The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-05-07
EAGLES
MEMORIAL
Judge o. w. H. Wright, of
Logan. Extols the Worth
Of Departed Brothers.
lOhIo state Journal.

the only response that followed
the reading of the names of de.
parted brothers In the bonds oil
Eagledom at the memorial services
held at the Southern Theatre last
night, at the fourth annual ser.
vice of Columbus aerie No. 297.
The lower floor and the balcony
were com fOrtably filed with
friends and guests to witness a
memorial service which, has long
been known as one of the most
beautiful, yet the simplest of any
ceremony in rituals of fraternal
societies.
At the raising Of the curtain a
shaft of light was directed upon
an eagle with spread wings perch
ed upon table mantled with the
American flag and decorated with
flowers, while in the half shadows
of the stage appeared the Eagles
sec ted ON either side in circular
rows. Gradually the stage light
ed mp like the coming of dawn un-
til the whole was aglOw with light.
The opening exercises were con-
Quoted by the officers of Columbus
aerie In which the lives of the de-
parted were extoled, followed by
roll call of the dead read by the
secretary, Dan R. Sullivan, and
the BELLS mournful answer.
Bucks Crock of Ages was
effectively sung by the Lyceum
quartete, followed by solo by
Miss Elizabeth Holzbacher. The
Apollo quartete sang "Still, Still
With Thee" followed by selec-
tion by the Ziegler-Howe orches-
ira, which furnished several
beautifully rendered musical num-
bers. "Gems From the Grand
Opera" being especially notable.
The memorial address was deliver
ed by o. w. H. Wright, of Logan,
q member of Lancaster aerie. 1t
was a warm appreciation of the
brothers who answered the final
summons, and was replete with
poetic imagery and inspiring
thoughts.
"The human heart is like u
harp with thousand strings that
respond to the touch of every
notion" said Judge Wright, "yet
no sweeter thought reverberates
down the halls of memory than
the sweet remembrance of loved
ones. "Their virtues we shall
ever treasure, their faults we
have forgotten. 1t is our duty
to remember beautiful picture,
forgetting their foibles in the
contemplation in the nobler
qualities that endear them to us.
"Our order is an exponent of God
fatherhOod and mans brother.
hood. 1t is one of highest duties
to see a dead brother laid tenderly
to rest in Mother Earth and to
keep that grave sacred where he
may sleep after the soul has wing
ed its flight. Our order of Eagles
should provide a fund to procure a
final resting place where flowers
may be strewn on the mounds one
day every year as the graves of
veterans are decorated by our
country's youth. The great may
have their mausoleums, but the
humble must look to such an order
as the Fraternal Order of Eagles
to care for their dust.
"The Eagles are like the good
Samaritans on the Jericho high
ways of life. Home country, man
kind are the orders, objects and
field labor. The eagle will fly to
help the needy and the distressed
in all lands. The banner of
Eagledom under which our order
fought the battles of life, stands
close the national emblem. We
will respond to every patriotic thrill
and answer every call to battle for
our conntry's veal.
"The eagle is the emblem of
our order because it is the free
child of the mountain air, because
it is no grounding, but scars up
ward on noble wing to heights
above, type OF our ideals and
our hopes in the world"
Judge Wright closed his ad-
dress with an apt quotation from