The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-04-28
POkP MARKED
DEDICATION Of
ODDFELLONS' TEMPLE

Dedication Of the Mary j. Ginzel
Memorial temple by the Independent
Order Of OddfellOws Saturday after
noon was an affair of pomp and splen-
dor. AT 3:1J Louis Sutliff, past grand
pa tria lch. acting as grand herald, an
nOunced the presence of the grand
master and suite to the master of cere-
monies, Herbert A. Thompson, past
gland sire of the world Dedication
ceremonies were frightened by the pre-
sence Of the Ladies Auxiliaries and
Patriarchs Militant in full dress uni
forms
Following the opening ode by the
WyandOtte lodge male chorus, prayer
was offered by the acting grand chap
lain, Edward B. Marks, grand patri-
arch Bruce McDOugaH as grand mar
shall escorted the grand heralds of the
north, south, east and west sand an
nOunced to the grand master, the
building is now ready for dedication"
The feature of the dedication cere-
monies was the building of the altar
typfying the notices Of the various
branches Of the order. For the SubOr-
dinate lodge they were purity, friend
ship, love and truth; Encanlpment,
faith, hope and charity; Rebekah de-
gree, fidelity; CantOns, universal JUS
tice.
The keys Of the building were pre-
scented To the grand master by Henry
c. Genthe, past grand, chairman Of the
building committee. With the official
dedication Of the temple, Mrs. Effie V.
Siijander, past president of the Re
bekah assembly Of Illinois and solOist
for the international Rebekah assem-
bly,, sang Open the Gates of the Tenn
pie" accompanied by Mrs. +. w. Eros
tic.
The heralds of the north, south, east
AMI west then proclaimed the temple
dedicated to friendship, love and
tluth,' faith, hope and charity.
Mrs. Rose SilkstOne, president of the
Rebekah assembly OF Michigan, then
placed Il white Lily on the altar and
dedicated the temple to fidelity. She
rysiS followed by Maj. Gen. Arthur r.
Clark who placed his sword upon the
altar and dedicated the temple 10 uni
verssll justice The WyandOtte lodge
choir furnished appropriate music dur
Ing the above ceremonies. Acting grand
chaplain gave tile dedicatOry prayer.
Just before the unwilling of the Mary
j. GinZel memorial plaque, Rev. Will
lam +. A. Simon gave the plaque dedi-
cation address. Following this address,
Mrs. Siljander sang a song especially
written and arranged by her in MEM
DRY of the late Mary j. Ginzel. During
the singing the curtains covering the
plaque were slowly drawn apart by
Sylvia and Alice Murray. Mrs. Siljan-
der then placed a bouquet OF flowers
Upon a stand at the right side Of the
plaque . Introduction Of participants
was made by Herbert A. Thompson.
Following an address by the grand
master the ceremonies came to close
with the Wyandotte lodge choir sing
ing the. dOxolOgy.
Upwards Of 400 people attended the
evening banquet, at which Past Grand
Sire Herbert A. Thompson acted as
postmaster The latter was introduced
by General Chairman George Balm.
After an invocation by DR.. Warren
E. Hall, Mayor Thomas A. Davis well
coined the visiting three-link visitors
" WyduuOttcy W WHEEL q IcSHyOASC w a.
made by Grand Master Charles f.
Klump.
There was community singing with
aecompa niment by member of Samar-
itan lodge, Detroit. Mrs. Efffe Siljan-
der contributed q solo, with Mrs. Z. W.
Frostic a. accompanis2.
Judge Arthur ]. futile, OF federal
court, gave an address, while Past
Grand Master Henry S. Sweeny gave
the dedication OratiOn.
God Bless America" was sung by
Wyandotte lodges double Quartette.
and this was followed by the intrOdnc-
ton Of special guests.
Other features Of the program were
vocal colo by Harry Murray, Jr., a
solo by Mrs Sibander with Mrs. Eros
tic as accompanies, and the singing OF
America" by the assemblage.
Following the banquet there was q
dedication ball, while Accommodations
were provided for those who preferred
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