Inside the Meadows
St Stephens Church had a Golden Jubilee Banquet at the Meadows in 1948. It was held for the Reverend James McCafferty, on the Fourth of July. Here’s a rare panorama photo of that event, that I found at a local yard sale.
Now we all know what the place looked like inside. Imagine Vaughn Monroe on the stage doing “Ghost Riders in the Sky”.
dee sheehan said,
February 28, 2007 at 9:54 pm
father mccafferty was a great priest responsible for the opening of st. stephens schoo when i was enrolled there in the first grade, there were 2 classes ahead of me.
school was a shell til classrooms were built , one added every year.the first class went the eighth grade only and had to go to the 9th grade in public school, since there wasnt much money. after a couple of years, 9th grade classroom was built…
thanks to my dad and some other gentlemen. when the Mothers Guild had food sales and raffles. that is how the new classroom was built. God rest the souls of all these fine folks.
would you believe it i still connect with my fifth grade teacher who ilves at bethany health care facility, i.e. sister melrita. she is just a darling and sharp as a tack.
Dick Ward said,
February 3, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I Danced the night away on NewYears Eve 1953 with my girl friend (of one week) which turned out to be wife for 52 years. I was in the Army at the time and she complained that I was walking all over her toes with my Army Boots. Her favorite singer was Vaughan Monroe who owned the Meadows when it first opened.
dee said,
February 21, 2008 at 5:11 am
FREQUENTED THE MEADOWS. ONE NIGHT I HAD A DATE AND WAS WEARING A PAIR OF GOLD SLEEPERS … WANTED TO PIERCE MY EARS. HAD TO SQUEEZE THEM SO THEY WOULD MAKE A HOLE IN UR EAR. THIS NITE IN THE MEADOWS, SQEEZE MY EAR AND IT POPPED. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IT WENT THRU THE HOLE…PHEW, IT WAS LIKE AN EXPLOSION IN MY HEAD AND I WAS VERY EMBARRASSED. I MIGHT ADD THAT I STILL HAVE PIERCED EARS AFTER ALLTHESE YEARS. GOLD SLEEPERS COST 20 DOLLARS THOSE DAYS.
NOW, KIDS GO TO A DEPT STORE OR DOCTOR TO GET THEIR EARS PIERCED.
WAS LUCKY DIDNT GET ANY INFECTION.