Code,400020
Subject,"Alan Jones, Cleveland Masonic Temple"
Date,12/8/2005
Interviewer,David McCafferty
Abstract,"In this 2005 interview, Alan Jones, Executive Secretary of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Valley of Cleveland (32nd Degree Masons) discusses his career as a Mason; the history of the Masonic orders in Cleveland and Ohio; and the history of the Cleveland Masonic and Performance Arts Center located at East 36th and Euclid Avenue. Jones first discusses his family's long involvement in Masonic organizations in Pittsburgh, and then his own introduction to Masonic orders in Cleveland as an adult in the 1980s.  Jones identifies and discusses a number of Masonic orders, past and present, that used the building at East 36th and Euclid, which was built in 1918.  Jones also provides a good description of the Masonic  way of life and why it continues to be attractive to men living in Cleveland and its suburbs.  Finally, Jones discusses the challenges that the Masons have had maintaining the building at East 36th and Euclid over the years."
Special Notes,"cleveland masonic temple, masonry, euclid avenue"
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0,introducion and background
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3,job duties at the cleveland masonic temple
4,becoming a master mason
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7,masonic youth program
8,respect for motherhood
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11,recent decline in masonic membership related to technology and societal changes
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15,"must believe in ""one god"" to be a mason."
16,"after ""liberal"" 60s, people weren't so interested in Mason's morals."
17,values of Masonry come from the old testament.  lots of secrets; has led to some misconceptions.
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19,benefits of masonic brotherhood
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21,"changing demographics of membership applicants - more ""blue collar."""
22,Catholics - more have joined today.
23,"""Ohio [masonry] tends to be conservative."" Ohio has largest masonic organization in world.  Not much integration. ""Prince Hall"" is for blacks."
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25,Ohio Masonry and American Masonry
26,"500,000 in US. - Northern and Southern groups."
27,"Cleveland Masonic Temple, original design and construction since 1918"
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29,"location on euclid ave/millionaire's row: ""the suburbs"" of its time"
30,"1918 bldg. on E. 36th and Euclid replaced a bldg. at E.6th and Superior, built in 1885."
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33,Masonic Auditorium
34,former home of the Cleveland Opera and Cleveland Orchestra
35,"""our acoustics are just superb"""
36,concerts and circuses
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38,masonic activities and rental space in the building
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42,"surrounding neighborhood is ""better now than it used to be"""
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44,"Cleveland Masonic Temple, a masonic entertainment complex"
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46,"financial issues, esp. after sept. 11th 2001"
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50,Former Shrine building nextdoor.
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53,businesses and institutions in the surrounding neighborhood
54,"""meyer's [university] has been buying up buildings in the neighborhood"""
55,crime reduction since 1980s due to efforts of Cleveland police.
56,membership: longer life spans and generational turns
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59,contrast with Dayton Masonic Auditorium
60,Euclid Corridor Transportation Project
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62,staffing and security
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