Guy Lombardo at the Amity Inn

Big Band leader Guy Lombardo was in the city on March 20, 1946 to help Father Francis J. Schlindwein to break ground for the new Saint Boniface School that was to be erected at 9363 Wattsburg Road. Father Schlindwein had all sorts of celebrities that came to Erie to help with fund raising and special events, he personally knew many of the celebrities that would come to Erie to aid his efforts. He met Guy Lombardo in New York City in 1943.

After the ground-breaking ceremony at the site where St. Boniface school was to be erected, Guy Lombardo had dinner at the Amity Inn located at 1334 West 26th Street with the local dignitaries. The men in the photo (from left to right) are: Erie Mayor Charlie Barber, Father Schlindwein, Guy Lombardo and Joseph Ferraro.

Mr. Ferraro owned the Amity Inn. The identity of the woman seated at the table is not known