Red Letter Day

Huron City Museums

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

The Players

Frank Hubbard is read by Charles A. Parcells III, great grandson of Frank. Charles is a trustee of the William Lyon Phelps Foundation. Frank Hubbard was the son of the town founder, Langdon Hubbard. Frank started the Hubbard Memorial Hospital in 1906, which is now Huron Medical Center in Bad Axe. He also had nine banks in the Thumb area.
Narrator is Kathryn H. Parcells, Elizabeth and Frank’s great grand daughter. Katy is President of the William Lyon Phelps Foundation which operates the museums.
Frederick St. John Lockwood and Newspaper Reporter are read by Frederick Lockwood Parcells, great grandson of Elizabeth and Frank and great great grandson of Frederick Lockwood. Fred is a musician in New York and spends his summers in Huron City. Frederick St. John Lockwood was the president of the National Bank of Norwalk and the Fairfield County National Bank, as well as the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad Company.
William Lyon Phelps and Ira Trumbull are read by Richard Hill, whose long and distinguished stage career as supernumerary to the Metropolitan Opera, the American Ballet Theater and the Michigan Opera Theatre is eclipsed only by his appearance at the Huron City Church. William Lyon Phelps was Frank’s boyhood friend who grew up to marry Frank’s sister, Annabel. They lived in the House of Seven Gables from 1892 until 1943. Ira Trumbull worked for Langdon Hubbard in Huron City.
Elizabeth Lockwood Hubbard, Society Reporter and
Carolyn Hubbard are read by Carolyn Lounsberry. Together with Frank, Elizabeth had three children: Carolyn, Annabel and Frank Langdon. The Hubbard family lived in her family home in Port Austin until 1910 when they moved to Grosse Pointe, MI. She died in 1953. Carolyn was the oldest of the three children. Bringing her four children and 18 grandchildren here for the summer, Carolyn passed on her love of Huron City to the succeeding generations. She also began the William Lyon Phelps Foundation that keeps the museums operating.

11:00 AM Reception at Seven Gables
Music by the Alan Wasserman Trio
12:13 PM Traditional Owl Salute “El Capitan”
12:30 PM Luncheon on the Lawn
Update on the Museums
Hunt for your treasure!
3:00 PM Program at the Huron City Church
“The Frank Hubbard Family”
Photos and Letters from the Archives
Musical selection recorded by
Elizabeth Parcells
4:00 PM Ice Cream Social at Seven Gables
Museum Village tours and Seven Gables
Open House all day
Lawn games, Spinning Wheels, Quilting

Huron City Church
Structural Restoration Fund

Program

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arms
Ms. Bess Bonnier
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Borgula
Mr. Alan Cox
Ms. Marilyn Deshano
Mrs. Charles Endicott
Ms. M. Teresa Gillis
Ms. Susan Gremel
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hackbarth
Ms. Carol Hagenow
Mrs. Evelyn Hellebuyck
Mr. Richard Hill
Mrs. Dorothea Hunter
Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Mrs. Hermine Klingler
Mr. Mark Henry Kubacki
Mrs. Jeanette Kubacki
Mrs. Nancy Landau
Mrs. Carolyn Lounsberry
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Marx
Mr. and Mrs. Al Maxwell
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mayes
Mr. Dave McDaniels

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mercier
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Milligan
Ms. Esther Motz
Mr. Willet O’Dell
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Olive
Charles A. Parcells Foundation
Ms. Kathryn Parcells
Mrs. George Renaud
Mr. and Mrs. James Renaud
Ms. Karen Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schnur
Mr. and Mrs. John Sheoris
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Smith
Tinsey & Hasen Farms
Mr. and Mrs. George Vincent
Mrs. Mariana Wagoner
Mr. Walter D. Wagoner, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wolff
Behold el Capitan!
Notice his penetrating stare,
Gaze on his misanthropic air.
Come match him if you can
He is a champion beyond
compare!

Thank You to all of our supporters!

“The Frank Hubbard Family”

Recorded by Elizabeth Parcells
Home Sweet Home
The selection is taken from “Elizabeth Parcells A Jenny Lind Recital” CD
Elizabeth Parcells, great grand daughter of Elizabeth and Frank Hubbard, spent the summers of her youth in Huron City and learned how to project her voice in this church. Playing with the acoustics, Betsy loved to sing here.
She began her musical career at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. She went on to receive her Bachelor and Master of Music with Honors at the New England Conservatory of Music.
She won the 1977 Metropolitan Opera Council National Finals in New York City, which helped launch her professional singing career. She soon moved to Europe where she joined ensembles of several opera theaters in Germany; Augsburg, Wiesbaden, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Stuttgart and Basel.
After living and working in Europe for twenty years, in 1997 she returned home to Michigan. She was curator here at the museums, adding her creative ideas to the museum her grandmother, Carolyn, founded. Elizabeth Parcells died on December 29, 2005.
Charles A. Parcells, Jr. was the grandson of Frank and Elizabeth Hubbard. He grew up in the home they built in Grosse Pointe. Charles served as President of the William Lyon Phelps Foundation for over 50 years and his dedication and hard work make the museums what they are today. He passed away on April 14, 2006. Both he and Elizabeth are greatly missed.

Musical Selection