Published since 1901 in Eureka, California Volume CXXI, Issue 12 December 2021

THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE!

December is a month lled with holiday gatherings, delicious meals, tasty cocktails and gift

giving. No matter what holiday you choose to celebrate and who you will spend it with,

please know that all of your Lodge Ocers, House Committee and Trustees wish you a

wonderful holiday season lled with friends and family and good times. Stay safe and

healthy and we will see you all in 2022!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS : We have many

new members joining Lodge #652 but they will not be installed until January. If you see

some new faces around the Lodge, please introduce yourself and make them feel

welcome. Remember, you too, were once new and felt a bit nervous about attending

events and dinners. We like to think of ourselves as one big Elk family!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. This year has gone by so fast. I can’t believe it’s

already December. We have a lot of pares and acvies going on this month, so please

keep a safe distance, wear your masks and be kind and courteous to your fellow Elks.

If you haven’t noced there are “Toys for Tots” barrels around the Lodge so if you are

able to, please bring an unwrapped toy to donate to the kids. On December 19th I will be

having a Tom & Jerry party. Come on down and enjoy some drinks and get to know some

of your fellow Elks.

We will be selling prepaid ckets for the New Year’s Eve party. Be sure to purchase your

ckets to get your seat before we sell out. It should be a great me and a fun way to ring

in the New Year with a delicious prime rib dinner and dancing to the band, Almost Dan-

gerous.

We are sll looking for volunteers in all phases of the Lodge operaons. If you think you have me to contribute

please come down and sign up.

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season, Sco Reinsmith, Exalted Ruler

PLEASE COME ON FRIDAY NIGHTS HAVE DINNER AND ENJOY THE BANDS.

Marta Martinez

Leading Knight

Hope you all had a great

Thanksgiving. Thank you to all

our volunteers (members) who

make our Lodge run. Please

continue to wear your masks whenever you are up

and walking around in the Lodge.

Because of our members’ generosity, Elks Lodge

#652 sent $4000 to Major Project/ Purple Pig this

year. Thank you for your donations.

Unfortunately, we had to postpone the Men’s

Fashion show but I would like to thank all the

businesses and people who donated items to be

raed or auctioned o. THANK YOU TO AA Bar

and Grill, Babe’s Pizza & Pasta, Bill Burton, Hole in

the Wall, The Madrone, Myrtlewood Liquors &

John’s Cigars, Pierson Building Center, The Corn

Crib/Sarvinski Farms for the pumpkins, Leon’s

Muer, and b2squid.

I would also like to thank Joe DiLoreto, Silva

Vader, Jennifer Johnston, Wendy Browne Sperou,

Jackie Still, Shawn Doebel and all the men the who

volunteered to be models. Stay tuned for a new

date for the Fashion Show.

Merry Christmas and Happy Year!!! Looking

forward to an awesome new year. Be safe and God

bless.

1 Kathleen Dunn, Ingrid El Idrissi, Blake Massaro

2 Brian Franklin, Anthony Mantova,

3 Joe Costanzo, Carl Johnson Jr., Edgar Roberts

4 Melencio Pabalate, Leslie Selvage

5 Barton Crews, Mike Deck, Doug McIsaac, Loren Pancoast,

Sherry Pavlich, Linda Puzz, Tim Toste, Larry Ward Jr., Chad

Younger

6 Thomas Rydz

7 Rebecca Crosby, Ryan Vodden

8 Gary Harner, William McCarthy, George Potamianos,

Clinton Stannard,

9 Michael Landry, Michael Renner

10 Gary Greene, Daniel Herron, Hilda Landowski, Robert

Martinez, Mike Thomas, Ray Thompson

11 Donald Cloney, Renee Cloney

12 William Christensen, Katherine Kirkpatrick, Jeanne

O’Neale, Edward Wilkinson

13 James Freeman, Janelle Jackson, Jennifer Johnston, Don

Richie

14 Janice Beach, John Prevost

15 Jay Bahner, John Frank, Richard Kehl, Jon Mell, Ken Suiker

16 Gary Crnich, Bryon Franco

17 Gary Bird, Arthur Bruga, Betsy Buchanan, Daniel Wilson

18 Patrick Andrews, Jeremy Lyon, Jerry Stewart

19 John Bertain, Frances Rapin, Craig Spjut, Wanda Wahlund,

Linda Wise, Michael Yancheff

20 Lisa Denny

21 Paul King, James McBeth, Todd Morris, Tracy Stewart

22 Elisa Ashe, Treg Combs, William Gillespie, Dennis

Reinholtsen, Jim Ryan

23 Robert Canevari, Chuck Ellsworth, Dana Fahey, Ernie

Nunes, Christopher Powell

24 Jeremiah Cypert, Krista Freeman, William Phelps II

25 Yvette Ables, Jacob Bolton, Noelle Marak, Robert Tafe

26 Colleen Crotty, Thomas Livingston, Charles Tripoldi

27 Selina Cearley, John Stuart

28 William Goff, Howard Lahaie, Mark Mattax, Corrado

Pinochi

29 Robert Jones, Dee McVay, Frank Woolsey

30 Warren Fowler, Brenda Nevers

31 Jonathan Dunn

New Year’s Eve Party

Prime Rib Dinner!

Cocktails: 6:00 p.m.

Dinner: 7:00 p.m.

Band:

Almost Dangerous

Party favors

Champagne toast

at midnight

Pre-sale ckets-$50

at the bar or the clerk’s oce

Eureka Elk’s Lodge Drive Through Children’s Christ-

mas Celebraon

Eureka Elk’s Lodge Drive-Thru

Children’s Christmas Celebration

December 19th, 10:00 a.m. –1:00 p.m.

We will give your child a stocking from Santa filled

with Christmas Cheer!

You must call the Lodge at 442-6652 by December

13th with child’s age & gender in order to receive a

stocking!

Please join us in honoring our fellow Elks that

we have lost this past year.

Elk’s Memorial Service

Sunday, December 5th at noon

A light lunch will follow

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5 6

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

21 22 23

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

24 25

26 27 28 29 30

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

FRIDAY NIGHT CYOS: 6:30 PM

STEAK: $25 CHICKEN: $18 STEAM: $15

RESERVATIONS BY 3PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-9PM

ESE 6PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-10PM

NEW YEARS EVE PRIME RIB

DINNER AND PARTY!!

PRESALE-$50

BAND– Almost Dangerous

CLOSED

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNER:

6:00 PM $15

FOR RESERVATIONS CALL:

707-442-6652

DECEMBER

2021

Lodge Meeting

7PM

Fried Chicken

Breast

by Kathy & Crew

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-9PM

Redwood

Roamers

Christmas Potluck

4:30 PM

CYOS BY

Jennifer

BAND:

Midnight Special

Fish N Chips

Captain's Plate

The Fish Crew

LOUNGE HOURS:

CYOS BY

Jackie

BAND:

Dr. Squid

LOUNGE HOURS:

ESE 9AM

ESE 5PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

House

Committee

Meeting 5:30PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

CYOS BY

Jim & Girls

BANd:

Night Hawk

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-11PM

Emblem Club

Meeting 6:30 PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-8PM

NO LODGE

1/2 Spaghetti

1/2 Ravioli

Dinner LOUNGE

HOURS: 2PM-9PM

Soup & Salad Bar

by Kathy & Crew

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-9PM

CLOSED

Kids Drive thru

Celebration

10AM-1PM

Tom & Jerry Party

1PM-4PM

LOUNGE HOURS 2PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

Jenga 7PM

Tacos

by Kathy & Crew

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-9PM

ESE 6PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-10PM

Elks Memorial

Service 12 PM

Lunch to follow!

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-7PM

ESE 6PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-10:30PM

Trustees

Meeting 6PM

LOUNGE HOURS:

2PM-8PM

1st– Lodge Meeng 7PM

Fried Chicken Breast by Kathy &

Crew

2nd– Redwood Roamers

Christmas Potluck 4PM

3rd– Cook Your Own Steak

by Jennifer

Band– Midnight Special 7:30PM-

10:30PM

4th-ESE

7th– Trustees meeng

8th– Fish N Chips

by The Fish Crew

9th– ESE

10th- Cook Your Own Steak by

Jackie

Band– Dr. Squid 7:30PM-10:30PM

12th– ESE 9AM

ESE 3PM

13th-House Commiee Meeng

5PM

14th– Trustees Meeng 6PM

15th– NO LODGE MEETING

1/2 Spaghe 1/2 Raviolis

17th-Cook Your Own Steak by Jim

& Girls

Band– Night Hawk

7:30PM-10:30PM

18th– ESE– 6PM

19th– Kids Drive Thru Christmas

Party with Santa

10AM-1PM

Tom & Jerry Party 1PM

21st– Emblem Club Meeng

6:30PM

22nd– Soup & Salad

by Kathy & Crew

24th– CHRISTMAS EVE– CLOSED

25th– CHRISTMAS!!- CLOSED

26th– CLOSED

29th– Tacos by Kathy & Crew

31st– New Years Eve

Prime Rib Dinner & Party

Pre-Sale $50

DECEMBER EVENTS

Tom and Jerry party

Join our Exalted Ruler, Scott Reinsmith, for a hosted

Tom and Jerry party

Sunday, December 19th

1:00—4:00 p.m.

Ring in the holidays with your

fellow Elks !

In 1875, Mark Twain wrote a letter to his daughter Susie, who was 3 years old at the time, which

he signed "Your loving Santa Claus." You can read it in its entirety below, but first a little bit of

pretext.

Twain was very close to his daughter, all the way up to her untimely death at age 24 in 1896, and

that year she had written her first letter to Santa Claus. Twain, being a writer, couldn't stand for

his young daughter to feel like her work went unheard, so he decided to pen the following letter

to "My Dear Susie Clemens" from "The Man in the Moon" himself.

The story has been widely shared since in anthologies as a cute reminder of the spirit of

Christmas and the love of parents for their children, who year after year don bright red suits and

leave out milk and cookies to keep the magic alive.

~ https://www.thoughtco.com/letter-from-santa-claus-mark-twain-739255

"A Leer From Santa Claus" by Mark Twain

My Dear Susie Clemens,

I have received and read all the letters which you and your little sister have written me...I can

read your and your baby sister's jagged and fantastic marks without any trouble at all. But I had

trouble with those letters which you dictated through your mother and the nurses, for I am a for-

eigner and cannot read English writing well. You will find that I made no mistakes about the

things which you and the baby ordered in your own letters—I went down your chimney at mid-

night when you were asleep and delivered them all myself--and kissed both of you,

too...But...there were...one or two small orders which I could not fill because we ran out of stock...

There was a word or two in your mama's letter which...I took to be "a trunk full of doll's clothes."

Is that it? I will call at your kitchen door about nine o'clock this morning to inquire. But I must

not see anybody and I must not speak to anybody but you. When the kitchen doorbell rings,

George must be blindfolded and sent to the door. You must tell George he must walk on tiptoe

and not speak—otherwise he will die someday. Then you must go up to the nursery and stand on

a chair or the nurse's bed and put your ear to the speaking tube that leads down to the kitchen

and when I whistle through it you must speak in the tube and say, "Welcome, Santa Claus!" Then

I will ask whether it was a trunk you ordered or not. If you say it was, I shall ask you what color

you want the trunk to be...and then you must tell me every single thing in detail which you want

the trunk to contain. Then when I say "Good-by and a merry Christmas to my little Susy Clemens,"

you must say "Good-by, good old Santa Claus, I thank you very much." Then you must go down into the

library and make George close all the doors that open into the main hall, and everybody must keep still

for a little while.

I will go to the moon and get those things and in a few minutes I will come down the chimney that be-

longs to the fireplace that is in the hall—if it is a trunk you want--because I couldn't get such a thing as a

trunk down the nursery chimney, you know...If I should leave any snow in the hall, you must tell

George to sweep it into the fireplace, for I haven't time to do such things. George must not use a broom,

but a rag—else he will die someday...If my boot should leave a stain on the marble, George must not

holystone it away. Leave it there always in memory of my visit; and whenever you look at it or show it to

anybody you must let it remind you to be a good little girl. Whenever you are naughty and someone

points to that mark which your good old Santa Claus's boot made on the marble, what will you say, little

sweetheart?

Good-by for a few minutes, till I come down to the world and ring the kitchen

doorbell.

Your loving Santa Claus

Whom people sometimes call "The Man in the Moon"

Our Absent Members Now the eleventh hour when Elkdom’s tower is dark with the shroud of night. When father me

on his silvery chime tolls o the moments ight. To our departed members.

My Brother and Sister Elks. There comes a me in any career when it is me to let go, a me to rere. I had rered

from my Law Enforcement career many years ago, but I am not the type of person that can sit by and do nothing. I

was an Elk member and decided that I could get involved when I was asked to run for Trustee many years ago. I was

in my h year as a Trustee when the opportunity to enter the Chairs presented itself. I have been the Chaplain, Es-

quire, Leading Knight and Exalted ruler. I truly enjoyed the challenges and accomplishments that come from being in

those posions. Each is unique and very enjoyable. Most enjoyable is the comradery of fellow ocers. Learning and

working together for the beerment of the Lodge is a rewarding experience, irreplacable.

I had the opportunity to further serve Elkdom by becoming the “Great Northwest District” Business Pracces Chair

for ve years. I worked with the other eight Lodges in our District in becoming beer at the business of Elkdom. I brought up another Elk,

Jennifer Omara, from the San Rafael Lodge to replace me in me. I was appointed to the State (CHEA) Drug Awareness Program Vice Chair,

and aer two years I became the Chair for two more years. This posion was over the nineteen Districts in California and Hawaii. These

two posions outside of the Lodge were extremely rewarding as results of my eorts put into the programs were evident. Lodges became

beer at managing themselves, and Drug Awareness is sll in the forefront of may Lodges.

I was promoted to the posion of District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler. This posion is a Grand Lodge Ocer, who represents the Grand

Exalted Ruler of all Elkdom for a year. There are about two hundred in the world of Elkdom. This posion is the person in their District that

a Lodge goes to when they need help or assistance from outside their Lodge. The DDGER inspects all of the Lodges in his district for compli-

ance with Grand Lodge Statutes. I served in this posion twice. Lastly, I was elected to Eureka’s Lodge Secretary. This is my second year.

This job is the only posion that I considered a “job” in the respect that you are required to be present almost daily, and you receive a s-

pend.

The Secretaries posion is by far the most dicult for me. I had to learn a lot, and my thanks to Treasurer Ernie Nunes for stepping in and

helping me not make too many blunders. Ernie was my predecessor as secretary and mentor. It’s important that each ocer bring up an-

other to take their place. I recently turned seventy-seven years old. Although I have no idea of how to feel at this age, I do know that I want

to rere before I become an old man. In that light, I am encouraging those of you who may want to run for Secretary to start now by asking

quesons and taking noce. Formal training can’t begin unl an elecon is held, but understand that no one will be put into this lob with-

out help and assistance from others.

I have certainly enjoyed my tenure in various posions in Elkdom, and encourage each of you to explore the possibilies of becoming an

ocer in the Lodge. I would encourage anyone who might be interested in learning more about what is to be an Ocer to aend the

Ocer Recruitment night on December 9th at the Lodge. Several Past Exalted Ruler and other Ocers will be there to answer quesons.

Fraternally yours, Brad Smith

Twenty-six Redwood Roamers went to Klamath RV Park for a fun

weekend of campres, a movie, pot luck and fellowship. It

rained but it didn’t lessen our enthusiasm to explore and create

lasng memories. November was a trip to the Benbow/KOA to

have an early Thanksgiving. The food was delicious and the

fellowship around the campres was great.

Redwood Roamers of Eureka California Elks

Name Born Iniated Deceased

Clint Hunter, Sr. December 24, 1947 February 18, 2009 November 13, 2021

On December 2nd the Roamers will have their annual Christmas party. Members will bring an unwrapped toy for the Marines Toy For

Tots program. The Roamers wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe holiday.

Happy Trails, Dale A Stockly, Wagon Master

Any Elk member and their guests are welcome to aend a Redwood Roamers meeng. Come see what we are about!

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Eureka, CA 95501

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Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652

Benevolent and Protective of Elks

445 Herrick Avenue

Eureka, CA 95503

DATED MATERIAL

December, 2021

Herd Talk Editor:

Jennifer Johnston

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Your Lodge needs your help! We have many volunteer opportunities of

all types. We realize that everyone has busy lives and lots to do, but our

Lodge is run mostly by volunteers and we could really use more!

Greeters or cashiers- call Jackie Still at 707.444.8626

Bartending - call Rena Forbes at 707.845.4782

Cooking - call Kathy Payne at 707.834.6612

Serving - call Shellie Dortch at 707.599.9794

Marketing - call Jennifer Johnston at 707.499.8481

Please help us keep our Lodge running smoothly by giving just a few hours a

month!

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