McCathey's Beach

McCathey's Beach, also called Neversink Beach and later Joyland Beach was at the end of Beach Road to your right. The Beach was named for Fannie Waymack McCathie and David Morrison McCathie. David was the manager of the Boston Dry Goods store and the proprietor of the Peerless Neckwear Factory, downtown. Fannie was the inventor of a Puritan Collar and a baby bib sold by Peerless. The popular beach would eventually include a dancing facility adn two hundred bath houses.