1930's Original Rink & Ballroom - Very similar buildings!
1960's Map showing New Rink
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Karyn Foley 1967 (Photo from Joyce Willrett)
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1970 Ad
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1971 Mid Summer Invitational
Joyce Knittel
Photo courtesy Joyce Willrett
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1971 Mid Summer Invitational
Karyn Foley & Dennis Weeks
Photo courtesy Dennis Weeks
This is how the rink looks today!
OBITUARY
Kasmir 'Kas' Ulaky
Kasmir "Kas" Ulaky, died Feb. 14, 2006, at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, Mass.
Mr. Ulaky was born in 1922 on Staten Island, N.Y., and by age 17, was an accomplished artist. His series of U.S. presidential portraits was featured in a one man show in New York City's Town Hall.
Ulaky served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II as a B-24 bomber pilot and was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
After the war, Ulaky began his amusement park career as a concessionaire at South Beach in Staten Island, with his wife, Rita. He later owned and operated children's rides at Dietch's Kiddie Zoo in Fair Lawn, N.J.
In February 1958, Ulaky partnered with Claude "Lou" Captell and Anthony "Nino" Berni Sr. to buy Canobie Lake Park in Salem. He built Canobie Lake Park into a family entertainment facility.
Kasmir is survived by his wife, Rita; his daughter, Christine Ulaky; his son, Wayne Ulaky; a daughter-in-law, Lynne Belair Ulaky; and two grandchildren.
Rita, Wayne and Christine Ulaky continue as Canobie Lake Park owners.
