The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
By A BROTHER ELK

AAgW CAh1SbQ IulCIs 1AS 48 H01bGK A. Jarvis, personnel manager of the Chase Brass Companies, Inc, a young men, at the head of a nice little family, a friendly fellow, pleasant and affable, and admit tedly one of the best that could be chosen for the high office of that body. We don't deny our interest and friendliness for the man; we have always liked him, admired and thought well of him.
 That's the reason we attended vhe meeting last night that in- Stalled him into office. A district deputy grand exalted ruler, Arthur w. Swan of Naugatuck, with a suite composed of well known Naugatuck Elks, installed him into office.
 old Time Days
 The Elks of Waterbury have now been in existence since 1893 or thereabouts. In the old days, they had rooms in the Jones & Morgan building on Bank street. later on East Main street, and still later in Grand street. In 1910, they moved to their present quarters on West Main street. In the horse and buggy days of the organiza- ton, the meetings drew large crowds; in this era of the auto- mobiles, the meetings, like all fraternal units, are slimly attend ed.
 But more seemed to be present last night than generally. MT. Jarvis has a large personal fol- lowing, and all of these friends were on hand to wish him well in his new undertaking. It takes a long time to become exalted ruler of Waterbury lodge. One has to go through all of the chairs, starting at the bottom, and going along until he reaches the honor of bein eligible for the highest of- flee within the gift of the organi- zation. Some men can stand it; others cannot, and for this reason never sought any place in the or ganization's makeup.
 But 1t did us good to look around the room and note some of the members present. The mem- bership has of course changed greatly in the past few years. It was bound to, because many of the old time members have gone the way of all mankind. But there are some left among us, members who have been Identified with the body for a period of at least 30 years, and some who have been longer. The number one man was present, Will Carroll of Oyster view or some other Oyster spot, down around Savin Rock, who drove up to be on hand at the ceremonies. Bill Carroll was Waterbury Elk when various well-known men about town were prominent in the order, such as the late wit, Judge Holohan, Jimmy Harrington of the Green lunch cart fame, George Roberts, the beer salesman, Joe Cullen, the Republican reporter, Tom Hurley, the flashy dressed cafe owner, Big Tom Finnigan, Bill Quigley, the blacksmith, Bill Doyle, another blacksmith, Farmer Johnston and others just like them helped so much in the early making of the local lodge of Elks.
 Joe Bottomley
 And we also noticed Joe Bot tomley, who has seen the world at the head of the Bottomley troupe of acrobats, prominent throughout this country, and similar exhibition shown through out this country and Europe. Joe Bottomley's career in this line is one of the most interesting tales for anyone to hear. It is not often that Joe will recite 1t to you, but occasionally we have heard it when we pressed him for data concerning some of his many, many visits into foreign lands.
 The Elks open their meetings with an ode, then take up their business, and leave the installation until the very last. The business meeting last night seemed to be too long when one is waiting for the installation ceremonies to be- gin. But the officers seemed in no hurry; perhaps it is that the ritual must be closely followed, regard- less of what is to come later. The Elks are sticklers for that ritual of theirs. They tell you during the service that an Elk is never for gotten or forsaken. We hope that dream comes true, in our own case at least. Still. it does seem to some of us that one or two have been forgotten in the many years that we have been associated with the body; but this may have been due to a lack of foresight on the part of the individual member; 1t must be so, else the Elks would not repeat almost daily, their favorite expression, That an Elk is never forgotten or forsaken."
 Meetings Lengthy
 We ourselves do not like attend- ance at meetings; they drag too much for our pleasure. But there are many who do like to attend