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THE PAGEANT: EPISODE I: THE INDIANS
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THE PAGEANT: EPISODE II: THE FIRST TOWN MEETING
THE PAGEANT: EPISODE III: THE STAGE COACH
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sacrifice, and others suffered terrible wounds, and others died from disease, and several languished in foul southern prisons. It was the greatest drain of men that Holliston was ever called upon to make and she never has quite recovered from the loss.
The population of the town was about 3,100 and after a few years began to lose in number. The first company was called, Company B, and joined the 16th Mass. Regiment of Volunteers. It went to Fortress Munroe, and in 1862 became a part of the Army of the Potomac, engag- ing in the seven days fight before Richmond. In the battle of Glendale, June 30, 1862, Company B lost Col. Wyman and Sergeant Elbridge G. Whiting. Gen. Hooker's letter to Gov. Andrew said, "There is no doubt but at Glendale, the 16th Mass. Regiment saved the army."
The town voted to erect a monument to the fallen heroes and a shaft of solid granite costing $3,000 was erected in the Central Cemetery with the inscription "Honor to the Brave" and the names of fifty-three men who had fallen in the different battles were placed upon it.
In this period between 1824 and 1874 it established two banks, the National Bank in 1865 and the Savings Bank in 1872. Its social and fraternal organizations have been the Masons, the G. A. R. Post and auxiliaries, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Honor, Sons of Temperance, The Grange, Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hibernians, and many others.
The period ended in quietness and peace; it was an illustrious and uplifting period in all the different spheres of life, materially, education- ally and religiously.
V. WE COME NOW TO THE MODERN PERIOD.
OR the last fifty years Holliston has had a steady, quiet, per- sistent development along modern lines. It has not grown in population, but it has grown in self-respect and in power. Holliston was visited by a great fire on the night of May 26, 1875. Within a few hours from the time when the first alarm was given twenty-two buildings in the center of the town were destroyed. The fire began in the Old Stone Tavern, once the parsonage of the church, when Rev. Mr. Stone was pastor, and before it was extin- guished twenty-two buildings were completely destroyed. The town suffered also from other serious fires in the early eighties, but of late years it has been comparatively free from such calamities.
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These fires emphasized the need of town water and the Holliston Water Co. was incorporated in 1884 and within a few years water was piped through the streets and connections made with the homes.
In this period houses that had been built by the fathers, were made over by the children and modern conveniences introduced. Today the homes are fitted with plumbing, electric lights, telephones, radios and all the modern appliances. The electric railway from Framingham to Holliston and Milford has made one more convenient connection with the outside world, while the automobile has done more for us than we' could ask or think. We never asked it to maim and kill so many people, and we never thought it could possibly be such an indispensable means of conveyance. It has come, however, to stay, and Holliston is making good use of it.
On July 4, 1876, the town celebrated with proper exercises one hun- dred years of the nation's existence. Committees had been appointed by the town to make suitable arrangements. The exercises were carried out in a most dignified and patriotic manner with the help of the officers and committees, which were composed of over seventy-five men and women. These men were the leaders in town affairs, but so swift are the changes of time that I can find only one man who served on these committees who is living today. He is still with us and serving on a committee of this Bi-centennial, Joseph H. Dewing. Rev. Edmund Dowse of Sherborn, our mother town, delivered the Centennial Address. It was a patriotic and inspiring production and was printed by vote of the town. The other features of the celebration were the firing of salutes at early dawn, a procession of antiques and horribles, always a delight to the small boy; an inspiring parade at ten o'clock in the morning, with the officers of the town, invited guests, and various organizations in line of march. At noon in Mt. Hollis Grove a large gathering partook of a dinner and afterwards listened to toasts responded to by many invited guests. . The day closed fittingly with music and fireworks. The senti- ment of that illustrious day was well expressed by John G. Whittier:
Our father's God! from out whose hand The centuries flow like grains of sand, We meet today, united, free, And loyal to our land and thee, To thank thee for the era done, And trust thee for the opening one.
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$1,000.00 left by Elias Bullard, Esq. in his will. He was the one lawyer who had been a permanent resident here during all his practice, beginning in 1826 and continuing until 1876. This gift was augmented by one of $500.00 from Mr. Seth Thayer and lesser sums by others and appropria- tions by the town annually, bringing the library up to a high estate of usefulness. It is now housed in a beautiful building, the gift of Andrew Carnegie, and is doing its part in uplifting the ideals of its patrons. Holliston has had a few industries established in this modern period- the Williams Shoe Factory and the Paper Mill, but many of the people of the town are now commuters, making this place their residence. It is becoming more and more a suburban town. Once on the edge of a wilderness, it is now on the edge of a vast throbbing population. The distance to the city of Boston in olden times was measured from six to twelve hours; it is now measured from sixty to ninety minutes.
We have passed from the quill to the typewriter, from hand printing to the linotype, from the ox-cart and one horse chaise to the Pullman car and the automobile, from the well by the woodshed to running water in all parts of the house, from the stone steps to the elevator, from the dugout to the palatial steamer, from the sailboat to the hydroplane, from the signal fires on Jasper's rock to the wireless telegraphy and the radio, from log fires to electric stoves, from tallow candles to nitrogen films, from the hand scythe to the tractor with its wonderful appliances to help the tiller of the soil, from the crudest machinery of the colonial days to the most wonderful inventions of modern times. By means of a new electric plug, a woman may iron with electric heat, be cooled by an eletcric fan and listen to music from a radio in a room lighted by a single jet that supplies electricity for all activities. We can stay at home and be in touch with the whole world or we can go abroad and be in close touch with our home. There is no place where we can flee from the presence of man. If we ascend into the heavens, behold he is there; if we make our bed in Sheol, behold he is there; if we take the wings of the morning and flee unto the uttermost part of the earth, he is still showing forth his presence. And the devout man says, Surely, if that is true of the presence of man, it must be more so of the presence of the Divine.
And when we study the life of Holliston, we find that she, like all the rest of the towns and cities is united in these invisible, but certain bonds. When the war broke out so unexpectedly in 1914 that involved the great nations of Europe, it set in motion forces that were destined to involve the whole world and hence the name given to it was the right one, "The World War," and in this war Holliston gave of her best, the flower of
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her young manhood. The government of the United States called upon its manhood by drafting those of military age and one hundred and forty-eight men were summoned to service. Only a few of these went to France, but of that number Chas. Duford was killed in the battle of the Argonne Forest and Harold Gallison died from an accident in France after the armistice. James A. Cutler died in the camp at Columbia, South Carolina, after the war was over. Charles A. Shaw and Llewellyn Chapman were decorated for distinguished service. Fortunate it was that the German sought an armistice before other thousands of young men in America should perish by the cruel instrument of war. Holliston did her part as she has always done her part when duty called her either to fight the foe or subdue the wilderness or to build a town and a nation.
Holliston has never had many wealthy men. She has never been an aristocratic town and yet she has had a wealth and an aristocracy that all communities may enjoy. She has had a wealth of sturdy men and women who were willing to work with hand and brain. Loafers are not wanted in this industrious town. She has had an aristocracy of char- acter that has kept her name lustrous throughout these two hundred years. And that is the only kind of aristocracy which is of any value in a democratic republic.
When Napoleon drew up his army in the deserts of Egypt, before those stately pyramids, he said, "Men of France-forty centuries look down upon you." Today two centuries look down upon us; let us look up to them with reverence and praise. These ten score years have seen great changes in this land of ours. But these changes have not been brought about by nature. There have been no earthquakes or floods or tempests to transform this part of the globe. The great changes have been brought about by the hands and brains of men and women of like passions as ourselves. Our ancestors had to deal with Indians, with forests, with rocks, with unleashed streams, with despots, with petty irritating methods of taxations, with disease, with untimely deaths. While we have some of these ills among us today our problem is to awaken in the hearts of men, a larger brotherhood, a deeper, broader sympathy for all mankind, a life among men of truth and justice and peace. We can no longer work apart from our fellowmen; we must join our forces and help wipe out all the ills that drag men down to destruc- tion either of body or spirit. Evolution has shifted from the material to the spiritual, and the progress of this new century must be along moral and spiritual lines. We stand on the threshold of the third century of Holliston's life and ask, What manner of man is to appear in these
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coming days? Adversity is not to be shunned as an enemy, nor pros- perity sought as a friend. The adverse circumstances often make the man and the prosperous often make the fiend.
"Rough are the steps, slow-hewn in flintiest rock, States climb to power by; slippery those with gold Down which they stumble to eternal mock."
What is our vision of these coming years? Shall we cry out in anguish "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity," like the ancient preacher or shall we say with a writer,
"I, looking there, beheld the Ancient Three Known to the Greek and to the Northman's creed,
That sit in shadow of the mystic Tree,
Still crooning, as they weave their endless brede, One song: 'Time was, Time is and Time shall be.' "
or shall our vision be of a town built by men and women of education and character who believe in God and in their fellowmen who have a sympathetic spirit concerning that
"One far off divine event Toward which the whole creation moves."
I hear the bells of the new century beginning to ring-and what do they say?
"Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land Ring in the Christ that is to be."
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OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS AND SOME NOTES FROM THE TOWN RECORDS.
1764 The town voted: "to have 40 shillings of school money to be spent in a woman's school at north end."
1773-Feb. 7. Voted: "that the sincere and hearty thanks of this town be given to the town of Boston for the care and attention of so many of its worthy inhabitants in so clearly stating the rights and privileges of the colonies and for their care and attention at this, as well as at other, times to preserve the rights of the colonies and we do assure them that what has been transmitted to this and the other towns in this province has received the full approbation of this town."
1775-Voted: "100 pounds to be paid to the minute men, and for other preparations for the defense of our country . . . and that the selectmen provide arms and amunition to equip the poor of saic minute men out of the town stock."
1776-March 4. Voted: "not to choose into office or employ in a busi- ness of the town the ensuing year any person that has appeared enemical to this country in this present struggle with Great Britain but to treat all such with neglect."
1780-May 8th. Voted: "to accept a constitution or frame of govern- ment agreed upon by delegates of the people of the state of Mass. Bay in convention begun and held at Cambridge, Sept. 1st, 1779 and continued by adjournments until March 2nd, 1880." Sept. 4. The town met and voted for the first Governor of Mass. John Hancock received 39 votes and James Bowdoin 2.
1787-The meeting house, by vote of the town, was painted a bright orange color.
1805-Voted: "to grant $30 to encourage the learning of young singers, the year ensuing." At the next town meeting Capt. Nathaniel Johnson, Lt. John Fairbanks and Jacob Winfell were chosen a committee "to set up a school to learn young singers."
1807-The first school committee was chosen.
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1812-Voted: "to give each soldier $12 per month in addition to regular pay by the government provided they are obliged to march to the defence of the country."
1820-First Sunday school was formed.
1821-Voted: "to grant $40 for the first year to support singing in the meeting-house and after that, eight dollars a quarter to be paid to the choir singers who have and shall obligate themselves to perform to the satisfaction of the town and when they fail to do this, said grant will then cease."
1825-The first town house was built, the upper story of which was the town hall while the lower floor was occupied by the church as a vestry.
1828-A line of two-horse baggage wagons was started from Milford to Boston passing through Holliston.
1832-The first fire engine was bought by the town.
1833-The town voted to warm the meeting-house and $125 was appro- priated to buy a stove.
Voted: "not to use ardent spirits at the Poor Farm; also not to grant liscence for the sale of same."
1846-Ashland was incorporated from parts of Holliston, Hopkinton and Framingham.
1855-The old Town Hall was moved away and the present building was erected.
1859-Lake Grove Cemetery was incorporated on the banks of Lake Wennakeening.
1861-Voted: "to pay $1 a month to the wife of any soldier enlisted from this town and 50 cents a month for each child."
1892-The water system was completed and the Holliston Water Co. was formed. One hundred families were supplied with water the first year.
1893-The Horton farm in E. Holliston was purchased, refitted and fur- nished for the poor of the town.
1896-The Milford, Holliston and Framingham St. Railway Co. began construction of their line through the town.
The Cutler school building was erected on Mt. Hollis.
1897-Under the direction of the state, the school union of Holliston, Medway and Sherborn was established.
1902-The town appropriated the sum of $700 for the purpose of electric street lighting.
1903-July 26-30. Old home week was held.
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GENERAL COMMITTEE. Charles D. Fisher, Chairman Mary E. Driscoll, Secretary
F. Marcus Leland
Joseph H. Dewing
Walter Wentworth
Lewis T. Holbrook
Jacob Binstock
Warren E. Coolidge
Joseph P. Dexter
Cornelius Driscoll
J. Lester Shea
Arthur A. Williams
Jane Comey Williams
William H. Crocker
Henry M. Cutler
Mary E. Cutler
Dennis Moynihan
John B. Kearns
Agnes Newell
Charles J. Flagg
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
John B. Kearns, Chairman Mary E. Driscoll, Secretary
F. Marcus Leland Christine Wise J. Lester Shea
Sarah Kennedy
Lambert Gallott
Rev. W. T. Jordan
John M. Payson
Ernest Chase
Rev. W. F. Koonson James Cunningham
Frances J. Hayes
Rev. H. M. Miles
Michael Mahoney A. E. Chamberlain
Freeman Shippee Josephine Batchelder
George H. Nichols
Mary S. White
Edward A. Pyne
Miss L. E. Wilder
Benjamin Willey
Charlotte Bragg John Driscoll
G. Wilmot Brooks Patrick Casey
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Charles J. Flagg, Chairman Anne Moynihan, Secretary
Mrs. Charlotte Morse Edward A. Pyne Fred A. Wallace
Mrs. Leslie Eames
Raymond Phipps Thomas Ferguson
Cornelius Driscoll William Kelley John P. Cavan
Jane C. Williams Waldo A. Collins Henry Keady
Mary E. Driscoll
Clarence Temple George R. Russell
Mrs. Willis Kingsbury William Chesmore
Mrs. Annie Cutler
Katherine Dudley Leslie Eames
Mrs. Charles Flagg
DECORATION COMMITTEE F. Marcus Leland, Chairman William H. Crocker, Secretary Mrs. George Tylee Mrs. Florence Claflin Jerry E. Long
Henry M. Cutler
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Rev. A. J. Fitzgerald
George R. Russell
Joseph P. Dexter
George A. Flagg
Edward Colburn
Williard Adams
Jacob Binstock Agnes Newell
MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE William H. Crocker, Chairman George E. Spring, Secretary Walter F. Wentworth Edward A. Fair Stephen Bray Edward F. Dannahy
SPORTS AND ATHLETICS COMMITTEE Warren E. Coolidge, Chairman
J. Lester Shea
Ernest Chase
Ellsworth Woodward
Edward F. Dannahy
Charles Brown
Herbert Bullard
Waldo A. Collins
Herbert Chambers
Fred Biladeau
Fred Murtaugh
William Chesmore
Frank Wise
Joseph Crahan
Michael Hayes
Frank Haley
PAGEANT COMMITTEE Henry M. Cutler, Chairman Florence N. Claflin, Secretary
Mrs. Charles Flagg Mrs. Andrew Morse Mrs. Lloyd Razee
Mrs. Kellogg Doane Kellogg Doane Lloyd Razee
Mrs. Willis Kingsbury Mrs. Henry M. Cutler
Josephine Batchelder
CONTRIBUTION COMMITTEE Charles D. Fisher, Chairman
PARADE COMMITTEE Allan V. Garratt, Chairman
Stanley Emery L. I. Bruce
Lewis T. Holbrook F. A. Wallace Fred Robbins
HISTORICAL COMMITTEE Judge Willis A. Kingsbury, Chairman
Deacon Joseph DewingJohn B. Kearns Esther W. Fair
Jane C. Williams Capt. Henry Comey Katharine Dudley
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1924.
2:15 P.M. Ten mile open marathon race. Holliston to Framingham and return. First prize: Genuine Leather Travelling Bag. Second prize: Gold Watch.
2:30 P.M. One-hundred yard sprint race-entrants to come from towns situated no greater distance than ten miles from Holliston.
Prize: Gold Watch.
One hundred yard local competitive sprint. Entrants from Town of Holliston only.
First prize: Ten dollars.
Second prize: Five dollars.
3:00 P.M. Junior eight hundred and eighty yard relay race-open to High School teams, Boy Scout teams, etc., ages ranging up to eighteen years. Prize: Solid Gold Loving Cup.
3:15 P.M. Baseball game-Holliston Town Team vs. Sherborn A. A.
8:00 P.M. Historical moving picture, "The Courtship of Miles Standish."
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1924.
3:00 P.M. Historical exercises in the Town Hall. Elbridge Cutler Whiting will deliver the historical address. Present and former citizens will make brief remarks. There will be music.
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STONE TAYEPN
THE PAGEANT: EPISODE IV: THE MINUET
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THE PAGEANT: EPISODE V: THE DISTRICT SCHOOL
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On Monday morning, the several divisions of the Parade, under the direction of Mr. Allan V. Garratt, formed upon the streets leading from Washington Street. Promptly at 9.30 the parade was set in motion, at the sound of a gun, and proceeded over a route covering Washington Street, from the Square, to Curve Street, through Curve Street, at East Holliston, thence south again, on Washington Street, to Pleasant Street, countermarching through Pleasant Street and Washington Street to the Square, where it disbanded. The roster of the parade was as follows: Mounted Constabulary Captain Louis T. Holbrook, commanding Freeman A. Shippee, Chief Marshal The Fifth Regiment Band, of Camp Devens FIRST DIVISION Alfred N. Robbins, Marshal Town Officials Grand Army of the Republic Powell T. Wyman Post George R. Russell, commanding Sons of Veterans The American Legion Charles F. DuForde Post 47 William O. Chesmore, commanding SECOND DIVISION Charles M. Pennell, Marshal Holliston School Children THIRD DIVISION C. H. Sibley, Marshal Marlboro Boy Scout Band
Holliston Boy Scouts
Holliston Girl Scouts
FOURTH DIVISION George E. Spring, Marshal Costumed Chorus Antiques and Horribles FIFTH DIVISION Kellogg S. Doane, Marshal Equestrians Horse-drawn vehicles and Floats SIXTH DIVISION Waldo A. Collins, Marshal
The Holliston Fire Department SEVENTH DIVISION Stephen E. Wheeler, Marshal The Worcester Military Brass Band The Holliston Nursing Association Odd Fellows William Kelley, Noble Grand Rebekahs Mrs. Ruby Francis Stevens, Noble Grand
THE PARADE
HOLLISTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL HOUSE
Eastern Star Mrs. Hortense Lyons, Worthy Matron Foresters Harry Keady, Chief Forester County Farm Bureau Leslie A. Eames, President Indians and Early Settlers Auxiliaries of Veterans Mrs. Maude Wiley, Commander Relief Corps Miss May Peckham, Commander Sherborn Camp Fire Girls EIGHTH DIVISION F. A. Wallace, Marshal Merchants' Floats Commercial Vehicles NINTH DIVISION Leo I. Bruce, Marshal Private Automobiles
As the procession started dark clouds were massing behind the hill. Thunder rolled as the head of the parade approached the East Village, and as it made the turn to Curve Street the storm broke in a deluge of tropical intens- ity, which continued while the remainder of the route was covered. But this deluge, although undoubtedly affecting the attendance at the afternoon's performance of the Pageant, failed to dampen the Holliston spirit. Toward noon the skies cleared.
The parade prizes were awarded as follows: Best drilled marching unit Sergt. Charles F. DuForde Post 47, American Legion Best Amateur Band Boy Scouts of Marlboro Best Commercial Float William P. O'Grady, Hardware Best Non-Commercial Float Miss Sparhawk, of Sherborn Best Decorated Open Auto Rebekah Lodge 128 Best Decorated Closed Auto A. R. Gould, of Framingham Most Antique Antique The Stage Coach Most Horrible Horrible Mutt and Jeff Best Dressed Group Bob White Camp Best Costumed Mount Capt. Samuel Dunlop, U. S. A., as George Washington Best Mounted Equestrian Lieut. Charles T. Beaupre, Massachusetts State Police
Holliston Historical Pageant 1724-1924
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
Presented by the People of HOLLISTON
on Highland Street
September 1st at 3 p. m.
LITTLEFIELD TAVERN
MADAM MABEL LYMAN, Director
HOLLISTON .. HISTORICAL .. PAGEANT
PERSONNEL PAGEANT DIRECTION AND COMMITTEES
Pageant Director, Madam Mabel Lyman, Boston. Assistant Director, Mrs. Oscar H. Peare.
Chorus Directors, George E. Spring, Edward A. Fair. Band Director, S. T. Clements
PAGEANT COMMITTEE
Henry M. Cutler, Chairman
Mrs. George W. Claflin, Secretary Mrs. W. A. Kingsbury Mrs. Henry M. Cutler Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Razee
Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Doane
Mrs. Andrew A. Morse Josephine H. Batchelder
FINANCE
Edward C. Rawson, Chairman John O. Noble Edward T. O'Connell
GROUNDS
Leslie A. Eames, Chairman William E. Marchant F. Edward Bundy John Newell Barton C. Emery Stanley L. Emery Willis A. Kingsbury John Kearns W. Lowell Long
PROGRAM
Josephine H. Batchelder, Chairman U. Waldo Cutler
Mrs. Edward C. Rawson
Mrs. Jane Comey Williams
Mary E. Driscoll
PROPERTIES
Helen H. Leland, Chairman
Elizabeth G. Johnson
Helen Moynihan
Katharine Dudley
Mrs. Isabel Lasier
Andrew Garbutt Ralph D. Colburn Wilfred G. Robshaw
Willis A. Kingsbury
Fred W. Guild Andrew D. Morse
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HOLLISTON .. HISTORICAL .. PAGEANT
PUBLICITY
Nathan Pike, Chairman Mrs. Frank G. Wise Helen Leland Isabelle Twitchell
CHILDREN'S
Mrs. Amy Bradford Ida Lord Kate A. Wade Mrs. John B. Crary Mrs. Frank Cass
MUSIC
William Crocker, Chairman
George E. Spring, Secretary
Mrs. Agnes K. Newell
Stephen F. Bray
Edward A. Fair
Edward F. Dannahy
DANCING
Mrs. Herbert T. Boardman, Chairman
Mrs. Robert B. Peckham
Mrs. Leslie Eames
Mrs. Nathan Pike
Mrs. Alden Hoag Anne Moynihan
Helen T. O'Brien
Dorothy F. Leland
Beatrice Dyer
COSTUMES Mrs. Henry M. Cutler, Chairman ( Antique) Mrs. John O. Noble, Chairman (Modern)
Mary Supple Annie Supple Mildred Cass
Mrs. H. Stanley Fair
Mrs. George E. Carr
Mrs. Herbert T. Boardman
Mrs. George D. Stover
Mrs. Sarah J. Kennedy
Mrs. Vernon L. Wright Mrs. Fred B. Wright Mrs. Jarvis B. Woolford
Mrs. Edward E. Leonard
Mrs. Charles S. Manson
Mrs. Andrew D. Morse
Mrs. Everett Ward Mrs. Agnes K. Newell Mrs. Edward T. O'Connell Madam V. M. Spring Mrs. George E. Spring Mrs. Arthur J. Stevens
Mrs. Robert B. Peckham
Mrs. Percy F. Leland Mrs. F. Edward Bundy Mrs. Alfred N. Robbins Mrs. James Inches
Mrs. Arthur W. Moore
Mrs. Mary Sweeney Mrs. Archibald A. Langill
INSURANCE Lloyd E. Razee
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HOLLISTON .. HISTORICAL .. PAGEANT
PERSONNEL OF PAGEANT PERFORMERS
PRELUDE OF BIRDS, BEES AND WEE BEASTIES
Butterflies
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