As previously mentioned, the Parish was in a phase of “firsts” in 1955 and in September/October of 1955 the Parish would add another first.

The first organization established in the Parish was the Ushers Club. Naturally, it began somewhat informally, as one member described it. It seems that one of his friends called out to him; “Hey, the Pastor of our new Parish needs some help. Come over to St. Sebastian’s Hall tomorrow night for a meeting. And, by the way, you are going to usher next Sunday.” The new Parish of St. Albert the Great was formed of territory which previously was part of St. Sebastian’s Parish.

The records of the Ushers Club list the following members for October, 1955:

Vincent Arbour Clayton Archer Jr Bill Brown Ernest Cheladyn Leo Dombrowski Ernest Dull Eugene DuRoss George Gregely George Gira Alton Gee

Joe Geuss Ray Heinrich A.M. Hoehn Mike Krzywonos Robert Koos George Lannen Adam Lyle Bill LaPonsey Tom McCurdy Russ Nicholson

Joseph Orris Frank Perri Paul Pritchard Al Traxler James Uetz Al Valentine Eugene Wayne Dave White Ed Wohlford Frank Zawilanski

The minutes of the meeting of what would become the Ushers Club was on Sept. 7th 1955 and it shows that 23 members were present, and the following were the officers: Dave White, Chairman; Russ Nicholson, Acting Secretary; Ed Wohlford, Acting Treasurer.

In February, 1956, Ted Czerwinski joined the Ushers Club, and in March of 1956, Clayton Archer Sr., Raymond Butler, Secundo Cusin, Frank Duncan, Henry Jaskowiak, Joe Melega, Richard Nowak, and John Raymond all became members. Joe Heffernan, John McGovern, Frank O’Rourke, and Ed Villemaire joined in April, while Leo Faulhaber, Bob McGuire, and Frank Popek became members in June. Charles Jabour, Donald Korte, and Tony Schroka joined in July, Frank Pysz in October, and Mike Koczon in January, 1957. Thus the Ushers Club developed into a flourishing organization comprising a group of dedicated men.