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Show Elks Emancipation Party Termed Big Success! The Cedar City Elks Emancipation Emancipa-tion Party, held Saturday evening. eve-ning. March 17, was an outstanding out-standing success. Rex Harris, committee chairman of the event, indicated that this was probably the largest ever held by the local lodge. The facilities of the specious new Elks home were taxed to the utmost to accommodate accom-modate the crowd. Dancing began at 9 with an excellent ham and turkey buffet buf-fet dinner served from 10 to midnight. mid-night. A short program was hold after the 11 o'clock toast Exalted Ruler Haldow E. Christensen began be-gan the program with a short message thanking all the Elks for helping in obtaining the new home. Rex Harris conducted the program, calling all past exalted exalt-ed rulers present to the speaker's rostrum and asking for a few words from each of them. Immediately Im-mediately following this, the note, representing the total in debtedness of the lodge, was burned, signifying the completion comple-tion of the Jocal Elk's biggest dream, that of the new $150,000 Elks home, debt free. |