The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-06-21
Masons Pay Tribute to Corporal
Lon Hill by Solemn Cere-
monies Given at Masonic
Hall Last Night.
MARBLE SLAB TO
MEMORY OF DEAD
Durbin- Delivers Address; Com.
rade of Hill Tells of Visit to
Grave Near st. Etienne
Battlefield.

Impressive and elaborate were the
ceremonies at the unveiling of the
Lon Ardell Hill memorial tablet by
the Masonic Lodge of Sorrow, ASSEM-
bled in the Masonic Temple last
might
The tablet was erected by Chick
asha lodge No. 81. A. f. & A. NJ, and
Chickasha Chapter No. II, R. A. NJ,
in memory of their brother, Lon
Hill, Chickasha soldier, who was kill
ed in action with the American forces
fighting near st. Etienne
Officers Lodge OF Sorrow
Officers of the Lodge OF Sorrow,
who conducted the appropriate cere-
monies, we're; Eugene Hamilton, as
worshipful master; Arthur Meade.
aenior warden; C. r. IIlmbro, junior
warden; e. Gerstenfield senior dea-
con; Jas. A. Matthews, as junior dea-
cSn; J o. Bryan. as senior steward;
Clyde Kelly, junior steward w. G.
Matthews as chaplain
The Program Rendered.
The program was opened by the
opening Masonic ceremony, followed
by piano solo, Meditation" by
Mrs. Emanuel Gerstenfield, followed
by a scng, Remember Me" by the
Chickasha male chorus, under the d.
rection of Prof Ed Weeks The cho-
rus sang another song, Tell Me the
story to Jesus, following the process
sion and the strewng of the flower
and evergreen upon the casket
Corporal Shaffer, member of the
142nd Inf, Seth division with which
organization Corporal Hill was sew
ing when he made the supreme sac
rifice, delivered a short talk ON Cor
poral Hill as a soldier. Shaffer Wis
ited Hill's grave at st. Etienne, and
told Of his visit to the cemetery.
The unyeiling of the Memorial Tab.
let by c. G. Courcier, Worshipful Mas
ter of Chickasha Lodge No "a, A. F.
ga. NJ and w. NJ Elliott. High
Priest of Chickasha Chapter No II,
r. A. M, was followed by a solo by
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S. C, Durbin delivered the address.
preceding the closing number, an
other solo by Mrs Grstenfield
Durbn Delivers Address.
Mayor S. c. Durbin, who was wor-
shipful master Of Chickasha lodge No.
81 when Lon Hill received his Ma
sonic degrees, in his address-explain-
ed that Corporal Hills patriotic inn
pulses placed him among the first
Chickasha boys to enlist for the de-
Tense of the country; that he was not
a fighter by birth a warrior by incli
nation but rather an admirer OF
peace and lover of his fellow-man.
He fought" the mayor said that
the peace of the world might be pre-
served in years to come; that democ-
racy might endure and that humanity
might be protected"
Mayor Durbln declared that hidden
beneath Corporal Hills blissful smile
we're sincere and earnest traits. He
paid many high tributes to his depart
ed brother
Parents of Boy Present.
Mr. and Mrs R. d. Hill. parents Of
Corporal Hill. and Mrs ". n.
Knowles, his sister, sat beside Chap
lain Matthews during the ceremonies.
Their eyes filled with tears. during
the lamentation. They we're warmly
received after the adjournment Of the
Lodge of Sorrow.
The memorial tablet unveiled last
night is of marble, about three inches
in thickness, three feet in length and
one foot in depth. Inscribed on the
tablet is the following; Erected by
his Masonic Brethren to the Memory
of Lon Ardell Hin, killed in action
at st. Etienne France. October 9th,
! 1918. Cited for Extra and Excep'
t.onal Gallantry."