Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-02
ELKS GATHER FOR
LODGES OF SORROW
Memorial Services Held in This
City and Suburban
Towns.
NEWARK LODGE CONDUCTS
EXERCISES IN THEATRE
Fourteen Names Unanswered
When Roll Is Called During
Impressive Scene.

Members of the Benevolent anu
Protective Order of Elks in Newark,
Orange. East Orange. South Orange,
Montrlair, Bloomfield. Irvington,
Rearny, Belleville and Nutley gath
sred together in the various lodge
rcoms yesterday and last night ann
held their annual memorial services.
For the forty-second time the MEM
bers of Newark Lodge No. q, B. P. o.
E., assembled to honor their dead.
The services were held in the New
0rpheum Theatre last night and the
spacious theatre was filled. The lodge
ceremonies were conducted by Exalt-
"a Ruler e. G. Charbonneau.
While the secretary read slowly the
ame OF the fourteen members who
died during the year a quartet in the
rear Of the stage added greatly to the
im-pressiveness of the scene by sing
ing the thirteenth psalm with great
fervor. Every head in the theatre
was bowed.
The work of the Elks in promoting
social intercourse and good fellowship
was highly praised in an address by
the Rev. E. A. WATSON, rector of st
Stephens Episcopal Church.
The service opened with an organ
and choral prelude. THE Lord Is My
Shepherd" followed by an orchestral
selection. directed by Andrew E. Voss.
A quartet comprising Mrs. George j.
Kfrwan, soprano; Mrs. Theodore G.
Stats. contralto; George ]. Kirwan,
tenor, and Z. Herbert Dear, bass,
rendered selections at intervals. The
numbers included 20 Gladstone
Light" Golden Legend), by Buck;
and Lead. Kindly Light the open
ing ode. Mrs. Kirwan sang a So
prano solo. Angels Ever Bright and
Fair accompanied by A. E. Voss.
violin: Arthur Suter, cello, and Fred
C. voss, piano. Mrs. Stats SANG
But the Lord Is Mindful" by Men
delssohn.
Mayor-elect David H. Greene, ex-
allied ruler Of Irvington Lodge
No. 1245, pronounced a eulogy
upon the dead, and john A..
Hunter, the aged chaplain of the
lodge, offered prayer for the deceased
members. who were Leopold j. Hert-
ZEN, Daniel Kelly, Jacob Metz. Morti-
me L. Fisher, Henry Willoughby. jr.,
Frank Wyckoff. Edward L. Conklin,
John H. Knorr, William P. Martin.
Henry c. Curtain, Charles A.
wenisch, Wilbur L. Ludlow, Summer
D. Aspinwall and John Colyer.
Ttfe memorial committee comprised:
John A. Hunter. chairman; Harry
w. Birrell, secretary; Frank X. Keil-
ing. treasurer; Christian Schwab,
John j. SkilIman, DR.. John NJ. Mac
Donald. The reception committee in
-luded: Hon. Jacob Haussling, chair
man: William F. Dawson. William D.
Kelly, George L. Koehler, John S.
Voegtlen.
Robert E. Humphrey, Charles F.
Werner, jr.. and Fred c. Read had
charge of the stage effects. The
music was furnished by Miss Helen
Clark, c~ontralto; Mrs. Charlotte Kir-
wan, soprano; Thomas Chalmers,
baritone; Frank Pollock and Royal
Fish, tenors. and Gregor Skolnik, vio-
lin.
James III. White, esteemed leading
knight of Orange Lodge, gave the
eulogy, and j. Leslie Gossin, of Jer-
sey City Lodge, the memorial ad-
dress. Gustave Dorfmuller, exalted
ruler, and the officers conducted the
services and DR.. Charles Town
end was honorary chaplain.