Decade Days: 1940s/50s

Friday, June 10, 2022 - 12:00am

Location: Meadowlark, 2121 Meadowlark Road, Manhattan, Kan.

Let’s blast into the past and celebrate Decade Days! Each Friday in June, staff and residents are invited to dress up and participate in activities that fit the decade or era that have been selected for that week! The second set of decades Meadowlark will celebrate is the 1940s and 1950s on Friday, June 10!

Did you know Pizza Hut originated in 1958 in Wichita, Kan.? You’re invited to a Pizza Party at noon Friday, June 10, in Prairie Star Restaurant. The menu will feature Pizza Hut cheese pizza, garden salad, and cookies for $9. Later, venture over to the Courtyard for the Soda Float Social from 2 to 4 p.m. Grosh Cinema will play The Seven Year Itch from 1955 starring Marilyn Monroe at 1, 4, and 7 p.m.

As a part of Decade Days in June, a winner for “Best Dressed” will be selected. Send your entry photo to jarmfield@meadowlark.org by 2 p.m. each Friday to be entered to win!