Closter Elks Lodge #2304
148 Railroad Avenue
Closter NJ 07624
201-767-9772
Saturday Jan 28th
East District Special Children's
Charity Ball
For the third consecutive year our lodge
will host this event.There will be no tickets
sold at the door so see Tom Grady or
Diane Pesce for tickets.
Start Time: 8:00PM
Cost: 40.00 pp
Includes, dinner,open bar,dancing
Music by dj John Matos
" Batman"
Trivia at the Bar
Saturday Jan 21ST
3rd Sat of the Month
No trivia in Dec,See you in Jan
Time: 8:15 pm
Teams of 5
Be sure not to miss this lodge favorite
Stop down and test your knowledge against the Crowd. Come by yourself or
feel free to bring your own team (5).
Always a great time with a great crowd
Don't Miss it
Sunday Morning Breakfast
Sunday Jan 22nd
3rd Sunday of the Month
TIME: 8:00 - 11:30am
COST: $7.00 ADULTS
$4.00 KIDS
Stop down and enjoy an early morning
feast prepared by the officers including
french toast,pancakes,eggs and omeletes
prepared to order,home fries,toast and
fresh coffee. Always a great event.
DON'T MISS IT!!!
************* ALL YOUR KIDS FAVORITE
LETTER PANCAKES PREPARED BY
CHEF PAUL
Charity,Justice,Brotherly Love and Fidelity
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2011 Officers
Leading Knight Brian Piero
Loyal Knight Devon Sampson
Esquire Don Miller PER
Lecturing Knight Joe Roland Jr
Tiler Ross Kumar
Inner Guard John Dunleavy
Chaplin Tom Demerski
Secretary Tom Grady PVP
Treasurer Steve Talmo PER
Elk Of The Year
Zeke Kelm
Trustees
John Ohanlon PER
Paul Haropolous PER
Sal Wanderlingh PER
Greg Kranz PER
Joe Voto
Welcome to the official website of the Closter Elks #2304. Since 1964 The Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks has had a strong presence in our community with over 330 active members.A fraternal order,the Closter Elks support not only a large number of community programs but also offer many of our own programs for everyone, from youth activities thru our veterans. Thus the term,Elks Care Elks Share would best describe what the Elks are about.We are constantly seeking new members that would be interested in our values,Charity,Justice,Brotherly Love and Fidelity please feel free to drop down to our lodge at the above address,call the above phone number,or email us for more information.
The Closter Elks at work in our Community
Special Children Americanism
Veterans Affairs Community Relations
Youth Activities Labor Day Celebration
Scholarships
Officer of The Year
Don Miller PER
Exalted Ruler
Joesph Gray
Saturday February 11th
Valentines Dance
Live music by Blaze
Time:8:00PM
Cost: 20:00
Includes: Hot buffet, tap beer,
live music featuring dance,80's&90's,classic rock music
by Blaze.Great crowd last year,Don't miss it and Don't forget the ladies
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A LITTLE ELKS HISTORY
“ The Jolly Corks” ... ‚The prospective victim would be
asked would he like to join the Corks, and they being
such a ‘jolly’ set of fellows, the candidate for admission
to their circle readily assented. He would give his name
to Vivian, the Imperial Cork, and pay a fee of fifty cents,
which amount Vivian set down in a little book he carried
in his pocket for that purpose. Each one present then
produced a cork and placed it in front of him upon the
bar or table; a fresh cork (generally a champagne cork)
was given to the candidate, and to him was then
explained that the Imperial Cork would ‘count 3,’
whereupon each one present was to seize his cork, and
‘the last one to lift his cork’ was to pay for the drinks for
the rest of the party. At the count of ‘3’ the ones in the
secret would simply jump their open palms over their
corks, but allowing them to remain on the bar or table;
the candidate would eagerly seize his cork in haste,
resolved not to be ‘the last one to lift his cork,’ much to
his surprise to find he was the only one who had ‘lifted
his cork,’ hence the ‘last one.’ So he was ‘stuck for the
drinks.’ The ‘rules’ then were, now that he had become
‘one of us,’ that he must always carry his cork in his
pocket, and whenever he met another Cork, if he was
asked to produce his cork at any time or place, he must
do so, under the penalty of buying the challenger a
drink, should he not have his cork with him.
Wildwood Convention 2012
Last year there were only 5 rooms from completly booking this motel with our group. With recieving a lot of interest for new members about the convention I feel there will be a possibility of this motel being completely booked with our group fast. I have discussed this with our new Convention Chairman Devon Sampson and we made the decission to hold the rooms for those that attended last year only till the Deposit due date of March 15th. After that date those that did not pay their $100.00 deposit will forfeit their room to someone new. Also if you pay your deposit and you don't pay your balance by the final date of April 15th, your deposit will be returned to you and your room will be forfeited to someone new. Just to show you how important it will be to make sure you pay on time I share this with you, Yesterday at 4:00pm the convention information was posted at the Lodge. By 9:00pm last night 2 of those 5 extra rooms have been taken by new convention attendees' with forms and deposits..
It is not going to take long to fill the other 3 rooms.If you have and questions or concerns with this, Please contact:
Devon Sampson ~ Convention Chairman at devo0908@gmail.com
Thank You and I look forward to having another great time at the convention,
Brian Pierro
Please hit the link below,print it and drop it off at the lodge with your deposit
ATT: Devon
