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Show ODD FELLOWS HAVE PATRIOTIC MEETING Service Flag Dedicated With Impressive Services at the Temple. Impressive services and a large attendance attend-ance from lodges over . northern Utah marked a dedication of vthe service flag made by the Kebekahs of Salt Lake in honor of the ISO men already enlisted from Odd Fellow lodges in the state. The services were held at the I. O. O. F. temple on Postot'fice place yesterday afternoon aft-ernoon at 3 o'clock. The musical feature was made up wholly of patriotic hymns in which Clarence Eberley led. Dr. Harry Phillips of Salt Lake presided. The first address was made by Grand Master Henry G. Hayball of Logan, who after paying tribute to the enlisted patriots, pa-triots, presented an earnest plea for those remaining at home to feel the patriotic duties and burdens of conserving resources and investing every possible dollar in the securities of the government to the end that without embarrassment the president might be able swiftly and effectively to carry out the war. Epliraim Homer of Provo, past grand master, and Grand Patriarch William Tite of Eureka, both made eloquent plea lor the support of the Red Cross work both with funds and the assistance the women could give in the preparation of supplies for the wounded. ' The Rev. P. A. Simpkin made the dedicatory dedi-catory address and after a tribute to the men in the service and an outline of the great world Issue he made a plea for the hearty and unending loyalty and participation partici-pation in all the programme of duty and sacrifice that national government may outline. Two . recitations, "Odd Fellowship and Country." by Eugene Sullivan of Highland High-land Boy, and "Tour Flag and Mv Flag;" by James Morrow of Bingham, were rendered. ren-dered. At the close of the programme within the temple the audience gathered in the street in front of the temple and after a brief pi-ayer the flag was unfurled as the audience sang "America" and followed with three hearty cheers for the president and the men of the service. r'VL!i,tr1ftIlls 'fa'" was the presence of Odd Fellow soldiers from Fort Douglas, Doug-las, who with the national flag, received the salute of the audience. A statement in he address of the (Rev. Mr. Simpkin that evoked a hearty response was- "f there is a man or woman in this audience audi-ence who is not in sympathy with .this flag and all it represents of service to humanity that one should be compelled to kiss its folds and be expelled without the confines of this happy land of freedom and privilege. |