Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-04
ELKS HONOR DEAD BROTHERS
At Annual Memorial Service Duluth
Member Delivers Address.
IMPRESSIVE MUSIC RENDERED
EllSs' Quartet and Violin Choir Give
Appropriate Numbers--Orpheum
TheRter, Where Service f.
Held, PrettiIy Decorated.


Annual memorial services for departed
brothers were held by omaha lodge No.
80, Benevolent and Protective order Of
Eiks' yesterday morning at the Orpheum
theater. The services were short-shorter
than any former memorial service Of the
lodge, beginning at 1880 and continuing
an hour, half Of which time was taken
by the address delivered by Brother ]. T.
Armstead of Duluth. MINI.
The stage was occupied by the officers
Of the lodge the Elks' quartet and a
violin choir and was decorated profusely
with cut flowers. The roster Of the dead
showed in Letters or light on a curtain
at the rear Of the stage 1t contained IL
names.
The service opened with selection by
the Unison violin choir. followed by the
formal rituslstlc opening ceremonies by
the exalted ruler and officers of the
lodge. The brother Elks then repeated
this opening ode:
Great ruler OF the universe
All seeing and benign
LOOK down upon and bless our work
And be all glory thine!
on! hear our prayers for the honored
While bearing in our minds
The memories craven on each heart
For Aud Lang Syne."
Edward F. Leary, chaplain Of the lodge,
pronounced the invocation and the Elks'
lodge quartet sang I'm Memoriam."
The Departed BrOtherH,
Those who have died within the last
year are:
Ray T. Miller, December %, 1910
David Bennlson, January 20, 1911
]. r. Snyder, January 2S
Henry h. Palmer, April 2
Frank J. kimball, April r.
Charles G. Dyball, April 49,
A. J. Latey, May 8.
Harry IL. Mantz, June 6.
A. N. Frick, June Z.
II. w. Moore, June 49,
Elijah Conklin, july Is.
Charles j. Greene, August 28
Edward o. Brandt, September IL
Charles r. Manoerson, september 2S.
Gustav Anderson. October l.
Allen NJ. Robinson, November n.
After another selection by the violin
| choir, J. L. Armstead of Duluth deiiv-
cred the memorial address, pronounced
by lodge members, one OF the best they
mad ever heard. Dlscoursing at length
on life, death and immortality, MIR. Arm
stead closed by repeating one Of James
Whitcomb Riley's little poems, He is
Not dead; He Has Gone Away"
THE Rose of Sharon" was sung by
the quartet and the exalted ruler and Of
Ulcers pronounced the words of the formal
closing ceremonies.
The members of the Elks lodge quartet
which took part in the service are ]. r.
Gerke, W. S. Rigdon, C. p. Lewis and
c. S. Haverstock. The members of the
Unison violin choir are:
Miss Grace Mcbride,
Miss Eloise West,
Miss Madge West,
Miss Hazel Wilcox,
Miss Essle Aarons,
Miss Sadie Kirschbaum,
Miss Dagny Hansen,
| Mr. Will Hetherlngton,
| Mr. Richard Clark,
Mr.. Max Martin,
Mr. Robert Smilty.
Brother Henry G.-Cox, director
Cecil Bergman was at the piano.
Charles r. Scarr. w. P. Byrne, Sands
F. Woodbridge and Frank A. Furay
served as a reception committee at the
| service
The officers Of the lodge are:
Exalted ruler, Dan b. Butler.
Esteemed leading knight. Robert w.
Esteemed loyal knight Walter p.
Esteemed leCturing knight. Herbert s.
Secretary, Isaac w. Miner.
Treasurer, Charles L. Saunders
Chaplain, Edward +. Leary,
Esquire. Albert q. Munro.
Inner guard, John A. O'Keefe.
Tiler, Joe j. kaspar.
organists, Harry B. Cockrell and Ernest
Trustees L. B. Van Camp, Moses NJ
fiinn and G. A. sohoedsao.