Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-19
MnsOns Observe
35th Anniversary
At Sands tone


Under the able leadership of Mark
f. Robey, the Sandstone Masonic
lodge celebrated its 18th anniversary
in the temple building at Sandstone
Monday evening. incidentally district
supervisor, Albert Stark of Harris,
and his brother, Arthur. were present
for a routine visit and thus "got in
on a very fine program. During the
stated communication, which pre-
ceded the program, Mr.. Stark compli-
mented the lodge highly upon the
beauty of the temple and the eff
cheney of the officers.
Mark E. Robey was chairman of the
program committee, and as is often
the case, a large share of the load
of making the various necessary ar
rangements was left to him; however,
Mr. Robey is one of the "old timers"
(if not the oldest) of the lodge, hav-
ing been a member for 35 years, and
has served the lodge faithfully on
many committees besides having been
secretary for 25 years, and thus easily
and skillfully mastered the situation.
During the evening Mr.. Robey
added appropriate remarks to the pro-
gram and at one time gave a talk
on the formative years of Masonry
in Territorial Minnesota dating back
to the late 4Os and early SOS when
lodges No. 1, 2 and were started in
saltwater, Minneapolis and St. Paul
respectively.
An Interesting Program.
DR.. H. D. Stokes was the lead-off
man and read an interesting paper
on 1.-The Intimate Personal Features
of George Washington" which he il
Illustrated with several portraits of the
man, and also gave detailed descrip-
ton of our first presidents teeth.
Washington was Master Mason and
took an active part in Masonry dur
ing the early days of our country.
H. A. Johnson, station agent at
Sandstone and secretary of the lodge,
followed with paper on the EARLY
History of Masonry in Sandstone" in
which he recalled the first informal
gatherings in 1897 when a few resi-
dent Masons discussed the POSSIBLE
tiles of starting a lodge. Their eff
forts were somewhat retarded when
a fire destroyed their proposed meet
ing hall. Interest was revived again
in 1900 and on Jan. "a, 1901, the Of
fetal masonic charter was granted.
Mr. Johnson recalled the charter
members and original meeting places.
He briefly mentioned the main events
up to the present time, chief among
which was the building of the temple
in 1922. He fittingly terminated by
mentioning the names of the brothers
who have passed to the Great Beyond
during the life of the lodge.
Arthur MarkuS, who is associated
with his father, Abe Markus, in a
general store at Bruno, was brief and
moral Deterioration as defined by
George Washington" The master of
ceremonies fittingly complimented Mr..
Markus on his able presentation of
the SUBJECT.
Arnold Larson, manager of the Co
operative store at Sandstone, read a
paper entitled, "A Short History of
Masonry in Modern Europe" In pre-
senting this interesting data Mr.. Lar
son had gathered an abundance of
facts relative to the origin and pro-
gress of Masonry in England, Ger
many, France, Italy, Belgium, Rus
STA and other countries of the Old
World.
Emblem Presented.
Svend Petersen, postmaster at
Askov, was the fifth speaker and his
subject was just, Wood" However
his talk became interesting when he
illustrated it with a section of tree
taken from the banks of Kettle river,
which by it's rings was computed as
being 146 years old, and thus two
years old when George Washington
was inaugurated president of the
United States. Mr.. Petersen went on
to point out the similarity between
trees and human beings. He termin-
ated his talk by presenting to the
lodge the masonic emblem made out
of piece of rough hardwood which
had been cast away for scrap, and
pleaded for each one present to make
an effort to bring in the absentees
to future meetings.
Rev. John A. Hughes of Sandstone,
was last and really the speaker of
the evening. In his usual eloquent
and able manner he presented his
subject: Masonry and the Church"
Rev. Hughes has been a Mason for
many years and constantly takes an
active interest in the Sandstone lodge.
Albert Stark from Harris, was
called on again and he reiterated his
former remarks but with much more
emphasis and commented very favor
ably upon the interesting program.
Before departing for their respec-
tive homes the members adjourned to
the dining room where a good lunch
con awaited them.
CandOr?