February 17, 2006
1927 Cazenovia Event Program for "Corporal Eagen"
Bob Pangborn sent in this great program with dozens of names from a production of a musical play called "Corporal Eagen", staged in Cazenovia in 1927. He writes:
This program was one of the things my father and uncle Ed got into. My dad was Bass Drummer in the local band until he died in 1939. My uncle Harold, listed as a cook, played drums in Charlie Greggs band at Slabsides in Erieville. My grandfather Arthur Beuchat is listed among the chorus members. His family came over from Switzerland through Ellis Island. As usual he had to learn English but could never get my mother and the other kids to learn any French. After looking through the names of all those people, I couldn't see any that are alive today, i'll check again. My mother(97) may be the only one today that ever went to that show. You will note that some of the charactor names in the lower left are not acceptable these days.