![]() ![]() A typical season got under way at the annual convention of the Minnesota State Elks Association, extends through the many festivals and celebrations of southern Minnesota communities, and terminates with a weekend trip. The Rochester Elks “Vikings” Drum and Bugle Corps was organized nearly 100 years ago and has made appearances annually in scores of Minnesota cities and as far distant as Chicago, Seattle, and St. Paul, and assisted by members from the state, installed Rochester Lodge #1091 as the newest lodge in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Promptly at 3:10 PM Grand Lodge representatives, headed by the District Deputy Minnesota South, Henry Bryant of St. A parade was held from the station to the Masonic Temple, where the business would be conducted, a banquet was served, followed by speeches, entertainment and socialization. On the morning of October 24, 1907, a delegation of Elks who were members of the order in other communities but lived in Rochester, traveled to the Northwestern train depot to meet Elks from the throughout the state who would be witnessing and installing this new lodge. As a result of his influence the Elks of Rochester asked permission of the Grand Lodge to start their own lodge. Grabbe was a “composer of high rank and highly thought of in the music industry.” He was also an Elks member who thought that this great community of Rochester would be a great Elk Community. Grabbe has been a guest at the Kahler Hotel for quite a long period of time as his wife was doctoring at the Mayo Clinic. The moving force behind the idea was a Lee Grabbe of Davenport, Iowa. Reported in the Rochester Post & Record on May 24, 1907, the Elks of Rochester will soon have a lodge of their own. An Elk is never forgotten ~ never forsaken.Įlks invest in their communities through programs that help children grow up healthy and drug-free, meet the needs of today’s veterans, and improve the quality of life. ![]()
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