{"id":7,"date":"2017-11-08T17:44:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T17:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheawcd.org\/newsite\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:44:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cheawcd.org\/newsite\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--California-Hawaii Elks Association, West Central District page <a href=\"http:\/\/westcentraldistrict.net\">http:\/\/westcentraldistrict.net<\/a>\n\n-->On behalf of the Members of the West Central District, we want to welcome you to our Web Site. We hope that you will gain some knowledge in to what our District does and when our District was formed. In addition, we hope to show you the dedicated Members of our District that have served in the capacity as Officers of the Grand Lodge, Officers of the California-Hawaii Elks Association and as Exalted Rulers of their Lodges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, our District is made up of 10 Lodges. Our Lodges go from the Monterey Bay, to the fields of Salinas, to the orchards of Hollister, to the Garlic Capital of the World &#8211; Gilroy, to the Silicon Valley of San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Palo Alto, then West to Santa Cruz (where some people say the sun never shines) and finally to the strawberry fields of Watsonville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the Lodges that now make up the West Central District of the California-Hawaii Elks Association (the year given is the year each Lodge was granted its charter):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilroyelkslodge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gilroy #1567<\/a> (1930):&nbsp;Bruce Parker, ER (Caroline)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elks.org\/lodges\/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=1436\" target=\"_blank\">Hollister #1436<\/a> (1922): Mel Baker, PER, ER (Beverly)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elks.org\/lodges\/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=1285\" target=\"_blank\">Monterey #1285<\/a> (1912): Alton B. (&#8220;Lucky&#8221;) Reese III, ER<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paloaltoelks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto #1471<\/a> (1923): Amy Love, ER<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elks.org\/lodges\/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=614\" target=\"_blank\">Salinas: #614<\/a> (1900): Michael Derr, PER, ER<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elks.org\/lodges\/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=522\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose #522<\/a> (1899): Tony Moses, ER<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elks.org\/lodges\/lodgefacilities.cfm?LodgeNumber=2347\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara #2347<\/a> (1967):&nbsp;Mita Dey, ER (Sribash)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/santacruzelks.org\/newsite\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Cruz #824<\/a> (1905): Amy Doherty, PER, ER<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.svelks2128.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunnyvale #2128<\/a> (1959): Jeff Sanchez, PER, ER (Marie)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elks.org\/lodges\/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=1300\" target=\"_blank\">Watsonville #1300<\/a> (1912): Oscar Soto, ER<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/chea-elks.org\" target=\"_blank\">California-Hawai&#8217;i Elks Assocation Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/elks.org\" target=\"_blank\">Elks National&nbsp;Website<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District Officers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Association Vice President: Angela Moore, PER (Gilroy)\n<ul>\n<li>Elect: Georgann Scally, PER (Santa Cruz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>District Deputy: Michele Wilson, PER, PAVP  (Santa Clara)\n<ul>\n<li>Designate: Jeff Sanchez, PER (Sunnyvale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>District Leaders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Jimmy Hancock, PDDGER (Santa Clara)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve Mayne, PDDGER (Gilroy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The following Lodges were chartered and members of the West Central District, then later surrendered their charters.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Los Gatos: 1857 &#8211; 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Milpitas: 1969 &#8211; 1985<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cupertino: 1970 &#8211; 1973<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you will go to the other pages of our Web Site to see the History (from 1985) of our District and the individuals who have served it so well for more than 150-years! There are also links to Grand Lodge in Chicago and the California-Hawaii Elks Association in Fresno.<br>Our sincere thanks,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the Members of the West Central District, we want to welcome you to our Web Site. 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