The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-21
WHEELING ELKS
INITIATE CLASS
TWENTY Five MEMBERS RECEIV.
ED AT RoUSING SEES
SION
Lodge Members Hear % Drive re
Make New Elks.

: Twenty-Five names were added 10 the
, roster Of Wheeling Lodge No. IS i. p.
! .. ElkS At the meeting held last night
q: the Elk's auditorium on Fifteenth
| street. This initiation launched the
| drive Of Wheeling lodge for 1900 meln-
! bcrs by April l. the date set for clos
! ing the drive for members now being
wRged by ElkS lodges all over the
! country.
The initiation was conducted by tn"
degree staff OF Wheeling lodge, and
| needless to say, the quarter Of hun
dred candidates who took the work now
| look back to one of the biggest nights
of their lives.
Following the initiation, the Elks and
their visitors were ushcred into the
dining room where an elaborate feast
was served. The hall was handsomely
dCCorat ted for the dinner. 4 special table
! on the stage bore the loads of eats
, for the lodge officers and out-of-town
visitors who included District Deputy
Ashcraft, Of Fairmont; d.. AShGoInb.
, one Of the district presidents Of Penn
syIvania, and T. b. Sisson. OF Lodge
No 500, Mayor OF Valparaiso, Indiana.
Big Feast Served.
The dinner was served by the banquet
committee Of Wheeling Lodge. headed
by Buck" W!nsCr. While the meal was
being served, an orchestra rendered de-
, l!ghtful music. EXaltcc Ruler James
\. Dyson introduced Or 0. ". Burdatts,
who acted as master Of ceremonies dur
ing and after dinner speaking. DR.. Bur
, OATS called on Mayor SiSsou, OF VAL
,,araiso, who delivered very telling ad-
dress upon the strength Of the d. =. Q.
Elks and the sterling principals. OF tho
order. Judge Frank w. Ncsbitt deliver
, Cd the eleven o'clock toast. District
Deputy AShcraft, in a brief address. told
OF the membership drive being wa6ed in
West Virginia, and predicted That
, Wheeling lodge VIII have TO get more
Than l.5n0 members TO hold the honor
Of being the. biggest lodge in the state.
Two Other lodges in the southern MEM
bers Of the state" he said, "arc planning
% make their membership 1000 each
during this campaign.
Dc. AMhcOlmb told the gathering that
. Wheeling should I've able 10 go over the
.. 600 mark, and offered the suggestion
that each member go out and get ono
! now member each. He told OF seeing
! .Oti new members taken into one lodge
{ in Pennsylvania in one session. and
| 900 l:lks witnessed the imitation
which was about two-thtrds Of the meln'
' bcrship Of this lodge.
Lodge Seeks Quality
| ToastmaStcr RurdattS at this point
! interviewed with the telling point thaI
! Wheeling lodge Is not seeking 50 much
! the honor OF having the largest mem
bcrSh.p. bur ii is determined to nave
the best in quality
Those who composed last nights class
nf newly made r:iks are W. J. Rlggls
J. l.. Dalton. Ralph L. EbclnE' l.. l.
! Solomon, Charles J. Thompson !ohn
T. Mess. T. Il. Could. Thomas 9. Jenk'
/ r,s. pctr, NJ. SclyagE', raUl /. Reuter-
D. Milton Gu,man. Leslie l.. Jones }
f. Percy, Harry l.. Scverson. Ollie j
Mavcrs. David s. Ncsbitt, Sidney T.
| Rsichart, James l. McCready. Andrec
G NJ. Hess. Martin J. Purpura, Herman
w. Schuler. George W. NoGt, Char!es
II. Lehrw, Anderson Henry and H. j.
, NJ g F'addCn.