Below are a few items I pick up a while back that I’ve been meaning to post. The Elmwood Casino (no gambling) was once the Cat’s Ass. It was a classic nightclub and a major stop on the traveling circuit. All the biggest stars in show biz at the time played at the Elmwood. Like all good things, the Elmwood too came to an end. After going bankrupt and sitting vacant for a while, it was purchased and reopened as Brentwood Recovery Home.
The items below date to the 1950’s.
Look at that menu! That’s less than $3.00 a person.
The cover of the drink list…
Draconian Liquor Board rules existed then too. Nothing like creating a cheap “plate of food” to meet the regulations. I bet the Elmwood made a few bucks off that 35 cent plate. 🙂
Check those prices! Times sure have changed.
From the Border Cities Star - December 6, 1924, almost a century ago to the…
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Above is a photo of the home of Mr & Mrs Oswald Janisse, located at…
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Sherrie, as well as Richard's suggestions (which are both excellent books, I own a copy of Gervais' book) you could go into Juniper books on Ottawa Street and check out the local history section. I'd suggest looking for anything by an author named Michael Gladstone White. If you can find anything by him, grab it.
The book about the Windsor police is called The Border Police, by G H Gervais.It was published in 1992 byPenumbra Prees.
The Joseph Langlois and Seraphim Maitre mentionedd on pages 24,25 and 26 are my great grandfather,andgreat nepher of Serahim
The last line should be great grandfather, and great uncle.
Do you know who Al Siegel bought the Elmwood from? Who owned it when it was the Elmwood Hotel?