The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-05-19

Address Made by Claude r. ball
At the Orave. nay a. 1908.

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newly made grave to fulfill q prom
ise that I made 10 my old friend
and brother, Colonel John +. Tip
petit, whose body lies before ur
cold In death. ~Ipromiscd him that
II he preceded me, I would say q
few words at his grave, ami ! now
desire to pay the last tribute Of re-
spect to the memory OF our depart
ed friend.
l have known Colonel Tippett
practically all my life, and have
been with him almost constantly
since May 1889, and while he was
nearly twice my age. I was rs
close to him IA any man that lives.
When ! came to this county, IL
was Colonel Tippctt who extended
to me n helping hand; in the dark
days that confronted me as n young
man with n growing family, and
without mcans, IL vas Colonel
Tippett that gave me advice and
encouragement. II was he that ]
could go to as n father and get
fathcrly advice. At no time did I
over call upon him for a favor or
advice, but what he granted II rs
quickly as he would have done for
his W child, and ! am proud to
say that he never asked me for a
favor or n kindness but what | re-
spondcd n chccrfully to his wish
~ he had done for me. And why
should ! not speak words In his
praise ut the grave that will soon
hold in It's bosom the remains Of
our dear old friend and brother
until time Is no more.
Col. Tippctt vas born In st.
Maries county, Maryland, Deccm-
Der %, 1924, and died at the home
OF his daughter. Mrs. Emma White,
Mt Kansas City, May II. 1905. Mrs.
Tippctt, his wife, preceded him to
the grave. They had six children,
as follows, Frank S. Tippett, Alex
Tippctt and Mrs. Emma White
who reside in Kansas City, and
Mrs. Maggie Glore and Mrs. Lcona
Hays residing at Chicago, and
Mrs. Martha Grcnnan, now dcccas-
ed, all living except Mrs. Grcnnan.
lie is survived by one brother,
Of near Pricc's Branch.
lie came to Montgomery county
about the year 1878, and resided
In this county from that date until
he went to live with his daughter
December. He was made a
Master Mason In the year 1919, In
Plumb Lodge a. +. & A. NJ, at
Mid dletown, he was master Of that
I.od &c for several terms. Mont-
gomcry Lodge A. +. 4 A. NJ. No.
2t6, was chartered May 20, 1885,
by John =. Houston, Grand Master
of Mo. Col. John +. Tippett, Syl-
vcstcr c. Baker, Mathew Moore, T.
Z. Henslcy and b. X. Hcnsley were
the charter members. In addition
to being a charter member Of this
I. edge, Col. Tippctt was made
worshipful Master, by the Grand
Master who issued the charter,
Sylvester c. Baker was the first
Senior Warden and Mathew Moore
was first Junior Warden, for many
years Col. Tippett was Master Of
l. odgc No. 2t6, and from May Goth,
1866, to the day Of his death he
held some ONCE In the Lodge. He
was a great believer In the princi-
pals and teaching Of Masonry, and
although he was more than 80
y ears old at the time OF his death,
he was mentally able to perform
the duties OF any Office In the lodge.
or do the work In any Of the de-
grees, he learned the workings Of
the lodge and It's lessons, and with
his strong mind retained his les
sons almost perfectly for more
than SO years, he was truly an en-
thuslastic Mason and was ever
ready to give instruction to his
brothers, and was seldom absent
from lodge meetings and took
pride and pleasure In reminding
brother Masons Of the meeting
time.
He was indeed a true Mason and
lived as nearly up to its teachings
a. q man could. No poor, dis
tressed, worthy brother Muster
Mason was ever turned away with