Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-12-07
GRIEF OF ELKS
Annual Memorial Exercises
of the Order
CELEBRATION IN PHOENIX
Doris Theater Was Filled Yesterday
Afternoon with Sympathetic Friends
fo- Whom a Beautiful Programme
Had Been Prepared-At Prescott.

The annual ceremonial exercises Of
the Il. +. o. f. were held i'm Phoenix
| yesterday and they were held all over
the world where the members of the
Ellls have established themselves. Th.
Phoenix ceremonies took place at the
Doris theater, which on no other occa-
sion has ever been so elaborately decor
ated. There was a profusion of flow
ers everywhere, chrysanthemums ming
ling with palms and smilax. The pur-
pie color of the order was intertwined
with the national colors, for of all the
secret orders there is none more patri-
otic than the Benevolent and Protect
i've order of Elks. The altar-sto
which had been carried from the lodge
room, was covered with an American
flag as it is always covered in the
lodge room. There depended from the
gallery rails festoons of purple and
white and across the front of the stage
there was an immense American flag
The ceremonies began at o'clock
The members of the order, preceded by
a band. marched from their hall to the
theater by a circuitouY route. The the
ater was already well filled before the
arrival of the brotherhood and when ali
We're at last seated every chair was
occupied.
The programme was an excellent
one i'm which the musical features pre-
dominated. The opening number was
I "Consecratiou," rendered by Smiths
orchestra, whose service. by the way
was gratuitOus. Then followed the
beginning Of the ceremonial according
to the ritual. This is always impress
| i've but it was made more so yesterday
! by a beautiful mechanical arrange
ment
Upon what seemed to be a Wlite tomb
stone there appeared the names of the
three dead members in letters of black.
+. II. Lyman, the exalted ruler. hav-
! ing described the custom which had
brought surviving members of the
brotherhood together throughout the
world, directed the secretary to call
| the roll of the absent members. When
the name of the first. ]. L. Finley was
called. the black letters turned to let
/ ters of fire and when the name had
! been called three times the letters
turned black again. II was so with
the names of Sam Korrick and Carl
Young.
der there was an invocation by Rev.
Dr. Lewis Halsey. but both were pre-
ceded by a violin solo, "Violets," by
Ben r. Smith, sweet wailing for the
dead. There was another number by
the orchestra, followed by Beautiful
! Isle of Somewhere" by a quartettc
consisting of Mcssrs. Wilson, Todd,
Swain, and Donnell.
The next incident of the program
was one of the principal addresses by
George Purdy BulIard. in memory o.
the dead Mr.. Bullard began by re-
citing the purposes of these annual
gatherings, which were more to the
members OF the order than to the spec
| tators. To the latter the beautiful
flowers and the music appealed to the
| senses but on this day set apart in
the calandar of Elkdom flowers ana
song were outward manifestations OF
the beautiful character of the depart
ed members. While flowers should
bloom and while songs should be sung
the memories of the dead should be
cherished by those who survived. The
world should be taught to emulate
| their virtues but the mantle of charity
should be drawn over their faults.
Mr. Bullard regretted that he had
not so well known Messrs. Finley and
Young as it had been his pleasure to
know Mr.. Korrick, but he said their
records were clear in the lodge and
thus it had been shown that they were
good Elks and to be a good Elk is to
he n good man. He believed that
members of the order who had faith
| fully followed it's tenets i'm this life
would meet again in another and u
happier world where the spirit of fra
ternalism would have n more promI-
nent place than i'm this world.
But he paid most eloquent tribute
to Mr. Korrick. whom he had known,
not only as an Elk. but as a dear
friend, the beauties of whose character
had been impressed upon the whole
community. His charity was wide bur
unostentatious. His love of his fellow
men had not been narrowed down 10
the walls of the lodge room His integ
rity had been of the unswerving kind
and when he had died the grief of hi,
friends and brethren had been shared
by all who had ever been brought into
, contact with him.
God rest your soul Sam Korrick,"
were the concluding words of the
speaker; ''in a happier world if l am
deserving of entrancei into it, L believe
here win be renewed"
The address of Mr.. Bullard was fol-
lowed by a solo by Mrs w. N. Tiff
fany, My Redeemer and Ny Lord
and after a number by the orchestra,
the other address of the day, The
Brotherhood of Elks," was delivered
by w. b. Cleary, who said: The hands
of time have been turned back for this
day: the past is again present and the
dead live again. The thought brought
out by Mr.. Cleary that whatever of the
character OF the dead members of the
order was worthy had been
presented to the world for
emulation. There must have been
something in them worthy of emula-
ton otherwise they could not have
been members of the order whose pur-
pose is to develop what is worthiest in
man. TJpOn one corner il is SUPPORT