MOPS starts in Holyoke
Mothers of Preschoolers is once again organizing in Holyoke, and a get-acquainted ice cream social is scheduled Saturday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. at Holyoke City Park.
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1907 — This home in Holyoke belonged to Leon and Florence Kepler when this photo was taken in 1907. In 1936, Colver Brothers Hardware, Furniture and Undertaking moved the funeral business there, by then the O.J. Colver residence, from their building at 123 S. Interocean Ave. The home was remodeled, and a funeral chapel was added to the original structure. The building, located at 241 E. Furry St., still serves as a funeral home, currently owned by Baucke Funeral Home. — Source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin’ into the past
Five Years Ago
Aug. 16, 2012
One of the larger pieces at Phillips County Museum, this stage curtain was one housed at the McKelvey School, District No. 12. It was a one-room school located 8 miles south and 1 mile east of Paoli, and the curtain was there from 1952-1961, when the school was discontinued. — Johnson Publications
Family business leaves advertising legacy; locals remember curtain at McKelvey School
A 65-year-old painted theater curtain housed at the Phillips County Museum recently caught the attention of Curtains Without Borders, a Vermont organization dedicated to finding, documenting a
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