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History of the ElkFacts about ElkdomWelcome to the Benevolent and Protective Order ofElks of the United States of America. With just under1 million members in more than 2,000 lodges acrossthe country, the Elks are one of the largest and mostactive fraternal organizations in the world!
OriginThe BPO of Elks was organized on Feb. 16, 1868 in NewYork City by 15 men associated with the theater.
PurposesTo inculcate the principles of Charity, Justice, Broth-erly Love and Fidelity; to recognize a belief in God; topromote the welfare and enhance the happiness of itsMembers; to quicken the spirit of American patrio-tism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itselfas a fraternal organization, and to provide for its gov-ernment. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elkswill serve the people and communities of the UnitedStates of America through benevolent programs, dem-onstrating that Elks Care and Elks Share.
Head of the OrderThe head of the Order is the Grand Exalted Ruler, whois elected for a one-year term at the Grand Lodge Con-vention. He serves without pay.
What Do Elks Do?The BPO Elks conducts a vast program of benevolent,educational and patriotic works. More than$10,000,000 is expended annually on these activities,and over $205,000,000 has been spent since 1880.
Elks Youth ActivitiesElks’ scholarships have helped over 6,000 deservingyoung Americans go to college. Other youth activities,to which the Elks are deeply committed, are support ofthe Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, 4-H Clubs,Boys Clubs of America and Little League Baseball, amongothers.
PatriotismSince 1907, Elks Lodges have paid special tribute to OldGlory every year on Flag Day, June 14, as part of theOrder’s efforts “to quicken the spirit of American pa-triotism.” Other patriotic observances include KnowYour America Week in November, Bill of Rights Day(December 15) and Freedom Week in January.
Our Scholarship ProgramThe Elks National Foundation provides more than $3.64
million in college scholarships each year. The MostValuable Student scholarships are open to any gradu-ating high school senior. Legacy Awards are availableto the children and grandchildren of active Elk mem-bers. Emergency Educational Grants are availableonly to the children of deceased or totally disabledElks. The application process and deadlines vary foreach of the programs. All applications must go througha local Elks Lodge before reaching the Elks NationalFoundation office.
ENF ProgramsThe mission of the Elks National Foundation is tohelp Elks build stronger communities. We fulfill thispledge by investing in communities where Elks liveand work. We provide tomorrow’s leaders, our youth,with a healthy beginning; honor the Elks’ pledge tonever forget our veterans; help the state Elks associa-tions accomplish their charitable objectives and fundprojects that improve the quality of life in local Elkscommunities. At its February 14, 2008, meeting, theElks National Foundation Board of Trustees approvedthe Foundation’s appropriations and distributions. Indoing so, the ENF will distribute a record$17,061,246.00 during the 2008-09 year, through thefollowing programs:
State Elks Association Grants $6.98 million
Scholarship Programs $3.64 million
Elks National Veterans Service Program $848,000
Elks "Hoop Shoot" free throw contest $737,514
Elks Memorial Building Maintenance $458,812
Elks Drug Awareness Program $688,750
Community Investments Program $1.37 million
10 of the 15 Original Jolly Corks
L to R: EW Platt, Frank Langhorne, William Carleton, Wiliam Sheppard,Richard Steirly, Charles A Vivian, John Kent, Henry Vandemark,
Harry Bosworth, and MG Ash
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Sagas of the Early Elks
Vivian & The Jolly CorksThe Jolly Corks, and their role in founding the Elks iswell-known to most Elks, but not always in much de-tail. Here then, it is, along with some rare photos.
Charles Vivian was a twenty-five year old singerfrom England who arrived in New York on Novem-ber 15, 1867. He rapidly attained some measureof success as a variety performer. He also struckup a large and boisterous number of acquaintancesin the performing Charles Vivian world, the nucleusof what would become the Elks.
The Jolly Cork TrickEllis reports that “The prospective vic-tim would be asked would he like to jointhe ‘Corks,’ and they being such a ‘jolly’set of fellows, the candidate for admis-sion to their circle readily assented. Hewould give his name to Vivian, the ‘Im-perial Cork,’ and pay a fee of fifty cents,which amount Vivian set down in a littlebook he carried in his pocket for that pur-
pose.
Each one present then produced a cork and placed it in front ofhim upon the bar or table; a fresh cork (generally a champagne cork)was given to the candidate, and to him was then explained that the‘Imperial Cork’ would ‘count three,’ whereupon each one presentwas to seize his cork, and ‘the last one to lift his cork’ was to pay forthe drinks for the rest of the party.
At the count of ‘three’ the ones in the secret wouldsimply jump their open palms over their corks, butallowing them to remain on the bar or table; the candi-date would eagerly seize his cork in haste, resolved notto be ‘the last one to lift his cork,’ much to his surpriseto find he was the only one who had ‘lifted his cork,’hence the ‘last one.’ So he was ‘stuck for the drinks.’T h e ‘rules’ then were, now that he hadbecome ‘one of us,’ that he must always
carry his cork in his pocket, and whenever he met another‘Cork,’ if he was asked to produce his cork at any time orplace, he must do so, under the penalty of buying thechallenger a drink, should he be unable to do so.”
The Corks Circumvent the Blue LawsAt about this time the excise law was being strictly enforced, and
Sunday in New York City was a very dry day. Devo-tees of the cork trick formed the habit of congregat-ing at Mrs. Giesman’s on this day to hold social con-ventions under the inspiring influence of a stock ofbeer laid in the night before. This little coterie styleditself 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 at herhouse. Quarters were found at 17 Delancey Street, over a saloon keptby one Paul Sommers, where the meetings were continued. The ob-
ject of the ‘Corks’ at this time was entirely convivial.Its membership was composed of professional andsemi-professional entertainers with a sprinkling oflegitimate actors. When the cork trick was triedupon McDonald [an actor] it amused him so thathe called the coterie the ‘Jolly Corks,’ and as such ithas gone down upon the pages of history.
From Corks to ElksAt the meeting held on the 2nd of February, 1868, pre-sided over by Charles A. Vivian, George F. McDonaldoffered a motion to organize ‘The Jolly Corks’ as a lodgealong benevolent and fraternal lines and providing that acommittee be appointed to formulate rules and regula-tions for its government, prepare a suitable ritual, andselect a new name.
Birth of the Order of ElksOn February 16, 1868, the committee reported recommending thatthe “Jolly Corks” be merged into the “Benevolent and Protective Or-der of Elks” and the recommendation was adopted by a vote of eight(8) to seven (7). Listed below are those who voted for what name.
For “BUFFALO”: Charles A. Vivian; Richard Steirly;
M.G. Ash; Henry Vandermark; HarryBosworth; Frank Langhorne; E. W. Platt.
For “ELK”: George McDonald; GeorgeThompson; Thomas Riggs; WilliamCarleton; William Sheppard; GeorgeGuy; Hugh Dougherty; William Bowron.
Its social activities and benefit performances increased the popu-larity of the new Order. Membership grew rapidly. Elks traveling toother cities spread the word of the Brotherhood of Elks. Soon there
were requests for Elks Lodges in cities other thanNew York. In response to these appeals, the Elksasked the New York State legislature for a charterauthorizing the establishment of a Grand Lodge withthe power to establish local Lodges anywhere in theUnited States. When the Grand Lodge Charter wasissued, the founders then received the first localcharter as New York Lodge No. 1 on March 10, 1871.
The Original Jolly Corks ToastNow is the hour when Elkdom's tower is darkened bythe shroud of night,
And father time on his silver chime Tolls off eachmoment's flight.
In Cloistered halls each Elk recalls His Brothers where'erthey be, And traces their faces to well-known places Inthe annals of memory.
Whether they stand on a foreign land Or lie in anearthen bed, Whether they be on the boundless seaWith the breakers of death ahead.
Whate'er their plight on this eerie night Whate'er theirfate may be Where ever they are be it near or far They arethinking of you and me.
So drink from the fountain of fellowship To the Brotherwho clasped your hand And wrote your worth in therock of earth And your faults upon the sand.
TO OUR ABSENT BROTHERS
Hugh Doughtery
Vandemarkstuck for the round
Charles Vivian
Richard Steirly
Cool Burgess
G. F. McDonald
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The "Early Elks" 1908-1919Abad, Jack
Abbott, John
Aberham, Clifford
Abolmoluki, Bahram
Abramo, Frank
Ackerman, David
Acosta, Lucian
Adams, Robert
Adams, Howard
Adams, Jr., Glenn
Agi, Rustu
Agresti, Nathan
Ahl, Jr., William
Ahlf, Gary
Aissa, Christopher
Aitken, Timothy
Aizinas, Stan
Ajuria, Alfred
Albert, Steven
Albright, Gary
Alden, Thomas
Alegria, Peter
Allara, Raymond
Allara, Dean
Allen, Mark
Allen, Raymond
Allen, Les
Alt, Steven
Amato, Sam
Ambrose, Rick
Amigone, Dan
Ammenti, John
Andaya, Maurice
Anderson, Oliver
Anderson, Scott
Annino, Romano
Apodaca, David
Aquila, Ron
Arias, Edward
Arms, David
Arrighi, Richard
Artoux, Albert
Asaro, Carl
Ashley, Michael
Aston, William
Asvitt, Clifford
Atno, John D.
Atno, Jeanne
Atno, John P. PER
Auerweck, David
Baca, Robert
Bacchetto, Jr., Joe
Bagga, Raj
Bagley, Dean
Baitinger, Douglas
Baker, Jerry
Baker, Ronald
Baldisseri, Dale
Balestieri, Sam
Balestrieri, David
Balestrieri, Peter
Balian, Steve
Ball, David
Ball, Edwin PER
Banks, Kenneth
Barbagelata, Dave
Barbagelata, Steve
Barberini, Charles
Barberini, Dominic
Barberini, Louis
“Best Elks Lodge on Peninsula” Founded in 1908, History Recalls“Best Lodge on the Peninsula to be instituted April 21.”
That was the auspicious headline in the San Mateo NewsLeader, forerunner of today’s San Mateo Times back in 1908,when it recorded a meeting of the town’s noted citizens whodecided that since San Mateo County boasted a total of 80Elks, it was high time the area had a lodge of its own.
Weeks of preliminary organization ensued. A resolution wasobtained from the city council officially notarizing the fact thatSan Mateo had a thriving population of more than 5000 per-sons (the rules of the Order did not permit formation of lodgesin cities having less than 5000 population).
Many meetings were held and plans laid. Finally on April 21,1908, the widely-heralded institution of the Elks lodge waswritten into city and county history as the biggest event ever totake place. An actual account of the memorable occasion fromthe Times-Leader follows:
“Herds of Elks arrived by train and automobile yesterday
afternoon and by nightfall the pastures of San Mateo were filledwith several hundred of the antlered fraternity. A right royalwelcome had been prepared by San Mateo for the visitors."
Decorations of purple and white and lots of “Hello, Bill” signshad been put up by the merchants to welcome the visitors.
“The arrival of the members of San Francisco Lodge (whichinstituted the local lodge) about 7:30 o’clock with the Fifthregiment band, was the signal for the festivities to commence.
“Headed by the band, the Elks formed a line at the depot andmarched thought the business district to Athletic hall (oncelocated on Railroad Avenue, between Third and Fourth Av-enues), where the new lodge was to be instituted and the mem-bers initiated.
“The ceremonies at the hall were in charge of District DeputyGrand Exalted Ruler Raymond A. Benjamin, and he was as-sisted by brother officers of the San Francisco lodge.
“The following officers were instituted for San Mateo Lodge:
This panorama shows a parade on "B" Street at Third Avenue, July 4, 1913. The original "B" Street Lodge is the white buildingto the left of center with the Flag on top. (From the collection of the San Mateo County Historical Museum)
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Barberini, Edmund
Barberini Sr., Edmund
Barbero, James
Barden, John
Barger, Thomas PER
Barizon, Steven
Barnes, Robert
Barnes, Russell
Barnes, Stan
Barnett, David
Barr, David
Barrett, Stephen
Barrett, John
Barrett, Stephen
Barrett III, John
Barri, Ron
Barsanti, Robert
Barthell, John
Bartholomew, Elliott
Bartkowiak, Walter
Bartlett, Neal
Barto, Jay
Bartoli, Ozzie
Barton, David
Bassin, Richard
Baudoin, Harold
Baulch, Evelyn
Beater, John
Beck, Peter
Begovic, Kenan
Bellanti, Ronald
Belluomini, Thomas
Bendick, Mark
Benedetti, Mark
Benedetti, Donald
Benitou, Albert
Benjamin, William
Benker, Phillip
Beratlis, Debbie
Berghella, Richard
Bergquist, Peter
Bergstrom, Kenneth
Bergstrom, Howard
Bertetta, Jr., Fred
Bertoldi, Robert
Bertollo, Walt
Bet, Claudio
Bettencourt, Laurence
Beucus, Walter
Biagini, Marc
Bianchi, Robert
Bianchi, Philip
Bibbes, Peter
Bickel, Randy
Bigley, Albert
Bilteau, Donald
Bin, Richard
Biosic, Josef
Birnbaum, Ira
Birrer, Joseph
Birwe, Manfred
Bischoff, Ernest
Bisordi, Gerald
Bitner, Jr., Robert
Black, Kirk
Blackburn, Richard
Bland, Ronald
Blandon, Fanor
Blank, Marshall
Blatt, John
Block, Andy
Bloom, Meyer (Ernie)
Blos, Greg
Blos, Gary
Blum, Arthur PER
Boaden, Gene Edward "B"
Boesch, Gregory
Bohannan, William
E. Baskette, Exalted Ruler (and subsequentlybetter known as the father of Movie Actress LinaBasquette); O.L. Loop, Esteemed LeadingKnight; Dr. Ira H. Chapman, Esteemed LoyalKnight; Porter R. Clare, Esteemed LecturingKnight; Gale H. Campbell, Secretary; E.M.Warn, Treasurer; George J. Zehender, Tyler; C.A. Lawton, Esquire; Robert Bonner, Inner Guard;and Hall C. Ross, Chaplain.
“The Lodge room had been beautifully deco-rated in the colors of the order, purple and white,under direction of C.A. Lawton, and the ceremonies were con-ducted in an impressive manner by the visiting lodgemen.
“From the hall the Elks, headed by the band, marched to thePeninsula hotel (at one time historic showplace, located on BStreet near Ninth Avenue, which was subsequently razed byfire). Here the banquet was served in two main dining roomswhich had been decorated in the emblematic colors of the or-der.
“If there was any doubt that the Elks are a jolly crowd it wasdispelled by the two hours of mirth and good fellowship whichfollowed. The Exalted Ruler of the new lodge, F. E. Baskette,presided as toastmaster, and Pat Grand Exalted Ruler Melvin
of Oakland Lodge and District Deputy GrandExalted Ruler Conlan delivered addresses.”
“San Mateo Lodge was presented with hand-some gifts by the visiting lodges. San Jose lodgepresented the new order with an Elk’s head,San Francisco with a set of gavels, Santa Cruzgave a Bible, and Berkeley a handsome picture.
San Mateo Lodge thus got off to an auspi-cious start and it has never stopped. By thespring of 1909 the San Mateo Lodge had
grown from 80 to 150 members and became the first Lodge inthe order to build and vote in its own facilities within a year ofits founding. The building was located at 336 South "B" Streetbetween 3rd and 4th Avenue was completed in 1909 at cost of$40,000. On the first floor were a recreation room, theSecretary's office, a fireplace, a large bar, a club room with apool table, a billiard table and card tables. Also on the firstfloor were two bowling alleys and a handball court. On thesecond floor were the Lodge room, a banquet room, a kitchen(where members did all the cooking), a fireplace and a smallbar. In June of 1954, 45 years later, the building, which cost$40,000 to build, was sold to a Lodge member for $110,000.Later the City of San Mateo bought and tore down the build-ing as part of the downtown, off-street parking program.
San Mateo Lodge members picnicking at Stone Dam on June 18, 1911.
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Elks in the 1920'sBologna, Paul
Bongi, William
Borrecco, Charles
Borrmann, Robert
Bortolotto, Giovanni
Boscacci, Mark
Bottarini, Alan
Bottarini, Michael
Bouquet, Pierre
Bowler, Patrick
Bowman, John
Braband, Kenneth
Bradley, Charles
Branson, Lester
Bravo, Lawrence
Breckenridge, Brent
Breining, Peter
Bria, George
Bright, Duane
Bringhurst, Stewart
Brinzo, Joseph
Brinzo, Debra
Brizzolara, Steve
Broderick, Sean
Broderick, David
Brogden, Wilfred
Broock, Fred
Broussal, Roger
Browne, Edward
Brumm, Brian
Bruno, Robert
Bruno, Vincent
Buckley, Felix
Buckley, Frederic
Budgick, Thomas
Bugler, H. William
Bukstein, Roy
Bulkin, Bruce
Bullert, Orin
Buono, August
Burgess, Bernard
Burgett, Jack
Burkdall, Richard
Burke, Norman "B"
Burleson, Albert
Burnett, Walter
Buttles, Joel
Byer, Kurt
Cacciatore, Angelo
Cady, Eugene
Cafferata, Mary
Cala, Thomas
Cala, Robert
Calfas, Aristedes
Calkin, Donald
Callagy, Patrick
Callan, Michael
Callicotte, Michael
Calonico, James
Camilleri, Steve
Cammarata, Carl
Campagna, Jasper
Campagna, Salvatore
Campbell, Ross
Campbell, John G.
Campillo, Gregory
Cane, Julian
Cannistraci, C. Curt
Cantillon, Vincent
Canton, Jr., Paul
Friday, February 12, 1926
VALENTINE DANCE
WILL BE HELD BY ELKS TOMORROW
The annual valentine dance of the SanMateo Elks lodge will be held in theirclubrooms here tomorrow night andArthur Desenberry, chairman of thecommittee in charge of the affair, hascompleted all arrangements for a de-lightful party. The decorations will bein the spirit of St. Valentine's Day andexcellent music has been engaged for theoccasion.
The dance is for Elks and their ladiesonly and preparations have been madeto accommodate a record breakingcrowd at the big affair. A buffet supperwill be served at midnight under the per-sonal direction of Joseph Biscar, the clubsteward.
Wednesday, April 7, 1926
FRED E.BEER TO BE INSTALLED AS LEADER OF ELKS
Fred E. Bear will be installed as exaltedruler of the San Mateo Elks lodge this
evening when Bruce Spencer of Eurekalodge will come to San Mateo to repre-sent Grand Exalted Ruler William H.Atwell at the installation of the locallodge. Beer succeeds John J. Sharon ashead of the San Mateo county Elks andtakes over the reins of leadership afterone of the most successful years in thehistory of the lodge.
Other officers to be installed tonight arefollows: Kenneth Melrose, esteemedleading knight;
John J. McGrath, esteemed loyal knight;Edward Miller, esteemed lecturingknight; S. H. Dado, secretary; RichardAmphlett, treasurer; R. M. Wintom,tiler; John P. Duffy, trustee; Jonn J.Sharon, representative to the grandlodge, and Horace W. Amphlett, alter-nate.
Friday, April 26, 1929
ELKS BANQUET TO BRING MEMBERS HERE TOMORROW
The annual banquet of San Mateo LodgeNo. 1112 B. P. 0. Elks to be held here to-morrow night will see a larger turnout ofmembers from all parts of the countythan any previous annual gathering, it
The San Mateo Times and Daily News Leaderwas announced today by Harry Robband William H. Toepke, in charge of ar-rangements.
In addition to a line banquet there willbe an unusual program of entertainmentnumbers, many of them by professionaltalent. The party is to begin at 7:30o'clock in the banquet hall of the Elksclub.
Tuesday, September 24, 1929
ELKS’ SHOW THIS YEAR PLANNED AS BIGGER AND BETTER
Plans for the annual charity show of theSan Mateo Elks lodge were completedlast night at a meeting held in the localclub at which Chairman A. C. Smithprovided. A bigger and better minstrelshow than ever before was announced asthe principal feature of the program anda special effort will be made to enlist ev-ery talented member of the lodge in thecast. The first rehearsal will be held inthe Elks Club on Friday evening Octo-ber 4 and Chairman Smith has ex-tended an invitation to every interestedElk to be present for this evening prac-tice.
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Capella, Raymond
Cardinale, Gary
Carey, David
Carlson, Edwin
Carlson, William
Carroll, Kevin
Carstens, Chris
Caruana, Joseph
Caselli, John
Casey, Mark
Casey, Michael
Casey, John
Cassidy, William
Cassilagio, Edward
Cassotta, Benito
Cauterucci, Frank
Cauwet, Kenneth
Cavagnaro, Robert
Cavalli, Milton
Cavan, David
Cavanaugh, Michael
Cendak, William
Cernobori, Renato
Cerri, Peter
Chalkley, Jr., William
Chandler, Mark
Chandless, Alison
Chao, Walter
Chaparro, Henry
Charles, John
Charlesworth, Ronald
Checchi, Virgil
Cheney, William
Chiari, Andrew
Chisholm, Mitchell
Christoforidis, Andreas
Christoforidis, Chris
Cho, Paul
Chruszcz, Gene
Chua, Derrick
Cissna, Robert
Citron, Arthur
Citron, Jr., Arthur
Clark, M. Thomas
Clemens, George
Clement, Joseph
Cline, Alan
Clohessy, Kelly
Coakley, Dennis
Coccellato, Craig
Cochran, Gregory
Cockroft, Irving
Coe, James
Coffey, Devin
Coffey, Hugh
Coffey, James
Cohn, Gregory
Colburn, Charles
Cole, John
Coleman, Christopher
Collado, Rene
Collins, Michael
Collins, Patrick
Cologna, Max
Columbini, Jeff
Comisky, John
Condon, Thomas
Condon, Gene
Conlon, William
Constantino, Paul
Contos, Jon
Conway, Andrew
Conway, Edwin
Conway, John
Conway, Chris
Cook, Michael
Coolidge, Jack
Cooney, Thomas
Sheriff James J. McGrath, a good friendBy Joan Levy Reprint from Newspaperarchives.com
There is a saying that voters get the politiciansthat they deserve. This may have been true inthe case of Sheriff James J. McGrath. His namewas connected with the corruption of SanMateo County in first half of the 20th century,but the voters kept returning him to office.
McGrath was born in New York City to Irishimmigrant parents who then moved to SanFrancisco and finally San Mateo. Young James,along with his brother and sister, attended lo-cal public schools and then he attended TheUniversity of Santa Clara.
After that, James worked at various jobs in me-chanics and steam engineering. He eventually worked at theSan Mateo post office. He ran for county auditor, but lost byseven votes.
James was a gregarious man, cultivating friendships whereverhe went. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, serv-ing as grand knight. He also joined the Elks, where he becamethe exalted ruler of the San Mateo lodge. Among his morefortuitous friendships was with Emilio Georgetti, with whomhe worked at a shipyard in South San Francisco and withHorace Amphlett, publisher of the San Mateo Times, who wasa fellow Elk.
When Sheriff Brick McGovern died, McGrath's friends saw toit that he was appointed to fill that vacancy, even though Jimhad no law enforcement background at all. This was in 1927.McGrath was elected to the next term, and continually re-turned to office until 1951.
Prohibition was in full swing in 1927, offering plenty of activityin the "wet" county of San Mateo. Gambling was also a favoritepastime, especially in the north part of the county where SanFranciscans could easily cross the line and participate in such
illegal amusements. There was lots of oppor-tunity for aggressive law enforcement. Thiswas not McGrath's style, however.
Emilio Georgetti, McGrath's friend fromSouth San Francisco in 1916, had by now be-come a gambling king in the area. He oper-ated clubs in several towns in the county. In1934 he was living in San Mateo. He had aranch in Idaho that his friend McGovern vis-ited, and James even invested in Georgetti'sHollywood Turf Club. Oddly enough, itseemed that none of Georgetti's gamblingclubs were ever raided. On one occasion, aftercomplaints made it impossible to ignore, a
raid on Georgetti's Willow Tree Club in Colma found the placeempty.
In 1946, Santa Clara County attempted to clean up its prob-lems of corruption and placed its sheriff on trial. Evidence cameout involving San Mateo County, but no investigation wasmade and McGrath was re-elected the same year by a land-slide.
McGrath was not the cause of corruption in the county duringhis term in office, but he seems to have represented the style oflaw enforcement that was preferred by the people in power atthe time. Even if he had wanted to clean things up, the Board ofSupervisors didn't allocate money to curb corruption. In 1945,there was only one deputy assigned to patrol the north county.
Finally, in the election of 1950, Earl Whitmore won. The newinflux of post-war suburbanites was dissatisfied with busi-ness as usual. Later investigations by the State Crime Com-mission indicate that the corruption had been more widespreadthan most people probably realized. McGrath, by then a manof more than 300 pounds, had died of a heart attack. His funeralwas attended by hundreds of his friends.
Mc Grath served for 24 yearsas San Mateo County Sheriff.
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Elks in the 1930'sCooper, James
Cordes, Thomas
Cordo, Donald
Cordova, Arthur
Corkery, John
Cornejo, William
Cornwall, Jay
Cortopassi, Richard
Cortopassi, Peter
Cosmos, John
Costantino, Umberto
Costanzo, Greg
Costello, Gary
Craig, Stephen
Craig, Robert
Craig, Jr., Robert
Cravalho, Clarence
Cresci, Ernest
Cresci, Donald
Crespi, Victor
Criss, Thomas
Crosat, Albert
Crosby, John
Crosetti, Edward
Cross, Wayne
Cullinan, Joseph
Cunich, Gabriel
Cunningham, James
Cutler, Roger
Daba, Raymond PER, "B"
D’Agostino, Joseph
Dail, Calvin
Dal Poggetto, Evaldo
Daley, Morris "B"
Daly, Jill
Daly, Joseph
Damato, Joseph V.H.
Damele, Richard
Damonte, John PER
Dana, Paul
Dasher, Thomas
Davis, George
Davis, David
Davis, Richard “Ric”
Day, John
De Felice, John
De Girolamo, Gerald
De La Cruz, Daniel
De La Torre, Lennart
De Liscia, Louis
De Matei, Jr., Edward
De Santis, Steven
De Santis, Gary
De Tomasi, Felix
Debenedetti, John
Debenedetti, Michael
Dees, Mike
Deiters, Mark
Delegeane, Michael
Delfino, Albert
Della Bona, Patrick
Della Bona, Gerald
Della Chiesa, Vincent
Demarco, Jr., John
Demattei, John "B"
Desing, John
Detweiler, Bruce
Devcich, Christopher
Devincenzi, Ronald
Devlin, Kurt
The San Mateo Times and Daily News LeaderThey will carry
the names of leading officers in the SanMateo and San Francisco Elks lodgessponsoring the special race which will beninth on the Thursday night program.
The event will be billed as the Elks' derby.Presentation of the silver loving cup to thederby winner will be made immediatelyfollowing the race in the presence or offi-cials of both lodges.
Preparations are already under way at thetrack for celebration of Governor Rolphnight, when a reception by city and countyofficials and officials from San Francisco
will be tendered to Governor Rolph.
The celebration will be held in connec-tion with the race program on the nightof June 24, it was announced today.
Tuesday, December 28, 1932
GRAND EXALTED RULER WITH S. M. ELKS TONITE
District Deputy Grand Exalted RulerDonovan of Pittsburgh will pay his offi-cial visit to the San Mateo Elks lodge to-night. He will be received by ExaltedRuler Hugh Williams and the officers andmembers of the San Mateo lodge.
Wednesday, June 17, 1936
ELKS 'ITALIAN NIGHT’ TO BE FETED SATURDAY
The annual "Italian Night" of the SanMateo Elks is to be celebrated at the lo-cal clubrooms on Saturday night, withMarco Daba in charge of the dinner ar-rangements.
"It will be a great menu," Daba says, andall the club members believe him.
A varied and unusual entertainment pro-gram is announced. Among the guests willbe many prominent Elks from San Fran-cisco.
Tuesday, June 14, 1932
BELMONT DOG RACE BILL FOR ELKS THURS.
Thursday night's rare program at theBelmont track will celebrate San Mateoand San Francisco Elks’ night, with a fea-ture race for a sterling silver loving cuppresented by San Mateo Lodge No. 1112B. P. O. Elks and San Francisco LodgeNo. 3.
Some of the swiftest dogs of BayshoreKennel club will be in the feature event.
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Devlin, Clarence
Devlin, Denis
Devoy, Arthur
Dewitt, Richard
Dezerega, Stephen
Di Mauro, Steven
Di Santo, Mario
Diaz, Edward
Diba, Edward
Dickinson, Michael
Dilks, John David PER
Dillon, Michael
Dillon, Michael
Dinges, Nancy
Diodati, Joe
Ditty, Ken
Dixon, Stephen
Doherty, James
Dolgoff, Jordan
Dolling, Bernard
Domenichini, John
Domenici, Robert
Domine, Camille
Donnelly, Ward
Donohoe, William
Donohue, Mark
Donovan, William
Dorgan, Dermot
Doss, Stacey
Dougherty, Charles
Dow, Ken
Drechsler, Charles PER
Dresser, Boyd
Drysdale, George
Dubuk, Pablo
Duca, Dennis
Dude, Jeffrey
Duffy, Thomas
Dulberg, Bernard
Duncan, Arnold
Dupont, Rick
Durhan, Jasson
Dutto, Michael
Dworak, Andrew
Dworetzky, Steve
Dwyer, Jim
Earnshaw, Matthew
Ebner, Peter
Echavarri, Joaquin
Eckert, Dan
Edison, Kirk
Edwards, Robert
Eftekhari, Fred
Eidler, Henry
Ellerhorst, Thomas
Ellis, Aaron
Ellis, Craig
Elu, Roger
Emergui, Elias
Eng, William
Engelhardt, Asa
English, Daniel
Erdie, Joseph
Escamilla, Hector
Escobar, Alfred
Estrada, Mary Alice
Evangel, Peter
Evans, Edward
Faber, C. James
Fabian, Maria
Facchini, Orey
Fagan, Michael
Fahey, James
Fall, John
Fanucci, Harvey
Farrar, Richard
Farrell, John
Farrelly, Fred
Elks celebrate the Italian Night. Plenty of food and wine for all.Tuesday, September 30, 1936
200 ELKS TO GOLF, BARBECUE SUNDAY
More than 200 Elks from San MateoLodge No. 1112 and San Francisco LodgeNo. 3 will hold a joint golf tournamentand barbecue at the San Mateo golf courseand Coyote Point Sunday, it was an-nounced today by Otto Burberick, chair-man.
The San Francisco Elks and their wiveswill be guests of San Mateo. The tourna-ment will begin at 8:15 o'clock with thebarbecue following at 1 o'clock.
Prizes will be awarded winners of low andhigh gross and low net, said Burberick.Serving on the committee are Lou Renner,Andy Anderson, Harold Porter, HaroldSteinberger, William Soule, Ed Foster,Frank Arata, Santo Guido, and GusArnold.
Saturday, February 20, 1937
HIGH SCORING IN ELKS' PLAY
Last night's round of play in the San MateoElks' Bowling tournament now in play wascharacterized by high scoring of such play-ers as Hugh Bryant, Amadee Chanteloup,and Harold Porter.
Bryant led the evening scoring with a grandtotal of 600, followed by Chanteloup with577 and Porter with a total of 557. ThoughBryant was high scorer for the evening, histeam, the No. 2 aggregation was unable to
turn back the league-leading No. 3 teamwhich with Chanteloup and Porter lastnight swept through to a two out of there-game win.
Bryant won the first game for his outfitby totaling 222, the highest for theevening in any one game. Chanteloupbowled the most consistently, however,running up 191 in his first game, 190 inthe second and 196 in the third game.
In the other contest on tap, the No.6 teamof Shaver, Steninburger, Kester, andSoule accounted for a three out of threegames win over the No. 1 four of Krell,Russell, Porter, and Gibson.
Monday, March 1, 1937
BIG CORNED BEEF DINNER FOR ELKS
A. C. Smith, chairman in charge of theSt. Patrick's Day feed of San Mateo Elkslodge No. 1112, Saturday, March 20, hasannounced he plans a huge corn beef andcabbage feed for the members.
The dinner, according to Smith, willstart at 7 p. m., and will be followed byhigh class entertainment which he isengaging for the program.
Though the feed will not actually be onSt. Patrick's Day, Smith feels that a Sat-urday evening affair will be more conve-nient for most of the Elks.
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Elks in the 1940'sFaust, Robert
Fay, Robert
Fazzio, Raymond
Federighi, Richard
Felios, Nickalos
Feliz, Frederick
Fellowes, Patrick
Fergoda, Tom
Ferguson, Arthur
Ferguson, Bill
Ferretti, James
Ferrigno, Louis
Field, Steve
Fields, James
Fife, Robert
Finigan, Joseph
Finke, Roger
Finn, Richard "B"
Fisher, Jay
Fisher, Paul
Fitting, Phillip
Fitzgerald, Joe
Fitzgerald, Margaret
Flahavan, Thomas
Flahavan, Stephen
Flahavan, Joseph
Flahavan, John
Flood, Frank
Fogleman, Maralene
Fogleman, Sam
Folan, Michael P.
Folsom, Willard
Foppiano, Raymond
Foster, R. Reese
Fox, Hal
Fox, Donald
Fox, Ronald
Fox, Fred
Franco, Fernando
Frank, Brian
Frankel, Peter
Franzoia, Leroy
Frauendorfer, Gene
Frediani, Donald
Freeman, Thomas
Freitas, Jr., John
Freschet, Marc
Frew, Michael
Friebel, Thomas
Friedman, Jaynes
Froehlich, Ralph
Fullendorf, Bill
Fulton Iii, Forrest
Furuta, Hisako
Galatolo, Jack
Galea, Lisa
Galea, Joseph
Gallagher, David
Galver, Roberto
Galvin, Michael
Gandolfo, Gary
Garcia, Jr., Ralph
Gardiner, Richard
Garris, Jr., George
Gasparini, Enzo
Gates, Brian
Gatt, Frederick
Gatt, Lawrence
Gavros, James
Gawellek, RichardElks Charter MembersYoung Champions of the San Mateo Elks
The San Mateo Times and Daily News Leader
Wednesday, April 23, 1941
SAN MATEO ELKS PREPARE MOTHER'S DAY PROGRAM
San Mateo Elks' club will entertain with aspecial program on Mothers' Day, May 11.
The club has invited all mothers of mem-bers to be guests at a dinner on thatevening.
There will be a musical program, guestspeaker and services. A Chairman of theevening is Raymond Benson.
Friday, July 31, 1942
S. M. ELKS TO HOLD PICNIC AUGUST 30
The annual picnic and "Kiddies' day" ofSan Mateo lodge No. 1112, B. P. 0. Elks,will be held August 30 at Oak Cove Parkon Crystal Springs road, Exalted RulerRonald Dixon announced today. J. F.O'Neil heads the committee appointed toarrange the barbecue lunch and programof races, games and dancing.
Ronald A. Dixon, ER 1942
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Gawronski, Daniel
Gay, Richard PER
Geiger, Richard
Gentner, Ernest Keith
George, Jon
Georgi, Ralph
Geranios, James
Geranios, George
Geranios, Alexander
Geranios, Peter PER
Gerrman, Larry
Gerst, James
Gervasio, Edward
Gerwin, Jack
Ghilarducci, Eugene
Giacchino, Emile
Giaimo, Alec
Giampaoli, Peter
Gianfermo, Paul
Gilbert, William
Gilchrist, Michael
Gill, Marshele
Gill, John
Gill, Patricia
Gill, Thomas
Gill, Marlin PER
Gilmartin, Dan
Giosso, John
Giubbini, Joseph "B"
Giusti, Donald
Glasgow, Jr., Edwin
Glasson, David
Gledhill, Bruce
Glennon, Richard
Godfrey, Michael
Goldberg, Lloyd
Gomes, Jr., Frederick
Goll, Timothy
Golding, Harry
Gomez, Robert
Gonsolin, Earl
Gonzales, Edward
Gonzales, Ron
Goodwin, Robert
Gordon, Keith
Gordon, Russell
Gorran, Robert
Goultas, Nicholas
Graber, Donald
Graham, Franklin
Graham, James
Graham, Ricky
Grainger, Jerald
Grant, John
Grant, Frank
Graser, R. Michael
Grasso, Nicholas
Grealish, John
Greco, Michael
Green, Roy
Griffin, Gary
Gross, Stanley
Grubb, William
Guiney, Denis
Guiney, Daniel
Gunning, Michael
Gustafson, Kristofer
Haag, Steve
Haas, John
Haber, Jr., Henri
Hahn, Rudolf
Hall, Richard
Hall, Robert
Hallett, Edward
Hamamura, Wesley
Hammond, James
Hance, Daniel
Hankins, Leotis Lee
Original "B" Street Lodge Room
When the war in Europe began in 1939 the United Statesbegan to prepare for war. The Order of Elks joined that effortand formed the Elks Defense Commission. One of the chieffunctions of that Commission was to assist in the promo-tion of the "Keep 'Em Flying" program. This program en-couraged unmarried male citizens between the ages of 20 to27 to become members of the Army Air Corps. Applicantswith only a high school education were required to take anentrance exam. The San Mateo Elks Lodge sponsored a lo-cal program that offered night courses to help applicantsprepare for the exam. The goal of San Mateo Elks Lodge wasto assist at least 20 young men from our area to pass theexam.
War arrived in dramatic fashion on December 7, 1941. Manyof our members went off to fight. San Mateo Elks Lodgededicated itself to the war effort, assisting in recruiting, scrapmetal collections, and promoting patriotism. Our annualFlag Day Ceremony took on additional meaning during thewar years. Sometimes over a thousand people would attendour ceremony at Central Park. After the Pledge of Allegiance
and the Invocation the Exalted Ruler would narrate the his-tory of our Flag, from the Colony's Pine Tree Flag created in1775 and carried in the Battle of Bunker Hill to the present dayStar and Stripes. As the Exalted Ruler described each Flag itwas paraded in front of the audience by a Boy Scout. The ElksBand would play background music to accompany the narra-tion and parade of Flags. Then the officers of the Lodge wouldbuild a Liberty Bell with roses, lilies and violets, representingthe national colors of red, white and blue. The ceremony wouldthen close with the singing of "God Bless America", followedby refreshments served by the Lodge.
In 1909 we borrowed $30,000 to build our first Lodge build-ing at 336 B Street. Finally, in February, 1945, the loan waspaid off. That event was celebrated with a mortgage burningparty at the Lodge, followed by an Open House the followingSaturday to allow the public to see the improvements thathad made during the past year, which included installation ofa new cocktail lounge for members, their ladies and guests.Just nine years later we moved into our new facility on 20th
Avenue.
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Elks in the 1950'sHanley, Robert
Hansen, James
Harder, Randall
Hardwick, Michael
Hardy, Jr., James
Harper, Bill
Harper, Joe
Harrell, Robert
Harrington, Michael
Harrington, John
Harrison Jr., Adolph
Hartje, Ken
Hartman, Wilford
Hartman, Gregory
Haskell, Mark
Hassapakis, Gus
Havice, David
Havice, Daniel
Haycock, Thomas
Hayes, Bill
Healey, John
Heffran, Dion
Heimsoth, Gerry
Heintz, Paul
Helgesen, Jr., Robert
Helmers, Henry
Henderson, George
Henderson Jr., William
Hendrickson, Paul
Henley, Joseph
Henning, Ruth
Hermann, John
Herrington, Frank
Hession, Joseph
Hession Sr., Joseph
Hibson, Donald
Higgins, Frank
Hildebrand, Glenn
Hill Iii, Donald
Hillebrandt, John
Himenes, Louanna
Hoffman, Stuart
Holder, David
Holmberg, James
Holsworth, Philip
Hom, Richard
Homer, Robert
Honnert, Steve
Horan, John
Hoska, Stephen
Houle, Robert
Hourigan, Daniel
Householder, David
Howse, Richard
Hubachek, Joseph
Hudkins, Phil
Hudson, Pendleton
Hughes, Robert
Hughes, Michael
Hultberg, David
Humbel, Ray
Humphrey, Stanley
Hunt, Allison
Hunter, Wendell
Hurley, Mike
Hurley, Joseph
Hurley, Joseph
Hutchings, Mark
Hutton, Kenneth
Hyland, Nicholas
The site of our current Lodge was purchased on July 13, 1951,from the estate of Charles S. Howard for the princely sum of$42,500. Most of the money to purchase the property camefrom the slot machines at the B Street Lodge. (The rumor isthat the slot machines were stored under the platform for theExalted Ruler in the Lodge Room after the B Street Lodge wasvacated, but subsequently they mysteriously disappeared.)The purchase included 2.84 acres, the old English style stablebuildings and paddocks. Apparently the famous racehorseSeabiscuit is buried somewhere on the Lodge grounds.
In 1954 we had 1,548 members. The initiation fee was $100
and the annual dues were $30. It cost $450,000 to build thenew Lodge facility, which consisted of over 26,000 square feetof floor area designed by Jay Miller. The new facility was builtto accommodate 2,500 members. It had a library, swimmingpool, large dining room, bowling alley, card room, billiards roomand athletic facilities. It was the first commercial building builtin San Mateo with a fire sprinkler system throughout the build-ing. The new Lodge facility was completed by March, 1954,when Ray Daba was the Exalted Ruler. Ray is the HonoraryChairman of our 100th Anniversary Committee. You can usu-ally find Ray at the Lodge on Wednesday night. Look him upand thank him for the fine facility we have today.
The new Lodge facility was dedicated on March 20, 1954. The
festivities began with a parade from the old "B" Street Lodge tothe new 20th Avenue Lodge. Many dignitaries attended, in-cluding eight of our original 77 charter members, and GoodwinJ. Knight, the governor of the State of California. After layingthe cornerstone and speeches the Lodge Room was dedicatedand the time capsule was sealed.
The soon to be beautiful new facilities on 20th Avenue
Breaking ground for the current ELKS Lodge on 20th Avenue
Gene Edward Boaden, Norman T. Burke, Raymond J. Daba,Morris K. Daley, John A. Demattei, Richard J. Finn, JosephV. Giubbini, John J. Keane, Donald V. Lawson, Curtis O.Lynum, Thomas O. Mickey, Jr., Carl Niederreiter.
Original "B" Street Members
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Iavarone, Frank
Inferrera, Domenic
Irion, R. Brian
Iuppa, Nick
Iuppa, Virginia
Jackowitz, Robert
Jackson, Rich
Jackson, William
Jacobs, Harold
Jacobs, Venecia
Jacobson, Harold
Jamme, Sandra
Janigian, John
Janis, Raymond
Janssen, Walter
Jarvis, Jr., George
Jefferies, Richard
Jenney, Robert
Jensen, Peter
Jensen, Dirk
Jessen, Jr., William
Jester, Timothy
Jhanda, Ahmed
Jockers, Edwin
Johnson, Craig
Johnson, Raymond
Johnson, Robert
Johnson, Marlin
Johnson, David
Johnson, Ernest
Johnston, Warren
Johnston, Michael
Jones, Jeff
Jones, Jack PER
Jordan, William
Joyce, Michael
Kahler, William
Kaizoji, Michael
Kalpakoff, Steve
Wednesday, April 4, 1956Installation of Officers
The NEW OFFIC-ERS of the San MateoLodge of Elks #1112 arepictured here follow-ing their installationlast night. Left to rightin the back row areRobert Ohlson, InnerGuard; MonroeBrown, Treasurer;Donal McLachlan,Trustee for 5 year term;Walter Wisnom, Or-ganist; Herbert
Gibson, Secretary; Thedore Gibson, Tiler,
Front row left to right: Donald Miller, Esquire; George Stevens, Lectruring Knight;Harold Anderson, Exalted Ruler; Jack Gaffigan, Leading Knight; Leo Ferko, Loyal Knightand Kenneth Lauder, Chaplain.
The San Mateo Lodge of Elks now has 2800 members and meets everyWednesday night at their club house on 20th Avenue in San Mateo. Install-ing Officer was the District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler GeraldMcCormack, a member of Pittsburg, Calif. Lodge #1474.
Cincinnati Automobile ClubDear Mr. Sauer:
Perhaps you don’t fully appreciate the thrill that you gave 3,000 orphans andabout 500 attendants at Coney Island at their Annual Orphans’ Outing on June8th, but let me assure you that it was a day they will long remember. Professional baseball players are always heros in the eyes of our younger gen-eration but especially is this true of wards of institutions such as we entertainedat Coney Island. On behalf of our entire committee, as well as the Trustees of the CincinnatiAutomobile Club and the three thousand orphans that we entertained, as well astheir attendants who were there, please accept our sincere thanks and gratitudefor your presence. You might not so claim it, but in the minds of our committeeyou did a very noble deed on that day and we thank you sincerely for you coop-eration.
Cordially yours, General Chairman, Orphans’ Outing Committee, Cincinnati Automobile Club
Kane, Greg
Kaprielian, Jan
Kary, Robert
Kawaguchi, Jeffery
Kawai, Kevin
Kawai, Norio
Kawakami, Thomas
Kawamoto, Margaret
Kays, William
Kazakoff, Richard
Keane, John "B"
Kearney, Mark
Kearney, Kevin
Keller, Abbott
Kelley, Donald
Kelly, S.A. Mic
Kelly, Mike
Kelly, Martin
Kelly, Michael
Kelly, Brian
Kempf, Rel
Kennedy, Arlen
Kennedy, Gerald
Kennedy, John
Kennel, James
Kenney, William PER
Kenny, Daniel
Keohane, Jerry
Kern, George
Kerr, Jerrold
Kertel, Edward
Kerwin, James
Kessinger, Mervil
Kessler, Herbert
Kirberg, Juergen
Kirk, Donald
Kirwan, James
Kitts, Christopher
Klein, Ronald
The Elks Synchronized Swim Teamshow their stuff while they celebratethe 1112 Lodge’s 50th Anniversary.
One of the San Mateo Elks shiningstars, Hank Sauer! The 1952 National
League most valuable player, Hankbanged out 37 home runs and 121 runs
batted in for the Cubs in ’52.
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Elks in the 1960'sKliewer, Raymon
Knapp, John PER
Kniffin, Ray
Koch, Charles
Koenig, William
Koenig, Thomas
Kohli, John
Kohman, Michael
Kohmann, James
Kohnke, David
Kohnke, John
Koman, Joseph
Kos, Victor
Kramer, C. Thomas
Krenn, Jr., Martin
Krow, Morris
Kruckewitt, Chad
Kubiak, Norbert
Kunnath, Richard
Kunney, Ernest
Kuzmicki, Constantine
La Honta, Milton
Lackey, Roger
Lafferty, Peggy
Lafferty, Charles
Lalji, Rajesh
Lamb, Arlie
Lambrechts, James
Lanam, Joseph
Landi, Rob
Landry, Michael
Landucci, Dino
Landucci, Albert O.
Landwirth, Donald
Lane, Richard
Langendorf, Donald
Langridge, Steven
Larose, Frances
Larson, Erik
Larson, Richard
Larson, Edward PER
Lau, Craig
Lau, John
Lauricella, Louis
Lawson, Donald "B"
Lawton, Curtis
Lawton, John
Lazzaretto, Robert
Le Fevre, Elza
Leader, Allan
Lee, Richard
Lee, David
Lehane, Frank
Lehr, Donald
Leishman, George
Lema, Dennis
Lemos, Antonio
Lemus, Maurice
Lennon, Jr., Michael
Lent, William
Lenz, Shaunna
Leong, Gary
Leong, Ming
Levin, Sydney
Levin, Daniel
Lewandowski, Edward
Lewis, Richard
Licht, Norman
Liedtke, Robert
Littlepage, Donald
The year long construction phase of the expansion program was completedjust as the San Mateo Elks Lodge approaches its 60th anniversary – a com-parative minute on the clock of Elkdom. A chronology of events points up howthis comparative second was divided during the period of construction. Theterm construction is only half the story, as there was also some tearing downto do before additions and alterations could take place. This is the way it went:
Dec. 14: The program was launched with the beginning of work in the area ofthe bowling alley, exercise and locker rooms. This consisted mainly of en-largement and improvement of existing areas, with attention to décor andlighting. This phase was finished by the end of February.
April 12: The west addition was completed, consisting of the new diningarea, kitchen, cocktail lounge, rest rooms, and new storage area. These in-cluded the Chandelier Room and the Jolly Cork Lounge. Interior decorationswere in place by August.
Construction Program a Year Long Project
April 17: Renovation of the existing dining room and kitchen began, and wascompleted about the middle of May.
May 1: Boys’ and Girls’ Locker and Shower Building was completed. The WestEntrance Lobby aas usable, with décor elements in place by June 1.
June 1: Terrace Room addition completed.
July 15: Handball court completed.
August 15: Construction of the north addition completed about tow weeksahead of schedule.
November 1: Interior decoration, carpets, etc., completed in the north addition.Pavement of the parking area commenced and is currently being worked on.
So there you have it – to enjoy for many years to come. Our thanks to theBuilding Committee, Architect and Designers, Construction workers, and allwho had a hand in the project.
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Lloyd Jr., Michael
Lofgren, Charles
Loftus, David
Logothetis, Nick
Lohmeier, Jr., Frank
Lokken, Manley
Lombardi, Mario
Lopez, Andre
Lopuck, Charles
Lorenz, Michael
Loschenkohl, Jr., Carl
Lovering, Lamonte
Lowenthal, Richard
Lucas Jr., Nick
Lucchesi, Mark
Ludwell, Roy
Lundquist, Eric
Lutticken, Robert
Luzzi, Robert
Lynch, Edward
Lynum, Curtis "B"
Lysek, Jr., Joseph
Macaluso, Robert
Macey, William
Mackall, Geraldine
Mahaffay, D. Ray
Mahoney, John
Makris, Nick
Maldonado, Robert
Malina, Robert
Mallen, Daniel
Maloney, Kevin
Maloney, Con
Mammini, Barry
Mandt, Ross
Mangiante, John
Mannina, Charles
Marchant, Paul
Marchi, Hank
Marconi, Kevin
Marcotte, Ray
Marcucci, Mario
Marder, Robert
Maridakis, Alex
Marin, John
Maris, John
Marquesen, David
Marquis, Don
Marr, Adolph
Marradi, Sabatino
Martin, Clifford
Martin, Robert
Martin, Tony
Masetti, Joseph
Mason, John
Matthews, William
Mattias, Matt
Matulich, Joseph
Mauro, David
Mauro, Mark
Maxwell, John
Mc Brady, Daniel
Mc Cann, Ted
Mc Carthy, Harold
Mc Carthy, Frank
Mc Carthy, Andrew
Mc Clellan, Anne
Mc Clellan, Dennis
Mc Cracken, Gene
Mc Cune, Jeffrey
Mc Dermott, Lance
Mc Devitt, Brendan
Mc Donald, Les
Mc Donald, Michael
Mc Donald, Chris
Mc Donald, Joseph
Mc Donnell, Stephen
Mc Elroy, Walter
A special Christmas celebration with Santa making hisannual visit to the San Mateo Lodge.
Santa's helpers look a lot like some of our Lodge members during the 1960's
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Elks in the 1970'sMc Entee, Gary
Mc Entee, Peter
Mc Gee, Thomas
Mc Glinchey, Robert
Mc Grath, Brian
Mc Grath, Tom
Mc Guigan, Matthew
Mc Guigan, Michael
Mc Kibben,, Edd
Mc Kinney, Truman
Mc Leland, Kirk
Mc Leod, Gordon
Mc Nally, Patrick
Mc Partland, Stephen
Mc Queen, Michael
Mc Veigh, Joseph
Mccormick, Richard
Meade, William
Mecorney, Jean
Mehl, John
Mellberg, James
Melodia, Antonio
Menicucci, Allen
Menna, Greg
Menzel, Gregory
Menzel, Fred
Mercurio, Michael
Mercurio, Richard
Merlo, Mario
Merrill, Frank
Meyer, Steve
Mickey, Jr., Thomas "B"
Mihalek, Jr., Michael
Miguel, Julian
Mihojevich, George
Milani, Robert
Milano, Mark
Miller, Michael
Miller, Jeremy
Miller, Lawrence
Miller, Kevin
Miller, Jack
Milnes III, Russell
Minter, Clyde
Mirhashemi, Maurice
Mirosnkoff, Peter
Miskow, Kenneth
Mitchell, Larry
Mitchell, David
Mize, Lawrence
Molina, Robert
Molinelli, John
Moll, Clyde
Molloy, Michael
Moncur, Marie
Monge, Jr., Julio
Monolakis, Steve
Montague, Edward
Montalbano, John
Montalbano, Joseph
Montemarano, Joe
Monteverdi, David
Montoya, Robert
Montoya, Leroy
Mooney, Kenneth
Moore, Lawrence
Moore, Andrew
Moore, Robert
Moran, James
Moresco, Warren
In July, San Francisco was host to the National Elks Convention. Our band was proud toreceive an invitation to perform for the opening ceremonies at the
Masonic Temple on California St.Truimphant trumpeter Fred Strebel and ebuilient chaiman Joe Cala, Sr. announce
the exciting program for this year's day at Bay Medows on October 17.
San Mateo Elks Contribution ToMajor Project
Exalted Ruler Max Trueblood presents a check for $7000 to Herb Kittridge, Chairman ofthe Major Project Committee, and Dan Davis, President of CHEA during the recent State
Convention in Sacramento. More than $898,808 has been contributed this year bymembers of lodges throughout California and Hawaii to be used in treating children
suffering from cerebral palsy and other physical handicaps.
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Morey, William
Mori, Peter
Moriarty, Steve
Morosi, Richard
Morrissey, Donald
Morrow, Donald
Moser, Dennis
Mueller, James
Mulcahy, Richard
Mulcahy, Sean
Mulcahy II, Neil
Mulcahy, Neil
Mulkeen, Thomas
Mulkerrins, Richard
Muller, Steve
Muniz, Raul
Murdoch, Alexander
Murphy, Michael
Murphy, Mark
Murphy, James
Murphy, Michael
Murphy, Richard
Murphy, John
Murray, Noel
Murtha, Thomas
Mushiake, Jack
Musich, Anthony
Narlock, Anthony
Nasburg, William
Naslund, Dave
Nasser, Theodore
Navarro, Tony
Nazzaro, David
Nelson, Brian
Nevius, Ed
Newport, Lawrence
Nice, Robert
Nichols, Philip
Nick, Michael
Niederreiter, Carl "B"
Nocito, Vincent
Nordfelt, Scott
Nuessmann, John
Nuessmann, Peter
O’Brien, Sean
O’Brien, Patrick
O’Brien, Steven
Ochoa, Isaias
O’Donnell, Thomas
O’Donnell, James
O’Donnell, Thomas
O’Donnell, Dennis
O’Leary, Daniel
Oliveri, Dominic
Olsen, Kenneth
Olson, Robert
Olson, David
Olson, Robert
O’Neill, Brian
O’Neill, Mark
O’Neill, Robert
Orengo, Joe
O’Rourke, Frank
Ortiz, Jesus
Osborne, O. Leland
O’Sullivan, Larry
Owens, James
Padia, Manuel
Padua, Joseph
Paganelli, Richard
Paiva, Ronald
Pancallo, John
Pando, Vincent
Pandolfi, Stanley
Panelli, Russell
Panigada, James
Panos, Gus
Pape, Ronald
Elks Visit Rehab Center
Continuing their annual tradition, the Jolly Corks from the San Mateo Lodge of Elks, visited the Crystal Springs
Rehabilitation Center this past weekend. Exalted Ruler Max E. Trueblood accompanied the Jolly Corks Clowns and
the Elks Band to the center and helped distribute sacks of fruits and nuts to the residents. They also presented each
patient with an envelope containing a Christmas Card and a monetary gift. The band under the direction of Leo
Ghilardi helped in the singing of Christmas Carols. This is the eighteenth year that the Lodge has participated in a
program of good cheer at the hospital.
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Elks in the 1980'sPappas, Theodore
Paraskevas, Perry
Parkin, John
Paroli, Richard
Parry, Rick
Parsons, Lance
Pasquini, Gene
Pastore, Carl
Patterson, Frank
Patterson, David
Patterson, Frank
Patterson, Larry
Peet, Adam
Pendleton, Stuart
Pennington, Eric
Perez, Manuel
Perez, Ignacio
Perez, Robert
Perret, Eugene
Perry, Paul
Peters, Barry
Pfeffer, Michael
Phillips, Carr
Piazza, Richard
Picardo, Louie
Pidd, Joseph
Pignati, Frank
Pileri, Carl
Pinfold, Samuel
Pinfold, Andrew
Ping, Dan
Pino, Dave
Piombi, Renato
Piper, Burton
Piplick, Jr., Carl
Pipp, Terry
Pisa, Jr., Frank
Plane, John
Plante, Christopher
Plyer, David
Plyer, David
Poblitz, Howard
Podesta, Jerome
Poindexter, Travis
Points, Joshua
Porras, Jose
Porter, William
Powell, David
Preston, Arthur
Priola, Rick
Privitera, David
Privitera, Leonard
Pucci, Alfred
Puente, Tobias
Puma, Carmelo
Quan, Craig
Quarto, Anthony
Quinn, Robert
Quinn, Robert
Rabin, Lewis
Radsliff, Peter
Raider, Daniel
Rajeski, Joseph
Ramirez, Gerald
Ramirez, Marco
Ramos, Joe
Ransom, Richard
Ratekin, Darren
Ratto, Albert
Rau, Mark
July 4th 1988 Picnic
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Rawley, James
Reardon, Jim
Redlick, Harry
Reeves, Dennis
Refvem, Don
Regalia, Michael
Regos, Tomas
Reich, Robert
Reich, Phillip
Reimche, Julius
Reis, Winthrop
Ressler, David
Reyes, Blas
Reyna, Mike
Reynolds, Mark
Rhodes, Randolph
Ricci, Kurt
Ricci, Thomas
Rice, James
Richmond, Perry
Riffel, Richard
Riley, James
Riley, John Barry
Rivera, David
Rivera, Roberta
Rives, Kenneth
Robbins, Robert
Robblee, Arthur
Robe, John
Robenalt, Charles
Roberts, James
Roberts, Paul
Roberts, Joseph
Robertson, Douglas
Robertson, Donald
Robin, James
Robinson, Monte
Robinson, Kenneth
Rodiack, Edward
Rodriguez, Richard
Rodriguez, Edward
Roeder, Jeffrey
Roeder, Harvey
Rogers, Melvin
Rohracker, Arthur
Rojas, Donald
Roloff, Jr., Howard
Romeo, Anthony
Rosaia, David
Rosaia, Daniel
Rosaia, Adolfo
Rosales, Rolando
Rosario, Ricardo
Roscelli, Paul
Rosen, Neal
Rosenberg, John
Rosendo, Felipe Silva
Rosselli, Dennis
Rossi, Louis
Rousseau, Donald
Rowland, Bert
Roza, Richard
Rozzi, Michael
Ruch, John
Ruckert, Brian
Rudder, George
Ruggiero, Frank
Ruiz, Daniel
Ruiz, Andrew
Russell, Richard
Rutledge, Stephen
Ryan, Thomas
Ryan, Gary
Ryan, Patrick
Ryan, Raymond
Ryan, Jr., Thomas
Saam, Edward
Sadlowski, Donald
Boy Scouts
Harry Henzi, Richard Henderson, Suggs Jolly represent SanMateo Elks Lodge No.1112 at 1986 San Mateo County Fair
Memorial Day Service
S.M. Elks Lodge WinsThree National Awards
At the recent national convention in Chicago, ER Harry Couts accepted awardson behalf of the San Mateo Elks Lodge for Americanism, Christmas Charities,and Lodge Bulletin. Harry has in turn presented these awards to the chairmen ofthe committees who won them. The awards are on display at the Lodge.
PER SuggsJolly proudlydisplays hisplaque forservices
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Elks in the 1990'sSahlberg, Earl
Salinas, Gerard
Salvato, Bert
Salzano, Mario
Sambel, Arnold
Sanchez, Jay
Sanchez, Joseph
Santana, Joseph
Sasinowski, Neil
Sass, Hans
Satterwhite, David
Saxton, Perry
Scattini, Joseph
Scattini, Steven
Schaeffer, Randy
Schafer, Charles
Schaffer, Donald
Schane, Dale
Scharff, James
Schindler, Dennis
Schlaefer, Gary
Schlocker, Jeffrey
Schmid, Karl
Schmitz, John
Schneider, Adolf
Schneider, John
Schoenstein, Ralph
Scholp, Don
Schroeder, William
Schroyer, Donald
Schrup, John
Schulz, Christopher
Schurba, Darin
Schwandt, James
Schwerin, Wilfred
Scibetta, Charlie
Scott, Romelia
Scully, Mike
Sebastiani, Enio
Sebree, Edward
Selmi, Lloyd
Shackleton, Charles
Shaughnessy, Dennis
Shaughnessy, William
Shaul, Jim
Sheakley, Edward
Sheehan, Gordon
Sherman, Esther
Shjeflo, Jr., Walter
Shoemaker, Robert
Shreve, Chuck
Sidoti, David
Sigona, Mrs Frances
Silverman, Sam
Simmons, Frederick
Simms, Gary
Simoni, Floyd
Siri, James
Sisca, Frank
Slaughter, Michael
Smith, David
Smith, Jason
Smith, Robert
Smith, Robert
Smith, Stanley
Smith, Scot
Smith, Vernon
Smyser, Charles
Snyder, Mervin
Snyder, Mark
SAN MATEO – Ninety yearsage, Elks Lodge No. 1112 was bornon undeveloped B Street in up-start San Mateo.
Through the decades, much haschanged for San Mateo as well asfor the city’s Elks. Since 1908, thelodge has grown from about 40members to more than 2,100. Ithas moved to its present sprawlon 20th Avenue, and begun to ad-mit women.
But members say the group’sfunction has not changed drasti-cally over the years. The Elks stillis a thriving social club commit-ted to aiding charitable causes atthe local, state, and national lev-els.
This Sunday, the lodge will com-memorate its 90th anniversary at3 p.m. in conjunction with its an-nual Flag Day celebration.
“This lodge does more than youthink,” said San Mateo Elks sec-retary Hank Washauer, who runsthe lodge and has been a memberfor 30 years.
Members hold communityevents for charities like Samari-tan House, the San Mateo PublicLibrary, Poplar ReCare, SecondHarvest Food Bank and ShelterNetwork of San Mateo County –just to name a few.
“We have a 30-piece band, a 20-member glee club and abouta 15-member (clown troupe),” Washauer said.
Besides philanthropy, members have access to athletics facili-ties, including a bowling alley, as well as full bar and diningroom, computer room and pool tables.
Despite its move into the 1990s, the lodge is steeped in tradi-tion.
It still has a secret initiation ceremony and many members-only events. They don’t wear anthlers, members insist – rather,coats and ties – but must pledge their belief in God to join. Thelodge’s elected leader is called the “Exalted Ruler.” The averageage of members is 60.
And although women were admitted starting last year, thetransition took some prodding from the national headquarters
and is still under way. Of the morethan 2,000 members, only threeare women.
“I think the gentlemen downthere are getting used to (womenmembers), but at first they had ahard time with it,” member EllenBona said. She said the men some-times do a double take when theysee her in the gym. She said she is“not there to make a statement,”and appreciates the group’s devo-tion to the community.
Officer Peter Geranios said thegroup’s age demographic is slowlychanging as well.
“There are a lot of fathers bring-ing their sons, and that’s certainlycontributed to the lowering of theaverage age,” he said.
Fraternal organizations “don’thave the draw they once had,” hesaid. “Closed doors, cigar-smok-ing men making business deals –it doesn’t happen that way any-more.”
But Exalted Ruler CharlieDrechsler said he believes thegroup’s involvement with thecommunity and close-knit envi-ronment will keep the Elks tradi-tion alive for at least another 90years.
“I think we’ll be around for a longtime,” Drechsler said.
Lodge still thriving tradition after 90 years in San Mateo
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Snyder, Gene
Solina, Salvatore
Solouki, Albert
Sonagere, Glenn
Sosnick, Martin
Soss, Edward
Souther, Tyler
Spagnoli, Paul
Spano, Jeffrey
Spano, Robert
Spiers, John
Spiteri, Charles
Springer, Theodore
Stabb, Leonard
Stabb, Sr., Leonard
Stamatatos, Bob
Stambollis, Peter
Standefer, Michael
Stanley, Wayne
Stanovcak, Steve
Stathos, Dimitrios
Steele, Dagmar
Steffen, Catherine
Stegman, Richard
Steiner, Roy
Steiner, Stewart
Steinrok, James
Stemmy, John
Stenstrom, Glenn
Stephany, Thomas
Stephens, E. Duane
Stephens, Michael
Stephenson, Thomas
Stevens, Matt
Steyer, Randy
Stillian, Ronald
Stoeckle, Scott
Stokesberry, Eric
Stoll, Harold
Stolz, Herbert
Stone, Herbert
Storti, Matthew
Strebel, Jr., Fred
Stringham, Merrill
Struck, Vincent
Stuart, Larry
Stubbs, Brian
Styer, David
Suchevits, Robert
Sugarman, Sheldon
Sullivan, Richard
Sullivan, Joe
Sullivan, David
Sullivan, Terence
Sullivan, Ryan
Sullivan, Dennis
Sully, Joseph
Sulpizio, Michael
Sutherland, Julian
Sutter, David
Sutter, Steven
Svanevik, Michael
Svedise, Vincent
Svedise, Christopher
Swain, William
Swan, John
Swartz, Richard
Sykes, Donald
Talmadge, Patrick
Tapia, Noel
Tarantino, John
Taylor, Kenneth
Taylor, John
Taylor, George
Ternullo, Tom
Terry, Jr., Charles
Teshara, Tom
Thayer, Frank
Our Veterans - Never Forget Them
Honoring our Veterans.
Another Gift to the VeteransYour Veterans Committee at work
Ten brand new mountain bikes recently given to the Veterans at MenloPark by the Lodge's Veterans Committee.
Elks go Green for Veterans
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Present Day Elks 2000-2008Theis, Thomas
Thewes, Walter
Thielemann, Kurt
Thiewes, Matthew
Thiewes, Harold
Thivierge, James
Thomas, Craig
Thomas, Benjamin
Thomas, R.E. Bob
Thomas, Jr., Daniel
Tico, Chris
Tidd, Norman
Tigri, Robert
Tinetti, Steve
Tittiger, Franz
Tobes, Melvyn
Tognetti, Reno
Tonelli, Jerrold
Torre, Michael
Torre, Donald
Torres, Brandon
Totaro, Richard
Touchstone, James
Tragoutsis, Xenophon
Tragoutsis, John
Tragoutsis, Mark
Tragoutsis, Steve
Tragoutsis, Michael
Trapani, Lawrence
Trelut, George
Trigueiro, Richard
Tringale, Dominic
Tripp, Al
Trubow, George
Tsiplakos, Nick
Tsiplakos, George
Tuccori, Renato
Tucker, Loyce
Tuohy, Edward
Turdici, Edward
Tursi, John
Tuzar, Charles
Tyo, Peter
Tyo, Michael
Ughe, Robert
Underwood, Christopher
Utehin, Nicholas
Valavanis, Frank
Valbusa, Lino
Valencia, Hector
Van Alstyne, Byron
Van Ness, James
Van Vranken, George
Vance, Pat
Vangelder, Paul
Vanos, Peter
Varni, Jr., Fred
Vasquez, Jr., Frank
Velichko, Nicolas
Veneziano, Salvatore
Venosa, Joseph
Verna, Bryan
Vernarecci, Allan
Vielbaum, Walter
Vierra, Robert
Villar, Luis
Villaroman, David
Vinal, Joseph
Virgilio, Fred
Vocker, Thomas
Americanism Essay Contest 2001The Americanism Flag - By Julian Zhukovsky -
I think the flag of the United States stands for liberty andjustice for all. We are all equal and have the same rights. Weare made of many cultures and religions. We are united andwe are one nation under God.
I think the white stripes on the flag stand for the purity ofideals. The red stripes on the flag stand for the blood of thepeople who fought in the war for independence in 1775. The stripes together stand for the original thirteen colonies thatgave birth to the fifty states with their name of glory.
Americanism 2006 Winners
The fifty stars on the flag stand for the fifty states of our country.They are like bright stars glistening high above in the sky. Ourcountry’s flag will shine forever with those stars.
Today, after the terrorist attack on September 11th, thousands ofAmericans have put up their American flags. They did it to showthe world that we still stand for liberty and justice for all.
Exalted Ruler .......................................... John P. Atno, PER Leading Knight ........................................... Edd McKibben Loyal Knight ....................................................... Jeanne Atno Lecturing Knight ......................................... Mike Mercurio Secretary ................................................................. Bill Harper Treasurer ....................................................... Jack Jones, PER Tiler ......................................................................... Peter Mori Esquire ............................................................. Gene Condon Chaplain ........................................................ Brandon Torres Inner Guard ............................................................ David Ball
Organist .......................................................... Leonard Stabb
1-Year Trustee : RICHARD GAY, PER; 2-Year Trustee: PIERRE
BOUQUET; 3-Year Trustee: JOHN DAMONTE, DL; 4-Year Trusteee:BRIAN IRION; 5-Year Trustee: ED RODRIGUEZ
2008-2009 Lodge Officers
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Voelker, Mark
Vogel, Robert
Voltattorni, Joseph
Voos, James
Voss, Jeffrey
Wachter, Ronald
Wagner, Ray
Wagner, Lee James
Wagner, Ramon
Walker, Kenneth
Wall, David
Wallace, Miles
Wallace, James
Wallach, Paul
Walsh, Paul
Walsh, Thomas
Walsh, James
Walsh, Gioioa
Walter, Gary
Wanat, William
Wanger, Jr., Peter
Ward, John
Ward, Arthur
Ward, Anthony
Ward, Kenneth
Ward, Albert
Washauer, Henry
Waters, James John
Watson, Tom
Weaver, Frank
Weber, Sheldon
Weckerle, Thomas
Wedeking, David
Wehara, Darrow
Wendland, Steve
Westbay, W. Clayton
Wentworth, Gerald
Werney, Steve
Wentworth, Brian
Free Dictionaries for the Children
The San Mateo Elks Lodge has given third graders in the San Mateo-Foster CitySchool District free dictionaries throughout the month of November.
Why a San Mateo Elk?Because it gives us a chance to be the best of ourselves.
Because we can enjoy our many amenities, without having topay a lot of money.
Because we can serve on one of our committees, knowing thatour future won’t depend on how we performed.
Because we are part of a Lodge that continues to never forgetour veterans. That gives so much to scholarships. That takes care
of disabled children. And that gives to deservinglocal community needs.
Because if we ever wonder, "What am I getting out of it?" thismay well be the best deal in town!
Tell a friend about it, too.
Scholarship Committee & Sholarship Winners
Hoop Shoot 2008 Winners
Wetteland, Patrick
White, Wade
Whitelock, Robert
Whiteside, David
Whitten, David
Wieland, Timothy
Willers, Edward
Willerup, Paul
Williams, Rolfe
Williams, Frank
Wilson, Lloyd
Wilson, Robert
Wilson, Ronald
Wilson, Carey Paul
Windisch, Lutz
Winetrub, Alvin
Wipprecht, William
Witte, Randall
Witte, Maurice
Wofford, James
Wratten, Bill
Wright, Guy
Wright, Lawrence
Wynne, Pete
Wyrsch, Howard
Yager, Bryan
Young, Frank
Youngdahl, Ray
Zafran, Nathan
Zamora, Steven
Zarubin, Steve
Zaslove, Bill
Zebro, John
Zieker, John
Zirelli, Gary
Zirelli, Steven
EDITORIAL TEAM
Chris Underwood
Lydmila Massakovskyy
San Mateo Elks Lodge No.1112
May 2008
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