Students create new home for old tradition
Ryder Pavao, Adelaide Zell and Emily Best with their finished work. Submitted photo
Lakeville Historical Commission member Delia Murphy with the display case. Photo by Sandy Quadros Bowles 
The students signed their names to their work. Photo by Sandy Quadros Bowles
Ryder Pavao, Adelaide Zell and Emily Best with their finished work. Submitted photo
Lakeville Historical Commission member Delia Murphy with the display case. Photo by Sandy Quadros Bowles
The students signed their names to their work. Photo by Sandy Quadros Bowles
LAKEVILLE -- Some of the community’s youngest residents lent their talents to honor the oldest.
Old Colony Regional High School students Ryder Pavao,Adelaide Zell and Emily Best constructed a display case to hold a replica of Lakeville’s Boston Post cane, which is traditionally presented to the town’s oldest resident.
Their finished work was showcased at a ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Lakeville library.
“We’re so proud of them,’’ said Delia Murphy, a member of the Lakeville Historical Commission. “It’s amazing that a younger generation got involved and now they’re part of history.’’
Murphy hopes the commission will find a permanent home for the replica, which features the cane set against a crushed velvet background. Engraved plaques with the recipients names have been added.
The original cane is held at the Lakeville Historical Museum.
