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Advertisement for "The Deacon" Play in Oak Grove, Michigan - May 21, 1909

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Advertisement states:
Going? Of Course you are going to "The Deacon" A comedy drama in five acts, to be given at the hall, Oak Grove, Michigan, Friday, May 21, 1909. By the Oak Grove Amusement Company.

Cast of Characters

Deacon Thornton, Mrs. Thornton's mother in law with a passion for lemonade with a stick in it - John Reader
James Reed, a friend of Darrah - B.A. Bucknell
Pedro, an organ grinder - B.A. Bucknell
Pete, Mrs. Thornton's servant - M.A. Pearce
Mrs. Thornton - Ethel B. Kieckler
Miss Amelia Fawcett, Mrs. Thornton's maiden sister - Eva Glaspie
Geroge Gearf, Mrs. Thornton's nephew - H.B. Slider
George Darrah, alias Matt Wheeler - Paul Roberts
Parson Brownlow - B.A. Bucknell
Billy, the deacon's boy - Ira Fisher
Helen, Mrs. Thornton's daughter - Zella Rodgers
Mrs. Darrah, George Darrah's wife - Edna Staley
Nellie, her daughter - Bertha Fazree
Daisy, Mrs. Thornton's servant - Alice Kleckler

Admission 25 cents. Children 10 cents, Play begins at 8:45, Tickets on Sale at Pearce's Store, Tidings Job Print.

View information about The Deacon in the May 19, 1909 Livingston Republican.  In Library Use Only

Oak Grove Hall has many mentions in the local paper and is believed to have been a part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, later known as the Oak Grove Methodist Church, which at that time was located on Fausett Road in the Village of Oak Grove. View Chemungville/Oak Grove in the 1875 Atlas of Livingston County, Michigan

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