russianbrides

A shout out to the wonderful crew of volunteers, including Russian students from the Russian club coaldale of Washington! Please watch this page for our next event!

Чтобы вам было удобнее использовать Facebook, обновите браузер. Это стандартная проверка безопасности для предотвращения создания фальшивых аккаунтов и дальнейшей рассылки спама. The Russian Citizens Club in Coaldale is 101 years old this year. It was once a major social venue in town, attracting hundreds of people for Saturday night dances and other special events. Today, not many people patronize the club, located at 169 First St. The busiest nights are those when dart tournaments or shuffleboard games are held.

The club is planning a big event later this year that likely will have high attendance. It will be a centennial celebration. Among the special occurrences at this event, dozens of trophies and plaques hanging on the walls will be offered on a first-come basis to individuals who helped earn them. No date was set for the centennial. 31, the club will close for good. This week, club officers John King, Sylvester “Cip” Vavra and John King sat at a table in the otherwise empty club, talking about the good times that used to occur here.

Vavra remembers when huge crowds came to the club on a Saturday night to hear the King Brothers. King recalls how club members physically built the existing building, with one of the members who was a Bethlehem Steel employee getting the steel for the structure from there. A lot of the people who helped do the work were miners. Vavra told the story about Muffey Polanski. They ran it at Indian Mountain sometime in 1954.