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Discover the citys most unique and surprising places and events for the curious mind. Scotts grandfather bought Rosmarins in 1941; when other colonies closed, his father absorbed their clientele. peak. Some sold to What a great time I had up there. All I have are vague memories. The main building is clearly an old hotel. Be well and safe. My parents loved Jerry Lewis. I was at Cold Spring Cottages and Bob- Ed from age 1958 to about 1966. It was at Camp Weelock that I watched the Apollo 11 mans first mans landing on the moon. I remember the Bertenthals. Thats not unusual. Abandoned hotel buildings The Concord hotel, 2005 Kutcher's hotel, 2015 Grossinger's resort, 2015 The Granit resort, 2015 As of the 2010s, the region is a summer home for many Orthodox Jewish families. Hi Linda this is Jeff Biller and my whole family including my brother Leslie Biller and sister Barbara Biller spent many summers at the lake Plaza and remember you and Stevie your parents and grandparents . Well, its good to know you have fond memoriesI have foggy ones. The lush New York hotels It was a vacation The Best Hotels in New York . Please be respectful of copyright. Good thing! Aunt Lena baked cookies in the shape of card suits. Thats how the Borscht Belt I had some relatives who owned hotels in the mountains. The fabled Catskills resorts, with their fabulous nightclubs, began to die when the jet airplane started carrying vacationers to Florida and the Caribbean in the 1960s. Was a school for special needs kids last time I heard Our family and extended uncles, aunts, and cousins stayed at Shustons Resort. Lot Size 3.2 Acre. Can we bring a species back from the brink?, Video Story, Copyright 1996-2015 National Geographic Society, Copyright 2015-2023 National Geographic Partners, LLC. Belt, the Catskill mountain hotel night clubs that were famous These 11 Photos of Utah in the 1960s are Mesmerizing. Greene and Freddie Roman. and is there any write up on the place available? September 9, 2014 by John Conway 109 Comments. The fabled Catskills resorts, with It wasnt necessarily a straight line decline, but rather one of ups and downs through 1965, at which time the decline became more precipitous. My Grandparents names are Minnie and Izzy Mankes. I recall going with my parents and sisters for Rosh Hashanah one year. My family went to Bob-Ed from the late 50s to 65. One is of the stage at The President Hotel, with In recent years, guests were aging and business had slowedthen the pandemic hit. In 1824 a group of businessmen opened the Catskill Mountain House, America's first grand resort hotel, in a spectacular but logistically challenging location at the top of a ledge . The Overlook had entertainment and summer lodging through the late 1960s and was operated by the Schrier family. It was in Livingston Manor. I worked for three summers (1959 1961) at the Sunset Springs Hotel in Haines Falls. With a pool, dance floor, and lounge there was much to do here during the heyday of the Catskills. It was a neat place. So interesting! i was born just about that time and my older brother and I spent a lot of time about six months/year, there. And the cold water running on your feetJust the best!!!! I was the only musician. The Community These animals can sniff it out. If you could supply the name of the road, I will definitely take that drive next time Im there! minority. Many cite the existence of dozens of hotels in the 1970s as proof that it couldnt possibly be so. Brian Wagner and Deirdre Patton took over in March of this year . Those were the days! In the 1950s and 1960s the Jewish Catskills reached the pinnacle of its history, and starting in the 1970s declined till the point where only a handful of major resorts remain. ceiling and hills of insulation covering the floor. my wife joan and i live in manhattan, and south florida. But oops that wasnt happening after awhile. a musicians music stand from the orchestra sitting crooked in the Would love to hear any scraps of history or memories! I came across this post while searching information on the historic The Overlook Hotel and Overlook Bungalow Colony in High View NY. Since it opened in 2016, Scribner's has come to epitomize the Catskills of the . I remember your mom and her brother Ralph. Does anyone remember the Spring Lake hotel in Liberty New York. My father (Harold Birnbaum) had the bar concession with his cousin (Heshie or Jackie Cohen, Im not sure which) and my mother was the singer/pianist (Elaine Fein Birnbaum). I was born in 58 and have amazing early childhood memories of the place and our bungalow. A bar, vintage shop, and general store opened to serve a trickle of new visitors that grew into an avalanche as COVID-19 forced New Yorkers to spend their summer holidays close by. If you want more details (albeit biased and incomplete my comments) there is a book by Maria Scheinfeld The Borscht Belt with 3 pounds of nostalgia, a lot of accuracy as far as it goes, but leaves out some of the minutiae and perspective (again my thoughts). Not sure how this system works but I am responding to Phil the Zaldin name is familiar and I will ask my cousin Burt who is very much alive and in his mid 7s (our birthdays are on day apart but I am 4 years older). heyday, full of laughing bathers. Maybe if there was a man speaking Yiddish behind the counter.. It was 24 hours a day of fun! What happened in the Sorry, I dont recall your grandmother. I dont recall ever coming across any photos of that particular place, but if any are to be found it is likely that the Sullivan County Historical Society would have them in its archives. Frequented by athletes, entertainers, and wealthy businesses, this resort fittingly adopted the slogan Grossingers Has Everything for the Kind of Person Who Likes to Come to Grossingers. However, the resort today lies in ruin. The Olympic hotel was our destination in the summers of 74 76. 5207 Route 32, Catskill, NY, 12414. Every summer, families fled their cramped apartments for the mountains. But theres nothing left of it, or of Mishkins. over the New York metropolitan area, less than 100 miles away on People in their audiences might be taped reminiscing A series of fires and building demolitions left the grand history of Fleischmanns to be largely documented by postcards, photographs and the fond memories of those who had experienced this period of good fortune. The New Roxy had closed in mid-August that summer, the latest in a long list of casualties among the medium-sized hotels in the Catskills, hotels accommodating 200 to 700 guests, Bigart noted. My grandfather was a singer there and my grandmothers uncle owned the place. Please contact for anything. from the Roaring Twenties to the 1980s? My great-grandmother Goldie Snitovsky also operated an ice-house Parksville. not set up anything; this is all pure, living history.. On the Upswing 2. their son sheldon was at my wedding in 1995 in st. james ny. A scene from The Golden Era of the Catskills. Catskills memorabilia more postcards, ticket stubs, sports izzy loved fishing, and brought his medallion taxi cab upstate. If you have photos can you please send them to at eryan@me.com. The photo of the the late 1980s, it was on life support and by the mid-1990s in the He quoted an unnamed South Fallsburg banker and lawyer who pointed out that many of the smaller hotels are in trouble because they are obsolete, and could not afford to modernize to meet todays more luxurious standards, like baths in every room. Also, he said, the lure of more glamorous places like Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Europe, were attracting more and more of the traditional Sullivan County vacationer. Heres a look at 10 abandoned resorts fromThe Borscht Belt: Grossingers Catskills Resort Hotels claim to fame is an inspiration for the setting of the 1987 filmDirty Dancing,whose fictional locale Kellermans was based ona former resort. He was the lifeguard and his Mother, Edna ran the camp. Concord Resort Hotel; In February 2018, Resorts World Catskills opened on the site of the old hotel. I spent the first 25 summers of my in the Catskills. Charles and Lillian Brown's Hotel, Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. Stevensville Country Club, Swan Lake, N.Y. Fannie Shaffer, Vegetarian Hotel, Woodridge, N.Y. I had a big crush on her even as a youngster. I remember there was a large main house for meals and shows. After I read your email, I googled Arrowhead Ranch and it seems a woman named Rose Barnett purchased the property in 2017, and its now Arrowhead Ranch and Retreat, which is some kind of a music venueand it may not even be the Lake Plaza propety, maybe another hotel. By the late 2010s, their predictions had proved right: New hotels, restaurants, and shops had sprung up in the mountains. [40] Its so good to hear you speak of the hotel. the casino business has been failing, she said. the Borscht Belt and tug at your emotions. There were still millions being spent on expansions as late as 1955, but certainly by 1958 there were indications that a decline had begun. Would you say 1951-1953 was the rise and 1957-1960 the demise? Is anyone familiar with my great-grandmother Pauline Wertmans Sunny Hill Farm (bungalows), in Swan Lake/Bethel, where the Sullivan County Airport is now? My parents took me to the Youngs Gap in about 1944 after my summer camp closed because of a Polio epidemic. Jay Colton 215 205-3200 cell and jlc6624jlc@gmail.com. Thats me, but to my wife . Thanks again for taking the time to write. Today, I believe the Edgewood House is a church camp, the store is part of a ghost town and the railroad is no more. You see a By the late 1980s, it. I was very friendly with their daughter, Stephanie. The ruins of the Catskills, the Bob would deliver milk and eggs to our apt in Queens in the late 60s after the season ended. Today, Louis Cohens has three bungalows and the main house still standing. Could have been owned by Bermanns, or Brenneman, something like that. I am just hoping to find photos of it, or any information that can point me in the right direction, Thanks! Both my brother and I have been living in Israel for the last 35-40 years. was started. Resort Worlds Catskill in Monticello, on the site of the former Concord Hotel. I went fishing with my Papa in the little lake across the road and caught my first fish. i have a brother irwin, he now lives in henderson nevada. hotels were in Ulster or Sullivan Counties). Guests these days want an adult summer campthe curated, not rustic, variety. I am told they operated from Mountain Dale, New York. Catskills, or brought their fame with them. I am still good friends with my counselor from 1970. Its sad that the era came to an official end after the closing of kuthshers country club in 2014. Youll find her there on Facebook. I remember the dog house with the beagles that would chase you adjacent to the main house. My family stayed at Green acres in 1965. Would be nice. I believe the community college is now on the grounds. Is a revival in the works? first photos, especially one of the rundown lobby of The Pines, with Year Built 1998. I looked on Google Earth, and from an aerial view I saw what might possibly be the bungalow colony as I remember it (of course I was young, so its hard to say). My parents met at the Commodore in 1944(I think) where my mother was a singer and my fathers uncle owned the hotel. Do you remember the ballroom-dancing Belkins? Abe Rosenthal, manager of the Waldemere, specifically blamed the hotels financial problems on the new fireproof building costing $2 million built after a fire three years before had killed three guests. So far, the answer had always been no. I think I may try to get in touch with Stefanie through Allisons facebook page. That night, as his son roasts pots of popcorn in the fire, Josh Farley, then co-owner, describes touring the property in 2014. Its indoor swimming pool, which has transformed into a lush greenhouse over the years, is a destination for adventurers. I however stayed in the biz and went to Cornell Hotel School and headed to restaurants in NYC. pool. And former Flagler owner Jack Barsky cited debts incurred for his new Empire Room nightclub, a new indoor pool and a new lobby for putting that hotel once the most prominent of the Sullivan County resorts into receivership. Catskills Resort History: The Beginning of the End September 9, 2014 by John Conway 109 Comments Many of the 75 or so people at a recent Catskills History and Preservation Conference were shocked to hear that the Catskills ' heralded resort industry has been in decline since 1965. It had a Lodge with swimming pool about 1/2 mile down the road. It was a wonderful weekend ! Theres been one major update, he points out: Rosmarins doesnt do the singer and the comic anymore. These days its food trucks and concerts. Does your family have any photos of the Overlook Hotel and Bungalow colony that you are willing to share? There are other empty pools with their windows gone and I miss it terribly Craig dobelle. Our unit has Turkish kilim rugs and a slate-tiled bathroom. LOL How come there is no record of the place or history? My mother had a family friend, an older woman named May Zuckerman who owned a large beautiful home outside Wurtsboro on old Rte 17 toward Masten Lake near the cutoff road to Yankee Lake. When I was a bit older your father (if he still had the bar concession) was nice enough to serve without asking for ID (remember a long time ago and he knew of me from my Mothers family) the degrees of contact get closer. Required fields are marked *. Im sure the building is long gone. cemetery. Always nice to communicate with someone who has some of the same memories of a time that has been practically erased. . It was a nice but relatively small place. Young urban families are snapping up units at the few remaining bungalow colonies, lured by old-fashioned communal living. Not far from Green Acres. The pictures are near movie poster size My father hated being with his in-law for the week but my brothers and I, ages 9 to 14, enjoyed the surrounding woods where we loved to turn over rocks to see creepy things and pick up little red efts, which you could almost call cute. We also lived in Windsor Park when I was about 5. My mom remembers tadpoles swimming in the creek, costume parties, and women tanning by the pool with metallic reflectors. hotel night clubs. floor where the old orchestra seats used to sit. Laurels Hotel and Country Club, Sackett Lake, Monticello, N.Y. Thanks. . There are 96 units spread over 120 acres, along with a pool and a game room, where his 90-year-old mother is playing canasta. If my memory serves me well, there was a small grave plot of the Baker Family adjacent to the main house along Mettacahonts Rd. their fabulous nightclubs, began to die when the jet airplane started Do you remember the address? It was a great summer. Louis Cohens Orchard Colony (in the last years of its life-it was run down), Bob-Eds (The Rubinstein Family were wonderful people. My grandfather was Izzy Woda and my mother was Sylvia. Just came across this note. do you remember furans corners candy store and luncheonette, i loved that place, and also diacos pizza in white lake. is ruins, just like European ruins of long ago. ronnie dropped me at the liberty bus station, the day after labor day, and about a month or so later, he was gone. During the heyday of the Catskills (1940s - 1960s), the region was New York's premier vacation destination and counted over 500 hotels, from boarding houses and bungalow colonies to all-inclusive resorts. At Grossingerswhich had its own airstrip and is said to have inspired the movie Dirty Dancingthe grand ballroom was littered with old menus, and a glass-enclosed indoor pool was marked with graffiti. The Rosenbergs owned Green Acres, first in Lake Huntington (which burned) and then (after 1966) as a reincarnation of the New Roxy in Loch Sheldrake. Does anyone have any information on a hotel name: New Alpine House in the Catskill Mountains, East Durham, Greene co; N.Y in around the 1930s. It was then reincarnated as the Green Acres Hotel for a short time, and that was purchased by New Hope in the early 1970s. There are photos of many of the stars who became famous at the Enjoy the seasonal outdoor pool and perks like free self parking and free WiFi. A new phenomenon by the 1960s was that the Catskills didnt just appeal to the mostly Jewish clientele but to many other people around the country and worldwide. My family and I used to vacation at the Lake Plaza every summer from the late 50s to e mid 60s. Im sorry I didnt ask him more about the glory days of Catskill bungalows in Accord. what it was like to see the comics, or listen to singers like Sammy She was my first crush. The Grossingers were Austrian immigrants who opened a farmhouse in 1914 and quickly gained a reputation for their cooking and hospitality. basketball phenom Wilt Chamberlain, all 7 of him, was a bellboy I know the mighty atom once made this hotel . The stories that I heard are that he met my grandmother at the New Roxy as her uncle owned the place. I miss my city so much. Grossinger's Catskill Resort Liberty, New York Actor Charlton Heston and his wife of nine years, actress Lydia Clarke, enjoy some time off during a ski weekend at Grossinger's in 1952. Others tried to rebuild and ran I visit the grounds frequently and still remember fond memories of the Bourbins and Rubensteins, especially Jeff Rubenstein. trips to the Catskills in the old days. Please share more memories. some weaknesses. Next to it is a splashy, color postcard of the pool in its Starlite Motel. But by the time I moved to New York, in 2011, the glory of the Jewish Alps had long faded. I would love to share that photo of the two us that I have! Bob-Eds became Camp Capri and then the property was sold to NYC firemen. AP Grossinger's was part of the famed "Borscht Belt" of resorts popular with New York City Jews in the 1950s and '60s. I was up in the area a few years ago and just could not find it. Hi Joan. Plus my great-aunt Gertie married into the Paul family, of Pauls Hotel. As the largest independent multi-specialty physician group in Utah, our healthcare system gives patients the best in communication, quality, coordination and innovation. Photographer Marisa Scheinfeld documents the ruins of abandoned Catskills resorts. I dragged my mom, Debi, with me to find out. exhibit, open through April, is a walk through entertainment history. Do you remember Marshalls? My grandfather, who ran a hosiery store in the Bronx, would visit on the weekends. In some ways, the Jewish Catskills has come full circle. They had a home in Brooklyn and the lovely home on Mt. they never actually cleaned up the decaying buildings and nightclubs. The Catskills region sprawls across four counties north of New York City, dotted with lakes and crowned with around a hundred mountain peaks. decaying. My mom gapes at the stage, with its hand-painted backdrop of a sunrise over the White Mountains. Bigart also reported that in Loch Sheldrake, where there had been 42 hotels ten years ago, there were now only 12. Has anyone heard of Woolfes Bell-Aire Country Club in Parksville? This was probably around 1954. We went to Wodas with my grandparents (Zaldin) and some of their extended family (Schneider, Robinson, Groupsmith (?)). The sign used to say Hood Ice Cream Orchard Colony Luncheonette. If Ive got the right people, please email me at GreenKeyM@aol.com and we can reconnect Frank (happily married, not looking for a new gf, LOL) and Carol. The good times lasted until the 1960s and 1970s, but the 1950s were the best decade in terms of profitability. One night he made me sing Getting to Know You with him. Hi Richard. My brother and I talk about the good times we had at these extended family trips. a second later, their eyes light up and they tell me stories of their might have been easy to obtain old home movies of what the resorts Your memory is correct across the lake from the dock was a small dam and there was a path beside that dam leading down to a wonderful stream. anyone know about Holtzmanns Bungalow Colony in Lake Huntington? I bought it from a mrs fern green . I did Has anyone considered a book or driving tour of where all of these hotels were and what is there now? The Kaaterskill. What no one realized, though, was that He died of a sudden heart attack in 1933 or so. The aluminum markers measuring roughly 32 by 40 inches will be fabricated by Sewah Studios at a cost of about $4,000 each, Klinger said. we had some fun times up there until 1966. unfortunately my cousin ronnie was killed in a motorcycle accident in the fall of 1965. he was attending sullivan county comm. Hi Linda, What a lovely surprise to hear from you. My sister and I spent many summers there with our dad. photo of the Laurels indoor pool, covered with snow and the roof Probably around the early forties. This project was created using the CERES: Exhibit Toolkit with help from the Digital Scholarship Group at the Northeastern University Library. of the abandoned hotels because she is a local resident and knows a that up. I remember going to Wodas Hotel as a child with my grandparents. Do you remember the layout of the property. a Pines room with pink insulation ragged bags hanging down from the Blissful escapes to the mountains of New York became the stuff of legend in many Jewish families. Date Updated Feb 27, 2023. We lived in Parksville where my dad owned a gas station. An outside photographer One of the largest Borscht Belt resorts, it was a kosher establishment that catered primarily to Jewish clients from New York City. For anyone else reading I was up there from the 40s thru the 60s on a regular basis worked as childrens waiter, busboy and waiter from 1955-1962. Some keep hoping for an area renaissance. old Grossingers coffee shop is a shocker. Its a very gratifying business, Scott says, steering the golf cart past a CEO working from his laptop on a porch and two elderly women chatting in lawn chairs outside their bungalows. Is Burt still with us? The hotels and summer camps of the area provided jobs to thousands of college students who relied on their wages and tips to finance the education that would catapult them (or so they hoped) into the higher reaches of American society. I am interested to find out more about the New Roxy in the 1940s/50s etc. I had my Bar Mitzvah in 1964 at Sam and Shirley Schwilawitzs (sic) New Normandie Hotel, down the road from Browns. vacationers from the old days. I think I backed up your mother as an organist at a Bungalow Colony. Linda. If you could check with Allison to see if Stephanie would mind me contacting her, I would be very grateful! At the time of the sale, the Fleischers were in debt to their laundry for $28,000, their butcher for $26,000, and their grocer for $11,000. Marilyn, I am Shirleys granddaughter. Noted also in this book is the resort areas importance within American Jewish history. If I was in Parksville I wouldnt even begin to know where to look for it. There is another picture of Mr. Chadwick can be reached at bchadwick@njcu.edu. You must remember their parents, Bob and Doris Belkin, who taught ballroom dancing. Bob and Edna were my parents best friends I was a junior counselor at Weelock around 1972. He visited the Loch Sheldrake Inn, Goldbergs, and the Overlook, each of which had recently closed. So nice to hear from someone else that stayed at Lake Plaza. There should have been a number of tables, or cases, full of August 29th, 2019. In Swan Lake, he stopped by Pauls, once one of the countys premier resorts, which last year advertised An Unforgettable Family Vacation, (and) is now Daytop Village, a private institution for the rehabilitation of narcotics addicts.. 12/20/2020 02:19:30 pm. We were always amazed on how old the graves were. She had a white rabbit. I definitely remember Mike I think he showed us a frog dissection near the pool! In woodridge but Im also considered Fallsburg . Ellen , I have a brochure of Swan Lake Hotel. Summer 2020 was like the old days, he says, completely booked, with shouts of Marco! Polo! echoing from the lake. These skeletons may have the answer, Scientists are making advancements in birth controlfor men, Blood cleaning? Now we are in Ellenville at Cohens Bakery, established circa 1920, buying pumpernickel bread and chocolate rugelach. Can we bring a species back from the brink? Its a few years old so not sure if it is still active. Photographer Marisa Scheinfelds book The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of Americas Jewish Vacationland,takes a look at the remains of the Borscht Belt. Thank you. The bungalow colonies were the first to go under, followed by the smaller hotels.. The photographs make an evocative Very similar story! This is the story of an area of 250 square miles, approximately an hour and a half drive northwest of New York City, which over the course of last century became a resort phenomenon unlike any other. Property Type Office. I attended Camp Weelock, Camelot and Capri. The spirit of these old-school Catskills resorts is alive and well at the 1960s-era Catskill Mountain Lodge, despite new ownership. Thank you so much for sharing your memory with me! Does anyone have information about the Rainbow Lodge? I heard it was on Ulster Heights Road, Ellenville? I do remember my Great Aunt telling a story of how she was friendly with Jenny Grossinger as they were about the same age. Whatever did happen to the Catskills, Do you remember them? Indelible image in my mind forever. You shudder when you see some of the "By the 1920s the rise of big hotels took the Catskills by storm, almost all of which were exclusively Jewish." The sliver of Sullivan County that the newspapers dubbed the "Borscht Belt" was a. Likely given our ages and incomplete memories I am not going to give my version or what I remember about Wodas and the various family members. 730 E 950 S #D202, Orem, UT 84097 is a 1,026 sqft, 2 bed, 2 bath home. . The 'extreme cruelty' around the global trade in frog legs, What does cancer smell like? lena married izzy woda, and he became my step grandfather. If you ever vacationed in the My great grandparents moved a Ellenville in the 20s and my whole family grew up there. There is one stark Windsor, Gilberts, Zeigers, Camp Hi-Li -- today look eerily He also teaches writing at New Jersey City University. been snatched way by someone. entertainment mecca. Eddie Cantor, Eddie Fischer and Duke Ellington. 424 High Falls Road Extension, Catskill, NY, 12414. In the early 1900s, when Jews and other minorities were banned from upscale hotels and beaches around New York City, the Catskills offered refuge. It was sold off to the Grossinger family in the mid 1940s from what I can recall being told. I have something that might be of interest to you and your family You mentioned that your Great uncle was Frank Spector? This is exactly how it was., You can ask anyone that grew up going to a bungalow colony, Scott says. I believe it was called the Liberty House. says, everything has its season, and the season in the Catskills is For many Jewish New Yorkers, the Borscht Belt served as a haven when they were banned from many of the citys hotels in the 1920s. See the estimate, review home details, and search for homes nearby. Dec. 4, 2015. Do you know where I can find any info pictures amount of suites and units? entertainment worlds decaying treasure chest, have been brought to Just wondering if either one of you is related to the Wexler family from Liberty. There is a single I do remember the taxi and the proud owner of the medallion (cleaning and washing under the trees to the left of the driveway but near the roadway. My current choice is the new villa Roma. I remember the daughter was called Freddy. https://www.townofliberty.org/about/history/, Gaslight Village: Lake George Fun Yesterday, Historian Don Rittner Launches New YouTube Series, Weegee the Famous: Paparazzo of the Nameless, Rough And Tumble: A Short History of Eye Gouging, Whitetail Deer & Spreading Invasive Species, Kesselring Atomic Power Labratory: A Short History, Adirondack Logging History: Woods Lake & Beaver River Stations, Woodsman Willard Howland and his Amazing Critters, Anxiety Over Jazz In Ireland Followed A Tragic Shipwreck. That was when millions of Americans stayed at the hundreds of bungalow colonies and hotels in the area. A luxury stay in a bright orange room. Prosper Manor, and restore her financial condition. Photographs by ERIC BARD, CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES. Little America, Salt Lake City. Farley learned the history of the Catskills from the neighbors as he peeled up vinyl flooring and emptied antique dishware from cabinets. if ny had the helmet law then, ronnie would still be alive. with the pedal to the metal. She hired my mother to be her assistant manager and they made it work. I remember the young daughter of Shustons whose name was Freddy. Anyway, thanks for your comments, Neil. My brother Steve and I spent all of our summers there, from the early 50s until it was sold in 1966. My uncle Sheldon is living in Virginia now.

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