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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

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