An Interview with Mrs. Elmarie Dyke
AKA – “MRS. PACIFIC GROVE”
A Staged Reading by Carol Marquart
With local actors, Phyliss and Mitch Davis
Sunday, November 2, 2025, 3:00 PM
St. Mary’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church – Edwards Hall
Performance is free and open to the public.
Elmarie Hurlbert Hyler Dyke (Citizen of the year in 1975) will give her first and only television interview on KPEG TV on June 3, 1975. She will offer stories about important people she knew such as Ed Ricketts and Pacific Grove Mayor, Julia Platt. Elmarie Dyke will also highlight her important civic contributions which includes but, is not limited to, the creation of The Feast of Lanterns festivities and her willingness to volunteer for just about everything. This is a woman with incredible community spirit. Included in this interview are Elmarie’s opinions and recollections about life in “The Last Home Town,” between the years 1913 and 1975. No doubt, many people still living in the area knew her well.
Make your calendar now to visit St. Mary’s and learn why Elmarie Dyke earned the name, “Mrs. Pacific Grove.”
Carol Marquart has written and produced staged readings throughout the Monterey Peninsula. She recently staged TWO WIVES OF JOHN STEINBECK at the Carmel Foundation and at the Pacific Grove Library as part of The Local History SPOTLIGHT SERIES.
Subjects for Carol’s plays are famous and infamous people, including Frank Lloyd Wright, William Randolph Hearst, Mark Twain and even Rasputin!