Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-06-21
.ELKS TAKE IN
81 new MEMBERS
DEBORAH Lodge No. i43 Staged lnitia.
ton of Large Glass Here Last
Thursday.
BIG BANQUET
HELD AT WINNESHIEk
Parade in the Afternoon Attracted
Big Crowd. Mavericks Inflated
at Grand i'm the Evening.

DecOrah lodge OF ElkS NO. ffo
staged another big initiation here
last Thursday when ninety-four new
members were taken in. The class
numbered ITO, but fifteen were UNI
able to be present for the initiation.
In the afternoon at three o'clock
big parade was put on headed by
the Odd Fellows band and the can
didates, dressed in gay colors and
painted faces marched with large
number of Elks. through the streets
and gave the spectators lot of
fun in watching the funny antics
pulled off.
Immediately after the parade the
candidates were given the initatory
work at the Elks Home, at the con-
clusion of which they repaired to the
Winneshiek Hotel and enjoyed ban
quet of tempting viands prepared by
Manager McTague, and as usual he
did himself proud in serving the
large crowd, some $50 being present.
Tables were set about the lobby and
also on the second floor. The SER
vice was excellent and quick and
the hungry Elks were all satisfied
in short order.
After the banquet the Elks all
repaired to the Grand Opera House
where the finishing touches of the
initiation were put on, and two hours
of solid fun was enjoyed.
A big dance was put on a. the
Winneshiek which was enjoyed by
large crowd, and dance at Hau-
gems hall also drew another large
crowd.
In the afternoon ball game was
put on between the DEBORAH All
Stars and Oelwein and was enjoyed
by a good crowd. Oelwein shut our
boys out by a score of 6 to 0. The
game was a cracker jack up until
the ninth when the local blew up.
Following are the names of the
candidates initiated Thursday:
Decorah-E. S. Schreiner, Edw
Matter, Emmett Glass, A. r. Cotfeen
E. r. Acres, James Walter Mott
Lawrence Keefe, Gordon r. Luce
liver A. Ringdahl, Chas. Clyde In.
man, Harold Erickson, Marshal
Barge, A. N. Hanson, E. A. Hanson
William Scally, J. W. Waters, +. L
White, W. ]. Cooley, j. Norman
Lee, William T. Symonds. Jr., Arthur
G. Helgeson, Simon Ness. c. K. Sci
land, Nels>A. Nelson, Bonnie y
Thorson, Mark D. Wells, Henry Jan
sen.
! Bonair-T. L. Bird.
Cresco-O. J. Ntzhugh,, William {
Walton, Paul Cummings. Morton {
Emmons, Gustave H. koehn, jeff y
Rogers, John Leo Nolan, Ernest +
Koehn, Joseph J. Hanson. J. B. Mul
lany, John McCook, DR.. George kes
sci. Philip G. Button, A. r. Tiffany
J. H. Whi.lock, A. L. Gooder, Ur
ban Malanaphy, William B. Davi;
Z. L. Weaken, V. W. Gender, Ken
ard NJ. StaebelI, Philip E. Bird, l
L. Lyons.
CaImar-E. ]. Hackett, The
Johnson, Adolph Gunderson, Pete
Graf.
Spillville-A. A. Novak, G. I
Heuser.
Lawler-F. E. Eickhoff.
Waucoma-Roy Halleck. Edgar
Ossian-Willis H. Layton, D
Joseph A. Juen, Donald r. Bullar'
J. Walter hilbert, William P. Mul
aney, Cleo C. Cahill.
McGregor-Will Stone, A. B. Nj
yer, H. B. Hoopengarner.
Prairie du CHEN, Wis.,-WilEa'
Warsaw, A. B. Curran, W. L. KIN.
vett
Eastman, Wig.-Frank Shepher
Clermont~L. S. Eastman. c.
Hoffman, L. l.. Carr, f. L. Grow
Dr. c. L. Layton, j. p. Paulson, Joi
Pringle, DR.. |. c. Jerdee.
Harmony, Minn.-P. E. kiland,,
l. Riseland, Stanley Reynolc
Torrance A. Riseland, John H. Jont
Ervey J. Norman.
Waukon-Thomas P. O'Nel, j.
Nlinert. D. d. Roggensack, Thos
Lee, Clement D. Hoag.
Quandahl, Iowa.. S. Quandahl.
Marquette, Iowa-W. |. Train'
Jos. T. Harvey.
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