The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-04
in MEMORY
Of DEPARTED
BRETHREN
Interesting Memorial Exercises
Held at Brooks Opera
House Sunday

Quantity simple and deeply impress
sive were the exercises held at the
Brooks opera house. sunday after
noon, by No t26, Benevolent and Pro.
tectiyc Order of Elks. The services
in memory of the "ahscut brother
bring out not only the members of the
order. but many others who are in.
terested in the affairs OF ElkdOm. as
we'll as the lay friends and relatives
.of momhers on the long roll Each
year. ON the first Sunday in December
memorial exercises are conducted by
every lodge in the United states. II
is part Of the ritual and is observed
with the same fidelity to detail as is
the eleven O'Clock toast
Exalted Ruler Galcn Crow presided
at the meeting and In a pleasing ad-
dress opened the services The REV
w. G. Coleman invoked divine bless
ing The program was as follows:
Chopin's Funeral March .......,,.
........... Adler's Orchestra
Quartettc--"C Crossing the bar
Tennyson-Buek- Miss Olive Wheat
Miss Fern Miles. Robert Mertcn,
c. B. Hill.
Opening ceremonies
Opening ode ....... ,By the lodge
Prayer ........ Rcv. W. { Coleman
Lead Kindly Light Dudley Buck
.........T Temple Male Chorus,
Address 49,. bro ROY V. Hoffman.
Rock of Ages shepherd ......,.
..............M Miss olive Wheat.
Eulogy y..,.......,B Bro. John Golobie.
The Long Day Closcs-Sulivan--
... Temple Male Chorus.
Closing Ceremonies.
DoXology y,..,... Audience Joining.
Benediction Rev. w c. Coleman
Mrs Merten at the Piano.
The auditorium was appropriately
decorated for the occasion. The ON
GERS OF he local lodge were seated on
the stage in rituaiistic form AMI 70
the left Of the stage, enclosed in a
long gilt frame were the names OF the
Elks gone before The names on
the long scroll were s. H. Oyerstreet,
s. B Wadsworth ] o. Wilkinson, u.
C. Maine. H. H. Hagan, II A.. Platt, II.
A Maxey, Edgar w Jones, A. =.
Saunders, II Brandon, William II
Conway, r. r. Carlin, A. a. CrandaE,
c. A. Noble, A. II. Rieble, G. b
N Coles, V. f. kidwell, G.. Adolph y.
Weber. G. H. Freeman, Wm. A, Fra
sier
The orator, Col. Roy Hoffman. de-
livered an inspiring address. He re-
cited the history Of the order OF Elks
and the philosophy Of life as brought
out by the ritual. His tribute to the
memory OF departed brethren was
touching.
Miss Olive Wheat vocalist, accom-
panied by Mrs Mertcn, on the piano
added mucn to the program by hef
delicious rendition OF Lead kindly
Light" aud Rock of Ages The TEN
ple Male chorus was exceptionally
pleasing. while Adlcr's orchestra was
second only 10 the quartette, compos'
cd of Miss Wheat, Miss Miles, kopef'
Merten and G. u. Hlll
The culogy to the departed dead
was given by Mr. John Go.oDle Ills
remarks took wide range, the ION
inant note being based on the motto
of the order, fhe faults ot our
brothers we write upon the sands; hib
virtues on tne tablets Of memory
He contended that mans faults We're
his best assets m that they spurreo
to higher cndeayors and that the
mantle of charity when applied 70 the
real conditions OF life was misnom
er. He preached the ideall3m ~
Marie Correl and likcncd 70 the SUM
mum bonum of life to the "swee'
spices OF Cathay
Tho services were concluded ~ rltu-
a1istic form by the lodge.