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Several members of the 1923 PCHS football team are pictured from left, front row, (unknown) Miles, Pat Benson, Wyvard Sprague and (unknown) Evans; second row, Bud Edgar, Bus Harmon, Delbert Weir, Alan Schmidt and (unidentified); and back row, Whitney Borland, Earl Albers, (unknown) Bevard, Tony Clark, Virgil Albers, Percy Thompson and Coach Broiler. The Sept. 20, 1923, issue of The Holyoke Enterprise reported that “football practice is progressing in good shape at Holyoke High School, with 25 Dragons appearing in suits each night. The number of grid men in moleskins this year is the greatest since the sport has been followed here, and the interest shown is an indicator of a successful season. During the three years that football has been demonstrated here since its reinstatement, the interest shown by the high school athletes as well as by the followers of the game in Holyoke has been gradually increasing. With the fourth year giving every indication of the most successful one in the history of the school, football is a big item of conversation.” — source: Phillips County Museum

Librarian Kathy Bornhoft, at left, and staff member Laura Krogmeier admire the chandelier, reportedly from South Africa, that hangs above the circulation desk. A photograph of Will E. Heginbotham can be seen on the wall of what used to be his formal dining room. China cabinets now hold books, and through the doorway patrons can see the original breakfast room with a Dutch mural on the wall. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications