Evening star., 1915-06-16
PYTH|ANS PAY TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY Of DEAD
District Knights. Including Officers
of Grand Lodge, Hold Spe-
cial Rites.

| In memory of the twenty-three MEM
| bers of the order who died during the
past year, the knights Of Pythias Of
the District OF Columbia. including
Grand Chancellor w. A. Kimmel and
other officers Of the Grand Lodge, with
the members from other branches Of the
order, gathered at Pythian Temple last
evening for their annual tribute.
| The services were held under the
auspices OF Calanthe Lodge, No. II.
whose chancellor commander. George
A. McComas, called the meeting to or
der. The grand chancellor and Grand
Lodge officers performed the customary
opening ceremonies. and Grand Prelate
Perry p. Patrick pronounced the in
vocation and read selections from The
book of the Law" Fl. ]. Gasson. grand
keeper of records and seal. read the
official call and called the roll of the
deceased members at the appropriate
| time Addresses were made by Grand
Chancellor kimmel and Rev. Charles
{. Mclean, pastor of Douglas Me-
mortal Church, and the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. f. K. Hardin. pas
tor of Mount Vernon Place NJ E.
Church.
The program was interspersed with
vocal selections by Mrs Helen Donohue
De Yo, soprano Mrs. William r Reed
contralto: Richard P. Backing, tenor, and
Edwin Callow. basso with Harry Wheaton
Howard as accompa mist Taps was
sounded by Otto Hauschild OF Union
! Lodge. No. %.
Renew Pledge Of Fidelity.
An impressive part Of the service In
cluded the deposit Of sprigs of myrtle
by the members upon an altar raised in
the center of the hall and the renewal
Of the pledge of fidelity
Grand Chancellor Kimmel said, in part
as follows:
Among the achievements that during
progress Of the world, none has been more
significant, and at the same time more
beneficial to mankind. than the develop
ment OF fraternity among men, teaching
lessons to inspire manhood. at its highest
and best. to still nobier efforts in the d.
rection Of making the world brighter and
better.
In the broad field of fraternal en-
deavor no institution has been laureled
with grander achievements or attained
more glorious fruition than has the
order OF the Knights of Pythias. whose
golden escutcheon is proudly borne
upon three-quarters of million
breasts and whose mission and fnfiu
ence for good have been enshrined in
the hearts and homes of hundreds of
thousands OF earnest men during its
existence.
Tonight we think of the ships that
nave gone out to sea as loving hands
and hearts have waved the last fare
we'll. They have not come back But
they were permitted to fill the crystal
vases Of their lives with the precious
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tasks and sorrows. and they sleep Sc
cure in the promise Of the dawn of
the never-ending day"
Those Who Have DIED.
Those In whose memory the services
were held were Past Grand Chancellor
B. F. Evans. Excelsior Lodge; Grand
Outer Guard Richard 8. Sebastian, De-
catur Lodge; Past Chancellors Samuel
c. Palmer. Hermione Lodge; w. H..
Muckelson. Union Lodge: F. B. wilkins,
Webster Lodge; o. A. Booth. Equal
Lodge; H. 7. Brooke. franklin Lodge;
Charles II. Spar. Union Lodge; David
S. Goumpf, Amaranth Lodge; Knights
John F. Ward, Union Lodge; James
Lohr. Capital Lodge; Robert W. Blair,
Excelsior Lodge; w. H. Wunder, Rath-
Excelsior Lodge; William D. Hill. Web
ster Lodge; r. A. Golden. Harmony
Lodge; Julian Higdon, Capital Lodge;
John Walter, Hermione Lodge; J. ".
McLain, Capital Lodge: Herman c.
Hansen, Century Lodge; J. F. Rock,
Capital Lodge.
Committees Appointed.
Committees appointed by the grand
chancellor for the services: Speakers.
w. A. Kimmel. J. r. Haskins and J. F.
Skidmore: hall and decorations. Perry
P. Patrick, Hugh Reid and Thomas E.
Landon: program and printing. James
n Kline, Albert Kahlert and Frank B.
Crown: music, Hamln N. Vandervort,
J. B. Dickman and F. H. Melick: necrol-
osy. Harry ]. Gasson. Charles w. Hen
derson and T. A. Bynum; electrical
effects. John 8. Prescott; reception.
George A. McComas (chairman), Frank
D. Wallace. William D. Weekley. ]. T.
Cuthbert, Eugene E. Roberts, C. H.
Atherton, Thomas j. Hartford, John B.
Burgess. Charles ]. Peckman, Lee B.
Emery, Harry B. Brown. J. l.. Motyka.
NJ E. OBrien. Frank Marascio, Joseph
Baruch, Talbot o. Pulizzi and Willette
f. Dentinger.
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