The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-27
knights of Pythias.

Calanthe lodge met on Monday
night with fair attendance. The
rank of page was conferred on NJ E.
Cummings and J. w. Whitehead, jr.,
after which a pleasant social hour was
spent.
At the stated meeting of Myrtle
lodge on Tuesday evening the rank of
page was conferred on Joseph NJ.
Evans and regular routine work done.
Monitor lodge met on Wednesday
evening, the chief business being the
comforting of the rank of Knight on
DR.. j. P. McKenna.
Rocky Mountain lodge enjoyed
pleasant meeting on Thursday evening,
the feature of which was social enter
tainment. There was no degree work.
On Friday evening Zion lodge instruc-
ted Frank Tingey in the mysteries of
the pages rank, and b. o. Enberg in
the mysteries of the rank of esquire.
The funeral of the late "A. j. Walden,
who was killed by an accident on the
Rio Grande Western railway, was held
on Wednesday under the auspices of
the K. of P. order. brother Walden be
ing a member of Green River lodge No.
II, of Green River, Wyo. The inter
ment took place at Mount Olivet ceme-
terry. and about sixty Knights were in
attendance. The funeral services were
mpressively conducted by Professor
John 2. Meakin according to the ritual
of the knights of Pythias.
Another funeral under the auspices
of the Knights of Pythias and the l.
.. Q. F., was that of the late Samuel
j. Hefty, which took place on Sunday
afternoon. Services were held over the
remains at 1. o. o. F. hall at D. M
after which the procession formed
and marched to the corner of Second
East and Second South streets where
flve street cars. draped in black, were
waiting to convey the mourners to
Mount Olivet cemetery. There was
very large attendance of the members
OF both orders, wearing uniforms and
badges, under the command of Cap
tain Hall and Sir Knight Baker, be-
sides numerous friends of the de-
ceased, who followed in carriages.
The services at the grave were con-
Quoted after the Pythian ritual, by
Prof. John P. Meakin in his usual
telling and solemn manner. Mr.
Meakin's address was very touching
and appropriate, and drew tears from
not a few of those who were present
Brother Hefty was born in Swtzer-
land on February II, 1S4S,, and died of
rheumatic affection of the heart on
May %, 1895. He was a member of
Rocky Mountain lodge No. 3. of which
he was past chancellor. He was
good citizen, a good Knight of Pyth-
las and had the respect of large cir
Gle of friends.
Mrs. John P. Meakin, who has been
seriously sick, is much better. and -
many friends of the good lady and
her husband rejoice accordingly.
ThIre is a diversity of opinion as
to what constitutes prosperous
lodge. With some a lodge is so desig-
mated when it has a large member
ship, full treasury and is receiving
large acquisitions to its numerical
strength. We take a different view
of what constitutes a prosperous
lodge. A lodge may have a large
membership without having exercised
material desirable to the order.
The treasury may be full for the
reason that charity has failed to re-
ceive the proper exemplifcation at the
hands of its members. A prosperous
lodge is one whose membership has
been carefully selected whether they
be few or many. The officers are COM
petent for the performance of their
duties and have accepted their re-
spective positions determined TO do
their duty to the lodge and order. The
visiting and relief committees are busy
looking after the sick and needy. and
when a question of passing upon bene-
fits is before the lodge it is not sur
rounded by mass of technicalties.
but is freely voted to those who need
them. Their charity is not confined
strictly to those who are entitled to 1t
under the laws of the lodge, but mem
bers of the order. found worthy and
needy of assistance, receive IL with an
open hand and in a manner that
makes then feel that they are in the
hands OF JOHNef- the order. The
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