Holyoke, Mass

To Observe 50th Anniversary of Holyoke As City

by Laurel | May 8th, 2012

08 May 1921

Holyoke Semi-Centennial Celebration Program

Celebration Will take Place in 1923 — Preparations Are Begun

The custom of taking note of the various anniversaries of one kind and another as they appear, has been growing of late years, and it is interesting to record that the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce is awake to the matter and is to have a committee appointed soon to see that the 50th anniversary of the founding of the city in 1923 does not go by without proper attention. It is only a little over a year and a half before the anniversary arrives and it is a good thing that the start is being made so early.

Adapted from The Springfield Republican.

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