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David
David Vernon
Past State President
P.E.R.		 SITE OWNER
David has been a member of Boston,MA Lodge #10 since October 1981. He became Lodge Esquire in 1983 and has been an officer ever since, including 4 terms as Exalted Ruler. In March 2006 he was named national 'On-line Elk of the year' and in June 2006 he was installed as the Massachusetts State Elks Association President. He traded his first pin, the flat red hat of the Nebraska Elks at the National convention in Denver in 1985. He now has more than 18,000 individual Elks pins and around 4,000 duplicate pins for trading. He's also deeply interest in Elk history and is an avid collector of Elk memorabilia. Many consider him an authority on both. If you're looking for a specific pin, interested in Elk memorabilia or have an Elk history question, send him an email. Contact David
Jim
Jim LaBonte P.E.R.		 WEBMASTER
Jim has been a member of North Adams,MA Lodge #487 for 20 years. During that time he has served his Lodge either as a Lodge Officer or chairman of a committee. He's not much of a pin collector (barely enough pins to fill a 30" cork board) but he still enjoys collecting them. He doesn't attend Conventions so his collecting is limited to visiting Lodges or getting them from friends. If you want to join the Pin Traders site, click on the 'join' link and fill out the form and he'll get you added to the list. If you'd like to have a picture of your pin(s) added to your listing, include the picture in your email, or mail him the pin(S) so he can scan them and upload them to the page.
*pins will not be returned but will be added to his small collection. Contact Jim
Doug
Doug Merrick P.D.D.G.E.R
P.E.R.		 CONTRIBUTING MEMBER
Doug has been a member of North Adams,MA Lodge #487 for 23 years. He's served his Lodge as Exalted Ruler 4 times and served as District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of the Massachusetts West District. He's also served on numerous State Committees. He's an avid pin collector and has been attending both the State and National conventions for 22 years. He and his brother David (listed below) often team up to make up 2 piece sets together so you need to swap with both of them or you end up with half a set. Not to worry though, the two always travel together. Contact Doug
Dave
Dave Merrick P.D.D.G.E.R
P.E.R.		 CONTRIBUTING MEMBER
Dave has been a member of North Adams,MA Lodge #487 for 21 years. Besides serving his Lodge as Exalted ruler, he served as District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of the Massachusetts West District. He's an avid pin collector who has been attending State and National conventions for 20 years and has amassed a huge collection of pins. He often teams up with his brother Doug (listed above) to make up 2 piece sets and the two of them travel together so you'll have no problem getting both pins. Contact Dave
Penny
Penny Burns
P.E.R.
Leading Knight		 NEWS LETTER
Penny has been a member of Dolton-Lynwood Lodge #2335, Lynwood,IL. for 10 years. She was Dolton-Lynnwood Lodge's first female Exalted Ruler and has served in that position twice, she served as Esquire, served on the Board of Trustees and is currently serving her third term as Leading knight. In 2005 she received the Illinois State Elk Of The Year award. She began trading pins in 1992 when she accompanied her husband Larry to their first convention in Dallas,TX and became hooked on trading. For the past several years she has published the Elk Pin Traders newsletter which is sent out to traders who have joined her mailing list. Penny and Larry's son, daughter and son-in-law are also Elk members and pin trading has become somewhat of a family business. Contact Penny



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