Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-10
OWLS TO HOLD
FIRST MEMORIAL
Fifteen Hundred Members of
Fraternal Order Expected
to Attend Services

Fifteen hundred members of the
different nests of the Order of Owls
of this city and Steelton will attend
the first annual memorial service of
the order tomorrow afternoon at
$50 o'clock in the Technical High
school auditorium. The service is
the hrst of its kind ever arranged
by the Owls of this section of Penn
sylvania.
ARRANGEMENTS for this service are
In charge of a joint committee of
the three local nests. The service
itself is designed as a final tribute
to the four deceased members of
Capital City Nest No. 1929, who have
died during the present year. De-
ceased members are Willard j.
student and local athlete; Jacob
Bausman. Raymond Heck and IL.
NJ. Durborrow.
The invocation is to be made by
the Rev. f. S. Rupp. of the otter
bein United Brethren Church. and
the memorial address will be given
by Eugene G. Cohen. a local attor-
ney. Prominent local musicians and
soloists will appear on the program
which is the most pretentious ever
arranged for a like service in this
city.
Single illumination at this service
VIII be huge cross hanging over
four vacant chairs on the platform.
Electrical effects of this cross have
been provided by e. A. Blumenstein.
of Capital City Nest. and the floral
tributes have been provided by f.
E. Ridenour. of the same nest. Mem
bers of the deceased families will
occupy special seats at the service,
as will also members of the Har-
risburg Ladies' Nest No. 1880. who
will meet in the Cameron hall at
2.45 o'clock and march in a body
to the auditorium.
Admission. to the service will be
by ticket only and promptly at $50
o'clock the doors will be closed. in
order that no Interruptions may oc-
cur during the service. The doors
will open one-half hour before the
service.
The program will be as follows:
Voluntary, selected. Updegrove's
orchestra; opening ritual; prayer, the
Rev. Edwin S. Rupp, pastor of the
Otterbein United Brethren Church;
roll call, called by T. P. Carey, secre-
tary of Capital City Nest No. 1,729:
soprano solo, "The Vacant Chair"
president charge, by Dewitt A. Fry,
Keystone Nest No. 1882; bass solo,
Crossing the Bar" by Cowles. A.
w. Hartman; intermezZo, Mermaid
of the Nile" by Filvio Helm, Upde-
grove orchestra; reading, Than
atopsis," by Byrant, Mrs. Roberta
SwartZ Harling; contralto solo, "A
Prayer For Faith" by Bartlett. with
violin obligato, Mrs. Sue Dugan
Eager; memorial address, by Eugene
! Cohen; soprano solo. Face to Face"
| by Johnson, william w. L. Webster;
duet. Far Der the Stars Is Thy
Rest" Abt, Mrs. Eager and Mr..
! Hartman; voluntary, The Star Span
gled Banner" Updegrove orchestra.
officers of the memorial service
are as follows: President. Dewitt A.
Fry. Keystone Nest No. 1882; past
president, Irene w. Stewart, Ladies'
Nest, No. 1890; invocator, Isaac
Stese, Capital City Nest No. 1923;
secretary, T. p. Carey, Capital City
Nest No. 1929; clergyman, the Rev.
E. S. Rupp, Otterbein United Breth-
| rem Church; orator. Eugene G.
| Cohen, Capital City Nest No. 1923;
soloists, soprano. William w. L.
Webster. st. Paurs choir, Baltimorei
contralto, Mrs. Sue Dugan Eager,
Grace Methodist Church choir; basso,
A. w. Hartman, Messiah Lutheran
Church choir; elocutionist. Mrs.
Roberta Swartz Harling; accompa-
mist, Prof. ]. Stewart Black. organ
ist, Westminster Presbyterian
Church; orchestra, Updegrove's.