Ground Breaking Ceremony                 Perry News-Herald October 7, 1965

Members of the Perry Elks Lodge gather for ground breaking ceremonies at the new lodge building off of the Puckett Road.

Exalted Ruler, E.L. (Mule) Campbell and Lionel Louque, Building Committee Chairman, spading the earth.

 The first officers of Perry Elks Lodge in 1952 were W.M. McGill, Exalted Ruler; Lionel J. Louque, Esteemed Leading Knight; C. Declan O’Grady, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Willie Joe Moody, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; J.F. Gilmore, Secretary;, Nathan Fleet, Treasurer; M.S. Linton, Tyler; L.E. Parker, Esquire; J.F. Sheffield, Inner Guard; Frank B. Leverette, Chaplain

Charter members listed were W H Bolton, Byron N Butler, W L Clark, Jr., Bishop Clark, W Aubrey Cox, Jerry D Dickert, J B Faircloty, Jack E Fowler, Nathan Fleet, Isadore A Friedman, J B Friedman, D L Frith, Jr., J F Gilmore, H S Glickman, Donald E Grant, W R Hagin, Dr Wilson T Hendry, O A Bolton, J o Huxford, Jr., Edwin Jackson, Ernest L Jackson, T A Jackson, Marion W Kasell, Jr., Harry E Lauland, I R Lilliott, M S Linton, Ferdinand Louque, A L Louque, B R Mangum, Hal Marsh, Willie Joe Moody, J Pharo Morgan, Joe Nola, Barney o’Quinn Jr., J P Puckett, R L Robertson, J F Sheffield, J N Slaughter, Ogden Smith, E Leon Walker, Bill Towles, Frank M Warren, Ed J Williams, S L Wilson, Myers Wilson, W J Wilder, W M McGill, Lionel J Louque, Declan O’Grady, L P Gibson, W E Whitlock, L E Parker and Frank B Leverette.