Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-12-10
FlKS lodge
of Of SORROW
)ut Large Gathering on
,urday Afternoon
SSIVE CEREMONIES
ND ELOQUENT ADDRESS
taes of Departed Brothers We're
inscribed Upon the Tablets of
Love and Memory


Once again the great fraterEal
b. of Elks has paid its annual
tribute of love and memory, to its
fdeparted brothers, indelibly i'm
ressed upon the tablet of life the
,irtues of those who have gone
before, and with their devotion
>carried to the world again the
powerful lesson of loving kind
ness and charitableness.
On Sunday afternoon the mem
rs of Rocky Ford Lodge No.
II47, b. p. o. e., with large
number of friends gathered in the
Grand opera house to observe the
lesson which the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks teaches
.t,he lesson of brotherly love, the
lesson which above all others
makes the whole world better.
The Elks assembled at their
lodge room and marched to the
opera house, which was tastefully
decorated for the occasion-a lodge
of sorrows-and as they filed into
the building the concluding num-
ber of splendid musical program,
"The PROFESSIONAL by the Nash
orchestra filed the auditorium
swith sweet strains of music.
The officers of the lodge, in
charge of Exalted Ruler Guth-
rie, 'exemplified the memorial
ritual of the order in a very i'm
pressive manner and other touch
ing features of the program were
solos sweetly sung by Mrs. Roy
l.. Brown and l.. r. Pollock.
The eulogy was delivered by
w. Il. Goblin, and as he spoke of
the departed brothers-to whom
S. G. Smith was added during the
past year-a flood of memories
rushed to the minds of those who
had known them in life and he
most truly exemplified that noble
thought engrained in the heart of
every Elk.
''The faults of our brothers we
write upon the sands, their virtues
upon the tablets of love and mem
ory."
a masterly memorial address
was delivered by NJ. ". Purcell
of Colorado Springs, which was in
part rs follows:
Brother Elks and friends, forty-six
years ago, there was born into existence
the fraternal organization, known as the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
This memorial service brings to nv
mind, not only the founding of the order.
but the achievements which has attended
it
We dwell as it were in revery. our
joys and our sorrows. lingering in the
past like the enchanting streams of some
hallowed memory, and ultimately to
emerge into the great beyond So cent
ury after century, the lives of men merge
into the great beyond. The breath of
King or Beggar. which scarcely stirs the
air cannot be brought back, when once
it has left. the body. 1t is lesson that
is read everywhere by everyone. It's
handwriting is traced upon the walls
of every human habitation. But today
between the sounds of strife and the
clamor of greed, the best things of life
are lost to the ear which is listening at
the portals of the tomb. For the dead
we can do little. but for the living we can
do much.
! We know that man was sent upon this
earth to live in it, to enjoy it, to study it,
to love it and make the most of it. 1t is
here bis influences are to operate. 1t is
mis- country upon which he should lavish
his affections and efforts. which can
accomplish so much for any just, honest,
upright man.
Whether in the springtime of our am
bilious career or in the Christmas of our
q VS., we are cut down we have found
II humanity all that is good, loyal and
tender. We want cheerfulness far more
in death. CheerFulnoss should be the hope
Of the future. The service Of love offsets