The Dickinson press., 1914-06-13
SCHOOL CORNER STONE
LA|D-'T.UIRNER MAKES
PLEA FOR NORMAL

In response TO Cne lnV1CaC1On OF the
Belfeld school board. Mrs. n. E.
Haney, president, Dickinson Masons
to the number Of thirty-one, went
to the western metropolis of Stark
county Tuesday afternoon to lay the
corner stone Of the fine new Roose-
welt school building which is being
erected there.
F. W. Turner, representative of
the state grand lodge, and son,
David, went to Belfield in the morn
ing to make arrangements for the
ceremonies of the afternoon. At
1880 eight lars left the Masonic
temple in Dickinson, the personnel of
the party including: Dr.. s. W.
Bailey, O. Whaley, F.. C.. Angliss, B.
Lepper, D. Skinner; DR.. G. A. Clarke,
T. H. Pugh, George Senour, S. s..
Sutherland; DR.. Il. Anderson, L. j.
Dickinson, C. D. Litch, Ed. Fisher,
w. Sterland; Mr.. and Mrs. H. K,
Nichols, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Dins-
dale, Supt. c. E. Ward; Guy Dickin-
son, H. L. Dickinson, j. P. Tingle,
R. C. Hill; Harold Peck, Robert
Fisher, r. A. Lyon; T. N. Hartung,
Herman Hartung, Fred Dickinson,
John Leask, A. P. Folsom; MI: and
Mrs. w. L. Richards, Dorothy Rich
ards, Mrs. M. l.. Ayers and N. G..
Lawrence.
Arriving in the pretty village of
Belield after a delightful drive
through a country beautiful with
flowers and growing crops, the
Masons of the party assembled in the
Presbyterian church where F. W.
Turner opened grand lodge.
Led by Grand Marshal n. E.
Haney, thirty-nine Masons marched
to the school building, where the
people were gathered to witness the
ceremonies.
Accompanying Grand Lodge Rep
resentative Turner upon the platform
were: John Leask, deputy grand
master; T. H. Pugh, grand. senior
warden; George Senour, grand junior
warden; Rev. Charles Mutshnick,
grand chaplain; w. l.. Richards "a
state officer) grand treasurer; A. P.
Folsom, grand secretary.
The program opened with a song,
cold Glory" finely rendered by a
chorus of fifteen girls from the
grades. After prayer by the chap
lain, records and a copy Of the
Belfeld Times were placed in the
stone by w. L. Richards. The ritual
istic ceremony of testing the stone to
find it square, level and plumb and
the pouring upon it of corn as an en-
blem of plenty, wine for joy and
gladness and oil for peace, was per-
formed by Messrs. Leask, Pugh and
Senour and Grand Representative
Turner pronounced the blessing upon
the corner stone. Grand honors
closed the Masonic service.
The girls chorus sang "Hail, Hail
North Dakota" which made a great
hit with the audience. r.
/ Mr.. Turner gave a most interesting
address. After extending the greet
ings of the grand master, he spoke
| of the antiquity and Stability of
| Masonry and then gave a series of
| figures showing the large army of
! children in the country to be, educated
to become good citizens. -.
Statistics show that a large per
cent of the school, children have some
disease. The bureau of animal in
dustry is looking to secure better
horses, better sheep, better cattle
| What Of the health of the Children?
Is it not worth while to build up our
child-army-through better santa
ton, better food, better conditions
every way?
Mr.. Turner made a strong plea for
a Normal school at Dickinson. When
the older state institutions were. es-
tablished there were few people in
this section. Now there are $4,000
and it is not a fair proposition that
they must cross the entire state to
secure normal training. With such
a school at Dickinson, pupils could
secure normal training at small ex:
pense and be able to often spend
the week end-at home.
Mrs. Haney read a most interest
ing history Of the district. The
authentic records dating back only to
1905, she had supplemented with in
formation given by j. w. Sellman,
L. Christensen and others.
In 1887 the people of Belfeld
asked for a school and Supt. Thos
Evans appointed w. r. King
Adolph Schuhrke and Peter Inder-
gard directors. John Young was
treasurer and P. Hanson clerk. The
"little green school house" on the
hill south of town, given by the
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