Brighton Lodge #1586 was granted Lodge Dispensation on
June 16, 1930. The Lodge was chartered on the 10th of July
1930. The original Lodge Officers included Exalted Ruler Charles
F. Johnson, Esteemed Leading Knight F. F. Hunter, Esteemed
Loyal Knight Roy C. Peppers, Esteemed Lecturing Knight D.
G. Packer Jr., Lodge Esquire Natte E. Austin, Chaplain J.
F. Owells, Tiler Andrew Neilson, Inner Guard J. R. Faulkner
and Trustees Henry G. Wellenkotter, Herman J. Schloo and J.
Paul Hill. There were thirty-seven original Charter Members.
The Mortgage was burned in less than twelve years on the
25th of February, 1942. The current Exalted Ruler is Frank
Sheesley, and there have been seventy one previous Exalted
Rulers.
A few notable achievements include sponsoring Boy Scout Troop
109 for many years. We actively support Laradon Hall today,
as we have in the past. We actively support the various scholarship
programs available today, as in the past.
The Lodge has been blessed with the Ladies Auxillary,
whose members are responsible for keeping the spirit of giving
alive in the Lodge. They were |
chartered on the 20th of October, 1991. The
First President was Betty Fortunato. There have been eight
presidents to date. There were forty original Charter Members.
The Area of Ritual was represented by Ed Lewis, who in 1980
was the High Point Man in the State Contest as the Esteemed
Lecturing Knight. In 1982, he went on to High Point Man at
the Elks National Convention and was named as an All-American
Loyal Knight. The Lewis Lounge was named in his honor.
The Building itself was originally a Bank Building.
The second floor was the original location for the bar area,
which is now used by the Boy Scout Troop. The area used for
dances and dinners eventually became the Lodge Room. The kitchen
sent meals up by new members who were assigned to K.P. Duty
for one year.
The basement was used for a time as a gym and sauna area.
The Lewis Lounge as mentioned, occupies much of the remainder
of the basement.
This is but a small accounting of the Lodges distinguished
past. Much more is left unwritten, but not forgotten. |
