The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-06-22
PYTHlAN MEMORIAL
Annual Services Are Largely At
tended by Oskaloosa Lodge.

Sunday was an ideal day for me.
mortal service and the Pythian lodge
participated in one of the incest and
best attended decoration programs
ever seen in the city. The parade
was one of the largest witnessed here
in years.
The Knights met at the Pythian
hall at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon
for the formal service, with stations
occupied by lodge officials. The lodge
members then formed in line and
headed by the Iowa Brigade band,
with uniformed rank escort, marched
to Forest cemetery, where the ser.
vice was conducted at the Circle.
The address for the occasion was
delivered by the Rev. C. w. McCord,
of the Christian church. His theme
was The Higher Fraternalism," and
contained many excellent sentiments.
The speaker was paid the compliment
OF close attention throughout. The
address of the chancellor commander
was delivered by Harry Davis.
The ceremonies at the Forest Gem.
etery were witnessed by a large and
interested crowd of visitors, friends
and relatives of the Pythians. The
decoration of the graves of deceased
KNIGHTS inferred in Forest cemetery
followed the close of the service at
the Circle and ended with the cere.
monies at the Mausoleum, at the
crypt of Charles E. Howar, the most
recent of the Pythian deceased.
The special music at the cemetery
was pleasing feature of the pro.
gram. The band played a number of
selections, both in the service and
while the graves were being decorat-
ed by the divisions of the Pythians
appointed for that purpose, and at the
Abby where the closing ode, Nearer
my God to Thee" was sung by the
audience to band accompaniment,
Claire Gordon directing. The quartet
which added materially to the music
was made up of Roy Kemble, Claire
D. Gordon, Mark Norman and J. !.
Tony. The first selection was The
Beautiful Land" and the second was
THE Vacant Chair" The services
throughout were conceded by lodge
members and by citizens who witness
ed them, to be the most impressive
that the order has ever conducted.
The OskaloOsa Pythians on Memo
rial roll number eighteen, two of
whom, N. J. Bentley and Charles e.
Howar, recently passed away. FIT
teen of the number are inferred in
Forest cemetery and three are inter-
ed elsewhere. Nine Pythian dead
from other places are at rest in For
est cemetery, making the total num-
Der of Pythian deceased token into ac-
count by, the local lodge twenty-seven.
Pythian Memorial Roll.
... In Forest Cemetery
Edward D. Mcclellan, Jan. 10, 1886.
Charles M. Dodson, April, 8, 1892.
James McCulloch, Jan. 81, 1893.
DR.. ]. l.. Coffin, Nov. 20, 1897.
Thos. j. Shipley, Mar. II, 1899.
J. w. Hinesley, April IL, 1900.
Capt l.. J. Allen, June 10, 1902.
Henry C. Reuter-, Sept. IL, 1904.
w. w. Young, April 6, 1905
Joe G. Oppenheimer, June 10, 1905
Jack Baxter, July II, 1907.
Hamlet S. Garland, Aug. q, 1909.
Geo. w. McCagg, March Is, 1910.
Newman, j. Bentley, May q, 1911.
Chas. E. Howar, June 4, 1911.
Inferred Elsewhere.
Henry Schwartz, Jan. IL, 1887,
Scranton, West Va.
Henry F. Stoner, Feb. 2, 1903, Penn
sylvania.
J. C. Connelley, May 6, 1905, Hava'
ma, Ill.
From Other Places.
Frank Ware, What Cheer.
Geo. Taylor Ramsay, What Cheer
James Gordon, What Cheer.
Alfred Johnson, Givin.
Thomas Davis, Beacon.
George Carson, New Sharon.
Wilbur Smith, Waterloo.
Frank Smith, Waterloo.
Thomas Malone, of California.