Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-24
HONOR MEMORY
OF DEAD CONSUL
W0oDMEN PAY TRIBUTE TO
LATE F. A. FALKENBERG
CEREMONIES ARE IMPRESSIVE
Head Manager HawIey Delivers EIo-
quent Address in Temple Auditor
lum, EuIoglzing Life Work Of
Great Leader of Order

In memory Of the late f. A. Falken-
berg. until his death the supreme head
of the Woodmen of the World. Pacific
jurisdiction, the head camp, which is
now in session in Los Angeles, was
assembled in Temple auditorium yes
terday afternoon.
The bond of sympathy, which was
evident everywhere through the assem-
blage, gave the simple memorial SER
wee a quiet impressiveness which was
felt by all. Nearly a thousand mem
bers of the orders of w. o. w. and
Women of Woodcraft and their friends
gathered in the large auditorium to dc
honor to their deceased but not for
gotten head consul.
Rev. Robert j. Burdette opened the
service by reading from the scriptures,
and the Temple choir, under the di-
rection of Harry Barnhart, rendered
several hymns.
w. c. Hawley, chairman of the board
Of head managers, delivered an elo-
quent, impressive and instructive men,
orial address. He said in part:
"Since the first Of the yesterdays the
world has been peopled, and the yes
terdays as sweeping into the endless
march of the tomorrows, and still the
world is peopled. If all of the human
beings who once lived on the earth
were called back to life and made to
stand in solid phalanx on the surface
of the earth they would cover the
green earth and the sea seven deep,
and yet how many of their names can
we remember? And they all had
names.
A Man of Peace
"Men to live must live in the hearts
OF their fellows, must live with them in
comradeship, as their friends. We recall
the names of men because they are
associated with terrible war, with
bloodshed and carnage, but the man
whom we all learned to love and who
has passed up from among us was not
one of these.
His name is inscribed on a page
in history as being a man who lived
for peace, lived to make his country
a land of peace and eternal summer,
where the light of purity should
always shine and happiness be created.
"Out of every difficulty he made an
opportunity, out of his enemies he made
friends. He gave his life to the order
and exhausted his body in the labor
of love. From 40 pounds his frame
shrunk and withered to but sixty
eight pounds, and at last his mind left
the present and its pain and difficulties
ard gazed into the limitless future into
which he has now gone. I think when
he looked from his lowly cot he could
see the page in the book of life upon
which was inscribed the words, Fred
erick A. Falkenberg.'
What do we owe him? Not money,
but gratitude praise, love. When the
first conclave of the order was held in
1892, in Pueblo, 2300 members answered
to his call, and when he last issued the
call to the camps in nine states of the
district, in 1904, $4,000 answered to
their names, and now when he looks
down upon this earth he can see $4,000
earnest Woodmen standing by the ban
ner he planted.
1.-THE God-given gift to the Woodmen
of the World has been reclaimed by
the God who gave it, and believe he
is standing on the right hand side of
the throne now the strength Of years
in his face and the unchanging light of
victory in his eyes,
"Home at Last" sung by Harry
Barnhart and Spencer Robinson, added
a fitting touch of tenderness at the
close of the address.
1. I. Boak, head consul of the order,
and j. H. Foley, past consul, occupied
seats on the rostum. but did not speak.