Another of my father’s photos. Hamilton Street I believe, correct me if I am wrong. Perhaps I’ll drive by and photograph this building later today if it still exists — because yes, I am in Holyoke today!
Hamilton Street, Circa 1972
26 January 1943
Changes Curfew from 9 to Midnight, Will Enforce It and Continue Guard — Everyone Jubilant
The military ban imposed on soldiers from Westover Field, which made Holyoke “off limits,” was practically lifted tonight with notices posted at the field that the curfew hour in Holyoke had been changed from 9 p.m. to midnight. Enforcement of the curfew will be carried on as at present, the notice stating that the special guard will be maintained in the city, probably indefinitely.
One of the local hotels and a large High Street lunchroom were declared “restricted,” meaning that soldiers may not be permitted on the premises. Asked if that regulation was still in effect, the public relations office at the field said it could not say, but suggested that such a fact could be determined by observation. However, at the hotel, there was a large number of officers gatekeeper tonight, and they remained until a late hour.
The citizenry in general was pleased with the ban lifting, for it had grown accustomed to the military character that marked the city. It was equally pleased, however, that the special guard who do the work ordinarily assigned to the MP’s will be maintained. Soldiers, too, were jubilant and gave evidence of this tonight when they gathered at their favorite spots to quaff beer and nibble at crackers and cheese.
From The Springfield Republican.
27 January 1939
Mrs. Richard Towne is to play the lead in the old fashioned melodrama, “She Was Only a Farmer’s Daughter or Adrift on the Ocean of Life,” which will be featured in the program of the “Gaities of 1883” to be presented February 3 in the Valley Arena, under the auspices of the Junior Service Corps.
Others in the cast with Mrs. Towne who plays “Mary, the farmer’s daughter,” are Norman Thompson as Joe Brandon, her father; Jane Clark, as Helene, a friend of Mary’s; Edward Kessler in the part of Oliver Oakhead, the squire; Brewster Towne, as Danny Daunton, a noble youth; Jack McElwain, playing the part of Lieut. Truhart; Ralph Ratlan as Capt. Reid; Wayne Alderman as De Silva; Mrs. Henry V. Burgee as Aubeah, a servant.
Mrs. Frank Button will play Josephine, daughter of Manuel, and James Cronk will take the part of Manuel, a planter in Santa Domingo; Terry Bagg will appear as Nicholas Nightshade, and Bill Millen is playing the part of Sam Stoneheart; Norris Sutherland will be Ralph Ratlan and Bill Kessler will play the part of a sailor.
Atty. Addison B. Green will be master of ceremonies and also on the program will be the male quartet, “The Gashouse Boys,” Tony Caulet, Joseph Cauley, Michael O’Brien and Eddie Vallancourt; choruses will include the “Can-Can Girls” with Miss Rhoda Chapin, Mrs. Brewster Towne, Misses Alice Newton, Clarissa Green, Barbara Boslen, Virginia Boley, Helen McGrath, Dorcas Hill, Isabelle Adie and Ann McIntosh; the “Amazons” which will include the above group and also Mrs. Terry Bagg and Miss Doris Young.
The “Cake Walk” group includes Douglas Adie and Clarissa Green, the leads and the Misses Mackintosh, Daley, Janet Briggs, Adie and Albert Alderman, Bill Kessler and Charles Blumenauer. The “Tintypes” will include Robert Goss, Miss Frances Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hopkins, Mrs. Harold B. Wickersham will be featured in “Listen to the Mockingbird” and the Gibson Girls will include Mrs. William Hubbard, Mrs. William Bowlen, Mrs. Johnson Curtis, Mrs. Clifford Lyon, Mrs. Frank Taylor and Mrs. Morton Hull.
From The Springfield Republican.
Standing, Left to right: Assistant Coach Regan, Donahue, Manager Eastman, Graves, Coach Williams. Front Row -- Merriman, Capt. Feldman, Craimer (Mascot), McGuiggan, Malcolm.
26 January 1919
Fastest in History, Open to Meet All Comers
Paper City Fans Believe Their Team Can
Beat Any High School Quintet in the Country
The Holyoke High School basketball team is considered to be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, quintet ever turned out by the Holyoke school and this is after due consideration has been given the team of the early ’90’s, which captured the high school championship of America at Buffalo, N.Y.
The present team’s strength lies largely in perfect team work, the motto being the old one “All for one and one for all.” Every member of the quintet is a basket shooter of more than ordinary ability and capable of dropping one through whether near the basket, at the center of the floor or along the side lines. The team is a light one, the members averaging in weight from 123 to about 130 pounds. While “Jimmy” Malcolm is the sharpshooter of the team and has caged over 100 baskets so far during the season from the floor and is usually sure on the free tries, yet Capt. Feldman is perhaps the most consistent player on the team; always in the game, ever in condition, and continually working for the success of the team irrespective of any individual record for himself.
You cannot praise Malcom and “Kisky” however without saying the same for McGuiggan and Merriman, the two guards. Of the two McGuiggan excels and without any doubt is, at the present time, the best schoolboy guard in the state. Merriman has picked up during the season and is a close second. As for Donahue, the center, he has not only developed into a star center who can be depended upon in most instances to get the “tap” but he fits into the team in a manner which could hardly be improved upon and is also a sure shot for the basket. He is the best center which has been developed at the Holyoke High for years.
Of the substitutes Graves stands out above the rest. This young man is a sure basket shooter and is an equal to the members of the regular team. In other years he would be a star man for the varsity squad and he is used time and time again in the regular games. The tam shows no falling off in play when he is placed in action. It is believed in Holyoke that the team would win the high school championship of the country should an opportunity be offered and it is hoped that later in the season games may be arranged with champion teams from other states. The team has not been defeated so far this year and the only close score was with Hartford High.
From The Springfield Republican.
The image below is from the Holyoke Community College Annual, Latchkey. Click on image for a larger view. A typical sunny day with students sitting on the lawn, in the lower image this location was on the lawn just above the word “Sargeant” at the left.
The reason this picture is posted is the view down Sargeant Street. Some of the apartment buildings or “blocks” seen here on the right are no longer with us. This image is looking toward the Armory and Walnut Street. In the larger version of this image a glimpse of the Armory is visible. Compare with the aerial view in the Bing image, below.
Back in 1969 - 1970 I had a 5th floor walk-up apartment on the corner of Sargeant and Walnut, located just behind the white truck is in the upper image. Gone now. But back then a great student apartment — shared it with a friend, heated, for $20 weekly. In the lower image this building would have been in what is now the vacant lot in the lower right corner.
Do you recognize anyone in this picture? I think I recognize one person by name, but the faces are familiar.
From the 1969 HCC Latchkey
Aerial View of HCC, 2012
