The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-08-09
MONTANA ELKS
CLOSE SUCCESSFUL
MEET IN BILLINGS
Local Lodge Represented by
@. J. Simmons as
Delegate.

The annual Montana State Elks as
ISOLATION closed its two-day convention
at Billings Saturday evening with
banquet and dance at the Highland
golf course. It is estimated that al
most a thousand delegates and visitors
were in attendance from various parts
of the state, a score or more going
from this city. The local Elks lodge
was represented by 0. J. Simmons as
delegate and he reports that the con-
vention just closed was the most
successful ever held by that order in
this state. Officers elected for the
coming year included Charles L Trott
Of Billings, president; J Henry Nibbe,
third vice president, resigned, and
Hugh Adair of Helena was elected
/ in his place; G. J. Carroll Of Billings,
eastern district deputy, and T. G. Lay
of bozeman was elected western dis
trict deputy; George L. Steinbrennet
of Missoula, first vice president; Dr.
A. J. Long of LewistoWn, second vic'
president; Hugh Adair of Helena
third vice president; Pete Nelson OF
Livingston, fourth vice president; +
J. McQueeney of Butte, treasurer;
William F. Schnel of Kalispell, sec
rotary, and II. M. Stewart of Boze-
man, trustee for period Of five
years.
A meeting place for next year was
not decided upon for the reason that
during the convention session Satur-
day afternoon, no invitation was ex-
tended from any Of the lodges in the
state. 1t was decided that the trus-
tees of the association will designate
a meeting place later. G. E. Johnson
secretary of the Missoula lodge, an
nounced Saturday night that his lodge
would welcome the opportunity Of en-
pertaining the Elks at their reunion
next year.
Montana Elks will go to Los
Angeles convention next year IN {
group, it was decided during the re
union. Because Of their concentration
on the national convention, the STATE
meeting in 1929 will be primarily {
business session, it was announced.
Outstanding among the resolutions
passed by the convention Saturday
morning was one in which the lodge
placed itself behind the movement fol
rehabilitation of crippled children.
John Claxton of Butte presided al
the banquet which closed the reunion
Saturday night Members of the as.
sociation from different parts of the
state were called upon for short talks
and following the feast there was g
dance, Miss D'Amico was crowned
queen, and the winners of second anc
third places, Miss Morgan and Miss
Jaton, respectively, were her attend
ants.
Miss D'Amico received a total OF
84,825 votes, passing her nearest con-
tender by more than 100000 Miss
Morgan received 52,950 for second
place, Miss Jaton 4S,650 for third
place, Miss Bobbie Dodge 32,675 fol-
fourth place, Miss Madge Huffman
21,300 for fifth place, Miss Madeline
Nelson II ,450 for sixth place and Miss
La Reen Boice 4,750 for seventh place
All of the contestants were guests OF
the Elks at the banquet Saturday
night.
Commenting on the crippled chill
dren activity adopted by the state as
ISOLATION, President Claxton said that
the association should spend $4,000
on the cause during the coming year
and that it will be increased from
one year to another as means permit
The state officers and Others visited
the orthopedic hospital school there
Saturday afternoon to see what is be-
ing done along the lines of rehabilita-
ton.
Memorial services were held Satur-
day morning for the following de-
ceased state officers: B. w. Clark OF
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