Hoquiam Elks Lodge #1082
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The Hoquiam Elks Club is looking for New Members! " We Care--We Share" Both fun and Community Service. Join us TODAY! Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Lodge Officers:
Exalted Ruler - John Paulson
Leading Knight - Jimmy VanMeter
Loyal Knight - Jim Medley
Lecturing Knight - Janis Pollen
Esquire - Kim Skinner
Chaplin - Jim Parnell
Inner Guard - Jennie Rhoden
Tiler - Ken Spaur, ER, Tiler, PER
Secretary - Diana Bonfield (Jim)
Treasurer - Thelma Gardiner (David)
Board of Directors:
Trustee - 1 Year Term - Laura Foshaug
Trustee - 2 Year Term - Open Position (Available to any member in good standing)
Trustee - 3 Year Term - Butch Bridges
Trustee - 4 Year Term - Robert Hansen
Trustee - 5 Year Term - Kristine Cearley
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868. It is one of the leading fraternal orders in the U.S. claiming one million members
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The Elks had modest beginnings in 1868 as a social club (then called the "Jolly Corks") established as a private club to elude New York City laws governing the opening hours of public taverns. After the death of a member left his wife and children without income, the club took up additional service roles, rituals and a new name. Desiring to adopt "a readily identifiable creature of stature, indigenous to America," fifteen members voted 8-7 in favor of the elk above the buffalo. Early members were mostly from theatrical performing troupes in New York City. It has since evolved into a major American fraternal, charitable, and service order with more than a million members, both men and women, throughout the United States and the former territories of the Philippines and the Panama Canal.
Membership was opened to African Americans in the 1970s, although the Winter Haven, Florida Elks Club was famously segregated as late as 1985, when Boston Red Sox Coach Tommy Harper protested a Red Sox policy of permitting them into the spring training clubhouse to issue lodge clubroom invitations to white players only. Women were permitted to join in the mid-1990s, but currently atheists are excluded. The opening of membership to women was mandated by the Oregon Public Accommodations Act, which was found by an appeals court to apply to the BPOE, and it has been speculated that the religious restriction might be litigated on the same basis. A year after the national organization changed its policy to allow women to join, the Vermont Supreme Court ordered punitive damages of $5,000 for each of seven women whom a local chapter had rejected citing other reasons. Current members are required to be U.S. citizens over the age of 21 and believe in God.
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🦌 Happening this week at Hoquiam Elks # 1082🦌 Monday: Taco Monday and Barstool Bingo!!! Tacos are served from 5:30pm -7:00pm. $2.00 each and made to order. Barstool bingo is free!!! Prizes and fun from 6:00pm-7:00pm Wednesday: Dinner and Joker's Wild. Dinner is served from 5:30pm -7:00pm. Menu is Homemade Beef stew, salad, bread, and dessert. Call and let us know your coming. 360-532-0590. Joker's Wild pot is up to $5,505, with plenty of time to grow by the weekly drawing. Tickets are sold until 7:00pm Wednesday, and a the drawing is at 7:15pm, sharp. Friday: Bingo and Burgers (Open to the Public) Burgers, Fish, Shrimp, and Fries served out of the kitchen from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Bingo starts at 7:00pm and ends at 9:00pm Saturday: Dane club of Grays Harbor will be here! Free "Foxtrot" lesson given from 7:00pm-8:00pm. The Band starts at 8:00pm and goes on till 10:30pm. Admission is $9.00 for members and $12 for guests. Sunday: Seahawks vs Rams at 1:05 pm. Palmer Room opening at 12:30 pm. Potluck, drink specials, and halftime game. (pending interest) GO SEAHAWKS!!!
🦌 Wednesday Night Dinner and Joker Poker 🦌 Dinner is $9.00 and is served from 5:30pm-7:00pm. This week is Surf ‘n Turf, and that includes: salad, a steak and prawns, vegetable, bread, AND dessert. PLEASE CALL AND LET US KNOW YOUR COMING. We would hate to run out and not have enough. The Joker Poker pot is at $5,091 and has plenty of time to grow befor the drawing at 7:15pm. Ticket sales end at 7:00pm. Good Luck!
🦌Christmas party for kids, Sunday the 17th at Noon. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!! Bring you kids in for a fun Christmas party with Santa, some holiday cheer, and presents.
🦌John and Laura are cooking up $2.00 tacos tonight from 5:30-7:00pm. Barstool Bingo for prizes tonight at 6:00pm, it’s free so what are you waiting for? Get here and join in on the fun!
I have tickets!!!! Get a hold of me! Don’t wait!!!!
John Paulson and Laura went to go visit Diana at the rehab center in Olympia. She sure looks like she’s in good spirits! We hope you recover soon ❤️
🦌Wednesday Night Dinner at 6pm, $9.00. You know it’s going to be yummy! Please call us and let us know your coming 😌 Joker's Wild drawing at 7:15!!! Get your tickets before 7pm. Pot is at just under $4500 and still has time to grow before the drawing. Good Luck!!🤞
🦌Reminder🦌 New Years Eve Party Committee Meeting, Thursday at 7pm, in the Palmer Room. If you are interested in helping please show up and let us know!!
The Seahawks are battling it out against the Cardinals at 5:25pm. Join us in the Palmer Room for a Potluck, drink specials and a half time game ( pending interest). GO SEAHAWKS 💙🏉💚
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!! Pop, Clink, Fizz, A New Year’s Eve Membership Drive. Sunday, December 31st. 9pm-1am. Featuring: The Band Humptulips Appetizer Buffet Champagne Toast at Midnight Party Favors And Much more... Tickets are $25 for a single, and $40 per couple and are available at the Hoquiam Elks Lodge. Call for more information.
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