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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
East Oregonian
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ELKS: At its peak had more than 3,000 members, now claims about 250
“Fraternal organiza-
tions are just not the
way people join
(together) anymore.”
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oversee the Pendleton Elks’
remaining assets for the next five
years while they decide how to
proceed.
Blanc said the trustees’ imme-
diate goal is to sell the Third Street
building and find a smaller facility
to act as a new headquarters for the
lodge’s dwindling membership.
When the Pendleton Elks
moved into the Third Street
building in the mid-1950s, it was
to accommodate a growing group
of members.
Blanc said the Elks were
established in Pendleton in 1902,
its original lodge located in the
Brown Building at 110 S.W. Court
Ave.
At its peak, Blanc said the
Pendleton Elks claimed more than
3,000 members, an especially
large figure considering that the
fraternal order only admitted men
for much of its history.
The Elks now claims about
250 members, a group that is too
— Larry Blanc, Pendleton Elks’
esteemed leading knight and
public relations coordinator
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton Police SWAT team members with Hermiston Police
and Umatilla County Sheriffs department officers enter the front
door of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks building while
training Tuesday in Pendleton.
small to maintain the property
that inhabits more than half a city
block.
Blanc said the decline in
membership has been the most
pronounced in the past decade
as older members pass away and
younger residents flock to other
types of civic organizations like
Buck Boosters.
“Fraternal organizations are just
not the way people join (together)
anymore,” he said.
The Elks is far from the only
club that’s been affected by this
trend — Blanc pointed to similar
organizations like the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the
United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce, better known as the
Jaycees, that have gone defunct in
Pendleton.
The trustees are sending out
letters to Pendleton Elks members
that will update them on the
current situation and advise them
on other nearby Elks lodges they
can attend.
Blanc lamented that the Pend-
leton Elks would have to suspend
their charitable offerings, which
includes student scholarships and
veteran services.
John Cook, the Pendleton Elks’
exalted ruler, said the national
organization can provide an exten-
sion on their charter if the Lodge
No. 288 hasn’t sold the Third
Street building and settled into a
new home within five years.
If the Pendleton Elks ultimately
can’t find a way to move forward,
Cook said the national organi-
zation will absorb its remaining
assets.
Although the old lodge won’t
host any Elks dinners or meetings
in the near future, that doesn’t
mean it’s going completely unused
— the Pendleton Police Depart-
ment conducted SWAT training in
the building Tuesday.
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