Murphy's dance hall was a well known entertainment centre that lasted well into the 1960's until Johnny Murphy passed away. As I grew up in Rollingdam, it was common to lay in bed and hear the square dance music emanating from Murphy's every thursday evening. Patrons came from miles around to dance, eat, drink and fight. It was a well known fact that anyone from Rollingdam older than 15 years of age was a dancer, male or female. Old John Murphy sat at the entrance and collected admission while many of the local ladies tended the canteen where soft drinks, hot dogs, cigarettes and candies could be bought. If you could not afford admission or you were not ready to go in, one could stand in the "bull pen" located to the left of the entrance and watch the fun. At intermission, when everyone went outside for fresh air, the fights were on.

When John Murphy died in the 1960's, the dance hall and land were left to relatives in the eastern U.S.A. The establishment was closed for good and never reopened. The hall eventually fell apart and in later years, the grounds were used for a time as a location to play some local baseball. Today the lot is fast growing into bush.