The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-06
BENNINGTON ELKS
HELD MEMORIAL
SERVICES
Harte Theater Crowded Sunday for
the Exercises
EUlOGY BY HON. ]. II. McGRATH
One Hundred Eiks in Line and Pro-
gram of Striking Interest Was
Carried Out.

! The Elks Memorial services Sun
| day afternoon at the Harte theatre
| were attended by crowd that filled
| practically every seat and scores on
| to enter
| One hundred members OF Benning.
ton lodge, B. P. o. f. marched from
| their rooms to the theatre and oecup-
| led reserved seats in the center
The exercises were most impressive
and interesting and the music was eX-
ceptional in quality and the selections
well chosen. The music was by the
Donnelly orchestra and a quartette
composed of e. c. Bennett, Howard
A. Wilson, Mrs. Amyel Baker and
Miss Rose Morrissey. There were
solos by each of the young women
and both were OF exceptional merit
DR. F. s. Braley presided and the pro-
gram of the exercises was as follows:
Professional "Marchc Celebre,"
from F.. Lachners Suite No. /, Arr.
by Tobani
Orchestra-Geo f. Donnelly, Director
Quartet--"Lead Kindly Light"
Prentiss
Miss Rose Morrissey, Soprano
Mrs Amyel Baker. Alto
Y. C. Bennett. Tenor
H. A. Wilson. Bass
Miss Helen f. Hurley. Accompanist
Dedication of Altar, BY the Lodge
Selection-The Orchestra
Roll Call-"Our Honored Dead"
Solo-''The Home Land Parker
Mrs. Baker
Prayer-Rev. Thornton F. Turner
Solo-"The Plains OF Peace
barnard
Miss Morrissey
General Eulogy-
Hon. John f. McGrath, P. f. r.
Worcester. Mass, Lodge, No 243
Quartet-'Crossing the Bar Macy
Closing Ceremonies, BY the Lodge
HYMN Nearer, Ny God. to Thee"
Benediction-The Chaplain
essional-"Antony's Victory"
from Antony and Cleopatra.
Gruenwald
Orchestra
The following members of the
lodge have passed away since 1900:
John II. Ayres. Frank Sherman,
Thomas ]. Morrissey, Stephen Col
Inns. Thomas F. Butler, Michael
OBrien. Michael C. Healy, Rudolph
O. Goldsmith. Charles L. Jewett,
George lneson, Joseph A. Barber,
Charles NJ. Wood, John s. Brant,
Sheldon H. lockwood. Edward J.
Morrissey, Rufus B. Godfrey. Henry
S. Wilson. Frank F. Corbett. William
B. Stewart, S. Huling Blackmer,
Harry E. Tiffany, George B. Lamson,
Eugene j. Stratton, Charles E. Galus-
ha, Abraham b. Gardner, Eugene c.
Packard. There have been no deaths
in the lodge during the past two
years
The officers of the lodge taking
part Sunday were: Exalted ruler, F.
S. Braley; Esteemed leading knight,
T. f. Fitzgerald, esteemed loyal
knight, ]. A. Evans, esteemed lectur-
ing knight, E. l.. Sibley. jr., secretary,
H. Harry Sharpe, esquire, A. t.
Schwartz; inner guard, P. J. McMa-
hon; tiler George +. Donnelly; chapt|
lain j. p. Mulligan; trustees, B. G.
Jenney, r. E. Grennan. Charles H.
Dewey. The memorial committee
consisted of f. c. Bennett, chairman,
d. A. Guiltinan f. H. Holden, Eli j.
Tiffany, J. p. Mulligan, Fred c.
Brown, o. NJ. Barber, r. e. Grennan,
j. e. Walsh, J. H. Livingston.
The address by Hon. John H. Nc
Grath of Worcester, Mass. was not
merely striking eulogy of the dead
brethren, but brilliant discourse on
the uncertainty of life and the lesson
of death in the progress of human af-
fairs.
Mr.. McGrath treated his topic in
a form different from the ordinary
and it was considered by those pres
ent one of the most interesting and
inspiring addresses they ever heard.
Following are few paragraphs from
his remarks:
There is no unalloyed pleasure in
this mortal realm, Woe is every
where! 1t stalks silently and unseen
along every highway; it creeps into
every nook and Granny; it permeates
every atmosphere; it is waited from
every mountain top; 1t curls up from
every valley. It is no respecter of
persons or place for
Into each life some rain must fall,