San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . t adjoiningthe present new Elks home on the west. The men attending that first meetingwere J. M. Dodge, J. P. Goodwin, WaUer T. Blake, John Kastle, T. A. E. Wooley, T. J. Storey, W. M. Gassaway and W. F. Riley. James P. Goodwinwas a past exalted ruler of Springfield, Ohio, Lodge No. 51, and was of greatassistance to Mr. Dodge through his knowledge of the order. In order thatthere be at least two Elks to sign the call for a lodge, Mr. Dodge went to LosAngeles, where he joined Los Angeles Lod
San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . t adjoiningthe present new Elks home on the west. The men attending that first meetingwere J. M. Dodge, J. P. Goodwin, WaUer T. Blake, John Kastle, T. A. E. Wooley, T. J. Storey, W. M. Gassaway and W. F. Riley. James P. Goodwinwas a past exalted ruler of Springfield, Ohio, Lodge No. 51, and was of greatassistance to Mr. Dodge through his knowledge of the order. In order thatthere be at least two Elks to sign the call for a lodge, Mr. Dodge went to LosAngeles, where he joined Los Angeles Lodge, No. 99. District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler W. C. Dudley, a member of Golden GateLodge, No. 6, was the officer who presided at the institution of the lodge, as-sisted by J. M. Dodge of this city, a member of Los Angeles Lodge, No. 99;J. P. Goodwin of this city, a member and past exalted ruler of Springfield,Ohio, Lodge, No. 51; F. E. Holtslander, W. T. Hunter, F. C. Smith, G. , T. Shaw, .M. Lehman, T. A. Brunswick, R. Northern and M. Aguire,members of Los Angeles Lodge, No. HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY 299 J. M. Ekxige was elected exalted ruler. All the officers elected at the in-stitution did not serve through the term. The credit for the first years servicebelongs to J. M. Dodge, ruler; T. A. Nerney, esteemed leading knight; B. F. Harville, esteemed loyal knight; J. S. Callen, esteemed lecturing knight;Eugene Daney, esquire; Robert C. Jones, secretary; E. H. ^Miller, treasurer; C. A. Brown, inside guard; and J. S. Wooley, tyler. After its institution the lodge occupied quarters in the Knights of Pythiashall in the Schmidt building, opposite the Plaza on Fourth street, from June14, 1890, to February 28, 1891. Meetings were then held in the old Hortonhall from March 7, 1891, to the following March, when it moved into quartersprovided for it in the Fisher Opera House building, now known as the IsisTheater building. The first meeting in the Fisher was hel
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