Elks Magazine Online

Archive Issue: December 2004/January 2005

Features

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Cover Photo: Index Stock Imagery, by Kindra Clineff

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Increasing membership: Successful Lodges Show How It's Done!

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A Presidential Christmas, by Richard W. O'Donnell

Looking back on White House Christmases, from the first tree to the first pardon (for the turkey).

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The Next Best Thing to Travel: Books That Will Take You Away, by Patricia Ann McNair

Armchair adventures from Montana to Maine, France to Peru.

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How Inflation Will Affect Your Retirement and Why You Can't Ignore It, by William J. Lynott

Plan ahead to save your savings.

Departments

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Message from the GER

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Travels of the GER--On Tour with James M. McQuillan

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It's Your Business--Giving New Meaning to Retirement, by John Behrens

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Healthline--Keeping the Lid on Accidential Poisoning, by Bruce Paterson

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Elks National Foundation--Joy of Giving

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New of the Lodges: Elks Care--Elks Share

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Drug Awareness--Making Positive Contact with the Young

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Elks National Veterans Service Commission