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Ernest E. Gwinner & Julius F. Haarer Enter Their 25th Year As Elks Lodge Officers, April 1938 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Ernest E. Gwinner & Julius F. Haarer Enter Their 25th Year As Elks Lodge Officers, April 1938 image
Year:
1938
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 6, 1938
Caption:
BEGIN 25TH YEAR IN OFFICE: Ernest E. Gwinner, left, and Julius F. Haarer, who are among the officers of the Ann Arbor Elks lodge to be installed tonight, are entering their 25th year as secretary and treasurer, respectively. They were initiated as members in 1910 and were members of the second class initiated in the present Elks home on S. Main St. There were 308 members in good standing when they joined, while the lodge is issuing membership badges now in the 1800's.

French Dukes Practicing for President Nixon's Inaugural Parade

French Dukes Practicing for President Nixon's Inaugural Parade image
Year:
1968
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 2, 1969
Caption:
Dukes going To Washington - Practicing for their trip to Washington Jan. 20 to march in Richard M. Nixon's Inaugural Parade are 12 of the French Dukes - Ann Arbor's award-winning precision drill team. The selection of the 24-man drill team was announced Tuesday. Pictured (from left) are Commander Carlton Bell, Namon Wright, Jerry Ginyard, Jerome Wright, Al Casey, Robert Franklin, Grant Sleet, Wendell Ulmer, Ricky Thomas, Charles Carter, LeRoy Carter and Leonard Scott. Not pictured are John McDonald, Melvin Arnett, Hugh Harris, Phil Sleet, Terry Ginyard, Mark Wilson, Robert Foster, Walter Blissett, Jesse Thomas, Michael Franklin, James Bryant and Kenneth Mitchell. Local contributions to help pay for transportation, food and lodging for the youths while they are in Washington may be sent to John P. Paup at the Ann Arbor Trust Co., 100 S. Main. The team is sponsored by Elks Pratt Lodge.

French Dukes Win First Place for Fifth Year, September 1968

French Dukes Win First Place for Fifth Year, September 1968 image
Year:
1968
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 8, 1968
Caption:
French Dukes Pose - The French Dukes, a 28-man precision drill team which last week won first-place honors for the fifth year at the National Elks Pratt lodge Convention in New York, pose in uniform. They are (extreme left) vice commander Carlton Bell and center, Mark Wilson. The formation at left includes (all from left) Jerome Wright and Robert Franklin, first row; Rick Thomas and Al Casey, second row, and Hugh Harris, back row. In the formation at right, Wenlell Ulmer and Phil Sleet stand in the front row; Grant Sleet, Melvin Arnett, Harvey Churchill and Robert Foster are in the second row. Leonard Scott stands in the back row. Not all of the French Dukes are pictured.

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.