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Upcoming Events
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Board of Directors Meeting
April 12 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm -
Lodge Meeting
April 14 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm -
Moscow High School Golf Practice 🐻🏌️
April 16 @ 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm -
National Volunteers Day
April 18 -
Moscow High School Golf Practice 🐻🏌️
April 23 @ 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm -
Men’s Opening Day 🏌️🌯
April 25 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Tuesday Men’s League 🏌️♂️
April 27 @ 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm -
Lodge Meeting
April 28 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm -
Thursday Men’s League 🏌️♂️
April 29 @ 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm -
Moscow High School Golf Practice 🐻🏌️
April 30 @ 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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Recent Posts
- National Volunteers Day — April 18th
- Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
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- From the Exalted Ruler
- From the Desk of the Secretary
- Sponsors Wanted for New Elks Sign on Mill Road and Highway #8
- New Bar/Dining Manager
- 1949 Moscow-Pullman Football Game — For our Crippled Children
- Elk of the Year — Jerry Curtis & Officer of the Year — Larry Cygonovich
- Golf Course Greens Aeration — Thank You Volunteers
- Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
- The Elks Creed
- Could you name this past Moscow Elks member??
- Thank You Janey — Last Meeting as Exalted Ruler
- Shared by our Outgoing Exalted Ruler
- Elks Golf Club — 1949 season — “Lady Elks” and Exalted Ruler’s Cup
- Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
- Charity with Friends for Those We Love
- Become an Elk — See Where the Journey Takes You
- Elks Golf Club — 1949 season — Tuesday Men’s Golf League
- Easter at the Elks
- Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
- Moscow Elks Lodge Looking Part Time Bar/Dining Employees
- From the Exalted Ruler
Archives
Moscow Elks Lodge #249 — officers
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- Exalted Ruler — Ben McGuckin*
- Leading Knight — Brian Loomis*
- Loyal Knight — Tracy Dorigo*
- Lecturing Knight — Richard Gayler*
- Secretary — Wayne Krauss
- Treasurer — Larry Cyganovich
- Esquire — vacant
- Chaplain — Kristie Mattoon
- Inner Guard — Nathan Slettteland
- Tiler — vacant
- Director 1 year– Joe O’Callaghan*
- Director 2 year — Casey Leachman*
- Director 3 year — Jerry Coker*
- Director 4 year — Jerry Robinson*
- Director 5 year — Nathan Slettteland*
*Board of Directors
**Chair — Board of Directors
click here to meet a few of our past members over our 126 years
The Moscow Elks’ Two Forty Niner is beginning its 103rd year of publishing as the lodge’s newsletter — click here for a few looks at those earllier years.
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Category Archives: history
Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
Can you name this past Moscow Elks member?? Quarterback University of Idaho, Assistant Football Coach U of I, University of Wyoming Athletic Director, Founder of the Western Athletic Conference, Member of the United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors, Elected … Continue reading
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Could you name this past Moscow Elks member??
Were you able to name this past Moscow Elks member from last week’s hints? Orin Ercel “Babe” Hollingberry coached high school football in California — 1911-1925 coached semi-pro Olympic Club football team founded Shrine East-West All Star Game — 1925 … Continue reading
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From the Exalted Ruler
Greetings Elks! Spring breakup is here and the excitement of new life is in the air. A new year has arrived and it promises to be a great one as, God willing, the COVID-19 pandemic begins to recede and some … Continue reading
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1949 Moscow-Pullman Football Game — For our Crippled Children
1949 Moscow-Pullman Football Game — For our Crippled Children In 1947 the state of Idaho was visited by a major polio outbreak leaving hundreds of children in the state crippled by the disease. By the fall of 1949, the Idaho State … Continue reading
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Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
Can you name this past Moscow Elks member?? coached high school football in California, coached semi-pro Olympic Club football team, founded Shrine East-West All Star Game, coached West team in East-West All Star Game for 19 years, coached State College … Continue reading
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Could you name this past Moscow Elks member??
Were you able to name this past Moscow Elks member from last week’s hints? Tom Boyd born in Filer ID — 1928 graduated Twin Falls High School — Twin Falls ID — 1946 University of Idaho — Business Degree — … Continue reading
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Elks Golf Club — 1949 season — “Lady Elks” and Exalted Ruler’s Cup
Elks Golf Club — 1949 season — “Lady Elks” and Exalted Ruler’s Cup Thursdays were ladies’ days and up to 80 women participated in leagues and “guest days” with neighboring golf clubs. The Moscow women placed second in the … Continue reading
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Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
Can you name this past Moscow Elks member?? born in Filer ID, graduated Twin Falls High School — Twin Falls ID, attended University of Idaho — Business Degree, served in United States Air Force, worked for Asgrow — Genesee ID, … Continue reading
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Elks Golf Club — 1949 season — Tuesday Men’s Golf League
Elks Golf Club — 1949 season — Tuesday League By the spring of 1949 the Tuesday Men’s Golf League had expanded to 12 teams sponsored by local businesses with lodge affiliations. The 12 teams in their order of finish … Continue reading
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Easter at the Elks
Moscow Elks Lodge #249 will be hosting our Elks Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 3rd for those children who are 12 years old and younger. The event will start at 10:30 am. The annual Easter egg hunt returns after … Continue reading
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Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
Can you name this past Moscow Elks member?? Born & raised in Texas, played baseball & football at Texas A & M University, served in United Sates Army during WWI, returned to Texas A & M, playing baseball & football, … Continue reading
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From the Desk of the Secretary
This is it, the last month of the Lodge year and what a challenge it has been. We all know the challenges the Covid Virus has put on us. We were blessed that we were able to operate the Golf … Continue reading
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From the Pages of the 249er — May, 1949 — New Flags and Holders for Downtown Moscow
From the Pages of the 249er — May, 1949 — New Flags and Holders for Downtown Moscow In the attached photograph, Exalted Ruler Loris Winn, of Moscow Lodge #249 (on the left), and Moscow Mayor Robert Bonnett of Moscow looked … Continue reading
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Statue of Liberty Restoration and the B. P. O. E.
Statue of Liberty Restoration and the B. P. O. E. In 1983 the National Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks began a fundraising effor to restore the statue which had become damaged by wind and salt water erosion. The initial … Continue reading
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Could you name this past Moscow Elks member??
Were you able to name this past Moscow Elks member from last week’s hints? Roy Krauss Born in Ennis MT — 1926 grew up in Norris MT, Harrison MT & Bozeman MT graduated Gallatin County High School — Bozeman MT … Continue reading
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Winter at the Elks Golf Course — 1982
Winter at the Elks Golf Course — 1982 This was before the lodge moved from the old downtown location to the golf course. The small building in the left foreground was the old pumphouse for a well which is no … Continue reading
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From the Pages of the 249er — April 1949 — Inland Empire Trap Shoot Contest
From the Pages of the 249er — April 1949 — Inland Empire Trap Shoot Contest A popular place during the early spring weeks of 1949, despite sometimes cold, windy and wet weather, was the trapshoot range at the Elks Country … Continue reading
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Can you name this past Moscow Elks member??
Can you name this past Moscow Elks member?? born in Ennis MT, grew up in Norris MT, Harrison MT & Bozeman MT, graduated Gallatin County High School — Bozeman MT, worked for Montan Hardware Company — Great Falls MT, served … Continue reading
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