CANADIAN ELK ÉLAN CANADIEN - Elks of Canada

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The Number 56
PGER Don Carlson joined
Keremeos Elks Lodge No. 56 in
1956 and then became Grand
Exalted Ruler at the 56th Grand
Lodge Convention in Fort William,
ON.
Keremeos Elks Lodge was the second
Lodge to be instituted with the
number 56. The first Lodge was
Montreal Elks Lodge which was
instituted in 1922 (they surrendered their charter in
1933).
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Vancouver Lodge 50 th
Anniversary
On October 12, 1962 Vancouver held its 50th
Anniversary. In attendance at the Anniversary was
pioneer and Charter Member of Vancouver Elks
Lodge No. 1 Brother Fred Gallagher, who held the
Lodge’s membership card No. 1 and was one of the
original group, who in 1912 was responsible for the
founding of Elkdom in Canada.
(excerpt from the October 1962 Canadian Elk)
Log-Rolling Guessing Contest
In the 1940’s Mission City Elks Lodge No. 30 raised funds through a log-rolling
guessing contest. This annual affair attracted wide attention throughout the
Mission district. The log, a cedar sphere bearing the “Elks” banner, was launched,
(amid difficulty) into the Fraser River at Hope, BC, and the job was to guess the
time it would take to travel to Mission bridge, a distance of about 15 miles. It took
the log 29 hours, 10 minutes, and 20 seconds to make the hazardous trip. Apart
from the wide publicity the stunt provided much financial benefit for the Lodge and
for its charitable work.
(excerpt from the March 1949 Canadian Elk)
“In and Out” Club
(by Tom Moore)
Form a club of ten members; we will call it the “In and Out Club”. The personnel of the club will be always changing
because the individual will cease to be a member as soon as he secures his new member. “Get Kicked Out”
will be the club slogan. The club rules will provide that each retiring member will appoint his successor.
If any member in the “In and Out Club” fails to secure one new member in a month, he must get two the following
month, and three the third month, and so on, until he has fulfilled his requirements.
The member who has earned the right to be dismissed from the “In and Out Club” becomes automatically a
member of the “Live Wires Club” – a purely honorary organization.
The “In and Out Club” will replace the old style membership committee appointed to secure new members.
(excerpt from the May 1923 Dominion Elk)