The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-17
ODD FELLOWS HONOR
THEIRDEAD MEMBERS
Memorial Services Conducted
Yesterday Afternoon.
FINE PROGRAMME GIVEN
GRAVES OF DEPARTED sTREwN
WITH FLOWERS.

The I. Q. o. F. hall was the scene Of
J a very beautiful service yesterday af-
ternoons the occasion being memorial
services in honor Of the members Of the
lodge and the members of the Rebekah
lodges in Utah who have died since the
3 memorial services a year ago.
Inc air was fragrant with the per-
fume Of flowers which We're everywhere
+ IN evidence. The han was nicely deco
rated for the occasion, and many of the
women ana children who attended the
/ meeting carried large punches Of flow
( erS Whlch- at the close of the services
were sent out 10 the cemeteries to
decorate the graves of the dead com
rades and sisters. The hall was filled
70 oVeriiowing and the music for the
occasion was Of very high order. The
presiding officer was Grand Master ).
/ w Darke, who was assisted by Grand
secretary T. N. Timer and Past Grand
| Master A T. McCanne who acted as
chaplain in the unavoidable absence of
Rev. A II. Henry.
The programme opened with the
singing of the opening ode of the order
by all present. and with prayer BY
/ chaplain McCanne. After this the inu-
steal programme followed.
The first number was a violin solo
by Professor George Shelton, Ernst's
/ Eiegie, most beautiful and touch
ing melody The next musical num-
( Der was the singing OF "Thy viii Be
Done" by a double quartette composed
of Mrs Kate 3. Anderson, Mrs. Matilda
Bailey, Miss Marguerite Harley, Mrs.
Matte G. Sanford, J. A. Fryer, A.
Hudson, r. 3. Quay and Fred c. San
ford This was another fine number.
The Holy City" was next sung by
Fred c. Sanford. Mrs Nellie bruce
Pugsley came next with a soprano solo,
Ave Maria" -by Willard, with a violin
obligato by Professor shelton and Miss
Nora Gleason at the piano.
The musical programme closed with
The Home of the Soul sung by a
male quartette composed. of Messrs
F.yer, Quay, Sanford and Hudson.
| This, too, was a fine number: the sing
ing was spirited and the voices har-
! monized we'll
Tribute to the Dead.
At the opening Of the programme
! Grand Master Darke stated in the
beautiful language of the ritual of the
! order the object Of the gathering-to
pay a tribute to the memory Of the
dead, and later in the service Chaplain
/ McCanne delivered the rftuaTstic adj
/ dress in honor OF the departed mem
I bers.
/ At the appropriate time in the pro-
/ gramme Grand Secretary r. NJ. Timer
read the list of the members of the
! lodges of Utah and of the Rebekahs
{ who died during the past year They
/ are. Thomas c. Bailey, John = KEEL
/ lett, Jealous Wormuth and William
( Shade of Salt Lake lodge; Charles
+ Mack of Jordan lodge; George 1Iarth
/ and Charles z Gale of Ogden lodge.
/ Peter Gombert. Richard Barratt.
I Charles Paul and A. c. Briggs of Park
I City lodge; Joseph Fryer of Eureka
Hodge; George s Max6eld and Martin
! Wright of Mt. Pleasant lodge l. D.
! JangTaw Of Highland lodge; Harden
! Spicer and A .. HOeI Of VernaI lodge
I Josiah Nichols of RfchdeId lodge; A. L.
/ Watson and Arthur A. Wilson of Tin
( tic lodge; Thomas Gilmore of Robinson
/ lodge, and John Marlotty and John
} Branca Of Castle Gate lodge.
! The members OF the Rebekah lodges
who died during the year were Grace
I Ann Clark and Elizabeth Button Of
/ Columbia lodge ard Martin Wright OF
/ SegO Lily lodge.
At the close of the services in the
I han a committee of the members of tho
/ various lodges both Of Odd Fellows and
+ Rebekahs took a chartered street car
1 on West Temple street, placed in it
4 the flowers that had been brought to
( tho lodge hall and with them visited
f! the different cemeteries of the city
and decorated the graves o. the depart
ed members,