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Clinch Valley News
Tazewell, Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia
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A. M. Showalter, Grand Master of Virginia Masons, will preside over the cornerstone laying for the new Masonic building in Tazewell on Saturday, October 3, 1931, with participation from local and nearby lodges. The building cost $19,000 and houses businesses on lower floors.
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A. M. Showalter, of Christiansburg, Grand Master, Will Preside and Make Keynote Speech
-Nearby Lodges Invited.
A. M. Showalter, of Christiansburg Grand Master of Virginia Masons, will be the chief speaker Saturday at Tazewell, when the corner stone of the new Masonic building at this place is to be laid. Besides the chief address by Mr. Showalter, several local Masons will make short talks.
Tazewell Lodge, No. 62; O'Keeffe Chapter, No. 26, and Clinch Valley Commandery will take part in the ceremony. Lodges from the following towns have been invited to take part: Richlands, Bluefield, Pocahontas, Cedar Bluff, Tip Top, Honaker, Grundy, Lebanon and Berwind, and it is hoped that a large delegation from these points will be present for the occasion.
The ceremonies will begin at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, immediately after the Lodge has been opened.
The handsome cornerstone was furnished by the Muire Monumental Works, Inc., of Pulaski, Virginia The stone will contain the following:
Names of the officers and members of Tazewell Lodge, No. 62; O'Keeffe Chapter, No. 26, Clinch Valley Commandery, No. 20;
Names of building committee of new temple
Architect and contractor of new temple.
Officers and Council of the Town of Tazewell
Officers of Tazewell County.
Names of churches and pastors in the Town of Tazewell
Copy of the Clinch Valley News of October 2nd, 1931.
The new temple was erected at a cost of $19,000 and is occupied on the first floor by the Painter Motor and Machinery Co. R. O. Vandyke has his coal offices on part of the second floor. The temple was built by J. Clarence Heldreth, and his brother, Joe Brown Heldreth, was foreman. The painting on the interior was by J. G. Barnett and son, and the plumbing by John Hawkins and his son, Jack.
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Tazewell, Virginia
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Saturday, October 3, 1931
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Grand Master A. M. Showalter will deliver the keynote speech at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Masonic temple in Tazewell, with participation from local Masonic bodies and invited lodges from nearby towns. The cornerstone includes names of officers, committees, officials, and a copy of the October 2, 1931, newspaper. The $19,000 building was constructed by J. Clarence Heldreth with Joe Brown Heldreth as foreman, featuring work by local painters and plumbers.