The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-16
EASTERN STARS. PAY TRIBUTE TO
 BEN M. JACOBS
Grand Chapter Elects Officers-Birmingham
 Members HOnOred

Election of officers and the unvelllng of a monument to the memory Of the late Ben NJ. Jacobs were the features of the closing session of the Grand Chapter, order of Eastern Star of Ala hama which met Monday in Mont gomery for its 24 annual session. Mrs. Annie Wynde billiard of Auburn, sue ceeded Mrs. Beulah Bum Curry, ot Tuscumbia as grand matron, and Oliver l.. Stewart of Piedmont succeeded ID. c. Ball of Birmingham as grand patron The other officers were automatically advanced with the exception of Mrs. Theo Osburn of Birmingham who was elected associate grand conductress and Raymond Thomson of Boyles who was elected associate grand patron.
 Mrs. Florence G. Newsome of Mont gomery, was reelected grand secretary and Mrs. Mary E. Youngs' of Mont gomery, was reelected grand treasurer.
 Mrs. Julia Beauchamp, Motgomery, became associate grand matron, ana Mrs. Sadie Deerer of Birmingham be- came grand conductress.
 Officers appointed and installed dur ing the evening session are Mrs. Mol lie Nichols Livingston, grand chap 
 grand marshal; Mrs. Addye Goldsmith, Atmorc, grand organist; Mrs. Mamie Moore, Wedowee, grand Aadah; Mrs. Mary Wize Zeigled, Elmore, grand Ruth: Mrs. Birdie Winston, Opp, grand Esther; Mrs. Ida Sentell, Luverne, grand Martha: Mrs. Alice Stoves, Flor ence, grand electa; Mrs. Kate McIn- tosh, Russellville, grand warden and Velman Meadows, Opelika, grand sen- tinel.
 The meeting was said to have been the best and most interesting in the history of the Eastern Star in the state of Alabama.
 Jacobs Memorial
 The unveiling of the monument to Ben M. Jacobs, on the grounds of the Masonic home, who had served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge A. F. and A, M. of Alabama, and as grand patron of the order of the Eastern Star, came as a fitting climax to the successful session of the grand chapter. To Ben NJ. Jacobs, perhaps more than any other Mason in the state, the Masonic home for widows and orphans and indigent members of the order owes it's being.
 Long before he became an officer of the Grand Lodge, Mir. Jacobs labOred faithfully and persistantly among his Masonic brethern for the establishment of the Masonic home. He gave freely of his time and means to this cause and had the supreme satisfaction to see his hopes materialize and the home built in a beautiful site near Mont gomery. But with the building of the home his activities did not stop, for up to the date of his death he took an active part in the affairs of the home.
 In recognition of his valuable services, the order of the Eastern Star decided to erect monument to his memory and to place it on the campus of the Masonic home. It is in the form of a hugh granite boulder with a bronze tablet, bearing his name, bas relief partrait of the great Mason and beauti- ful tribute to his life and works from the order of the Eastern Star. - The unveiling of the monument took place on last Wednesday afternoon in the presence of an immense crowd. in cludins the representatives to the Grand Chapter and many notable Masons from all sections of the state.
 Gov. w. W. Brandon made the prin- cipal address. Gov. Brandon paid glow ing tribute to the work of Mir. Jacobs declaring that his service to humanity would endure longer than the Stone Mountain boulder" erected to his mem ory.
 The greatest cornerstone of Masonry he said, was that of Character build ing" which was reflected in the hum dreds of little children who swarmed about the home provided for them largely through the efforts of Mir. Jacobs.
 Miss Frances Jacobs of Birmingham. daughter of the great Mason lifted the veil that revealed the silver gray me- morial. A bronze tablet bearing the name of Ben Moses Jacobs and tribute of the order of the Eastern Star of Alabama is fitted into the stone.
 The ceremony opened with the in vocation by the Rev. Oscar M. Mur- phy, grand chaplain, which was fol lowed by selections by the Masonic Home children. The Masonic Home band furnished music for the occasion and the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Richard Wilkinson, rector of St. Johns Episcopal church.