El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-22
% YEARS OLD,
ELKS CELEBRATE
Anniversary Observed With
Charter Members as
Honor Guests.

III paso lodge 1877, Benevolent and
Protective order of Elks, observed the
s,lvor anniversary Of its organization
la, social session in the lodge rooms
Monday evening.
The "old timers" or tho lodee were
-,,asts Of honor and made the prlnclpal
eeei,as Of the evening. A program OIL
r1nsfc singing and mock Jrlal was
atoered nv the entertainment committee
~ which Chas. Armstrong IS chalrhaH
Evaited ruler Roy ID. Barnum presto =
ed and, after welcoming She $50
,,,eTnbers. introduced past exalted ruler
q II Higgins. who responded TO the au-
dress on behalf Of the old umers-
Mayor Tom Lea was then introduced
and maid a tribute to the departed
brothers of the lodge. III was one %
the mayors best etIorts ana tbose
tears to the eyes OF many Oh Inose
N Dickerrnan. of Tucson, member
or the grand lodge, and Joe Prochaska,
of Miami, Ariz, district deputy grand
exalted ruler for Arizona Pete Rlley'
e~sited ruler of Clifton lodge, were also
Introduced and made short talks. The-
Fpgers and F. L. Shackletord maze
talks on the early days of the lodge.
Guests of Honor.
As the meeting was opened eXaiteu
ruIer Rarnum asked past exalted rulers
park W. Pitman and V. r. Stiles to es-
cort into the lodge room the original
charter members of the lodge, who had
previously been asked to remain IN the
clubrooms below. To the tune of AUD
Lang Syne," by the orchestra, me
guests Of honor. DR.. G. II. Higgins. 5
Aronstein. Al Howard. The, Eggers, +.
7, ShackIeford and Fred Schaefer, were
escorted into the lodge room, where
they occupied special seats OF honor
beside the exalted ruler. II was ex-
ct
allied ruler of the lodge, was unavoid-
ably absent: also that past exalted ruler
G. r. Morehead, W. Z. Race. judge Jos.
Magoffin and w. r. Latta. other charter
members still living IN FL Paso. could
not be present because Of indispOsitiOn.
Among the other "old timers in the
lodge work were past exalted rulers
Sam J. Gatlin, Edward kneezeH and
Park W Pitman. Past exalted rulers
V. r. Stiles, W. ". Bridgers and Dr.
J. W. Yard were alsc present It was
one OF the largest gatherings Of "old
timers in the lodge room in long
time One Of the features Of the even
ing was the playing of the opening and
closing odes by S. ArOnstein, the first
organist OF the lodge.
Trial. Songs, Music.
The entertainment part OF the pro-
gram consisted of the trial OF past ex-
allied ruler Edward Kneezell on
charge OF speeding to the Elks' club to
get a drink; n saxOphOne solo by DR..
Herbert Ward. songs by the Limbur-
ger trio. consisting or Chas. Armstrong.
Tom Crutcher and J. H. Phillips: solo
by J. II. Phillips, and songs bv Nathan
G Bassett- An orchestra also furnished
music between numbers. Mr. Bassett
as usual received reDeated encores
In the trial. F. A. Rayner presided as
Judge, and G.. A. Martin and DR.. Herbert
Ward prosecuted the defendant. while
G. A. Brann and Joe Held defended him.
Bob Page and J. H Regain, the long
and the short OF it." were the policemen
who danced attendance upon the court
and drank the courts beer and smoked
the courts cigars. when he wasn't look
ing. After properly bribing the Judge
with a bottle OF Blue Ribbon" the
prosecution won the case and the de
PENDANT was fined $3.50. the amount
found on the person Of the prisoner
when Officer" Page made the arrest
Many good natured local hits were
sprung in the course OF the trial
Regain later acted as n messenger bow
in nifty uniform. and delivered tel
egrams' to a number Of those present
including John ". Wyatt. v R Stiles.
Joe Phochaska and f. NJ Dickerman
The affair was pronounced most en-
Joyable and fitting celebration Of such
an important event in the history OF
the lodge; the enjoyment was added to
very largely by the splendid lunch and
other refreshments provided BY the en-
tertainment committee and secretary J
+. Anderson.