The Dickinson press., 1908-12-12
QulNLIvAN
h0N0RED
Elected Exalted Ruler Of Dickin-
son Elks. Installation Cere-
monies. Elaborate Social
Session at Midnight.

& IN side of the Elk cele-
AG bration is perhaps the
most attractive, the
institution of q lodge
means lot of hard
work and occupies a
good share of the visitors time in the
city.
The institution of Dickinson Lodge.
No. 1897 was held in the armory and
began about four o. clock in the after
noon. The initiation and degrees were
worked by jamestown Lodge No. 9o5, as
sisted by District Deputy Exalted Ruler
n Stanchfield of Grand Forks, the head
Of the order in this state.
The officers of the jamestown Lodge
are: Exalted Ruler. Charles D. Spur
lock Esteemed Leading knight. Charles
+. Rathman; Esteemed Loyal Knight,
Malcolm Sinclair: Esteemed Lecturins
knight. A. Blewett; secretary, Robert
E. Wallace; treasurer, Michael Murphy !;
chaplain, Rev. E. Burleson; Tyler. John
H. Severn; guard. George Richmond !:
esquire, Dwight Donnelly organist. John
Tunstall !; trustees, G. A. Lieber, r. G.
DePuy, Otto Bauer. Cuts of most of
these officers will be found elsewhere in
this issue .
The armory is very elaborately decor
ated for the occasion. To insure absolute
privacy, the windows have been curtain
cd with paper and a partition formed
across the hall at the edge Of the gallery,
completely shutting in the hall and
leaving an ante room Of good size. 1.z
The hall is mass of purple and
white. The griders are hung with broad
bands of bunting and the columns wound
in the colora Each window is draped
with purple and white and the wallis
hung with alternate strips Of the, two
colors. The front of. the !. balcony is
tastefully draped with bunting and ropes
Of the colored paper. At one end of the
hall is magnificent elk head, with the
horns tipped with tiny electric bulbs at
each end and the numerals '1137"
spelled out in electric lights.
The parphenalia and lodge room fur
nishines were brought from the Elks'
hall.
Downstairs in the basement is the
BANQUET room. This is one mass Of put-
pie and white, every inch Of the walls
being covered with the bunting. The
ceiling is hung with paper ropes and the
columns wound with purple and white.
Two long tables will seat fully 800 at a
time and every seat was occupied. The
banquet was served by the local Elke.
1t was originally planned to have an
outside caterer but the lodge finally de-
cided to buy their own provisions.
n Everything imaginable was served,
both in the eatables and drinkables and
the banquet received great praise from
everyone for the excellence Of the menu
and the service. H. B. Powers, was
head waiter, assisted by Robert Schmidt.
Henry Schwartz. Frank Slime and Arthur
Davis a..
! At the close of the banquet the degree
work was resumed and the lodge formally
instituted in the beautiful work of the
order. The jamestown lodge received
areat praise on all sides for the very
fine way in which the institution was
carried out. An orchestra composed of
jamestown Elks furnished music. ID
An election of officers was held at
about eleven o'clock and the first officers
Of Dickinson lodge, No. 1897, are as
follows: Exalted Ruler, James G. Quin-
livan: Esteemed Leading Knight, Lloyd
RAIDER: Esteemed Loyal knight, Dr. ].
w. Sribling Esteemed Lecturing knight
n. L Mcbride: treasurer, w. G. Ray
secretary, Fred D. Wilson tyler. T. N.
Hartung; trustees. Mayor George NJ.
Frye, H. l. Reichest and j. F. Brodie.
The officers were then installed,
At about midnight q social session
was held which lasted until morning.
The ladies were present during the
early part of the social session. Speeches
were made by Esteemed Leading knight
Lloyd RAIDER. Mayor George NJ Frye, and
others. The principal feature was the
musical act of the Five Monetas, the
vaudeville attraction now showing al
the Unique. This was given as compli.
mentary performance for the Elks by the
manager of the theatre, r. F. Warren.
The act is exceptionally fine and was {
rare treat. Two of the leading actors o.
the Shore Acres company which playet
here last evening are Past Exalted
Rulers and were the guests Of the lod-
ees, assisting in entertaining the visit
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