Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1928 — Page 11
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$70,000 BELLS TO BE PLACED IN CATHEDRAL English Carillon Donated Here Will Be Largest in World. By Rader Winget (Indianapolis Times Fraternal Editor) A trade secret kept since 1896 and five centuries of craftsmanship will be combined in the $70,000 carillon to be placed in the new $2,500,000 Scottish Rite cathedral in December. The sixty-two tuned bells capable of forty-nine notes will be some of the finest in the world, and holds the distinction of being the world’s largest carillon. All of the bells, except the larges<- 11,200-pound bell, already are cast and turned t” the John Taylor Bell Foundry of Loughborough, England, according to John Oldham, representative of the firm, who was in Indianapolis last week preparing for the installation of the carillon, which is a gift of Arthur R. Baxter. Carillon music is the most majestic in the world, it is said, and is bound with the traditions of the old world. It was developed in the Netherlands in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by people who held their carillons as their most sacred possessions. ' Treated as Spoils of War The bells were played only on special holidays and often were played in honor of visiting celebrities. The player, or carilloneur, was one of the distinguished citizens of the city and was accorded honors. The value and beauty of the bells seems to have brought their downfall. “From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth century, carillons were treated as spoils of war,” says William Gorham Rice, an historical authority on carillons. Bells captured in the wars were sometimes recast into cannons or carried away as trophies, or again they were ransomed as a town’s most prized possession.” The secret of tuning bells for carillons was lost during that period, and it remained for the John Taylor Company to rediscover it. W. W. Starmer, Tunbridge, England, a carillon authority, gives credit to Taylor for the first examples of scientifically tuned bells made in recent years. Rediscovered Tuning Secret “The Taylor Company either tablished or red 1 "covered a method of tuning harmonics, which must have been known to such founders as the Hemonys and Van den Gheyn, but which was lost to the world for at least two centuries,” Starmer said. To one who never has heard carillon music, its deep toned beauty is difficult to imagine, it is said. When the New York carilllon, which is said to be second to the Scottish Rite carillon in beauty and tone, was first played, traffic was stopped and thousands of persons gathered in the streets to hear the concert. The tune sometimes can be heard for more than two miles. < Says Rice, the authority, “the chromatic characteristics, combined with the extended compass and range in size of the bells, enables a master of a carillon keyboard not only to play the notes of a great variety of music, but to interpret its sentiment and to produce effects which are distinctive and peculiarly a property of this majestic instrument.” Cast Largest Bell* The Taylor Bell Foundry sprung from the bell foundry of Johannes De Stafford at Leicester, England, which started about 1366-70. The business was inherited by sons of the makers and by skilled apprentics, who work all their life to learn the trade. Edmund Denison Taylor Is the present owner and is assisted by his nephew, Pryce Taylor. All tuning is done by the Taylors, who alone are said to hold the secret. When Oldham left England for Indianapolis about two weeks ago, the largest Rite bell was being cast and probably now is being tuned. It is seven feet across the mouth and more than seven feet high. The bell is inverted, and a rotary lathe inserted in the inside. Taylor marks certain portions that must be shawa'd off to produce the proper tone, and a workman operates the lathe. Five Distinct Tones The bell are tuned to five distinct tones. The strike tone predominates, but the over tone and under tone which are an octave higher and lower are heard distinctly. Two tones in between these two must also be adjusted. Anyone can cast a bell, but a master craftsman must tune its five tones. Bells now are being developed with seven tones. The finest carillon in the world is being placed in the bird sanctuary of Mountain Lake, Fla., by William Edward Bok, publisher, by the Taylor Company, according to Oldham. The first carillon was place in the United States in 1922 by Gillet and Johnston, Croydon, England, also classed as one of the best bell foundries in the world. It is said that an internationally known carillonneur will be imported to play the first concert on the Rite carillon.
RAILROADER HONORED Hibernians Plan Reception for T. J. McCarthy. Division No. 6 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians adopted a resolution at the last meeting congratulating T. J. McCarthy on the completion of forty-six years with the Pennsylvania Railroad as road supervisor. McCarthy, who Is retired, left Thursday with his family for a tour of the United States and Ireland. The following committee for reception on his homecoming have been appointed: Bart O’Leary, Harry McMahon and David T. O’Connor.
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I. 0.0. F. PLANS BENEFITPICNIC County Lodges to Frolic at Park July 19. The fourth event in three months for the benefit of the proposed Odd Fellows Hospital in Greensburg, Ind., will be a picnic at Broad Ripple Park, July 19, by the Marion County Association of Odd Felllows and Rebekahs. Additions to the hospital fund will be made by selling tickets to the picnic. It is expected that sales will reach 30.000. Broad Ripple Park management has pledged 10 per cent of the gross receipts for that day to the fund. Plan Games, Contests An elaborate program for the entire day is being arranged, according to H. G. Schenk. Games and contests for the womer. and children will be held in the morning and afternoon, and a basket dinner will be served in the evening. About fifteen drill teams will give exhibitions at 7:30 p. m. Teams from outside Marion County will participate. Children to Attend Children from the Greensburg home will be guests of honor, according to present plants. They will be permitted to ride on every device in the park. Following the drills there will be free dancing in the Broad Ripple pavilion. Arrange Marion Session By Times Special MARION, Ind., July 9.—A department council meeting of Odd Fellows will be held here Aug. 12-14, according to an announcement by Elmo Gustii department commander of the Patriarchs Militant. Indiana cantons and auxiliaries have been invited to attend. One of the features of the program will be the conferring of the degree of chivalry by L. D. Tyson, brigade inspector. A military bail also is planned. Conferring the degree of chivalry on the Daughters of Rebekah will close the session. Northern Picnic Sunday By Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., July 9. The first annual basket picnic of the Northern Indiana Interurban Association pf Odd Fellows will be held here Sunday at Washington Park. The two Odd Fellows lodges and the Rebekahs of this city will be hosts. A picnic, games and other entertainment are scheduled. STATE ELKS CLUB FETE SET FOR AUG. 21-23 More Than 5,000 Members Expected for Outing at Gary. By Times Special GARY, Ind., July 9—With the start of the first day of the national Elks convention in Miami, Fla., today, Elks of Gary are preparing for the annual reunion of Indiana Association of Elks Clubs, to be held here Aug. 21-23. J. A. Smith, chairman of the housing committee, forecast that all hotel accommodations will be taken, and he is surveying the city for rooms in private homes. More than 5,000 members are expected to attend. At the last meeting of the club, members voted $25 to the budget of the nutrition camps for underprivileged boys and girls which opened Saturday at Crown Point. Plan Rush County Day By Times Special RUSHVILLE, Ind., July 9.—Odd Fellows of this city are planning to attend the Rush County day at the I. O. O. F. at Greensburg, Ind., Sunday. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and their friends will motor to the home in a body. Fjthians to Visit Home Hendricks County members of the Knights of Pythias will make a pilgrimage to the K. of P. home at Lafayette, Ind., July 22, under the direction of R. T. Arnold, Danville, county deputy.
Elks Club Will Honor Oldest Living Member The oldest living member of the Elks Club will boa guest of honor at the national convention of the order, which opens today and closes Thursday in Miami, Fla. M. B. Leavitt, who lives in Miami, holds the distinction of joining the New York lodge Sept. 18, 1870. He is a life member. He is the second ranking Elk and joined the lodge just five months after Charles Sturges. Leavitt retired from the theatrical profession many years ago. He was a member of the Jolly Corks, the club from which the Elks developed. Born in Poland, Leavitt came to America when 1 year old. He is said to have organized the first minstrel show in America. Leavitt toured England in search of material for his shows, and he is said to have been the first producer to import English actors for the American stage.
Board of directors of the Knights of Pythias home at Lafayette, Ind., are meeting today in the K. of P. Bldg, here in further consideration of the recommendation of anew hospital unit for the home: The photograph is the first taken of the board. Members are Charles A. Phelps, Newcastle, grand trustee: Louis B. Elmore, Monticello, past grand chancellor; Dolph E. Farr, Edinburg, grand chancellor; Carl R. Mitchell, Indianapolis, grand keeper of records and seal; John H. Frank. Lebanon, grand trustee, and W. W. Crooker. VETERANS TO PARLEY City Will Send Delegation of 50 to Rainbow Gathering. Indianapolis will be represented at the national convention of the Rainbow Division Veterans Association in Columbus, Ohio, July 1315, by about fifty local delegates. Paul W. Mulligan, Indianapolis, second national vice president, will head the local group. Special fares are offered. Arrangements for the trip were completed at the local chapter meeting Friday night.
Children at MooseheaH Keep Parents ’ Religion
Faith of Orphans Respected; Provide for Worship of Own Sects. Since history began man has fought about, and over, religion. But the members of the Loyal Order of Moose, bound together in a common cause to help humanity, forget rel'gious differences. On the religious side the only requirement for membership in the Loyal Order of Moose is that a man express his belief in and acknowledge a Supreme Being. The manner in which he acknowledges or seeks to worship this Being does not matter. Keqp Parents’ Faith Consequently, at Mooseheart, the child-city of the Loyal Order of Moosf, situated on the Fox River thirty-seven miles west of Chicago, among the 2,000 children there are communicants in many religious forms and the Moose sees to it that none is diverted from the faith of his deceased parents. For the protestant children there is a protestant clergyman who holds services in the auditorium each Sunday, when the youngsters receive religious instruction according to the protestant forms. The clergyman is available too for advice, counsel, and help aside from the regular services. Provide for Sects Likewise the Catholic children are under the religious direction of a Catholic priest who holds masses and gives them instruction in the auditorium. While he does not live on the grounds, he also is available for counsel and help at any time. Other sects are provided for in similar manner. Jewish children are taken to a synagogue hi Chicago or are visited in Mooseheart by a rabbi. For a time there were a few Mormon children in the Child-City and these went each week to the Chicago Mormon temple. Mooseheart even had a Quaker family and the children were led in the faith of their fathers by likewise being taken each Sunday to Chicago. Since Mooseheart aims to train heart and mind—the physical and mental body—in matters that will be of importance in the battle of life, a religious background is considered to be one of the important details in that training. Plan House of God Sunday in the Child-City is not a day of languorous occupation. The chimes ringing out from the beautiful campanile tower announce the hours of church and Sunday school services for the various groups, and the hurrying communicants dashing from their halls and dormitories attest to the interest taken in this phase of Mooseheart life. A fund is being raised to erect a building on the grounds called the House of God—a nonsectarian edifice where the children may worship according to the faith of their parents.
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MAJOR DEGREE WORKPLANNED K. of C. Arranges for Summer Exemplifications. Knights of Columbus of Indianapolis council will hold a mid-sum-mer exemplification of the first degree preceeding a major degree exemplification scheduled for September provided the number of new applications increases, according to James E. Deery, grand knight. The transfer card of the Rev. John T. Doyle of the Little Flower parish, was received at the last meeting of the council and accepted. Father Doyle transferred from Jeffersonville (Ind.) council. Plans are being made for the midsummer reorganization meeting of the K. of C. Bowling League, according to John Corcoran, league vice president. Schedules for the 1928-29 season will be made at the meeting under the direction of Francis Raftery, secretary.
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Timothy P. Harrington, 2214 Central Ave., is now at his home, after a ten weeks’ stay in the hospital, according to George Rice, chairman of the visiting committee of Knights of Columbus. Thomas J. Finneran, a member of the council, is in room 110 of St. Vincent Hospital. Paul V. Grantland, a member of the Terre Haute council, who lives at 4221 Central Ave., is in room 111 of St. Vincent Hospital, but can not receive visitors. Charles Kemp ,1720 N. Tibbs Ave., was presented with a past commander's jewel at the recers., national convention of the Blind Veterans National Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans of the World V/ar at Denver. Kemp has been commander for two years and this year was elected national executive committeeman. Solomon Krauss, Pawnee, Okla., is the new commander. The following officers were reelected by the Sahara Grotto drill team: Wilbur Foster, president; Emil Rhinehart, vice president; C. A. Carney, secretary, and George Joslin, treasurer. Lulu Poe was elected president of the Capitol Circle of the Protected Home Circle at the semi-annual election recently. DOZEN CLUB INCREASES NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP North Dakota and lowa Take Lead in Campaign Race. The Dozen Club of the Knights of Pythias has been increased to 150 members and thirty-one lodges, according to Harry M. Love, supreme keeper of records and seal. Twentyone lodges in the grand domain have not reported as to the membership of individual members or for the lodge. North Dakota leads in the number of lodges gaining the required number of members, and lowa leads in the number of individual members gaining the Dozen Club honor by obtaining twelve members. Illinois is second in the individual standing. LODGE TO HOLD PICNIC Queen Esther Eastern Star Chapter Plans Outing Thursday. Queen Esther chapter of the Eastern Star will hold its annual picnic at Garfield Park Thursday afternoon and evening. Games will start at 3 p. m. and a basket lunch will be served at 6 p. m. Members are asked to bring baskets, and free coffee, lemonade and ice cream will be given by the chapter. Mrs. Lucretia Mae Kinzie, worthy matron, and Mrs. O. Ray Albertson will be in charge. ENLARGE LODGE HOME Farm House Remodeled as Girls’ Dormitory at I. O. O. F. Institution. Work has started on the $10,500 addition and improvement to a farm house at Greensbug, Ind!, which will be used as a girls’ dormitory at the Odd Fellows Home. The fund was appropriated by the Rebekahs at a meeting last week. When the remodeling is completed the dormitory will become a unit of the home. Tizrah Club to Meet Mrs. A. L. Chauncey, 1449 Spann Ave., will entertain the Tirzah Club at her home this week.
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1,000 WOODMEN EXPECTED FOR STATEJUTING National Officers to Attend Syracuse Sessions, July 23-28. About 1,000 members of the Modern Woodmen of America are expected to attend the Indiana Forester encampment and officers’ meetings, July 23-28, at Camp Wawasee, in Oakwood Park, Syracuse, Ind. Uniformed rank and subordinate lodge officers will be assigned to tents Sunday. William C. Schaeffer, Terre Haute, colonel in command of the Indiana regiment of' foresters, will have charge of the flag raising ceremony opening the weeks’ program Monday. State Drill Contests John D. Votz, Indianapolis, national director, and Maurice R. Smith, Kansas City, Mo., will speak. State championship drill contests will be held in the afternoon for teams in the senior, junior, intermediate and pony classes. Prizes will be awarded in the evening when S. S. Tanner, Minier, 111., national director, will speak. William D. Headrick, Indianapolis, State lecturer, will conduct contests for proficiency in delivery of ritualistic charges Tuesday afternoon and evening. All members are eligible for entry in the contests, and solid gold emblematic badges will be given winners. Camp Clerk’s Day Wednesday is Camp Clerk’s day. Joseph G. Ray, Rock Island, 111., head clerk, will conduct a school of instruction. Charles F. King, Ft. Wayne, will preside, and Judge H. S. Redkey, Muncie, will give the opening address. Other speakers are N. C. Sherburne, Newark, Ohio, national director, and Charles F. Huthmaker, Rock Island, 111., assistant editor. A political love feast will be held Tnursday with speaking by United States Senator Arthur R. Robinson and Albert Stomp, Democratic nominee for United States Senator. Stump and Robinson are Wood- I men, and all other Woodmen w’ho are candidates for political office will be introduced. Prizes will be offered for the best mixer and best hand shaker. Head Consul Coming A. R. Talbot, Lincoln, Neb., head consul, will review the uniformed rank in the morning as commander in chief. A class of candidates will be initiated in the evening in a public ceremony by Columbia City camp. George E. Hopkins, Indianapolis, State deputy, will have charge of a school of instruction for district, special and camp deputies Friday. Dr. Frank E. Wolfe, New Albany, State medical director, and S. C. Fitch, Kokomo, special inspector, will speak. The Woodmen military band of Terre Haute, the Woodmen regimental band of Palmyra, and the Woodchoppers quartet of New Market and other musical units will give programs. CITY BACKS CONCERTS Portland Offers Financial Aid to Eagles Band. By Times Special PORTLAND, Ind., July 9.—City council recently went on record favoring the expenditure of $1,009 to be used in a series of eight band concerts by the Eagles Third Regiment Band at the new city park grounds. Although no official record was made of the proceedings, the council entered a gentleman’s agreement with the Eagles to defray the expense of the concerts providing the park board made provision in the 1929 budget. Half the amount will be paid for 1928 concerts and the remainder for 1929. 25 ~TO BE INITIATED Large Class to Take Ben Hur Work at Moose Hall Tonight. About twenty-five candidates will be initiated tonight by the Tribe of Ben Hur at Moose Hall, 135 N. Delaware St„ with A. L. Chauncey, chief, in charge of the initiation. Mrs. Homer Lawless, chairman of the entertainment committee, will have charge of the luncheon. Neighbors Meet Tonight Center Camp of Royal Neighbors will meet tonight at the Modern Woodmen Hall, 322 E. New York St., with special entertainment scheduled for the close of the program in charge of Fannie Volz, oracle.
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Above (left to right) John D. Volz, George E. Hopkins, William D. Headrick and Harry S. Redkey. Below: William C. Schaeffer and Harry E. Argus. Indianapolis Members Aid in Arranging Outing for July 23-28. The 1928 Indiana Forester encampment of the Modern Woodmen of America at Oakwood Park, Syracuse, Ind., July 23-28, will be under the direction of the following officers: John D. Volz, Indianapolis, national director; George E. Hopkins, Indianapolis, State deputy; William D. Headrick, Indianapolis, State lecturer; Harry S. Redkey, Muncie, State clerk; William C. Shaeffer, Terre Haute, colonel of the staff of regimental officers, and Harry E. Argus, Indianapolis, major in command of the third bapttalion. Other officers are Dr. Frank E. Wolfe, New Albany, State physician; S. G. Fitch, Kokomo, special inspector; Fred Barnett, Hammond, State consul; Charles E. Conger, Muncie, lieutenant-colonel; E. R. Beauchamp, Terre Haute, regimental adjutant; S. Grant Fitch, Kokomo, regimental quartermaster; F. C. Wahhoner, New Albany, regimental band master. Battalion commanders are B. E. Wiimve, Terre Haute; George E. Altheide, Evansville, Argus; Emery Dark, Sharpsville; Guy Hagerty, Muncie; E. D. Albright, Ft. Wayne; C. C. Richey, Greensburg; Chester Rhoedcr, New Albany, and W. H. Filley, Peru. PLAN W. 0. W. PARLEY State Managers to Set Evansville Tri-State Meeting Date. Bu United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 9.--A date for the tri-State Woodmen of the World convention to be held in Evansville will be set by State managers of Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana when they meet here July 18. The convention will be held this fall. More than 500 candidates will be initiated, and drill teams from all over the country are expected to compete for prizes. OFFICERS INSTALLED New Chiefs of Bloomington Rebekahs Take Posts. Bp Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 9. ThY following officers of the Colfax Rebekah lodge were installed at the last meeting: Martha Burch, Ethel Potter, Mrs. John Matthews, Grace Livingston, Lucille Languell, Ida Adams, Lena Burch, Dorothy Tell, Clara Fowler, Lulu Shank, Freda Matthews and Winnie Vaught. COUNTY OUTING IS HELD Owen Red Men in All-Day Picnic at Spencer on July Fourth. Bu Times Special SPENCER, Ind., July 9.—An Qwen County meeting of Red Men was held the Fourth of July with members of this city acting as hosts. Russell Evans was the chairman of the arrangements committee for the all day picnic. Wauheska tribe was in charge. CHARITY LODGE TO MEET Shepherds to Initiate Class of Candidates Thursday. Charity Lodge No. 9 of the Independent Order of Shepherds will meet Thursday night at 210 E. Ohio St., for the initiation of several candidates, according to Mrs. Maude Moscow, president, who will be in charge of the meeting. De Molay to Hold Picnic Bu Times Special VINCENNES, Ind., July 9.—Order of De Molay of Vincennes will hold its annual picnic Wednesday on Lake Lawrence, in Illinois.
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125 CITY MEN ATTEND ANNUAL ELKSMmEY Grand Lodge Meeting Held in Colorful Setting at Miami. By United Press MIAMI, Fla., July 9.—About 125 Indianapolis Elks joined the ranks of 40,000 members attending the sixty-fourth annual grand lodge meeting of the Benevolent and Protectve Order of Elks in Miami today. A total membership of 850,000 men in 1,530 lodges were represented. The convention is held under a setting said to be the most distinctive of any gathering of the order. Biscayne boulevard, 230 feet wide, has been converted into the Avenue of the Antlers, lined on one side by heroic-size elks, sixteen feet high, in plaster, mounted on pedestals, a great grand exalted ruler’s stand and on the other by grandstands with seating capacity for 20,000. Report to Grand Lodge Pylons thirty-five feet high and twelve feet wide, in the Elks colors, white and purple, as is the grand exalted ruler’s stand, form entrances to the Avenue of the Antlers. On these pylons are the Elks clock and star and the elk’s head. Opposite the Avenue of the Antlers is located the Green Pasture of Elkdom, in forty-three-acre Bayfront Park, a spot of rare tropical beauty bordering Biscayne bay, a body of water three miles wide and of ever-changing hue. In accordance with a resolution of the grand lodge in Cincinnati last July, the Elks National Foundation committee wil submit a report to the present grand lodge meeting relating to the establishment of a permanent endowment fund to be known as the Elks National Foundation, the income from which fund, estimated at between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000, will be used to further worthy objects. Extend Cooperative Idea The report of the committee, which will be in the nature of a survey, is expected to relate to the form which the agency to carry the plan forward shall take, its methods of administration, powers and limitations, and the perpetuation and safeguarding of the fund.