Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-06
.EXT0LS VIRTUES !.
OF ORDER Or ELKs
!.
Judge Mattingly Of d. c.,
Predicts Million Mem :
bership For Order
IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM
Fatty Four Dead Total on List, Three
of Whom Died This fear-Serrices
Well Attended

/ "Fratern;ty Is the cornerstone or
! which the Fraternity Of Charity, JUS;
.icc. Brotheriy Love and Fidelity the
! ,upr:b virtues Of CIR order Is found
! Cd said Jursye Robert E. Matt:ngly
IF Washington in delivering the an
lu.ll address q; the. memorial eNer-
.:ses of Alexandria Lodge No. 75S.
Benevolent and Protective Order of
E..ks, he,l in Is home sast night. Con-
inuirg he said: Our principals ans;
mottoc have made US great and
strong. Memorial day is sacred III
! The history of Efkdom.
1T is great day for Virginia:
Lodge cf Elks and particularly fo,'
.I:.e ledge az Bedford City fer th.il
Brother Warren e. Harding. Pres
lent-elect Of the United States, is de-
live.irg the memorial address. Dur
ng the next four years Brother Hard
nc will ccme under the jurisdiction
# both Washington and Alexandria
Lodges.
The history of Elkacm is one tf
,>e proud of. 1t started fifty-twc
vears ago and today it is 100000
strong and is rapidly marching to the
.ovGted goal of one million strong
The part p aged ~ the E!ks dur
'ng the progress Of the .wcr!d war was
sold by the speaker briefly. he reveal.
r,r Eow they established base hos
)itals ard helped the various agea.
lies in the field assisting the sol
ders, the Salvation Army and the
American Red Cross. The Elks he de
Jared annually helped thousands OF
orphans and give comfort 10 the WI
dows and orphans.
The speaker referred to the Splen-
lid work done by the E!ks Immediate
V following the San Francisco earth
,uake, the grand exalted ruler bc:rp
he first en- the seen" 70 give aid
rem the Elks Of the county.
Opening ceremonies were conduct
I'd by George a. Klaus, exalted ruler
md officers. Secretary George W
Bontz, jr, called the names Of thc
s:fty-forr members who have de
since the order was inStituated i,
nere. 1902. three Of whom died since
the las, memorial service. and a
,ach name was called a light was il
uminatrd on the stage which formed
Oar Absent Brothers, b. ?. O. +.
75S and this was surrounded ly
stars, making a tota! of f;fty-fou"
;rhts. The sage was decorated with
palms ari ferns and the EikS cc!crs
nurplc and white prcdom;natcd.
Selections were given by an or
.hcs.ra under the leadership Of Prof
Il. G. Rakemann and Prof Rakcmanr
so gave two violin so!cS. Other
numbers included vocal solos by
Frank L. Boyer and Miss Kathryn
Bill! with Miss Virginia Sehwab a.
accompanied ard vocal sclo hy Tol-
bert Has!ett with Mrs. William
Meeks as accompanst.
The singing Of "Ncarcr My God
10 Thee" by the audience and benc-
licticn by Rev. Edgar Carpenter
chaplain of the lodge brought the ex-
arciscs TO clcSc The exercises were
a:ter,:ed by large gathering Of
members Of the crder and their friends
and were very impressive.
The officers Of the local lodge are:
+! Geo. A. Kaus. exalted ruler; H. A
Stewart, esteemed leading knight: J.
]. Garvcy. esteemed loyal knight; ].
Robert Travers, esteemed lecturng
| knight: Geo. w. Bontz. Jr,.~secretary:
Fl. Friedlarder, treasurer; T. D. Dow
ney. tiler; Henry Callan. esquire; Rev
Edgar Carpenter, chaplain; Jas Nc
tGcwan. inner guard.
Trustees-M W. Gnires. \. \.
Paul and D. f. RobeE.
The memorial committee was COM
posed of H. Friedlans'er chairman;
D. McWhorter. DR.. J. J. Garvey, Rev.
Edgar Carpenter. Thomas NJ. Dun
harr. Gec,ge W. Bortz. Jr. II. A.
J Etewart, James Power. d. 6. Grill
/ bcrtzcr ard John Ewald.