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Lyons 'Vintage Voices' tickets are on sale Tales of local history will be resurrected at the Lyons Rural Cemetery on Saturday, September 13, when 12 actors, dressed as historical figures, will share their life stories or tales of early Lyons in the Lyons Civic Club production Vintage Voices. Beginning at 6:15 p.m., guided tours will leave every 15 minutes, with the last performance beginning at 7. Free valet parking will be available. Former Lyons residents who become spirited when sharing their life stories include: bottler William House (Randy Mitchell), flour mill owner, George Shuler (Terry VanStean); blacksmith Oskar Voigt (Eric Lewis); and fanning mill manufacturer Henry Aul (Stuart Smart). Others who share tales of early Lyons are: Sam (Matt Killips), a hobo who routinely visited Lyons on his travels through New York; Harvey Velotte (Dan LaGasse), rural mail carrier on Route #5; Mary Taft Arnold (Stephanie Knarr), a woman who tells of her husbands trip to the Republican Convention where Lincoln was nominated; Charles Levey (George Dobbins), the boy who went down in history as the first person to fall in the Central Park fountain; Joseph Trompini (John Salone), an irate Italian who was one of several Lyons men who were swindled out of their hard-earned money; Catherine Chase (Jessica Edgington), a pauper who was an inmate at the Lyons Poor House; and Kate and Nellie (Val VanStean and Patty Youngman), two local gossips who chatter over some 1919 events. Tickets may be purchased Dobbins Drug Store on 52 William Street, or can be obtained by calling Sharon Lubitow at 398.8974. Tickets are $5 for adults and free for children under 16 who are accompanied by an adult. Proceeds of the event will be used for programs. The mission of the Lyons Civic Club, an educational and charitable organization, is to work toward the betterment of Lyons and provide projects and programming for the people of Wayne County. Copyright
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