Club continues to deal after 62 years
In 1957, “American Bandstand” debuted on television, the Cavern Club opened in Liverpool and a card club made up of newly minted nurses from the Butler Memorial School of Nursing had its first get-together.
Since then, “American Bandstand” has gone black and the Cavern Club, once home base of the Beatles, was demolished.
But the card club, whose members now range in age from 81 to 85, gathered last week at Mama Rosa's Restaurant and Lounge, 263 Old Plank Road, for their monthly card game and to celebrate the birthday of member Wanda Acre, who got a tiara and cupcakes to mark the occasion.
Patty Fair and Pat Leclere said the group started among the nursing class and just kept going.
“I think we started playing cards and (member) Jane Titley's wedding shower,” said Fair.
“We started having wedding showers and then it became baby showers,” said LeClere.
“We decided it was such a good idea we would keep things going,” said Fair.
And they kept things going for 62 years through marriages, moves and the shifting tides of fate.
This is an excerpt from a story that appears in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.
