The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-06
BENNINGTON ElKS
IN MEMORY OF
BRETHREN
Held Services Sunday After
noon in Opera House
HON. JOHN T. NORTON SPOKE
Impressive Exercises in Honor of the
Dead-Opera House Was
Crowded

The public memorial services OF
Bennington lodge of Elks were held
Sunday afternoon in the opera house
with an audience that filled the audi
forum. The services We're most i'm
pressiye and interesting and indica-
| tive of the work of the fraternity of
Elks all over the country
The Elks met at their rooms at 2:3O
and just before o'clock marched to
the Nopera house. There were 116
Glks in line, it being a remarkable
turnout for lodge of this size. They
occupied reserved seats in the cen
ter of the house.
The lodge of sorrow was opened in
due form with the following officers
in their respective stations:
Exalted ruler, o. NJ Barber; es-
teemed leading knight, c. S, Perry;
esteemed loyal knight, Fred l.. Har-
mon; esteemed lecturing knight, II.
r. Bristol secretary, Michael j.
Roche; treasurer George F. Graves;
tier Harry E. Tiffany; esquire, Geo.
w. Williams inner guard. Turner II.
Cranston; chaplain. j. J. Stakeholder;
organist, James Wood. Trustees,
Conrad Schwartz, b. c. Jenney NJ. j.
Roche. Memorial committee, Eli j.
Tiffany, p. e. r., Z. S. Harris, F. l..
Harmon, H. l. Norton, d. A. Guiltinan.
The memorial roll as called by r.
H. Holden and the names were shown
on a screen at the front of the stage.
Since ths- organization of this lodge
eighteen members have died, the list
being as follows:
John II. Ayres, Frank Sherman,
Thomas j. Morrissey, Thomas F. But
Ter, Stephen Collins, Michael c.
O'Brien, Michael c. Healy. Rudolph
o. Goldsmith, Charles l.. Jewett,
George Ineson, Joseph A. Barber,
Charles NJ Wood John S. Brant,
Sheldon H. lockwood, Edward j.
Morrissey, Rufus b. Godfrey, Henry
S Wilson, Frank f. Corbett
The complete program of exercises
was as. follows:
Overture-Marche Celebre, from
Suite No. f. Lachner
Orchestra-Geo. Z. Donnelly, Director
Opening Ceremonies
Bennington Lodge
Quartet-Crossing the Bar Herbert
Imperial Quartet of North Adams
Philip Chesbro of Bennington, Dir.
Opening Ode-By the Lodge
Prayer
Rev. Philip Schuyler
Tenor Solo-The Home Land
Hanscomb
Quartet-Lost Chord Sullivan
General Eulogy--
John T. Norton of Troy Lodge No l41
Violin Solo-Romance L'Eclair
George Il. Donnelly
Bass Solo-Hear We Not, o. Israel?
Buck
Quartet-Gathering Home Perkins
Closing Ceremonies
Bennington Lodge
Hymn-Nearer, My God to Thee
Orchestra and Lodge
| Benediction-
Rev Philip Schuyler
ecessional-Priests March from the
Alfalfa Mendelssohn
Orchestra
The address of Brother John T.
Norton of Troy was a scholarly and
impressive presentation of many facts
, of interest to and about Elks and Elk
dom, in addition to the eulogy of the
occasion. his remarks were gwen
the closest attention both from tho
Elks and the other members of the
audience
He told of the great growth of the
order from a lodge of 20 members to
1900 lodges with over 100000 members
in few years This great growth
is due to the principles on which the
order is founded-ChristidAit
brotherly love and high ideals of cit
izenship 1t is an American order
and no man can be a good Elk with
out being a good citizen.
Knowing the weaknesses and inn
projections of mankind the Elks do
not look for perfection but seek to
encourage the growth of virtue and
the development of upright manhood
that tend toward the ultimate brother
hood of the human race.
The speaker reminded the audience
that on the same day in over 1900
halls or lodge rooms all the way from
Porto Rico to the far off Philippines,
Elks were gathered to their annual
exercises in memory of the brothers
who have nassad through the valley