Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-17 | Page 15 | Elks Celebrate Order's Founding

! ELKS CELEBRATE j ORDER'S FOUNDING , Semi-Centennial Otserred by Largo ! Gathering of Salt Lakers at I Clubrooms. j Vw v Funiircf rrfniLorr of the HtiK vo-; vo-; lnt a:id Frn'.rctivo (irdt-r tf F!k. from 'Silt I-.k-: ami over I'tah, rrofJ'-d th . !m u ;u-'t l:n 11 of t l.e clulhout' to Its ra -la-ity at the baini'jL and celebration I hvl'I last ni;!u in commemoration of the I .vmi-c rnt'-nnu! of t fundinir of tho i f ra t r 1 ( i t v. I Ik il o m In all i t p phn st- j, I n i t:uh iiiaiirn r and in lihti-r vein, i was to ! )i-'l on t'V th.fr speaker?. ; "no of tltf fpattiro- of the -'lrirntlon ,is t1! a-idr-sd of V. C. A. moot. ol-i- p.t I'tah memNer of 1 1 e fraternity, who j rveently was irade a life niember of t':io orrier. Mr. Smoot i-nokt' tf what his 1 inoml'iTt1;1 means to l,!m and gave a j irjti.ber 01 intt-r.'-s I in; reniinisocnoos of Utah of e 1 ri days, j Wan V. W. Kiftw.iod of St. Mark'- j .'ahrriral aotf-il as toastn:rfsrcT. Two !rf auiii-stes were made uurinir ttie evening. A. liayliould ca e a review of Hie j LTCMh and" some the a'"Coinpli hmtits j of t!-.- Salt Like kduo from its loundlng I until the present. Parley P. C'hnstensen an eh;i ustive history of the national na-tional development of t'.ie fraternity. i)ne of the fc-a tines of t le de-'orations was t lie pirture of t lie founder. J. M . Vivian, draned In th colors of the order I and occupying a prominent position in the ' bar.'iuet h.ail. The commodious room was i i not i.irue o".ouh to cromniCHi.-i to t he M'uronps who attend-xi, and score? jjs-j jjs-j lencd to th nl'vM'S from the balcony. I An elaborate 'an-iuet was ser-ed.