The border vidette., 1927-06-11

which not less than two and
more often five people paying
final respects to the honor and
memory of the bereaved resi-
dent. A conservative estimate
of cars in the funeral procession
is placed at 250 while at least a
hundred cars were waiting at the
church. La the procession both
Nogales' joined. Although No
gales, Sonora. decreed no official
closing of business the friend.
ship of the deceased had been SO
great that the unofficial closing
virtually amounted to suspen.
sion Of business in that commun
ity. Never has Nogales witness.
ed a more touching, impressive
AID representative funeral cort.
ege.
The Nogales lodge of B. P. O..
E. of which Don Manuel Escala.
da was member did not take
part in the ceremonies as an or
gani7ation although all mem bers
were present. The ceremonials
were conducted by the Knights
of Colum bus with the Hispano
society taking part as an organ
ization.
The beautiful and impressive
ceremonies Of t h @ Catholic
church held at the Sacred Heart
church and by RI. Rev. Father
M. Duval we're heard by several
thousand people. The tiny
church was crowded to overflow
ing while hundreds stood at the
open windows and crowded about
the door to catch an occasional
line Or sentence of the Latinic
funeral ceremony.
Friends Mourn Loss
AS the casket was removed
from the church the guard OF
honor of the Knights of Colum
bus stood at attention along the
path between the church and
funeral car. Touching we're the
emotional display of several
Of the older members of the
guard. gray haired and grown
old with the man whose mortal
remains were being conveyed to
the final resting place. on the
small knoll in the Nogales GENE
terry were the Catholic church
maintains it's plot. Grizzled.
gray heads of old friends barred
to the sun at the beginning we're
still uncovered at the grave after
the mile of march.
In a curtain drawn car were
the members Of the immediate
family. A widow, two sons,
Manuel Jr., and Louis. A third
son, Jose, is in Spain. To the
lbereaved members of the family
went an. outpouring of condolen
ces of the entire community and
most noticeably in the mountains
of flowers and the iDnumerable
number of floral offerings that
accompanied the funeral process
sion to the grave.
The passing of Don Manuel
Ecalada marks the passing of
man who for 38 years of resid-
eDce here has always been asso
ciated with all activities that
had as their objective the advan-
cement of the community and
the welfare Of the city. Occa.
sions we're rare when Don Ma
nuel was not present at cham
Der of commerce meeting of
which be had been director
since it's inception and upon sew.
eral occasions its vice president.
In charity work be was beacon
light for he not only acted as
treasurer o. b e Associated
Charities here but was one of it's
largest contributors as be was
of other philantbropic and CHAR
table institutions and societies.
He was a charter membe of >the
Knights Of Columbus and a
trustee of the local Elks lodge.
At the time of his death he was
serving as an alderman, which
position he had held here upon
two other occasions as we'll as
acting as mayor ad interim at
one time.
The sudden attack of heart
trouble developing Monday morn
ing and resulting in his death
ten minutes after the first attack
came as sudden shock to the
many friends for Senor Ecalada
had not been considered serious
ly ill. His demise removes from
our midst one of Nogales' most
prominent men.