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Show for a city park. A small grandstand was built, complete with chicken wire netting across the front of it. The later games of baseball were even more popular when teams from nearby towns played local winners. John K and his family enjoyed the holiday entertainment in the early 1900's when games shared honors with pony racing. When a circus came to town it was usually quartered in the City Park. TASTES OF CULTURE There were violinists (fiddlers) among the first residents of Mt. Pleasant who contributed to the success of entertainments and dances in the community- And in 1869 John Hasler settled there, bringing with him a full set of musical instruments from Switzerland. He immediately began to instruct some people in their use and organized a brass band, continuing to teach them while they played. The community was fortunate because he elected to establish his home there, and he rendered valuable service in choral and instrumental training throughout the entire north end of the county. In the upstairs room of the red brick Z.C.M.I. building (later the Union Store) the public witnessed Shakespearean Plays produced by John S. Lindsay and Company. There were also other first-class companies presented, as well as home dramatics groups. Some of C C A . Christensen' s panoramas were 95 |