The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
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BIG PA RADE 10 BE
When the Grand Union of
the Efks isHeld 1t At

ATLANTIC 01TR, June 7Un-
lin. ted amlSehi "a IN the Whple-
some sort, ranging nom bathing IN
the tumBIhE breakers, roller chair
rides up and doNs9 the Boardwalk
with It's evef-eh Al Ing ensemble OF
hurryinE. pleasure -seeking muI1i-
tudes BY day and BY night; sailing
and automobIiihgs to dancing on
the military piers with their big
military bands, cake walks and
minstrel shows; a constant inter-
changing Of visits by lodges in the
hotel circle, carnivals and receptions
galore. will be Atlantic Cfty's watch
word during the week Of July 10,
when more than one hundred thous-
and Elks and their friends are ex-
pected to Bbe here for the twenty
ffth Grand Lodge Reunion
AtIantie Cfty's BnR.ness-
because pleasure is the stock in
trade of the great resort and no
other city under the sun has devel-
oped to such a high degree the
business OF providing amusement
for the great American public when
1t banIshes dull care and takes the
annual holiday, Atlantic City Lodge
of Elks proposes to provide for its
brethren more wholesome anuse-
ment to the square inch than any
other community could supply with
three times the cash capital.
In short Atlantic City will hold
open house, for one week for the
great order OF, Elkdom and every
thing pertaining to it. Plans
working to that end have reached
the final stage OF perfect readiness
1t only remains TO hang out the
aags, turn on the music and extent
the glad hand.
Record breaker Parade. .s
REPORTS pouring into. reunion
headdiiarters indicate that the pa
rade, always a stellar feature of the
Grand Lodge meetings. is to be
record breaker. Lodges which never
before uniformed their members
will send large delegations to the
shore reunion. Lodges of BasteFn
Massachusetts at a meeting in Bos-
tona week ago, arranged for. trans
portation for three times as many
REPRESENTATIVES as have ever at
tended a BenoYoIent Protective Or
der of Elks reunion.
Ohio, Indiana and the middle
west will move shoreward ia solid
trains without change of cars. me
south also is to evidence the devei-
opment of Elk spirit in that section
by sending large delegatio9s- 10
provide for the rolling stock re-
ouired to transbqrt the hosts OF
F,Ikdom shoretgt 8 Will be an even
creater task for railroad traffic
than that which con-
rronted them during the national
of the Grand Army
here last September.
The G. f. r. Circular.
Grand Exalted Ruler August
Herman, Of Cincinnati, in an OF
9ciaI circular has called the atten-
ton OF the Elks all over the coun-
trv to the fact that a section of t1el
oraer,s constitutional law provides
that any proposed amendments TO
existing statutes OF the
he submitted in writing and filed In
duplicate with Grand Secretary
robinson in Dubuque at least thirty
days prior to the converting OF the
Grand Lodge. :,
Under this provision matters OF
great import to be acted upon at the
Atlantic City convention must be
made of record not later than June
10. Another part OF the Grand EN-
alter Rulers circular recounts the
fact that all persons wearing the
Grand Lodge badge or the ladies'
insignia will be admitted without
charge to the steel per during inc
week OF the 'eunion. Atlantic cry
lodge made the neat sum OF $1'9o9
70 make the great pier the properly
80 Inc order for the time being.