Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-05

7 The lodge room is sufficiently
large to scat $50 people. The
stations of the exalted ruler lead
ing knight, lccturing knight and
loyal knight are placed respectively
on the east, west, south and north
sides Of the room.
Above the station of the exalted
ruler, is the Elks' clock, pointing
to the hour Of eleven. svmbolical
in the ritualistic work Of the order.
A similar clock is placed on the wall
= back Of the station of the leading
knight Below the latter clock is
the memorial tablet containing the
, names of 26 members Of the lodge
who have been called by death. The
lettering of the names is Of gold
on purple background, purple
being the chosen color Of the order.
An altar, above which is hung
> an electrical star, also used i'll the
ritualistic work, is placed in the
center Of the lodge room.
/ Permanent seats are placed about
: the sides of the room, resting on
platform raised several inches from
= the floor.
| Indirect Lighting
The indirect system of lighting is
| used. there being two large chande-
liers. one placed at the east end
and the other at the west end Of the
room. For smaller lights are pro-
vid:d for in the four corners Of the
ceiling. Four fans. two ut either
end of the room. provide for
plenty Of ventilation during the
summer months.
> Complete Kitchen
} To the rear of the lodge room is
the kitchen, completely equipped
! for cooking large dinners, and
l stocked with an imposing array of
= cooking utensils and dishes. such as
; would delight the heart of any
housekeeper. The kitchen can be
opened at either end, providing
sufficient ventilation so that cook
ing odors will be excluded from the
lodge and club rooms.
Beyond the kitchen is the dining
room. which has a seating capacity
: Tor 125 persons, with an alcovc on
! the east side which will take care of
4 an overflow of at Of. least 40 more
persons. Beyond the alcove are two
store rooms for the lodge parapher
| nelia and the stock of stores neces-
sarv for the kitchen. A large
cabinet for dishes which cannot be
stored in the kitchen, is built into
the wall at the right entrance to the
dining room.
Balcony Over Arcade
The most pleasing feature of the
new club rooms is the open air bal
cony built over the arcade in the
front Of the building and opening
off the club room. This is certain
to be q favoritc spot with Elks dur
i. ing the summer months, and with
those attending SOCIAL functions
given by the lodge. When the fur
niture purchased especially for the
balcony is installed. it will be hard
to find a more inviting spot in the
entire city.
BY throwing open the double
doors connecting the lodge and club
rooms, dancing space sufficient to
accommodate Several hundred
couples can be obtained. The floors
throughout are of hardwood finish.
highly polished and providing an
excellent dancing surface.
Artistic Tints Used
The walls throughout the building
are tinted with n pleasing shade of
gray with black stencil decorated
border placed just below the cell
lat e t.l
struction painted in n cream shade,
while the woodwork is finished in
white, the whole decorative scheme
being designated to harmonic to
the best advantage and TO provide
Il cool appearance during the long
period when the valley is enjoying
its summer climate and the major
ity Of the lodge members make the
club rooms thtir headquarters while
+ their families are away on vaca-
tions.
Emery Girard Of this city was in
charges of the alterations which
changed the dilapidated appearance
Of the old courthouse into the beau
tiful home that it is today. the
Transformation reminding one Of
the work of fairy godmother who
changed pumpkin and mice into
a coach and four for Cinderella.
In making the alterations he
was in constant conference with
the trustees, DR.. c. s. Brooks, d. L.
Zinn and Burt Lemons, who have
given much of their time to the
work Of providing their lodge with
n hsme Of which it can well be
proud.
Realize Ambition
Since the first days of the Elks
lodge in this city, il has been the as
peration of the membership to have
q home of their own, and they have
now achieved this ambition. There
is room for enlarging the present
quarters when conditions warrant
by constructing a second floor on
the west side of the building. This
the Elks hope to do at some future
date. the general idea being to
build ball room sufficiently large
to take care Of the average public
social function in FL Centre.
Construction Of the new home
has meant hard work for the off
eers and many members of the lodge
and they are to be congratulated on
the success with which their ef-