CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
Camden Lodge No. 293
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
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In New York City, a small group of actors and entertainers, wishing to continue their social gatherings on Sundays, when New York's blue laws prevented the opening of public establishments, began to meet regularly as the "Jolly Corks," a name derived from a bar trick introduced by the group's organizer. 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. Shortly before Christmas in 1867, only a few months after the fellows began to meet, one of their number 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. Two months later, on February 16, 1868, with a statement of serious purpose, an impressive set of rituals, a symbol of strength and majesty and such other elaborate trappings that might be expected of a group of actors and musicians, the new fraternal order was launched. The Elks are not mentioned in George Reeser Prowell's 1885 History of Camden County, New Jersey. At that time the Masons were very active in Camden, and there were many other fraternal organizations operating in the city, most notably the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Order of United American Mechanics. The Grand Army of the Republic, an organization consisting of Civil War Veterans, was also very active. Many of these organizations also had women's auxiliaries. In the days prior to television and movies, fraternal organizations were a major component of the social cloth of the city. An Elks Lodge was founded in Camden in 1895. The Elks would soon become one of the most important fraternal groups within the city. This may well be in part to the location of their lodge, on the south-east corner of Broadway and Federal Street. The Broadway and Federal intersection was literally at the heart of Camden's downtown district. The Elks Lodge was diagonally across the street form the Camden County Courthouse. Soon it seemed that everybody who was anybody in law, business, politics, and other fields was a member of Camden Lodge 293. Men who held the post of Exalted Ruler of Camden Lodge 293 included James A. Kilpatrick, 1900 to 1901, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, 1901 to 1902, Alexander J. Milliette, 1906 to 1907, J. Harry Switzer, 1908 to 1909; James H. Long, 1911 to 1912; Albert Austermuhl, 1915 to 1916; William L. Sauerhoff, 1917 to 1918; William G. Ferat. 1920 to 1926; D. Trueman Stackhouse, 1924 to 1925; former Mayor Frank S. Van Hart, 1925 to 1926; Rud Preisandanz, Jr., 1927 to 1928; William H. Iszard, 1929 to 1930; William F. Lehman, 1930 to 1931, and J. Harry Todd, 1931 to 1932. The Camden Lodge of Elks dedicated their rebuilt home at Broadway and Federal Street on October 18, 1910. This building was adjacent to the Camden YMCA, which was built at a later date. The Elks building was subsequently sold in the 1920s. On April 1, 1925 Ground was broken on by the Camden Lodge of Elks for its new home at 807 Cooper Streets. A series of stores were built about 1926, one of which was occupied by Horn & Hardart for many, many years, on the site. A new Elks home was completed on Cooper Street, above Broadway, in May of 1926. The Elks remained at that location into the 1960s, when falling membership brought on by changes in American society and in part by conditions in Camden saw the organization leave the city. sometime after 1967. The hall was also made available to other organizations such as Camden Post 980, Veterans of Foreign Wars. From the 1920s through the 1960s, the Elks campaign to aid crippled children was highly successful and widely supported throughout the city and county. Former professional boxer and newspaper columnist Sergeant Ray Smith was an integral part of this effort for many years. In the late 1990s the former Elks Lodge became the home of the LEAP Academy Charter School. In 2004 the original Elks Home is the site of a strip of small shops, while the Cooper Street Elks Home still houses the LEAP Academy charter school. |
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Camden Lodge No. 293, B. P. 0. E. CAMDEN, N. J., April 13, 1906 DEAR SIR AND BROTHER: You are requested to attend the regular Stated Meeting, April 18, 1906, at 8 o'clock, at which time the following named applicants for membership will be balloted for:
Attest: J. FRED.
NEWTON,
ALEX. J. MILLIETTE, |
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Elks Grand Lodge Reunion of 1906 Members of the Camden Lodge took a train trip to Denver for this event |
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| Samuel A. Kilpatrick - Maurice A. Rogers - George B. Martin - William H. Iszard - George J. Pechin |
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Elks Grand Lodge Reunion of 1906 Members of the Camden Lodge took a train trip to Denver for this event |
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Elks Grand Lodge Reunion of 1906 Members of the Camden Lodge #293 took a train to Denver for this event |
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| Camden Elks "on the road to Denver" |
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Elks at Pike's Peak Jennie Gondolff in Cnter |
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Elks Grand Lodge Reunion of 1906 Photo frame reads "Green Car Tours". The Elks were in Denver for three days on this trip. They also had two days for sightseeing in Chicago. |
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Elks Lodge Band In front of the Camden County Courthouse Broadway & Federal Street - 1910 |
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Elks Lodge Seventh & Cooper Street - 1926 to Present |
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| The Elks Home on Cooper Street - 1920s | The Elks Home on Cooper Street - 1920s |
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Camden Courier-Post January 3, 1928 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Camden Courier-Post January 5, 1928 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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| Camden Courier-Post - January 11, 1928 |
| THEY’LL FROLIC AT ELKS FROLIC |
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Are All Set For Hi-Hat Show
Offering the pick of local talent under skillful direction in an ambitious revue, the annual Elks Frolic for 1928 will be presented Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings in the Elks auditorium at Cooper and Seventh Streets. "Hi-Hat”
is the title of the new revue and the appearance of Elsa Dorn is a
feature. The revue opens with an act programmed as “Hits and Bits”, in
which Rud Preisendanz will act as master of ceremonies. From that point
on, the revue makes its way through a series of dances, songs, spectacles
and comedy skits until its conclusion. William
H. Iszard, chairman of the frolic committee, also becomes an actor in the
performance. Others in the cast include the following. Benton
Vansciver, Ronald Hollingsworth, Fred Peterson, Elmore Craft Jr., Dorothy
McDonna, Bernice Hendrickson, Lillian Hill, Jeanette Smith, Dot McGuire,
Dot Hemphill, Bill Geyer. Catherine
Hill, Lillian Starke, Irma Huff, Virginia Simms, Mary Hall, “Billie”
Dryer, Anna Prayne, Margaret Printz. Justin
McCarthy, Dorothy Ferat, Ed Brewer, Charles Wright, Fred Peterson, Dave
Reese, Biel Davis, Bill Huff, Lillian Hill, Roland Hollingsworth, Ed
Kelly, Al Durfer, Ed Preisendanz, Bert Poland, Curt Hitchner, Jack
Sauerhoff, Perrin G. Somers Jr., Alberta O’Hara. Harry Todd, Pete McGuire, Bill Gravenstine, Paul Horompo, Frances Brabazon, Irma Huff, Ella Huff, Eleanor Townsend, Bernice Hendrickson, Lillian Hill, Jeanette Smith, Mary Hall, Anna Prayne, Margaret Printz, Marie Carmichael, Elmore Craft, Charles Wright, Joe Hill, Larry Callahan, Harry Glazer, William Ambright, Frank Garrison, Ralph Willey, Jr., William Leckfeld. |
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Camden Courier-Post January 13, 1928 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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ELKS FROLIC IS INSTANT SUCCESS Colorful
arid melodious, bearing the mark of skillful coaching and disclosing
notable talent, the annual Elks’ Frolic was given its first
performance last evening. An
appreciative audience applauded the various performers and their skits
as the array of ‘Camden and South Jersey talent offered their musical
or humorous wares from the stage of the Elks’ auditorium, at Seventh
and Cooper
Streets. Open
to the public, the revue, which hears the title of “Hi-Hat,” is to
be presented again this evening and tomorrow evening, Not only does
the large cast bear no hint of amateurishness in the performance, but
through the frolic, the public is given an opportunity to see a number
of men prominent in business and professional circles in Camden turn
entertainers for the evening. William H. Iszard, former assemblyman, is
a member of the cast of “Hi-Hat”. So is Rud
Preisendanz, exalted
ruler of the Camden Elks’ Lodge and prominent businessman. The
opening act, ‘Hits and Bits,” gives opportunity to a group of clever
singers and dancers. Prominent In this act is Preisendanz as ‘master
of ceremonies.” The specialties introduce Justin McCarthy, Bill
Guyer, Jannette Smith, Dorothy Ferat, Cliff Okerson, Charles Wright,
Virginia Sims and Joe Hill. A dancing chorus composed of Dorothy McDonna,
Bernice Hendrickson, Lillian Hill, Jannette Smith, Dot McGuire, Dot
Hemphill, Catherine Hill, Lillian Starke, Francis Brahazon, Mary Hall,
Bernice Hendrickson and Irma Huff, execute a series of timed dances.
Miss Elsa Dorn has an important role in this and subsequent scenes. A
blackface novelty Introduces Pete McGuire and Harry Toll in “The
Transfer Men". A
juvenile diversion features Kathleen Lyle and Ruth Matthiessen. It is
called “We Moderns” and
depicts a child’s idea of the modern flapper and her collegiate
boyfriend. A
sketch dealing with one of the vital problems of the day entitled ‘Modern
Fairy Tales’ sung by Katherine Hill and Lillian Stark, tells the song
story of fairy tales of the past compared to fairy tales of modern
times. The sketches are played by Lillian Hill and Justice McCarthy. Another
playlet of the “collegiate” mode is called “The Elopers”.
Special
song numbers by Perrin G. Somers are interpolated in the act. “The
Musica1 Tourists,” a parody on the popular songs of the day, coupled
in such a manner that they tell the story of the purchase of a
second-hand touring car, is one of the hits of the performance. In. this
act are Ed Kelly, Al Durfer, Ed Preisendanz, Ben Hardy, Harry Todd, Bill
Guyer and Jack Sauerhoff. The
Elks’ “Madcap Dancing Ensemble” introduces a series of clever
dances by Frances Brahazon, Alberta O'Hara and Virginia Sims. In this
are acrobatic, ballet, waltz, clog, buck and eccentric dancing The
closing scene, beautifully mounted in costumes and scenery, has, has
been given the title “Palate D’Or.’’ Prominent among the
performers are Charles Murray, Bert Poland, Jack Sauerhoff, Ed Kelly,
Bill Gravenstine, Elsa Dorn, Pete McGuire, Ed Preisendanz, Harry Todd,
Al Durfer, Dave Reese, Dot McGuire, Dorothy McDonna, Irma Huff, Pail
Horompf, Lillian Starke, and Rud
Preisendanz. A mixed chorus of fifteen
voices lends color to the scene. Am augmented orchestra was under the
direction of Perrin G. Somers, director of the frolic. The curtain rises promptly at 8:30. |
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Camden Courier-Post - January 20, 1928 |
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CAMDEN SHRINERS HOSTS AT SHOW AND DANCE The Camden Shrine
Club will entertain at a ladies night this evening in the Elks’
auditorium,
Seventh
and Cooper
Streets. The Chanters of
Crescent Temple, Trenton, who appeared before the club last year, will be
featured in an act including songs, jokes and musical novelties. Master
James Morgan, son of Noble James G. Morgan, secretary of the Shrine Club
patrol, will give several solo numbers. Master Morgan is one
of the g soloists of St. Marks Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and Walnut
Streets, Philadelphia. Dancing will follow the entertainment.. |
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Camden Courier-Post - January 20, 1928 |
GOLD STAR MOTHERS TO ATTEND FOREIGN WAR VETERAN’S BALL Gold Star Mothers will be the honor guests at the first annual military
ball of the Camden Post, No. 980, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held on
Friday evening, February 3, in the Elks
ballroom, Seventh and Cooper
Streets. Elaborate plans for this ball are under the chairmanship of John S.
Pennington. Invitations have been issued for patrons and patronesses and the list
will be announced early next week. Gold Star Mothers to attend the affair are Mrs. C. Alberger, Mrs. Harriett Ablett, Mrs. Laura Brown. Mrs. A. Crangel, Mrs. A. Cassady, Mrs. R. Dilks, Mrs. Kate Geist, Mrs. M. Griffen, Mrs. Horace B. Keebler, Mrs. H. Kirk, Mrs. Ross Leahy, Mrs. M. A. Matson, Mrs. M. McGuckin, Mrs. Mary Martin, Mrs. M. Matthews, Mrs. Cooling Pond, Mrs. Oliver Powell*, Mrs. Mary Pennington, Mrs. C. Rolk, Mrs. E. Simons, Mrs. Mary Schucker, Mrs. Margaret Steigerwald, Mrs. Annie Taylor, Mrs. M. Osborn, Mrs. Mary Keegan, Mrs. Anna Kennedy, Mrs. T.C. Young and Mrs. Walters. Assisting Mr. Pennington in planning this ball are John Rouh, James W. Connor, Charles Bozian, Robert MacMahon, Edward Watson, David Lukoff, Harry Laxton, Edward A. Stark, George Jones, William V. Long, Joseph Keefe, Charles Blank sad Marvel Passwater. * Newspaper error- Mrs. Oliver Powell was actually Mrs. Oliver Purnell |
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Camden Courier-Post - January 28, 1928 |
Patrons, Patronesses Announced Today for First Military Ball Patrons and patronesses for the first military ball of the Camden Post No. 980, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held on Friday evening February 3 in the Elks auditorium, Seventh and Cooper Streets., are announced today. The following prominent men and women are listed: Mrs. J.W. Connor, Miss C.M. Day, Mrs. J.H. Forsyth, Mrs. H.J. Goodyear, Miss B. Graham, Mrs. R.E. Green, Mrs. E.F. Haines, Mrs. J. Hood Jr., Mrs. W. Hurley, Mrs. J. Jarrell, Mrs. T. Keefe, Mrs. J.F. Kobus, Mrs. L. Liberman, Mrs. F.L. Lloyd, Mrs. M.A. Logan, Mrs. T.P. McConaghy, Mrs. F.F. Neutze, Mrs. L.K. Marr, Mrs. J.A. Pennington, Mrs. M.E. Ramsey, Mrs. E. Truax, Mrs. S.M. Shay, Mrs. W.J. Staats, Mrs. B.G. Tarburton, Mrs. R.W. Waddell, Mrs. E. Watson, Mrs. E.P. Wescott, Mrs. C.A. Wolverton. David Baird Jr., William T. Boyle, Isaac Ferris, William Hurley, John Hood Jr., John Jarrell, Victor King, William J. Kraft, Thomas Keefe, Joseph F. Kobus, Hon. Edmund B. Leaming, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, James H. Long, L.K. Marr, Dr. Thomas P. McConaghy, Hon. Frank F. Neutze, Samuel P. Orlando, Albert E. Simmons, Edwin Watson, Ethan P. Wescott. |
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Camden February 21, 1928
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Camden Courier-Post April 4, 1928 |
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R. Stewart - William
B. Knight - William Hopkins Iszard - William F. Lehman Albert Austermuhl - Homer F. Lotier - Samuel A. Kilpatrick George Fisher - Rud Preisandanz Jr. - William L. Sauerhoff |
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Camden Courier-Post - February 8, 1933 |
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CAMDEN ELKS TO HONOR PAST EXALTED RULERS Past exalted rulers will be honored tonight by Camden Lodge of Elks with a dinner, ceremonial and entertainment. The program will be nation-wide. A dinner will be served at 6:00 PM, followed by a business session. Harry G. Robinson, present exalted ruler, will open the ceremonial and turn the lodge over to the past officers. The past exalted rulers expected are Samuel Kilpatrick, who served in 1900 and 1921; Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, Alexander J. Milliette, J. Harry Switzer, James H. Long, Marian Moriarity, Allen Jarvis, Albert Austermuhl, William L. Sauerhoff, former Mayor Frank S. Van Hart, D. Trueman Stackhouse, Harry Ellis, William G. Ferat, Judge Garfield Pancoast, Rudolph Preisendanz, Jr., Theodore T. Kausel, Edward J. Kelley, Mayor Roy R. Stewart, William H. lszard, William S. Lehman and J. Harry Todd. |
Camden Courier-Post - June 2, 1933 |
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CAMDEN ELKS
HOPE TO GET CONVENTION The
twenty-first annual reunion and the convention of the New Jersey State
Elks Association will be held in Camden next June if efforts of the
advisory board of' Camden Lodge of Elks are successful at the state
meeting in Newark on June 15, 16 and 17. Members
of the advisory board for the local lodge, who are past exalted rulers
of the Camden lodge, will present the invitation to hold the 1934
meeting in Camden, at the twentieth reunion and convention in Newark. Members
of the lodge have adopted a
resolution
confirming the action of the advisory board and plans were made to set
the necessary machinery in motion to bring the 1934 convention to
Camden. It was pointed out that Camden Elks have the largest home in the
state. Samuel
Kilpatrick, the oldest past exalted ruler of the lodge, is head of the
advisory board, and Harry G. Robinson, youngest past exalted ruler, is
delegate to the state association, which is composed of past exalted
rulers of all Elks lodges in New Jersey.
Although
the state association was formed in Camden, there has never been a
reunion or convention of the association held here, it was pointed out. The
outstanding feature of each annual convention is the mammoth sessions,
with thousands of Elks in line. It is estimated the parade would draw
more than 50,000 persons to Camden, if the local lodge's invitation is
accepted. The
Camden lodge is sending the band and patrol to Newark for the parade,
which will start at 7 p. m. on June 17. Arrangements are being made to
have the largest delegation in the parade represent Camden. Past
exalted rulers who comprise the advisory board, and the year they took
office, follow: Samuel
Kirkpatrick, 1900; Dr. A.Haines Lippincott, 1901; Alex
J. Milliette, 1906; J. Harry Switzer, 1908; James H.
Long, 1911;
Marion Moriarty, 11113; Allen Jarvis, 1914; Albert
Austermuhl, 1915; William L. Sauerhoff, 1917; Theodore
T. Kausel, 1918; Garfield
Pancoast, 1919; William G. Ferat, 1920; Harry Ellis, 1921; Samuel A.
Dobbins, 1923; D. Trueman Stackhouse, 1924; Frank
S. Van Hart, 1925; Edward J. Kelly, 1926; Rud
Preisendanz, Jr.,
1927; Roy R. Stewart,
1928; William H. lszard, 1929; William Lehman, 1930; J.
Harry
Todd, 1931, and Harry G. Robinson, 1932. Deceased past exalted. rulers and the year they took office are: John H. Foster, 1895; W. E. B. Miller, 1896; Philip Burch, 1897; D. Harry Condit, 1898; H. L. Hartshorn, 1891; George D. Borton, 1902; Maurice Rogers, 1904; Francis Warren, 1907; E. Wilmer Collins, 1909; Lewis H. Leigh, 1910; Monia Odell, 1912, and W. Wallace Balcom, 1922. |
Camden Courier-Post - June 8, 1933 |
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FLAG
DAY SERVICE PLANNED BY ELKS An elaborate Flag Day celebration to be open to the public and broadcast over the radio is planned by Camden Elks for Monday night. Ceremonies will open at 7.30 p. m., in the lodge room, Seventh and Cooper Streets, with a musical program by the Elks Band, under direction of William H. Townsend. Presentation of the colors will be made by August F. Walters Chapter, Disabled American Veterans; Corp. Raymond C. Thoirs Post, American Legion, and Matthews-Purnell Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The invocation will be made by the lodge chaplain, D. Truman Stackhouse. An altar service will be held by officers headed by James MacMillan, exalted ruler. An organ solo of "America" by Charles L. Bowen, solos by Charles T. Murray, Mrs. C. Richard Allen and Albert B. Poland, will feature the musical program. The history of the flag will be given by George S. Dunkelberger, a senior member of the lodge and chairman of the Flag Day committee. The program will be broadcast over WCAM by courtesy of Rud Preisendanz Jr., past exalted ruler and lessee of the station. |
Camden Courier-Post - June 12, 1933 |
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ELKS TO OBSERVE FLAG DAY
TONIGHT Arrangements are completed for the Flag Day celebration to be held tonight by the Camden Elks Lodge Lodge at Seventh and Cooper Streets. The program will open at 7.30 p.m. Doors of the lodge room will be opened to the public at 7:15 p. m. The program will be broadcast over WCAM. The Elks Band, led by William H. Townsend, will open the ceremonies. Presentation of the colors will be made by uniformed units of the August F. Walters Chapter, Disabled American Veterans; Corporal Raymond C. Thoirs Post, American Legion; Matthews-Purnell Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the lodge patrol. D. T. Stackhouse, chaplain of the lodge, will make the invocation and an altar service will be held by James A. MacMillan, exalted ruler, and the other officers. There will be musical selections by Charles L. Bowen, organist; Charles T. Murray, Albert B. Poland and Mrs. C. Richard Allen, vocalists. George S. Dunkelberger, a senior member of the lodge, and chairman of the Flag Day committee, will give the history of the flag. A patriotic address will be given by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast, a past exalted ruler. The radio program will be presented through courtesty of Rud Preisendanz Jr., past exalted ruler and lessee of the station. |
Camden Courier-Post - June 15, 1933 |
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CAMDEN MAKES BID TODAY FOR MEETING OF ELKS IN 1934 The 1934 convention of the New Jersey Elks Association will be sought for Camden today by more than 500 members of the Camden lodge who will attend the twentieth anniversary convention of the association in Newark. The convention will close Saturday evening with a parade which is being planned as one of the most elaborate ever held in the order in New Jersey. Camden's claims as next year's convention city will be presented by Mayor Roy R. Stewart, past, exalted ruler of the Camden lodge. 18 Rooms Engaged The Camden lodge has engaged 18 rooms in the Hotel Riviera as its headquarters. In the lobby has been placed a large banner proclaiming: "Brother Bill, we want you in Camden in 1934." Large tags bearing the same invitation are to be distributed to all the delegates. The convention will open tonight with a dinner and dance in, observance of the fiftieth anniversary of Newark lodge. The opening session will be at 1.30 p. m. tomorrow. At 7.30 p.m. there will be a banquet and dance for delegates and invited guests. The final meeting will be held at 11.30 a. m. Saturday when officers will be elected. J. Harry Todd, past exalted ruler of Camden lodge, is seeking the South Jersey vice-presidency. Parade Starts at 7 P.M. The parade will start at 7 p. m. Camden lodge, in the third division with Atlantic City, Trenton and Bridgeton, will be led by James MacMillan, exalted ruler, followed by 16 past exalted rulers. Camden lodge's band of 40 pieces, led by William Townsend, will precede the patrol of 30 members headed by Harry Rathbone. New uniforms have been provided for the patrol. A touring car completely covered with flowers and bearing the Elks' emblem in flowers, will be entered by the Camden post. Bus Service Arranged Bus service has been planned for Saturday to carry members and friends of Camden lodge to the parade. According to William H. Iszard, past exalted ruler and chairman of the transportation, publicity and parades committees of Camden lodge, buses will leave the Elks Home, Seventh and Cooper Streets, at 10 a.m. and 3.30 p. m. Saturday, returning that night after the parade and grand ball which is to close the convention. Harry Robinson, past exalted ruler, is the Camden lodge delegate to the convention. Francis P. Boland, of Jersey City, is president of the association, which is composed of past exalted, rulers of all New Jersey lodges. |
| Camden Courier-Post - June 22, 1933 |
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CHECKED AND DOUBLE CHECKED A member of the Camden Elks best known as "Van" was sitting in the clubhouse the other evening when he dropped his new straw hat on the floor .... Along came Howard Ledyard, who tips the scales at something like 200 pounds ... He was about to pick up the hat for Van, but the latter jokingly said, "Don't bother; step on it" " .. We hate to tell the rest ... Howard took him at his word ... And stepped on it .. Civil war ... |
| Camden Courier-Post - June 25, 1933 |
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CAMDEN
MEN BACK FROM WORLD'S FAIR High praise and commendation for the worlds fair at Chicago was voiced by a Camden man and his grandson who have returned home after spending all last week at the exhibit. 'The sojourners to Chicago were John A. Burke, of 516 Gordon Terrace, a member of the Camden Lodge of Elks, and his grandson, Hobart M. Luther, 17, of 807 Morgan Street, a student at Camden High School. "In my estimation," said Burke, "the worlds fair is the finest exhibition that I have ever seen. I have attended fairs all over the country and this one excels all others. "I found much to marvel at in the science and transportation buildings. The crowds were tremendous and the railroads were doing a rushing business. There were comparatively few automobiles from other states, but .my grandson and I counted 580 taxicabs which passed one point in an hour on the way to the fair." While in Chicago Burke and his grandson met Floyd Gibbons, the radio announcer, and paid their compliments to him on the success of the exhibition. |
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