Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-06
.ELKS' HIGHEST
OFFICERS COMING
PREPARE FOR GRAND LODGE
SESSIONS NEXT YEAR
RECENT CARNIVAL A BIG FlNAN-
cIAL SUCCESS
Benevolent Order Will Celebrate Its
Memorial Day with Solemn Ser
vices at Majestic Theater
This Afternoon

With the arrival here tonight of the
heads of the Elks order further activ-
tiles will be commenced in connection
with the grand lodge meeting in Los
Angeles next year.
Today is Memorial Sunday for Elks
all over the land, the day when the
memories of the departed are recalled
! ceremonially, and at the Majestic thea
ter appropriate services will be held in
the afternoon.
Tomorrow the grand and local officers
will confer concerning arrangements
for the coming big meeting, an event
which can be compared in elaborate en-
tertainment and hospitality only with
that shown the Shriners at their con-
| clave last year
In a few days all the auditing of
| finances in, connection with the recent
| Elks' carnival will be completed and
the exact profits remaining for the en-
| tertainment fund will be known. I'm
officially it has been stated that $4,000
| has been realized out of the fair. IL
that is true $4,000 still remains to be
raised for entertaining the grand lodge.
Accompanying Grand Exalted Ruler
| Rush Holland of Colorado Springs on
his trip are Grand Secretary T. c..
Robinson of Dubuque, Iowa; Secretary
of the Grand Trustees r. l.. Holley of
| Hackensack, N. j.; Grand Esquire Ray
/
Grand Trustee J. J. Miller of Chicago
| These distinguished visitors are due at
| the Arcade depot at 1880 p. m. tonight
and will be met by q delegation headed
| by Postmaster Motley H., Flint, M. j.
McGarry and others.
The order of exercises today at the
Majestic is as follows:
piece symphonique," (Greig-Allen), VIM.
Edison Strobrdge, organist
| Opening ceremonies lodge.
Roll call Of the honored dead. Secretary M
j. Conway.
Quartette, TN Heavenly Love Abiding.
| CTrowbridge), the Scottish Rite quartet.
| Opening ode.
Invocation, Rev. E. J., Harper
Basso solo, Crossing the Bar" (cowlesl
Mr.. McComas
Grafton, Bro Isidore Dockweiler.
| Tenor solo, Like the Heart Desireth, -
| CAlltsen). Mr.. Walker.
Baritone solo, 1.-THE Publican" (vandewater)
Mr.. Chick.
Eulogy, Bro. Edmund B. Drake.
| Tenor solo, Him of Faith" (Metcafe), Mr..
| Gregg.
Closing ceremonies, the lodge.
Quartet, 'stin, stlll With Thee" (Gerrsh),
| Scottish Rite quartet.
| Benedietion, Rev. L. ]. Harper.
The deceased members of Los An
geles lodge are:
OF 1SS9-Charles E. Gault and ]. T.
Ramsdell.
OF 1871. w. Skinner
OF 1992-H. C. Dougherty.
OF 1894-Henry Clutch, G. T. Tinchner
and j. e. Timothy.
! OF 1860. Richardson
OF 1897-Irving r.. Bush.
OF 1S9S-George Carson and William
Alexander Ryan.
| OF 1899-William Hovey Clark, James
Jones, George Bloom King, Louis Low
man and Dion Romandy.
OF 1900-E. d. Chapman.
OF 1901. B. Abel, Alex. B. Bush,
Thomas Goss, c. L. Metzger and w. r.
Thomas.
OF 19O2-Thomas E. Beatty, M. W.
Brady, Christian Linkenbach and W. b.
| Demery
OF 19OS-H. B. Hedges. Frank Holts-
lander w T. Huston, E. e. Unger and
j. T. White,
OF 19O4-D. R. Clay w. o. Gilkey, C.
c. Page, F. d. Rogers and j. e. Wal
deck.
OF 19O5-Gus Basler. F. d. Black, w.
H. Bowers, Tony Brunswick, Ernest
Cuneo, Joseph Maier and Beauchamp
H. Smith.
OF 1906 = Hugh Byrne, Alexander
Clark, j. p. Davenport, w. H. Edgar,
Abe Sanelson, David H. Smith, C. f.
Taggart, ]. Milt Donley. Samuel A. Bry-
son and ]. Fred Schmeiser.
OF 19O7-Joseph ]. Laventhal, Horace
A. Harbaugh, w. H. English, M. N
EshSy' IouH bdllG, a W. N1lAel' Den
q. Ward George T. Bennett, DR.. ]. de
Barth Shorb and c. e. Font.
OF 190S-W. j. Oliver, Ferd K. Rule,
Merritt Hit, George w. Curtis. Royal
F. Clark, Lionel D. Phillips and James
A. Dugas.
The lodge officers are M. J. McGarry,
exalted ruler; Leo V. Youngworth, es-
teemed leading knight; Walter j. Gold
smith, esteemed loyal knight; Edna B.
| Drake esteemed lecturing knight; M.
j. Conway, secretary; Tracy Q. Hall,
treasurer; w. w. Holman, esquire; A.
e. Slaughter inner guard Guy w.
Yonxin, tiler: w. C. Stone, organist; j.
w. Davis, chaplain; M. C. Marsh, D. M.
Leary and G. M. Benbrook, trustees.