A little piece of Schuyler now lives on the David City Masonic Lodge at 343 E St., in the form of a compass-and-square sign on the new building. On Sept. 29, Masons from all across Nebraska came to celebrate the building's cornerstone ceremony, a show of brotherhood and of laying a firm foundation.
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David City residents, Nebraska Freemasons gather for cornerstone ceremony at David City lodge
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Several local Masons pore over a book after the cornerstone ceremony for the group's new building on Sept. 29.
Dean Skokan, Grand Senior Warden of the Nebraska Masons, sits in a chair at the new Fidelity Lodge #51 building in David City at 343 E St. following the building's cornerstone ceremony on Sept. 29.
All the visiting former Master Masons and Grand Master Masons at the cornerstone ceremony in David City on Sept. 29 pose for a group photo.
Nebraska Grand Master Mason John Ferguson speaks about the meaning of the cornerstone in Freemasonry and what the various symbols in the Sept. 29 ceremony mean outside of Fidelity Lodge #51's new building in David City.
Dean Skokan of Hooper, grand senior warden of the Nebraska Masons, pours wine on the cornerstone of the Fidelity Lodge #51 building as a symbol of refreshment from doing one's duty properly, between corn and oil also being poured over it.
The David City Fidelity Lodge #51 building, newly refurbished from its previous life as the long-time office of the David City Banner-Press at 343 E St., awaits visitors on Sept. 29 before the Masons' cornerstone ceremony.
Chuck Oborny, the architect and builder behind the David City Fidelity Lodge #51 renovations and rebuild at the former Banner-Press office at 343 E St., prepares a trowel of mortar for the building's cornerstone in a ceremony on Sept. 29 as Nebraska Masons watch.
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