Recently, the Vt. Elks Association held their annual State Convention in Shelburne, N.H.  After a weekend of meetings and socializing on Sunday, Springfield Elks’ own Past Exalted Ruler was nominated and elected 2nd Vice President of the Vt. Elks Association and he will become their President at the convention in 2022.

 

    Mr. Kirkwood joined the Elks in 1987 and is a Past Exalted Ruler of his Lodge two times and been Springfield Elks Lodge Drug Awareness chairman for thirty years as well as Vt. Elks State Chairman for several years. 

 

 

Shown are the elected officers of the Vt. Elks Association at their convention in May.  L to r; President Henry Diemer of Brattleboro Lodge, Pres. Elect John Montgomery of St. Johnsbury Lodge, 1st. Vice Pres. Scott Phillips of Montpelier Lodge and 2nd Vice Pres. Jim Kirkwood of Springfield Lodge.

 

News items submitted by Mike Gunn.

      Springfield Elks Lodge sent a contingent of officers to the annual Vt. Elks Convention in Shelburne, NH over the weekend of May 18th to the 20th.

 

      While there, the  Elks members attend business meetings and on Saturday night awards for the year are handed out to many categories of things the Lodges have accomplished through the past year.  The last three awards given out are the best Exalted Ruler’s (President of their Lodge) of the South and North Vt. Elks Districts.   This year’s 2018/2019 Exalted Ruler for the South was James Morse of Springfield Elks Lodge #1560.  Mr. Morse has been a member of Springfield Elks Lodge since 2005 and served as Exalted Ruler the first time in 2010/2011, followed by stints in 2018/ 2019 and now 2019/2020.   He grew up in Brattleboro, Vt., and graduated from Brattleboro Union HS. 

 

Shown are Morris “Rocky” Putnam, of Bellows Falls Elks Lodge and Vt. Elks State President, James Morse, accepting his award as Exalted Ruler of the South and Vt. Elks District Deputy of the South Rob Poblocki.