Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-11
Two ORDERS HOLD MEMORIAL
WOrkmsn and wcOdmsn Of World Pay
Tribute TO Their Dead.
AUMLIAREs TkM PARI INlExLRCIsEs
WoodmeR Improvise Grove on Boyd
Thester stage and wOrkmen
Hold Services at Hsus-
com Park.

Yesterday was annual memorial day for
the Woodmen OF the World and Ancient
Order Of United workmen. Boyd's theater
was comfortably filled in the afternoon
with the members Of the Woodmen and
its auxiliary, the Woodmen Circle and
friends to witness the memorial services.
In the forenoon committees had been sent
from each of the Camps OF the city to the
Inherent cemeteries, where the graves OF
members were decorated with flowers. The
Workmen exercises were held at Hhnscom
park
The ceremonies at Boyds theater began
at 2:% and were held under the auspices
of the central committee OF both orders
The program opened with the entire audi
ence joining in singing Nearer My God
to Thee" Charles Unit. clerk of Alpha
camp No. /, then read the roll Of the dead
members in this city since the institution
of the order. The roll contained 1872 names,
Of which 100 were members of Alpha camp
No. ], twenty@seven of Omaha Seymour
camp No. is, twelve of Druid camp No.
a. twelve, of Columbus camp No. &c., one
Of Soniesky camp No. 75, nine Of Comenius
camp No. 49, seven OF German-American
camp No. 104 one Of Nebraska Lipa camp
No. 1888 and eighteen of the various Wood
men Circle organizations Of the city.
Unwilling of Monument.
The song, Rock of Ages was then
rendered by the Seymour camp male
chorus, after which the ceremony of I'M
yelling a monument over the improvised
grave of a member of the order on the
stage was carried out by the degree teams.
The funeral anthem, MY Jesus" was
then sang by the Seymour chorus and
Augusta K. Schmitt read an original poem
written for this occasion.
The address OF the afternoon was de-
livered by A. w, Jefferis. He said in part:
I'VE meet here this beautiful June day
in the very center OF the forest of Wood
craft as Woodmen Of the World to pay
our tribute of love and remembrance to
our brother sovereigns who have crossed
the valley and shadow of death into ever
lasting life; into immortality. They who
have passed Onward and upward through
the pearly gates were noble men. Some of
us are standing near the shore, more are
yet in the noontide and many have only
just begun the voyage upon the great
ocean of eternity. Could we but under
that other shore doubt not that it would
be the admonitlon to persevere in brotherly
love, assist in bearing one another,s bur-
dens. comfort the sorrowing and help the
widow and orphan Let us so live that
when we are summoned to join the in
Vulnerable caravan, that by an unfaltering
faith approach thy grave. like one who
| wraps the drapery Of his couch about him
and lies down 40 pleasant dreams"
workInen NJ Hanscom Park.
| The annual memorial services of the An
cient Order of United workmen and its
auxiliary society, the Degree of Honor
were observed Sunday afternoon at Hans
com park before a large gathering OF
friends and members of the two societies
| Preliminary to the afternoon exercises
committees were sent from each of the
lodges of the city to the various GENE.
teries during the morning to strew flowers
on the graves Of deceased members buried
therein.
At o'clock uniformed members of the
several workmen lodges OF the city assem-
bled at the workmtn temple, Fourteenth
and Dodge streets, and headed hv the