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Elks' French Dukes & Continental Boys Drill Teams, & The Al Toras Girls Drill Team Practice At The Lodge, 220 Sunset Rd, August 14, 1965 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Elks' French Dukes & Continental Boys Drill Teams, & The Al Toras Girls Drill Team Practice At The Lodge, 220 Sunset Rd, August 14, 1965 image
Year:
1965
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1965
Caption:
Members of the French Dukes and Continental boys drill teams of Elks Pratt Lodge No. 322, and the Al Toras girls drill team of Daisy Chain Temple 212, practice at the lodge at 220 Sunset for national Elks championship competition next week in Philadelphia. The three groups will leave by chartered bus at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow for the Pennsylvania city. They will compete with Elks drill teams from throughout the country for national honors and take part in a parade, returning to Ann Arbor on Wednesday. The French Dukes have won two national titles.

Drill Team Maintains Trophy Winning Ways

Drill Team Maintains Trophy Winning Ways image
Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
September
Year
1968
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All Together, Now - Hup!

All Together, Now - Hup! image
Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
July
Year
1966
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State Elks Group Plans Parley Here

State Elks Group Plans Parley Here image
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Day
21
Month
June
Year
1966
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AACHM Oral History: Evelyn Payne

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Evelyn Payne was born on November 3, 1924, and although she was an only child, she went on to have 8 children, numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. Evelyn grew up in Tennessee where she remembers segregation and walking 10 miles to school. In 1945, at 20 years of age, she moved to Ann Arbor where she is proud to have raised all her children while working as a nursing assistant - for 25 years at St. Joseph Mercy and 16 years at the University of Michigan.

French Dukes Precision Drill Team Practices Behind Jones Building, July 1966

French Dukes Precision Drill Team Practices Behind Jones Building, July 1966 image
Year:
1966
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 26, 1966
Caption:
All Together, Now - Hup! - Members of the Al Toras, the Elk's Angels, the Continentals and the French Dukes practice en masse as they prepare for Saturday's exhibition. Capt. Chris Clemens (far right) sees that the group is in step as they prepare to start a maneuver during one of their nightly, hour-long practice sessions.