Lorain Nightclub Halloween Ads – October 1963

Halloween is getting closer, so I’d better keep posting some vintage ads to put everyone in the mood.

Here are a couple nightclub ads that ran in the Lorain Journal on October 25, 1963. The first one is for a dance at the Knights of St. John on Kansas Avenue. It features some great, stylized Halloween artwork.

Mike Vidovich’s Jolly Boys provided the music. At the time of his passing in June 1977, the Journal noted that Mr. Vidovich was a native of Lorain and that he formed the Jolly Boys Orchestra in the 1930s. The paper also stated that he served with the U.S. Army Band during World War II, and had retired from the pipe shop of U. S. Steel, Lorain Works after 35 years of service as a group leader.

I’ve mentioned the Jolly Boys on this blog before, posting an ad for a 1953 St. Patrick’s Day appearance here.

According to the Lorain County Auditor website, the Knights of St. John Commandery #281 sold the Kansas Avenue building back in 2013.

Meanwhile, Sherwood Inn at 3700 Oberlin Avenue held their own Halloween wingding on the same night as the Knights of St. John. Here’s the nightclub’s ad. The Harry Herman Trio provided the music.

It looks like the black cat from the other ad wandered into this one.

I’ve featured Sherwood Inn – and its many predecessors and successors – many times on this blog since 2009. In fact, Sherwood Inn was my very first topic.

I did a partial roll call of the later businesses that called 3700 Oberlin Avenue home here. But before them, there was also the 400 Bridge Club, the Country Gardens and the infamous Penny Morgan’s Place.