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W . R ins of pior emains of proneers ,,,, t I I © ] © q ~ A 148â€"yearâ€"old cairn at Aefa;'\‘«\ * z Wonderland Road and Highway & Mfyfl ues 3 S 22, which marks the graves of _ |* ; ; _/ . m ) ; | several pioneers, will be moved |... ;. " * &\ with their remains to St. John‘s [ ap n \*\ f + P Sscc . s in ces Anglican cemetery in Arva. “‘% By Peter Christie Wyllâ€" <<gs 1 Aâ€" © The London Free Press Lullfans o y . e 4e Ey OO OO._ _‘ _ c ___ _ _ s %9‘2%@2&3«& }V, Chipping away at the single cairn that now reâ€" â€" ) Sitagas $ WWe oS s \>V* presents the old White Church cemetery, a Lonâ€" W SMWSSPâ€"»@ililige _ _ ee 0. 00 0 _ . don mason‘s chisel uncovers the words "Gone M W’&)”fiw»*:*;?’&*»g*\fp Home" at the top of London pioneer Robert King y ‘“2&1’”\:‘@*”‘5\»“ t t3 Fuller‘s 148â€"yearâ€"old tombstone. e c vsclcs y Soon Fuller will have a new home. \~ 355 sz‘é}\*é\&\\g‘g;\\\ Jerry Van Geffen, a mason for Geard Memorials | ue , § .. :(« <ws ustt s in London, contracted by the city, carefully began | WÂ¥ 4 _ ... _ 2/ .% ts W ; dismantling the sixâ€"metreâ€"high (20â€"footâ€"high) W WAÂ¥ 0 . . c 0. l cairn with a hammer and chisel this week to preâ€" |\_/ WAAA y . . _ }J&x pare it for a moveito a shady corner of St. John‘s NN‘ MR & â€" . > . y iess Anglican cemetery in Arva. mt‘ .. wl ' NEEDED ROOM: Loncon‘s city hall and the United PMWWike) > (Wi. < 2 Church have combined forces to orchestrate Monâ€" ?‘*a 2. n «c:x)é day‘s move of the remains of Fuller and the other 2\’;‘ iCs se ty â€"â€" es . longâ€"dead pioneers under the cairn at Wonderland k% Atee ;“"”3\ seX ol . Road and Highway 22, The Anglican cemetery was |wAMAWW ie s. us t o mt e . - . the only place with room to keep the remains WWAW § g\s‘ ,;@&\U{% . The move allows the city to use 7.6 metres (25 â€" FÂ¥ Pw@B@@ mea e ce s c uy 00 4C feet) of road allowance that the cairn and the small e * *e;;’vgf)%@v;i‘;‘wgfi%g%@x ~Aals square piece of cemetery land occupy, said city ?\gfifif?ég’“ig}‘, "k¢;.~' f | engineer D‘Arcy Dutton. e No . ooo oo at I "It‘s quite an operation from what 1 underâ€" L E. stand," Duttonâ€"said. "We had a lot of negotiations gemiMcLeodiThe London Free Press with the church involved and we had to get provinâ€" Jerry Van G_effen, a mason, a',‘d his nephew cial approvals. We spent a long time arranging Maryn Pennings remove the first tombstone this." l from the cairn at Wonderland Road and Highâ€" 3 The project will cost the city about $20,000. . way 22. The cairn is being dismantled and will be moved to St. John‘s cemetery in Arva. EXHUMA"GN: On Monday, the Museum of Indian tÂ¥ Archeology will begin to exhume the remains and The White Church, a Methodist church that bury them again at the Arva cemetery. stood beside the cemetery, went out of use in the The short trip to Arva won‘t be the first time the late 1800s and eventually fell or was torn down. remains of the estimated dozen or so people + buried in â€"the cemetery have made a move, said 10 TOMBSTONES: The cairn contains 10 tombâ€" Bob Pearce, senior archeologist with the museum. â€" stones with 12 names, Pearce said. But there may In 1934, several decrepit graves and their contents â€" have been other wooden markers or stones lost or were consolidated into one casket and the cairn destroyed over time. He said as many as 20 people was built to mark the spot. may have been buried in the cemetery. The original cemetery, which once covered a ‘"Two of the people are supposedly original setâ€" z much larger area, may have beenâ€"established as tlers in the London Township . . . But as far as we f early as 1828, Pearce said. But the earliest existing know there‘s no surviving relatives now. In fact grave marker â€" that of pioneer Fuller â€" puts the there were no surviving relatives in 1934 when plot‘s first funeral at 1842. they were moved the first time." § * | m Di Ves @ The provincial ministry of consumer and comâ€" _ ) Advertisements must be run in the local newsâ€" . _ _ mercial relations has these guidelines for moving paper, once a week for four weeks, so the & cemeteries: public can voice its concerns. s C] The cemetery owner must be notified and apâ€" _ Q Municipal health officials must be present prove of the move. when the remains are raised. f : C The local municipality must agree. Q "All operations . . . will be conducted with proâ€" e . An application to close the existing cemetery priety, dignity, decorum and respect and care _ | 5 has to be sent to the ministry. It must include to avoid undue publicity and to ensure the | any known objections to the move. ' public is not offended or disturbed." \ e m on oofi un oo i nlim n n en t 101 n iar en NNE nc pirian ccamraa ind sn on agne omm on rcntgpre omm rmammm m onntigamenme wher lc ont Someth s n onl