PRINTER'S NO. 1280
No. 220 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY HICKERNELL, BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER,
BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER,
DALEY, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD,
FLECK, GABIG, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH,
GOODMAN, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES, M. KELLER,
KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KOTIK, MAJOR, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, MARSICO,
McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MOYER, MURT, MUSTIO, PALLONE,
PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, RAMALEY, REED, REICHLEY, ROHRER,
ROSS, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY,
TANGRETTI, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WOJNAROSKI AND
YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 18, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 18, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing Columbia Lodge No. 1074, Benevolent and Protective
2 Order of Elks, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, Columbia Lodge No. 1074, Benevolent and Protective
4 Order of Elks, was instituted on May 22, 1907; and
5 WHEREAS, Forty-three charter members were initiated, 18 of
6 whom demitted from the Lancaster Lodge; and
7 WHEREAS, Charles A. Fleckenstein was installed as the first
8 exalted ruler and W.M. D'Miller as the first secretary; and
9 WHEREAS, The charter received from the Grand Lodge, dated
10 July 17, 1907, and bearing the signatures of all charter
11 members, hangs in the lodge room of the present lodge; and
12 WHEREAS, The lodge was an outgrowth of a social organization
13 known as the Susquehanna Club, headquartered on the second floor
1 of the property at 240 Locust Street; and
2 WHEREAS, The lodge, which took over this property and went on
3 to acquire other sites, has met at its current location, 445
4 Chestnut Street, since November 1943; and
5 WHEREAS, The lodge has generously contributed to the Columbia
6 Hospital, the American Red Cross and other community service
7 initiatives; and
8 WHEREAS, Having completed 100 years as a member of the
9 national organization, Columbia Lodge No. 1074 is looking
10 forward to the future, resolved to maintain its position of
11 leadership in the community; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize
13 Columbia Lodge No. 1074, Benevolent and Protective Order of
14 Elks, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
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