Elks Magazine Online

Archive Issue: Dec. 2018/Jan. 2019

Features

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Santa’s Searchlight, by Jean Conklin

Nearly eighty years ago, a department store copywriter drew on his own experiences to create “the most famous reindeer of all.”

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Designed to Deceive: World War I Dazzle Camouflage, by Elizabeth Jakaitis

During the First World War, the United States and Britain adopted a new naval camouflage that was bold and deceptively cunning.

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Virginia City and Nevada City, Montana: Ghost Towns of the Gold Rush, by June Russell-Chamberlin

The Old West lives on in two historic, gold-rush towns with buildings dating back more than 150 years.

Departments

4

Message from the GER

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Travels of the GER

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It’s Your Business, by Timothy Middleton

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Healthline, by Elizabeth A. Reid, MD.

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News of the Lodges

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Elks National Veterans Service Commission

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Elks Drug Awareness Program

50

Elks National Foundation

52

State Major Projects

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Annual Report of the Grand Secretary