The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-01
Honor Paid Deceased Men,
bers of the Local Aerie by
Their Brothers.
FRANK Herring, SPEAKER
GIVES AN ELOQUENT DESCRIP
TON OF THE GREAT ORDER
AMERICAN WOMEN.

The memorial services of the
Wayne Aerie of Eagles, No. G66 held
yesterday afternoon at the lodge room
hall were the most beautiful ever he!d
by the local order and as appropriate
as any ever held in the city. A very
large percentage Of the members of
the order attended tie services as did
many Of their friends. The principal
address of the afternoon was tlaI Of
Frank f. Herring, Of South Bend.
grand worthy vice president OF the
national order. He recommended
placing the following precept into the
ritual: IF | cant say some thing good
about a person l will say nothing ill
There were several musical number
and other features of the program.
Hall PrettiIy Decorated.
The hall was decorated with palms
and cut flowers. The worthy presi-
dents station situated at the east Of
the room was used as the platform.
In front of this were banked many
potted plants. ferns and palms. The
orchestra placed TO the right was also
hidden by plants In several parts
Of the room there were large vases Of
carnations. EycrE person in attel-
dance was given Il flower. Each Of
the stations of the order were dralcd
with black in honor of the departed
brethren.
The services were commenced early
Herring to catch a train to New Cas-
tie where he spoke last evening.
The musical numbers rendered
were two selections by the Eagles
orchest-a and two vocal solo numbers
by Miss Carolyn Karl
The opening ceremonies were con-
Quoted by the officers and members
of the order and after a prayer by the
chaplain G. w. Cook, were again re-
sumed. The roll call of the dead was
held, eleven members failing to re-
spond, including Frank Selm. J>e Mil
Ter, Charles F. Karl and John OCon-
nell who died during the last year and
seven others, Henry Overman, Will
liam Hufford, William Roser, J. l..
Wharton, George F. Franks, Joseph
Englebert and Frank Besselman, who
died in previous years.
Dearth Gives EuIoey.
Following the lodge ceremonies in
honor of its departed, Clarence w
Dearth, past worthy president of the
Muncie order, delivered the eulogy
His idea was that as the departed
members had always lived up to the
teachings Of the order and led Chris
tian lives that we would meet them in
the great beyond when it came our
time to answer the one great and last
call. He was paid a high tribute by
Mr.. Herring when he arose to speak
and declared that the eulogy furnished
him with the inspiration for his ad-
dress.
Herring introduced.
After the 'Old Church Organ" had
been rendered by the orchestra, Mr.
Herring was introduced by Franklin
More. who as president of the order,
acted as presiding officer. Mr. Herring
is we'll known to Richmond people
He is a South Bend lawyer and spoke
here during the last campaign. A more
pleasing speaker could not have been
secured as was attested by those in
attendance.
Mr.. Herring declared that the women
had mission in the work which is to
be done in the future. He paid a high
tribute to American womanhood and
dwelt much on woman's character as
an ideal for the success of the order.
Work Not Trifiine.
Memorial services like these show
that there are things in the world be-
sides trifling and trivial Matters he
said, and compared the memorial ser
vice to a sunrise on a mountain as a
thing to furnish inspiration.
He referred to the institution of the
order in Seattle ten years ago when
ten men banded together into an or
ganization known as An order OF
good things" which later became tie
Order of Eagles. The order now nun
The order is the meeting place Of
scientists, professors. lawyers, pnysl-
clans, shop hands. farmers, and in
fact the people of all walks Of life
are brought together" said the SPEAK
err. If an order can gather together
SO many men of such character, must
there not be something good II it,
He referred to conversation which
he had with William Jennings Bryan
who said, IAN organization that tries
to bring something good into life
should not be misunderstood because