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The Hartford Tercentenary

Historical Pageant

Replica of the House

Saturday, June 2 0, 1936

2:30 P. M. D. S. T.

Bushnell Park

HARTFORD TERCENTENARY COMMISSION

J. WATSON BEACH, Chairman THOMAS ]. BuRKE MICHAEL A. RrTA ANSON T. McCooK w. A. LINNANE

C. B. WHITTELSEY, Secretary

CONN. STATE LIBRARY 3

SEP 10 1949 Cast

PROLOGUE EPISODE XII ...... hillian Barlow MusEs: Audrey Creller, Dorothea Keyes, Sylvia Fishman, SPIRIT OF COLONIAL HARTFORD ...... Horace Reed Betty Ramino, Mildred Abeloff, Gertrude Sharnik, Libby Handler, Sylvia Baggish, Bernice Wise. SPIRIT OF MODERN HARTFORD ...... Richard Kaplan NATIONALITIES: Rita Paraachi, Betty Ahern, Edna Nor­ EPISODE I mandan, Helen Lewanuk, Emily Ramino, Anna Zawad­ ski, Molly Margolefsky, Frances Fishman, Frances INDIANS: Patricia Dillon, Muriel Sidrane, Libby Anolick, Destito, Frances Ragazzi, Erminia Rolando, Sylvia Dorothy Ragazzi, Anna Ginsburg, Eli Margolin, Irving Kotovsky, Lillian Darling, Betty Rome, Betty Con­ Pinsky, Julius Fegelman, Raymond Jacobs, Benj. nolly, Geraldine Keyes, Beatrice Shafman, Bessie Mar­ Homar, Albert Reffin and Dance Group. golefsky, Dorothy Monahan, Edith Costardo, Edith CHIEF: Raymond Markowitz. Wei!, Charlotte Gorban, Marie Bonadies, Bertha Git­ ScoUTS: Norton Levit, Murray Bower. son, Harriet Kirshinitz. INDIAN SOLOIST: Cliff Loomis. HERALD: Walter Neiman.

EPISODE II HARTFORD: Mary Boyce. DUTCHMEN: Paul Bornstein, Harold Margolin, Kenneth SCHOOL CHILDREN PROCESSIONAL: Mary McCullough, Sophie Paulovitch, Bernard Blum. Cohen, May Anderson, Isabelle Festa, Elsie Stanish, Katherine Stanish, Nora Peak, Dorothy Peak, Juliet EPISODES III, IV, VI, VII, VIII Hersh, Annette Krachavsky, Mary Vernile, Nancy Austin, Doria Squires, Helene Moss, Dawn Barlow, EARLY SETTLERs-MEN: Robert Cavanaugh, Joseph Nolan, Frida Wicke, Erika Wicke, Jeane Fay, Barbara Glynn, Morris Steinberg, Harold Hahn, Norman King, John Lois Dickerman, Elaine McDonald, Edith Kriwitzky, Foran, Bernard Conroy, Robert Moses, David Werber, Shirley Viner, Ethel Melicovsky, Lillian Levin, Sara Leonard Ravich, Edward White, Bernard Lapp, Israel Gordon, Rose Pizzoli, Annie Pizzoli, Madeline Della­ Tabatsky, George Meltzer. fera, Lucile Cieri, Merle Clymer, Leatrice Margolis, WOMEN: Dorothy Hasard, Helen Rundbaken, Elena Irene Fine, Lena Gordon, Leah Katzen, Virginia De- Petrini, Janet Roche, Betty McCarthy, Mary Rohan, 1ezzo, Ruth Silver, Dorothy Dimock, Grace Mancuso, Charlotte Stedman, Hope Barton, Virginia Okerfelt, Ethel Jacobson, Audrey Fortune, Patricia Ahearn, Shirley Russell, Frances Wines, Alice McDermott, Gladys Jacobson, Rose Mancuso, Freid a Samler, Ber­ Mary Meaney, Mary Lynch, Marion Fenn, Geraldine nice Samler, Bernice \Vise. Lowth, Mary Begley, Katherine Kinsella. CHILDREN: Elaine Chaperaux, Lenore Fisher, Lillian Gold­ TRUDA KASCHMAN-DANCE GROUP. (Three Vines, berg, Adele Gore, Annette Gore, May Margolin, Anna Children's Play, Symbolic, Union and Industry Dances.) Blum, Evelyn Patterson, Eleanor Picollo, Rebecca Bar­ Edith Moore, Sylvia Ludins, Yvonne Johnstone, Mary Alice schak, Gloria Ben Maor, Natalie Harris, Rhoda Aron­ Andrews, Alice Darling, Edith Whitman, Alvin Nickolais. son, Rhoda Polak, Fred Newton, Max Kantrowitz, Children: Laura Ludins, Morris Gitlin, Dolores Tondat, Herbert Apter, Howard Gore, Richard Paulovitch, Barbara Altman, Marlene Kaschmann, Burton .Moore, Jr. Herbert Fishman, Walter Neiman. GovERNOR ANDROS: Albert Euliano. COMMUNITY CENTER GROUPS UNDER DIRECTION GOVERNOR FLETCHER: Robert Lavenberg. OF SCOTT MORGAN, KATHERINE REEVES, EDWARD N. BAYARD: Francis Mottran. LARKIN. DRUMMER BoYs: Members of Boy Scout Corps. (Indian, Colonist Joys and Sorrows, Minuet and Military Drill Dances.) EPISODE X Evelyn and Dora Chamberlain, Catherine Vasco, Henrietta CHILDREN: Dorothy Cam berg, Grace Kantrowitz, Helen Malinoski, Lillian LaDucer, Dorothy LaDucer, Alice Mihan, Kantrowitz, Constance Dimock, Gloria Smith, Rosalie Doris Poulin, Sonya Sander, Mary \Valters, Clara Thibi­ Keyser, Rosalind Fruchtman, Eugene Solon, Milton deau, Alice Waller, Alice Bankoski, Alice Chabot, Rose Brand, Irving Rock, Lewis Levin. Permagolis, Irene Drouin. COLONIAL LADIES: Dance Group. CHOIR OF SCHOOL CHILDREN UNDER THE DIRECTION EPISODE XI OF MR, LEO ROY A~D MR. CLIFF LOOMIS LADIES: Mary Chesnulewick, Evelyn Vernick, Arline Lenox, from the following Schools: Arline Beaumont, Gertrude Litke, Mary Jane Purring­ West Middle ton. New Park Avenue MEN: Donald O'Keefe, Leo Samler, Victor Feingold, Lawrence Street Richard Bourn. St. Ann's CHILDREN: Ellen Morehardt, Shirley Fisher, Aleda Miller, Immaculate Conception Robert Charest, Jack Milne, Roy Anderson. Our Lady of Sorrows SOLDIERS: Dance Group. St. Joseph's Hartford Tercentenary Pageant By THE SCHOOL CHILDREN Compiled and Directed by Betty Reyna Older Staged under the Supervision of the Recreation Division, Hartford Park Department OVERTURE-Ruy BLAS ...... Mendelssohn CIVIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Address by J. WATSON BEACH, Chairman, Hartford Tercentenary Committee Address by His Honor Mayor THOMAS J. SPELLACY Address by His Excellency Governor WILBUR L. CROSS PROLOGUE Connecticut Welcomes All Entrance of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford Dance of the Three Vines Entrance of the Spirit of Colonial Hartford Entrance of the Spirit of Modern Hartford EPISODE I AMONG THE EARLY INDIANS OF HARTFORD Indians at Daily Occupations Indian Maiden Dance EPISODE II DUTCH PARTY BUYS LAND The Purchase Indian Solo Dance "Land of the Sky Blue \Vaters"-Choir BALLET MUSIC FROM FAUST ...... Gounod CIVIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EPISODE III EARLY ENGLISH PARTY Samuel Stone, William Goodwin and the Adventurers come to prepare for Hooker Party EPISODE IV ARRIVAL OF THE HOOKER PARTY Hymns-Psalms 119 and 8+-Choir EPISODE V Dance depicting Joys and Sorrows of Colonists EPISODE VI A DAY IN EARLY HARTFORD Drummer awakens Colonists " Daily Tasks Children's Play Dance Call to Meeting FINLANDIA ...... Sibelius CIVIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EPISODE VII GOVERNOR ANDROS CLAIMS THE CHARTER EPISODE VIII GOVERNOR FLETCHER COMES TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE MILITIA Wadsworth and His Drummer Boys defy the Governor EPISODE IX SYMBOLIC DANCE The courage of the Colonists in the Face of Danger EPISODE X SCENE AT CLOSE OF REVOLUTIONARY vVAR The news of the Treaty of Peace at Paris brings joy to Hartford Minuet EPISODE XI SCENE AT BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR 1. Soldiers Drill 2. Battle Hymn of the Republic-Choir 3. Dance of Union PASTEL MINUET ...... Paradij CIVIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EPISODE XII GROWTH OF HARTFORD IN CULTURE AND INDUSTRY Dance of Industry Processions of Muses Procession of Nationalities March and Music by Boy Scouts Bugle and Drum Corps Entrance of Girl Scouts Entrance of Hartford Procession of School Children Original Thomas Hooker Verse by ]. H. Crossley Tercentenary Hymn-St. Ann's Music-Choir America END Organ Accompaniment by Mr. Walter Dawley Costumes by Mrs. Ollee Patterson Thanks are Extended to Mr. Howard Bradstreet for historical data, Professor Waldo Seldon Pratt and Miss Frances Johnson for assistance in obtaining authentic music. In Memory of the First Settlers of Hartford

John Haynes Thomas Lord Thomas Spencer Thomas Hooker Matthew Marven Thomas Stanton Gregory W olterton John Baysey Andrew Bacon John Hopkins Matthew Allyn John Barnard William Pratt Thomas \V ells Richard Goodman Nicholas Clark John Webster Nathaniel Richards Thomas Bull William Whiting John Pratt John Marsh John Talcott Thomas Birchwood \Villiam Holton Andrew \Varner George Graves Edward Elmer William Pentrey John Clark Francis Andrews William Westwood William Gibbons Richard Church James Olmsted John Crow James Cole Thomas Hosmer Edward Stebbing Zachariah Field Nathaniel Ward James Ensign John Skinner William Wadsworth George Steele Joseph Easton John White Stephen Post Thomas Hale John Steele George Stocking Richard Olmsted Thomas Scott Joseph Mygatt Samuel Hale William Goodwin Richard Wrisley Thomas Stanly William Bloomfield Thomas Alcott Samuel Stone Thomas Judd Robert Bartlett Stephen Hart William Hill Thomas Selden William Spencer Richard Lord Thomas Root John Moody William Hyde William Parker William Lewis William Kelsey John Wilcox William Rusco John Arnold Samuel Greenhill Timothy Stanly Richard Butler Benjamin Burr Arthur Smith Ozias Goodwin William Andrews Robert Day Richard Seymour Samuel Wakeman John Maynard Thomas Bunce Jeremy Adams Seth Grant John Bidwell Richard Lyman William Heyton Clement Chaplin William Butler Thomas Bliss I

·rHE HARTFORD DAILY COURANT: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1935. I ticut, prints by Connecticut artists featuring the work of Disbrowe and tions with floats from towns of Connecticut views; Connecticut other Connecticut artisans, includ- throughout the state. Tercentenary currency and coins, 1709-1781; books 1ng more than 1000 items. October 12-Reunlon of the Geer by Connecticut authors; Connecticut June 1-Beptember li-Llbrary family, Hotel Bond. imprints of the eighteenth century; and chapel, Trinity College; ex- . October 13-Union church serv-1 Opening To historical and other manuscripts. hibit of books and documents 11- 1ces. 1 ~Y 4-State Capitol, north wing, lustratin¥ history of Connecticut L---~~------...... J 2 p. m.-Unveiling and dedication of and Trinity College. t tablet in memory of heroes of 1812, July 1-~7-Btate Library; exhibi- I Tax Bushnell under auspices of Daughters of tlons of Prints by Amos Doolittle i 1812, State of Connecticut. and JameA W. Barbour. and his­ May 10--Bushnell Memorial Hall, torical objects. Photographs of old AU Seats Taken for Ex­ 8 p. m .. , contest of high school or­ houses. chestras and glee club!;, under aus­ Augul!t 15-September 15-Avery e.rcises at Memorial pices of the Connecticut Music Ed­ Memorial Museum, open daily. 9 ucation Association. Awarding of to 5 o'clock. Sundays 2 to 5, closed April 26 Marking First prizes by Governor Cross to win­ Mondays; exhibition of Connecticut General Court ners in state-wide contest for best prints loaned by Kennedy Com­ essays on historical Connecticut. pany, New York. Prizes donated by Connecticut So­ State Library Exhibits. Not a. single seat of the 3300 in ciety of Colonial Dames. July 29-August 24-Btate Library; Bushnell Memorial auditorium wm May 28-100 Governor Street; dedications of tablets to five gov­ exhibition of early prints, sermons, .be vacant on Friday April 28 when ernors by Connecticut Branch. SOns newspa.pers, almanacs, etc. the state Tercentenary program will and Daughters of Pilgrims. August 26-September 21-State be officially launched there with May 29-Municipal Building, 550 Library; exhibition of works of Con­ oeremonies commemorating the first Main Street, 3 p. m.; dedications of necticut authors and of histories General Court in Connecticut, con­ tablets marking Founders' Homes of the state by Connecticut men vened in March, 1638. on Arch Street, under auspices of and women. Herbert Crapo, secretary of the Connecticut Chapter, National SO­ September 23-0ctober 12-Btate Tercentenary commission, reported clety Daughters of Founders and Library; exhibition of early docu­ Tuesday that every Ol'le of the invi­ Patriots of America. ments and deeds, Including the I tations sent out to officials of state Concert at Yale Bowl. connecticut charter, etc. and city governments and members June 1-Yale Bowl. New Haven, 4 September-Industrial exhibit. , of patriotic, fraternal, civic, mW­ date and place to be determined. 1 tary, ecclesiaatlcal and other grouJ)S, p. m.; Tercentenary concert. September 30-0Ctober 12-Btate I have been exchanged !or reserved June 1 to 29-State Library, open Armory; Americanization exhibi­ seats. 9 to 5 o'clock, Saturdays 9 until tion. But 1f at 11 :55 Friday morning, noon; exhibition of maps of Con­ OCtober 5-6-Connecticut Sab­ some of the seats have not been oc­ necticut. bath. cupied, the public will be let into the June 13-73 Forest Street. Plac­ October B.-Auditorium of the ball un1i11 the vacancies have been ing or marker on the Harriet Beech­ State Library in the afternoon; re­ filled. er Stowe house by the Hartford ception to distinguished guests. Those who cannot secure access to Colony, National Society of New Meeting in Bushnell Memorial Hall the hall will be enabled to hear all Women. during the evening at which the the audible part of the program June 15-0ctober 15-Morgan principal Teroentenary speeches outside, as a loud-speaker system Memorial, open 10 to 5 o'clock, Sun­ will be given. Will be hooked up to broadcast the days 2 to 5, closed Mondays; ex­ October 10--Parade of mllltary IP88Ches for those in the street. hibition of early colonial furniture, units, fraternal and l'lther organiza- J Markl Court Founding. On th111 occasion, which marks the two hundred and ninety-ninth year of the founding of the Court, lead­ ers of Mle judicial, legislative and executive branches of the state government. will march from ·the ~ Stat~Capit~ Bualu1e1l Memo­ rial. Among them wnr ~~ Cross, Lieutenant Governor Hayes, the chief and associate justices of the Supreme Court of Errors, 'ltnd the Governor's staff. They will be accompanied by platoons and mu!lic from the Governor's Foot Guard and the Putnam Phalanx. In the auditorium program, re­ JUmes of the development of the ~neral Assembly, which grew out of the General Court, will be given by members of the present Legl.8la­ ture. Chief Justice William M. Malt­ bie will trace the rise of the Supreme Court. His will be the principal ad­ dress. Mr. Crapo is again urging the ringing of church bells, blowing of Whistles and similar demonstrations at noon on Friday to add to the public observance of ushering In the Tercentenary commemoration and program. Program Anno1111ced. A program of some 25 events in connection with Hartford's share in the Tercentenary program, have been announced by the State Ter­ centenary Commission. The events, extending from April 36 through October 13, are: April 28-Bushnell Memorial Hall. noon; Joint meeting of the General Assembly and Supreme court or Errors, marking the official opening of the Tercentenary. May-October-Connecticut His­ torical Society, 624 Main Street, open 9 to ~ o'clock daily. monthly eXhibits including maps of Connec-