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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Clyde B. Mix

1974-1975

In Deer Park, Washington, on March 4, 1904, was born to Mr.
and Mrs. William Mix, our highly esteemed Brother, Clyde
Braxton Mix, who, with his brothers, Earl and Roy, trace their
Masonic heritage to their Maternal Grandfather, a staunch Master
Mason in the Jurisdiction of Missouri.

Brother Clyde's father worked in the lumber industry and
operated a farm on the banks of the Spokane River, now covered
by the back waters from Long Lake Dam, which forced the
family to move back to Deer Park in 1910. Following his first
three years of elementary schooling, the family moved to Oakesdale, where he completed grade
school; then back to Deer Park, where he finished his high school education, graduating with the
Class of 1922.

Following graduation, he was employed two years by the Deer Park Lumber Company working
the night shift, to permit daytime attendance of drama schooling in Spokane. In his 20’s, he had
many varied experiences, working and traveling in the pursuit of a theatrical career. While working
with the Maylong Players, a stock company in Spokane, he seized upon the opportunity to join a
vaudeville act on the Hippadrome circuit headed for Chicago. He worked out of Chicago in various
musical comedy, stock and repertoire shows, then out of Kansas City, Missouri, throughout the
Midwest and Southern States.

His time in the acting profession served him well in Masonry. Upon request, he would give
recitations for the Brethren on many different subjects. These were always entertaining. His
memory work was superb. He was asked each year, on several occasions, to install officers in
various Lodges and he never refused. He was always there when he was needed, ready to assist in
whatever he was asked, no matter how far he had to go to get there. This he did with pride.

Brother Clyde accepted a War Service Assignment with the Air Force in 1942, and during the
World War II, worked at Fairchild Air Force Base in the electrical department, while residing in
Spokane. After the War, following his natural gift for fixing things and having studied radio and
appliance repair, he opened a radio repair shop in Hillyard which he sold in 1948 to accept a
position as salesman for radio parts and supplies with a wholesale firm, the Standard Sales Co. In
1954 he accepted a position as manager of the radio parts and supplies department of Taylor
Distributing Company. Three years later he purchased the inventory of the parts department and