Sweet Auburn: The Magazine of the Friends of Mount Auburn In Celebration of 175 Years | Page 14

People and Happenings
175 th banners, sponsored by Cambridge Trust
Company, lined Mount Auburn Street from the
Cemetery into Harvard Square this fall—and
will reappear this spring.
Celebrating
175 Years!
June 22, 2006, State House
Ceremony, Boston
Bill Clendaniel and State Rep-
resentative Rachel Kaprielian
(Watertown and Cambridge) with
the proclamation from the Mass-
achusetts House of Representatives,
marking the 175 th Anniversary of the
1831 legislation that created Mount
Auburn Cemetery.
November 1, 2006, Cambridge
Two “citizens” of Old Sturbridge Village in high 1830s fashion join Bill at the
State House. (Photos by Jennifer Johnston)
Richard and Mary Dalton and Trustee Mary Lee (Widgie) Aldrich
and her husband, Peter, gave a party for Cambridge Friends of
Mount Auburn at the Daltons’ home. Above left, (l. to r.): Richard
Grubman; his wife, Friends of Mount Auburn Trustee Caroline
Mortimer; Vice President of Cemetery Services Richard Dalton; and
Sharon Bushnell Sears, all of Cambridge.
Above: Bill Clendaniel joins Trustee Widgie Aldrich and her
husband Peter of Cambridge at the Dalton party. (Photos by Meg
Winslow)
October 14, 2006, Pro Arte Concert in Story
Chapel at Mount Auburn
Right: Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston Executive Direc-
tor Kathleen Kearns (right) and Pro Arte volunteer Miriam
Swanson at the concert featuring the works of composers who
were buried or cremated at Mount Auburn.
Pro Arte flutist Ann Bobo (Photos by Meg Winslow)
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June 21, 2006, Media Day
Bill Clendaniel being interviewed at
the Cemetery by Greg Wayland and
a crew from NECN (TV)
(Photo by Jennifer Johnston)