Show 4 The Salt Lake Tribune Local Elks tactic used in although not nearly as e particularly impressed OMalley Elks from all 14 lodges in the state are required to pack at least one membership application at all times If they are caught without one they are fined $1 says Patrick Whitt of Murray president of the Utah Elks Association There are 8100 members in Utah but the numbers are not increasing dramatically One of the biggest boons to membership came in 1995 when members across the country voted to let women join The decision took a lot of pressure off the Dixie lodge because at the time the state was threatening to deny the club a liquor license if the discrimination did not cease Before the policy shift women were relegated to auxiliary organizations that held rummage sales and decorated lodges for parties Merlene Gates of Park City joined the Elks because she already was active in an auxiliary One recruiting tions like putting together dinner dances she says You cant have one of those without women Decorating the lodges for parties is also something the men leave for us to do The Dixie lodge sits on a hill just north of St George surrounded by southern Utahs signature red rock In the parking lot Friday David Dischbein of Cedar City opened his cars trank In it there were goodies for children: rulers bookmarks and colorful suckers bearg ing slogans We pass these out to every school in Utah says Dischbein who leads the Elks statewide fight against drugs His enthusiasm is echoed by Lester Hardy a Springville Elk who heads a program that collects hides from hunters and ranchers The skins are processed and given to hospitalized veterans who then tan turn them into a belt or wallet or gloves Leather work is a favorite hobby of some disabled vets Reaching into his car Hardy takes out a pair of deerskin gloves and describes how he has reinforced them so a veteran using a wheelchair wont nick his knuckles going through a doorway As long as vets are in hospitals Elks wiil Hardy says help Utah high-profil- Looking for More Members Continued from B-- l relations spring meeting spon- - Dixie Lodge No 1743 which is celebrating 50 years of I Elkdom The national fraternal organi-- t zation grew from a group of New philanthropic t York dubbed the actors Jolly Corks in the early 1900s explains OMalley Soon after World War I the group started the first veterans hospital in Boston In fact the Elks still donate time and goods to Veterans Affairs hospitals But they do much more The Elks sponsor youth programs and award about $4 million a year in scholarships Most of the funding comes from interest in a $200 million perpetual fund This years service project for Utahs Elks in conjunction with Food 4 Less was the purchase of a pickup track and a trailer for Community Nursing Services immunization program Since January the trailer has visited 25 locations around Utah vaccinating 700 children Although Elks is the largest organization of its kind in the country Elk membership has waned until recently Baby "boomers for the most part have shown little interest in signing on But Elk leaders have seen this before After an initial surge early this century membership plunged 43 percent between 1915 and the end of World War II It rebounded after the war until 1980 when the numbers dropped again Lately the ranks have been increasing as men and women ages 25 to 30 join OMalley cannot explain the rises and falls He just hopes the recent trend continues To that end the Elks have placed recruitment ads in newspapers and on television in California If the media campaign succeeds the blitz may go national UTAH Sunday March 15 1998 anti-dru- and knew about the group through her husband who traveled to Kay Alves Utah from San Jose Calif and whose husband Dick is the national sergeant at arms says women are vital even if they dont join the Elks but participate in the DOEs (Daughters of Elks) and the LOEs (Ladies of Elks) They help with certain func- - 6625 ma subject to dtatge The rewards of going away with family are closer than you think families and teens call The carch is great The release 4 581-698- apr6 846 cr" Liberty federal Mortgage customers don't have to shop around to get a heifer deal tu CASKETS hundreds or thousands from SAVE Hans Monuments s E 3300 S SLC Utah For the finest in memorial art We encourage you to take your time and shop around when purchasing a memonal 484-159- 4 1555 e Funoral Homes Funeral homes O! purchase entoi Top quality - U MUST SEE FOH YOtiRSELrl The Casket Shoppe" a 2313 Highland Dr SLC 483-303- 0 AT&T POME FURNISHINGS the largest network in digital North America Utah's Largest AT&T Wireless Services Retailer Then we gave you nine western states with no roaming DEDUCTION NO T JLa car but maybe now its just taking up needed space in the garage Why not donate it to Volunteers of America? 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