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Show Celebrating more than 90 years of service to the citizens of Eureka. EUREKA, UTAH --JUNE 9, 1995 Volume Ninety Number 22 Price $.40 Untie Elks Lodge marks 94th birthday June 21, 1995 will mark the 94th Birthday of Tintic lxdgc Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks No. 711. To commemorate the auspicious occasion, the Eureka Reporter is printingthe the following history of the written during the lodge, Picture 1 1920's. . . . Tintic Elks lined up in Salt parade. Note Tintics Mascot Lake City for 1902 On Thursday, January 20, in the foreground. 1901, under the supervision of Billy the Goat Grand Exalted Rulers A. W. Raybould and Lester D. Freed, Tintic Lodge No. 711 B.P.O.E. was instituted in the I.O.O.F. Hall at Eureka City. Some 150 members of Salt Lake Lodge No. 85 came to Eureka on the memorable day, and while the thermometer may have registered higher temperatures, old timers agree it was the hottest time ever experienced within the boundary lines of our mining district. A special train brought the visiting Elks to town and according to the program, they were put In front of the Elks Building in Eureka. Grand off the train at the water tank to Picture 2 the cast of the city. Here a paExalted Ruler Meyer, Tintic Band, and Elks. rade was formed that marched to the I.O.O.F. Hall. This parade was headed by a military band and Marshal Watson N. Nesbitt on a white charger. At eight oclock, all Elks assembled in the Lodge Rooms and Tintic Lodge No. 711 was instituted, with J.E. Driscoll as first Exalted Ruler. It was eleven o'clock before lodge adjourned to the lower hall to partake of one of the most sumptuous repasts ever held in the Tintic District. Charter members of Tintic Lodge claim the banquet cost in excess of $500.00. Eloquent talks were interrupted by the popping of champagne corks and the singing Picture 3 . . . Elks Parade, Salt Lake City (1902). One of the ladies of songs. Gay hilarity marked the in the carriage is Mary Driscoll, who later on became a teacher at occasion until 4 oclock in the morning, when the guests departTintic High School. ed on the special train, tired, but highly elated at the reception they had received at the hands of the ... Holiday revelers trash Yuba Lake State Park Hordes of partying young people trashed Yuba Slate Parks North Beach during the Memorial Day weekend. Pat Jerome, who manages Yuba State Park in Juab County, surveyed the northern shoreline of Yuba Reservoir and watched the sand glisten with broken beer bottles under the rising sun. "You cannot believe that beach. It looks like a county landfill," said Jerome. Mounds of garbage littered the beach and human feces peppered nearby dunes. Eureka woman graduates from University of Utah people of Eureka. While the meeting for tion was held in the I.O.O.F. Hall, the first regular meeting of the Lodge was held in the Woodmen of the World Hall. This frame building was a two-stor- y structure that stood on the ground now occupied by the Union Pacific Railroad Depot. During the summer of 1901, Mr. Joseph Schlecht erected a frame building to serve as a bakery shop. During the course of construction of the building, Tintic Lodge No. 711 made arrangements with Mr. Schlecht to erect a second story to serve as a lodge hall for the local Lodge. On August 22, 1901 Tintic Lodge moved into this new location and called it the Elks Hall. Today this building stands on Main Street directly across the street from the United States Post Office. Here in this new building Elkdom got its first real start in the Tintic District. Initiation must have been a real affair in Tintic Lodge No. 711 in the Elks Hall. In the minutes arc items that arc of real interest. M.D. Howlctt was paid $1.50 for a sponge and syringe. The sponge was used to knock the candidates down a slide while another Brother filled the air with a fragrant odor from the syringe. Today, before one is initiated into a lodge, he hears a great deal about the goat; only to find at initiation it was only a joke. But Tintic Lodge No. 711 did have a real live goat for a mascot. In the minutes of 1902, is a bill for making a robe for "Billy and for feeding him. In August of the same year James Morgan, owner of "Billy," and Frank institu- Bonanza fund continues growth ty Rowley $1.50 to give "Billy" a massaging before he could be brought into the lodge hall. The official costume of the lodge at this time, according to the minutes, consisted of a collapsible black silk opera hat, a linen duster and a purple and white umbrella. Parties at the Lodge at this time were frequent and no dinner was ever given for less than $2.50 per plate. At all times the Elks never forgot their chivalry and the "Docs." In the minutes is a bill for $2.00 for the use of a rig to haul the ladies from the lodge hall to the ball park. Large classes were initiated into 711 and prosperity prevailed in the fraternity to the extent that thoughts of expanding were in the minds of the members. Accordingly, on February 8, 1906, a committee was appointed to look into the advisability of purchasing a building lot. This committee was composed of Gus Heriod, History (Continued on page 2) Elks celebrate birthday June 17 Phil Notarianni wrote in his book, "Faith, Hope and Prosperity: the Tintic Mining District", the following passages: "The Elks organized on June 20, 1901, becoming the second lodge in Utah and donning the enviable and often sought number 711. Due to a population requirement stipulating that an area contain at least 4,000, the lodge was named the Tintic Lodge, thus encom" passing the entire district. To celebrate their 94th Anniversary, Tintic Lodge 0711 has scheduled its 1st Annual Spring Charity Golf Tournament on June 17th, starting at 9:00 a.m. at Canyon Hills Golf Course in Ncphi. In addition, a steak dinner and a dance will be held that, evening. The lodge will be open, at 4:00 p.m. - dinner will be served from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 The "Bonanza" fund was supported this last while by Pearl Wilson, Ncphi; Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Davis, Vineyard; and Gertie Ann Bray, Eureka. Many thanks to the thoughtful people who arc helping out. Arc you looking for something unique and special for Dad? Why not check the items in the Museum Gift Shop! There arc books, maps, buckles, key rings, e cars, and p.m. shirts, hats, All other "neat" gift items. Juab County Sheriff David Carter said that he had never Jyll Holman of Eureka, will seen such an abuse of public lands. "They totally destroyed graduate cum laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Recrethat beach," he said. ation and Leisure with an emphaSheriff Carter's sis in Therapeutic Recreation, department was overwhelmed by mini-minthe annual revelry at Yuba, from the University of Utah, on which appears to be eclipsing Friday, June 9, 1995. Remember the June meeting Lake Powell's Bullfrog Marina as Jyll is married to Warren Tintic Historical SociUtah's place to parly on Mcmori- - Holman and is the daughter of of the Mrs. Eddcs Johnson and the late ety.. Wednesday, 14th, 7:30, in the Memorial Building. Lamar Johnson. Yllba (Continued on page 3) six-depu- Morley were appointed as a committee of two to take "Billy" to Salt Lake City to attend the Grand Lodge Convention. But ALAS! "Billy was like all other goats and in the spring of 1903 it was necessary to pay Joseph from these proceeds events will be used for a new roof on the Elks Building, to be installed this summer, at a cost of $10,500.00. |