May 2013
subscription newsletter text is here, as are photos
past newsletters are available at: http://www.dteator.com/glhg/glhg.htm
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A warm, low-80’s Monday-before-Memorial-Day awaited the attendees of the May meeting. Among the regulars: Walter & Donna Ingalls, Bette Welter, Evelyn Jennings, Mary Heisinger (now a regular!), Christine Mickelsen, Bob & Marie Shaw, Stephanie Ingalls, Phyllis Beechert, and Don Teator. Add in the almost regulars, the newcomers, the hosts, and we totaled in the 30-35 range—a nice turnout indeed. The draw of the evening was both the setting and the topic of the evening—Baumann’s Brookside, one of the three long-running original boarding houses that still survive and remain strong in 2013. We used Baumann’s to show the historical cycle of boarding house/resort in Greenville. So, before I get into the meat of the topic, allow me to thank Carol and Rich Schreiber for not only hosting our group but also providing refreshments. Another treat this evening was the participation of the other families—Roe & Kevin Lewis and sons Tucker and Russell, Courtney Reinhard, and Joan Smith. More about importance of family later. Upon entering the dining room through the lobby, one found several tables laden with photos of the resort throughout the years. Brochures of past years were shown, as were brochures of other nearby resorts. Also shown was a sketch of the resort by one Fred Becker, of unknown identity to us from the 1930s.
After my brief introduction, Carol took the reins and ran with the
show until the question period. I will write some of the snippets I
remember or made notes of. house (described in Con’s notes) near Place’s
Corners (the intersection of Sunny Hill, CR 41, and Drake Hill Rd), if my
directions are right, is north of the corners on Rt 41, up and past the
first couple houses on the left. The driveway is on the right, washed out
after a couple big storms in the past ten years. At some point, Carol asked each of the family members
to say something, and to their credit, most did, and presented the human
face of a family-owned business. We debated the correct pronunciation: bough-men over
bo-men (emphasis on the bough of the tree, not the bo of Little Bo Peep). We had started the meeting with introductory material
– GLHG history, sign-up sheet, email newsletter, etc. Our next meeting, on June 10, should be another worthy meeting. I have employed the services of Chuck D’Imperio to be our guest feature. To quote from my press release;
I first listened to Chuck at a Gilboa Historical Society, and based on how little, or nothing, I had ever heard about Chuck locally, I thought he would be an interesting and worthwhile reason for a night out, both for people who love local history as well as for people who enjoy listening to stories of the small pieces of history of upstate New York. A sad note: Dot Blenis, one of our mainstays for stories and notes of longer ago than most of us could tell, passed away this past month. She certainly lived a full and active long life. Included below are a couple of pictures of Baumann’s. C’mon out to the June 10 meeting, and bring a friend who wants to be entertained by a versatile story-teller. Take care, |
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Baumann's -- early-mid century |
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view from hill southwest of resort, main house behind trees at center of photo, at junction of Johnny Cake Lane and Red Mill Rd |