Bal-A-Roue, 376 Mystic Avenue , Medford, Massachusetts

• Owner: Hall family (Late 1930's) (see Mary Pyche's quote below)
• Operator: Fred H. Freeman (1940^[4] - 1951)^[2]
• Operator: Raoul Bernie (1951 - 1966)^[2]
• Operator: Mr. & Mrs. George Pyche (1966 - mid 1980s)^[3]
• Manager: Jim Price^[6] (1949), Melvin Umbach (1951 - )
• Manager: Benny Aucoin ( - 1964)^[1]
• Pro/Coach: Fred Bergin, Betty Jane Yarrington, Dick Chambers, Emily Melville^[5], Janet Arredono, Don Homans, Melvin "Coonie" Umbach, Paul Gagnon, Bob Toye, George & Mary Pyche, John Holland
• Organist: Mary Bergin (1930s / 1940s)
• Organist: Frank Picher (1940s)
• Organist: Benny Aucoin (1953 - 1964)^[1]
• Organist: Arthur Garlick (late 1960's)
• Organist: John Flynn (1970)
• Opened for skating: Late 1930s - mid 1980s^[3]


Quote from Mary Pyche at the Bal-A-Roue Facebook page:
"From my memory (and George's) the structure of the rink was transported from West Medford as a MTA bus turnaround garage and it was cut into sections and brought to the Mystic Avenue location to be used as a building to build boats. The property was owned along with most of the area around Wellington Circle by the Hall family who were big in real estate and still are. Then someone bought the lease and converted it into a roller skating rink and a couple of years later Fred Freeman (about 1937) ran it"