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LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - OCTOBER 16, 2016

by Lynne Bellusico

October 22 –MachPelah Cem-

etery – Be There!

Don’t miss this event! Some

of LeRoy’s finest students, and

members of the Interact and Ear-

lyact clubs will be portraying some

of LeRoy’s most historical people

at MachPelah Cemetery in the

afternoon, Saturday, October 22nd.

Tours will leave every 15 minutes

from the main gate on North Street.

If you have ever wondered what it

might be like to meet with Orator

Woodward, Emily Ingham or

Jacob LeRoy, here is your opportu-

nity. And when you buy a $5 ticket,

you are helping the students raise

money for a community project.

As you walk toward theWood-

ward Mausoleum, you will meet

Orator Woodward (who resembles

Nate Flint) and his wife Cora (Cece

Tillotson) and standing with them

will be their oldest son, Ernest

LeRoy Woodward (portrayed by

Jacob Williams) and not to be left

out, will be Donald Woodward

(sometimes known as Brock Flint)

The Woodward’s will have some

MachPelah Cemetery

great stories to share, and I’ve

heard, that their two sisters, Helen

and Eleanor might show up.

Around the corner, you’ll meet

Jacob LeRoy (who looks a lot like

Josh Laurie). Jacob and Charlotte

LeRoy (Emily Friend) and a few

of their ten children are back in

town to place flowers on the graves

of their two little girls who died

and were buried in St. Mark’s

Cemetery on Church Street. But

when the old St. Mark’s Church

was torn down, the graves were

moved to MachPelah. (Josh has

promised me that he will use the

correct pronunciation of the family

name on Saturday.)

The beautiful Lathrop Chapel

will be open on Saturday decorated

for a wedding and I’ve been told

students will be rehearsing some

music. In the hillside across from

the Chapel is the Lampson burial

vault. Marietta Ingham and her

younger sister Emily Staunton (Mi-

chaela Mesiti and Hayley Babbit)

are furious, because Mr. Lampson

has called in the mortgage on Ing-

hamUniversity, and the school will

Walk throughs every 15 minutes

children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

Produced by: LeRoy Rotary Interact

Proceeds to benefit MachPelah Cemetery & Rotary Interact

This event is a fun & educational event. This is family friendly,

and WILL NOT be of any haunted nature.

“Meet the Famous, and

Not So Famous People

of LeRoy's Past”

Tickets are

$

5.00 each, or a

family pass for

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October 22

3pm-6:30pm

Please contact Sam Vagg at (585) 993-5555 or

samvagg@gmail.com

for tickets

be closed. Two Ingham graduates,

Sarah Whiting, (who is portrayed

by Margeux Carmel) and noted

artist Ida Taylor are joining the

Ingham sisters, to add their support

for their alma mater. Miss Whit-

ing, a physicist at Wellsley College,

is very outspoken and is a strong

proponent of women’s education.

I’m sure you won’t want to miss

what she has to say.

If you’ve ever wondered where

the name MachPelah comes from,

Mr. Blodgett will be waiting to tell

you that story, and all about how he

raised the money to buy the wheat

field that would become this Na-

tional Historic Landmark. Grant

Hertzler will be portraying George

Blodget and he will introduce you

to 12-year old Caro Chamberlain,

who has a very special story.

The next group of students

(Tyler Rider, Bryce Bordonaro,

Alex Hahn, and Austin Eschberg-

er) were willing to enlist in the

Union Army in order to portray

some of the men who served in the

Civil War. They will be standing

near Abner Woodward’s gravesite.

Woodward, (portrayed by Dominic

Filio), died in the Civil War and

left his wife and children destitute.

Abner’s eldest son, Orator Wood-

ward, had to leave school and go

to work to help support his family.

Eventually he would become a

millionaire, and forever become

famous.

This cemetery tour will be fun

(and not scary) It will give every-

one an opportunity to learn a little

history, enjoy beautiful Mach-

Pelah, and help the students raise

some money for a worthy cause.

Earlyact and Interact are stu-

dent service organizations affili-

ated with the LeRoy Rotary Club.

In the past, they have raised money

for many significant worthy causes

including Honor Flight. They are

committed to the Rotary motto,

“Service Above Self.” Don’t hes-

itate to support this project and

purchase your tickets by contacting

Samantha Vagg at (585)993-5555

or write an email request to her at:

samvagg@gmail.com