The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-06
MEMORIAL ADDRESS Is DELIVERED
By HON. BEN PAUL BRAS1AYi
OF PITTSBURGH, PA
Splendid List Of vocal Selsotons-Ssrv-
ices Were OF O Worry Impressive

for tho ucc,ISlvn. Tho service opened
with the following sclrrIl"nt by the Or
| cheStra, "tarrSs,ns Hultrrrly.' by X
Barlhrlcmcy: Under the Leaves" by +.
and "ALestc trdclis" Grand March.
The Elks quartet. c"mls'Sru OF MrS
Elsa GumdtinE nmEa. srrr"n"; Mrs. Dora
NcmHscr- Bavd. c,ntrait". W. Howard
! N"Sb;tt. tenor and William :. Leach.
baritone. $inE Come Great spirit lay
Scoti very appropriately SrIr'tloh'
which WAS followed by the opening
memorial services 10y Exalted Ruler
! J,,!ucs ~ Dyson, followed ny invocation
| BY The Rev. DR.. L. Il. Ferris.
\ duet, holy fHtnrI, Guide Thy
! Children" by Mrs. Dusa and Mrs. Bard
! followed, and was Il very pretty piece:
Next came the ritual services presided
over BY Exalted Ruler James \. dyson
/ and the singing OF the opening ode Oy
/ the audience, followed by the responsive
services by the order.
one of the numbers that deserves spc-
| cal mention was sung by Mrs. Elsie
! Duga, oh. For The Wings of Dove,
| by MendclSsUhn. Another number that
deserves special mention Was that rem
dcrcd by the quartet entitled still,
I Still With Thee, followed by the adj
! dress Of the day AMI The closing ode by
| the audience after which the Key. = NJ.
Gibson. d. D.. pronounced The brhrdic-
ton. The closing number by the Urches-
ira completed the program and was inc
| Coronation March BY q. Meycrbecr.
| The Memorial Address
J The memorial address delivered by
Hon. Ben Paul BraSley, member OF PITTS
| burgh lodge No. IL b. L. y. ElkS, proved
| to be one III the most interesting and inn
! prcsS:ve talks ever Delivered aI me
| mortal service in Wheling The t;t'H
| WAS To the point and did not lag in the
least, and throughout the address tho
speaker held the attention Of his audi
ence with perfect ease.
| The speaker opened his address by
4 ha t,NAo IN
services conducted by the lodges of
| ElkS throughout the nation is not i'll
| reality 1 day OF sorrow, but day when
Elks Iny tribute 10 those WHO nave
| passed away; not a day OF despair. put
! instead Il day to remember those who
| had fallen before the sickle of the Grim
/, Reaper.
| liz. stated that 1t IS the policy of the
i. L. q. Elks to write the faults OF thG
members on the sands 81 that the waves
Of time Will obliterate them entirely, but
the deeds Of god are mcmcrtZcd from
one generation to the other and are car
| r!cd along for all I. me in the memorial
| services hid by the lodges each and
he 50, ahcr told of visiting the Orient
q few years ago and of how he paid a
visit To- many other parts Of the Old
World. only 10 come back a%;l!n to IN"
greatest country on the fact of the
earth.
He told of the NIT welcome sight
that he ever witnessed in all the world,
and sad that sight was when he first
gazcd upon the Statue Of Liberty from
the deck of the ocean liner when he
entered New York harbor. He stated
that the Elks lodge wars one Of the
greatest America" organizations In the
World and that it wa~ working hand in
hand tn ether E".h o~"r niZ"t!"NS to
keep the hand OF discomfort silenced.
He closed with Il hc ruti!ui w>rd pic
Iturc OF the order telling Of how II
! I'll, ND II he
taccomp!' shed in many ways.
The memorial committee. lodge off
GERS and others having part in the pre-
prration and rendering of yesterday s
LodS" OF Sorrow program are:
Memorial Committee ls2o-192l.
! Speakers Conmitete-tieo. {. Rcn"ke.
o. W Eurdats. L. y. Refer, Albert
SnedekCr.
Program Committce-T"m d. Foulk.
!Chpirman;. Austin V. Wood. Louis f..
Purpura, Walter Messner. w. J. Franks
ton. George w. Hannah. James i. Han
ley. w. \. stump.
Hous" Committee-Gabe G; Emshei-
mer. Eric j. Peterson. Fred II. Frazier,
u. {. List. Jr,, Headley kameS. Charles
A. Ebhart. Frank w. carp, Carl II. Scrig.
Bailey w. Frazier, Fred Johnson. Peter
Erb. Jr.
Eks Mixed ouartette-Dircctress Mrs.
! Elsa GlINdling DuEa; accompaniSt, Mr..
+. Oliver Edwards.
Lodge Officers ls2o-ls2l.
Exalted Ruler. ...........Ja JAS. \. Dyson
Est Leading knight. Albert A. a. Ise
Est. Loyal kniFht; cS ':Jas' y 7, Morgan
Secretary. John F. Richardson
Treasurer. ..............H. A. Cochran
Tyler Guy o. Lacey
Esquire. ................M l. kltbanow
Inner Guard. ......... Adam Martin
Chaplain. .............''.'l louiIon
Asst Secretary .......: Harry King, Jr.
Board of Trustecs--Otto Schenk. +. &.
Drlehorst. William Ncsbitt, Henry Mil
Ter, Archie T. Hupp.
or the hQnored dead Of Wheeling
lodge No. 2S. to whose memory tribute
was paid yesterday, the following died
since the lodge Of sorrow WAS held in
1919:
J. Adam Hess George Wise
Chas, 4. GusSett Geo. II. llrlfcr. Sr.
4, A. Douglass Walter j.. Hrswick
Lee Wolf Nathan G. Fhel
Others Of Wheeling lodge whose
names have been called in the memo
rial services in other years are:
Samuel a. Miller, K; IL; !; M A,S field
simpson, Albert D. Adler. 7 J. Ga
raghty. A. {. Sprague, John -. Hrown'
]. +. Cline. \. w. Ebbetts, NJ: T. MabiT'
| 4. ID. Garden, {. w. Scabrieht, ChaS II.
Uranium. otto Tyson, A. NJ; Armbrus-
ter. a. NJ. Alberts, George Miller; Rob
crt T. McNichol George L. Welty'
Frank A: Mansfield. George A TruSchcL.
grass. Marshall Algcr, w. a. pclariain,
! II. r. Loefrlcr. Euhene S. Wells. Joseph
X. Hoffman,. Hugo l.. LooS. l.. r; Bald
! win. Charles +. Dannenb"rE; &C. r.
! Tracy John NJ. earle. VIM. MCl-auEh-
lin. Edward 4. Dufrenc,. }. +. Adams.
{ Albert Il. Tiers, W. II. EEertcr. Elmer
T. Carlln. J. H. McCausland: NJ. 4. Wolff.
Harry Il. Beuter. +. {. ii. Schw"rt-
; Heyman. Henry MenkcmclIrr, Joseph
4. Cooley. John Majesty. 'Lawrcnce \.
, Rcymaun. John .Waterhouse; Elmer r..
! Chapman. William \. GeraGhty. Arch
, bald Woods. y. G. RicStcr. Jr.. Charles
II. Tancy. J. T. Douglas. charles {.
f Hox". Daniel '. Hughes. chester X
! RrII. A. +. Garden. James i. Mckee
i%@R w. Is. II. GassSll u. j.. DovSner,
Wicdebusch. Lewis Stccnr"d. Alfred a..
Maris. Chas. l.. porr, Thomas +. Cor
| Hirsch. W. S. Melton. II. &. Franzheim.
Luke W. I.ally.- q. I'd. M"ndCl. M. J.
Ward. !. r. Ratcln". George Hook
r. WnkoT Claud II. Narn"ll. VIM. J.
! Murray. Walter II. Chapman, J. y.
/ bowler. Theodore Roller. James a. Blatt.
T. y. Merchant. Charles j.. Pratt. n.
T. Roberts. Nathaniel Mounttord, Thorn
as Furry. James Iiadcu. Sr.. Jacob w.
! t;rubh. VIM. f.. Ross. Andrew T. Swrr-
MY, e. W. Krciter. Fred W. schultz.
| Henry Zillikch. Carl Nor,hwO"d. Charles
NJ. FrisScll. Max Mayer. Frank &. Hoff-
man. Thomas II. Il. Haasc, {. r. Kron-
| Jaeger w J. MCGuigen. Edward A.
Erb, Hurry Bcar;ey. Charles II. Hen-
ming, Chas F.. Bi"dcnhach. L"ech X.
! Cracraft. Vim. Goering, G. l.. Radcliffe,
! G. Berry. William r. Walters. Charles
Horstman. Charles 3. Clayton. II. W.
Schrebc G. O. Nagle, u. +. Hurkhemer.