Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1919 — SOLDIER K. OF P.’S ARE HONORED [ARTICLE]

SOLDIER K. OF P.’S ARE HONORED

RENSSELAER LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS DEDICATES * HONOR ROLL. J- ... The honor roll,, contain:ng twentytwo names of the members of the Rensselaer Lodge Knights of Pythias, was dedicated at the Castle Hall in this . city Tuesday evening. Eighty members of the order were present and the occasion was a very impressive one. . Mayor Charles G. Spitler presided during the meeting and made a most timely address. Attorney George A. Williams made an address, which praised the members who had taken part in the great war and urged that the principles for which these men fought should be those for which we should now strive. He said there was need of service at this critical time and we should do like, pur soldier members, quit talking and do something. Attorney Williams said that there was never quite so much talk as now and never quite so little being done to meet a situation which was never more serious in the history of the country. Col.. George H. Healey was next called upon and made a splendid address in which he thanked the lodge for the honor done him and his fellows. He was sure that the boys who went to war in defence of their country were not willing now that the principles they stood for should be trampled underfoot by any class of people in this country. The colonel regarded the present situation in this country as being very critical and was sure that things were righted .it would tax the patriotism of every loyal American citizen.

""The colonel is of the opinion that Germany will soon again take her place among the important nations of the world and that she will soon make herself felt at least commercially. lie said that the teachings of Damon and Pythias had been exemplified in the devotion of the soldiers to their country and that this same spirit of brotherly love and consideration for others must be emphasized and must take the place of the ambition for greed and gain and the regard is of the right of our fellow fiian. Dr. C. E. Johnson, Dr. M. D. Gwin, F. D. Burchard, W. H. Parkison, the R,ev. W. T. Barbre and Howard Clark each were galled upon and each made interesting responses. Rensselaer Lodge Knights of Pythias has a •’membership of about one hundred and sixty. Of this number at least twenty-four enlisted in the war. , Two soldiers have united with the order after their re-

' turn. . ' , The lodge proud of its honor roll and belie ces that the percentage ; of members, serving in the great •_ war is as \arge as call be found, m ’ any organization of like character. ► The following is the ► ~ HONOR ROLL

George H. Healey Lawrence Diff t Edward L. Watsoncr. Jno. W. McCarthy Jno. J. Reed Howard Clark j 1 t Cecil E.'Johnson t , F. D. Burchard I W. H. Parkison ! Verne C. Davisson J * it T. W. Cox * j Don Wright * f ‘ L. S. Parks . . M. R. Kepner Virgil Dennison p Omar Osborne Jerry B. Garland „ i ; D. D. Dean 4 - C. A. Tuteur ' 1 ■ . Charles Sands * Sol Fe’ndig . M. D. Gwin. 1 _ _ - — —