Littleton Lodge No. 1650 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized through the efforts of Brother Ivan J. Joss, who was a member of Boulder Lodge No. 566. He brought together interested persons at the Littleotn Community Center in November, 1942. He obtained the cooperation of Denver Lodge No. 17, and, on January 20, 1942, the first officers for the lodge were elected. He is the first member to be elected to Honary Life Membership.
On March 12, 1942, Littleton Lodge No. 1650 was instituted
by the officers of Denver Lodge No. 17 and past Grand Lodge
Officers of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The
first officers of Littleton lodge were: Exalted Ruler Richard
Simon; Esteemed Leading Knight, Louis Moore; Esteemed Loyal
Knight, Fred Tucker; Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Clifford Funk;
Secretary, Ivan J. Joss; Treasurer,Warren E. Goddard;
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Tiler, Max J. Ivey; Inner Guard, William D.
Greenfield; Chaplin, John Warfield; Trustees, Robert B. Lee,
D.C. Lochead, Leslie Abbott Jull, Norman Granes, and E.D.
Candler.
Several officers were called to serve in the Armed Forces
of the United States the first year, requiring the election
of new officers to fill vacancies.
The lodge hall was located at 258 1/2 Main Street. A building committee was appointed and a site was purchased opposite the court house on Broadway. Later, it was sold and a new lodge home site was purchased. In a formal dedication held on December 14, 15 & 16, 1950, by the then exalted ruler James A. Drehle, 5749 South Curtice St., Littleton, Colorado is now and has remained the since that date. |
