The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
MASoNS LAY CORNERSTONE
State Officers of the Grand Lodge
OF Masons Conduct Impressive
Ceremonies at Laying OF Corner
stone of Virginia's New Postof-
flee Building.

ing of it's cornerstone last Monday
afternoon, the state officers of the
urand Lodge of Masons conducting
,ne ceremonies, several hundred of
.ne brotherhood and citizens being
present. Owing to the inclemency
of the weather many Masons who
mad planned to be present from the
range towns, as we'll as large num-
bers of our citizens, did not attend.
The line of parade, which included
Masons only, headed by the Mo-
hami band, marched from the lodge
headquarters west on Chestnut to
Central, south on Central to Maple,
then east on Maple to the building
site, where the ceremonies were in
charge of Grand Master Owen Nor
ris, assisted by the following Grand
Lodge officers: w. B. Patton,
past grand master; John Fishel,
grand secretary; C. w. Keiswetter,
senior grand warden; w. M. Ken
drick, junior grand warden; J. H.
Ludwig, grand Tyler; Hayden
French, grand marshal; J. P. John
son and M. c. Palmer, grand stew
ards, and Warren E. Greene, grand
orator.
The usual ceremonies as exempli-
fled by the Masonic order were at
tendant upon the sealing of the box
containing various articles to be en-
closed in the cornerstone and the
laying of that corner piece by the
grand master of the order. The fol-
lowing articles were placed in the
box, after which it was placed in a
receptacle in the cornerstone and
the ceremonies of cementing the
stone in it's proper resting place &C.
complished:
An invitation to the grand lodge
officers to conduct the ceremonies,
grand lodge proceedings for 1912,
list of grand lodge officers, list of
officers of Virginia lodge No. 264,
A. F. and A. NJ; list of officers Of
Virginia chapter No. II, r. A. NJ
list of former postmasters of VIZ
ginia, including the present Post
mistress, Mrs. Mary H. James; list
of present postoffice employees,
which includes Victor l.. Peterson,
assistant postmaster; C. Oscar Peter
son, William A. Bremen, Mrs. Alice
l.. Giles, Miss Emeline A. Wilkes,
Miss Sophia T. Carlson, and the car
riers, John w. Trimble, Erton c.
Cell, John E. Meehan, Jr., and Guy
P. Granger, and Edward Poupard,
special messenger; samples of va
rious stamps and fac simile of
stamps used in the postoffice, poet
ical collection by Harry J. George,
history of Virginia, samples of coin,
list of the present city officials, the
Virginia Enterprise of August 2,
1912, copy of the Weekly Vir-
ginian of August 2, 1912, and the
Daily Virginian of August 5, 1912.
Following the laying of the cor
nerstone Warren E. Greene, grand
orator, delivered a most able and
appropriate address, in which he
gave a historical review of the city's
postoffice affairs, and closed by
complimenting the citizens of Vir-
ginia in their efforts to secure the
new federal building and upon the
growth, stability and beauty of our
city
In the evening the local Masons
entertained the grand lodge off,
GERS and visiting brothers at ban
quet given at Guild hail. M. E..
Tanning acted as toastmaster and re-
sponses were made by Grand Master
Morris, Past Grand Master Patton,
John Gill and w. J. Archer of the
blue lodge of Virginia, A. E. Prem
mer of Eveleth and others. Vocal
selections were rendered by w. D.
Tomlin of Duluth and Prof. Jensen
of this city. Following the banquet
the Masons repaired to the lodge
rooms where social hour was spent.
The receipts of the postoffice, be-
ginning June 80, 1905, and ending
in the fiscal year up to the present
time, will be seen by the following
figures as recorded in the office:
1906 ............. .$1O,877.6
1907 14,17795
1908 ............... 14,725.53
TWELVE E-ENTERPRISE
1909 ............... &. 16,4O5.65
1S4V ..'... ....'... 1I,0oO.IS
1911 27,114.54
lS1z ..'.... 1I,4lZ.74
Since the establishment of the
postoffice in this city in 1893, the
the following postmasters have
served: Edward Burke, from 1898
to 1900; DR.. Stewart Bates, from
1900 to 1908; John R. James, from
1904 to 1906. The death of Mr..