Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
BENEVOLENT AND PRO-
TECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS

Half a dozen candidates Travelled the
winding trail leading to the green pas
lures of Elkdom at the last session of
Santa Monica lodge No. 906, Thursday
night. Treasurer Ralph Bane under
took to captain the work team, and his
efforts were so successful the lodge
unanimously demanded that he con-
tinue in charge of that branch OF the
ceremonies. He was assisted by Broth
ers ICY" Randall, ]. T. Brown, Frank
Richmond and Charley Tegner Broth
ers from many distant lodges were
present, including H. Elder and M. c..
Webster of Phoenix No. 3S5; c. G.
Cross, Des Moines No. 98; A. r. Tay-
Ior, Portsmouth No. 154; William Cas-
ton, Spokane No. 22S, and Brother
Robson of Alexander No. ATS. There
was a big tournout of local members
from Santa Monica, ocean Park, Ven
ice and Sawtelle, including Brother
Fred Phillips, who came early in order
to assure himself that his relative, Roy,
would get all that was coming to him
in the early part of the proceedings.
Needless to say, he did. So likewise
the others. There was something
doing every minute during the even
ing, and Exalted Ruler J. G. Heming-
way expressed his pleasure at the ef-
ficient manner in which all Of the off,
GERS conducted their parts in the ritual
Following are the brothers who are
now proudly displaying new sets of
antlers: Roy e. Phillips, T. o. Cunha,
1. W. Minger S. L. Davis, C. e. Dear
ing and J. B. Hassett.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
the herd trotted over to the Arizona
avenue corral, where the newcomers
enjoyed their first browse with their
companions, in the course of which
Brothers Ehrman Grigsby, Tom Feron
and others gave several delightful vo-
cal selections, in which they were ac-
companied fundamentally by Brother
r. ]. Dudley.
The belief is gaining ground in the
Santa Monica lodge that Brother John
Morton is making the best esquire that
the lodge has ever had. He is regular
as a clock in his duties, and his diction
and delivery in the portion of the rit-
ual assigned to him is conducted with
an earnestness that carries the tone of
deep sincerity and conviction. That is
why the boys are singing more often
than ever that soulful ditty entitled
"Old John Morton Is Good Old Soul"
Exalted Ruler ]. c. Hemingway is
a lone treck 20 the can
yon home of Brother c. c. Cheney at
himself by personal inspection as to
the accommodations available for the
prospective outing of the local herd
early in July. At that time all of
beach Elkdom will join in the treck
to the canyon for a two days camp,
together with their feminine relatives
and friends. An initiation and barbe-
cue are among the features slated for
the occasion.
Brother Alfred H. Taylor, rector of
the Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd of Ocean Park, will hold spe-
cial memorial services in honor of the
nations dead tonight. He has extend
ed an invitation to all Elks to attend.
The recent dance and Dutch sup
per- given by Santa Monica lodge In
honor of the feminine relatives and
friends who assisted in the carnival
of nations" was such a pronounced
success that there was a general de-
mand for another such function in the
near future. A committee composed
of Commodore r. w. Armstrong, Ralph
Bane and Earl Nittinger was named
Thursday to look after the details of
the affair, which is scheduled to take
place about the middle of June.