The Washington herald., 1921-08-14
SEX HUNDRED ELKS
TO CONVENTION
Maryland State Association
= To Meet Tuesday at
rr Hagerst0wn, Md.

friends of Washington Lodge. No. l5,
Benevolent and Protective Order of
ElKs, will entrsin for the Maryland
State Association convention of the
order at Hagerstown. Md. TUESDAY
morning. August Is. Chairman J l..
Mcdonald. OF the reunion commit
tee. and his assistants have complet-
ed plans which will make this trip
one never to be forgotten. WASH
inston Lodge will have their own
band of 20 men. all Elks. and who
will wear for the first time hand
some new uniforms of blue and gold.
special feature VIM be a clown
banc. with -fessrs. II. Givin, A. A,
Riemer. W Wood F. Kendrick.
N. Flatoe, Charles Dietz. jr.. B. Cor
Master Charles Macintosh. the
smallest clown in the country. Ed
ward Newmeyer. jr.. president Of
the Elks' baseball team of the Fra
ternal League, has arranged to meet
the team Of Baltimore Lodge. No. I,
the trophy to be a silver cup. A
strong team will be entered for the
tug -of-war. with J.|L Mcdonald as
anchor.
The convention at Hagerstown
will be for three days. August 10.
'16 and IL Chairman John r. Blu
chanan. of the Hagerstown Lodge.
announces the following program:
Monday. August 15-Business ses-
sion. Auto tides to Antietam battle
neld. thester parties. smokers
wrestling and boxing matches.
q Tuesday. August l6-Business ses-
sion, tug-of-war. baseball game.
Washington VS.. Baltimore; grand
parade. band contests.
Wednesday. August l7-Business
session. grand. summer ball at the
country club.
A special tram will leave Wash
ington at $50 a M. and will depart
from Hagerstown at IL p. m. All
members are requested to procure
their tickets at the club or from
the committee. Alexandria. Va
Lodge, and all friends OF the order
are invited to join them in this big
DAYS outing.
President Warren G. Harding. for
mer Speaker of the House # Rep
resentatives Joseph Cannon and
members of the Senate and House
will participate in the cerem onies
Of the Maryland State reunion con-
yention Of the Benevolent :nd Pro-
tectlve Order OF Elks at Hagerstown'
Nd, Tuesday. August is. 1921.
President Edward Newmeyer an
nounces the appointment OF George
King as business manager OF the
Elks' baseball team, succeeding
Charles johnson. To date the team
has won 20 games. with no defeats
in the Fraternal League. and expect
in the. series to come TO capture
the championship bunting OF the
city.
|. Chairman Samuel Richards and
the board OF trustees have arranged
with q prominent architect to re-
model the basement. the main moor
Of the clubhouse, the ballroom ano
the ladies' reception room. Deco
rators will transform these noors
and rooms in up-to-date manner
and the furnishings will be OF the
highest quality. The trustees state
that when all plans are complete
the clubhouse will be a revelalon
faiths members. The work in hand
will be finished before the winter
sessions convene.
The ceremonies in the initiation OF
the los candidates last WEDNESDAY
were very impressive, both TO the
new Elks and the older members.
Past Exalted Ruler Howard NJ
Peter, delegate to the Grand Lodge
at the convention held in Los An
geles. Cal, read a great report OF the
wonderful work of the order curing
the past year The membership Is
now close 10 the 100000 mark and
still growing. i
Secretary william S. Shelby is
again back at his desk after we'll
earned vacation.