You’d think that after 70 years of friendship, there wouldn’t be much left to talk about.
But don’t say that to a group of former East Side teenagers who formed a club in 1941 that continues to meet every two weeks.
“It started at my house 70 years ago,” said Helen Resutek of West Seneca. “We were just friends from the neighborhood, and we decided to get together, and then it followed by itself.”
The original group of five quickly grew to 11, and they have remained close through the years. The group includes three pairs of sisters, two who married brothers, and another who married the brother of two of the sisters.
Saturday, they celebrated the remarkable 70th anniversary of their club with a limousine ride to Henry’s in Kleinhans Music Hall for dinner, followed by a Buffalo Philharmonic pops concert.
Joining in the fun were Resutek, 86; Rose Witman, 87, of Depew; Genevieve Ferenc, (CQ) 88, of Depew; Mary Legierski, 83, of North Collins; Mary Banasiak, 87, of Hamburg; Helen Pilarski, 85, of Depew; and Florence Bartoszek, 83, of Florida.
The Polish heritage is strong in the group. Most grew up in St. John Kanty Catholic Parish, and Legierski, the only Irishwoman, speaks Polish as well as any of them.
