ; The Brand Name manufacturer has built a reputation; He must maintain it, so he keeps his standards high, and strives constantly to make his product bettec.'.lie's always first with new products and ideas., He employs lots of people. He helps balance the economy. You depend on him. He depends on you. : Know your brands, and buy the brands you know. You'll find some of them on the pages of this newspaper. A Brand Name is a maker's reputation Brand Names Foundation, Inc., 437- Fifth Avenue, New York 16, N.Y. ,'v.
