The border vidette., 1929-02-09
AL NoGALEs PAYS HONOR TO
BRACEY CURTIS
Mondays Herald)

|. pArtur0, NogRloS once again Is
able to settle back into. the usual
routine of work. Since the death
of the bank president Thursday
morning all the city has been
out OF order; Ill thoughts have
been centered on the passing Of
| the man whose entire energy
and activity for the past many
years have been devoted TO the
upbuilding Of this community
and to the welfare of the city.
Just as the engine steamed
SLOWLY north from the border. an
|.airplane, % il q symbol of the
new era of transportation which
is destined to make NoRales
/ grow. aud prosper as the past
dreams of the departed citizen
had pictured g swooped down from
the sky and sprinkIed flowers
over the moving car in which
the cssket lay.
AS the solemn funeral notes OF
the 25th Infantry band sounded
shortly after noon today preced
ling the hearse from the. Fire
mems hall to the depot, Nogales
again stood with bowed head
while the procession Of pallbear,
ers. volunteer firemen, EIks,
Masons and First National bank
employees filed by with barred
heads and slow step. Former
Governor George w. P. Hnnt,
who arrived this morning from
the south, was 10 the ranks Of
the mourners. =
The most impressive services
ever given ia memory of any
man in this city were held yes
fterday and today ia, Nogales.
The Masonic order first held
services over the departed broth,
I er as many hundreds thronged
the large flower banked hall yes
terday morning as others listen
ed in. 9 throng upon the. street.
AS the service Of the ancient
order drew near q close the as.
sembled Masons knelt in prayer
while the. master of the lodge,
Harold. Wayte, read:s -ssa .4sl
Soft and safe TO your 'frail
body, my brother, be thy earthly
bed! Bright and glorious be shine
|-own rising! Fragrant be- the
acacia sprig that there shall
flourish! May the earliest buds
of spring unfold their. beauties
Ioser your resting place. and may
the sweetness of.sthex summers
last rose linger longest! Though:
| the cold blasts OF autumn may
lay them 10 the dust, and Tor >
ltime destroy the loveliness of
their existence. yet the destruc.
ltion Is not finai, and III the spring
time they .shalr surely bloom
laRain. i So, ia, the abEight morn
Ling of your@r @resurfection,,s may
l1our spirituaL body rise III inns
kmortal beauty into the life etarns
Eal in realms beyond the .skies.
Until athe day ofveour. meeting,
dear =. ! brothsr,--- -ntltil II tl1enfafe A
AZ 800 O'clock yesterday it.
ternoen oil of ogaIes. was pre-
sent'at the Masonic hall to wit,
ness Che procession TO the Epis
copal church.. Aged Mexican
women clothed ia: black. with
/ mantiilas covering their heads,
| workers ia : overalls.: with toll
worn and knotted., hands, child.
rem. :maidens. and all classes
I filed byathe coffin to gaze for the
last time upon the face Of the
1 departed. -
4 The casket was borne from the
Masonic hall BY 3 those closes,
connected with the deceased dur,
ing his life. The -25th Infantry
band led the solemn cortege
made up OF Masons, and Eli
brothers. and the members ol
the volunteer fire force. On eact
corner Of the slowly moving
hearse marched q member Of the
Arizona national guard from the
Nogales company, as an armed
escort of honor. During the i'm
pressive Episcopal service
great crowd stood about the st
Andrews church and with bow
ed heads heard the singing o
the choir as the music floatet
from the open windows and annie
the Arizona sunshine.
Following the church service
the casket was borne toward th'