The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-05-19
HONOR THE DEPARTED
Knight Templars Hold Impressive
Ascension Services.

Though rain interfered with the OBJ
seryance of Ascension Day in Oska-
loosa, DePayen's Commandery and its
visitors carried out the program in
true knightly style and brayed the
elements to strew with flowers the
graves of their departed members.
Those portions Of the exercises which
were held indoors were perfect in
character and edifying to all who had
a part
The memorial services were held
in the Episcopal church at 2 p. M,
with Rector w. H. Frost as prelate,
assisted by mis- vested choir. The adj
dress of the afternoon was beautiful
ly worded and highly appreciated by
the large audience present. The
rector spoke of the lofty significance
of the beautiful festival, and said
that it was especially fitting that on
Ascension Day when the mind was
turned toward eternity and the spirit
world that the graves Of dead COM
rades should be decorated and their
| memories should be revered by a
memorial service. The gentleman
said that since his pastorate in the
city twenty Knights, members of the
Commandery, had been buried. This
Commandery embraces not only the
knights of this city, but the sur
rounding towns of Knoxville, Cedar,
New Sharon, Fremont, Rose Hill, Del
ia, What Cheer, Beacon, Lacey Mon
tezuma and Sigourney. The heavy
and continued rain made it impossi-
BILE for the entire body of knights
and ladies to go to the cemeteries to
lay floral tributes on the graves of
the departed, SO a delegation was
sent to decorate the thirty-nine
graves of Knights in both the Old ana
Forest cemetery.
The remainder of the afternoon
was spent by the local lodge and it's
guest in social enjoyment in the Ma
sonic parlors. At six o'clock an ex-
ceptionally fine banquet was served
to 235 local and visiting knights and
their ladies'. Eminent Commander
F. E.. Smith was master of ceremonies
and toasts were responded to by w.
H. Frost, G. A. Marlin, o. C. Meredith
and ]. T. Pound.
The guests departed for Newton at
p. M, declaring that even Indictment
weather could not spoil a good time
in Oskaloosa.
Visiting Knights and Ladies.
The visiting ladies from Newton
were Mesdames G. E. Cragan, VIM.
Scheark, I. L. Patton, Lee E. Brown,
]. W. Layer, o. c. Meredith, A. C.
Gates, F. E. Meredith, A. M. Rough,
o. H Wilmer, c. A. Marlin, H. P. En-
gle, H. B. Allfree, B. ]. Engle, c. H.
Jasper, H. P. Cox, George B. Hunter,
D. r. Trippe, e E. McCord, j. t.
Pound, ]. H. Hise, T. d. Winn, J. p.
Ramer, A. H. Braley, A. T. Brown, C.
G. Kendall, A. Swaney, George Samp-
son, Jennie Blanchard, G. C. .Smead,
j. Y. Bailey and Misses Eva Gray,
Ruth Axtell and Miss Allfree.
The Sir Knights were A. F.Swaney,
w. w. Stowe, John P. Kramer, H.
Case, c. A. Kendall, ]. Lindley Coon,
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D. VIM, G. A, Rinehart, D. r. Trip,
F. L. Lane, E. E. McCord, Fred Hen
dershot, P. H. Crozan, I. L. Patton,
James T. Pound, Geo. E. TRACER,
Christian Griebeling, F. E. Roberts.
j. H. Hise, Fred L. Kennedy, B. J..
Engler, c. A. Marlin, T. P. Baldwin,
Geo. Sampson, C. c. Friend, Harry
B. Speedfree, James v. Zock, Fl. P.
Engle, L. B. Westbrook, L. E. Brown,
A. H. Braley, J. Y. Bailey, c. H. Jas
per, H. NJ. Cox, A. H. Bergman, A. M.
Heough, H. c. Gates, o. c. Meredith,
R. G. DAILY, o. H. Whitmer, F. E. Mer-
edith, ]. w. Loyer, A. H. Howard, H.
F. Thomas, w. G. Clements, G. M
Cowles, F. w. Stewart, c. E. Cragan
L. d. Baum, J. P Newell, VIM. Bailey,
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