At the Shadow Lawn Inn, nestled in the heart of Rothesay, New Brunswick, nearly a century and a half of charm and hospitality awaits you. Full service convenience and amenities, award winning cuisine, restful accommodations, peaceful seclusion and friendly staff will make your stay truly memorable at this beautiful Atlantic Canadian Inn.
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That's 359 Steak Dinners for Me, and Counting!
Submitted by John Gahagan
Sometime before 1975 four friends thought it would be a good idea to go out once a month for an evening of good food in beautiful surroundings. All four were either teachers at Millidgeville North High School or spouses of Millidgeville teachers. Wilf and Anne Harrison, Nicholas Nicholas and Ginger Gahagan were the original four. Ginger, my wife, convinced me to join them for the conversation even though I had no interest in food.
The Millidgeville Group sitting down for their monthly dinner, October '11.
Shadow Lawn Inn under the ownership of Willie Ward and with the cooking done by his wife Jean was chosen. Willie and Jean devised menus which interested the members of the group, (well, I had steak, mashed potatoes and peas every time) and acted as hosts. In the late eighties there was the phenomenon of Murder parties and the Millidgeville group held two – a hippy sixties murder and an Agatha Christie thirties style murder. Shadow Lawn Inn was, of course, the venue for both. The group continued after the Wards sold to Pat and Margret Gallagher and after they sold to Jamie and Mary Ann Gallagher.
People joined and left the group but it has grown to a steady fifteen or so at each month’s get together. For at least 36 years the group has met once a month through the school year with only one cancellation in all that time and that was February 2011 because of snow. That’s 359 steak dinners for me, and counting!
