The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-04-10
Directors of State AssOcia-
lion Formally Award the
Convention TO Mani
tOwOc Today.
MANY KENOSHA ELKS GOING
with Convention Coming TO Kenosha
Next Year Efforts Will Be Made TO
Have Kenosha Delegation This Year
Largest Ever At State Meet.

wisconsin, antlered herd--the Elks
--B. P. O. e. will make Manitowoc
headquarters for the annual state con-
vention this summer.
This was announced when official
notice reached the local lodge that the
board Of directors of the Elks Asso-
citation Of Wisconsin had unanimously
voted to award the state meeting to
Manitowoc. Milwaukee and Wausau
were also contestants for the conven-
tion.
While the Manitowoc lodge has the
privilege of fixing the dates for the
convention, which will continue over
three days period, the state board Of
the order suggests in it's notice that
the meeting be scheduled for the last
week in June, the dates proposed be-
Ing June 26, 27 and %, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, thus making Satur-
day the big day. 1t is probable that
the local lodge will accept the sugges-
ton.
With only two months to prepare for
the big event ,Manitowoc lodge is GO
ing to be pretty busy and committees
viii be appointed at once by Exalted
Ruler w. G. Urbanek to start the work
FOR the convention.
No program has been discussed by
the lodge there but the state directors
plan to make the convention one Of the
most notable in history Victory con-
vention. The local E1xs and other
lodges of the state have hundreds Of
boys in the service and it is expected
that they win be especially honored at
the convention.
If the program Of previous years is
carried out the opening day Of the con-
vention will be chiefly a business one
with the two following days devoted
to social and entertainment features,
with the state lodge ball as feature on
Friday evening. The big parade, which
always features the state convention,
win take place on the closing day of
the meeting Marching clubs from
many of the thirty-three branch lodges
in the state will attend.
The state convention plans for the
Kenosha lodge will be taken up at the
meeting of the lodge on Thursday even
ing. Reports that the national con-
vention Of the Elks was to be held at
Milwaukee this year, conflicting with
the state convention, are untrue as the
national convention is at Atlantic City
Manitowoc entertained the state con-
vention eight or nine years ago when
the order was much smaller in mem
bership but with the new club and
growing city, the Manitowoc lodge is
in q position to do even better by the
B. P. 0. r. than in the former meeting.
Business men will be asked to Support
the Manitowoc lodge in making the
convention the biggest event of the
year here.
As the Kenosha lodge has already
been selected to entertain the conven-
ton in 1920 it is expected that at least
a hundred members of the Kenosha
lodge will go to Manitowoc to plug for
q big convention here next year. One
of the first duties of Exalted Ruler
Lynn Hannahs win be to name the
committee to organize the Kenosha
delegation for Manitowoc. 1t is ex-
pected that the Marching Club Of Ke-
nosha lodge viii have part in the pa
rade and that the Kenosha degree team
viii be entered for the contests in rit-
ualistic work