tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post7098295600774441315..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Birth and Death of the YMCA's Building: Scenes of the DemolitionSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-52532634720987946692019-12-24T18:09:25.913-08:002019-12-24T18:09:25.913-08:00That's an interesting story about Protestant-C...That's an interesting story about Protestant-Catholic relations! The gender stuff is less surprising, unfortunately.<br /><br />Salem Reporter has more on the mosaic removal - <br /><br />https://www.salemreporter.com/posts/1630/photos-watch-workers-use-liquid-foam-to-preserve-salems-peace-mosaicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-72743957230744993132019-12-23T05:50:28.799-08:002019-12-23T05:50:28.799-08:00I learned how to swim in that pool! It was 1958 an...I learned how to swim in that pool! It was 1958 and I was in the third grade. I went to school at St. Joseph's Catholic School just across the street. But I had to get permission from the priest to be able to go to the YWCA. First, I was a girl and second the Y was a protestant organization. My father petitioned for me to be able to go and take the swimming lessons after school and I was permitted to do so only if my older brother accompanied me, that I would go directly in under his guidance and would leave immediately afterwards with him. I was not allowed to participate in any of the other activities. <br /><br />I do not know when girls were allowed in the Y, but I think in 1958 is was still a practice that girls swam separate from the boys.<br /><br />I do recall that within a year or two of that situation, things were relaxed and girls were allowed to be in the building alone and they had craft classes and other girls only activity groups...that I did not participate in, because I was doing 4-H at the Bligh Hotel with other girls.Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com