Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-12-07
IN MEMORY OF
DEPARTED BROTHERS
ELKS OF STATE AND CITY HOLD
ANNUAL LODGE OF
SORROW
Program of jamestown Lodge No
995-Address of G. w. Thorp

0uuUdy, DoCcuU0T OIUs every IAhS
lodge in the United States held it's
memorial service, paying tribute with
music, prayer and addresses to those
departed brothers who have passed
from the Halls of Elkdom into the
C,eat Beyond Throuenou North
Dakota the various lodges held spec
ial services. At Grand Forks, John
H. Tolan of the Missoula Lodge No.
383, delivered a fine address. At
Fargo Hon. Charles G. Laybourn of
Minneapolis Lodge No. a., was the
speaker of the occasion. At Dick
inson Senator L. A. Simpson, was
rte speaker, at Mandal George r.
Jones of LaMoure, while w. S. Stam-
baugh of Fargo lodge spoke at Valley
City.
The usual we'll attended services
of the jamestown lodge were held
at 3 o'clock with the following pro-
gram:
Crchetra ............. ..Selecte:
Bro. John Tunstall, Conductor
Opening Ceremonies. .Ey the Lodge
Opening Ode
Prayer. Rev. E. w. Burleson
SaxophOne Solo. Selected
Bro. Herbert G. Proctor
Vocal Duet-"Ave Marie"
Mrs. L. B. Niemeyer,
Mrs. c. A. Klaus
Memorial Address. s.............
Bro. Geo. w. Thorp
jamestown Lodge No. 995
Vocal Solo, "Rock of Ages. Bischoff
Mrs. B. N. Orlady
Closing Ceremonies BY the Lodge
Quartette, LEAD Kindly Light
.,.s ,.>........,.s. .....J: B. Dykes
Thos. Boyden, L. B. Niemeyer,
G. S. Buck and G. A. Klaus +,
Accompanist, Prof. Wimberley
Benediction -. Rev. E. w. Burleson
The lodge room was we'll filled
with members of the order and WIS.,
itors who listened to the program
with close attention. The address
was delivered by George w. Thorp
of this city, who spoke eloquently
upon the theme which was engross-
ing the attention of nearly a half a
million Elks all over this broad land.
The musical program was splendidly
rendered, the vocal selections by Mrs.
Niemeyer, Mrs. Klaus and Mrs. Or
lady, male quartette and saxophone
solo by Bro. Proctor adding greatly
to the effectiveness of the service.
Mr.. Thorp's address, in part, was
as follows:
Memorial Address
Brothers and Friends
I arise upon this solemn occasion
in obedience to your commands, and
in the performance of sacred duty,
and as the faltering utterances of
your humble servant fail to appro-
priately express the dignity of your
emotions, chide him most gently
benevolent brother, lest you violate
the sacred sanctions of charity.
Since Elkdom last assembled in
benevolent union, to read the virtues
of absent brothers from the tablets
Of love and memory; clad in green
apparel and with angel grace, lisp
!; ing spring has coaxed from effulgent
4 nature the nurturing warmth OF D
summer season, and the golden glow
of mature autumn has paled to the
grey cleaning of expended time,
through the thick mists of which our
beloved brothers have receded,
lighted by the mellow radiance Of
the Star of Fidelity through the
gates of heaven, from whence they
send us messages of brotherly love
by dimpled cherub of charity.
Today throughout this prolific
land, the great and the humble. the
toiler, the artisan and the genius.
and the rich and the poor of this
/ great brotherhood, each the equal OF
the other. ceases their pitiless strife
and shorn of the tinseled adornments
acquired by selfishness, acknowledge
!. the charitable justice Of the Exalted
Ruler OF all, and the hearthstone of
every Elks' lodge is beautified by
fond recollections of the sterling
Z good fellowship of those who no lon
ger abide in its reflection, and in
the bosom Of each there dwell emo
tions which are nurtured by the fra
ternal kindness Of departed brothers.
The justice Of our order IL not
pronounced by courts created BY men men
to adjust the rights of contending