Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-24
NORWICH MOOSE HONOR MEMORY
 OF THEIR DEPARTED BROTHERS

bun and the Hon. John T. Wait These men carried out what they were best fitted for in lfe. MT. Kennedy said.
 It has been said he continued, that the greatest man on earth is an honest man. trust our brothers who have gone before are entitled to the greet ing Well done, thou good and faith fuI servant.
 The Loyal Order of Moose has three fundamental principles, Purity, Aid and Progress. the speaker said. If we are filled with the spirit of purity we will aid those who are in trouble and our sympathy will go out to them. Service is the greatest thing mankind can render.
 MT. Kennedy said that the Order of Moose is the third largest beneficiary
 order in the world. and that it has all been accomplished within the past 13 or II years. He spoke briefly of James J. Davis, secretary Of labor, and national director of the Moose lodge. He told of his obscure life as boy and young man and of his rap i'd rise in the business world until he reached his present office, secre- tarv of la Dor. Mir Kennedy said Sec i! retary Davis identified himself with 1 the Moose when d young man. He was sent to state conventions and from 1 the state conventions to the national convention. His unusual ability was
 recognized and he was finally made 1 national leader of the Moose organl-
 zation.
 l Mr. Kennedy said he received, seY- 1 eral days ago letter from Secreta- : Try Davis, in which MT. Davis inform Led him that he expected to be in this { section next fall, and the speaker said he hoped Norwich lodge will be able l to induce Mir. Davis to visit this city and make an address here. 1 Mir. Remedy told of the organization { of the Moose in 1888. It afterwards
 went to pieces, but was soon streng- 1 thened and re- e-organiZed and today it i has over 0,000 active members. The | Moose has the greatest increasing membership of any beneficiary organ- ization Since the beginning of time the speaker said.
 He said many prominent mer throughout inc country are M3ose, in cluding Governor Lake of Connecticut and one half of the United States Sen
 ators,
 The Order of Moose has one thinE
 that no other order ever dreamed O
 having. and that is Mooseheart. MT Remedy told how the Mooseheart plal GTigInaIeQ With MI. .DdNS uOhei years ago and of it's rapid and mar
 velous growth The activities in Moose healt were described along with it l00 buildings and it's thousands o acres of land. A score or more trade
 are taught the many children of de ceased and disabled Moose members
 who are given a home at the insti
 tution Business courses are taugh
 and besides there are courses in d. ess ; making, stcno2raphy, and millinery
 etc. for the girls. Mooseheart not on Iv gives q home to orphan chilire of members of the order but also pro 7 yides a home for needy members an their wives.
 The service came to a close abou o'clock Herman A. Bruckner, act , ing chaplain, conducting the closin . number on the programme. , Occupying seats on the stage. , addition to the officers of the Ladiei :, lodge. were the following officers ( the mems lodge Louis \. Andrew ] acting dictator; W. R. Hastedt, actin 2 Esccretary: Frank E. Hazard. past die ; tutor: Herman 4. Bruckncr. act.n prelatc: sergeant at arms, Benjami WuudeJlich. The stage was very al - tractvely decorated, the floral decora l l tions being by Hawkins. 2 The committee in charge of the me ], mosi ial service comprised William }, Hastedt Louis A. Andrews and Hel man A. Bruckner.