The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09
UNWILLING CEREMONY
wooDMEN OF THE WORLD DEDI.
CATEA BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT
AT Pennington to the Memory of Sow
ereign otto LutISen, Deceased. Long
Procession. --Imposing Ceremony.

The beautiful monume t erect
ed by LutherW eston Camp No. sc,
ovet the grave of Sovereign Otto
Lutken, in the family burial
grounds, was formally unveiled
Sunday evening, the 3rd, inst, at
o'clock, in the presence of near
ly three hundred people. The ce-
remony throughout was very inn
pressive, each officer doing his
share to make the exercises per-
feet.
This is the first monument to be
unveiled in our community. he
being the first in our camp called
from earth by the Supreme Con-
sui.
Live Oak Camp, No. 81, Bay
st. Lonis, was represented by
Sovereigns Leon Capdepon and
CASTOR Gardebled.
The procession of Woodmen
numbered between forty and fif-
ty. Capt. Johann b. Koch form
ed the Sovereigns into a process
sion on the beautiful lawn in front
of the picturesque old Koch man
sion and the march to the ceme-
terry was taken up, followed by
more than two hundred specta-
tors. Upon arriving at the grave
the procession was formed in the
symbolic wedge, the officers, choir,
poet, orator and relatives of the
deceased only being admitted
within the wedge. The choir sang
"Nearer My God to Thee" Sow
ereign G. d. Orr, Consul Com
mander, delivered a short address.
Sovereign M. Geiger, Clerk, plac-
ed a pike pole with streamers at
the foot of the grave. Sovereigns
Q. T. Martin, Watchman, and P.
r. Miller. Sentry, placed palm
Pbranches on the grave.
Another song by the choir, and
Sovereign j. S. Otis read in an
impressive manner the poem,
"Why Should the Spirit of Nor
tai be Proud?"
The veil was removed by Sow
erelgn Asa Hursey, Master of Ce-
remonies, and Gods sunlight fell
upon the tribute to our fallen soy
ereign. Another appropriate Sc
lection by the choir, and when the
last note had died away, Consul
CommanderC G. ID. Orr, assisted by
Adviser Lieutenant w. w. Wal
lace and Banker Alex Orr read
the inscription and dedicated the
monument to the memory of OF
to Lutken as a tribute to his
worth, striking the. stone as they
spoke the words "Love, Honor,
Remembrance" and closed by
sprinkling salt, an element preser-
vative upon the stone, saying:
"He speaks, tho he be silent. I"
At the close of the ritualistic
ceremonies, Sovereign Rev. w.
G.. Forsythe very eloquently de-
livered an excellent grafton, dis
coursing at length upon the early
life and character Of the deceased
and paying high tribute to that
noble brotherhood the Wood
men of the World,,' Who thus
commemorate their worthy dead,
and erects a $4,000 monument as
lasting memorial Of fraternal
regard.
AT the conclusion of the oration
the camp honors were given at the
command of Capt. J. b. Koch,
and at the command of the Mas
ter of Ceremonies, the camp hon
ors were again given, this time to
the dependent ones of the honored
deceased Sovereign.
A photograph was taken by
Sovereign S. j. Gray to be sent,
together with a copy of this re.
port, to the Sovereign Visitor, the
official organ of the fraternity, af-
ter which the procession was again
formedand the Sovereigns return
ed in the same order as they came.
All honor to a fraternity ANNA
ted by such lofty principles and
honorable practices.
"Long may II stand and every blast defy,
Till Times last whirlwind sweeps the vault.