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Show CHJEfiSTOIlES OF CATHEDRAL FORMALLY LAID' Edifice to Hotase Greek Church ' Is egun Amid Impressiye Ceremonies on Second West Street Two gray atone blocks, marking tha northweet and aouthweat oor-neratonaa oor-neratonaa upon which ,.wl!l ariae the magnificent new. Greek cathedral ca-thedral at Second Weat and Third South atreeta. were laid amid aol-omn aol-omn and Impraaalva . eeremonlea attended by mora than MM pereona today. . .' On tha ceremony r platform, -entwined with buntlnj' and flags of Greece and the United State, symbol sym-bol rrtng the friendship between tha two nationa were Governor Mabey. Mayer C. Clarence Nealen. T. T. Burton and Arthur P. Barnes of the city commission ex-Governor Simon Bamberger; r William H. Stenacker. - county commissioner ; T. J. Chamberlain, representing the National Copper bank; A. M. Thomas, representing tha Oar field hank, an J J. H. Grut, the. Continental Con-tinental bank. The eeremonlea presented a atrange apectacle to the chance paeeerby who , had no knowledge of the proceedinga. It presented the spirit of tha Greek community and Ha loyalty to the country of of . Its adoption. John George, prealdent of tha local community, aald that tho naw church would be a house to worship Ood. "We will teach our countrymen to lov th country from which they came, but we will also teach them obedience to tho law af th stats of Utah and th United States," George aald. ' "Tha naw edifice ha been' th dream of the Greek community many years., and It la tho realisation realisa-tion of many yaara of effort of every Greek who haa decided to make Salt Lake City hla heme to, erect the church." Governor Mabey. .' apeaklng for the atata. congratulated the Greek community for Ita efforta In erecting erect-ing auch a beautiful monument to the city. He aald that1 auch earnest earn-est worship of God would always lead to a binding relatlonahlp between be-tween tha United State people nd those of Greece. . ' Preceding the ceremony a meeting meet-ing of the congregation of Holy Orthodox church was held at the Trinity church, at alt West Pourth South street, end a parade formed and wended It way to tho aw location. Tha ceremony of tho laying of tho cornerstone waa conducted by th Rev. B. A. Karahalis. priest of the local church, who amid ehaifta and prayer exerted a powerful Influence over th large group. The aouthweat cornerstone waa then laid by Governor Mabey and the northwest cornerstone laid by Mayor Nealen. Peter S. Marthakl waa chairman of tha eeremonlea. |