Lodge History
The Beginning
On May 20th, 1909, inside the South Orange Village Hall, South Orange Lodge was instituted as Subordinate Lodge #1154 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Twenty seven founders and two emits comprised the chartered members installation. Fred Ardrey was our first Exalted Ruler, assisted by first Secretary William H. Van Iderstein. Our founding members were:
David H. Smith
William B. Newman
Frederick A. Helmlinger
James P. Hall
Daniel B. Decker
William H. Geisel, Jr.
Robert Ferguson
Henry F. Moore
John F. Croak
John J. O'Hanlon
Arthur S. Palmer
Joseph Abbott
Charles De Grasse
Peter J. Kernan
Henry F. Tringor
Cornelius P. Nolan
George M. MacDonald
Andrew J. McDonneld
Lewis H. Pierson
Henry James
Esquire
Michael A. Fitzsimmons
Inner Guard
Elvia Scott
Chaplain /Secretary
William H. Van Iderstine
Exalted Ruler
Fred Ardrey
Trustees
William H. Reeve
John Barrett
James F. Farrell
Past Exalted Rulers
South Orange Lodge
1909 Frederick Leland Ardrey 1911
1911 Henry Jacob Weber 1912
1912 Lewis John Doolittle 1913
1913 John Joseph O'Hanlon 1914
1914 George J. Jaeger 1915
1915 John Elmer Rennert 1916
1916 Lewis John Doolittle 1917
1917 Felix Forlenza 1918
1918 John Joseph O'Hanlon 1919
1919 Felix Forlenza 1920
1920 George J. Jaeger 1921
1921 Alfred William Carse 1923
1923 Thomas Hird Hindle 1924
1924 John William Rank 1925
1925 George B. Chambers 1926
1926 Vincent Joseph Kane 1927
1927 Leonce Louis Picot 1928
1928 Harry B. Silverstein 1929
1929 Walter Herman Wiesmiller 1930
1930 George William Ogden 1931
1931 Edward C. Oertzen 1932
1932 Henry Patrick Reardon 1933
1933 Marshall A. Congleton 1934
1934 Joseph W.MacDonnell 1935
1935 Harold Thomas Moffett 1936
1936 William Francis Higgins 1937
1937 Julius John Marion 1938
1938 Edward Lesile Johnson 1939
1939 Thomas Leo Bebout 1940
1940 Thomas J. McNally 1941
1941 P. Jerome Finnegan 1942
1942 Frank M. Martin 1943
1943 Howard Joseph Walls 1944
1944 Vincent Joseph Kane 1945
1945 Benedict A. Harter 1946
1946 August Henry Dowe 1947
1947 Edward Everitt Mishell 1948
1948 Charles Francis Cook 1949
1949 Matthew Denardo 1950
1950 George John Zboyan 1951
1951 Robert Lee Hale 1952
1952 Fred J. Wuethrich 1953
1953 A. George Juliano 1954
1954 William H. Walker 1955
1955 Willard C. Wuethrich 1956
1956 James Lawrence Storey 1957
1957 Peter Walter Rummel 1958
1958 Earl Bertrum MacPeek 1959
1959 Kenneth P. Young 1960
1960 Peter Kreitz 1961
1961 Joseph Eric Flanagan 1962
1962 John R. Julian 1963
1963 John A. Long 1964
1964 Arthur Daniel Buckley, Jr. 1965
1965 Ronald Helmuth Walthers 1966
1966 Donald M. McElroy 1967
1967 Frank J. McCann 1968
1968 Ronald Helmuth Walthers 1969
1969 Richard W. Strobel 1970
1970 Robert F. Croken 1971
1971 Richard James Ryall 1972
1972 Paul Joseph Wilks 1973
1973 Gilbert Roland Anderson 1974
1974 George John Mollach 1975
1975 Robert J. Heflich 1976
1976 Thomas Abbate 1977
1977 Louis Lawrence Lowe, Jr. 1978
1978 Charles H. Ziegler 1979
1979 Patrick Michael Narciso 1980
1980 Emil Froelich 1981
1981 David V. Merklin 1982
1982 John A. Neubauer 1983
1983 John J. Koeble 1984
1984 W. Michael Bishop 1985
1985 Glenn C. Scheider 1986
1986 Louis A. Pulcino 1987
1987 Vincent Stephen Lo Sapio 1988
1988 Edward James Lo Sapio 1989
1989 James Francis Walsh, Jr. 1990
1990 John R. Southard 1991
1991 Thomas Kincaid 1992
1992 Ronald W. Rodgers 1993
1993 Eugene J. McLoughlin 1994
1994 John E. McLoughlin 1995
1995 W. Michael Bishop 1996
1996 Robert G. Kittredge 1998
1998 Ronald W. Rodgers 1999
1999 Eric V. Burbank 2001
2001 Leon E. Walewski 2003
2003 Richard A. Scalgione 2004
2004 Michael J. Charvala 2006
2006 Robert P. Donnelly 2008
2008 James Francis Walsh, Jr. 2010
2010 John M. Monsees 2012
2012 Robert P. Fanneron 2014
2014 Richard A. Scalgione 2016
2016 Michael G. Leonard 2019
2019 Gerald O'Connell 2021
2021 John C. Grew 2022
2022 Dan Pieraccini 2024
2024 Jeff Bryant 2025
Irvington Lodge
1912 David H. Greene 1913
1913 Philip H. Glorieux 1914
1914 W. Eugene Turton 1915
1918 Karl E. Olson 1919
1916 John M. Pfrommer 1917
1917 A. J. Kauffmann 1918
1918 Frank R. Sharpe 1919
1919 Edward K. Southwick 1920
1920 Stanley A. Miller 1921
1921 William H. Ruth 1922
1922 William G. Struening 1923
1923 Fred A. Mohr 1924
1924 Joseph J. Brown 1925
1925 Frank J. Blaufuss 1926
1926 Arthur F. Jockel 1927
1927 Samuel Friedenberg 1928
1928 John A. Gill 1929
1929 Herman E. Fritche 1930
1930 Frank K. Weckenman 1931
1931 William E. Poeter 1932
1932 Charles F. Hausmann 1933
1933 August J. Klingel 1934
1934 William J. Wind 1935
1935 William H. Franke 1936
1936 Frank B. Ott 1937
1937 Wilbur Ahr 1938
1938 Fred A. Schwarz 1939
1939 Richard Spitz 1940
1940 Felix Ohaus 1941
1941 Edgar J. Neville 1942
1942 Walter P. Stuppi 1943
1943 Fred W. Kroh 1944
1944 Charles L. Ori 1945
1945 Alois J. Koschir 1946
1946 Henry F. J. Skarbek 1947
1947 Edward L. Beckler 1948
1948 Raymond E. Van Note 1949
1949 Carl w. Lenz 1950
1950 Joseph F. Craco 1951
1951 E. Paul Zacher 1952
1952 Harwood E. Fish 1953
1953 Louis K. Schwarz, Jr. 1954
1954 George Kaufman 1955
1955 Kenneth R. Seekell 1956
1956 Peter P. Niemic 1957
1957 Edmund L. Niemic 1958
1958 Charles Dehotel 1959
1959 John W. Gasper 1960
1960 James P. Mucario 1961
1961 Anthony Merlino 1962
1962 Arthur Nunn 1963
1963 John Ahearn 1964
1964 K. Robert Kling 1965
1965 Michael Milmoe 1966
1966 Michael Milmoe 1967
1967 Emil Sklenar 1968
1968 D. Roderick Davies 1969
1969 William Daughaday 1970
1970 Americo Masucci 1971
1971 Robert Petruceli 1972
1972 Frank Rose 1973
1973 William Wyss 1974
1974 Gustave Koch 1975
1975 Archie Smith 1976
1976 Robert Kaczka 1977
1977 William McCole 1978
1978 Kenneth Young 1979
1979 John Varey 1980
1980 William Howard 1981
1981 Vincent L. Martini 1982
1982 John K. Wallins 1983
1983 James Beverly 1984
1984 Richard Roebling 1985
1985 Francis Morrison 1986
1986 Alfred Hauser 1987
1987 Peter Budrik 1988
1988 Raymond Mortimer 1989
1989 Raymond Mortimer 1990
1990 Thomas Rush 1991
1991 Joseph Kubacki 1992
1992 Raymond Frost 1993