Holyoke Snippets — 19 February 1933

by Laurel | February 19th, 2014

19 February 1933

Holyoke's Participants in One-Act Play Tournament to Be Held Soon

Holyoke’s Participants in
One-Act Play Tournament to Be Held Soon

Holyoke’s Participants in One-Act Play Tournament to Be Held Soon — After a series of tryouts Miss Margaret Powers of the Holyoke High School faculty has selected the cast for the one act comedy drama $2000 Cash” that is to be presented in competition in the Twin-State one-act play tournament. The first eliminations will be the teams in the zone to which Holyoke belongs, being with Amherst and South Hadley. The date has not been set but the finals are to be given in Westfield. Left to right, John Hahn, Lois Dawson, Muriel Landers and Edward Willette.

Turners Plan Minstrels — Friday night the Springfield Turners Minstrel Club will present the ninth annual show at the Turnverein hall on Vernon Street. Bob Geissler is manager of the production with Howard Geissler, assistant manager, William Neumann, treasurer, and Karl M. Hockmuth, program manager. The setting for the cast will be a Japanese garden, staged and directed by Rob Geissler, with Howard Geissler as musical director. Bruno Lindler will be the interlocutor, and the ends will be Edward Gottmann, Edward Boyy, Harold Geiseler and Peter Vogt.

Miss Vera Stratton will conduct the operetta, “The Strange Visitors,” to be given by a group of parishioners Friday night in the assembly hall of the parish house of the Second Baptist Church. Assisting Miss Stratton are Miss Fannie Hildreth, Mrs. Benjamin P. Browne, Miss Kate Whitmore, Mrs. Merrill Downie and Mrs. Joseph Collingwood.

Elks Schedule Annual Dance — Washington Day birthday parties will include the annual dance at the Holyoke Lodge of Elks Club on Tuesday night. Dancing will be enjoyed from 9 until 1, and the affair will be open to members and friends. Harvey J. Hewitt is chairman, assisted by James J. Murray, Jerome T. Hobert, Clarence J. Bassett, Charles E. Andrue, William M. Moriarty, Charles S. Burnett, George P. Hurley, Lester T. Blais, Joseph P. Dugan and Murat Rodler.

Judge John Hildreth of the local district court and Mrs. Hildreth will leave on Tuesday for their annual vacation to St. Petersburg, Florida.

Mrs. Arthur S. Gaylord of Fairfield Avenue will open her home on Tuesday to the members of the Qui Vivre Clib. Marcia Davenport’sMozart” will be reviewed by Mrs. Whiting.

Adapted from The Springfield Republican.

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