Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-19
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD
PAID BY ODD FELLOWS
Memorial Services Held for
Those Who Passed Away
in Last Year.

| Odd Fellows Of the District of Column
| bia paid their annual tribute to the
| memory of deceased members at Odd
Fellows Hall on 18th street northwest
| last evening. in accordance with the
| proclamation of the grand sire fixing
that date. Thirty-six members of subor-
dinate lodges and ten members of Re-
| bekah lodges. who died during the year
| were remembered.
The Grafton of the evening was de-
| lvered by William i. Andrews, auditor
| for the Treasury Department. and adj
| dresses were made by Past Grand Mas
| ter r. A. Ford, who presided. and in
| troduced Grand Master Thomas j.
| Gates. and Grand Patriarch William j
Hope. The musical program included the
| singing of Nearer. My God. to Thee. :
by the audience. accompanied by Shackel-
ford's orchestra. base solo and a
duet by the Misses Grigsby The invo-
cation was delivered by Grand Chaplain
William B. Hartley, and the benedction
| by Rev. F. l.. Bardens. pastor of Ana
| costa Baptist Church More than SOC
local Odd Fellows and their families and
| friends were present.
| Among the names of those to whom
3! tribute was paid was that of Past Grand
| James W. Colley, who became a member
of Beacon Lodge, No. u. in 1913 and died
June %, 1910. and Past Grand Treasurer
John A. B. Espey, past grand of Eastern
Lodge, No. I, who died September a.
| 1910.
Exercises Are Opened.
| Following sacred selection by the
| orchestra and a bass solo, Grand Chap
| lain Hartley delivered the invocation.
Past Grand Master Ford began the ex-
, ercises with brief remarks in introducing
| Grand Master Thomas J. Gates. who de-
| livered the first address and read the
names of the Odd Fellows OF the subor-
dinate lodges who had died during the
| year Grand Patriarch William j. Hope
read the names Of those who had been
members OF the encampment branch of
the order.
William E. Andrews paid the tribute of
| Odd Fellowship to the deceased and
dwelt on the principles of Odd Fellowship
| for which they stood.
After the announcement of the roll call
J of the dead the audience joined in sing
| ing Nearer. My God. to Thee" and the
| benediction was pronounced
Those Who Were Honored.
! Those in whose memory the exercises
were held were as follows:
| Central Lodge No /, Rudolph Bid and
IT, G. W. Drummer; Washington Lodge.
No 6. l.. NJ Bergman. ]. ]. Peabody and
Andrew jackson; Eastern Lodge. No Z,
John A. b. Espey and Edwin Harris;
Harmony Lodge. No. 3, w. H. Crowthers,
| George W. Proctor. s. S. McCaulet
| George F. Wells and Robert Campbell;
Columbia Lodge, No. 10. William Early.
IB C. Wright. L. II. Whitman and
Charles c. COLLISION: Covenant Lodge. No
| Ii, j. H. Chamberlain. John Wilson,
/ George W. Allen, j. l.. King, j. F. Yer
million, w +. Rollins, William Kinsin-
ger. Vincom Shinn. Joseph Summers.
Daniel Logan and NJ L. Fisher; Beacon
Lodge. No Is. J. w Colley and James 0.
Carter: Metropolis Lodge. No. 16, Willard
j. Weaver: Excelsior Lodge. No IS, r.
II. G. Bouts; Federal City Lodge, No. 20
Frank E. La eros and Walter Brown;
Salem Lodge. No. p. Alpheus Davidson
man: Phoenix Lodge. No. 2S 0. j. Fritz
Naomi Rebekah Lodge. No. /, Mary +.
| Mclean, Georgia Burroughs, Annie f.
Vermillion, Adelaide Rogers and Jason
| l.. Bullock: Ruth Rebekah Lodge. No. =
| Emma Hammer: Martha Washington Re-
bekah Lodge. No. 3. Edwin Harris; Es-
! Their Rebekah Lodge, No. leila r
| Murray, Elmira Foley and Mary E. hel-
| logg.
The following committees We're in
| charge of the arrangements: Chairman
| joint committee. Richard A. Ford, P. G
! NJ: secretary joint committee. John d
| Yoakley; treasurer joint committee, r. A
| Norway. Program committee. Frank E.
| Rapp, ]. A. Pearson. w. H. Mcconnell
] Miss Emma T. Strobel, Miss Elizabeth