Marion Elks, OH, Lodge No. 32

130 1/2 South State Street 43302
Lodge Phone: (740) 383-9830
(740) 387-7940
OH NORTH CENTRAL District No. 6840

Meeting hours: 1st and 3rd Thurs, 7:30; 1st Thurs July and Aug

Lounge open:
Monday-Thursday 2pm-11pm; Fri-Sat 2pm-1am
Sunday 2pm-7pm
Closed most Holidays

http://elks.org/lodges/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=32

Email to : elks32@brightdsl.net

Marion Lodge 32 was chartered in 1885 as the first small community Elks Lodge in America. Eight years later, the man who would become the 29th President of the United States, Warren G. Harding, was elected Esteemed Lecturing Knight. Marion 32 is steeped in history. They were the first Lodge to hold an annual circus and parade, earning the nickname "the original circus lodge." Later, in 1913, the Lodge purchased the Grand Opera House and built the Elks Temple that the organization still occupies today. It was then that Marion 32 became known as "The Minstrel Lodge" because of the many vaudeville style shows it sponsored. Today, Marion 32 boasts a dining area that will take you back to the twenties, and a Lodge room that retains its entire original splendor. If Elks history is an interest, Marion 32 should be your destination.

OFFICERS 2011-2012

Exalted Ruler............................Rex Coldwell

Leading Knight.........................vacant

Loyal Knight.............................Doug Sayre

Lecturing Knight.......................Troy Dickason

Esquire.....................................Brad Smith , PER

Chaplain...................................James Lawson

Inner Guard..............................vacant

Tiler..........................................Jennifer Sidle

Secretary..................................Rena McGinnis

Treasurer..................................Marion Owens

Trustee Chairman......................Steve Schweinfurth

Trustee......................................Larry Laird

Trustee......................................Raymond Haines

Trustee......................................Roger Dyer

Trustee......................................Dale Johnson, PER PDD

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