Losing $73,000 is a lot so that is obviously a concern. Still, sometimes these 'special representatives' are not very people friendly. I've know a few who seem to get these high autocratic positions in the Elks and they abuse their power. Let's hope that is not the case either.
Odd.. I wonder if the news of this questionable decision on elks.org caused someone to rethink the closing. If one checks quidestar for the lodge's financials one would see that they were in above average shape.
"It was on April 16, 1907, the Cape Girardeau B.P.O. Elks dedicated their new $50,000 building with a whirl of activities that took two days to complete and one day afterwards generally figured to dispell the effects. "