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New York Elks Lodge No. 1 Actor who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: Jack Benny: Comedic entertainer on radio and television [1] Irving Berlin: New York Elks Lodge No. 1 Songwriter Leonard Bernstein: New York Elks Lodge No. 1 Conductor, composer, and winner of seven Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and 16 Grammy Awards: Lew Bloom
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City. It has more than 750,000+ members at 1,928 lodges. The fraternity currently focuses on Community, Friendship, and Charity.
The Improved Elks have an officially recognized female auxiliary, the Daughters of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World. [10] They were organized by Emma V. Kelley on June 13, 1902, in Norfolk, Virginia. [1] In 1923 the IBPOEW convention in Chicago was attended by 3,000 delegates.
Entering the reservation on U.S. Route 2. The Blackfeet Nation (Blackfoot: Aamsskáápipikani, Pikuni), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, [4] is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Montana.
The Elks Lodge in Hattiesburg held its annual Mardi Gras ball. This year's theme was "The Enchanted Forest."
Membership is open to everyone, men and women, age 16 years and older. In earlier years, membership was limited to the wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, stepdaughters and widows of members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1979 there were 40,000 members, the same as a decade previously. [2] There were 41,000 members in 1989. [1]
On March 26, 1935, the Las Vegas Elks announced their plans to stage a one-time, four-day celebration called "Helldorado." [1] The Las Vegas Elks hired an out-of-town promoter to create a fundraising event to build a lodge for the fraternal organization. [1] In the March announcement, the Elks said they had "retained Clyde Zerby, one of the ...
Early Commercial [1] 38: Elks Lodge No. 841: 1904 built 3250 Richmond Ave Staten Island, New York: old English architecture [1] 39: Elks Lodge No. 878: 1924 built 2014 NRHP-listed 82-10 Queens Boulevard Queens, New York: Italian Renaissance Revival architecture [1] 40: Elks Club (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1916 built 1985 NRHP-listed 139 W. Fifth St.