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THE FIRST COLORED Professional, Clerical and Business DIRECTORY OF BALTIMORE CITY 25th Annual Edition, 1937-1938
Volume 515, Page 6   View pdf image (33K)
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Every Day Is Memorial Day At
ARBUTUS MEMORIAL PARK

The Nation's Pioneer and Leading Colored
Memorial Cemetery

Where the resting places of our loved ones are never forgotten,
never neglected. ,

Picture a sweep of gently rolling acres adorned with lovely evergreens,
and covered with an unbroken spread of beautiful green grass, always
kept watered and evenly cut - - . no weeds, litter, over-grown or dead
grass; and you see ARBUTUS, Baltimore's long awaited, modern cem-
etery, where friendly Perpetual Care is guaranteed by character, sound
business practices, expert superintendence, and a Perpetual Care Trust Fund.

Entire Colored employed personnel, excepting the
President, Treasurer and bookkeeper.

ARBUTUS MEMORIAL PARK—Dedicated Sunday, June 28,1936
650 lots sold, 180 interments in one year.

Over $75,000 expended for construction to date, and the improvements
to continue until the Cemetery is completed. Over $30,000 paid to
Colored persons in sales commissions, advertising, programs, meetings,
labor, transportation, etc.

Endorsed by Baltimore's Leading Undertakers

Sound, Financial Sponsorship Property Free and Clear
Four grave lots, full depth, $50.00 and up. Easy terms.

Modern, paved roads, easily reached by Halethorpe busses.

Location—Sulphur Spring Road and Shelbourne Avenue, Arbutus,
Maryland. Two miles from city limits at Wilkens Avenue.

For further information call Office

THE ARBUTUS MEMORIAL COMPANY

VERNON 8280 - - 828:

St. Paul and Hamilton Streets

Samuel R. Morsell, Secretary and Director of Sales

BRANCH OFFICES

1909 Druid Hill Avenue 119 N. Mount Street

Telephone—Lafayette 1682 Telephone—Gilmor 0541-J

Sarah F. Diggs, Branch Manager Frank C. Buck, Branch Manager

1504 E. Monument Street

Telephone—Broadway 0937

J. Arnett Frisby, Assistant Director of Sales

Free Transportation to Prospects
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