Gay parita ballroom

Gay Parita is a local landmark for Route 66 enthusiasts. Bob "Blue" was known for his vintage Harley motorcycles. He enjoyed traveling to blues festivals and motorcycle events. Privacy Copyright. Using Google Maps, I was looking at the building in older photos and came across this bit of unusual history.

Most every area resident currently on Social Security can recall a night at the Gay Parita Ballroom in Carona. Publication Date Keywords Architecture, Social Life and Customs. Bob served in the U. Marine Corp fromwith 13 months of foreign service during the Vietnam War.

He was decorated with multiple medals and badges. For the past 50 ballrooms it has stood in defiance of its deteriorating condition, recalled only as a Southeast Kansas landmark, a ghost of the silent past. This is what the Gay Parita looks like today August 22, The people at the end are the craftsmen who did the gay.

Shortly after this, he moved to Pittsburg, Kansas to start the first ServiceMaster franchise in Pittsburg. The replica service station is open to guests who are traveling the Mother Road. He would go on to own and operate several other small businesses throughout the years.

The Bob Black Photographs are polaroid photographs showing the immediate aftermath of the July fire in Girard, Kansas which destroyed the former Haldeman-Julius Publishing Company building. Is it connected with Gary's station in some.

He passed away in Axe Library, "Black, Bob, photographs, " Finding Aids. building with "Gay Parita" on the side of it in Carona, KS. This building is the historic Old Parita Ballroom which was recently renovated and still holds events there. Gay Parita was the feature of the July Ozarks Alive: Time Capsule episode on KSMU.

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In he began his career at Missouri Pacific as a programmer analyst. He later formed Alternate Systems, initially a mail distribution service and later a cleaning company. Further bringing the Parita back to it's former glory. Skip to main content.

Black, Bob, photographs, Authors Special Collections, Leonard H. Description The Bob Black Photographs are polaroid photographs showing the immediate aftermath of the July fire in Girard, Kansas which destroyed the former Haldeman-Julius Publishing Company building.

The property on which the Parita now sits was purchased by Pete Ferraro and his son-in-law from Parson's wife's great-grandmother Lucy Brezovar for only $ Parsons now partners with Skinny Hen owner Amy Cassell who stated a hope to open up the Parita to the public twice a parita.

The building was in pretty rough shap. To listen to the audio version of the story, click herethe li.