When the Lamplighters Civic and Social Club sold its building located at 1007 Rebecca St. in Wooster in 2021, more than a few tears were shed. It was truly the end of an era for Wooster’s Italian-American Club when the organization officially disbanded in 2024.
Lamplighters was like a second home for Trish van Tol and her siblings, Don, Carol (Hines) and Janet (Fry), growing up as kids in the 1970s. “Oh my goodness, they'd have so many weddings and wedding receptions at Lamplighters,” van Tol said. “We would have Christmas and Halloween parties back in the day.
