Rochester Elks Lodge

What a great time at this year’s National Convention. Matt Sanborn was installed as District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler South, Matt & Pete Ducharme did an amazing job competing in their respective competitions. We had fun touring the city of Austin. Deb & I spent an extra week visiting our kids in San Antonio. Glad to be home.

Our new Grand Exalted Ruler for 2024/2025

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The Rochester Elks will be opening it's doors early, at 9:30 AM, on Saturday, July 13, 2024 to host the Tri-Lodge Games.

Past Grand Lecturing knight Don Chesnel & current Grand Exalted Ruler District Deputy South Matthew Sanborn

Congratulations to Matthew Sanborn, and Doug Ricard.
Grand Exalted Ruler District Deputy for the North & South districts of NH

I am so proud of Matt Sanborn & Peter Ducharme for competing in the 11:00 toast and the flag charge competition in Austin Texas at the national convention. Although they didn’t win, they placed among the top tier. You both did an amazing job representing the state of NH and the Rochester NH Elks Lodge 1393. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

What a great time at tonight’s backyard beach party! Although Mother Nature prevented it from being in the backyard. DJ Dennis Dube was spinning the beach songs and Bruce and his helpers did an awesome job on the food. Stacy Nestor did a great job chairing her 1st event!!
We had to say goodbye to out great karaoke lady Deb Baldwin & her husband Bill, there heading south (again) . Next big event is Beef & Reef coming in July, hope to see you all there.

Come to the lodge Friday evening and enjoy some pub food and trivia. Food serving at 5:00-6:30, trivia starts at 7:00. You could win some scratch tickets. Trivia is free.

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Had another fantastic event at the lodge!!! Father’s Day BBQ. Thank you to all the volunteers 💞💞

Tickets available behind the bar

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Don’t forget about the BBQ today from 3 till 5

Outside weather permitting 😎

Rochester Elks celebrated our flag tonight. The elks are the only fraternal organization that mandated all subordinate lodges to celebrate flag day.
The honorable mayor of Rochester Paul Callahan was our guest speaker.
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I want to give a shout out to Ken & Georgette Verhelle. Victor & Rhoda Rivera, Terry & Carol Martin & my wife Deb for all the help at today’s Yard sale. We made some decent money for the roof.

A week from today, the Rochester Elks will be celebrating our flag. June 14th every Elks lodge is mandated to celebrate our flag. Our celebration starts at 7 pm. Come on down and learn the history of our American Flag. Our guest speaker will be the honorable Paul Callahan, mayor of Rochester. Lite snacks will be provided. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Flag Day Celebration

It is to be expected that an organization dedicated to patriotic service should seek to promote a proper knowledge of, and respect for, the American Flag, and all that it represents. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has done this in many ways. Perhaps the most effective of its prescribed activities is the Flag Day Service. Each Subordinate Lodge is required to conduct this service annually on June l4th, the anniversary of the birth of the American Flag.

The idea of a Flag Day Service was first suggested to our Order by the then Grand Exalted Ruler at the 1907 Grand Lodge Session in Philadelphia. Of the dates submitted for consideration at that time, June 14th was adopted by the session and was called "Elks Flag Day." The following year, in Dallas, the Grand Lodge approved a ritual for the Flag Day ceremony.

The 1911 Grand Lodge Session at Atlantic City made the observance of Flag Day mandatory for Subordinate Lodges by the adoption of Section 229 of the Statutes: "It shall be the duty of each Subordinate Lodge to hold the service known as "Flag Day Services" at the time and in the manner prescribed by the ritual of the Order.

Later on - at the Grand Lodge Session in Atlantic City in 1930 - there was added to this statute an amendment, reading: "The Grand Exalted Ruler may, in exceptional cases and for good cause, grant a dispensation for a different day or to any two or more Lodges to hold such services jointly."

It was not until August 3rd, 1949 that the President of the United States signed Public Law 203, designating June 14th as Flag Day. Thus our Order was not only the first fraternal organization to celebrate Flag Day, but had made this ceremony mandatory long years before the date on which the observance became a nation-wide practice by legal decree.

The ritual for the occasion is an elaborate one and it is quite generally conducted as a public ceremonial. It is designed to be informative as well as inspirational; and the colorful pageantry provided lends itself admirably to the achievement of these objectives. It was President Harry S. Truman who signed the Flag Day bill into law on August 3rd, 1949, who was himself an Elk.

Tomorrow is the day, suppose to be great weather. Lots & lots of great bargains! And food for sale too!,

Come join us for an Elks day at the beach. Tickets are behind the bar get yours now.

On Saturday, June 1 Rochester Elks lent a helping hand at Copper Cannon Camp in Franconia NH. Copper Cannon is the NH State Elks assn. major project. They installed a new screen door, installed a roof cap, and cut in 2 new ventilation openings in the cabins. Along with helping other lodges rake and clean up the property to get the camp ready for its first campers of the summer season.
Rochester Elk members working were Exalted Ruler Mark Guilmett, current Loyal knight Rhoda Rivera, Jim Clark PER, & Peter Ducharme PER.

Thursday, May 30th Jerry Skidds chairman of the scholarship committee, and ER Mark Guilmett had the great pleasure to present a $1200 Rochester Elks scholarship to Eric Goodrich ll , a senior at Somersworth High School. The Rochester Elks scholarship is in its 2nd year, thanks to the generosity of our membership we can continue to support area seniors.

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Thanks to all that came out to the breakfast today. We’re taking the summer off. We’ll be serving again in the fall. Big thank you to Mitchell Hill BBQ for donating the brisket hash.

Have a safe and enjoyable weekend. And take time to remember those who died for this great country 🇺🇸

Just a reminder that Friday night, supper has been canceled today due to low attendance. Everyone have a happy and safe memorial day weekend. We will see you at the next Friday night supper soon. Stay tuned menu to come.

From our Exalted Ruler…Thank you for all that came out and supported at the Flags of Honor today

Tuesday May 21 Jerry Skidds chairman of the scholarship committee, and ER Mark Guilmett had the great pleasure to present a $1200 Rochester Elks scholarship to Paul Butler, a senior at Spaulding High School. The Rochester Elks scholarship is in its 2nd year, thanks to the generosity of our membership we can continue to support area seniors.

Attention all those that got Friday night dinner reservations. We just made an executive decision to cancel. We had very little interest.
Hope to see everyone back in September for our prime rib kickoff

Sundays breakfast is still on! Come on down for all you eat pancakes, brisket hash donated by Mitchell Hill, bacon and sausage.