Happy Birthday B.P.O. Elks February 16, 1868

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The San Antonio Elks Tale Official Publication - Published Monthly - A Fraternal Organization Volume 45 Issue 2 15650 Market Hill, San Antonio TX 78256 (210)

Vivian, Henry Vandermark, M. G. Ash Back Row: Frank Langhorne, William Sheppard, John T. Kent, Harry Bosworth Not in Picture: G. F. McDonald, W. l.

1 The San Antonio Elks Tale Official Publication - Published Monthly - A Fraternal Organization Volume 45 Issue Market Hill, San Antonio TX (210) February 2013 Happy Birthday B.P.O. Elks February 16, 1868 Front Row: E. W. Platt, William Carleton, Richard R. Steirly, Charles A. Vivian, Henry Vandermark, M. G. Ash Back Row: Frank Langhorne, William Sheppard, John T. Kent, Harry Bosworth Not in Picture: G. F. McDonald, W. l. Bowron, Thomas G. Riggs, J. G. Wilson, John H. Blume Elks History continued on page 4 Nomination of Lodge Officer s for Regular Lodge Meeting, Tuesday, February 5, :30 p.m.

LODGE OFFICERS 2012-2013 Exalted Ruler Larry Brown Esteemed Leading Knight Belinda Morallas Esteemed Loyal Knight Ron Artega Esteemed Lecturing Knight Albert Flores Esquire Don Roberson, PDDGER

Jeff Hawley Trustee 3 year Frank Arechiga, PER Trustee 4 year Albert Estrada Trustee 5 year Richard Morallas, PER Presiding Justice House Committee Larry Brown Board of Directors Chair Officers &

2 LODGE OFFICERS Exalted Ruler Larry Brown Esteemed Leading Knight Belinda Morallas Esteemed Loyal Knight Ron Artega Esteemed Lecturing Knight Albert Flores Esquire Don Roberson, PDDGER Chaplain Julian Cruz Secretary Lee Hincher, PDDGER Treasurer Jack Huggins, PER Inner Guard Lucille Mitrane Tiler William Casiano Organist Jack Huggins, PER Trustee 1 year Bruce Pinnell Trustee 2 year Jeff Hawley Trustee 3 year Frank Arechiga, PER Trustee 4 year Albert Estrada Trustee 5 year Richard Morallas, PER Presiding Justice House Committee Larry Brown Board of Directors Chair Officers & Trustees Your officers are here to serve you. They will keep you advised of the functions and activities of the Lodge. If you have questions or comments they are the ones who can help you. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE 20th OF THE MONTH In Memory Marion Monk Munoz Born February 27, Passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at the age of 95. Monk joined the San Antonio Lodge 216 October 23, A member 66 years and a Life Member. He was Exalter Ruler Served as Lodge Secretary for many years. He was very involved in the Youth Activities serving as chairman for the Hoop Shoot for several years. Funeral service was held on Friday, January 11, 2013 at the Saint Matthew s Catholic Church. The San Antonio Elks Lodge 216 conducted the Elks Funeral Service. Sleep well my Brother, Rest in peace Veteran s Activities February 2013 Audie Murphy V A Hospital 7:00 p.m. Monday 4th - Horse Racing Monday 18th - BINGO Thursday 21st -Visitation Having a party or family gathering consider having your event at the Elks Lodge Call for information. As long as there are Veteran s in our hospitals they will never be forgotten Jack Huggins, PER, Chairperson The Elks and Veterans Committee extend our sympathy to Larry Albert and family on the passing of his wife. Larry is on the staff at the V A Hospital and is usually there to assist the Elks with our activities for our Veteran s.

3 FROM THE LODGE SECRETARY Regular membership meetings will be held on February 5th and 19th at 7:30 p.m. The PER Association meets Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. Nomination of officers for the Lodge year will be held during the meeting on Feb. 5. Election of officers will be held during the meeting on Feb. 19. Proxies are not permitted; you must be present at the Lodge meeting to cast your vote. Sickness and Distress, Jan. 15: Both Jeff Hawley and Esther Reyes have been ill with the flu. Pot of Gold: Myrna Tiley s name was called Jan. 15 for $119. She was not present. Dues notices for were mailed during the week of Jan. 22. Per our Lodge By-laws, annual dues for regular members have increased to $60 plus Grand Lodge and State dues. Grand Lodge and State dues this year are $19.50, making the total due $ Dues for life members have increased to $24 plus the $19.50 for Grand Lodge and State dues, making the total due for life members $ As in recent years, dues payments postmarked by March 1 will be eligible for the Early Bird drawing. The Early Bird prize is a rebate of your annual dues. Lee Hincher, Secretary, PDDGER The following members are one-year delinquent in their dues, and will be dropped from the roles March 31, 2012 if payment of the past due amount (plus prepaid dues for ) is not received. Robert Blankenship Craig Cross Celia Fitzhugh Thomas Hopper Jack N. Lawson, Sr. Billie Oberson Maynard W. Reed Laurence K. Rucker John C. Sagray, Jr. Donald Smith Raymond Venezie Ambrose J. Vince Richard F. Wahls Merry D. Ward Patrick Waters Andrew J. Watson Bryan Wolfe Tommy Wolfe William Youngs February Birthdays 6 Gordon R. Barnett, PER 6 Robert L. Delashaw 7 Nena A. Forman 9 David B. Holland 12 David E. Anderson 12 Bertha Palmini 13 Bryan Wolfe 21 William Youngs Who are the Elks? Elks are community. No matter where you go in the country, an Elks Lodge is right around the corner. With more than 850,000 members and 2,000 Lodges nationwide, Elks are providing charitable services that help build stronger communities.

From The Exalted Ruler We ended the old and began the New Year with the largest, single event and profit in memory.

Thank you to those finalizing plans for an even larger Cowboy Pitchfork Fondue Cookout/Dance March 1st.

Bring your Super potluck BOWL favorite and enjoy the food, fun, and fellowship while cheering your favorite San Francisco 49er's or Baltimore Ravens team to

4 From The Exalted Ruler We ended the old and began the New Year with the largest, single event and profit in memory. Hats off and congratulations to all who contributed to its success. Way to go Elks. Thank you to those finalizing plans for an even larger Cowboy Pitchfork Fondue Cookout/Dance March 1st. The Lodge will open at 2 PM and welcome Super Bowl Sunday reveler Elks and neighbors. Bring your Super potluck BOWL favorite and enjoy the food, fun, and fellowship while cheering your favorite San Francisco 49er's or Baltimore Ravens team to victory. See you Super Bowl Sunday! Want more information about the Elks? Go on line - Log on to: sanantonioelks.com facebook.com/saelks elks.org texaselks.org Lodge Officer nominations and elections take place during the 1st and 2nd February meetings, respectively. Please join us for these important events. Larry Brown Exalter Ruler Super Bowl Sunday February 3, 2012 Lodge opens at 2:00 p.m.

5 The Origins of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks (Buffalos?) BIRTH OF THE JOLLY CORKS At about this time the Excise Law was being strictly enforced and wishing to continue their social gatherings on Sundays, when New York's blue laws prevented the opening of public establishments, devotees of the cork trick formed the habit of congregating at Mrs. Giesman s on this day to hold social conventions under the inspiring influences of a stock of beer laid in the night before. This little coterie styled itself the Corks, with Vivian as the Imperial Cork. The revels of the Jolly crew meeting at Mrs. Giesman s became disturbing to the other boarders and she finally required them to forego their Sunday gatherings in her house. Quarters were found at 17 Delancy Street, over a saloon kept by Paul Sommers, where the meetings were continued. The object of the Corks at this time was entirely convivial. It s membership was composed of professional and semi-professional entertainers with a sprinkling of legitimate actors. Among the latter were Thomas Riggs, George McDonald, William Sheppard and George Thompson, a theatrical agent. When the cork trick was tried on McDonald it amused him so that he called the coterie the JOLLY CORKS, and as they began to meet regularly as the "Jolly Corks," it has gone down upon the pages of history. While the meetings were held with regularity, apparently no form nor substance resulted, except for the adoption of a toast to members of the group not in attendance. In the latter part of December just before the holidays, they were returning from a funeral of a friend, Ted Quinn, one of their number who had died, leaving his wife and children destitute. This event gave rise to the notion that, in addition to good fellowship, the Jolly Corks needed a more noble purpose in order to endure, and serving not only their own in need, but others as well, would be appropriate. McDonald made the suggestion that the Jolly Corks become a protective and benevolent society. At the meeting held on the 2nd of February, 1868, presided over by Charles A. Vivian, George McDonald offered a motion to organize the Jolly Corks as a lodge along benevolent and fraternal lines and providing a committee be appointed to formulate rules and regulations for it s government, prepare a suitable ritual, and select a new name. Vivian had in mind an English organization, The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffalos, of which he was a member, but the majority were desirous of bestowing a distinctively American title upon the new organization. A committee visited Cooper Institute Library, where the Brothers found the ELK described in a work on Natural History as an animal, fleet of foot, timorous of doing wrong, but ever ready to combat in defense of self or of the female of the species. This description appealed to the committee as containing admirable qualities for emulation by members of a benevolent fraternity and the title ELK was incorporated in its report. More Elks History in next months newsletter

6 This Month In History 1 - Sixteen minutes before it was scheduled to land, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas The war between the U.S. and Mexico ended. The U.S. paid $15 million for an area of land including Texas The 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified granting citizens the right to vote 1870 The 16th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified granting Congress the right to collect taxes Charles Lindbergh was born in 1902 in Detroit, Michigan King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II George Herman Babe Ruth was born 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland 8 - The Boy Scouts of America was founded American inventor Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milian, Ohio 12 - Abraham Lincoln was born in 1806 in Hardin County, Kentucky 16 President of the U.S Valentine s Day 15 - Astronomer Galileo Galilei was born 1564 in Pisa, Italy Susan B. Anthony was born 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts 16 - B. P. O. Elks had it s beginning Astronaut John Glenn became the first American launched into orbit 21 - President Richard Nixon arrived in China for historic meetings George Washing was born in 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia Desert Storm the Allied ground offensive began 24 - Admiral Chester Nimitz was born 1885 in Fredericksburg, Texas 27 - The 22 Amendment to the Constitution was ratified limiting the president to two terms

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The whisper b e n e v o l e n t a n d p r o t e c t i v e o r d e r o f e l k s W e s t c h e s t e r e l k s l o d g e 2 0 5 0 VOLUME 30, ISSUE 6 In this issue: A message from your Exalted Ruler Lodge