1948 OSWEGO, N. Y., CENTENNIAL PAGEANT

OSWEGO, N. Y.
CENTENNIAL PAGEANT

LET FLOW THE RIVER
A DRAMATIC MUSICAL SPECTACLE

Directed by

SAMUEL J. O'NEIL

Assisted by
RUTH C. MORLAND
DOROTHY A. COOLICAN

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The Music for This Production was Written by CHARLES DAVIS

Lyrics by KIRKE WHITE

Narration by JAMES MOONEY

Light Supervision-C. HASSLER CAPRON

Lights-CAPRON LIGHTING COMPANY

RALPH MILES, Technician

Stage Manager-FRANK FOSTER

Property Manager-ARTHUR GUIMOND

Sound - ANDREW NUTTLE

Costume Designer-CECELIA HOFERMANN

Pyrotechnics-JOHN MESSERE

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Oswego Centennial Celebration Under the Personal Direction of

DONALD H. MARTIN

Presented by the People of Oswego
at the
PAGEANT GROUNDS-SEPT. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1948 at 8:45 p. m.

Principals

NARRATORS
Frances M. Brown
Mrs. Albert B. Wilber
Dr. Harvey M. Rice
Robert E. Russell

Miss Oswego-Virginia H. Page

Samuel Champlain ------------------------ Howard C. Fournier
Father LeMoyne ------------------------ Thomas M. McGough
Sir William Johnson ------------------------ David M. Russell
Pontiac ------------------------ Maurice McGrath
St. Leger ------------------------ Alfred G. Tucker
Lt. James Fenimore Cooper ------------------------ William Waterburv
Col. George Mitchell ------------------------ Robert J. Ebert
Captain Elmer ------------------------ Richard C. Mitchell
Judge Brewster ------------------------ John E. Cullinan, Jr.
General George Hatch ------------------------ John W. O'Connor
Justice Whitney ------------------------ Francis H. Culkin
Mayor Platt ------------------------ Frank L. Gould

Aldermen
Ward 1 Gilbert Mollison ------------------------ Harold J. Dietz
Ward 1 Hunter Crane ------------------------ Joseph F. Longhway
Ward 2 George Alvord ------------------------ Arthur E. Oswald
Ward 2 John Boigeol ------------------------ Francis W. Gallagher
Ward 3 Robert Oliver ------------------------ John J. Scanlon
Ward 3 Stephen Lathrop ------------------------ Ralph M. Young
Ward 4 Samuel Taylor ------------------------ James R. Jackson
Ward 4 William Malcom ------------------------ Joseph H. Wilber
Dr. Mary Walker ------------------------ Mrs. John W. O'Connor
Frontenac ------------------------ James J. Peebles
Colonel Romer ------------------------ Angelo Vona
Capt. John O'Brien ------------------------ Daniel W. Dougherty
Nurse Almina Spencer ------------------------ Mrs. Robert E. Russell
Colonel Fothergill ------------------------ Dr. C. Fred Peckham
Captain Clark ------------------------ James H. Lally

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Committees

Casting

David Russell
Mrs. Albert Wilbur
Mrs. Albert Monette
Robert Russell
Mrs. Robert Russell
Frances Brown

Norman Manor
John O'Connor
Edward Crawford
Mrs. Robert Allison
Mrs. Martin Enright

Riding

Daniel Conway
Jane Hall
Frank Gould

James Mackin
Melvin Coe

Staging and Monitor
Same as casting committee.

Costume

Mrs. J. B. Lynch
Mrs. Thomas Crabtree

Mrs. John O'Connor
Harry McDonald

George Corrigan
Mrs. George Corrigan

Properties

Edward Finn
Mrs. Sidney Davis
Mrs. Albert Monette
Norman Manor

John Allison
Mrs. Robert Allison
Dr. Charles Snyder
Mrs. Thomas McGough

Rehearsal

Mrs. Martin Enwright
Robert Russell

George Barney
Herman Kirschner

Make-up

Frances Brown
Helen Hager

Mrs. Edwin Amberg
Mrs. Eric Croucher

Helen Reveal
Mrs. John Guntner

Program
Eileen Burke
Virginia Page
Mary Dowdle
Robert Russell
Mrs. Robert Russell

Committees on Committees
David Russell
Frances Brown
Mrs. Robert Russell

Hostesses

Mrs. Edwin Amberg
Mrs. K. Wood Jarvis
Mrs. Catherine Paice
Mrs. Harvey M. Rice
Mrs. Carl K. Seymour

Mrs. George F. Smith
Miss Audrey Brown
Miss Jeanne Burke
Miss Joan Crawford
Miss Ann Gallagher

Miss Ann Jermyn
Miss Ann LaTour
Miss Ellen O'Brien
Miss Patricia Santora

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Prologue

BANNER BEARERS

Marilyn Ahern
Adele Angelina
Marlene Barry
Data Blunt
Barbara Brace
Elizabeth Bradford
Ann Brown
Marlene Brown
Helen Brownell
Mary Bundy
Ann Buske
Shirley Canale
Margaret Cascanett
Joan Case
Kathleen Capizzi
Mary Connolly
Patricia Connors
Carol Crimmins
Catherine Crimmins
Theresa Crimmins
Ruth Ann Cuyler
Grace Dambra
Linda DeAmbra
Theresa DeCastro
Rosemarie DeSimone
Lillian Desens
Joan Elkin
Edith Ensworth
Shirley Fanton
Charlotte Farley
Joan Farley
Aurelia Fanton
Sally Finley

Mary Fleischman
Marie Fantana
Jane Germaine
Barbara Gillette
Suzanne Gorman
Nancy Griffin
Ann Heagerty
Jean Hillman
Loretta Jerominek
Louise Jerominek
Ann Kinmouth
Helen Klock
Rosalind Klock
Mary Lackey
Patricia Lavery
Patricia Loomis
Collette Looney
Santa Losurdo
Gail Luke
Geraldine MacPherson
Patricia MacPherson
Rose Marie Mangano
Bertha McCann
Charlotte McNally
Donna McNally
Dawn Meeker
Lany Merenda
Isabel McGinn
Barbara Mitchell
Janet Morgan
Carmella Murabito
Phyllis Murray
Alice Natoli

Nancy Ann Natoli
Shiriey Occhino
Jean O'Hara
Mary Ann Paeno
Jo Ann Paeno
Nancy Parsons
Constance Pauldine
Beverly Pearl
Raenid Perkins
Phyllis Petrie
Ann Pelon
Linda Pelon
Barbara Ann Puittell
Frances Sorzicks
Diane Reitz
Beverly Reitz
Carol Russ
Donna Marie Ruciano
Virginia Savona
Mary Alice Schlotterbick
Rosemarie Schultz
Gladys Shephard
Mary Saluzzo
Sally Sugar
Rita Taber
Wyona VanBuren
Nancy Walpole
Constance White
Jane Woods
Ann Zell
Marjorie Veen
Helen Watchus

TRUMPETERS

Betty Buckley	Joan Cutro	Carol Bellinger
Claire Chetney	Rosalie Vergona	Shirley Hammonds
Edith DeSacia	Theresa McGann

SHIELD BEARERS

Betty Miller	Diane Taft	Claire Caton
Barbara Miller	Dennie Carl	Jean Yaddow
Genevieve Bogwich	Katherine Fanning

BATON TWIRLER
Joyce Smith

STATE FLAG GIRLS

Catherine Capizzi	Lucille Reitano	Dorothy Veen
Margaret Capizzi	Mary Spataro	Eileen Grasso
Janet King	Joan Thompson	Rose Crisafulli
Mary Oleyourryk	Mary Hammond	Grace Tesoriero
Catherine Mueller	Florence Slobe	Josephine Tesoriero
Emily Palmer	Joyce Shay	Mary Crisafulli
Bettijane Tully	Eileen Jessmore	Antoinette Alesci
Carol O'Brien	Jeanette Hewitt	Florence Fragale
Hazel Kitchen	Mildred Hoffman	Doris Gurney
Patricia Terpenning	Anne Bosco	Patricia Mayer
Margaret Koseluk	Nona Geers	Barbara Scully
Adeline Merenda	Jane Rebbeor	Gwen Fick
Carolyn Magnante	Grace Losurdo	Joan Deary
Pauline Barber	Georgiana Gurney	Anne Jermyn
Angine Alfieri	Connie Shannon	Joan Leonard
Ida Arcaraci	Marilyn Dowd	Helen Ciesla

MISS OSWEGO
Virginia Page

ATTENDANTS
Joan Crawford ---------- Audrey Brown

PAGES
Frankie Culkin ---------- Billy Kates ---------- Petey Peterson ---------- Jimmy Franklin

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- - - - Where Dwelt the Iroquois

INDIANS
Chief Pontiac ---------- Maurice McGrath
Sir William Johnson ---------- David Russell

Iroquois Chiefs
Maurice Germain
Harry Armstrong
Paul Donahue

Ottawa Chiefs
Bert France
Clyde Stienbiser
Robert Doyle

Chiefs of the Six Nations
Karl Kuno
Leo Lagoe
Felice Pompey
William Mullen
Richard Fleischman
Charles Gallagher

Braves

Joseph Clark
Raymond Powers
Mike Mancuso
James Mullen
William Pendergast
Fred Fleischman
Charles Dehm
Frank Quesnell
James Riley
Harry Lennon

Vernon AuClair
George Murray
William Matott
Harold LeRoy
Thomas McGiff
Joseph Smith
Steve Tannish
James McGinn
Emanuel Alfiere

Indian Squaws

Elizabeth Burke
Olga Clark
Catherine DeBane
Clara Smith
Anna Florence
Catherine Florence
Amelda King
Frances Gollop

Mary Fournier
Florence Santoro
Nancy Conzone
Miriam Cullinan
Helen Ziel
Cecelia Odin
Margaret Kunzwiler

Indian Child Dancers

Helen McLoughlin
Joan Reidy
Rachel Reidy
Mary Margaret Thompson
Ann Thompson
Hazel DeSacia
Gertrude Thompson
Patrick Enwright

Jimmie Enright
Larry Farrell
Louis Farrell
Jimmie McGann
Robert Nash
Arthur O'Mara
William Santoro

Indian Rhythm Exhibition
Raymond Powers
Emanuel Alfieri
Fred Fleischman
Michael Mancuso
James Mullen
Felice Pompei
Joseph Smith

Fur Traders
Robert Metcalf
Alfred Damico, Jr.

Loggers
Alex Fleischman
Clarence Brandes

Frontenac
James Peebles

Colonel Romer
Angelo Vona

....... by the Land Champlain Claimed for France

Samuel Champlain ------------------- Howard Fournier

French Soldiers
James Hoey
Donald Covell
William O'Brien
Daniel O'Mara
John Barry

- - - - With the Love the Early Missionary Brought

Father LeMoyne ---------- Torn McGough

Early Hunters
Tony Castiglia
Murray Brandes

---- As Peace Was Made with Pontiac

PONTIAC AND INDIANS

When St. Leger Tried to Divide the Colonies

COLONIAL SOLDIERS
St. Leger ---------- Alfred Tucker

British Officers
Al Russell
Dave Reed
Warren Kessler
Arthur Scheutzow

British Soldiers

Harold Cullen
Harold Day
Hugh Franklyn
Albert Godden
Edwin Howard
Charles Huckabee
Philip Kranz
Frank Molinari
Pat Molinari
Jack Needy

George F. Neidhardt
Sol Nelson
Harold Odsted
Fred Scoville
Morris Benjamin
Francois Peter
Don Perine
Allan Ballantyne
Fay Loope
Herbert Clark
James DeStephen

William Lawton
Paul Purtell
William Palmer
Morris Brosemer
Wendell Dehm
David Himes
Philip McCarty
Paul Bechsted
William Green
William Smith

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---- By Fort Ontario; Our New Cradle of Liberty

COLONIAL SOLDIERS
Captain Ekner ---------- Richard C. Mitchell

Colonial Soldiers-Officer in Charge

Jack Haggerty
Francis Cooney
Joseph Crisafulli
John Halliday
Robert Garlock
Joseph Bosco
Michael Dehm
James Crisafulli
Francis Wall
Peter Gambino

Charles Flick
Jack Godden
Larry O'Brien
Joseph Meranda
John Fitzgibbons
John Gokey
Louis Legg
H. Wolven
Frank Smegelsky
David Williams

Harry Batchelor
Charles Anderson
George Wills
Joseph Kidd
Edward Scheirer
Harold Ferguson
James Driscoll
James Cloonan
Allan Glassford

British Soldiers under the command of Colonel Fothergill
Dr. C. Fred Peckham

Captain Clark ---------- James Lally

COLONIAL MINUET

Mr. and Mrs. Amos Horton	Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Palmer	Mr. & Mrs. John Hartman
Mr. and Mrs. DonaldKenyon	Mr. and Mrs. Paul Engle	Mr. Perry Ostberg
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Saisselin	Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Flack	Mrs. Robert Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Askew	Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Taormina	Mrs. Earle Gardner
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Peterson	Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Frost	Miss Mona Conzone
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Owens	Mr. and Mrs. Roger Berry	Mr. Robert Longyear
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Manor	Mr. and Mrs. Chester Waxlax	Mrs. Albert Monette
	Mr. and Mrs. James Smith

DUET
John Halliday ----------- Jane Lalande

Waltzers

Nancy Carr
Barbara Pease
Nancy Murchie
Maureen Fitzgerald
Kay Schneider
Joan Cutro

Jane Richardson
Nancy Mylott
Marianne Watts
Marilee Wolden
Eileen McCarthy
Jane Carroll

Mazine King
Julie FitzGibbons
Sally Ann Carson
Ann Keegan
Eileen Joyce
Colonial Soldiers

- - - - As Flows the Stories of Cooper's Redskin Tales
Characters from Books-
Clyde Stinebiser
Paul Tyner
Donald Haynes
Indians-

James Fennimore Cooper ---------- William Waterbury

---- While Early America Defends Her Freedom
Col. George Mitchell ---------- Robert Ebert
American Colonial Soldiers
British Colonial Soldiers

---- With Our Early Inland Navy ---The Vandalia

PARTICIPANTS IN LAUNCHING

RIVER BALLET

Charlene Davis	Barbara Ballantyne	Jean Ballantine
Patricia Salander	Nancy Robbins	Charlotte Linderman
(Soloist) Constance Burke	Marianne Watts	Dorothy West
Carol Terpening	Mary Weeks	Marilyn Murtha
JoAnne Gregway	Sylvia Capron	Arlene Finn
Bernadine Cordean	Adele Stracuzzi	Rosalie Vergona

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- - - - And a City Is Incorporated

Mayor Platt ------------ Frank L. Gould

Aldermermen

Ward 1
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 4

Gilbert Mollison ---------- Harold J. Dietz
Hunter Crane ---------- Joseph F. Longhway
George Alvord ---------- Arthur E. Oswald
John Boigeol ---------- Francis W. Gallagher
Stephen Lathrop ---------- Ralph M. Young
Robert Oliver ---------- John J. Scanlon
Samuel Taylor ---------- James R. Jackson
William Malcom ---------- Joseph H. Wilber

- -- Where Kingsford Build a New Industry
Band Audience

---- Where the Rails and the Sails Meet

THE FIRST TRAIN TO RUN INTO OSWEGO
Conductor ---- H. C. Watkins
Brakeman ----- Ivan H. Harris Engineer

TRAIN SPECIALTY NUMBERS

Shoe Shine Girls
Betty Buckley
Claire Chetney
Edith DeSacia
Joan Cutro
Rosalie Vergona
Theresa McGann
Carol Bellinger
Shirley Hammonds

Porters
Fred Osselton
Felice Pompei
Frank Smegelsky
Jack Wilson

Happiness Train Girls
Dorothy Sheldon
Jane Gill
Ellen Griffin
Constance Holmes
Anne Peglow
Joyce Hagerty
Marian Russell
Jeannette Ottman
Dorothy Veen
Kay Schneider
Nancy Mylott
Ann St. John
Ann Enches
Emily Lalande
Marion Deary
Betty Jane Odsted
Beverly Moulton
Marianne Watts

Train Passengers
Group at Station
Horse and Buggy Group
Sally Riddell
Barbara Gill

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---- Through Days of Civil Strife

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS

Scene I

Officers

Lt. Harold Nash
Lt. Richard Callahan
Lt. Donald Bressler
Stanley Swindell
Joseph Bush
Maurice M. Lecwens
Fred Gallagher
Leo Pittsley
Frank Bartholomew
Arthur Levens
Ira VanBuren
George Masters
Fred Veen

Edward Roykowski
Anthony Vanilla
Eugene Siember
Raymond Woods
Pete Carey
Tom Woods
Martin Moshier
James Marsh
Moe Ritz
Joseph Kells
Art Fleischman
John Loftus
Sam Azzerelli

Villagers

Melvin Gentile
Lawrence Lester
Jack O'Neil
Arthur Downing
Fred Bidwell
Richard Pettie
Art Lidouet

Lloyd Gibson
Mick Dickquist
Robert Lum
Edward Hannah
Robert McManus
H. Schick
J. Crisafulli

- --- As Oswego Honors Her Hero
Judge Brewster ----------------------------- John Cullinan
General Hatch --------------------------------------- John O'Connor

Scene II

Dr. Mary Walker --------------------- Mrs. John O'Conner
Stretcher Patient -------------------------------- John Quigley
Stretcher Bearers --------------- Anthony Loomis and Robert Liedlick

Wounded Soldiers
Charles Warriner
John Brandes
Jerry Schulz
Harold Schulz
George Smith

In 1892

Quartet William Horan Joseph Crisafulli Peter Gambino Nancy Murchie	Serpentine Girls Norma Dutcher Margaret Douglas Sydney Chetney Barbara Bond Shirley Ottman Lucille Adams Jeanette McIntosh Mary Wall Jeanette Mosier Mary Ann Connors	Gay Nineties Bathing Beauties Genevieve Cerklewich Beverly Dowd Judy Hammonds Angelina Lanzeletto Eileen McCarthy Catherine Mitchell Helen Ross Patricia Tyner Jean Yaddow Jean Caton Patricia Caton


Duet Francis Donovan Dorothy McKeon	Automobiles Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Spink Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gray	Tramp Joseph Smith


Mule Walter Gokey Charles Ferris	Clowns Numa Saisselin Donald Haynes	Jump Ropes Allison Regan Shirley Peterson


Bad Boy William Hamilton	Bowery Girl Diane LaTulip	Pinafore Girls Constance Donovan Mary Davis Patricia Sanschagrin Janice Metcalf Mary Lee King Katherine Kirk Madeleine Adin


Carriage Quartet Fred Osselton Jack Wilson Felice Pompeii Frank Smegelsky	Rear Stage Specialties Jacqueline Russell Marjorie Hamilton Gloria Galloway Rosalie Vergona	Bicycle Riders Robert Hewitt Richard McGann Richard Snow Martin Duda Shirley Hewitt


	Square Dancers Richard Carroll Margaret O'Mara Bradford Snow Mary Connie Cutro Bennie Beginski Miriam Galloway Robert Dore Joanne Nash Caller: Robert Phillips

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- - - - While Distant Camp Fires Gleam

Spanish War Soldiers

James Heagerty
Harold Fish
Frederick A. Crisafulli
Francis Heagerty
Frank Wells
Paul Riordan
Bryan LaTulip
Donald Plunkett

Joe Macuccia
Larry Familo
James Mckee
Dee Russell
John Capizzi
Harold Tracy
Tom Familo
David Beaushene

--- from Near to Distant Shores

American Legion Firing Squad
Iwo Jima Scene
Frederick Bidwell
Lloyd Gibson
Richard Pettie
Michael Dickquist
Arthur Licourt
Robert Lum

---- With Power, With Glory, and Greater Knowledge

Band and Students

EPILOGUE
Virginia Page

Entire Cast

1840	1860	1890
Mrs. Annabelle McGrath Mrs. Turney Mrs. Bushnell Katherine Stinebiser Mrs. Alfred Tucker Vincent J. Kozlowski Mr. and Mrs. Miller Corinne O'Keefe Irene Henderson Mary Canale Peggy Keefe Charles Anderson, Jr. Neil LeBlanc Helen Kelly Margaret Griffin Jean Tyler Gertrude LeRoy Mrs. Doris Gill	Nancy Flack Allan John Richard Paice Francis Paice Ronald Paice Allan W. Saunders Susan Saunders Bessie Aaron Marjorie Ferguson Margaret Beach Victor A. Bruce Joseph Canale Jack Regan Dick LeBlanc Margaret Anthony Mary Somers Mrs. Bassett and Family James Colloca	David Russell, Sr. Mary Ann Conners Juliane Doyle Jeanette Moshier Albert Smith Gladys Smith James Smith Hazel Manwaring Dorothy Manwaring Wilma Manwaring Dorothy Winkie Louise Winkie Fred H. Newton Anthony Malone Bart Natoli

Stage Assistants

Marjorie Guntner
Lola McGough
Alice Enright
Eileen Burke

Georgenia Monette
Carl McGann
Edward Crawford, Jr.
Herman Kirchner

Elizabeth Otis
Nan Donovan
Dr. Charles Snyder
Violet Augustine

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CHORUS

First Tenors	Second Tenors	First Basses	Second Basses
John Holliday Joseph Crisafulli Calvin Bond Charles Dehm William Gregway Jack Gokey Joseph Calvarese James Enwright William Farrell William Joyce William Stone	Peter Gambino Larry O'Brien Jack Talamo Peter Capizzi Fred Wall Francis Dehm Michael Dehm Wendell Dehm Ed. Callaghan Jack Fitzgibbons WaIter Barclay Charles Goodness	Joseph Bosco William Horan Jack McDonough Joseph Cloonan Joseph Marenda Jack Wilson Russ Gill	Stowie Donovan John Davis Charles Flick Joseph Sagneri Cam Widrig Harold Lanigan Leonard Lambert Benny Canale

First Sopranos	Second Sopranos	Altos
Jane Lelande Jeanette Burns Louise Tompkins Mrs. David Russell Ellen O'Brien Jean O'Brien Julie FitzGibbons Rita Gill Elsie Schadt Mary Leal Beverly Upcraft Sally Carson	Alicia McCaffrey Nancy Murchie Betty Rose Grace Ziel Kathleen Comerford Mrs. A. W. Saunders Barbara Diefendorf	Marie Sherman Theresa Fitzgerald Nancy Carr Jane Carroll Mary Lally Connie Holmes Mrs. Morris Kring Lois Kessler Florence Slobe Rosalie Vergona Genevieve Cerklevich Nancy Kessler Dotty McKeon Jane Davis

Charles Davis, Piano
Jane Wright, Organist

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Centennial Band

Weldon M. Grose, Bandmaster

Louis Arcoraci
Samuel Bosco, Jr.
William Bruce
Edmund Bullard
Samuel Ciccio
George Cuppernoll, Jr.
Alfred DiLapi
Richard Fellows
R. A. Fox
Peter Gambino
James Garmon

Pascal Goodness
William Goodness
Pasquale Guido
John Handley, Jr.
Randall Lohr
Angelo Loschiavo
Charles Loschiavo
Leonard Lambert
Lyman Ottman
Charles Putnam
Carleton Kennedy

Roswell Kring
Maurice Rebeor
Jack Saddington
James Sculley
Angelo Spano
Nick Sterio
William Stubba
Donald Wallace
Jack Ziel
Peter Pasquale
Frank Lawton

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The Centennial Committee and the staff are grateful for the cooperation given by many organizations and individuals of Oswego and Oswego County in prtoviding the cast of "Let Flow the River."

The Committee and Staff regret the omission of the names of those who joined the cast after the program went to press.

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This booklet, "Oswego Centennial Pageant," was generously donated by Martha Magill, Coordinator of Herkimer/Montgomery Counties NYGenWeb. Many thanks Martha!

**For further information on any of the names listed, please contact the Local Historians and/or Historical Societies.

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