Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-25
SERVICES FOR
men Who CAVE
LIVES IN WAR
First Memorial of Order of the
Gold Star held and Many
Names Placed on
Charter Roll.

Sunday was historic day at All
Saints church. 1t was the occasion
OF the first memorial service held for
the men of the republic and its
allies, who have fallen in battle in
the recent war. II was also = SER
vice for the newly-organized Order
of the, Gold Star.
Rev.\T. ]. Mackay, rector Of the
church, distributed to the members
of the large congregation a beauti-
full brochure, which contained the
poem written by Will Cressey,
"When Stars of Blue Turn to Gold"
and which was dedicated by the
actor-poet to the memory of Clar-
ence Mackay, son Of the rector, and
who had died in battle.
The special ritual of the service
was beautiful in the extreme and the
sermon was one of the most beau
tiful ever heard by members of the
congregation The theme was the
triumph of life over death, illustrat-
ed in glowing terms and biblical
promise-an abiding faith in the fact
that the supreme sacrifice made by
those who died in the service of
humanity would have its celestial
reward.
Those Who Are Eligible.
AT the close of the service meet.
ing of those qualified to join the
Order of the Gold Star was held in
the parish house of the church. The
meeting was presided over by Rev.
T. J. Mackay, grand president of the
society, and Col ]. M. Banister,
grand vice president.
1t was explained that all mothers
and fathers, sisters and brothers.
wives and children of men and wo-
men who had died in the service of
the country during the period of the
war were eligible for membership.
The rolls were opened by Grand
Secretary Hatch, and the following
enrolled as charter members:
Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Mackay, Ralph
Mackay and Mrs. Eleanor M. Gail
ey, Col. and Mrs. ]. M. Banister,
Capt E. B. Banister, Second Lieut..
?. B. Banister, Fred NJ. Arnold.
Alice and Clayton Weigand, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ebert Meade and Regina
Meade, Mr.. and Mrs. Marshal Eber-
stein, Russell Eberstein, Robert
Eberstein, Grace Copeland, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. F. Moredick, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kennedy, Mrs. A. ]. Hef-
felhnger, Mrs. Clifford A. More
dick, Mrs. E. J. Hatch and Helen
Hatch, Mrs N. A. Riggs, Mrs. Her.
bert w. HAITI, Mrs. Robert D. R.
Weigel, Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Pendle-
ton and Miss Leota Pendleton, Mr..
and Mrs. L. w. Kurz, Mabel, STAN
ley, Geneva and Ethyl Kurz, Mr..
and Mrs. George Emmelsen and
Helen Emmelsen, Mrs. Isaac Post,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Weigel and
Ramon Weigel, Miss Ada M. Kloke.
Mr.. and Mrs. MAIDS Mortensen,
Misses Olga and Lena Mortensen, +
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar F. Finch, Mr..
and Mrs. William S. Inland, Mary
A. Hiland, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter F.
Peterson, First Lieut.. Milton Peter
son, Miss Luella Florence Peterson,
H. T. Mccormick, G. H. Clark, Mr..
and Mrs. T. F. Wood and Richard
and Randall Wood.
Purpose of Order.
The purpose of the new order is
to maintain perpetual memorial
of the names of the men and women
who died in the war and provisions
are made for its continuity by max
ing the descendants of members eli
gible for membership.
The annual memorial will be held
the first Sunday of every year pre-
ceding November II, the anniver-
sary of the signing of the armistice.
The applications for charters from
large cities all over the United
States, including Boston, New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore, are being
received by the father of the order,
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