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THE FIRST COLORED Professional, Clerical and Business DIRECTORY OF BALTIMORE CITY 26th Annual Edition, 1938-1939
Volume 516, Page 2   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
864 plots sold, 457 interments in two years.

Over $85,000 expended for construction to date, and the improvements
to continue until the Cemetery is completed. Over $40,000 paid to
Colored persons in sales commissions, advertising, programs, meetings,
labor, transportation, etc.

Patronized by Baltimore's Leading Undertakers, Pastors and Business Men

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.

Call

Samuel R. Morsell, Director of Sales
St. Paul and Hamilton Sts. Vernon 8280

Sales Representatives

Sarah F. Diggs J. Arnett Frisby
1909 Druid Hill Ave. 506 St. Paul St.
Lafayette 1682 Vernon 8280

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