Senior citizens invited to breakfast

Niagara Wheatfield Tribune, May 1, 2008

William Ross, left, and Roger Andrews, right, chairmen of the Roger W. Andrews 25th annual Senior Citizens Breakfast on May 10, met with Donna Cederman and Arlene Mante of the Wheatfield Seniors recently to give them details of the event. The two are spreading the word about the free breakfast to seniors living in the Niagara-Wheatfield School District. (photo by Chuck Cederman)

The Niagara County Central Rotary Club will host the 25th annual Roger W. Andrews Senior Citizens Breakfast beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 10, in the Niagara-Wheatfield Senior High School cafeteria.

Senior citizens, ages 50 and above, who are residents in the Niagara-Wheatfield School District are invited to the free breakfast.

The annual Senior Breakfast began in 1984 as part of the 25th anniversary of the opening of Niagara-Wheatfield High School. The late Fred Barone, a longtime high school administrator believed that the senior citizens of the Niagara-Wheatfield school community should be honored for all the contributions they had made to make the community a great place to live in and for their excellent support of the district school system, according to William Ross and Roger Andrews, chairmen of this year’s breakfast.

“The first Senior Citizens Breakfast was so successful that Fred Barone and his committee decided it would be great to have an annual breakfast honoring the Niagara-Wheatfield senior citizens,” Ross said. “The Senior Citizen Breakfast has been an outstanding success, because it provides the opportunity for good friends to sit down and enjoy a good breakfast, socialize with friends and listen to nostalgic music from a different era.”

This year’s breakfast is being held as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the opening of the high school.

“I know Fred would be proud we kept things going,” Ross said.

The Niagara County Central Rotary Club has become the main sponsor of this annual event.