Grand Ledge Independent School

Lansing Council Put On Work

ByGrand Ledge Independent

of the Demolay last Wednesday Evening

Marvin Dale and Louis Friedman Assisted

Lansing Council of Demolay for Boys by invitation from Grand Ledge Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, held a special meeting at the Grand Ledge Masonic lodge rooms, Wednesday evening and exemplified them degrees upon four of their candidates. About a hundred Master Masons were in attendance, all of whom enjoyed the work very much. After the degree work speeches were made by the High Priest of Grand Ledge Chapter, Homer Mattice, Worshipful Master, L. Roy Briggs, Hon. John Espie and James P. Eady of Lansing, sponsor for the Demolay Boys. Two Grand Ledge boys, Marvin Dale and Louis Friedman took official parts in the exemplification.

The Grand Ledge Independent was founded in 1871 and published through 2018. After more than a century of serving the community, the newspaper's closure marked the end of an era for local news coverage in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

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