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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.
It was founded by Dennis T. Flynn, Oklahoma Territory's delegate in Congress, George A. Reynolds the Grand Secretary of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Philip Walker, Grand Vice-Regent of the Royal Arcanum and W. J. Palmer Past Noble Grand Manchester Unity, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Independent Benevolent and Protective Order of Moose; Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria - Founded September 14, 1847, as a temperance order in New York City by I. W. B. Smith.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks banned auxiliaries and side degrees in 1907, but unofficial female and youth auxiliaries have still been founded at the local level. Furthermore, female auxiliaries are recognized by the Elks of Canada and the African-American Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World [4]
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks [1] Beta Sigma Phi, non-collegiate sorority; Danish Brotherhood in America; E Clampus Vitus; Fraternal Order of Eagles; Fraternal Order of Moai; Fraternal Order Orioles; Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International; Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World; Improved Order of ...