The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-05-23
CEREMONIES CARRIED OUT By
The MASONIC LODGE
PROGRAM IS COMPLETE
Song Selections and Other In
teresting Features Mark
Important Event

Laying of the corner stone of the
new Union school building, which
marks an epoch in the erection of the
! finest school building in Mankato and
one of the most modern and complete
of it's kind in this part of the state,
was characterized by impressive cerO-
monies which were held this afternoon
in charge of the Grand Lodge of the
Masons.
| At one o'clock this noon members
of the grand lodge, officers of the
Mankato lodge, the school board and
members of the city council met at
the Masonic Temple where luncheon
was served. Following the luncheon
a procession was held to the new
! Union school building where the lay
| ing of the corner stone was to take
place.
| Participated in Procession.
In the procession were the Masons,
officers and members OF the lodge,
the school board, city council, de-
tachment Of the national guard troops
here, the Fifth regiment band and
MankatO COmmandery No. 4, knight
Templars, who acted as an escort for
the procession. The ceremony of
laying the corner stone began short
ly before three o'clock. Grand officers
| of the Masonic lodge were in complete
charge of the ceremonies.
Grand Lodge officers who were
here for the event were: Grand
Master George M. Stowe, Wadena:
| Deputy Master Judge Edmund A.
| Montgomery of Minneapolis; Senior
Grand Warden F. e. Jenkins, Fari-
bault; Junior Grand Warden Herman
Held, New Ulm; Grand Treasurer
David Knowlton, Minneapolis; Grand
Secretary John Ffshel, st. Paul. Of
ficers of the local lodge who were
also present for the ceremony were:
Worshipful Master Walter A. SAN
born; Senior Warden Wilbur NJ. Tavx
lor; Junior Warden Dr. 7. c.<KelE{-
Treasurer Charles A. Chapman: Sa
rotary F. w. Bates.
| Special Musical Numbers.
! In addition to the regular Masonic
! ceremony special musical numbers
| AeSN SSSh oAAoh6Co lOI ny 1V0u
Hughes who had charge of this part
of the program Two special numbers
| were rendered by a quartet of four on
! part. Those who sang in the quartet
We're: Sopranos, Cornelia Mansfield.
Mrs. E. w. Owen, Mrs. Eleanor Quinn
! by Fink, Mrs. Mildred Schwickart:
altos, Mrs. Evan Hughes, Mrs. Fred
| Manderfeld, Jessie Irving, Minnie
Parker. fnnnrc
Crandall, Charles Northrup, Rev. A.
B. Bell; base, Judge Evan Hughes. /,
N. Griffith, Ed Kelly, Guy Butts. Mrs.
Mamie Skuse Gerlach played the piano
accompaniment.
That the history of the present day
might be carried on to some future
generation, when the present Union
school should become as antiuuated
and out of date as the old building
was. the board had tin box placed
IN the corner stone containing many
articles that will be of great interest
in the days to come.
Box Was Sealed.
The articles were placed in the box
this morning and it was soldered
shut at noon at the Zimmerman and
Bangerter hardware store. interest.
ing indeed would be the vision n
people of the present day could look
ahead and see the time when this
box will be opened.
1t was expected that many visiting
Masons from this part of the state
would be in the city this afternoon for
the ceremony. In accordance with the
wish OF the board Of education all
public schools in the city were closed
this afternoon in honor of the dedi.
cation of the new building.
The high school cadet corps in full
uniform was out this afternoon and
took part in the procession from the
Masonic Temple to the new Union
building. The cadets made a very
creditable showing.