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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
9
The article recalls the seven year growth of the New Castle Consistory of the Scottish Rite, noting leaders like John Scofield Wheeler and Wallace, and detailing the drive to build a cathedral and secure a home for the bodies of the organization. It traces origins to February 1508 and the February 1 1918 institution, emphasizing vision, devotion, and rapid expansion across western Pennsylvania.
The article notes a delay in drawing plans for the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite cathedral at Highland and Lincoln, one that proved fortunate as site options narrowed. It describes the purchase of the prominent corner property, the subsequent planning and initial construction, and the June 10 1825 cornerstone laying for the Valley of New Castle cathedral. It also lists current officers of the New Castle Consistory and related bodies with names such as Dr Allan Walker Urmson and others from Butler and West Bridgewater.
Bulletin from Tokyo reports ten miners dead in a coal mine disaster at Moshiri in Hokkaido Prefecture. Details are scarce with advices arriving today, the incident prompting brief official notes and continuing coverage on the Japanese coast.
Workmen at the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Cathedral at East Lincoln and High End avenues are erecting a platform for Wednesday’s ceremony. It will seat about 160 guests including Grand Lodge officers, the day’s speaker, New Castle Consistory officers, and guests from other states, with a press gallery behind about five feet higher.
News staff and photographers prepare for the Cathedral cornerstone laying with reporters and village officials assigned to monitor crowds. Residents along East Lincoln Avenue are asked to place chairs for elderly attendees while merchants are urged to display shopfronts in the morning. Debutantes at the royal course may wear shorter skirts this year.
The Grand Master of the State F and A M of Pennsylvania will make his first official visit to New Castle on Wednesday June 19. His residence is in Carlisle Pennsylvania and he recently assumed the post.
The Masonic parade in New Castle will precede the cornerstone ceremony for the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Cathedral. Multiple divisions marshal through North Street toward Lincoln Avenue with Grand Lodge officers, Delta Royal Arch Chapter 170, Hiram Council 45, Lawrence Commandery 62, and New Castle bodies, culminating in the cornerstone laying addressed by James Isaac Buchanan. Thousands expected. public address system planned for crowd safety.
A 1925 New Castle cornerstone ceremony will seal a copper box containing a Holy Bible and lodge histories from Western Mahoning, New Castle, Westminster, and Craft bodies. Also included are 1824 paper copies, 1925 coins, a Job Scofield Wallace photograph, dirt from Gethsemane garden, and progress chronologies. The sealed box is to be opened in 2025 by future generations.
Valley of New Castle receives a malt box from the Garden of Gethsemane via Robert Mein of Pittsburgh Masonic bodies. The box, brought to the United States by a friend of Mr Mein, will be added to the cornerstone of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Cathedral in a ceremony Monday evening, per J Russell Crimson.
Little construction today at the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Cathedral as crews clear debris for corner stone laying ceremonies set for Wednesday June 10. A platform is in place for Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania officers near the cornerstone, with a press gallery and head stand in the portico. The west lodge room is cleaned and equipped for eating facilities for Masonic members and families. If the weather holds, the crowd may be the largest for such New Castle ceremonies.
The text describes a long serving speaker from 1857 to 1918 who was deputy for Pennsylvania and a member and former chairman of the Supreme Council Rituals Committee since 1894. It notes sponsorship by Mr. Buchenag enabling charter tours, honorary New Castle Consistory membership, and an invitation to deliver an oration at the Valleys of Eagle.
The newspaper announces a complete chronicle of events surrounding the loss of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Cathedral and its aftermath. It notes a pride in offering opportunities for readers and invites orders for hundreds of additional copies at the office, encouraging early pricing.
J. W. NeGRESOR, a taxicab operator, told police Monday that gasoline had been taken from his garage behind 244 South Jefferson Street and in Diamond Alley. He asked investigators to look into the break in.
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