Holyoke, Mass

Holyoke Teachers Club Hears Putnam

by Laurel | October 24th, 2014

10 Oct 1956

The Holyoke Teachers Club held a dinner meeting Tuesday night at Hotel Northampton with Roger L. Putnam of Longmeadow, chairman of the Package Machine Co. of Springfield, guest speaker. From left to right are Mr. Putnam, who spoke on astronomy; Miss Kathleen Fay, President of the Holyoke Teachers Club; Francis W. Murphy, principal of John J. Lynch Junior High School in Holyoke; and Dr. Marcella R. Kelly, assistant superintendent of the Holyoke Public School system.

Adapted from The Springfield Republican.

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