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Show 00 MEMORIAL SERVICES OF IE ELKS ON SUNDAY Memorial services in honor of the 90 members who have died will be conducted by Ogden lodge No 719, B. Pi O. Elks at 3 o'clock Sundav after noon, in the Elks' home. Members of the families of the departed members mem-bers will be the special guests of the lodge on that occasion With J. H Knauss as chairman of the memorial day committee, prepara tions for the services are practically compelte. Judge T D. Johnson of the United' States district court will deliver de-liver the oration and Dean W W. Fleetwood, former rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, will deliver de-liver the memorial address Musical numbers for the service will be furnished fur-nished by Mrs. Fred N Hess, Mias Mildred Mil-dred Ware, Henry Ware and Lester Hinchcliff. Officers of the lodge will present the ritualistic service. Owing to tho fact that all public gatherings were prohibited during the influenza epidemic of last fall and winter, this will be the first memorial Bervice conducted by the local lodge of Elk.s in the past tvo years. At the time when the order should have held memorial services one year ago the Elks' home on Grant aenue w.is serving serv-ing as an emergency hospital in which scores of patients were cared for dur ing the Influenza scourge. Since the memorial services of to years ago 23 members of the Ogden lodge of Elks have passed to the zreat beyond. Fourteen, the greatest number num-ber ever lost to the membership In any one year since the organization of th lodge, died during 1918. Nine have passed away during the past twelve months. Of those who died during 1 9 1 R three were in the military service on the dide of the allies. J. Blaine Wall. a. member of the Canadian Ca-nadian forces, was killed in action in France; Captmn Charles Parkinson died of wounds, and Clayton Griswold was a victim of influenza while In an army camp. Two of the most recent deaths In the membership of the local Elks are I L. Reynolds and A. J Hall 00 |