This Day in History: 1933-05-03
Thirty members of the Mahwah Women’s Club went to Trenton in a chartered bus to participate in the annual Little Theater tournament of the Federated Women’s Clubs of New Jersey. Their play, Lionel Adams fantasy “How the Great Guest Came” was one of 25 given at the Contemporary Club. The Club’s president elect Margaret Middleton Hewitt presented the group. Ines Hallenbeck, the chairman of the department of Literature and Drama, and director of the play read the prologue. In the cast were Betty Edwards, Florence Bennett, Marie Boursault, and Irene Prendergast. The play was very well received but did not win a prize. The group was entertained at tea by Mrs. Hewitt’s mother, Mrs. Middleton of Trenton before their return to Mahwah. (Bristow)