Seventy-two years ago today, on Saturday morning, October
19, 1940 at ten o’clock in the morning Rita Mary (Agnes) O’Donnell married
Charles Anthony Fries at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Putnam Avenue near
Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn, NY.
The Reception followed the ceremony and was held from Noon
to 5:30PM in the Solarium at the Hotel Granada (phone # Sterling 3-2000) on
Ashland Place and Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Victor
Molho was the Maitre D’hôtel at the time.
I have enclosed a copy of the menu choices but I do not know
what the final choice was although I think it might have been the Chicken a la
King on Toast ($1.25 per entree) or the Roast Vermont Turkey ($1.75 per
person). I wonder if my Dad happens to remember. There are not too many people around today who
would remember what was served that day.
I have also attached a copy of the seating map that was used
in the Solarium that day.
My mother was excited that there was a little bit of snow
that particular Oct. 19th. She saw this as a sign of good things to
come.
My mother also wrote out her questions for the caterer on
the back of a Hotel Granada envelope.
At the time of her marriage my mother lived at her family
apartment at 1017 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
Her phone # was JE 3-5929.
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad
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