Elks Lodge #782

WHO ARE THE ELKS

The Order of Elks, of which Dover Lodge #782 is an integral part, is an organization of American Citizens who love their country and desire to preserve its cherished institutions; who love their fellow man and seek to promote his well being; and who love the joyousness of life and endeavor to contribute to it, as well as to share it.

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The Order questions no man’s religion; nor bars him on account of his creed. It is not concerned with one’s political affiliations. And it does not permit either religion or politics to be injected into, or to have any effect upon, its fraternal deliberations, national or local.

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It lures no man to its doors by any promised material benefits which might appeal to his self interest. It has no insurance feature to appeal to one’s sense of economy. It is beneficent and nobly benevolent, and believes that doing good is better than merely being good. It teaches, that it is nobler to serve than to be served; that laughter is better than tears, a kind word more potent than a frown; and that life is all the sweeter for a song.

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It therefore seeks to draw into its fraternal circle only those who delight in wholesome associations with congenial companions; who are deeply imbued with the spirit of patriotic loyalty and devotion; who recognize the obligations of human brotherhood; and who desire, without the fanfare of the trumpets of publicity, to share with their associates in the endeavor to feed the hungry, to shelter the homeless, to relieve those in distress, to equate themselves with the problems of the strong and to prove themselves true friends to all in need.

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With such a membership holding high such ideals and pledged to practice Charity and Brotherly Love, the Order has grown to more than one million six hundred thousand members and invites those who believe they can support our ideals, to affiliate with us, in sharing and promoting our local work with the handicapped, the crippled, the underprivileged, the hospitalized veteran, observance of the Flag and in sharing with us, congenially, that greatest of all designations BROTHER.

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Daniel H. Guist, PER