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- j - ; i l ton, I iarr . ' r 'enc l . .e l i ie i :awc' .ood., - . ;n: l a: :o 3r l - - r . : : r r . igcoo, :ar le
:t: lc Do::s . o::-r.s cn, I lerbert end. Lil l- ian lr ing -,. ' i t11 ti:eir cnilc_ren,
. . ;aner 3en, : : :C - i .obert , fnester and. Jrances Snith. In i ,overnber,
i;o tt , J - G - and J. D. LeonarC anC .ible l.rere ar Green Lal:e f or the
hunt. Iulargaret Kllboujrne, Agnes 31t ze? and, R:th Grant T,rere tnere
in -+ugus t.
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In August 1932, Fir. & I,Irs. I iawgood. lrere at Green Lake l.r ith
the ir boys r 1,'I. and .Tean I ' ierkel aniin october, i larry l lawgood, J. E.
Paisleye .T. E. Kervley, J.A. Shu1tz arr l I were at Green Laire f cr-ho J- ' r ' r ' r# Tn I ' :ovenber , Fasy seecs, I I . Ab le , - i . . Ab le , i i .A .v : a v t _ L 1 : t / a
3lac] ;enhorn, J . Leonard. and C. , {ay i iere f ,here.
L933' Ihe Cl-ub haC ieclded to iry anC protect r.rhai fer.r beaver
there were on ti le leas e at that t jree. I ir ired. a man, Enmret
Roy, to pat ro l i t . I ie was supposed. to nake one i r ip each ' ,+eek
to Crutch Lake on t i re east s i i .e of ihe i ease and io Green Lal ie
on the i 'To:r th eno. fnis i . ias unsat isf acto ry as i te spent h: l f h is
tlrne on return ir ips. So Lre t]:ought if l .Je could na-lce :i traj-t
fron Cmteir Lake to Bear Lake he could Eo arou::d. the cirel e
t t+ice a weelc by speni ing ihe night ai Green ,ake Cannc. , i , ie l . :new
f r .n i r f ha! r \ . ' r , i r / r r 's , - ,oV€r l l r ient r11a1) that Beaf LaIc lay a f ew i .egf ees east of
nortir frorn Crutch Lal.;e, 'cut i-t was a rou''.55 eounrrir =.:rC :re ha6
never been '"hrou3h there. i ' Ie Ceeid eC on this plan. I t ras to
ialie _ir::ret out ' f o G:reen Lalce spenC the ni-ght i irere ani le ave
r:or""l - ' f-rra next :torni-ng, going up Long Lajle io Bear Lake . Leavev \ 4 r * )
v - ^ \ t
t i-r.e s outh s::cre of 3ear La]:e and. f o11ol.l t]:e corap3s s -3o l{est ot
Southr blazing the trees as r , ro went. Sa:n.1.ras tc take one of
l, lorris lcoys, r.rho hras at carnpr go out io Crutch Lalce and. ieave
i :he i lor t l r shore cf Crutch Laire fol lowing t i re ccmpass ao. 'ast of
_ .c ! . ; i i .
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. i ien c teLock in ; : :e nc r=ir:g ' ,ro -r. i€pe io i- le our Juns
anci s ee t ' , 'here -,.rg ifere in : 'el- a;i-cn -,,c eacn oiher. - i i ien o r cf o clt
- irmett anc I irad just come to'cire ed.ge cf a ieei: Sui1ey and. lvb.en
vJe f rrec our gun we trere answered. irmred.iately by a gun s;lot right
across the gulley from us and r, 'hen hre rnet at the boitom of the
gulley the l j-nes we were rrrnning colncided. rsithj-n 1OO feet. As
the dls tanc e f rom crutch Lake to Bear Lake rdas about 3 mi.Ies this
?ras qul te remarkable . We brushed. a trail acro s s the Ij-ne we had
rtln ano E"mmet used lt as long as }:e worked for trs. Dging thes e
l ; rears l ' ie were ra is ing crops oats , rye , buck l . rheat , pota toes, e tc .
on the back farm ano t} :e east farrn. ' , 'Je also tr ied. tc raise sheep
bui ' ;he :.ro1ves got so ::any of thern, r. ie j:.ao to give j-t upo At
a itY-rt1 i - "l (au,cli,1,:r r ir t>33, _'r. .rras s e , _'rrt :val1ace , Ches ter Smith, i.h.rgaret
i i i lcourro r i label Crilson, I{Lorence Crilson, i iarry and. i le1li-e
Hawgood, Doris Johnson. I lawgood shot three bLack bears.
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Gd-lbert i ' iorris and Joe i,enaud. iru-t up ice at Green Lalre in
the itarch of 193[. In iray, Harry and ]lel l ie Earugooo, -f l-orence
:ne I snent a t+eek at Green Lake carnp. l larry and i bui l t a boat
i ]ouse on cedan f loats in f roni of the eatnp anc pcle6 i t by the
channel 'cack of the big i slanC over to the ro ac1, ia r:cing i^ihen i. ie
' ' rent 'cacl< io the r iver. T:e r losqultoes r-rere so bad on tne First
Lal;e trail t i lat ' , I€ i:ad to run part cf tkre r. iay to l ie ep 3.-rr3i f rorn
tr lern. In -{ugust of ihat j rear, l i r . ane i i rs.3. C. S} lepnerd ,ct ,e at
t i re : ' r ven car 'L: al :c i n October, l i : . and. i - rs. HawgooC, i3, . g lc l 1. i rs.
"-oh::s on, sar, o-o€ and. I r..rene e;ai-n et lreen Lake .
Le35Florence and I went to cat-.tp on i ' iay |Vb tlr is yerr. 'r,r ial lacers
roaC was so bad i 're got stuclr and haC to have Joe 3lirrkie t s teanr
puII us cut . hle l ef t f or hrome on the 27 th anc s topp eC in Toronto ,
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:n i ' rcu' : r : . t "o : ,111-:s ^^:cr i€ : ; i - th r- ls. . ie , ;eni ; : :c. : ;c cx,_: i_a
- 'u i :ust :na tool l i *"s. J j : i lson and -- l -oi 'e: tce ' , r i th l ls . I i rac be en
t i r inklng f or s e\reral : j 'eers how nice i t uould De i . f ' . :e ccul- i cui- l - i
a dam ano pol'rer plant at the Creek. trej-s was en unoerta-:lng I
harCly dared. tack le , however , th is year I f lna} Iy iec i ied. to t ry .
I hired s everal teams and men from Sheen, in i,.ay, an6 s iarted. a
d l r t f111 aeross the vaI ley . Th ls f111 had to be : *Z5 feet long,
LZ fcet h igh, L5 feet across the top and. about l+O f eet a t the
bas e . I t recuired about 1600 cu. XCs . of Cir t f i l l and. i t r^ras a
slorv business corn:-olet ing i t . 3y the lat ter l tar t of . - r ,u!ust r . re had.
a l l o f i t dcne, : : - : i ch cou ld be put in unt t l l . re had the ccncrere
;. e t:,i::ing r.iaii s :,t ;he Cre etri buil t .
L935 _ L937
In I ' iay L935, ' , tr€ ass embled the ne c e ssarJr h:rrber : l i t i - :nbers
to raake the forms and brac ing, and i rau led enough creeLr ,sravel to
the i-ara sigat to construct the -rr&11s. In :rugpst; ' , rhen t^re rvater
' iJas 1ors, ; ' re bui l t coff er d.ams j-n the cre eic bed., I aiC the f oo t ing s
ano bu1l t a ccnerete aprcn betr . reen the l . ra l - I f oot i nGs. . i ,e hs.c io
bui ld t ; : is i n t i ' ro sec i ions . - 'n lhen
t1: .e f i rs t sect icn - - :c set r - . . ie
turned the ereetrr water so es to f lol .r , tver i t anc iar::r ied i i off ,
so as to bu i ld - i h re o ther sec t i cn . i , f t ren t i re ap ron anq fcoc ings
l r le io sete ' , t re bui l i tne fo: rns and erecteC t i :e .n on ihe fcot j -ngs,
o n e ' 3 n e a e h s i i - e ' l f t h e c r e e k r ' " l i t l t i r l n g ' , . r a 1 1 s o n t h e u 1 1 s t r e a r l
s i c : - e s o f t } : e f - i . l l . ; i e a l s o , s e t u p 3 f o 3 n f o r a c e n t : : e 1 o i e r t o
i ro ld the cLro l rs anC s lc t ied the s ides of -c l t is p ier nni b) te s i ie
i ;al ls to take i j re drops. Betrreen t jre rral l forns we ran forrns
for eonerete ' :eams across the creek to supporr t ihe br idge - f lcor .
I ihen the s e lorms ' ; rere a l l in p lace, I evel eC anc p lunbe4, - , �a
bracei i ] : -era a l - I secure ly and s tar ted. pour ing conci 'e te. Af ter ihe
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:a l - ls gnd pi ers l :ere s et , i ;e rer,roved the f orns ai l .c. : et up a new
fcrm for the br idge f loor and coureo t i rat . , r l :en tr :at , , , ,8 S s et ,
lre f lnl she d gradlng tkre f i1l up to r;ire r^ra}I s on bo th s i- Ce s of
the creelc. After the f111 1.tas completed. we IaiC sod on ihe d.ovm
stream slope to keep i t f ron r . rsshing. D. i r ing the l revious winter
I had buiL t the r.rat er lrhe el in the groucb.-hous e shop ai r:ome .
Thls ','Fas entirely rnetal, bul1t fr.om my or^rn d.rar.ri-nts. Gene Smoley
sent me s ome d.aia on overshot i.rater i^rheels , whLch he Ect from a
. l ' t . r r : l t ro r r ' l i , .r.:../ ( iJ.-d.'rrru enaineer, r^lhlcl l helped me vrork it out. It r{as B f eet
i : : d ian'eter anC 3 feet wld.e. I maCe pat ierns fo1ihe nubs and
had then cast anc:. .--rehi-::ed. at Coe r s shop rri.th slots on ;i:.e out-
s iCe iaces to tar le Z ' r : i 2 ' t a - r r61e i ron spokes, : , 'n i -en ' .Je?e bracec
an'd connected by cross nernbers, wLrich nade e r . re?; l r i i -Ged. i rane.
The face of fhe r" iheel was twenty gauge galvanized. j - ron, bol ted
to the outsid.e cross nembers, and the 36 galvanized- i ron buckets
were bol ted to i ;h is face. I shlpped this to carnp iur ing that
s1-trr ' lr, l 'e 3 and hai a lot ef trouble getting it throu.,jh cus-r,olrs. I
i :ad:-r . tenoed to erect ihe r , rheel anc f in is l r t ] :e pcErer j rcuse the
::e:rt snring, 'rut curing ;he i: igh i+at er in April L9 3T a I e a-lc
s t i---:teC thrcu.lir the f il-l- baek of ti:e '"ring l.ra11 on the f ar s ioe
of tn-e creetri ,r.nd- '.rashed. the fi l l- out ::ext to the bri- ige l. ia11 . I
r.ras 3oing to .hg1and. il:at srfrotler, and -.rou] i. ::o t be bac ll at caffl
unt i l fa l I Scr r had Lo c1e1a;r that r_rrr t i l the spr i :g cf 193r l . iJe
:ot hor.e on -rugist f i ,, L937, but as I r,.tro.s i,r-nrvell- --.nc-- j:ac tc .-3ve
e r l i f t n - n n a r - r n { - i ^ - - l - ' J . ^ ^ J - - ^ r - ! - r . r a , -d' ' ! ' ! - i - I -u* ' u l re{ ' - t t / rCnl - i , 'J€ CAd nCt 3et iC CanD t f . t i l - Se.t tembei" 8tn .
T \ r 7 r { r - f l n ^rr l)L'L!t6 urrut s'"LI] l i1or DaviC fngal ls hs.cl jc ' ined. the Club. i ie sent a
canoe anC 3 nu:nber of ext ra beds anc : : : .a t t resses tc the Sreen Lal :e
car;1p artd he and Lri s f mily lvi th bhe Johnsons a1d. iiar.rEo cCs land.ed.
on Sep te:lber Z?:1a.
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r - lo rencer - ,abe l G: . i l son a : rd . i }e f t fc r cax lp c i : . , , -a ; r 2 , : i j3 .
I hac agreed ihat -,; inter to build a c&rilp uc at tfue ]lai. i ,orfs for
:1a;,' Se;t:or-rr ard : ;r-i'e cl ]:dohh -lntl er t o c1o ii:e '..,cr]t cn j_ t . I
had also hireC 3j-11 Lemke io i " ' :n the electr ic l - ine fror: th.e: ' rctrer
i:ouse to the build.ings and. rrj-re them, to set up the Senerator s31o
get the plant rurrni-ng. As so on as r..re arrivod., I was ver)' busy
3ettlng the h:rnben del j-vened. to SeSrrour ano builcing ihe pi- ers,
cn "rhich to nor-rnt the water whreel and. the flume acrcs s the f 111'aith gates to control i t. Fln ally af ter thre e lrears r".rorl i r,Ie
turned the' , ' iater on ihe l . iheel enc everyt l : ing r . ronkei perfect ly.
T : is - : Ias on i : .1 r 20, 193E, a red. le t ter Cey j -n t i re r - is lor l r o f
canD. 3ef ore Ies-vi-ng this sub ject , hor. lever, - t s] : .cu1C be said
that t i :e eontour of t } :e creek val1e; 'near car; tp j -s such as to
:ralce the u. t i l izat ion of the creek for polrer a d. i f f icul i r - rnCer-
. l - a l - . i - - Tt ra j ; l -113. r t - . Ias . ;he pre.c i j -ce of the ear ly s et t lers , l . iho es tab-
i l shed n i l i s v l i t l : ove r sho t - ,u ' k ree ls , to p i e i : .n l - cca t ion l : ?
s t rea ra ' , ;he re ihe re ex is teC na tu ra l fa l l s o r - " . : i : e re : i i e na iu r "a l
s lope of ihe s t re: i : : . - , t ras s teen ani . . ' , . 'here i i :e . l : r i l is s l -c ;eo Sent l - ;
tc j- t . So t i :at a f lume (,an earthen cl- i tch ) , ccul- i be t un c.or,v:n
i i re s t rea rn cn a leve l so iha t a su f f i c ien t heac i o r i a l i c , :u ]C
be cb ta i -ned to CeveLop the requ i rec po l re r . As i l : i s co : . I i no t
'o e ione at c 3r1p r -,[€ nac. to 1o c at e thre l.u-ne eI at ii:e carrr :::d t;re
inlct to t i :e f Iu: : le ncross the f i l l i tad to be cn t} :e :urf : -ce cf
t l :e - : i l l - pond in c rCer to Set suf f ic ient i :eac 'p1 i ch prevcnted.
r"Llnni-ng the plant in the i r inter because of - ice. Ho'r . lever, t i :at
sul t r ier I r igged a wire exteni ing frorn ol l r coi tage io the gate
on the flurae r so that I coulc reguJ.aie t}:e f low of ' ,^, 'ater on to
t i :e i rheel f ron t i re eottage and the plant worked. sat isf actor i ' ' l 7
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F . t t r n i n - r - 6- Jt);- . . , i r- i- . . ater :--- i . l , :rnishing l- i8nt ior cignteen -.-e3rs o
Sep tc : : ' : e r c i ; ; : a i - . ea r , - : . l n i . i r s . , , i . I l a lugood . , , . . r . and
' {awgocd, i , r . anc i rs . .To}u: Ison, i . r . s-nc i rs . j las}r ;_g. the ' . ls
Gneen r . iere at Green Lake.
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] -939
Ftorence and r went to eanp on l. iay 5, rg3g by traln. J
had been ins t :mcted. by the C]-ub to bul Id a f loat on f l rst 1ake
enough to take e team and jumpen across to t}:e Green Lake t::aiI.
Joe ienaud and. I built this that Lay. l'Je took the Ilubert Caryols
up ., 'r i th us in August t l :at year and Julie came a1so. On the 9bh
ttre Johnsons, the Jngalls f aniily s:lc thre llaCdens cane '.;itl: a
big loaa of frei8irt and" r,;ent j-n to the Green Lake cari:F. 1l:ey
tool : the tearn and crossed. Fl-rst Lake on t i re nerr f loai . , r ie haC
agreed' t'riti: the Iiawgood.s to come l:.orae early that )iear ani cone
back i'rith thern in Septeirber. So r^re carae back home tl:e last of
-{ugust, onl;r io learrr l.rhen }re arrived i lrat i iarr;; ' ' j :ac been l; i I led
t i :e Cay l :ef ore by cne accidental Ci schargo of i : i -s rJ- i le, ' , , -n. i c i :
he r"ias i^161-'u'l nc ^r' his r'ras a sad. blow to us a1l a-ni c3:,:if -,.riih
ihai Eroup lras never the salne af ter that. i ie ' l . .Ent 'oacx l- ater in
Septenber erlc tooir -:verlp Lightner :.r ith u.s.
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ive lrent io cen on i iay . l)th this year. It -rr8s a ver') i",.ret
r io l lxh and - :e l :ao t rcub le get t ing in anc out over ;1 :e i r 'a11ace
road. fn tn-e sr-I,ij.1er i t 'rJ&S lrot a-ncl_ r_.ry .incl t;:e creelr :fas so loi.r
j-n -ru'.!ust t; iai i" ie i. id nct have enouEl: l .rater to run tne l igi:t
: la i l t . I t ' , , -BS t l :e: : I ieeldeC to bui l i another can on s econd l -al le
creeir ?s t l :e cut let et the l -ake f lows thrcugi : a rccl ; cui only
"-bout 5O f eet irid.e. I arranged. to have Sa:rr ani ,Io e naul s orle
l'';-r;lber out there that coming winter f or f oms.
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Ice r'reat out e arJ-;r ii:'i s :iear anc we i ef t f or earxn on *prii
22t 19F. i'hrne ani. Jacir ;iallace ca-ne ur) cn il:e 27rh anc i,-e
eelebrated ou.r fort ieth . :edd. ing anniversary. t ) l1 l iay 5t l i r , ie al l
went to Fembroke anC met .fo Pr.r11ls. Elies came on early and ' ire
came irorae on liay 19th. I went up early that surTrmer. l{l-orenee
anC }iae l,ieans d.rove up on August 3rd. liorrls and p*rth d.rove up
i vl their car and took the Grove cottage. Orr August 9th the
,'-apitzl<ys carne up ancr stald. l.rittr lTonj-s q,nd Ruth. They left on
Augus t I[ti1 .
As s oon as I cane 'ru'€ s tart ed ',f opk on the SeconC LCce iarn.
l le i :ad a tcugir ; c l : e lear ing the 1og jam out of L; :e creek to r , la l ;e
rooxl f or +,]'Lc dam. ;Ie hac troubl e f i-ncting any :ravel there that
l+oul-d rrork. i ' tre laiC one footing anC lrhen i.re poured i;he eoncrete
i t lvoulC not setr so r{e }rad to tear i t out and haul gravel f rom
the Lelce beach. f l : . is real ly was not good., but ihe best ' , . Ie coul-C
- a ' l - T . f ^ J l
$eE. ' ,ve i- inai ly got the j ob f ini shei . l rJe u:s ed 8 t>: $ t crops and
as ihe Lal ie i s nearly two r,r i l e s l ong and arou.::C e hal.f nj-Ie ' ,r ide
it inpounded so lnuch ' ' , . ;ater that ihe next sulnxier r. ,-hren';re tcok out
a irop i t wouid. run for iwo weelis l :efcre the iake came dcwe to the
l -evel o f ihe : :ext Crcp. , l i ' ter t l : is t . r -q .s in o j )erat i on ' . re ' , , 'ere never
out of i ' rater agai-n. TI: is jcb took al l sl t ixiner r-nt:- l- i t was t j-ne
lo r us to f c ho rne .
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,, 'e ea:e io cr. :p r6a- ln ear l ; ih is . - , -ear. . ' i€ather unusual ' ' l -
: iar:i. I ie Cooi was ir ivir:g Ir"r,rb er out of the cre ell. : ie c: j-d. sone
r'rorLl t l : is year on the ls.l(e road on top the nrcuntain. I iacl three
Inen trorki.ng threre , one f,lnaud and tr+o LaBine s . Sepmlour anC ; artl'
c al::re in on lday llih. Elies carne on early again this 1ear. That
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s]-tnr:ier ,,orl is and f alri ly ifere ci:ere f cr a snort vr r,:e. l:e
I:ompsons spent a f erv d.ays i^i i t]: lLs. : iol j-nske and cj-s f ather etid
i ' iae I ' ieans were also there . ! ' l .crence ',. ien t honre on October 12th b7
train. i ' iae and I l ef t on the f ourteenth,
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Elorence and f irove to camp i r l the Ford coupe on i._ey 5th.
Season late srd weather eoo1. I had oroered a larrre DuraD to ln-
stal l ln the power house and a quant l ty of pipe to put i r l a spr in-
l l ler system on the lot ly ing between the cottage anc ihe farrn
house. nris lot had alr"rays been a r.reed patch ana I ir.opec, if lrro
30t l , rater cn i t r t . -e cculd cul t lvate j - t . i . iae i" ieans, l {e le: : Carter
an iJu l ie l . rere t l ie re t lea t sur r rn ier . i ios i o f tTr t ine ' , . r -3s- ru t -n
gett lng the spr inir ler systern gcj_ng.
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Joe Renaud left to take a job at the Schyan in April . Sam
was al-one until ihat surTrier ',rhen lre hired Gerald. Dittburner ani
his ',I i f e . hey l i .ved. in tae grcve c ottage unti l t i :e next s'rJrruTier.
':rie c elne in on i'.ay 3rd . tre -u;e lthe r '.-ias l.rarn anc. -,re f or-lni e very-
t): ing in gcoo snape. hat su;trrier I irove up ',.; i t l i i .ae on "u1y 20 th
and llorenc e carle up on i1:e traln ,,ruly 27 , She ',.rent tc ^Llbany
end : : : e t F l rances : : i - t h i : e r t l =ee ch i l - d ren . i { e s ta iC ; i : a i ; ea r t o
r] 'ara'n a.. -,(t}t anc- ', ' Ieitt into the Carter l:ouse o;t i 'Jooo St. , l , ' l :ereV t v t / ' : J U v I l - )
-,.ie l- ' .; ecL two l;-o &TS .
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i{e rad ,?- vcr7- carl;r sprin; ;h:s
Apr !1 f i r s r . Cees te r and I l - e f t on
to Cleveland on the ninth and tcok a
Cleet and I met her at Chalk Ri-ver at
buil i ing that year and r.re l:ad to get
)re ar . Ic e '.:ent or-ri about
- l .pr i l 6tn. l l -orence i ;ent
s leeper f i 'om there to forcnto .
3 :30. The p lant l . Ias jus t
perni ts to eotne through,
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' , ' Je t . ' e re : :e IC L1p , :e t t : -ng ^ 'Lo rence t s pe rn i t , so u : :ac - ; l c l i a no t
. : . o { - - ' ' . * - nre r, -rr. uu car'1p- r*rrr- 11:OO. That r.ras uhe i 'ear ire l:ui l- i ihre
.rhi te cottage and ' , r€ i . rere oigging the c el lar anc bui lc ing tkre
f cuncation i;nat I ' iay. Che ster helped. us r+lth the r^rork but I ef i
to 8o }:.ome cn the ll+th and on the 15th two nen came in from Seeen
to i 'rork on the cottage. Ihe r,{allaces eaxte in for a f err cays t}re
last of April and durirrg l. iay T^re had several people over from the
plant. We left fcr hone on l. iay 30th. We carit€ back that irear on
-Trr' ' l -r '1 ?+LuLir-" l r r t / r t and brortght Laur le with 1fS. kances anc her cni ld.ren
ca-ri1e on Aug;s t Znd oI train. Ruth Srniih, Julie anq ipth 'la_vior
cs-ne up to get Laur j-e. In l "ay thai ; year I shipped cLlr t ractor
frcrl ,Jintergreen Hil l to carnp. ' i ' fe brought j-t across tire ri ver
on t i :e f loa t . .Je a lso brought in a- new s tove for the cc t tage.
Gene, Frances and the c1:11 dren r.rere ihere for a r. lhi le -in ; iugust,
also C. D. Reed and. r.r i-f e (fr iend. cf Gene ) , Anneta anC Doti ie, all
l-eft cn tlre 29ti1.
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Tlei s .lrear -,Ie left for c,?.r,lp on -lpriJ- l-5ti1 :.nc' ;l-c:'ence anc
I i ' ie] 'e al one t irat srr ing, :rcs t , : . f the t ir ;re . , , lent i io:re i-a:I 25 th.
lettr. :neC to c&r: lp . ;uly 17th. ;r le i . ;ent tc Brrffelo anc spent i i :e
nirh-t l r i th t ,"re lr . lc ' . : ' l is at --ot eI Lenox. Se:r l ,-ei us : l ;r ! :nlcrcl:e
J-' l - ^ '1
a\ ! 'cn ;1]e IYth.. ',ole ',:i 'or:.5ht Lauri e lri th lts. Cleester a:ta ;'..ro cf _:i S
' l-rn--q ̂ t)ra a f er,r cairs later ani stayed. a t . ieel. t . Frgn-ces tr:c i :erv v J v v q i l v
m i lCren csie 'cy t rain on August Ist . , end. s i ,ayed i i t ih ie i r .ove
cot tage an i iene crove up for t ; re l :s t i reek o f i l : .e r r s tay . 0n
the i9thr ;trth, ,fu1i-e, 3i11 and -tr.rth 'faylor calte up for a .few
days and took Laurie horne with them. I , I -orenee l -ef i on Sept. Eth,
artd s bayec viith Gret ani hi s boys ivhile tsarbara tlas in the hos -
pital l+hen Kent Trras born. Olo the nineteenth sr:e irove bacii to
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canp with uhe leornpsons, ' ;r iLo s;ayea witl: us unri l t-:.e 25ib,.
-?i11 l:awqooc :-rri veo on the ZSth ano '.. ient in to Green Lake. Ie
car1e cut on October lOt i r and got Ceer out f ront . Lef t on the
13th. ; ie went }:orne next dag.
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I}r is was a lete spring. We Cid not leave hone |t i ] i 'ey i.r-th.
Bad. t 'reather, sonte snor{ }eft in r.roods. lfe had engine trouble on
ibre '..ray up and f or-rnC it burr:ed out lrh.en lre got io ?erebroke. Iiad
io ins tal1 new engine . Geral d. and Rrrth iraC l- ef t on l-sy ls t -"-::rd
S.rn ]rad. ^rired Bill l.icDcnald. to nelp irira. VerT high irater j-n the
Ott3.wa tiris sprlng. Carne bacli on ,Tuly 2]ro t.r:.at sur.xner r.:rd had
lrot -,'i-eatller through .iuqust. The ?aul -lni.ersons cane up f ,cr a
t'reek bringing tireir son, Bayard. i ' .ae i ' ieans ano the T:orapsons
were there a few C.ays. 8111 Hawgood. and- boys rrere at Gneen Lake
early in October. This was the year Earle .Tohnson died havlng
ecxle r jown',r i th hls plane in f lanes on a tr ip to i {ashington.
: 'Jith l larrv anC -iarle Sone tire oli ' carnp erowd never caEe baek to
cenp. 3i11 ,,.awgood anc i: is f :::r i1;,- being the onJ--/ ones of ikre
: 'rot-l i) 'r ' iho nave c ont inliecL to Lls e the caii i: .
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Lef t f cr c ar',ip ;,;r' I 22:nd, this ;'ear. ,Tus t out of 3anclof t ,
had a shror t in car w i r ing. F i re put out by i r iver f ror . r e pas-
s ing bus . 3aC to Go t:ack to Bancrof t a::C br:ng out s nech.an ic
to rep air rviring b ef ore ',.re c cuJ. C. go crr. Thet soring -rr€ noved
tne saw n i l l f ron j - t s o l -C iocat icn on the f la ts to a spot back
of i ;he white cottarre. I t hai- al-ways f looied in nigh - , . Iater on
tne creek f l -ats and ine frost l r .eaved the track so badly that i t
nad to be reiined eac}. spring. 0(R the r"ray horne i stopped in
loronto a.nd bought a new generator for the :rolrer ir lant as the
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cIC one nao been rnal<ing r1s i ; rouble. i ,eturnei "ul_r 22ni . l rances
ca-ne witir two of irer o-i r"l c r'\rt .rugust 5Eb. Flaa pre -rt-f cool i^reatne.-
that rnonth. iiap itzlrys carle and brought Laurie . ie turnei .{ug .
,3th. i ' ,alIaees'..; j-t l : . I. lary and. hen irusbanC cafire for a felr d.ays in
Septenber. lbanc es had Lrad sorre ialk Lrith lLew York f r iends of
hens r &raf fhausens and. Beresf ord, about th.e C'Lub. I:ey came up
in Ostober uit l : a l" ir. Gnay and Cecid.ed to take over our l- eas e
and reorganLze ihe 01ub. I rnade a cont::iict -,;i-tbr them, -"enting
there t} :e grove coi iage a::d provi i ing for services bo be rendereC
by Sam.
1 e49
Lef t f or e arrp 'rnri l 2Eth thi s irear. l iad. snor-r f lurrie s in
Penbroiie on way tlp o Dona1d r.,epard drove us up. Sc naf f i :ousen,
Benesfor i . and Gray r . rere there. heided on a locat ion for a
canp they r'ranteo to build at Flrst Lake. Sam and I I aid out the
f 'ouniat ion .rnC b. ' ; i I t eonerete piers. We put 'bne ol-d. f loat ln
the waier io us e s.s a docli at the neTd carap . i.tre '.;ent i:one on the
22nC. Sara l:.acl to :o1.r us ncrc s s the river as all i :o to r e::gine s
-.'Iere cut of c c:,:tis s i or.. Cane bacli that -:e. r on --iir-3 . .:th. I-.r s.
Schaf f}:ausen, &ic and Dlnd.y i,-ere ir: grove e al:p. lli ihe i,r.oie;
fon i " l - r r '7 , . rLe there fo r two t lee l i s . Th .e F i rs t La lce caJ iD i ^ Ias corn-r 4 r 1 4 * J r t v 4
ple ted that surmer .
1950
:, ' ie t ' . 'ent by train to Roche s ter thi s spring and Fentcn tsaI1
anC his ';r l f e Crove cur car there anC n:.et us. l. iarion and Bil l
Koops had conpleteC thei r new l :cuse at Cl :al lc River. i {ad to put
a net,r bottoir on the big bo at t l :at spri ng o Fenton anC I Cld some
vrorli on the Lalce road.. Went home on the 25th anC spent the night
at tl:.e Roya1 Connaught in Hamilton. Fentcn tsa].l. d.rove us back
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again 1n ;ul;r. j i :et , 3arbara anc tne ' iroys
cane on :ne lo th,
anc stayeC in rhe l ' ' t r i te cottage. FLoi"enee Sci :af f lnausen an6
ci:i l-Cren cule by train in -lugust. Frances caiie Aug. gtir ir i th kr.er
three and Sarair .rane i.lc Carroll . Joe Sch.affleausen came i n AuE.
L7 th. Eelen Cart er anC l ' iynne Schnid.er ' , ir€pe ihere s everal Cays .
I'lae ilealls and. Guy Bartholomew f or a f ew Cays. Sc5affhausens
lef t Aug.Z)rd, kances and the gir ls Ar-rg. l1st . C-hip stayed.
unt i l sept .7 th . wa l laees came in for the day sent . / : th . .
1951
Fenton Ball drove us to Btrffalo I'Iay 3rd, d.nove by lray of
Eganvil le and. stopned. to s ee Dettburners . ' ,r iorkec on the road..
Left i ' iay 23r 'd. Fenton Crove us to Br. l f fa1o again. ,uiy 25th.
Very hct day and aight in Feterborough. The fal l before we had
rnade arrarrgernents to take an Esthonian i.:nigrant couple to help
Sam and E::ma. fhey raet us l.rlth Sa:n at the Chalk. Cor-rld. spea.k
a Il i t1e Eeglish and. thej.r narnes hrere Alfrea/r,+innie i. iarrnor.
il-orenee Scl:-afi1:alis on anC dr ildren catTre on Aug . 3ti:. Gene, fuan,
anc l i ia rgery came. lug. 2Ot1: . i -ade car . r .n ing t r . lps tc ' ;he La l :es .
TeeY ief t on Sept. +th. i laLieces s;ent -u] te : : i -ght of t i re 2oth
with us . Ttre rhonp s ons cal'tle on the 16 th arc 1 ef t on ihe 2C th..',r'e Ief t f or il.o:ie on tkre Z5th,. Fenton BalI Crove us to 3uff al- o
on Ai:ril e8tn, Iiebners ana l,larrnors met us in Gealk Liver. Irrro
jnen car ie in cn i iay lL ln to shingle the cottage ani . Sarats house.
Se; ' racut 'and p.1rty lanced dn the 2)re. , - - tnnt tc seeoni lake and
brought baei< f i sh. 3lack i l ie s bad. ' ,,Je 1e f t for lr.one on then l r r/ r l E I l .
] .952
Lef t h-ome for eartll on July 23rd r.rith Lauri e and Susle
lTewton. Cane b]' iialad ar and. Eganville. RtlLir i.ioody an6 di ilCren
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i l ac t l l een t i l e re be fo re us anc ' , . i e re i n cu r cc t tage sc : ;e s iayeo i n
ihe Grove coitage. hey l-ef t f cr i:one on the Zlt in. Ru.i ir Sraiih
crove uD l 'r i-th 3eatty g.nC took Laurie anc Susie l:one. I l-orence
Scl:af filaus en, &ie :.nd. Dincy carrre ;\ug. 6 th. 3ere sfond. an6 Bob
S11ces, Gr:days anc tsradleys from lT. J. eame on the 16th ar:.c stayed.
at First Lake. lbances and the two girls carco -tug. rgth. Gene
Smo]ey and Chtp canre Aug . 27th, stayed. tlrree d.ays at Green Lake.
Left on Sept. 5th. Dlring the .Dreceed.ing wlnter Sam an6 Albert
had Cnlven spiles through the ice in the o1d. creek chan'e1 and.
durirrg this surrn,en we buil t a boat hous e there. We cug out a
ehargrel through the beaeh to d.eep waten. In Septenber ^{lbert
anc l r i innie lef t to take a job in Toronta. wal laces were at
e arnp f e two cLays anC Ckre s t er c alne on the ?5th a-::d. drove us
home on the twenty ni-neth.
L953
Fenton 3a11 cirove us to BuIf a1o again ihi s spr1ng. The
ice l ' ient cut early anc "', '€ left for caxrp on.ipri l i5th. i lad. sorxe, - . n i n n n d G' s+*tr q'r.. orlolr on trip uP . St ayed at Ro cL.: Ilaven i io tel :ind. Lrad. a
t a n r r + J . r a a " l - ?|uu6rr ' tuorcl crossi-ng tc calnp. Had cold rainy weather for t l ro
lveetr<s r but then it calne on warm. Sam bought a nel.I car sc hre
and inma r'r i th 3i11 and I ' iarion crove as f ar as Toronto on our
r^ray horae . :fe I ef t on l.iay lB th.
0n Ju1;' 22ndr we left for camD ituth lood;re Agnes LockLrart
anC three chilcren with L.l_S. Strucic nerr m,an through customs at
Feace 3r ldge - I fe tore a l l our baggage to p iee es bef c re sat is f i ec . .
Sta;'s4 at R'ocll Laven, Peterborougl:. hlhen we arrivecr, founc tr+o
f ani l - ies, Suests of the C1ub, in Grove cottage. I , iooceys sta*yed,
in i ' ih i te cottago. reey lef t . l i r ly 30th, I .bs. Schaff i rausen and
chil-oren cax1e on Aug. 5th, bri:rging connie r; ith them. Joe s.
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3al1e on . . ' t18. l -2t l : lno cn iug.I5th 3eresf orc cane ' . . ' i f .h - l ? :eocie
.ani 3i11 I'lar'rgooi -.;itlt iris boys ancl Stelf in s . They -,.,'€rrt to Green
Lai;e and eaxxe c:;t ' , ,r i t ir a huslry do,g they picl;ed up in 'bl le uoods.
i'b:.n.c e s and i'rarg ery c atne rf t r ein on .\ug . 20 th. Gene ai.C fiei:
caltle on the 29th and l.'ent to Green Lake on Sent. Znd anC l- eft on
the 10 th. !'Ie made a trip t o 81{ rnkle s Lumber c amp anC I nad.e
arrangements with Joe Blimkie to cruise our lots and give l l le an
estl-r,rate of standing plne. Norrls and .Iohn }Iarshall eame on
Sept. l9t f r f or a f etr d.ays. We lef t fon i rome on Sept. z?:rd.
L95t+
Ruttr Snith ctrcve us io tsrffalo on April 29th anc :eturrred.
lione by train. i'ie carTre on by leterborough, Kalaoar anc -lgan-
vi I le. ts] . inkle } :ad esttnateC t inber cn our lots at cne and. a
half mll l lon and- hs.c nade an off er for it, so r stopped in
Pembroke to talk r 'r l thr i: i-s attorney, Mlp. Campbe11, regarding a
sales contraet. , '{aruy LaBine caroe j-n on l, iay -3:'d and i;ent to
Green Lalce ', ' ; i- tLr Sam tc build. a new boat t irere. I ie1en Carter
and l{it"-:ee Schrniier carile on the 15th. Ot1 tire 22ni, Jce 3linirie
came in and I sol-d l:ir,r thre sar.r m.i}1 and agreei on tire terrns of
a cont rac t cover ing the sa le o f t l re t i rnber . I } : .a ted. to i rave i t
cut as 1^;e l iaC Cone very l i t t le cutt ing d.ur ing the fcr ty Tears
we nad ot'med i t but , ihe unc ertainty as to '...'hat ti:e chili ren
:';ouIC I'rnrrt tc C-o :.riih ihe plac e l^rhen we .',-Iere gcne a::i. ti:.e f act
that scne c f i i was past i ts r : r j - :ne end. C.e ter i c ra t ing. r p€rsuad.eC
l l r 'e l t 1, ' Ias t- . :e - , i j -se thing to i .o. As bhe i ' l ies l . rere Cett lng bad
-. , re ief t on I-ay 27bh.
C1rester, I le:t anC i 'enCa1l cirove uD :; ith us in t l.ro ears on
July 19th arii i'rent to Green Latrre over SunCay. Joe 3lir,rkie and.
Angus Campbel]. calne up and i.;e maCe the f i n a't ? tr?eement on a
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nn ' r r1 - 'a ' r ' r f f i : es te r l c f t on "u1 ; jC th . - r rences enc t i re :1 r1sv v l - v 4 ; v t r a
o qY^ .d ! 1^ a I,vd-'r.rr(r uiJ'Lt u Teaf oi). .lUgUSt 5 ttf . Some of ihe Carap cf OltO .,Ief e in
the Grove caii lJ. 3eresf oro cane -.,- i th a party of B on the 1l+th
a.nd stayed r::rt i l t l :e 27th. That year we put a cabin on the blg
boat and durirrg September lras bninging in equi-nnrent io cut
t jmbe:r. We 1ef t f or home on Sept . 2l;tLr..
Le55
Dora F'rrier"im dnove us to Buffa1o and carne baclr on train.'nle
arrlved i-n carnp on April z8th. Tn Aprl1 that year a bad fIood
in the creek washed. out ihe d.arn and. porder house. Tl:is r.ras a
g rea t l oss to us as i t had been in ope ra t i on 13 yee rs . Luck i l y
we i:.aC a small Delco plant r.rhrich I bought to furnish iighrts in
the winter several i rears before th. is, so ?re got along' , . , - i th that
thru thls srt,rxer. ' , fe ',Jere eonrpelled. to build a new brid.ge below
the Cam over Olseau Creek and thj-s kept ne busy all i l :at l ,Iry.
Joe i:ad. rebullt our oIC mi1l builcing into a carnp for his nen
a:rC h-e had a jobber and his wife, Paul a-nd. Srela Senaclr, there
that surT l rxer . f had inc iuded in o l t r cont rac t : r l thJoe ts l tmk ie
the building cf a permanant rcao ',,o Zadow I s carql and ihe back
farm and Joe started. i i rat ih is spr ing. Dora cam.e ui th us to
car0p that sultffi.er on July 27t:r. kat su.rffi1€r I spent e Eocc ceal
of time bullCoz ing olrt clr.annel in the beach. i,i-orui s and CarI
Dautel spent a fer.r Cays in i^ ih i te eottage. . i im r ie ier in ca-ne uD
for e t ine ind l eft on Aug. 19th. Bil l- i{awgood r.rit i : 4 boys ealne
on the 20th and stayec r :nt i l Aug. 23th. Beresf crd. ani party of
I carne on Au,3. 2Jti:. lbances and hen girls ..,.Di Kay BairC carTre
on the zith anc rrent to Gresr La-rre cr, 'erniEht. Lef t sept. Brd.
3eresford left on tire 5th. Thonrpsons cane up on ihe lgth and
sta;red r:nti l the 1[th. Chester. cane Sept. 18th ani ]- eft cn the
2lfth
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L956
Jim enc iora irovc rtp uiil:. us on i,ry i,.th through ?oel.r Iiaven,
Banerof t aJ1C Round. Lake. fce s t iII cn trirst LgJte. I spcnt r,ros t
of th.is spring ',^;orit ing on new road. to back farn. i lebners d.rove
home lvlth us on }lay 278h. Dor* d,rove us to camp on July ZTt]r,.
Albert and l'Ifu"-nie cane the s ane day and s tayed. in irlhite cottage
for '*eek. I ' lame amd Jack hrallace both sich in hospital this
sunnmer. Qret, Luther and Kent carne Aug.l5th and stayeo untl-l
22:1d. 8111 Eiawgood and l+ boys spent rseek at Green Lake. Beres -
ford., his broihen and 2 boys carne Aug.?5th. Jim l{:eierim came up
artC Crove Dora horne Sept. 7th. Earold and liorrma Linlcert carne on
ihe 7th anC ilelen Carten and i.fynne SchniCer c a-rTre on ti:.e t2th,
}ef t on the l-7th. -i!:l.at
summer we bought a hyd.raulic Iif t f or the
truck. Lef t f or home on Sept . 2lrd..
re57Dora and Jjm linienin drove rne up to earnp. Spent s orf,e ti-:ne
lvorking on new road. Joe finishred. eutting lurnber that spring
artC ihe total ta}:en out carae almcst exact ly to hi s e st j -m:rte.
Dora drove itl-orence and I ult on july 25tln. i{ent i;ew York thru-
lJay . FounC I lar j-on ancl iienny at c aJilp . Jo e tsl inrkie anci r^iif e came
to Cinner. Bil l I iavrgood calne cn ihe 25tln rient to Green Lake.
Seresf ord ano I;ai.rgood Ief t Augus t 3rd. i lenr;. ' ar:.d. Fl-crence
iichanli ie ca.lre cn lrtg. Sth and stayed a fer.r cays in l-Jl:. i ie cottage.
rrnc'i- rrr{. lr,g3 anc:. I 'ent cane Arig. 7th ', l i-th Laurie. -{n,qr-is Caranbell ,vr lv v t
. J_J t - { . t / I J ,
- r rend .s and , ren i , : i ns ca l led . . Dore r I ' tC f , to rence ' " , ,e l t t o Ot ta l - l a to
see l ioops on ^tr-r6. 19th. I 'b.rgery :ret then . ' r t Ci:atesu Laurier
nrnrr -r-no. ^JlC Gene the sarle day, t.rey all- Crove bacl: io ca.t-.lp.4 r \ _ r ' . . s I ( ; (
Connie carne lvith tr.ro girl s on Aug. 24t]^r. a. j-ck Sehaf fi:ausen,
General and,lohn F.oclci-nglram carne to lurrch. Aug. 2$th Dcra went
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to C[rrlbeniere ana rlet . i im coming cack on Labor Day. ien.
Roei;ingharm ano .,rric calne to Cinner Aug. j jo th. Lef t Sect . lhtfr.
1958
Jim anc Dora orove us up on April 24th. The fall before
Beresf ord had l a ld Jolst errd subef loon on addlt lon to Fhst Lale
camp. We started the frame this trip. Joe Schaffh.ausen and.
Beresford cane on Fbtday the gttr a'd. stayed a day rayfu.ag out
part l t lons, doors , rv lnd.ows, etc. at Lake eamp. I IaC very co1d.
weather thls IIay. Left for. home on lby zlLth.
Dona drove us up on July 27th. Beresfcr.d. an6 party at
Fl:st Take- .=u17 31st Jlnt carne. I'ia:rg and Jean ifalLaee and.
t l refu 'husbancs stopi ted. in: lugu-st Is i . August 4th Dora and .r im
lef t f or horae. Dr. .l: i,trs . Bowes , fniend.s of .]oe Schaf fhaus€rtr
were in Gnove ccttage. Dr. i lertzeraroad.er an6 family from
I[*nsf leId ln the Grove cottage . Mter. Bolre s r eft. Aug. loth
went to dinrrer ruith 3ere sf ond and Ec ton f amily at First Lake .CI:ester il:Id' iient carne on the 12th. sam krad. built a new row
boat f or l 'ent. Four : rof essors frcn osrrego CoI l - eEe carne Aug.
13tn' Frances r I ' iargerT and susie Col l ins carne anc spent an i r . - h { - a { - ^l l*grru aE ' 'rroerl Lake on the 15th and left for hone on t}:e lgth.
cr ip ealne at 9:1!p.rr . on t l :e 15th. c l :etr i ient and ceip ref t onihe 19th' l ianfriecl and two boTs canire to First Lake ca-rip on the
2Jrc. Ttle ;.chankj-e s c ar.1e on sept . E th bringing Dore ,,;j- th them,
ani left on t}: 'e r2th. Srat ^tugust Sar,r and. r built ro: overheac
loacer at t l :e back f arn and covered. t l :e new ro ac, f roia i i :e cravelplt to the rr.ountain hil l , r^rith s and. and gravel.
