The Illinois times., 1951-10-26

l.R,0.EW held lis first quarterly
conference of It's Executive Rear1
here Sunday, Oct, 2ist, with a
splendid attendance and good man
ners. The meeting was called by
State President, nr 4 l. Frazier
Of Dauvilie some few weeks ago.
The idea Was 10 get the program
/ before the various members Of the
committee before the cold weather
comes SO that elks will have the
year before them fer work. The
program outlined rs the president
aad his department leaders was
considered the best. and members
came from every section of III.
and from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
the home Of the first Vice Pres
Of the Assn. ReSehclle Stewart,
aud the President Of the state
Temple. Mrs Sarah Smith Mil
waukee was we'll represented al the
meeting
The ioot meeting vas held IN
the Douglas Center auditorium,
With a splendid dinner prepared
and served by the entertaining
lodge and temple. University, 6la
and Victory Temple No, $50 both
of Champaign. Ry the way. the
dinner consisted Of Turkey and all
thai goes with il. The LEGAL lodge
and temple are to he congratulated
tor the splendid dinner
/. In the joint meeting Sunday
mornii 4 practically all officers and
department Leaders were heard
After splendid talk by DR. Fra
zier. he introduced Grand Auditor,
Jimmie Copper, of Chicago. He
spoke Of the steps the state will
attempt during the year and he al
30 mentioned the closed session OF
the Grand Lodge. II will be recalled
that Brother Copper was a eandi-
date for the office of Grand Sec
tetary in Buffalo. but by some
carefully planned manuvering, he
was not placed in nomination. Bro
tier ". {. Hncston vas elected 10
this office. and Lieut. Geo. W Lee
of Memphis was elected To succeed
him as Grand Commissioner OF
Education. However, Brother Cop
per appeared TO be in fine spirits
Sunday a. he strove TO advance
the work of the order in Ill. and
Wis. lie was elected az President
of the by-state Civil Liberties Com
mittee, for which the State Presi-
dent has been granted a charter.
All elks IN the two states viii be
called upon for one dollar to pre-
pare a backlog of finance for the
operation Of the program IN the
two states DR.. Jas. A. Megahy,
State Medical Director and Nat
ional Assistant Director, was on
hand and was called upon to speak
at the Joint meeting. Mr.. Robert
Norwood, 3 State Director Of fdu-
cation, spoke briefly and dpstribut-
ed n number of containers Of mon
ev among the men. 1t came TO
Eght that the women have reported
much more money to the Grand
Commissioner Of education, intact,
about twice as much during the
past year. This, however Is no fault
of the splendid little state Director
OF Education, Mr. Norwood. The
fact is that the women get much
Of their money from the men and
send Il in. The State Directress,
Mrs. katye Steel, WHO has for a
number Of years led the state IN
sending in Educational money,
blasted the men for their being 20
far behind in the matter of money.
II the men are wise they will see TO
it that they send in their own
money in the future. Besides, there
is a great deal more to the office
of education Director than sending
in money. He should sponsor an
all-around educational program
for the state.
A large crowd of Chicagoins at
tended the meeting Sunday. AS we
recall them, there were Major
Barnette, and his Brig. General
Flanagan, Butler, Director of Eco
nomics; Judge Willis, Snowden,
Copper, State Treasurer; DR.. Me-
Gahay. Barnes, Coleman, The DIR
ector of Junior Herd, Bro. Ever
cite; Jackson from Centralia;
Cheetham of Greenyille; W. b.
Renicks and Leech from Spring
field; White, Sayers and Nichols Of
Danville, also Amos Williams,
member of the Military Depart
ment and many others whose names
we do not at this time recall.
A great speech was made by
MIR. Willis, head of the Dept. OF
Civil Liberties. He mentioned the
Rioting situation in Cicero, which Is
being followed by the Chicago
Chapter of the n. A. A. c. r, OF
of which he is President. 1t II
understood that DR.. Frazier and
the state assn of Elks of Ill, and
Wis. are with the situation, and
they plan to see to it that nothing
Is spared to see that justice is done.
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