Sue Meehan (nee Woolley) relates stories of the balls she attended at the Wollongong Town Hall when she was a president and committee member of Wollongong Catholic Youth in the late 1960’s.
Sue’s sister Jill Woolley makes debut at CYO Ball or YCW Ball. FROM LEFT Wally Pritchard, Jill Meehan, Sue’s Father, Sue’s Mother, Sue Meehan, Ian
Group of Debutantes on their way to debutante ball at WTH. Taken at St Mary’s School Hall. Date 1967, Photographer Reginald Warlow
Sue and John Meehan at CYO Ball, 12 August 1966, Photographer Reginald Warlow
CYO Ball – Sue sitting with Reverend Thomas McCabe, Bishop of Wollongong and John Roach, Date: 12 August 1966
CYO Ball formal portrait with stole Sue standing formal portrait, Date: 12th Aug 1966. Photographer Reginald Warlow
CYO Ball or YCW Ball – Sue standing in receiving line with Bishop McCabe and Father Ryan – L to R Maria Barrett, Maurice McEwan, Mrs. Squires, Mayor Squires, Ros Hetherington, Mick Barrett, Bishop Thomas McCabe, Father Ryan – 17th Aug 1965
YCA Ball Program front of 10th anniversary YCA Debutante Ball Program, Date: 11th Aug 1967
Keywords
Catholic Women’s League of Illawarra – Wollongong Catholic Youth – Debutante Balls – Hi-Lites Band – Mick Berghuis – Bishop McCabe – Margaret Hamilton (nee Schubert) – St Mary’s Star of the Sea College – John Driscoll – Reginald Warlow (photographer) – Parkinson’s Cordial Bottles – CYO – Catholic Youth Organization – YCW – Young Christian Workers Association
