The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-12-05
Annual Memorial Service of
Kenosha Lodge Held on
Sunday Afternoon
CONGRESSMAN PRAISES ORDER
Congressman Cooper Pays Fitting Tri-
butte to the Memory of Members of
the Order Who Have Died Since the
Lodge was Organized.

Paying tribute to ahs memory of
ten brothers who had gore on before
the henderson, Kenosha Lodge No.
$50 of the Benevolent ard Protective
Order of Elks gathered with many
friends of the order on Sunday after
noon for the annual lodge Of sorrow.
At the same time members of tie or
der n every part of the United States
were gathering for the same sort Of a
service.
The service arranged for the Keno-
sha Elks was of solemn nature and
it included the calling Of the roll Of
the ten brothers who had died since
the organization of the lodge more
than ten years ago.
In keeping with the spirit of the
day the club rooms were beautifully
decorated with ferns and flowers The
annual address was delivered by the
Hon. Henry Allen Cooper, member Of
congress from the First Wisconsin Dis
trict and music for the afternoon was
furnished by the Oriental Quartette of
Chicago with Mrs. Burnet g. Kaltcn-
bach of Kenosha as accompanist. The
memorial service drew the largest com
pany of members of the order ever
seen at a similar service in Kenosha
The exercises of the AFTERNOON open.
ed with a prayer by the Rev. Fred
IngIey and a response by the quar-
tette after which the quartette sang
Tennyson s Crossing the Bar. The
ritualistic services as arranged by tho
Grand Lodge were carried out by Elk
allied Ruler A. L. Drury and the men-
bers of the lodge. Incidental to the
ritualistic service j. K. Chapman of
Chicago sang Face TO Face, by
Herbert Johnson.
Mr. Cooper in his address mad
strong appeal for higher ideals of man
hood among the men Of the nation.
He declared that the order of ElI1s
was built on great principles of man
hood and that its suce 98s as a great
fraternal order had been dte to the
fact that among the Els men were
known for what they were and not for
what they were supposed to be He de-
clared that the great thing for the nan
to develop was the principle of per-
sonal honor. He drew q wide listinc- 4
tion between reputation and position
and honor and declared that while
reputation and high position in life
might be denied some men the per-
sonal honor-the honor Of self respect
was open to every man and should be
the goal of manhood lie s9oke feel
ingly of the lives of some Of the de-
ceased members Of the lodge and de-
elared that their memory would be
cherished 50 long as tablets Of love
aud memory should survive.
Following the address Z. 4. rodd Of
Chicago, sang '(No Night There,
and after the formal closing ceremonies
OF the ritual che quarfct5e sang,
:" Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. The
service closed with the doxology and
a benediction by the Rev. 7. S.
Dimmcck
The members of the lodge whose
names are inscribed on the memorial
tablet with the dates of their death
follow:
January II, 1905 : Douglas K.
Newell.
January %, 1eo5-Frederiek l. Tits
worth
February %, 19oe-ossian N. Petit.
April IA, 1906 Thomas Cecil
O'DonreLl.
December 10, 19o6-yames johnson
Jackson.
February 10, l9o7--Joscph Napo.
leon Messier.
July %, 19O8-Benjamin Q. sturgcs.
November "A, 1908-Hugh 0. Jones.
January 20, l91o-John c. Wilson.
September l, Benjamin F.
Windsor