[30] de Barros, 45. In 1887, Reverend T. De Witt Talmage wrote his sermon on the moral effect of Free Masonry, Odd Fellowship, Knights of Labor, Greek Alphabet and other Societies. The reverend, who said he had hundreds of personal friends who belonged to orders used Proverbs 25: 9 "discover not a secret to another to ask his audience to questionwhether or not being a member of a secret society would be apositive or negative decisionfor them. Suddenly the lights went out and a battle ensued in which the county officers were roughly handledNot satisfied with their raid Sunday morning and incensed by the beating they received, two of the constables returned to the club Tuesday night and assaulted Lem Turner, colored bystander outside the clubThe raid and actions of the constables has caused city wide condemnation and is generally regarded as an attempt to shakedown the sporting district for graft money."[16]. The brothers moved to the States in the 1950s when their father, whod survived the Bataan Death March in the Philippines, chose to retire to Seattle after his own career in the military. [24] Even the Northwest Enterprise took notice of Johnsons extended vacation: "A letter from Palmer D. Johnson tells of the success in Shanghai, China, of the colored band organized in Seattle last summer to fill engagaments [sic] in the Orient. A former lawyer, Mr. Okabe is a first-generation American and is very devoted to his country. Riggs obtained a copy of the BPOE ritual and applied for and was granted copyright for the Black Elks. Follow us: Facebook and Instagram for the latest News and Events, Directions: 6411 Seaview Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107, Office Hours: 10:00 A.M. 3:00 P.M. Monday thru Friday. 2023 Smithsonian Magazine A Rainier Beach fraternal organization fights for survival amid the citys depressing trend of African-American flight. Black Elks Club According to Doug Chin's Seattle's International District, "In 1938, the African American Elks Club moved from the Central Area to the second floor of the Rainier Power and Heat Building at Jackson and Maynard (the same building where the JACL office was located). The Steelheads were a part of the West Coast Negro Baseball League owned by Abe Saperstein, who also owned the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. [5] de Barros, 1-2. And just like todays networked radicals, much of their power was wrapped up in their ability to stay anonymous and keep their communications secret. Today, any hint of that resentment or reticence is gone or at least undetectable and the Elks has become Loiss second home. Liz Mozzarella is the Girl Scout leader who picked up supplies for the lasagna dinner. As other fraternal organizations have struggled to attract new members, the BPOE is "pretty much break even, which is an accomplishment in this day and time," says Gathen, who credits "bricks and clicks" the lodges themselves and their online presence for this lack of attrition. Its like home, in a time when that notion is very much in flux. [1] Although Washington Hall held many shows, the heart of Seattle jazz was just southeast at the corner of 12th and Jackson Street: according to historian Paul de Barros, [t]his is where Seattle jazz was born and where it flowered.[2]. The First Floor of the Ballard Elks Lodge is a splendid waterfront location for events from weddings to corporate functions. Nationally, the Elks raised $343 million in charitable gifts in 2015, and while each lodge pays dues on the national level, most funds remain local. Please consider fulfilling your volunteer hours by signing up for a position this summer. Be our next winner! John Jordan Upchurch and 13 others in Meadville, Pennsylvania, founded the Ancient Order of United Workmen in 1868 with the goal of bettering conditions for the working class. 1416 in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, Feb. 23, 2019. But even the lavish Ubangi continued to deal with problems of police harassment. (Her medieval bad-ass title indicates that she heads up the lodges womens auxiliary.) "We've basically been growing by 20 percent a year," says the lodge's former exalted ruler, Ben Braden, who acknowledges that his lodge's waterfront location on Shilshole Bay is a pretty enviable calling card. The Patriotic Order Sons of America dates back to the early days of the American Republic,according to its official website. Shes just there to pick up supplies for the massive lasagna dinner the troops hosting at the lodge that weekend (sold out at 200, raising $4,400 for the Scouts, 10% of which went to the Elks). Even before he was named Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, George IV, had been a member of the Freemasons, but as the story goes, when he wanted a relative of his to be admitted to the society without having to to endure the lengthy initiation process, the request was emphatically denied. But the upstairs is Elks territory, in all its wood-paneled glory. Go to events, see what we do, and find one that appeals to you or create one. The older Brooks gets, the more unfamiliar Seattle feels to him and his older African-American peers, whove fled historically Black neighborhoods for the suburbs in droves as one of their south-side social institutions fights for survival. In the United States in the late-19th century, there was enough of a national uproar against secret societies that one concerned group created an annual Anti-Secret Society Convention. In 1869, at the national convention in Chicago, the attendees went after the secular press. The organizations secretary said that the press "either approved or ignored secret societies while few religious papers have spunk enough to come out for Christ in opposition to Masonry. But by 1892, the group, which deemed the societies an "evil to society and a menace to our civil institutions," had failed to secure them anything but strong denunciation, as the Pittsburgh Dispatch commented. Last year, we were going to do this party for her birthday, he explains. In truth, Seattles transformation resembles that of San Francisco, Austin, and Brooklyn and is a natural extension of gentrifying processes set in motion more than 20 years ago. Any amount is greatly appreciated! Or so the narrative goes. Anyone whos lived long in Ballard has attended a memorial, a wedding, or a party in the ground-floor ballroom, the rental of which is contracted to an outside catering company. | Copyright 2023. 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I like to remind people that once youre an Elk, youre an Elk for life.". The bad traffic got worse, the city grew even whiter, and it became impossible for most middle-class families to buy a home in the city. (Maurice Blacknall, a former Seattle resident and longtime Boeing employee who now lives in Renton, currently holds that title.) [1] Paul de Barros, Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle, (Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1993), 10. (Its so unflattering!). And sadly, the Ubangi only operated for a few years before it closed in 1938 when the building was sold.[30]. Noodles Smith, owner of the highly successful Black and Tan, saw the need for a more sophisticated club to satisfy the growing demand of wealthy whites for jazz venues. A fraternal organization which supports Veterans, scholarship programs, and community. Our meetings are on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays, except the Months that we have one meeting (July & August, on the 4th Thursday only) and (November & December on the 2nd Thursday only). Lodge Address: 6411 Seaview Avenue NW Seattle WA 98107. ISBN 0-8103-9490-1, Rosemary Sadlier, O.Ont., President Previously the site of lavish Victorian homes, by 1890 Yesler-Jackson had an abundance of third-rate hotels, shops, bars, and brothels, which made the area decidedly lower-class. THE SEATTLE ELKS 92 - 45 Photos - Seattle, Washington - Venues & Event Spaces - Phone Number - Yelp The Seattle Elks 92 6 reviews Unclaimed Venues & Event Spaces, Social Clubs Edit Open 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM See hours See all 45 photos Write a review Add photo Location & Hours 3014 3rd Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 Nickerson St & Etruria St Queen Anne A jazz musician famous in Seattle, . But what I love about this place is you leave what you do at the door. African Americans during the 19th and the first half of the 20th century were denied entry into any of the White fraternal organizations. Phone: (206) 784-0827 The phone is only answered during office hours. The steaks especially good this week, according to Lois, because Felix is using a demi-glace. Those new members composed of stockbrokers, tech workers, and other monied hipsters filling Austin in the mid-2000s had a different idea of what the Elks could be: They wanted to eliminate the semi-alienating names for elected leaders, forbid smoking in the bar, and host functions like the one, in the mid-2000s, where Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra judged a bikini contest. [27] Ibid., 43. Instead of Central Park, theres Lake Union, filled with floatplanes and houseboats. Go talk to that woman over there in the pink fleece, Anne says, half under her breath. Jackson Street became the hotbed for Seattles jazz scene primarily because of its proximity to the Black community and because of the underground nightclub scene that developed during the Prohibition years. I got it off eBay, he explains to everyone who asks. But 2016 marks a reversal of that trend. The group voted to name itself the Elks, narrowly defeating the Buffaloes, and borrowed much of its ritual from the Freemasons, then one of the largest organizations in the country. White Elks in Birmingham, AL, pulled Riggs from where he worked and threatened to lynch him unless he relinquished the charter on his next trip to Birmingham. But on a clear day, the real actions outside on the deck which is where a kayak fisherman named Brad Hole is waiting for me. The Elks and other fraternal orders along with bowling leagues, churches, womens associations, and bridge clubs offered a deep well of what sociologists call social capital, which, studies have shown, makes people feel more secure, less alone, and more, well, happy. Seattle's Black population numbered only 406 in 1900, but the following decades saw a sharp increase in Black migration. On her birthday, she received over 200 Facebook messages the vast majority of which came from men and women at least a third of her age. The Ballard Elks has more than 560. This month the numbers around 30; usually it hovers between there and 50. The Ancient Order of United Workmen is no longer around, but its legacy continues, as the order unintentionally created anew kind of insurancethat would influence other fraternal groups to add an insurance provision in their constitutions. The Ancient Order was created before state health insurance began in England, so the cluboffered sickbenefits to its working class members. Back then, many of these societies served as safe spaces for open dialogue about everything from academia to religious discourse, removed from the restrictive eye of the church and state. Following in the footsteps of The Sons of Liberty, the Order of United Americans and Guards of Liberty, the Patriotic Sons of America, which later added the word Order to its name, became one of the most progressive, most popular, most influential as well as strongest patriotic organizations in the United States in the early 20th century,theAllentown Leaderwrotein 1911. The Ballard Elks Lodge #827 sits on the shores of Shilshole Bay in Seattle overlooking beautiful Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains. Seattles Black population numbered only 406 in 1900, but the following decades saw a sharp increase in Black migration. A member discovered her, but, instead of kicking her out, brought her to the bar. It wasnt an accident that Voltaire, George Washington, and Ben Franklin were all active members. 3014 3rd Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109-1601 (206) 282-9292 Mailing Address P.O. But then I take people here and theyre like, Do I have one of these in my neighborhood?. A year later, the Northwest Enterprise reported another Sunday morning raid, this one on December 30, 1934: The unprovoked beating of Len Turner by police two days later helps to confirm this suspicion. As reported in David Keller's book The Blue Note, it was Jones "who also paid for Mr. Ray Charles Robinson's Trailways bus ticket to Seattle from Tampa, Florida." First, Seattle had a very small Black population, with about 3,500 Black residents out of about 366,000 in total. 1416 in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, Feb. 23, 2019. Return the completed application to the front office during business hours or to the bartender along with our $25 application fee. Seattle Elks is on Facebook. Ive only been yelled at to go home, gentrifiers once! As swing developed, Seattles youth danced to big time jazz names like Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, and Gene Krupa, as well as to the local Jackson Street jazz musicians. The societystill provides insurance policies todayfor its members, who also engage ina variety of community service activities. Seattle weather is the only thing about the city thats temperamental or contrary. It was also the official destination for Seattles growing immigrant and migrant populations.[3]. As late as the 1970s, the lodge was where you went to dance on a Saturday night, to dress up on New Years, to play bridge and hobnob and drink under the auspices of charity. 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The Grand Orange Lodge is still around today with clubs in Ireland, as well as others around the world. Jacqueline Mansky is a freelance writer and editor living in Los Angeles. "That was the history of the nation. A name in this story has been changed to reflect the subject's preference. On Sunday September 10, 1933, county constables raided the Black and Tan. He adds that "nothing" has replaced popular African-American watering holes like Angie's Tavern and Thompson's Point of View because "the folks going to those places were of a different age group, so they're not going out anymore, period.". And here at the Elks, I dont ever have to worry about my drink being spiked, or my purse being stolen, or guys harassing me., A man one seat down, silent our entire conversation, speaks up, his eyes still focused on the Mariners game in front of him: And if you ever do have problems, you know, you can count on us.. In Ballard, the age span is part of the lodges allure. Growing up in North Carolina, he says, "We used to go there as teenagers, but as long as we behaved ourselves, they let us stay.". The proximity of Seattle to Asia also gave Jackson Street musicians the unique opportunity to travel and perform internationally. [7] Ibid., 12-17. In this country, there are two distinctive strands of Elks Club. The swing era attracted new listeners to jazz music, particularly young people. The #92 signifies it as the 92nd Lodge in the United States. Like the Foresters, it set up protections for its members. On the left is a boxy building with a buck-head logo and "ELKS" spelled out in all caps. The unique racial makeup of the Jackson Street area and the political context that licensed illegal activity made Jackson Street, as the Northwest Enterprise claimed, the citys playground., Seattles jazz scene thrived but showed some marked differences from jazz elsewhere in the country. And it really makes you proud to be part of it once you see it happening., That philanthropy takes many forms, but unlike other organizations, the vast majority of it takes place on the local level. Email us at editor@crosscut.com or submit it to our story form. During the era of segregation, the lodge was one of the few places where black men and women could socialize, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote. by Jessie Carney Smith The position entails making critical decisions about the day-to-day operations of the lodge and the yearly budget and, like the rest of the trustees and inner council, wearing a tuxedo to the monthly meetings. Cascade Lodge No. Jackson Street; the Ubangi at 710 7th Avenue South, a few blocks south of Jackson Street; and the Two Pals, the Congo Club, and the Black Elks Club as well. 2023 Cascade Public Media. Many white musicians of the 40s and 50s noted the collegial spirit between black and white at the Black Elks. On June 1, 1946, the Seattle Steelheads, an all-black professional baseball team played its first game at Sick's Stadium, located at the corner of McClellan Street and Rainier Avenue. Before World War II, membership was at 1.1 million and growing at a rate of 110,000 new members a year. Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with Bring Me! Copyright 1994 Visible Ink Press, Detroit, MI Thank you! Today, hes wearing a purple Hawaiian shirt emblazoned with the Elks symbol from the club in Honolulu. Back then, a self-professed old school member of the Ballard Elks complained about the eager-beaver women agitating for membership: When theyre twisting your arm, he told the Seattle Times, Im sure its going to pass.. In 1891, the Sons of Americarefused to delete the word whitein its constitution, defeating a proposition that would allow black men to apply. Jake and John joke during the steak initiation dinner. So when I moved to Seattle, I asked myself, How do I capture that same community?, In my job, Im in a world of How do you make big global change,' she continues. We rely on donations from readers like you to sustain Crosscut's in-depth reporting on issues critical to the PNW. Something for everyone interested in hair, makeup, style, and body positivity. Monday Saturday 3:00 PM to Close /Sunday: 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World. The Black Elks became the largest African American fraternal organization in the world. The Elks and similar fraternal organizations were part of a broad trend of joining and civic engagement that started in the 1880s, dropped off during the Great Depression, and surged following World War II. But Im not a transplant! he says. The suspected culprit? Daniel Curry spends his days on horseback studying wolves migration patterns and deterring them from encroaching on the human landscape. Follow him on Twitter @mdseely. With faith and good works, Georgetown's Vac Shop helps a community get clean in more ways than one. You can watch dozens of versions of it on YouTube, in various degrees of formality and intoxication, the words sticky in throats and scratchy on old gramophones. In places like Kansas City and New York during the Great Depression, the style of jazz and the makeup of the jazz band were changing. 1416 seen adjacent to the Rainier Beach Light Rail Station at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Henderson Street in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, Feb. 23, 2019. Kalama Harbor Lodge; Kennedy School; Old St. Francis School; Olympic Club; White Eagle Saloon & Hotel; Weddings; Meetings; . Call Us: (206) 784-0827 6411 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 Ballard Elks Lodge #827 The Home of the Ballard Elks in Seattle Washington Home About Us Elks Lodge History Elks Programs & Charities Vocational Scholarship Officers Directory & Committees The Activities Committee Mike Seely is a former editor-in-chief of Seattle Weekly and the author of Seattles Best Dive Bars: Drinking & Diving in the Emerald City. Johnson claimed that in the multiracial milieu of Shanghai, the American white man was the most ill-mannered, a claim that most Chinese agreed with. Dr. Quintard Taylor's book, The Forging of a Black Community, chronicles Seattle's Central District and Jackson Street community from 1870 to the 1960s. [6] Ibid., 3. [22] While the popular national names like Duke Ellington and Count Basie could get work in the wealthy all-white clubs, local musicians were usually barred. "All of a sudden, I decided to become a member," he says. Thursday: 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Friday: 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. In the barroom, the clack of dominoes emanates from a corner table, as a few patrons play darts. Indeed, historian Quintard Taylor remarks that the Jackson Street clubs were the only places where well-to-do white businessmen and socialites met black and Asian laborers and maids as social equals.[10] While the musicians on Jackson Street were mostly Black, they played for crowds of whites from all over the city as well as for Blacks and Asians. At the bar, theres a cluster of hunched old-timers, a baseball game on the television, and the rhythmic movements of the bartenders blonde, slightly weathered, and unrivaled when it comes to remembering both your name and drink. Using the app to sign up and working your shift enters you in a 2x month drawing for a $50 Social Quarters gift certificate! Still, the secret society continues to sponsor educationalscholarship programs, youth summercomputer literacy camps, parades as well as community service activities throughoutthe world. Today, there arent barriers like that. As late as 1989, there was only one black member at the three Seattle lodges; today, lodges do not collect statistics about the racial makeup of their members, but a normal night more or less mirrors the makeup of Seattle: around 68% white, 14% Asian, 7% Latino or Hispanic, 8% black, and 3% biracial or other races. The bartender pulls a bag of popcorn from the microwave and pours it into a bowl for everyone at the bar to share. Its a fun place, and a light place, but I wouldnt take it lightly. These bags aren't meant to be discarded; they're meant to be reused, to be passed down through generations. It was jazz man.[8] And it was jazz that made Jackson Street famous. . Its founding members opened the club on Congress Street,. A small text ad from 1934 reads: "A PLACE TO SPEND YOUR IDLE TIME But he loves whats happened at the Elks. "The Black population has headed south to Renton, Kent and beyond," says Roberto Jordan, a veteran firefighter who lives in upper Rainier Beach and is the president of Columbia City's Royal Esquire Club. He attends church close to Garfield High School and used to live near there. Yet in 2011, the Grand Exalted Ruler was dismissed for improper conduct, which she alleged was part of a larger plot on the part of older, male members to remove her and other female leaders from power. Camp Harmony. The more robust the Facebook page, the rule seems to go, the healthier the IRL lodge. There are real skeletons in the orders lodges; they are used during initiation to remind its members of their mortality, the Washington Post reported in 2001. Together, the roadhouses and the Jackson Street night clubs embedded jazz in Seattles nightlife and [b]y 1928, jazz had taken over the popular music scene.[7] Clubs continued to pop up on and around Jackson Streetthe Blue Rose (later called the Rocking Chair) on 14th and Yesler and the Chinese Gardens Club (aka the Bucket of Blood), across from 511 7th Street Southand even when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression hit, there was no doubt that jazz would remain on Jackson Street. Indeed, after they arrived in Seattle, Jones' uncle hired the pair for a regular gig at the Black Elks Club, a popular venue in the 600 block of Jackson Street. Organizations like the Elks span age groups, political orientations, sexual identities, classes, and, increasingly, race; in so doing, they foment bridging social capital that is, connections with people who are not necessarily like you. [11] Ibid., 147. [17] State Liquor Offices Raid Black and Tan, Northwest Enterprise, 3 January, 1935, p.4. When the club is booked for a private event, enjoy the intimacy of our original Sunset Lounge Social Quarters and balcony deck on the second floor! As the above excerpt suggests, Jackson Street was a unique part of Seattles nightlife and jazz was one of its allurements. Although the Northwest Enterprise did not mention jazz clubs explicitly, one could call Jackson Streets jazz scene the catalyst for racial mixing and comradeship. The youngsters, as I call them, they keep me young, he says, his tone metered and deliberate. [32] Some of these big names even appeared in Jackson Streets nightclubs. [27] Clearly, the Jackson Street jazz clubs had only continued to multiply during Palmer Johnsons extended absence. The specific lore of the early Elks has filled books, but the bare facts, as presented during a recent Ballard new member orientation, are easier: Some actors wanted to drink on Sundays, which wasnt allowed at the time, so they put together a private club so they could succeed at that. For Blacks, these organizations also provided a boost in self-esteem. While the Great Depression was ending, the swing era of jazz was just beginning. he Black Elks was run by Melody Jones uncle, whom she convinced to hire Ray Charles when he arrived in Seattle that year. Panama Hotel trumpet, guitar, piano Welcome to the Panama Hotel Tea Room. Zuniga scrolls through photos on her phone, showing pictures of the girls, who span first through sixth grades, working diligently on various badge projects. Today, Nestor, 65, serves as the Esteemed Loyal Knight, a sort of vice president to the clubs Grand Exalted Ruler. 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