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Above is what’s left of the cornerstone from the former Mansfield YMCA-YWCA, 455 Park Ave. West, laid in a ceremony on Sept. 26, 1954. A program from the ceremony, found inside the cornerstone, offers special thanks to “LeRoy McGinty & Son for the gift of the Cornerstone of pink Westerly granite.”
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Mansfield Area Y President/CEO Cristen Gilbert and Vice President of Operations James Twedt look over items found inside the cornerstone of the former YMCA/YWCA. A local resident contacted the Y after obtaining the cornerstone and arranged to donate it back during a meeting Monday at Richland Source.
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George Draffan is the first to break ground at the Mansfield YMCA-YWCA groundbreaking ceremony on April 28, 1954. The photo was recovered from the cornerstone of the building. Draffan was the president of the YMCA-YWCA Building Corporation Trustees, according to documents found recently in the cornerstone.
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An old YMCA membership card was found inside the cornerstone.
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A copy of a January 1953 YWCA magazine was found inside the cornerstone.
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Mansfield Area Y President/CEO Cristen Gilbert and Vice President of Operations James Twedt look over items found inside the cornerstone of the former YMCA/YWCA. There were 50 items placed the cornerstone when it was laid in 1954, including numerous photos, audio recordings from the groundbreaking ceremony, documents, an American flag and a bible.
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Above is what’s left from the cornerstone of the former Mansfield YMCA-YWCA, 455 Park Ave. West, laid during a ceremony in 1954.
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Some of the items recovered from the former Mansfield YMCA-YWCA cornerstone.
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A copy of the program from the 1954 cornerstone laying ceremony for the former Mansfield YMCA-YWCA.
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One of the documents recovered from the former Mansfield YMCA-YWCA cornerstone.
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One of the 50 items placed inside the former Mansfield YMCA-YWCA cornerstone was a packet of construction photos taken by Edgar Torrence, YMCA general secretary.
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A list of Mansfield YWCA life members in 1953 was placed inside the cornerstone.
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An audio recording of the cornerstone laying ceremony was placed inside the cornerstone.
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An audio recording of the former Mansfield YMCA-YWCA groundbreaking ceremony was placed inside the cornerstone.
GALLERY: Former Mansfield YMCA-YWCA cornerstone found, recovered
