Stones Froi
All Over
the World
Will be useil in imiking I loo .Ma¬
sonic* marker uliioli will lio un¬
veiled on July 1 1 al the
Шаек
Camp entrance of llie Groat
.Smoky Mountains Vatioual Park
near Waynesville.
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CHIPS of «lone from sin Egyptian
pyramid, from nu ancient i«lol of
I bo Republic of X iearagua, from
llie roiiil St. Paul traveled tit the time
he was shipwrecked in Malta ami from
numerous other objects of historical
and sentimental importance have gone
into Masonie marker which will he
unveiled on Monday, July II. at the
Шаек
Camp (lap entrance to («real
Smoky Mountain- National Park
near Wnynesville in Western North
Carolina.
The marker will stand on the spot
where on July* •> of hist year the
North Carolina Grand Council of
York Kite Masons buried a memorial
chest. The cllcst contains mementoes
from thirty
К
rand council* in the
I n i ted States and Canada, and will he
opened in l!*72. tin- 150th anniversary
of the founding of the Grand Council
of North Carolina.
The marker will lie unveiled as a
feature of the opening of a threc-dav
summer assembly of the North Caro¬
lina Grand Cou noil, attracting
|юг-
sons prominent in Masonic circles
from at least twenty states. It will be
dedicated and consecrated to “univer¬
sal benevolence.'’
Stones, weighing from two ounces
to 100 pounds were taken from his¬
toric spots in every state of the I’ll ion
and from Alaska, Hawaii, the Phil-
lipim-s. San Salvador. Peru. Canada.
Kngland, Scot land. Ireland, Finland.
Norway. Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria,
Switzerland, France, the Isle of Mal¬
ta. Wales. Arabia, the Netherlands.
Belgium. Egypt. South Africa. India.
Japan, Australia. Tasmania. New
Zealand. Nicaragua, and many other
far corners of the world. They were
sent by freight, express and mail by
prominent Masons and Masonic
groups to T. Troy Wyehe. past Grand
Master of the Grand Council ..f North
Carolina, and to other members "f
the Grand Council.
Message From Nicaragua
Typical of the messages accom¬
panying the articles which Went into
the marker was that received by Mr.
Wyehe from Col. Irving Augustus
I.indberg. collector-general of customs
and high commissioner of Nicaragua,
a 32d degree Mason, telling of the
shipment of two stones presented ly
Gen. Anasfnsio Sotno
president of
the republic.
“I am sending you two stone- by
separate mail." the letter said, “which
were presented to uic bv His Excel¬
lency General Auastasio Souioza.
president of the Kepuhlie of Nicara¬
gua. with the earnest wish that your
great work may l*e successful. One
stone, large, i- Nicaraguan marble.
PICTURES WANTED
THE STATE is anxious to
obtain more pictures.
If you have any clear prints
of interesting scenes, places or
events in North Carolina, send
them along, and we will pay one
dollar for each one we can use.
If you want your pictures re¬
turned, please enclose postage.
In the event that there is
some interesting little story in
connection with your pictures,
we’d like to have that, too.
Charles Ray, prominent Waynesville,
N. C., merchant tells Miss Hester
Anne Withers all about the stone
which was sent for the marker by
Franklin D. Roosevelt from his Hyde
Park estate. The President gave the
stone personally to be included in the
giant marker to be erected by the
Waynesville Masons on lofty Hein-
tooga Ridge, 5,325 feet above West¬
ern North Carolina valleys.
from El Sallee. Department «.f Leon,
and the gray Hint-like stone was
••hipped from the base of ail old l,0*(l-
pound idol, the form of which repre¬
sented an heron. I l-dieve, or some
species of heron or wnterbinl.
"The donors are Colonel Irving
Augustus l.i ml berg, colic ■tor-general
of customs and high commissioner.
Republic of Nicaragua, and Edward
I.indtierg. deputy collector-general of
customs, Bluefield. Nicaragua, both
32."
Other objects recently received for
the marker include a stone from the
Masonie temple at Copenhagen. Den¬
mark; a cross-section of a column of
basalt from Czechoslovakia, a mineral
characteristic of the northeastern part
of Bohemia, a stone from a historic
structure at Alamo, cradle <>f Texas
liliertv, and the like.
It is doubtful whether any other
marker of any description in the
I nited States today will I ■■ of great) r
interest than this one. And it undoubt¬
edly will prove a special feature "I
interest to the many thousands of
visitors from all over the World.
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