The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-09

sco Institution VIII he Al
Greensboro, the Main Building to
Cost About $40, 900, and For Its Sup
port the Income From the Masonic
Temple in Raleigh Is to Be Used.
Upon May 18th the contract for the
Home for Aged and INDECENT Masons,
10 be located in Greensboro, is to be
awarded. Grand Master r. N. Hackett,
nf the North Carolina Grand Lodge,
who was in the city the past week,
rays that the committee hopes to have
the nome completed as early as pos
sible. At a meeting in Charlotte re-
Gently the committee approved and
adopted the architects plans n seal.
ed bids are to be opened May 18th.
Within less than a year it is hoped
10 have added another institution to
the number the Masonic fraternity is
maintaining in North Carolina. The
achievements of this order have been
gradual. but they built upon a firm
foundation and step by step their field
brOadens out.
The official title of the new institu-
ton is to be the Masonic and East
ern Star Home for Aged and In
Widows The main building is to
cost approximately $4,000.
The plans call for q structure that
viii accommodate so inmate and is
10 be situated upon a beautiful little
Knoll in g. fashionable section Of
Greensboro. The building is to be in
keeping with the general surroundings.
The building is to be a home in every
sense of the word, the features Of
the structure are to be homelike, with
the general appearance Of an old
Southern mansion, with characteristic
porticos, terraces, verandas and side
pOTches.
The walls are to be of brick, trim
med with stucco, and Ornamented with
"Ornices, columns and abundant Win
dows. The root will be Of slate.
The building is to be divided into
three sections or units, the middle
one being three stories, exclusive of
q large basement. On each side of
this is a wing carrying out the gen.
eral symmetrical design. There are
10 be fire walls, SO any wing or pOr-
ton may be cut off.
In the middle section of the first
floor are a large sitting room. stair
ways, dining ROOM, kitchen, pantry
and store rooms, While the wings
include the superintendent office, par
Tors, dormitories and toilets. The
second and third stories are largely
arranged for dormitories with con-
>enlent sitting rooms and toilets. In
the basement are the store rooms,
laundry n steam heating plant. In
addition to getting light from the
greensboro company, an auxiliary
plant Is to be installed. The finish
!ng9 are to be elegant. Floors are to
be Waxed, walls plastered "A coated,
n the equipment used the very
best.
ed particularly lard to see this home
completed: DR.. T. M. Winchester, OF
charlotte, who introduced in the
.'fand Lodge some years a reso-
iution, signed by himself n Mr.. L.
III. Clymer, Of Greensboro, looking
10 the establishment Of such an in
Stltutlon. 1t was MANY years age the
Masons established the Oxford
'fphanage Asylum. giving a place for
rearing and training homeless chill
hfen n with this work we'll in hand,
me Masons Of this State are turning
their attention towards those who
are nearing the shady side Of life;
battle but who through age or dis
apllltE are unable to cope with life's
unequal struggle with the success Of
lhelr former days. 1t is to such as
these that the Home for the Aged
and 1nfirm is designed, to come as a
rest until Iife's journey is DER.
Through such an institution, Masons
leei they will be able to carry Out
an obligation resting upon theil
shoulders.
h conception of the idea of a
nome for aged and infirm was formu-
iated in 1904 in a rather interesting
way. A number Of Masons. SC it is
Fefated, were on their way to Raleigh
70 attend a meeting of the Grand
lodge when one gentleman from a
more remote section Of the State
curing the conversation which was in
progress among the several aSsem
Died in the ear, old Of a pathetic case
N his county. A brother Mason, for
years in good standing, a worthy and
deserving brother, had about neared
mes end. Age had almost gotten
the better of him and being a misfit
~ The busy world about him. and be-
ing almost in destitute circumstances,