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Article: Elks Club holding its own; many groups can't say same
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 7, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Nearly 40 years ago, author Vance Packard noted that fraternal
orders "reached their peak of popularity in the 1920s, when most of
the adult males of America belonged to one or more."
Since then, groups like the Elks have seen membership nose-dive,
for any number of reasons. Milwaukee's Elks Club once had more than
5,000 members, but had declined to 2,700 in 1970 when the club was
still at the east end of Wisconsin Ave.
That nine-story headquarters was razed 25 years ago, and a site at
5555 W. Good Hope Road was selected for a new lodge. Lodge historian
Charles Gronitz recalled that "some of the south side (members) were
a little upset at first."
But leaders of the Elks have no regrets about ...
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September 25, 2001 ;
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... ... time in six weeks, police raided the Elks Club, where hundreds of people, many underage ... Smith said. "I will be contacting the Elks Club regional office in Chicago to let them ... parking lot as the police entered the Elks Club. Smith commended the Lake County police ...
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