East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-06
IMPRESSIVE LODGE
OF SORROW HELD
LOCAL ELKS HONOR THE
MEMORY OF THEIR DEAD
Ceremonies Most Imprcssiv G. Elo-
ouent Memorial Address Delivered
by Judge stephen A. Lowell
Large Audience Listens TO Interest
ing Program.

Probably the most impressive lodge
of sorrow ever conducted by the Pen
dleton lodge of Elks was the one held
in the Eagle-W -Woodman hall, yester-
day afternoon. The crowd present
was a large one, the musical and
ritual features of the program were
interesting and impressive, while the
annual memorial orat.on by Judge
Stephen \. Lowell has been pro-
nounced the most beautiful address
ever delivered for an occasion of this
kind in Pendleton. Always eloquent,
the Pendleton orator seemed to have
a message yesterday and he delivered
/ it i'm such a manner as to command
the closest attention from every
member of the large audience, from
the introduction to the peroration.
Spirit of Charity Prevails.
The opening ceremon es were con-
Quoted by Exalted Ruler G.. W
Phelps, assisted by the other officers
, and the impressive manner in which
these were carried out characterized
the entire program. The spirit ex-
| pressed in the motto of the lodge,
THE faults Of our brothers we write
upon the sands their virtues upon the
tablets of love and memory" was the
keynote of the afternoon.
The program had been arranged
! by f. p. Croark.n, r. Alexander
Frank Frazier and C. e. Roosevelt r.
G Sturdivant. w. ]. Deadman and
Charles f. Bond acted as ushers.
The Departed Brothers.
The services were in honor of the
| following departed members of the
local lodge: Samuel p. Sturgis, e. T.
Murphy, II. c. Guernsey, f. d,
Boyd, Charles zeigler, F. w. Waite,
X. Van Dram, Frank II. Parr II. H.
Hallock. n G.. Haley, f. H Clarke,
| c. z. Redfield, Henry May. Louis
Hunziker, NJ, NJ. Wyrick and Charles
| Wall.
The following is the program rem
| dered:
The Program.
I Funeral March ....,..........
Miss Lora Perry, Accompanies
! Opening Ceremonies. . Exalted Ruler
G w. Phelps and Officers.
! ode. "Auld Lang Syne"
Lodge and Audience.
! Great Ruler of the Universe,
All-see:ng and benign;
Look down upon and bless our work
And be all glory Thine;
oh! head our prayers for the honored
+ dead
While bearing in our minds
The memory craven on each heart
For Aud Lang syne."
| Invocation .............. Chaplain
C. ]. Ferguson.
| Anthem-"There Is a Land Mine
Eyes Hath Seem. Crown nsheld
Mrs. j. S. Landers, Miss Edna
Gates Willard Bond DR.. Elmer
Hill.
Solo-"Face to Face. ..... Johnson
Mrs e. p. Croarkin.
Solo-"I viii Give Thee Rest"
................. Cowen
Miss Edna Gates.
Memorial Address ............
......H Hon. Stephen a. Lowell
| Solo-"My Redeemer and My Lord"
.................. Dudley Buck
Mrs. j. S. Landers. .
Anthem-"Lead Kindly Light"
Berwald
Mrs. ]. S. Landers, Miss Edna
Gates, Willard Bond, DR.. Elmer
Hill.
| Closing Ceremonies ...........
....... Pendleton Lodge No. 2SS
| Doxology ... Lodge and Aud ence
Praise God, from whom all blessings
flow,
Praise him, all creatures here below,
Praise him above, ye Heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Benediction. 80. Rec. Chas. Quincy
| RecesSlOnal .'''''.
... Miss Lora Perry, Accompanist