The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-12-08
Tribute TO the Dead.

! The impressive and solemn annual
memorial service of the Order of Elks
was held by Mount Holly Lodge No. 84s
at the opera house on Sunday night.
Notwithstanding the inclement weather
| the building was crowded with specta-
tors, who filled the parquet and gallery.
The lodge officers and members were
seated on the stage, which was prettily
decorated with palms and other plants.
The exercises consisted of the beauti-
full ritualistic service for such occasions,
including the calling of the roll of de-
ceased members; the sign of grief, dur
ing which the tolling of eleven strokes
was given, which to Elks recalls to
memory absent and departed brothers;
prayer by the chaplain; and fitting
tribute to the departed by the chair Off
GERS of the lodge.
The address was delivered by Hon.
Edward c. Stokes, Ex-Governor of New
Jersey, who made an impressive and
able speech suitable to the occasion. He
paid high tribute to the Order of Elks
because of its many benefactions and OF
its teachings and practice OF charity,
justice and brotherly love-the cardinal
principles of the fraternity. He stated
that brotherly love as taught by this Or
der is an exemplication of the golden
rule, which, if it was practiced by all
mankind, would put an end to the cal
jimmy and SANDER that it seems to be
the tendency nowadays to circulate
against men and women, often without
any foundation of fact, started on rumor
and accepted as true without investlga-
ton.
The motto of the Elks, 'The faults of
our brothers we write upon the sands;
their virtues upon tablets of love and mem
ory," is an exemplification of the proper
spirit of brotherhood that should be ac-
cepted generally.
The musical part of the programme
consisted of two choruses by the Mount
Holly Glee Club, a new organization
that made its first public appearance on
this occasion, and two solos by Alex
ander R. Gallenkamp, one of the men,
bers of the club. All the selections were
appropriate, were well rendered, and
have received high commentator from
those who were present.
The club is composed of the following
named young men of the town: First
tenor, Frank o. Emerson, Philip s.
Irons, Jr., William P. Randall, Herbert
r. Smith, Aubrey S. Worrell; second
tenor, Benjamin E. Colkitt, Morris K.
Perinchief, Pierre H. Stanton, B. Harold
Wills; first bass, Fred M. Anderson,
Stokes F. Burtis, Jerome G. Harris, P.
Joseph Perinchief; second bass, James
FL. Anderson, Alexander r. Gallenkamp,
Byron Grigg, DR.. Warren A. Van
Derveeer; director, Beverley c. Kingdom.
The selections by Mr.. Gallenkamp
were Jules Benedicts' HE Giveth His
Beloved Sleep" and Jacques Blu
menthal's Life" by the club, Ethel
bert Nevins' Rosary" and Sir Arthur
Sullivan's 1.-THE Long Day Closes"
The service closed with the singing of
the doxology by the lodge members and
and pronouncing of the bene-
diction by Rev. James Terry, pastor of
the Baptist church.
During the history of the lodge, cover
ing nearly twelve years, there have been
sixty deaths of members, of which nine
occurred since the memorial service was
held last year.
The officers of the lodge are: Exalted |
ruler, Raymond S. Clarke; esteemed
leading knight, William B. Pearson;
loyal knight, Elwood H.
Stokes; esteemed lecturing knight, |
Alfred J. Mullen; secretary, Harry L.
Walters; treasurer, Charles C. Cowper- |
bhwait: esquire, E. Lewis Schuyler; chap.
lain, s. Budd Norcross; tiler, Samuel /
Fryer; inner guard, Harry Hawkins, ST.;
trustees, Edward D. Stokes, Edward b. |
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