Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1910 — SCULPTRESS BRINGS MODEL FOB EXEDRA TO RENSSELAER. [ARTICLE]

SCULPTRESS BRINGS MODEL FOB EXEDRA TO RENSSELAER.

Artist Who Is Making MJlroy Statue, Brings Plaster Model of Base, Seat and Pedestal for Inspection. Miss Mary Washburn, the generous Chicago sculptress, who because of her love for her old home town and the fact that her late father, Dr. I. B. Washburn, was himself a soldier in the civil war and later a resident for many years of Jasper county, is* making the statue of General Robert H. Milroy, which is to surmount the pedestal of a statue in Milroy Park, is here today, Saturday, to confer with Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, who started the movement for the erection of the monument, and this evening at the home of Mrs. Thompson, Miss Washburn will exhibit to members of various committees the model for the exedra, or steps, pedestal and seat, which have been planned as a part of the monument. The exedra is this afternoon at the Mackey marble works in order that Mr. Mackey may give an estimate of the cost of building that part of the monument. Miss Washburn is devoting her entire time to the work of making this statue, and as before stated, is donating her services, and far more than that, because her influence and acquaintance will result in the mechanical part of the statue being made at practical cost. Tonight a report will be made from all sources of the money on hand and a definite plan of construction based on the amount of money available, will be determined upon.