~ NORTH ARM OF WALLOON LAKE ~
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"The North Arm of Walloon Lake is slightly more than one square mile."
Inland lakes of Michigan
By Irving Day Scott, originally published in 1921
Inland lakes of Michigan
By Irving Day Scott, originally published in 1921
Points of Interest on the North Arm
Alpine Resort >Fleming >Guiliano & Beiser > James & Ruth Crago Faunce (closed in 1993)
Baker Property Birch Point (Barnharts and Codys, G.R. & I. RR officials) >Bessie Kearns > Dr. George Reycraft (1924) Buzzard's Bay Dr. Dean and Marcella Burns Dorman Home Gedge/Morsches/Call Cellars Connable Cabin > Nield Family Coveyou Family Meadows (Schoof's Creek Entrance to the North Arm) Fleming Cottage on Jones Landing Foglesonger Family (near Bear Lake) Fort Wayne Camp (Entrance to the North Arm) Georges Ghesquiere (Trillium Hills) Jones Landing and Jones Family Lake View Resort (Flashman Family) Norris Point [Eastern Tip of The Narrows] North Arm Resort> Jenks > Payne > Parker > Brown > Pediatric Assoc. > Lorenz >Lyall Ryan Home Sayer Cottage Singer Estate for Frank Baker > Lang > Bogan > Heisel in 1971 Vansaw/Van Saw Family Walloon Lake Country Club Wayside Farm Weber Home Wheaton Family Wheaton's Mill near Birch Point Wildwood on Walloon (Condominiums) Edward Williams Home (in Bear Creek Township) Wooden's Landing (Dan and Sue Duval's "Ottawa House") |
Walloon Lake Map Section Below shows The North Arm
Map Section shown above is part of the entire 1907 map of Walloon Lake which may be accessed by clicking HERE.
Photo Below: The stacked stone wall runs from Bear River road north to Greenwood Lodge and then west half way down to Walloon Lake; the intersection of West Bear River Road and Country Club Road, next to the Walloon Lake Country Club. The wall, approximately 3 feet to 4 feet in height, held together with mortar, runs between Dan Smith's cottage at 860 Bear River Road and the Greenwood Lodge. The Walloon Lake Country Club was once the Bennett Farm, so could the field stones have come from the Bennett Farm? It would be interesting to learn any history of the wall; the designer and builder, and the age of the wall, as well as about the Bennett Farm... any information or other photos would be welcomed. UPDATED BELOW...
Another similar stone wall fence near Walloon Lake is located on Lake Grove Road,
by the expansive grounds of Sagamore Lodge, near to Hemingway's Windemere cottage.
Click HERE to access information about that stone wall and about Sagamore Lodge.
by the expansive grounds of Sagamore Lodge, near to Hemingway's Windemere cottage.
Click HERE to access information about that stone wall and about Sagamore Lodge.
Photo Above: Perhaps long time residents of the Country Club area would have information or photos about the stone wall. The Walloon Lake Association Summer 2021 Wallooner’s writer Lauren Macintyre tells of those residents: “Not too far from the Connable cabin, longtime Wallooner R.E. Klages of Columbus, Ohio, built a rustic log cottage that he named Greenwood Lodge. The Klages and their three sons relished many happy summers there, sailing and taking an active role in the nearby Walloon Lake Country Club activities. Picturesque Greenwood Lodge was eventually sold to Frederick and Edith Kroeger of Anderson, Indiana. Later, when the country club decided to sell its lakefront land just south of the club house, the Klages family bought land and built a new cottage in 1954, which family members still enjoy today.”
“While the Kroegers resided in Greenwood Lodge, their daughter Barbara Kroeger Gamble and husband John built a family home next door. Judy Gamble Mainland, daughter of John and Barbara, holds fond memories of growing up there, ‘My brother and I would spend countless hours fishing, sailing and swimming until it was time to return to Indianapolis in late August. We had a snipe and a sailfish that we would race in the Yacht Club races three days a week.’ Judy later married fellow Wallooner Ernie Hemingway Mainland and became a year-round resident. Her grandparents left the iconic Greenwood Lodge to her aunt Marge Kroeger, a beloved Wallooner for many decades.”
“…WLCC had its beginnings with the purchase of the Homer [or Harrison???] Bennett farm on the North Arm, with an old renovated barn as the first clubhouse… The man who spearheaded the creation of the club back in 1904 was Llewellyn Gedge of Orlando, Florida, who went on to serve as club president for 33 years. The fact that their son and grandson, Jack Gedge, still lives nearby and has been a member of the club for over 60 years is apt testimony to the club’s extraordinary legacy.”
It would be interesting to hear memories of the stone wall from any Wallooners who remember the wall.
“While the Kroegers resided in Greenwood Lodge, their daughter Barbara Kroeger Gamble and husband John built a family home next door. Judy Gamble Mainland, daughter of John and Barbara, holds fond memories of growing up there, ‘My brother and I would spend countless hours fishing, sailing and swimming until it was time to return to Indianapolis in late August. We had a snipe and a sailfish that we would race in the Yacht Club races three days a week.’ Judy later married fellow Wallooner Ernie Hemingway Mainland and became a year-round resident. Her grandparents left the iconic Greenwood Lodge to her aunt Marge Kroeger, a beloved Wallooner for many decades.”
“…WLCC had its beginnings with the purchase of the Homer [or Harrison???] Bennett farm on the North Arm, with an old renovated barn as the first clubhouse… The man who spearheaded the creation of the club back in 1904 was Llewellyn Gedge of Orlando, Florida, who went on to serve as club president for 33 years. The fact that their son and grandson, Jack Gedge, still lives nearby and has been a member of the club for over 60 years is apt testimony to the club’s extraordinary legacy.”
It would be interesting to hear memories of the stone wall from any Wallooners who remember the wall.
Lauren Macintyre has done some more great research, and found the probable family that built the stone wall.
"The picturesque stone wall which runs behind the five houses on West Bear River Road is one of only a few such walls on Walloon. It is believed to have been built by the Hoagland family of Columbus, OH, who bought a lovely, traditional stick-built cedar lodge called "Summerest" in the 1920's. The Hoaglands added on to the lodge, located at the corner of West Bear River Road and Country Club Road, and also built a working windmill which supplied the neighborhood with water from the lake. Summerest eventually passed to the Hoaglands' daughter Beulah, who married Art Cosler, Jr. See obituary below for William H. Hoagland.
The stone wall extends to Greenwood Lodge, built in the same era by the Klages family and later owned by the Kroeger family. Greenwood and Summerest were very similar in style, and each boasted a large, beautifully built wooden boathouse.
Later Summerest was sold and the log home unfortunately razed, but the boat house and two cabins used to house serving staff, as well as the stone wall remain. Members of the Cosler family still have a cottage in the neighborhood, continuing the family's legacy on Walloon."
~ Written and submitted by longtime Wallooner Lauren Macintyre ~
The stone wall extends to Greenwood Lodge, built in the same era by the Klages family and later owned by the Kroeger family. Greenwood and Summerest were very similar in style, and each boasted a large, beautifully built wooden boathouse.
Later Summerest was sold and the log home unfortunately razed, but the boat house and two cabins used to house serving staff, as well as the stone wall remain. Members of the Cosler family still have a cottage in the neighborhood, continuing the family's legacy on Walloon."
~ Written and submitted by longtime Wallooner Lauren Macintyre ~
The North Arm of Walloon Lake in the Winter
Photo Above: Alex Childress' additional work also may be viewed at Alex Childress Photo.
Postcard below: This view of the North Arm of Walloon Lake overlooks Coveyou Meadows.
Photo below: Walloon Lake serves as the inspiration for many artists.
Carolyn Chambers who has lived in the Petoskey/Bay View area for many, many years, chose to paint the view of Walloon Lake's North Arm from the US 131 Hilltop.
Carolyn's original oil paintings of various area scenes are featured in Petoskey's Arlington Jewelers at
306 East Lake Street.
Carolyn Chambers who has lived in the Petoskey/Bay View area for many, many years, chose to paint the view of Walloon Lake's North Arm from the US 131 Hilltop.
Carolyn's original oil paintings of various area scenes are featured in Petoskey's Arlington Jewelers at
306 East Lake Street.
The Map Below which labels the North Arm is on Page 121 in Inland Lakes of Michigan
By Irving Day Scott, originally published in 1921.
By Irving Day Scott, originally published in 1921.
Page 123 from the above book Inland Lakes of Michigan describes the North Arm: "At the narrow entrance to the North Arm, conditions are rather abruptly changed. Current action here assumes the prominent role, and the wind directions which were so important on the shore just described are secondary. It will be noted from the map that the shores of the approach to this bay gradually converge to two opposite points, forming a channel a quarter of a mile in width. Within the bay, the shores receded rapidly and increase the prominence of the points. The significant fact is that the currents on both sides are not only forced to leave the shores at these points but are able to maintain their courses across the channel. Furthermore, the winds from both the northerly and southerly quadrant are effected and have about the same reach. Therefore, the spits which developed from these points are not unexpected... Within the memory of settlers this depth was as great as eighteen feet, therefore, the bar is developing rapidly and the channel will soon have to be kept open artificially, if it is to be maintained..." [A spit is a narrow point of land into the water]
The North Arm is surrounded by BOTH Bear Creek Township and Resort Township.
It was in 1896 that all of Resort Township was detached from Charlevoix County and attached to Emmet County.
The FIRST Resort Township meeting was held 20 September 1880 at the Foglesonger School House.
The photo below of "High above Walloon" is a very similar vantage view of the North Arm
(with The Foot toward the right), as in the outline map shown above.
(with The Foot toward the right), as in the outline map shown above.
North Arm ~ Front and Center
Rosemary Renwick James describes the vantage view of the above postcard as follows: "The cottages [on the right front in the photo] are on the west side of the North Arm. The area about mid-way up the picture on the left hand side, with the cleared area and sand beach, is the old North Arm Resort, I think. So, the view is looking south, down the North Arm, towards the North Arms narrows, which do not look like they usually do, out into the rest of Walloon Lake. The lake part to the left (out in the rest of the Lake) is the North Shore going down to The Foot, continuing around the South Shore, going back into the South Arm, with the white frame line of the postcard going almost through Randall's Point, and then up the West Arm, out of the picture."
Kilarney Shores
Mr. Matt Doyle developed Kilarney Shores home sites on the North Arm of Walloon Lake.
He died unexpectedly following a heart attack at his Kilarney Shores home in 1969 (Obituary below).
Mr. Matt Doyle developed Kilarney Shores home sites on the North Arm of Walloon Lake.
He died unexpectedly following a heart attack at his Kilarney Shores home in 1969 (Obituary below).
MEMORIES OF THE NORTH ARM
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Cindy Tillotson Reed who attended Melrose Elementary School, and then graduated from Petoskey High School in 1960, lived almost at the top of Short's Hill on US 131, just north of the Village of Walloon Lake. Her memories of Walloon Lake include: "I often worked for 'summer people' at Walloon when I was in junior high and high school to get enough funds for needed new clothes for school (baby sitting, nurse-girl for their kids, cleaning cottages, etc). We lived on US 131 north of the Walloon junction. Some times I would walk to the County-line Walloon Lake Country Club on the North Arm of Walloon to be picked up by speed boat by summer folks to go clean their cottages or watch their kids." AND "When my sister and I were in late grade school and junior high we made friends with a couple of resorter kids who were staying with their aunt at her big cottage on Walloon Lake. Her name was Miss Norris. My dad sometimes did carpentry projects for her. Her mammoth home was on the eastern tip (narrows) of the entrance to the North Arm. Seems like in recent years we tried to find the house. As I remember it to was all run down."
Now in 2013 Cindy Tillotson Reed lives 13 time zones away from Walloon Lake in Jogjakarta, Java, Indonesia where she and her husband Carl Reed are missionaries, but still report to their sponsoring churches like the Walloon Lake Community Church. Cindy describes some of her activities as follows: "Just finished teaching in a national church women's seminar yesterday (150 women) on the topic: Membangun Hubungan Harmonis Orang Tua dengan Anak (building a harmonious relationship between parents and their children). In mid-November I teach a 3 day intensive course in 2 big churches in Jakarta on Konseling Keluarga (Family Counseling). Lay members of churches there are very interested in learning about Christian counseling. The biggest stressor in these conferences is getting the expected fancy power points put together. Not my strong point! Thankfully, Carl is good in that department".
UPDATE: In 2023 Cindy and her husband Carl Reed have retired, and are living back in the United States.
Now in 2013 Cindy Tillotson Reed lives 13 time zones away from Walloon Lake in Jogjakarta, Java, Indonesia where she and her husband Carl Reed are missionaries, but still report to their sponsoring churches like the Walloon Lake Community Church. Cindy describes some of her activities as follows: "Just finished teaching in a national church women's seminar yesterday (150 women) on the topic: Membangun Hubungan Harmonis Orang Tua dengan Anak (building a harmonious relationship between parents and their children). In mid-November I teach a 3 day intensive course in 2 big churches in Jakarta on Konseling Keluarga (Family Counseling). Lay members of churches there are very interested in learning about Christian counseling. The biggest stressor in these conferences is getting the expected fancy power points put together. Not my strong point! Thankfully, Carl is good in that department".
UPDATE: In 2023 Cindy and her husband Carl Reed have retired, and are living back in the United States.
NORRIS POINT ON THE NARROWS OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE NORTH ARM
Singer Estate as Viewed from Point Norris
(Heisel)
(Heisel)
Photos Below: The Singer Estate was actually built by Mrs. Isaac Singer for her son Frank Mason Baker. It had been a working farm. Baker sold the property after 20 years to R.E. McCarthy, a Pennsylvania Railroad official. The next owners were Mr. Lang who sold it to Chester Bogan, and then in 1971, on to Bill and Pat Heisel.
Obituary Below: William "Bill" Heisel was passionate about conservation of Walloon Lake, so fittingly became president of the Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy. He worked with the lake's five townships to pass ordinances that restrict funnel development and that mission continues today. Bill was a member and past president at the Walloon Lake Country Club, enjoying the tennis court, golf course, and the dining room. While WLCC president he presided over the decision to expand the golf course to 18 holes.
PEOPLE OF THE NORTH ARM
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Henry Ethelbert Adams
ADAMS, Henry Ethelbert, asst. treas. Am. Radiator Co.; born Sandwich, 111., May 29, 1868; son J. Phelps and Mary Bralnard (Phelps) Adams; ed. pub. schools of Sandwich, prep. dept. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, 111., and student Northwestern Univ., 1884-6; married Mary A. Havlland, of Pequannlng, Mich., Aug. 14, 1889; 2 children: Florence Havlland, Phelps Havlland. Began with Sandwich (111.) Mfg. Co. in 1887, and was asst. treas., 1892-4; came to Chicago and with others organized the Ideal IBoiler Co. of which was treas. until 1897; mem. firm of Adams & Jones, house heating apparatus, Boston, 1897, and remained there until 1903 when returned to Chicago and became Identified with Am. Radiator Co. of which has been asst. treas. since 1904; also treas. Norwall Mfg. Co., Chicago, and dir. Sandwich (111.) Mfg. Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T. ); mem. Sigma Chi. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country; also Walloon Country (Walloon Lake, Mich.). Recreations: golf and motor boating. Residence: 934 E. 45th St. (Summer Residence: Walloon Lake, Mich.) Office: 816 S. Michigan Av.
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Ben and Beatrice Appleton > David Underwood >
850 West Bear River Road
850 West Bear River Road
Ben and Beatrice Appleton owned this property before selling to David Underwood. Various laws governing the property, in agreements and a will were in force, so that Underwood sued the Walloon Lake Country Club twice and lost. The property was for sale in 2024 for $18 million.
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Baker Property
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Beadell Family and Ft. Wayne Camp
The information below regarding Henry A. Beadell was posted in the full text of
"Pioneers Resting in Historic Lindenwood."
"Pioneers Resting in Historic Lindenwood."
The Walloon Lake Association website states: "The new (and current) Walloon Lake Association was incorporated on September 30, 1960, with Henry A. Beadell its first president, Kingsley Brown vice-president and Roy G. Michell secretary and treasurer."
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Birch Point (or Reycraft Point)
(Mary Jane Wheaton, Barnharts and Codys, G.R. & I. RR officials)
>Bessie Kearns > Dr. George Reycraft, 1924)
Camp site of the Indians, in the very early days...
In 1879 the land was pioneered by Mary Jane Wheaton.
After the GR&I Railroad people purchased the land in 1892, they built six cottages.
Stone pillars from the resort still, in 2024, can be found on the grounds of the existing year round homes.
In 1879 the land was pioneered by Mary Jane Wheaton.
After the GR&I Railroad people purchased the land in 1892, they built six cottages.
Stone pillars from the resort still, in 2024, can be found on the grounds of the existing year round homes.
The 28 June 2019 Petoskey News Review (click HERE) reported that Resort Township unveiled a new non-motorized trail system located at 6154 Resort Pike Road called Pioneer Trails. It is a 122 acre walking, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trail paying homage with the trails named after five early area settlers of the 1800s; Folgelsonger, Couch, Bacon, McConnell and Wheaton.
"The Wheaton Trail honors the Wheaton family which has been in the township since 1879, as Mary Jane Wheaton and her son, Harlow, homesteaded 69 acres along the western shore of the north arm of Walloon Lake. History suggests the Wheatons may have lived in a sod hut their first years on the peninsula."
"Today, Mary Jane’s homestead is known as Reycraft Point or Birch Point, and is generally located between 6273 and 6333 Indian Garden Road. Since 1879, a Wheaton family has lived in Resort Township."
"The Wheaton Trail honors the Wheaton family which has been in the township since 1879, as Mary Jane Wheaton and her son, Harlow, homesteaded 69 acres along the western shore of the north arm of Walloon Lake. History suggests the Wheatons may have lived in a sod hut their first years on the peninsula."
"Today, Mary Jane’s homestead is known as Reycraft Point or Birch Point, and is generally located between 6273 and 6333 Indian Garden Road. Since 1879, a Wheaton family has lived in Resort Township."
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Buzzard's Bay
Buzzard's Bay location information furnished by a North Arm resident...
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Gedges and Morsches/Calls Families
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Dr. Dean and Marcella Burns Family
The Burns Clinic in Petoskey, Michigan, was founded in 1931 by Dr. Dean Burns.
The Burns Clinic was closely associated with, and admitted all of its patients to Little Traverse Hospital.
It had a complete staff of Specialists in almost every aspect of medicine.
Click HERE to access additional information about the Dr. Burns Family.
The Burns Clinic was closely associated with, and admitted all of its patients to Little Traverse Hospital.
It had a complete staff of Specialists in almost every aspect of medicine.
Click HERE to access additional information about the Dr. Burns Family.
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"The Connable Cabin" > Nield's "Deer Creek"
Summary from various sources, including obituaries...
Summary from various sources, including obituaries...
Obituary Below:
Ralph Connable Sr. was the progenitor of the Connable Family that left its legacy on the shores of Walloon Lake.
Ralph Connable Sr. was the progenitor of the Connable Family that left its legacy on the shores of Walloon Lake.
In 1856 in Jackson, Michigan, Ralph Connable Sr. (1835-1908) born in Massachusetts, had married Mary Stanton who had been born in Albany, New York. Ralph came to Petoskey from Jackson, Michigan, in 1876, and moved his family to Petoskey in 1877. Ralph and Mary had four sons: Arthur W. (Nellie A. Hankey), Walter M. (Susan Cruse), Ralph Jr. (Hattie Gridley), and Alfred (Frances Louise Peck). After moving to Petoskey, Michigan, Mary was influential both in music and literary circles; thus availing herself of the splendid opportunities offered by the Bay View summer school. Like her husband Ralph, Mary, also was buried in Petoskey's Greenwood Cemetery family lot.
While in Petoskey, Ralph and son Arthur, were engaged in a wholesale fishing company on the Little Traverse Bay front (Photo Below), and in the book store which he established (later called Harner’s). He built the stores occupied by Harner’s book store, Seibert’s jewelry store, and the Rosenthal shoe store. The Connable name still in 2024 graces the store (one-time Papagallo-402 East Lake Street) on Petoskey's corner of Lake and Howard streets (Second Row Photo Below Left). Ralph was the 1880 Petoskey post master for two terms. One of his gifts to the city of Petoskey was a public fountain on Lake Street. He built, and donated to Bay View, the rustic pulpit for camp meetings (Second Row Photo Below Right). He also planned and built the rustic pagoda and music stand in the G.R.& I. Railroad Park (Third Row Photo Below). Railroad Park is named Pennsylvania Park in 2024.
While in Petoskey, Ralph and son Arthur, were engaged in a wholesale fishing company on the Little Traverse Bay front (Photo Below), and in the book store which he established (later called Harner’s). He built the stores occupied by Harner’s book store, Seibert’s jewelry store, and the Rosenthal shoe store. The Connable name still in 2024 graces the store (one-time Papagallo-402 East Lake Street) on Petoskey's corner of Lake and Howard streets (Second Row Photo Below Left). Ralph was the 1880 Petoskey post master for two terms. One of his gifts to the city of Petoskey was a public fountain on Lake Street. He built, and donated to Bay View, the rustic pulpit for camp meetings (Second Row Photo Below Right). He also planned and built the rustic pagoda and music stand in the G.R.& I. Railroad Park (Third Row Photo Below). Railroad Park is named Pennsylvania Park in 2024.
~ Connable Fishing Company ~
Little Traverse Bay Front
Names of some of the workers in the photo below:
*Ralph Connable, Sr.
Whitaker, Charlie Boss, Bert Fiske, Harry Carpenter, Dan Norton, Dave Smith, Frank Hatt
Little Traverse Bay Front
Names of some of the workers in the photo below:
*Ralph Connable, Sr.
Whitaker, Charlie Boss, Bert Fiske, Harry Carpenter, Dan Norton, Dave Smith, Frank Hatt
Photo Above Right: Ralph Connable arrived in the Petoskey/Bay View area in search of health, having suffered from spasmodic Asthma for thirty years. Being a christian in the true sense of the word, and feeling the need to thank God for having directed him to this sanitarium for the Asthma, conceived the idea to "build an Altar of thanks offering." He began a search for stumps which might be found grown together, the same as the pieces of wood he had already found, and in a shape which would make not only a pulpit unique in design, but stands at the right distance to afford a place for lamps, flowers, etc. After searching at intervals for a month or two he was finally rewarded by finding a birch tree about one foot in diameter with two smaller hemlock trees one at the left of the birch, and one on the right and a little in front, with their roots grown firmly together in many places and in many curious shapes, as the branches of a tree to its body. The roots of the trees are firmly braced as could be, no joints or fastenings of any kind are required to support the smaller ones, they seem to have been designed by the Great Architect for this special purpose. The top of the three are improved by placing tops upon them and trimming them in a rustic manner so that the whole presents a uniform and pleasing appearance. The pulpit was created in the furniture shop of C.B. Henika.
~ Rustic Cottage/Pagoda in Railroad Park, Petoskey, Michigan ~
Summarily, Ralph Sr. and Mary's son, Ralph Connable Jr., came to Petoskey, Michigan, as a youngster. He attended Petoskey schools, and later Albion College; being most interested in stud poker. Connable Fisheries, at one time, owned three steam tugs and about 500 miles of gill nets. The Connable Fisheries interests were sold to the Booth Fisheries. Feeling he had "no knowledge of any other business, and a wife and a daughter in the offing," Ralph continued working in various capacities with Booth Fisheries. Ralph's own description of his days with the fisheries were interesting, but not easy.
When Ralph married Hattie Gridley, he listed his occupation as "Fisherman". When not on the water, Ralph carried his daughter Dorothy standing in a pack on his back; her head above his own, allowing her to spot the partridges for which he was hunting, even before he might see them.
Ralph moved from one job, leading to the next. He did not last long, traveling out west, with promoting "Kinetoscope Fight Machines," to show moving images.
Again out of a job, Ralph was looking through a directory and came upon the idea of the necessity of a laundry. No business seemed to be hiring, so Ralph offered to work for three weeks for free in a laundry; "just to learn the business" and got the job." He worked from 4AM to 11PM, when he would write a message to "Hattie," "am having a wonderful time." At the end of three weeks, the foreman was called away to a bedside, so Ralph was put in charge, with a wage. About the time of the foreman's return Ralph got word that Mr. Bragg, owner of the White Swan Laundry at the corner of Lewis and Rose streets, Petoskey, had shot himself, so Ralph flitted North. Ralph borrowed from his father, $500.00 for a down payment; thus becoming the business owner as Mr. Bragg's successor at the White Swan Laundry (Photo Below). After the laundry building burned in 1897 with property amounting to a quarter of a million dollars or more, the insurance money all went to the creditors. Ralph had to start fresh AGAIN.
Again out of a job, Ralph was looking through a directory and came upon the idea of the necessity of a laundry. No business seemed to be hiring, so Ralph offered to work for three weeks for free in a laundry; "just to learn the business" and got the job." He worked from 4AM to 11PM, when he would write a message to "Hattie," "am having a wonderful time." At the end of three weeks, the foreman was called away to a bedside, so Ralph was put in charge, with a wage. About the time of the foreman's return Ralph got word that Mr. Bragg, owner of the White Swan Laundry at the corner of Lewis and Rose streets, Petoskey, had shot himself, so Ralph flitted North. Ralph borrowed from his father, $500.00 for a down payment; thus becoming the business owner as Mr. Bragg's successor at the White Swan Laundry (Photo Below). After the laundry building burned in 1897 with property amounting to a quarter of a million dollars or more, the insurance money all went to the creditors. Ralph had to start fresh AGAIN.
Photo Below: Ralph Connable built the stores occupied by Harner’s book store, Seibert’s jewelry store, and the Rosenthal shoe store. This photo was in Ralph's own booklet, but it was not labeled to be certain it was the Petoskey Harner book store. It does point out both Ralph and Hattie in the photo. An advertisement for Harner's gave the address as Corner of Lake and Howard streets, Petoskey, Michigan. |
Ralph Connable Jr. married Miss Harriet "Hattie" E. Gridley (of Petoskey) on 3 February 1891, followed a couple of years later by daughter Dorothy Connable, born 1 October 1893 in Petoskey. Ralph and Harriet's son, also was named Ralph (1900-1957). Ralph married Edna Emma Bush in Canada.
Mr. Ralph Connable Jr. entered the retail merchandising business. He progressed steadily, with the help of Mr. Good in Chicago... ultimately, by 1912, heading the Canadian stores of F.W. Woolworth & Co. In that position Ralph lived in a Toronto mansion in a 21 acre estate, and was one of the leading businessmen of that city. After Ralph retired in 1925, the family moved to Buffalo, New York. In 1929 the family built a home on Walloon Lake’s North Arm, where daughter Dorothy continued to live in her later years.
Mr. Connable was an active member of the Petoskey-Bay View Country Club and for several years was a contender for the club championships. He was made an honorary member of the Petoskey Rotary Club, the only man to hold such a title. He was a life member of the Durand Lodge, F.&A.M. Ralph died in 1939 when he failed to rally following a goiter operation in Cleveland Hospital; with burial in Petoskey’s Greenwood Cemetery. Harriet Connable passed away on Christmas Eve 1945 in Buffalo, New York. Daughter Dorothy Mary Connable resided in the family’s Walloon Lake home, and passed away in a Petoskey’s Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital after a brief illness in 1975.
Mr. Ralph Connable Jr. entered the retail merchandising business. He progressed steadily, with the help of Mr. Good in Chicago... ultimately, by 1912, heading the Canadian stores of F.W. Woolworth & Co. In that position Ralph lived in a Toronto mansion in a 21 acre estate, and was one of the leading businessmen of that city. After Ralph retired in 1925, the family moved to Buffalo, New York. In 1929 the family built a home on Walloon Lake’s North Arm, where daughter Dorothy continued to live in her later years.
Mr. Connable was an active member of the Petoskey-Bay View Country Club and for several years was a contender for the club championships. He was made an honorary member of the Petoskey Rotary Club, the only man to hold such a title. He was a life member of the Durand Lodge, F.&A.M. Ralph died in 1939 when he failed to rally following a goiter operation in Cleveland Hospital; with burial in Petoskey’s Greenwood Cemetery. Harriet Connable passed away on Christmas Eve 1945 in Buffalo, New York. Daughter Dorothy Mary Connable resided in the family’s Walloon Lake home, and passed away in a Petoskey’s Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital after a brief illness in 1975.
Ralph Connable Jr. born about 1865 and died in 1939 when he failed to rally following a goiter operation in Cleveland Hospital. He was buried in Petoskey’s Greenwood Cemetery. Harriet Connable passed away on Christmas Eve 1945 in Buffalo, New York. In the recent years, before his death, Ralph Connable, Jr. "had spent the summers at his cottage on Walloon Lake, a beautiful home near the Walloon Lake Country Club."
Click HERE to access a summary of the various twists and turns of Ralph's life, which were gleaned by Frank Boles from Ralph Connable's own booklet: Stepping Stones of Some Connables 1870 to 1937... a symposium Not a biography; Twists and turns leading to Ralph becoming the Head of the F.W. Woolworth and Company in Toronto, Canada.
Ralph's wife Harriet Connable had been friends for some time with Walloon Lake's Grace Hemingway, Ernest’s mother. Harriet heard Ernest speak at the Petoskey Carnegie Library in 1919 about his WWI experiences when he volunteered to serve in Italy as an ambulance driver with the American Red Cross. After that talk, Harriet proposed to Ernest that she would like Ernest to go to the Connable family mansion at 153 Lyndhurst Avenue, Toronto… to give her son Ralph the “right slant on life, especially as to sports and pleasures.” She shared that Ralph was slightly crippled, and reclusive. Ernest Hemingway accepted Harriet’s offer, and, while there, Ralph Sr. introduced Ernest to editors for the Toronto Star Weekly; hiring Ernest. For that reason the Connable Family is credited with playing a part in Hemingway’s becoming an author [Note additional information in brackets just below that fills in blanks regarding Connable's part on Hemingway's writing career]. During the time Mr. and Mrs. Connable spent in Florida, Hemingway, grew tired of his time with Ralph, although Ernest did enjoy time with Dorothy Connable while attending hockey games and boxing matches. In May, 1920, Ernest’s contract with the Connables expired, so Ernest said he had enough (of the Toronto weather)… and left.
[Hemingway went to Kansas City first, writing for the 'Kansas City Star.' That was in October 1917. With the war going on, and graduation from high school having finally happened, he was anxious to either enlist or get out of Oak Park. Clarence was opposed to enlisting, so Ernest found a way out. His uncle Tyler Hemingway lived in Kansas City and was friendly with the KC Star's editor, and Ernest (having had a taste of journalism in high school) wanted to work for the newspaper, which was at the time one of the top journals in the country. So, with his Uncle Tyler's help, he landed a job as a cub reporter.
In Toronto, Hemingway was hired by the editor-in-chief of the 'Toronto Star Weekly,' J. Herbert Cranston, who was an acquaintance of Ralph Connable, in January 1920; but Hemingway's first known article was actually published in the 'Toronto Daily Star.' In 1923, after working as a foreign correspondent in Paris for the paper, Hemingway begged for and was hired "exclusively" to be a staff writer from the Daily Star--but he also managed to publish in the Star Weekly. His articles where published in both papers from Jan 1920 to Jan 1924.] ~ Information from John Hargrove; Hemingway Afficianado
Both Harriet and Dorothy Connable attended Ernest Hemingway’s 1923 wedding to Hadley Richardson in Horton Bay. Ernest and Hadley spent their honeymoon at Walloon Lake's Windemere Cottage, and then went to Paris. They, however, left Paris and returned to Toronto for the baby to be born on the continent, with Ernest again writing for the Toronto Star. The editor still was not mindful of Ernest's personal circumstances. While Ernest Hemingway was on a newspaper assignment in New York, Harriet Connable and daughter Dorothy, helped Hadley get to the hospital in Toronto to deliver Ernest and Hadley’s first-born on 10 October 1923, Jack who thus attained dual citizenship.
[In Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917-1961 edited by Carlos Baker (1981) Ernest's letter clarifies that while about 20 years old, he did not tutor TWO Connable children as some others had reported. Ernest wrote: "The boy was Ralph named after his father and injure at birth in a high forceps delivery. He was what is known as an exceptional child. You know there are schools for exceptional children.
Dorothy Connable had graduated from Wellesley; had served in France with the Red Cross I believe, was older than I was and while we were very good friends I certainly was not hired as her tutor…
Also, as far as I knew or know, the Connables had nothing to do with Chicago. Mrs. Connable was a friend of my Mother’s in Upper Michigan. I believe she came from Petoksey originally. Anyway she was a lovely woman; one of the finest, loveliest and most lovely looking I have ever known. I was living and writing in Upper Michigan when I met her. I was selling nothing and writing pretty good stories. Mrs. Connable asked me if I would come to Toronto and tutor Ralph Jr. also teach him to box etc. She said they had a cabin down behind the house in a ravine where nobody would bother me and I could suit my working hours to whatever work I had to do with Ralph. Vice versa rather... Anyway I went to Toronto. The first thing the Connables did was to go down to Palm Beach and leave me in charge of the house and of Ralph Jr. I had never run a house nor a house of that size nor with that many servants etc. before and it was fun…
But when the Connables came back from Palm Beach I told them I could do nothing with Ralph and I wanted to shove off. They did not want me to leave because I was supposed to be a good influence on Ralph but I said I could not work on that job and write. Ralph was a full time job. So I said I wanted to do some newspaper work to have some money of my own and a job and I would do my own writing down at the Cabin. Mr. Connable was paying me $20 a week and giving me board and drinks and the use of a car with a chauffeur when I wanted it and I used to go around with Dorothy and friends Ihad met in Toronto. I said, as soon as I started to write for the Star that I did not want the $20, but Mr. Connable insisted I take it as he had a system for taking it away from me. He loved to play billiards and he was about 8 points in 100 better than I was and he took the $20 and a little more from me every week. I bet my own money on fights, horses, ad gambled a little and got enough aide to be able to leave in the Spring for Michigan with a stake. After I resigned from the job with Ralph, my only duty was, by Mrs. Connable’s request, to sleep in the same room with him. I did this for her because I was truly fond of her. There was no need of it though. Whatever the boy’s problems had been his working hard at a job in one of the Woolworth branch stores and his girl had changed them.”]
Dorothy Connable lived in Toronto while her family had moved there for her father’s association with F.W. Woolworth company. Dorothy graduated in 1916 from Wellesley College in Wellsley, Massachusetts. During WWI she did volunteer work in France for the American Field Service. While living in Buffalo, she did volunteer work with urban youth. Later she traveled in many parts of the world and was well known as a professional photographer, maintaining her studio in New York City. After Dorothy moved back to Walloon Lake she remained deeply interested in the Emmet County Humane Society, the Petoskey Garden Club, the Audubon Society, the American Association of University Women, and was a charter and life member of the Little Traverse Regional Historical Society. Dorothy passed in a Petoskey’s Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital after a brief illness in 1975. Dorothy was survived by her niece Barbara Connable (Mrs. William H. Hankins) and by two great nephews, William Stanton Hankins and Thomas Gridley Hankins of Jeannette, Pennsylvania. The Walloon Lake Connable Cabin was purchased in November 1989 by the Nield family with Jim Nield's summation of the History of the Connable Family Cabin in the article below. The Nield cabin now is known as "Deer Creek".
[Hemingway went to Kansas City first, writing for the 'Kansas City Star.' That was in October 1917. With the war going on, and graduation from high school having finally happened, he was anxious to either enlist or get out of Oak Park. Clarence was opposed to enlisting, so Ernest found a way out. His uncle Tyler Hemingway lived in Kansas City and was friendly with the KC Star's editor, and Ernest (having had a taste of journalism in high school) wanted to work for the newspaper, which was at the time one of the top journals in the country. So, with his Uncle Tyler's help, he landed a job as a cub reporter.
In Toronto, Hemingway was hired by the editor-in-chief of the 'Toronto Star Weekly,' J. Herbert Cranston, who was an acquaintance of Ralph Connable, in January 1920; but Hemingway's first known article was actually published in the 'Toronto Daily Star.' In 1923, after working as a foreign correspondent in Paris for the paper, Hemingway begged for and was hired "exclusively" to be a staff writer from the Daily Star--but he also managed to publish in the Star Weekly. His articles where published in both papers from Jan 1920 to Jan 1924.] ~ Information from John Hargrove; Hemingway Afficianado
Both Harriet and Dorothy Connable attended Ernest Hemingway’s 1923 wedding to Hadley Richardson in Horton Bay. Ernest and Hadley spent their honeymoon at Walloon Lake's Windemere Cottage, and then went to Paris. They, however, left Paris and returned to Toronto for the baby to be born on the continent, with Ernest again writing for the Toronto Star. The editor still was not mindful of Ernest's personal circumstances. While Ernest Hemingway was on a newspaper assignment in New York, Harriet Connable and daughter Dorothy, helped Hadley get to the hospital in Toronto to deliver Ernest and Hadley’s first-born on 10 October 1923, Jack who thus attained dual citizenship.
[In Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917-1961 edited by Carlos Baker (1981) Ernest's letter clarifies that while about 20 years old, he did not tutor TWO Connable children as some others had reported. Ernest wrote: "The boy was Ralph named after his father and injure at birth in a high forceps delivery. He was what is known as an exceptional child. You know there are schools for exceptional children.
Dorothy Connable had graduated from Wellesley; had served in France with the Red Cross I believe, was older than I was and while we were very good friends I certainly was not hired as her tutor…
Also, as far as I knew or know, the Connables had nothing to do with Chicago. Mrs. Connable was a friend of my Mother’s in Upper Michigan. I believe she came from Petoksey originally. Anyway she was a lovely woman; one of the finest, loveliest and most lovely looking I have ever known. I was living and writing in Upper Michigan when I met her. I was selling nothing and writing pretty good stories. Mrs. Connable asked me if I would come to Toronto and tutor Ralph Jr. also teach him to box etc. She said they had a cabin down behind the house in a ravine where nobody would bother me and I could suit my working hours to whatever work I had to do with Ralph. Vice versa rather... Anyway I went to Toronto. The first thing the Connables did was to go down to Palm Beach and leave me in charge of the house and of Ralph Jr. I had never run a house nor a house of that size nor with that many servants etc. before and it was fun…
But when the Connables came back from Palm Beach I told them I could do nothing with Ralph and I wanted to shove off. They did not want me to leave because I was supposed to be a good influence on Ralph but I said I could not work on that job and write. Ralph was a full time job. So I said I wanted to do some newspaper work to have some money of my own and a job and I would do my own writing down at the Cabin. Mr. Connable was paying me $20 a week and giving me board and drinks and the use of a car with a chauffeur when I wanted it and I used to go around with Dorothy and friends Ihad met in Toronto. I said, as soon as I started to write for the Star that I did not want the $20, but Mr. Connable insisted I take it as he had a system for taking it away from me. He loved to play billiards and he was about 8 points in 100 better than I was and he took the $20 and a little more from me every week. I bet my own money on fights, horses, ad gambled a little and got enough aide to be able to leave in the Spring for Michigan with a stake. After I resigned from the job with Ralph, my only duty was, by Mrs. Connable’s request, to sleep in the same room with him. I did this for her because I was truly fond of her. There was no need of it though. Whatever the boy’s problems had been his working hard at a job in one of the Woolworth branch stores and his girl had changed them.”]
Dorothy Connable lived in Toronto while her family had moved there for her father’s association with F.W. Woolworth company. Dorothy graduated in 1916 from Wellesley College in Wellsley, Massachusetts. During WWI she did volunteer work in France for the American Field Service. While living in Buffalo, she did volunteer work with urban youth. Later she traveled in many parts of the world and was well known as a professional photographer, maintaining her studio in New York City. After Dorothy moved back to Walloon Lake she remained deeply interested in the Emmet County Humane Society, the Petoskey Garden Club, the Audubon Society, the American Association of University Women, and was a charter and life member of the Little Traverse Regional Historical Society. Dorothy passed in a Petoskey’s Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital after a brief illness in 1975. Dorothy was survived by her niece Barbara Connable (Mrs. William H. Hankins) and by two great nephews, William Stanton Hankins and Thomas Gridley Hankins of Jeannette, Pennsylvania. The Walloon Lake Connable Cabin was purchased in November 1989 by the Nield family with Jim Nield's summation of the History of the Connable Family Cabin in the article below. The Nield cabin now is known as "Deer Creek".
Four Photos Below: The interesting photos were found within the many letter that Dorothy Connable had written home to her parents in 1918 while serving with the Y.M.C.A. Headquarters in Paris... Interesting to read;
Click HERE.
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Photo Below: The 1938 photo of Ralph and Harriet Connable was on the last page of the booklet The Stepping Stones of Some Connables 1870 to 1937... a symposium Not a biography ~ written by Ralph Connable. From most descriptions of Ralph Connable Jr.'s life one might assume that he had an easy life being the Head of the F.W. Woolworth and Company in Toronto, Canada. Over half of the booklet's 43 pages were devoted to Ralph's life on the water involved in Petoskey's Connable Fishing Company, then sold to Booth Fishery. Days at a time were spent in tugs, on the water, setting and lifting gill nets. Ralph documented his many experiences, and the people he met, while making very little money.
Bob and Carlie Steele were Walloon Lake neighbors, and friends, of Dorothy Connable. In 23 December 2019, they remembered:
"Our family came to Walloon in 1970, building a cottage (See Steele Cottage Below) around the cove from the Connable cabin, owned by Miss Dorothy Connable, a spinster lady. At that time only one other cottage was between the Connable Cabin and us. We had heard about Miss Connable, but never had met her. Carlie's mother lived in Petoskey and knew about the Connable family. Our daughter-in-law Wendy [Curtis] Steele's grandfather, Chalmers Curtis, was a close friend of Mr. Connable.
One summer afternoon we saw a huge black 6 wheel Cadillac [on reflection it may have been a LaSalle or possibly a Packard] come down our cottage driveway. [A Buick Roadster was listed in Dorothy's possessions in her will.] Who could it be, we knew no one around with such a car. As we greeted the visitors we observed a tall Indian driver with a huge white turban chauffeuring Miss Connable. After introducing herself, Miss Connable welcomed our family as neighbors and took interest in our daughter, Susie, then about 13 years old. We spent time getting to know each other and were invited to drop by her cabin for a visit. We did take Miss Connable up on this and had tours of the cabin and were encouraged to come over and play tennis on her court. The huge cottage was built all from local lumber, with chinked logs. The rooms in the cabin rambled and were so interesting with many artifacts.
After Miss Connable passed, in 1975, her only living relative (her niece), Barbara Connable Hankins fell heir to her estate and moved into the cabin. Barbara and husband William "Bill" Hankins became instant friends; they were close in age to us and we had much in common. Over the years we often had dinners at each other’s cottages. It was at one of the visits that we discussed the huge field stone chimney, the Earl Young style, with a portion of a propeller blade mounted above the mantle. The story of this propeller blade is: The Connables were living in Toronto, it was WWI, 1917. Seems they had a young pilot friend in England with the Air Force there. He stopped by to visit while on his way to our Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio carrying one blade from an experimental propeller (one of 4 blades) cut to make transport easier that might be of importance for the U.S. Air Force to try on the 'Jenny Bi-Plane'. The propeller had been developed in the U.K. and was successful being used on the Sopwith Camel Bi-Plane enough to show in the U.S. While visiting he was invited by a local Canadian pilot to take a flight before leaving for Ohio. That flight crashed and he was killed. Shortly after, WWI was declared over so the propeller blade remained with the Connables and was mounted above the mantle on the chimney (Photo Below). Its whereabouts today is a mystery."
"Our family came to Walloon in 1970, building a cottage (See Steele Cottage Below) around the cove from the Connable cabin, owned by Miss Dorothy Connable, a spinster lady. At that time only one other cottage was between the Connable Cabin and us. We had heard about Miss Connable, but never had met her. Carlie's mother lived in Petoskey and knew about the Connable family. Our daughter-in-law Wendy [Curtis] Steele's grandfather, Chalmers Curtis, was a close friend of Mr. Connable.
One summer afternoon we saw a huge black 6 wheel Cadillac [on reflection it may have been a LaSalle or possibly a Packard] come down our cottage driveway. [A Buick Roadster was listed in Dorothy's possessions in her will.] Who could it be, we knew no one around with such a car. As we greeted the visitors we observed a tall Indian driver with a huge white turban chauffeuring Miss Connable. After introducing herself, Miss Connable welcomed our family as neighbors and took interest in our daughter, Susie, then about 13 years old. We spent time getting to know each other and were invited to drop by her cabin for a visit. We did take Miss Connable up on this and had tours of the cabin and were encouraged to come over and play tennis on her court. The huge cottage was built all from local lumber, with chinked logs. The rooms in the cabin rambled and were so interesting with many artifacts.
After Miss Connable passed, in 1975, her only living relative (her niece), Barbara Connable Hankins fell heir to her estate and moved into the cabin. Barbara and husband William "Bill" Hankins became instant friends; they were close in age to us and we had much in common. Over the years we often had dinners at each other’s cottages. It was at one of the visits that we discussed the huge field stone chimney, the Earl Young style, with a portion of a propeller blade mounted above the mantle. The story of this propeller blade is: The Connables were living in Toronto, it was WWI, 1917. Seems they had a young pilot friend in England with the Air Force there. He stopped by to visit while on his way to our Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio carrying one blade from an experimental propeller (one of 4 blades) cut to make transport easier that might be of importance for the U.S. Air Force to try on the 'Jenny Bi-Plane'. The propeller had been developed in the U.K. and was successful being used on the Sopwith Camel Bi-Plane enough to show in the U.S. While visiting he was invited by a local Canadian pilot to take a flight before leaving for Ohio. That flight crashed and he was killed. Shortly after, WWI was declared over so the propeller blade remained with the Connables and was mounted above the mantle on the chimney (Photo Below). Its whereabouts today is a mystery."
More Connable Family memories were rekindled by Bob and Carlie Steele on 23 December 2019:
"As the Hankins were preparing a move to Colorado after selling the cabin, we were invited to take any books before they were donated. Carlie did take some of Miss Connable’s more interesting ones that we have to this day. Most have late 1800s publishing dates. We also have a beautiful watercolor painting once belonging to Miss Connable.
Carlie and I visited the Hankins at their then new house being built in Silverthorne, Colorado, overlooking ski hills; both were avid skiers. We kept in touch for some years, but have drifted apart over time.
~ Bob and Carlie Steele
UPDATE: Both Barb and Bill Hankins are buried in Petoskey's Greenwood Cemetery:
Barb Connable Hankins died 08/19/2012 Colorado Springs Mortuary & Cremation
William "Bill" Hankins died 12/07/12 Colorado Springs Mortuary & Cremation
"As the Hankins were preparing a move to Colorado after selling the cabin, we were invited to take any books before they were donated. Carlie did take some of Miss Connable’s more interesting ones that we have to this day. Most have late 1800s publishing dates. We also have a beautiful watercolor painting once belonging to Miss Connable.
Carlie and I visited the Hankins at their then new house being built in Silverthorne, Colorado, overlooking ski hills; both were avid skiers. We kept in touch for some years, but have drifted apart over time.
~ Bob and Carlie Steele
UPDATE: Both Barb and Bill Hankins are buried in Petoskey's Greenwood Cemetery:
Barb Connable Hankins died 08/19/2012 Colorado Springs Mortuary & Cremation
William "Bill" Hankins died 12/07/12 Colorado Springs Mortuary & Cremation
Photo Below: Painting having belonged to Dorothy Connable
Photo Below: Books having belonged to Dorothy Connable L>R: Three Jane Austen books; Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma. Through a Looking Glass. Mythology. OVIDI?S. BIBELN (Swedish to English).
Book Below: Tropical Town and Other Poems by Salomon De La Selva written in 1918
Belonged to Dorothy Connable
Belonged to Dorothy Connable
Wikipedia: Salomon de la Selva was born 20 March 1893 in Nicaragua and died 5 February 1959 in Paris, France. At the age of twelve, he was offered a scholarship by the government to study in the United States. He published this book, his first, in New York in 1918. "He frequented the literary circles of young New York poets with figures such as Stephen Vincent Benet and Edna St. Vincent Millay with whom it was said he had a love affair." He served with the British forces in WWI. More is shared about his life on-line, and it is easy to imagine why Dorothy Connable would have had one of his original books.
Two Scans Below: The Front and the Back covers of the above book have inscriptions written, with a back-slanted penmanship; making the writing hard to decipher. It is assumed since the book was in the possession of Dorothy Connable that it is her handwriting with dates of 1921.
~ Connable Cabin's Walloon Lake Boat House ~
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Coveyou Family Meadows
"Coveyou Scenic Farm Market"
"Coveyou Scenic Farm Market"
It is not certain that the news articles below are referencing the same Coveyou Family
which owns Coveyou Farm in 2023 which overlooks the North Arm of Walloon Lake.
Can anyone add information about this? Contact the webmaster please. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
Photo Below: View from corner of Howard and Michigan Streets in Petoskey. Notice the public fountain.
Photo Above: The 1919 American Bee Journal [apiarists] wrote of E.E. Coveyou's Petoskey business.
Also in reference to the above photo, "The Gleanings in Bee Culture" page 569 wrote of E.E. Coveyou.
Coveyou Scenic Farm Flourishes Under Fifth - And Sixth - Generations explains the Coveyou Farms.
Also in reference to the above photo, "The Gleanings in Bee Culture" page 569 wrote of E.E. Coveyou.
Coveyou Scenic Farm Flourishes Under Fifth - And Sixth - Generations explains the Coveyou Farms.
Photo Below:
Petoskey Buildings: Michigan Tanning & Extract Co. 400 Block E. Lake Street and Court House On Right...
Truck Carrying 2,000 Pound Load Of Northern Michigan Honey ~ E.E. Coveyou...
Second Truck With Larger Load Of Honey
Petoskey Buildings: Michigan Tanning & Extract Co. 400 Block E. Lake Street and Court House On Right...
Truck Carrying 2,000 Pound Load Of Northern Michigan Honey ~ E.E. Coveyou...
Second Truck With Larger Load Of Honey
John Coveyou homesteaded in 1874, with the property now (2024) known as Coveyou's Meadows.
Additional information about the Coveyou Farm may be accessed on the Northern Mich~Mash Preserve "Farms" web page by clicking HERE.
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Walloon Lake's Alice (Ecker) Hinkley celebrates 100th birthday
May 06, 2010|By Steve Zucker News-Review Staff Writer
WALLOON LAKE —Alice Hinkley didn’t have to think twice when asked what the secret to her long life has been.
“Faith in God,” the Melrose Township resident said on her 100th birthday Wednesday. “He created me, and he created me for a reason and I haven’t reached that reason yet and that’s why he’s leaving me here.”
That’s probably not a surprising answer from someone who taught Sunday School from the time she was 30 until she was 90.
Born in a little house on the shores of Walloon Lake near the Walloon Lake Country Club in 1910, Alice was the oldest of 10 children.
Being the daughter of a farmer and the oldest of so many siblings meant two things: She spent a lot of time helping with farm chores and helping raise her siblings.
“I remember sitting there in the chair, just big enough to hold a baby, and I was holding the baby in one hand and churning butter with the other.”
She peeled apples and shucked corn by the bushel, milked cows and in the summer ran barefoot through the potatoes knocking the bugs off the plants.
“We kids went barefoot for most of the summer because we didn’t want to wear out our shoes. We wanted to save them for the cold weather,” Alice said. “Our mother made our underwear out of feed bags and flour sacks,”.
In 1935 she married Henry, who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for 40 years before he retired. Together Alice and Henry raised two children, Max and Dixie. (Today, Alice has five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.)
The Hinkleys lived in a home on Country Club Road until the home was destroyed by a fire in 1948, leaving the family with almost nothing.
For a couple years Alice worked peeling apples at Whitfield's Canning Factory on Walloon Lake. From time to time Alice also worked cleaning and cooking for summer cottagers on Walloon Lake.
In 1951 the family moved to the Kegomic area of Bear Creek Township where she rented cabins to visitors.
That move marked a big milestone in Alice’s life: It was the first time she lived in a house with an indoor bathroom.
“It was wonderful,” Alice said of the upgrade from the three-hole outhouse at the Country Club Road house. The Kegomic house was also the first in which the family had a telephone.
In 1971 Alice and Henry moved back to Melrose Township to about a mile up the road from the house that burned down in 1948.
Henry died in 1984 after the couple had been married 49 years. Alice still lives in the same house today.
Over the years Alice has enjoyed sewing and crocheting and gardening.
Nowadays she enjoys reading, testing her mind by watching her favorite TV shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy and, until her favorite opponent died last fall, playing Scrabble.
“I love to play Scrabble, but there’s no one around to play with me anymore,” Alice said.
“We won’t play her because she beats us,” Alice’s son Max chimed in.
Although she’s seen huge leaps in technology over the span of her life, Alice said she has no interest in learning about computers or any similar contraptions.
On Saturday more than 100 people turned out for a big 100th birthday celebration for Alice at the Melrose Township hall. Family members came from as far away as the East Coast and Colorado to share their birthday wishes with Alice.
And just what do you get an avid reader who grew up without electricity or running water on the occasion of her 100th birthday?
Why a Kindle, of course.
Alice Hinkley sits near a piano in her Melrose Township home on her 100th birthday Wednesday. Alice played piano and taught Sunday school at two area churches for many years.
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Alice (Ecker) Hinkley, 101
Alice Hinkley, 101, of Melrose Township, died Jan. 10, 2012, at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey.
Alice was born on May 5, 1910, in Melrose Township, to Joseph and Rachel (Spring) Ecker and was raised in Melrose Township, attending school in Clarion and at Petoskey High School.
On Sept. 14, 1935, she married Henry Hinkley in Petoskey. The couple made their home in Melrose Township most of their married lives, but had resided in East Bay View for a number of years, where they owned and operated the Bay View Cabins for 19 years. Henry preceded Alice in death on Aug. 6, 1984.
Alice was a former member, pianist, and Sunday school teacher at the Clarion Bible Church in Clarion and the Edgewater Bible Church in East Bay View, and later attended the Walloon Lake Community Church until she was no longer physically able to attend. She loved to read, quilt, do crossword puzzles, play scrabble, do jigsaw puzzles, tend to her garden and feed the birds. Alice also was known for canning and freezing the produce from her garden.
Alice is survived by two children, Max (Dianne) Hinkley and Dixie Carlisle, both of Melrose Township; five grandchildren, Max, Leisha, Krista, Curtis, and Courtney; seven great-grandchildren, Alex, Madlyn, Carter, Tara, Kaleigh, Bethany and Katrina; three sisters, Mary Swartout of Petoskey, Grace Perkins of Lake Orion, Mich., and Patricia Kujawski of Boyne City, Mich.; and by a brother, Mark, of Petoskey.
Alice was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and by five brothers, Gordon, Eugene, William Dean, Ole Wellington, and Willis Joseph.
The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at the Stone Funeral Home in Petoskey. Visitation will take place from 10-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, please make a charitable contribution to a charity of your choosing.
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Wayside Farm ~ Mrs. Isora Correll
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Paul and Eleanor Notestine Hufford ~ Northern Labrador Kennels
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Olds Family and Ft. Wayne Camp
Access additional Olds Family information/photos on the South Shore web page by clicking HERE.
Access additional Olds Family information/photos on the South Shore web page by clicking HERE.
In 1879 a Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Camp was set up on Indian Garden Point. Later, the railroad company set up another camp on Birch Point on the North Arm. In 1880, the G.R. & I. RR Camp was no longer needed, so was used by Henry G. Olds and his family, from Fort Wayne Indiana.... making for the beginning of Fort Wayne Camp, through a multi-year lease of the land from John Henry McConnell.
The information below regarding Henry G. Olds (1839~1902) was posted in the full text of "Pioneers Resting in Historic Lindenwood." Henry G. Olds was the son of Noble and Elizabeth Woolsey Olds. |
Noble Granger Olds (1869 ~ 1918) was the son of Henry G. and Caroline Brooks Olds. Noble's wife Susan McCullough/McCulloch? Old's obituary is below left.
DIES AT CHICAGO HOSPITAL N.G. Olds, Prominent Local Man, Expires After Operation Nobel G. Olds, one of Fort Wayne's most prominent and successful business men, is dead at his home here, 407 West Berry street, following the performance of an operation underwent by him ten days ago at Augustana hospital, Chicago. Mr. Olds had been in failing health for some time and ten days ago went to the Chicago hospital for the operation in the hopes of regaining strength and health. Death came at 11 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. Olds had been a lifelong resident of Fort Wayne and his death will come as a great shock to those with whom he was associated in business and social affairs throughtout the city. He was head of the Economy Glove company of this city, and treasurer of the Olds Coal company. He had been prominent in business affairs of the city. Nobel Gl Olds was born in Fort Wayne December 13, 1869, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Olds, of whom the mother survives. He is also survived by the widow, one daughter, Maribel; one sister, Caroline, two brothers, Eugene H. of Fort Wayne, and Will, of Washington, D.C. The remains were brought to this city this afternoon at 2 o'clock and taken to the home of the mother, 407 West Berry street, from where funeral services will be conducted. No further arrangements have been made. |
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Schoof Family ~ (Family Name for Schoof's Creek)
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Bob and Carlie Steele Family
"The only cottage (white) between the Connable Cabin and our place was owned by the Boyers. I believe they were from Tennessee. They had a daughter who had a daughter exactly our Susie’s age. The girls kept in touch and a couple times on our way to Florida we would stop and visit them around Chattanooga somewhere. That family was the Janneys who still own that cottage, I believe.
We bought our 300 feet from Norm Hoch in the late 1960s for $100 a foot. Norm and his brother, Earl, had bought the entire frontage from the Brubakers on up to north of Webers for next to nothing-after WWII. At the time I could have bought the entire frontage for little money, but bringing up two kids, maintaining my job at Chrysler, buying 300 feet and building a cottage was all I could manage at the same time." ~ Bob and Carlie Steele, January 2020
We bought our 300 feet from Norm Hoch in the late 1960s for $100 a foot. Norm and his brother, Earl, had bought the entire frontage from the Brubakers on up to north of Webers for next to nothing-after WWII. At the time I could have bought the entire frontage for little money, but bringing up two kids, maintaining my job at Chrysler, buying 300 feet and building a cottage was all I could manage at the same time." ~ Bob and Carlie Steele, January 2020
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Vansaw/Van Saw Family
"In 1881 or 82, the Vansaw family came by train to Clarion. They too, went on foot. Mrs. Vansaw carrying the baby, Ralph, in her arms all the way to their log cabin on the north arm of Bear Lake and across the road from the present Country Club site." ~ Mildred Burns, longtime Walloon Lake resident
Obituary Above Right: Mrs Charles Houts (Lulu) wrote an interesting article titled
"Bear River, Walloon are Marked by Indian Trails" which may be access on this same website by clicking HERE.
"Bear River, Walloon are Marked by Indian Trails" which may be access on this same website by clicking HERE.
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Edward Williams Home ~ (Bear Creek Township)
(As found in The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive,
with Illustrations of Scenery and Portratis and Biographical Sketches ~ 1884)
(As found in The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive,
with Illustrations of Scenery and Portratis and Biographical Sketches ~ 1884)
"Edward Williams, Bear Creek, Emmet County, Mich., was born in Liverpool, England, in May, 1848. Came to New York with his parents in 1849, and to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1850, and in 1857 moved to Allegan County, Mich., and remained there till 1857. He then came to Petoskey and lived a few months while building his house on his homestead on Section 14. He now has 120 acres of fine land. Has built a house, and has the best barn in this part of the county. He did the first chopping and clearing in his part of the township. Has been highway commissioner three years and superintendent of schools one year. Married in 1874 to Mary Ann Clemens, a native of Canada. They have two children, Bessie and Freddie, who was the first white boy born between the arms of Bear Lake [Walloon Lake]."
Bear Creek Township Emmet County MI Officials
1885 (Part of Charlevoix County MI)
Treasurer ~ Frank W. Jones
1885 (Part of Charlevoix County MI)
Treasurer ~ Frank W. Jones
John Kilborn's tax payment receipt was signed by Township Treasurer Frank Jones,
Bear Lake Township CHARLEVOIX County MI
(Later, Bear Creek Township EMMET County MI).
So, this receipt was signed before Charlevoix and Emmet Counties made some switches in land, as noted above.
Bear Lake Township CHARLEVOIX County MI
(Later, Bear Creek Township EMMET County MI).
So, this receipt was signed before Charlevoix and Emmet Counties made some switches in land, as noted above.
ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF RESORT:
In the matter of the application of James P. Flashman and others for the erection and organization of a new township...
The first Township meeting thereof shall be held the twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty, at the Fogelsonger school-house in said town [Resort], and at said meeting R.H. Carley, C.J. Wooden, and C.S. Cushman, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers are the inspectors of elections at any township meeting as the law provides.
In the matter of the application of James P. Flashman and others for the erection and organization of a new township...
The first Township meeting thereof shall be held the twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty, at the Fogelsonger school-house in said town [Resort], and at said meeting R.H. Carley, C.J. Wooden, and C.S. Cushman, three electors of said township, shall be the persons whose duty it shall be to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers are the inspectors of elections at any township meeting as the law provides.
1902
Clerk ~ William Atkins of Petoskey
Treasurer ~ C.H. Tracy of Petoskey
Resort Township Emmet County MI Officials
1902
Justice of the Peace ~ C.J. Wooden of Petoskey (Also Director of School District No. 3)
Clerk ~ L.E. Tubbs of Petoskey
Highway Commissioner ~ Edward McVay
1902
Justice of the Peace ~ C.J. Wooden of Petoskey (Also Director of School District No. 3)
Clerk ~ L.E. Tubbs of Petoskey
Highway Commissioner ~ Edward McVay
The 1952 newspaper article below gives a good account of the establishment of Charlevoix and Emmet Counties,
as well as some of the affected townships.
as well as some of the affected townships.
WALLOON LAKE COUNTRY CLUB
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Walloon Lake Country Club History
Walloon Lake Country Club Golf Course Photos (Copyright Notice)
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Walloon Lake Country Club History
Walloon Lake Country Club Golf Course Photos (Copyright Notice)
Some beginning records for the Walloon Lake Country Club show its beginning in 1904.
According to another source, the plans for the Walloon Lake Country Club
were drawn up on the east porch of Indian Garden Hotel in 1906, and the club was opened the following summer.
The 1906 news articles below confirm that the Bennett Farm had been puchased and a club house and some cottages would be built the following 1907 spring.
Obituary Below: Dan and Mary A. Herrington homesteaded their "Summit Farm", in 1875, in the fine farming region near what is now the Walloon Lake Country Club.... "Soon other families came in and located on farms in the woods south of Petoskey. Across the North Arm of Walloon Lake still other located, communication being by row boat across the lake. The section grew and prospered and the Herrington home farm was tidily improved. Within a dozen years a fine farm home was erected, which became the center of community affairs, both socially and politically."
The booklet published in 1911 by the Walloon Lake Association (Mich.) titled "Picturesque Walloon" on page 31 described The Walloon Lake Country Club as follows:
"Located on the North Arm of the lake with a beautiful water front. Golf, tennis and other amusements. The Club house comprises a large ball room, reception room, lockers, shower baths and modern plumbing, two thousand square feet of veranda overlooking the lake and grounds. The dining-room, a separate building, is large, modern and attractive.
The social events held here during the season are among the greater attractions of this resort. Visitors (for a reasonable charge) may enjoy many privileges here." On 21 August 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the WLCC Guest Book as a visitor.
The Walloon Lake Country Club was formed in 1904, and the clubhouse was built in 1905 on the former 75 acres of the Homer Bennett farm. An old barn was converted into a multi-leveled clubhouse which lasted until 2001. The farm buildings were put to use, with the stable serving as a locker room. Another existing farm building became the dormitory... along with the kitchen, dining room, but this arrangement only lasted until the early 1940s. Acreage was added in 1923/24 for a 9 hole addition to the golf course, making an 18 hole course by 1925. The WLCC has always been teeming with activities including golf, tennis, bridge, bingo, shuffleboard, croquette, corn roasts, and dances.
Another source stated the following: "Also of interest is the fact that the plans for the Walloon Lake Country Club were drawn up on the east porch of Indian Garden [Hotel] in 1906, and the club was opened the following summer." (Stated in an article written by Mrs. D.H. Reycraft and which originally was included in a report she presented at a meeting of the Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital Auxiliary.)
The Dining Hall Building was torn down in the 1940's.
View a nice slideshow presentation of "Picturesque Walloon", with music, which includes photos of The Walloon Lake Country Club...
Llewellyn "Howell" Gedge, an avid golfer, is credited with leading the Buzzard's Bay group that founded Walloon Lake Country Club in 1904, on a nearby farm, then served as president, and guided the club for 33 years. Si Gedge served as Walloon Lake Country Club president from 1971-1975. He also was club champion for many years and had the distinction of partnering with famed golfer Walter Hagen when he came to the club in 1933.
The photo below submitted by Marcia Maves from a collection of her original postcards
was labeled in handwriting on the back as
"Walloon Lake County Club".
was labeled in handwriting on the back as
"Walloon Lake County Club".
The two photos below submitted by Marcia Maves from a collection of her original postcards were labeled in handwriting on the back as "Walloon Lake County Club Walloon Lake, Michigan". Are the photos labeled correctly with these truly related to Walloon Lake County Club? Could the young men leaning against the porch possibly be caddies, and the young women sitting on the porch possibly be helpers at the country club?
~Karla Howard Buckmaster, web master
~Karla Howard Buckmaster, web master
Article Below: George Gallop would be putting up the ice
for the Walloon Lake Country Club.
for the Walloon Lake Country Club.
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Photos Below: Walloon Lake Country Club members were enjoying the golf course in 1920.
Photos Below: After the Walloon Lake Country Club Building was torn down about 1937 - 1940,
the club house looked like these photos.
Jack Jones remembers the tear-down as being about 1938/39.
the club house looked like these photos.
Jack Jones remembers the tear-down as being about 1938/39.
1954 Article Below:
Addie March had been manager of the Walloon Lake Country Club the previous two seasons.
Addie March had been manager of the Walloon Lake Country Club the previous two seasons.
In 1961, Ed Johnson's widow, Margery Johnson Ritchie,
donated a pro shop to the WLCC, which stood for over 50 years.
J.E. "Ed" Johnson, from Muncie, Indian, was the WLCC Champion in 1912.
Ed settled on the South Shore of Walloon Lake.
donated a pro shop to the WLCC, which stood for over 50 years.
J.E. "Ed" Johnson, from Muncie, Indian, was the WLCC Champion in 1912.
Ed settled on the South Shore of Walloon Lake.
Tom Stewart ~ New Pro at Walloon Lake Country Club
1970s ~ New Grasstex Tennis Courts
Photo Above: Sy Gedge, President of the Board of Directors of Walloon Lake Country Club, presents the keys of the new Grasstex Tennis Courts to three members of the Walloon Country Club Tennis Committee, Mr. George Scully (chairman) Mr. Art Cullman, and Mr. Jim Wilson.
Golfer Tom Watson talked about Walloon Lake Country Club,
and about the Watsons celebrating 75 years at Walloon Lake.
September 1, 2011
EAST LANSING - Harry Dixon of Walloon Lake Country Club shot a 1-over 73 on Wednesday to finish 1-over for the tournament and in ninth place. That earned him a coveted spot in next year’s PGA National Club Pro Championship at Bayonet and Black Horse golf courses on California’s famed Monterey Peninsula.
EAST LANSING - Harry Dixon of Walloon Lake Country Club shot a 1-over 73 on Wednesday to finish 1-over for the tournament and in ninth place. That earned him a coveted spot in next year’s PGA National Club Pro Championship at Bayonet and Black Horse golf courses on California’s famed Monterey Peninsula.
Play the slideshow below of photos of the Walloon Lake Country Club and grounds taken 27 June 2014.
This clubhouse in the slideshow below was approved for construction on 1 July 1999,
along with four tennis courts.
The old clubhouse was demolished after the last supper held on 8 September 2000.
The Grand Opening of the new Walloon Lake Country Club clubhouse was on 23 June 2001.
8 August 2020
Posted only by Permission from Drone Photographer Charles Dawley, Up North Imaging...
More of Charles Dawley's remarkable videos and photography can be viewed on
Drone Photography from Charles Dawley "Up North Imaging".
To play Slideshow Below showing different vantage views of the Walloon Lake Country Club...
Click PLAY in upper left corner of main photo or click arrows in upper right corner to move pictures.
Posted only by Permission from Drone Photographer Charles Dawley, Up North Imaging...
More of Charles Dawley's remarkable videos and photography can be viewed on
Drone Photography from Charles Dawley "Up North Imaging".
To play Slideshow Below showing different vantage views of the Walloon Lake Country Club...
Click PLAY in upper left corner of main photo or click arrows in upper right corner to move pictures.
Original Officers Of Walloon Lake County Club
FIRST President ~Llewellen Gedge
C.R. Talbot Julius Dick |
Workers For Walloon Lake Country Club Over the Years
Barrett/Donald ~ General Manager hired in 1972, stayed for 27 years (retired to Higgins Lake)
Bissonette/Dan ~ Greens Superintendent starting in 1990 Bodzick/Chuck ~ Golf Professional as of 1986 Dixon/Harry ~ General Manager Fotchman/John ~ Golf Pro 1959 Gallop/William Henry ~ Caretaker in 1912 at time of death Jones/John and son Oakley [worked 1913-1942] ~ Greenskeepers Kelbel/Pete ~ Golf Professional Mainland/Ernie and Beadell/Terry took over the kitchen in 1961 from Addie March March/Addie and Ray ~ Ran the kitchen from late 40s until the 60s Martin/Biff ~ Luncheon Chef as of 1978 Neill/Mark ~ Director of Food & Beverage/Executive Chef Ottoway/Angie ~ Youth Activities Chairiman Rahaley/Brian ~ Replaced his brother Park Rahaley as Tennis Pro in 2001 Rahaley/Mike ~ Among the first of WLCC's Tennis Pros (Father to Brian and Park) Rahaley/Park ~ Tennis Pro Scoggin/Joseph William "Joe" ~ Director and Treasurer Smith/Stafford ~ Club's Caterer in 1960s Starr/Marion ~ Worked in the kitchen for Addie March Stromeier/Jerry ~ Chef beginning in 1984 Tramontini/Ralph ~ Tennis Pro for 15 years Thomas/Charles D. "Tommy" ~ Chef (See obituary below) Walters/Jim ~ Supervisor of Golf Greens for over 30 years Waterman/Matthew ~ President, Sweetwater Catering Wheaton/Harlow ~ First Greenskeeper Wilson/Bob ~ Golf Professional in 1980s |
Photo and Obituaries Below: William Henry Gallop lived near the Walloon Lake County so it was a convenient place of employment for him to have been the Caretaker for the country club at the time of his death on 6 August 1912. William's mother Jane Gallop who was also a Walloon Lake resident at the time of her death on 18 May 1909, had previously lived in Chandler Township in the Village of Springvale. William was married in 1872 to Phidelia Morgan and they had children Herbart and May. Phidelia had previously been married to Theodore Disbrow. William Henry Gallop also was married to Alice Rosema Price and they had William Leo Gallop and Roy Linton Gallop.
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Obituary Below:
Charles D. "Tommy" Thomas worked at the Walloon Lake County Club and various other businesses.
Charles D. "Tommy" Thomas worked at the Walloon Lake County Club and various other businesses.
Members of the Walloon Lake Country Club
Winners of new cars at the Emmet County Fair were
Mrs. William Maus, and Miss Elsie Hammill; both with Walloon Lake connections.
Mrs. William Maus, and Miss Elsie Hammill; both with Walloon Lake connections.
Devine, Sr., John J.
February 6, 1913 - April 8, 2002
John J. Devine, Sr., of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2002, at his home.
A Funeral Mass for John will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2002, at Sacred Heart Church in Mt. Pleasant with Fr. Robert Byrne officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Clark Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, April 10, from 7-9 p.m., with a vigil service at 8:30 p.m., and at Sacred Heart Church on Thursday, April 11, from 10 a.m. until time of service. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Michigan or donor’s choice. Envelopes will be available at the funeral chapel.
John was born on February 6, 1913, in Tulsa, OK, the son of Joseph and Clara (Rampanelli) Devine. He married Phyllis Klatt on January 2, 1940, in Alma. John was employed in the oil and gas industry by Leonard Refinery in Alma and Leonard Pipeline in Mt. Pleasant, before starting Osceola Pipeline Company in 1956. He remained an independent in the industry until his retirement. John was a long-time member of the Michigan Oil and Gas Association and Sacred Heart Church.
John was also a member of Walloon Lake Country Club and Rancho Las Palmas Country Club. He dearly loved Walloon Lake where he summered for 54 years and Indian Wells, California, where he wintered the past 22 years.
John is survived by his wife, Phyllis; his children, John J. Devine, Jr., of Mt. Pleasant, and David William Devine (Melinda) of Alma; his 2 grandchildren, Ty and Danielle Devine; 1 brother, Joseph Devine of Mt. Pleasant; and his sister-in-law, Winifred Lentner.
John was preceded in death by his daughter, Danna Catherine Devine, his parents, and his brother, Robert Devine.
February 6, 1913 - April 8, 2002
John J. Devine, Sr., of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2002, at his home.
A Funeral Mass for John will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2002, at Sacred Heart Church in Mt. Pleasant with Fr. Robert Byrne officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Clark Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, April 10, from 7-9 p.m., with a vigil service at 8:30 p.m., and at Sacred Heart Church on Thursday, April 11, from 10 a.m. until time of service. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Michigan or donor’s choice. Envelopes will be available at the funeral chapel.
John was born on February 6, 1913, in Tulsa, OK, the son of Joseph and Clara (Rampanelli) Devine. He married Phyllis Klatt on January 2, 1940, in Alma. John was employed in the oil and gas industry by Leonard Refinery in Alma and Leonard Pipeline in Mt. Pleasant, before starting Osceola Pipeline Company in 1956. He remained an independent in the industry until his retirement. John was a long-time member of the Michigan Oil and Gas Association and Sacred Heart Church.
John was also a member of Walloon Lake Country Club and Rancho Las Palmas Country Club. He dearly loved Walloon Lake where he summered for 54 years and Indian Wells, California, where he wintered the past 22 years.
John is survived by his wife, Phyllis; his children, John J. Devine, Jr., of Mt. Pleasant, and David William Devine (Melinda) of Alma; his 2 grandchildren, Ty and Danielle Devine; 1 brother, Joseph Devine of Mt. Pleasant; and his sister-in-law, Winifred Lentner.
John was preceded in death by his daughter, Danna Catherine Devine, his parents, and his brother, Robert Devine.
Transcribed from the Petoskey News Review:
2/20/2004
Jack Keller
Jack Keller, 83, of Naples, Fla., and Petoskey, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, passed away Feb. 15, 2004, in Naples, Fla.
He was born in Kalamazoo to Ralph and Gladys Keller, and was raised with his sisters, Jeanne Tindall, Barbara Hood and Marian Scheid. Jack was a proud graduate of Michigan State University, forever bleeding Green and White during football and basketball seasons.
He served his country during World War II as an engineer in the Willow Run Bomber Plant near Detroit, helping to build B-24 Liberator bombers for the war effort.
He moved to Grand Rapids to work for Phoenix Contractors as a sales engineer.
His beloved first wife, Kathleen (Cooper) Keller, preceded him in death in 1996. They raised three children in Grand Rapids, Jack E. Jr. of Arlington, Texas, Sue (Jeff) Smith of East Grand Rapids and Kris (Scott) Mason of Spokane, Wash.; and eight grandchildren followed, Jenny, Katie, Karen, Megan Smith, Evan and Alex Mason, Ryan and Paige Keller.
Jack found his "fresh start" with his beloved wife, Molly Tobin Keller, who survives him with her children and grandchildren.
Centered on family, immensely proud of his children and grandchildren, he built living legacies wherever he turned:
- His children and grandchildren, who learned his values of family, faith and integrity;
- Business success, as president of Phoenix Contractors, leadership as president of Wilderness Country Club (Naples), Walloon Lake Country Club (Walloon Lake);
- His passions, avid golfer, Detroit Lions football, love of the environment evidenced through the Walloon Lake Trust.
Jack water-skied every year into his 70s and was an Alpine skier with his grandkids at age 72 in Idaho.
Jack measured his every step against the Lord's requirement: "Do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God."
Funeral services were held in Naples, Fla. Contributions in his memory may be made to the charity of choice.
2/20/2004
Jack Keller
Jack Keller, 83, of Naples, Fla., and Petoskey, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, passed away Feb. 15, 2004, in Naples, Fla.
He was born in Kalamazoo to Ralph and Gladys Keller, and was raised with his sisters, Jeanne Tindall, Barbara Hood and Marian Scheid. Jack was a proud graduate of Michigan State University, forever bleeding Green and White during football and basketball seasons.
He served his country during World War II as an engineer in the Willow Run Bomber Plant near Detroit, helping to build B-24 Liberator bombers for the war effort.
He moved to Grand Rapids to work for Phoenix Contractors as a sales engineer.
His beloved first wife, Kathleen (Cooper) Keller, preceded him in death in 1996. They raised three children in Grand Rapids, Jack E. Jr. of Arlington, Texas, Sue (Jeff) Smith of East Grand Rapids and Kris (Scott) Mason of Spokane, Wash.; and eight grandchildren followed, Jenny, Katie, Karen, Megan Smith, Evan and Alex Mason, Ryan and Paige Keller.
Jack found his "fresh start" with his beloved wife, Molly Tobin Keller, who survives him with her children and grandchildren.
Centered on family, immensely proud of his children and grandchildren, he built living legacies wherever he turned:
- His children and grandchildren, who learned his values of family, faith and integrity;
- Business success, as president of Phoenix Contractors, leadership as president of Wilderness Country Club (Naples), Walloon Lake Country Club (Walloon Lake);
- His passions, avid golfer, Detroit Lions football, love of the environment evidenced through the Walloon Lake Trust.
Jack water-skied every year into his 70s and was an Alpine skier with his grandkids at age 72 in Idaho.
Jack measured his every step against the Lord's requirement: "Do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God."
Funeral services were held in Naples, Fla. Contributions in his memory may be made to the charity of choice.
Margaret Moore Meek, a member of Walloon Lake Country Club, passed away July 17, 2009,
at her Walloon Lake home.
Marion Irene Hastings Hanlin, a member of Walloon Lake Country Club, passed away in April 2010
in Palm Beach County FL.
in Palm Beach County FL.
Otto ”Nick” Frenzel, III
December, 01, 1930 - December, 24, 2010
Otto N. Frenzel III (”Nick”) Passed away on December 24, 2010. He was born in Indianapolis on December 1, 1930 to the late Otto N. Frenzel Jr. and Eleanor Dickson Frenzel. He was a graduate of the Hotchkiss School, and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania ('54). He served two years in the United States Air Force, achieving the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Mr. Frenzel spent his entire career at Merchants National Bank & Trust Company. He began his career in banking in 1956, being elected to the Board in 1964, the office of President in 1970, and Chairman of the Board in 1972, the sixth member of the Frenzel family to serve as Merchant's Chief Executive. In 1979, he was elected Chairman of the Merchants National Corporation, the parent company of Merchants National Bank. In 1992, he was elected Chairman of the Board of National City Bank of Indiana and to the Board of National City Corporation, positions he held until his retirement in 1995. During his banking career, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Union State Bank (Carmel, IN), Mid-State Bank (Zionsville, IN) and Danville State Bank (Danville, IN). Mr. Frenzel served on the boards of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., Indianapolis Power & Light Company, the Indianapolis Water Company, the Indiana Gas Company, American United Life Insurance Company, and Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. Mr. Frenzel is the past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Riley Children's Foundation, past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Community Hospitals of Indianapolis, Inc., and past Chairman of United Way of Central Indiana. He served previously as a director of the Indianapolis Art Museum, the Indianapolis Humane Society, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Indianapolis Ballet, and the Indianapolis Athenaeum Foundation. Nick was an outstanding equestrian, riding for decades as a member of Trader's Point Hunt Club serving many years as its Joint Master of Foxhounds. He also served as the past President of the Trader's Point Hunt Club and Chairman of the Trader's Point Hunt Charity Horse Show. He was an avid skier, sailor, fly fisherman and pilot, enjoying those times with his friends and family. Nick also enjoyed his years as a member of the Woodstock Club, the Walloon Lake Country Club, the Walloon Lake Yacht Club, and the Crows Nest Skeet Club. Nick is survived by his sister, Eleanor Frenzel Bookwalter, his daughters Allison Frenzel Scott Lange (Philo) and Elizabeth Frenzel Casalini, son Otto N. Frenzel IV, and grandchildren Nicole E. Scott, Emerson W. Scott IV, Eli D. Casalini, Liza M. Casalini, Sophie E. Casalini, Hallie T. Frenzel, Otto N. Frenzel V, ”Jack” John F. Frenzel and Preston H. Frenzel. Visitation will be Friday, January 7, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Leppert Mortuary, Nora Chapel. The funeral service will be private for family. You may visit the website www.leppertmortuary.com where you may sign the guest book, share a memory with the family, or in lieu of flowers please make contributions to Riley Children's Foundation, 30 South Meridian Street, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3509.
December, 01, 1930 - December, 24, 2010
Otto N. Frenzel III (”Nick”) Passed away on December 24, 2010. He was born in Indianapolis on December 1, 1930 to the late Otto N. Frenzel Jr. and Eleanor Dickson Frenzel. He was a graduate of the Hotchkiss School, and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania ('54). He served two years in the United States Air Force, achieving the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Mr. Frenzel spent his entire career at Merchants National Bank & Trust Company. He began his career in banking in 1956, being elected to the Board in 1964, the office of President in 1970, and Chairman of the Board in 1972, the sixth member of the Frenzel family to serve as Merchant's Chief Executive. In 1979, he was elected Chairman of the Merchants National Corporation, the parent company of Merchants National Bank. In 1992, he was elected Chairman of the Board of National City Bank of Indiana and to the Board of National City Corporation, positions he held until his retirement in 1995. During his banking career, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Union State Bank (Carmel, IN), Mid-State Bank (Zionsville, IN) and Danville State Bank (Danville, IN). Mr. Frenzel served on the boards of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., Indianapolis Power & Light Company, the Indianapolis Water Company, the Indiana Gas Company, American United Life Insurance Company, and Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. Mr. Frenzel is the past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Riley Children's Foundation, past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Community Hospitals of Indianapolis, Inc., and past Chairman of United Way of Central Indiana. He served previously as a director of the Indianapolis Art Museum, the Indianapolis Humane Society, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Indianapolis Ballet, and the Indianapolis Athenaeum Foundation. Nick was an outstanding equestrian, riding for decades as a member of Trader's Point Hunt Club serving many years as its Joint Master of Foxhounds. He also served as the past President of the Trader's Point Hunt Club and Chairman of the Trader's Point Hunt Charity Horse Show. He was an avid skier, sailor, fly fisherman and pilot, enjoying those times with his friends and family. Nick also enjoyed his years as a member of the Woodstock Club, the Walloon Lake Country Club, the Walloon Lake Yacht Club, and the Crows Nest Skeet Club. Nick is survived by his sister, Eleanor Frenzel Bookwalter, his daughters Allison Frenzel Scott Lange (Philo) and Elizabeth Frenzel Casalini, son Otto N. Frenzel IV, and grandchildren Nicole E. Scott, Emerson W. Scott IV, Eli D. Casalini, Liza M. Casalini, Sophie E. Casalini, Hallie T. Frenzel, Otto N. Frenzel V, ”Jack” John F. Frenzel and Preston H. Frenzel. Visitation will be Friday, January 7, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Leppert Mortuary, Nora Chapel. The funeral service will be private for family. You may visit the website www.leppertmortuary.com where you may sign the guest book, share a memory with the family, or in lieu of flowers please make contributions to Riley Children's Foundation, 30 South Meridian Street, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3509.
NICKELSON THOMAS SEVIER, October 27, 2012, Age 86 of Bloomfield Hills and Petoskey, MI. Beloved husband of the late Jean for 59 years. Loving father of Anne Hintch (Ron). Dear grandfather of Katie and Sarah. Devoted brother of James E. Graduate of Redford High School and Lawrence Technological University. Proud WWII and Korean War Veteran. Retired Mechanical Engineer from Detroit Edison. Member of Walloon Lake Country Club and Senior Men's Club of Birmingham. Memorial Tributes to Walloon Lake Trust and Conservancy, P.O. Box 621, Petoskey, MI 49770. A private service will be held at a later date. A.J. Desmond & Sons, (248) 362-2500. ~ Michigan Death Notices
SINGLETON--William Christopher, 60, died peacefully surrounded by his family on February 20, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born in Summit, New Jersey on August 30, 1952, the third of four children of William Francis Singleton and Mary Dos Passos Singleton. He was the beloved husband of Anne Hillenbrand Singleton and devoted father of Glynn Maria Singleton. He is survived by his mother, his sister, Pamela, and his two brothers, Peter and Jamie. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1974 and from The Delbarton School in 1970. He began his career with Community Counseling Services and later worked for the Archdiocese of New York in philanthropic services. From there, he joined Merrill Lynch working for their Trust Company. He was involved in a number of philanthropic organizations, including: Jersey Battered Women's Services of Morris County; Partners for Women and Justice; and the St. Christopher's Inn. He was also a member of various clubs, including: Gasparilla Inn & Club, Boca Grande, FL: Walloon Lake Country Club, Walloon Lake, MI; Morris County Golf Club, Morristown, NJ and the Salmagundi Club, New York City. Liturgy of Christian burial will be held on Tuesday, February 26, at the Church of Christ the King, Blue Mill Road, New Vernon, NJ., 11:00am. Followed by interment in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Basking Ridge.Relatives and friends may visit at the Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home, 101 S. Finley Ave. Basking Ridge, NJ on Monday, February 25, from 3-7pm. For more information please contact the Funeral Home at 908-766-0250 or to light and online condolence candle visit our website www.gcfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be made to either: Jersey Battered Women's Services of Morris County, P.O. Box 1437 Morristown, NJ 07962; or Partners for Women and Justice, 60 South Fullerton Avenue, #106 Montclair, NJ 07042.
Published in The New York Times on Feb. 25, 2013
Published in The New York Times on Feb. 25, 2013
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Frank Pritchard, longstanding member of Walloon Lake Country Club, and the Walloon Lake Association passed away 4 October 2014.
John Philip Worcester, member of the Walloon Lake Country Club passed away 28 December 2016.
Patricia Ann Heisel passed away 30 June 2017. Pat and her husband William were members of
the Walloon Lake Country Club.
John MacDonald, a member of the Walloon Lake Country Club, passed away 7 October 2017
at his Walloon Lake home.
Edward Lapekas Jr. who served as President of the Walloon Lake Country Club, President of the Walloon Lake Association, and Vice-president of the Walloon Lake Trust and Conservancy, passed away 1 December 2017.
William A. Heisel long-time Walloon Lake resident passed away 23 May 2022.
His obituary stated some of his many involvements.
"He was a member and past president at the Walloon Lake Country Club where he spent many happy hours on the tennis court, golf course, and in the dining room with his many friends and family.
As president of WLCC, he presided over the decision to expand the golf course to 18 holes,
which succeeded by one vote."
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Frank Pritchard, longstanding member of Walloon Lake Country Club, and the Walloon Lake Association passed away 4 October 2014.
John Philip Worcester, member of the Walloon Lake Country Club passed away 28 December 2016.
Patricia Ann Heisel passed away 30 June 2017. Pat and her husband William were members of
the Walloon Lake Country Club.
John MacDonald, a member of the Walloon Lake Country Club, passed away 7 October 2017
at his Walloon Lake home.
Edward Lapekas Jr. who served as President of the Walloon Lake Country Club, President of the Walloon Lake Association, and Vice-president of the Walloon Lake Trust and Conservancy, passed away 1 December 2017.
William A. Heisel long-time Walloon Lake resident passed away 23 May 2022.
His obituary stated some of his many involvements.
"He was a member and past president at the Walloon Lake Country Club where he spent many happy hours on the tennis court, golf course, and in the dining room with his many friends and family.
As president of WLCC, he presided over the decision to expand the golf course to 18 holes,
which succeeded by one vote."
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~ NORTH ARM RESORTS ~
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~ JONES LANDING ~
BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP PARK/JONES LANDING PARK
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~ JONES LANDING ~
BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP PARK/JONES LANDING PARK
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~ Alpine Acres/Resort ~
Alpine Acres was formerly known as Leinback's Cabins.
The 1977 obituary of Emma (Schiedel) Fleming told that she and husband Milo Fleming
owned and operated the cabin courts on US 131 south, then known as Alpine Resort, from 1936 to 1956.
1963 owned by Fran Guiliano and Vern Beiser.
1981 owned by James > and Ruth (Crago) Faunce (closed in 1993)
The 29 July 1981 Petoskey News Review wedding announcement for Ruth Crago Ulrich to marry James L. Faunce told "they were married in a July wedding ceremony at the Alpine Resort on Walloon Lake." The announcement also told that "the newlyweds, who recently became owners of the Alpine Resort on Gruler Road, hosted a reception for family and friends on the lawns of the resort, following the ceremony."
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Alpine Resort began as a group of about 10 little log cabins located near US 131. The obituary of Emma Fleming told that she and husband Milo owned and operated the cabin costs on US 131 south, then known as Alpine Resort, from 1936 to 1956. Then the resort was moved closer to Jones Landing, and owned and operated by various other, and then by Jim and Ruth Faunce. Ruth was the daughter of Chester and Maybelle (Garland) Crago. Mr. Crago was a highly respected citizen and store owner in the Village of Springvale, the Village of Walloon Lake, and finally in Petoskey (known as Olson's in 2024). Mr. Crago served as Mayor of Petoskey.
Chester and Maybelle Crago had three daughters. Two of his daughters had resorts on Walloon Lake very near to Jones Landing; Ruth Crago Faunce owned Alpine Resort and Mary Crago Lorenz owned North Arm Resort a short distance away from Alpine Resort.
Information about Bob and Mary Lorenz's North Arm Resort can be viewed farther down on this same web page.
Information about Bob and Mary Lorenz's North Arm Resort can be viewed farther down on this same web page.
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Jones Landing
~ Fleming Cottage ~
The 1977 obituary of Emma (Schiedel) Fleming told that she and husband Milo Fleming
owned and operated the cabin courts on US 131 south, then known as Alpine Resort, from 1936 to 1956.
The fire of this cottage in the article above, happened in 1946, during the time they owned Alpine Resort.
It is not clear if the fire was in one of the Alpine Resort Cabins.
owned and operated the cabin courts on US 131 south, then known as Alpine Resort, from 1936 to 1956.
The fire of this cottage in the article above, happened in 1946, during the time they owned Alpine Resort.
It is not clear if the fire was in one of the Alpine Resort Cabins.
~ Jones Family ~
Frank W. and Mary E. Jones (Obituaries Left and Right) were pioneer homesteaders of Jones Landing beside Walloon Lake MI. Frank was born 12 August 1842 in Herkimer County NY, and passed away in New Smyrna FL 7 April 1931. Frank was the first postmaster of Walloon Lake after the post office moved from Clarion. Mary died November 1912 in Walloon Lake. Frank and Mary Jones had three children: John F. married Anna C. Eick on 9 October 1894 , Elmer, and Grace who married Albert H. "Bert" Morgan.
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Frank W. and Mary Jones' son Elmer died early at age 41 (Obituary Below Left)
and their daughter Grace married Albert H. "Bert" Morgan (Obituaries and Photo Center and Below Right).
and their daughter Grace married Albert H. "Bert" Morgan (Obituaries and Photo Center and Below Right).
Bert Morgan started cutting hair in 1906...
Frank W. and Mary Jones' son John Francis "J.F." Jones married Anna C. Eick (Obituaries and Photo Below).
J.F. and Anna (Photo Below) had three children:
Florence married Henning Johnson, Ruth married Mr. Houts, and
William Albert "Oakley" married Bernice Edna Hufford.
J.F. and Anna (Photo Below) had three children:
Florence married Henning Johnson, Ruth married Mr. Houts, and
William Albert "Oakley" married Bernice Edna Hufford.
John F. Jones was a farmer and proprietor of Nacrena, a summer resort on Walloon Lake in 1902. |
Photo Below taken about 1914: John Francis Jones' son Oakley Jones, 12 years old, born in 1902, stood beside a saw, and a couple of horses in front of the wood shed which can also be viewed beside the barn in the photo below this one.
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Photo Below:
In about 1900, a gravel two-track Gruler Road led down to the Jones Farm, Jones Landing,
near the shore of Walloon Lake.
In about 1900, a gravel two-track Gruler Road led down to the Jones Farm, Jones Landing,
near the shore of Walloon Lake.
John Francis and Anna Eick Jones' son Oakley married Bernice Edna Hufford (Obituaries Below).
Oakley and Bernice had four children: Robert, Twins Jack and Joanne, and Frances.
Oakley and Bernice had four children: Robert, Twins Jack and Joanne, and Frances.
Bernice Edna Jones, 102, of Petoskey, died Jan. 13, 2010, at Bay Bluffs in Harbor Springs.
Bernice was born Aug. 29, 1907, to Stephen and Julia Hufford.
Bernice was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Oakley; one son, Robert; one daughter, Frances Stanbarger; sisters, Ethel Heussner, Elizabeth Gokee; and brothers, Paul and Phillip.
Bernice is survived by twin children, Jack of Petoskey and Joan O’Neill of Grand Rapids; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Bernice married Oakley Jones in 1929. Together, they made their home on the north arm of Walloon Lake. They had four children and she was proud of them all.
Bernice loved family get-togethers which happened mostly in the summer “down at the lake.” She loved to garden in the summer, and knitting and crocheting in the winter time.
“Grandma Jones,” as everyone knew her by, loved to help people. This led to 20 years of working at Lockwood Hospital as a nurse. She especially will be remembered for a future park “Jones Landing Park” on Walloon Lake.
A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey.
Bernice was born Aug. 29, 1907, to Stephen and Julia Hufford.
Bernice was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Oakley; one son, Robert; one daughter, Frances Stanbarger; sisters, Ethel Heussner, Elizabeth Gokee; and brothers, Paul and Phillip.
Bernice is survived by twin children, Jack of Petoskey and Joan O’Neill of Grand Rapids; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Bernice married Oakley Jones in 1929. Together, they made their home on the north arm of Walloon Lake. They had four children and she was proud of them all.
Bernice loved family get-togethers which happened mostly in the summer “down at the lake.” She loved to garden in the summer, and knitting and crocheting in the winter time.
“Grandma Jones,” as everyone knew her by, loved to help people. This led to 20 years of working at Lockwood Hospital as a nurse. She especially will be remembered for a future park “Jones Landing Park” on Walloon Lake.
A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey.
Photo Below submitted by Jack Jones, and was taken by Jack's mother Bernice Edna Hufford Jones in about 1943 when she and husband Oakley Jones were on their way to Detroit with their family. The barn on the left was built about 1910, and the other barn structure was built about 1919.
Bear Creek Township's public access to Walloon Lake has been maintained by creating a park near the Jones Landing beach site, and improving the public boat launch site. The Family of Jack Jones sold the property to Bear Creek Township, rather than to any private purchaser so the space can be enjoyed forever by the public. Jack's Great-Grandfather Frank W. Jones was deeded 80 acres of land originally in 1878 when the federal government released land to soldiers who had fought in the Civil War. Jack pushed hard for his vision of public space beside Walloon Lake to happen.
Ryan Bentley of The Petoskey News Review reported 29 November 2007: "Bear Creek supervisor Dennis Keiser said the township closed Wednesday on its purchase of 3.3 waterfront acres at the west end of Gruler Road from Emmet County commissioner Jack Jones and members of his family. The property, known as Jones Landing, includes about 330 feet of lake frontage and adjoins an existing township boat launch.... While some township residents have called the land purchase a rare opportunity and urged Bear Creek officials to pursue the grant, others have expressed concern that the park could lead to overuse of the lake and excessive expenses for the township."
Ryan Bentley of The Petoskey News Review reported 29 November 2007: "Bear Creek supervisor Dennis Keiser said the township closed Wednesday on its purchase of 3.3 waterfront acres at the west end of Gruler Road from Emmet County commissioner Jack Jones and members of his family. The property, known as Jones Landing, includes about 330 feet of lake frontage and adjoins an existing township boat launch.... While some township residents have called the land purchase a rare opportunity and urged Bear Creek officials to pursue the grant, others have expressed concern that the park could lead to overuse of the lake and excessive expenses for the township."
Click PLAY in upper left corner of main window below to view slideshow
showing the construction of the Bear Creek Township Park at Jones Landing.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey News Review (October/November 2010)
showing the construction of the Bear Creek Township Park at Jones Landing.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey News Review (October/November 2010)
The Bear Creek Township Park was described according to the 27 May 2011 Petoskey News Review: "Bear Creek opens new waterfront park
A new Bear Creek Township park along Walloon Lake will be ready for public use this Memorial Day holiday weekend. Township supervisor Dennis Keiser said Jones Landing Park, located at the west end of Gruler Road, will be open as of today, Friday, May 27. The waterfront park features restrooms with changing areas, a pavilion, picnic area, grills, paved parking and a sandy beach area. "Everything's barrier free," Keiser added. In addition, the township upgraded an existing boat launch site that adjoins the new park. The launch has been improved with a turnaround area, offsite parking and a new ramp and dock. Hydroseeding recently took place in the park's lawn areas. So that new grass can take hold, township officials ask that the public stay off lawn and dunegrass areas for the next several weeks."
Gosling Czubak engineering sciences, inc. helped to design the park and the company describes the project on their website.
A new Bear Creek Township park along Walloon Lake will be ready for public use this Memorial Day holiday weekend. Township supervisor Dennis Keiser said Jones Landing Park, located at the west end of Gruler Road, will be open as of today, Friday, May 27. The waterfront park features restrooms with changing areas, a pavilion, picnic area, grills, paved parking and a sandy beach area. "Everything's barrier free," Keiser added. In addition, the township upgraded an existing boat launch site that adjoins the new park. The launch has been improved with a turnaround area, offsite parking and a new ramp and dock. Hydroseeding recently took place in the park's lawn areas. So that new grass can take hold, township officials ask that the public stay off lawn and dunegrass areas for the next several weeks."
Gosling Czubak engineering sciences, inc. helped to design the park and the company describes the project on their website.
Click Play in upper left corner of main photo below to view slideshow of
the setting of Jones Landing Park.
the setting of Jones Landing Park.
The 18 August 2017 issue of the Petoskey News Review featured an article written by Arielle Hines titled: "Crews finish playground at Jones Landing Park." The article stated, "Bear Creek Township Supervisor Dennis Keiser said crews completed the project this week. The township paid for the playground features, which cost about $40,000, Keiser said. The playground, designed for children ages 2 to 12, includes a slide, swing set and spinners." Jones Landing Park is open 7AM to 10PM daily on a seasonal basis which runs from mid-April until early November.
Location of Jone's Landing (open to the public) on Google Map
1954 Article Below illustrates
the various uses of Jones Landing over the years. The Walloon Lake Community Church held a baptism. |
The 25 February 2022 Petoskey News Review reported that a grant from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation's Little Traverse Bay Protection and Restoration Fund was awarded. The recipients of the award were Melrose Township, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council and Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy. The Village of Walloon award will support the design and installation of a rain garden at the Third Street road end to improve storm water management. The Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council will focus on more storm water solution projects through cooperation of local officials. The Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy will address aquatic invasive species in Walloon Lake by installing a permanent boat wash station at Jones Landing launch site, hoping to accomplish this wash station by spring or summer of 2022. |
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~ Lake View Resort ~
(Flashman Family)
In early times, the peninsula that pokes down between the West Arm and the North arm was a part of Charlevoix County, and was named Bear Lake Township. In 1897, neighboring counties of Charlevoix and Emmet were juggling land, so Bear Lake Township became part of Resort Township, like in the 1902 Plat of Resort shown below, and thus a part of Emmet County. Lake View Resort was located in Resort Township Emmet County on the west shore of the North Arm, as indicated below with the red arrow.
The 1902 Emmet County Plat Book (page above) showed that located in Resort Township, the Lake View Resort, owned by Frederick Edwin "F.E." Flashman, was on the west shore of the North Arm of Walloon Lake, although the business card shown below had a mailing address of Clarion, Mich. In 1899 the post office was named Talcott, at which time the mail was sorted in Clarion, and then brought to Talcott. In 1900 the post office was named Walloon Lake at the suggestion of J.R. Hass, a local butcher. The business card noted that Lake View House resort was on Bear Lake, so this card was probably from before 1900 when the name of the lake changed from Bear Lake to Walloon Lake in September of 1900. Does anyone know when the Flashman Family sold the Lake View House resort?
F.E. [Frederick Edwin] Flashman was a brother of James P. Flashman who signed a petition to organize Resort Township in 1880. James Flashman who first came to Walloon Lake in 1876, died in September 1921. He had been a carpenter and a farmer. Evidently, while preparing his land, James Flashman had taken advantage of a poplar tree cut on his property to use as "several sap troughs" according to the 1878 Emmet County Democrat article below:
F.E. [Frederick Edwin] Flashman was a brother of James P. Flashman who signed a petition to organize Resort Township in 1880. James Flashman who first came to Walloon Lake in 1876, died in September 1921. He had been a carpenter and a farmer. Evidently, while preparing his land, James Flashman had taken advantage of a poplar tree cut on his property to use as "several sap troughs" according to the 1878 Emmet County Democrat article below:
F. E. Flashman of Resort Township in 1902, according to the plat book,
was a farmer and proprietor of Lake View Resort
with first-class accommodations by day or week at reasonable rates on Walloon Lake.
Among the guests of the Lake View Resort were family friends such as
the founders of the Ball Canning Jar Company.
Photo Below: The man sitting on the porch of the Lake View Resort, with the long legs and holding the pistol may have been F.E. Flashman, the proprietor of the Lake View Resort.
Photo Below Left: Clara Flashman was the daughter of F.E. and Eliza Mildred Ecker Flashman. Family stories told that Clara Flashman was the FIRST white female baby born on Walloon Lake, with the Flashman Family having settled in the area about 1875. Clara was born 18 May 1884 in Resort Township Charlevoix County MI. The 1902 Plat Map above shows that F.E. Flashman owned a large acreage of land besides owning the Lake View Resort which sat on the shore of Walloon Lake. Clara had only one other sibling... a sister Mary.
Photo Below:
The second daughter of F.E. and Eliza Ecker Flashman was Mary Ethel Flashman (born 23 August 1888 in Walloon Lake) who sat on the porch of the Lake View Resort... along with three dogs. |
All four... F.E. and Eliza Ecker Flashman, and their daughters Clara and Mary, are buried in
Dale Cemetery Tobacco Township, Gladwin County, Beaverton, Michigan.
Dale Cemetery Tobacco Township, Gladwin County, Beaverton, Michigan.
While living in Resort Township, Clara Flashman kept a composition book... which included accounting having to do with Ecker, stories, but probably not original nor having to do with Bear Lake, practice for penmanship and a bit of arithmetic. The book included the photo right of Clara's husband Ernest Nichols. On the back cover of Clara's Composition Book, Clara had written quotes including the following: "May your life be like arithmetic. May your joys be added, and your sorrows be subtracted, your fun multiplied, and your cares divided." The slideshow below right shows the cover and a few of the pages of her Composition Book.
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~ Wheaton Family ~
(Next To Lake View House/Resort)
(Next To Lake View House/Resort)
Below for Dean Wheaton was POSTED ON-LINE Sat, 13 Sep 1997:
WHEATON
"I am seeking all descendants of Melville and Anne (HUNT) WHEATON for a book to be published, The WHEATONs of Northern Michigan. The family arrived as adults in the early 1870s in Charlevoix County from Ontario. In 1879 a homestead was taken out at Birch Point on the north arm of Walloon Lake. There were eight children in the family: Joseph R. (ten children), Mary Jane (married Alex MILNE, no issue), Sarah Ann (married George A. WARDROP, nine children), Elizabeth Martha (married Samuel H. SANBORN, four children), Charles M. (eight children), Katherine (married James P. FLASHMAN, seven children), and Andrew E. (twelve children). All the children and their families lived in the Charlevoix-Emmet County area. I am especially interested in finding descendants of Elizabeth and Charles .
Dean Wheaton
Birch Point was homesteaded in the 1870s by Harlow and Jane Wheaton. Next, in 1892 G.R.&I. officials in the Barnhart and Cody families purchased the property. Later on, in 1924, Dr. George Reycraft bought the property. Dr. Reycraft worked out of the medical facilities in Petoskey MI, and one of the rooms in Stafford's Perry Hotel is named the Reycraft Room in this doctor's honor. Dr. Reycraft was an influential community member. The doctor's nephew Herbert Reycraft and his wife Hazel, who owned the hotel lived on Birch Point for many years. Reycraft descendants; Reycraft/Meijer/Litzenberger families have donated 50 acres of land on Indian Garden to Little Traverse Conservancy.
C.J. Wooden homestead in 1876 on the west side of the north end of the North Arm. His granddaughter Mrs. Vinton Thompson lived there later."
The property north of the Flashman's, as indicated on the 1902 Plat of Resort above, was owned by the Wheaton Family. Dean Wheaton, as referenced in his on-line posting above, has written an extensive history of the Wheaton Family which includes vast amounts of information about the Wheaton Family, as well as about Walloon Lake; titled The Wheatons of Northern Michigan published in 1998. Dean Wheaton wrote about the North Arm Wheaton property being next to that of lumberman Von Platen who hired many of the Wheaton Family during the winter months. Could some of the lumber photos on this site include the Wheaton Family? (Permission has been given by Mrs. Dean Wheaton for the posting on this webpage of the following Wheaton/Flashman photos and information which was quoted from Dean's book.)
Frederick Edwin "F.E." and Eliza Ecker Flashman who owned the Lake View Resort, had their daughters Clara and Mary who were in the photos above. F.E. Flashman had a brother James Phillip Flashman. On 4 March 1874 in Norwood Township Charlevoix County, James married Katherine Wheaton, the daughter of Melville and Anna Hunt Wheaton who lived on the shores of Walloon Lake on the adjacent property to the Flashman Family. On the 1880 census James and Katherine Wheaton Flashman lived right next door to Edwin and Louisa Flashman. Kate had been born in Brant County Canada West, and immigrated to the United States in 1872 with naturalization in 1873. James Flashman died in Melrose Township 27 September 1921 and Kate Wheaton Flashman died in 1927 in Barry County Middleville, Michigan. Both James and Kate were buried in the Maple Hill Cemetery Clarion, Michigan.
"James [Flashman] was one of a group of petitioners to the Charlevoix County Board of Supervisors in August, 1880 for the original formation of Resort Township. It was to consist of the old Charlevoix Township which had been formed in 1855 of the peninsula between the west and north arms of Walloon Lake lying south of the Towns 34 and 35 North boundary and the old Bear Lake Township formed in 1877 of the land east of the north arm of Walloon Lake and west of the boundary between Ranges 5 and 6 West lying in the south half of Town 34 North. In 1897, the north half of Town 34 North, Range 5 West was added to complete the township (with one minor exception) as it is nearly a hundred years later."
Dean Wheaton wrote in his book: "James and Katherine had a home in Walloon Lake. Their son Charlie built a new house next door, both houses are still standing in 1995." Quoting Jenny Kent Miller about her grandma Kate Wheaton Flashman: "Grandma had a beautiful flower garden. She sold some to 'resorters' [summer people]... Grandpa had a bad stroke after my mother (Ona) died and they lived at our house until after his funeral. She [grandma] moved into grandpa's workshop and rented her house to someone. My little brother David stayed with her until my dad remarried. She stayed in Walloon Lake for a year or so and sold her house and went to Uncle Charlie's in the Grand Rapids area for most of her last years. She came to see us now and then."
"James and Katherine lived in the second house past the Community Church on the south side of M75 west of US131 in Walloon Lake. It still stands in 1995 but is much changed with the porches removed and the evergreen and butternut trees long gone. This very likely is the land labeled JP Flashman on the Talcott Village (original name of Walloon Lake Village) plat in the 1901 Charlevoix County Plat Book." According to this 1902 plat map of Talcott, J.P. Flashman owned a great deal of the land in what-was-to-become the Village of Walloon Lake, The Foot, although not lakefront property. The Bear Lake Branch of the G.R. & I. Railroad ran to the lake shore at The Foot, and extended through the Flashman property.
Frederick Edwin "F.E." and Eliza Ecker Flashman who owned the Lake View Resort, had their daughters Clara and Mary who were in the photos above. F.E. Flashman had a brother James Phillip Flashman. On 4 March 1874 in Norwood Township Charlevoix County, James married Katherine Wheaton, the daughter of Melville and Anna Hunt Wheaton who lived on the shores of Walloon Lake on the adjacent property to the Flashman Family. On the 1880 census James and Katherine Wheaton Flashman lived right next door to Edwin and Louisa Flashman. Kate had been born in Brant County Canada West, and immigrated to the United States in 1872 with naturalization in 1873. James Flashman died in Melrose Township 27 September 1921 and Kate Wheaton Flashman died in 1927 in Barry County Middleville, Michigan. Both James and Kate were buried in the Maple Hill Cemetery Clarion, Michigan.
"James [Flashman] was one of a group of petitioners to the Charlevoix County Board of Supervisors in August, 1880 for the original formation of Resort Township. It was to consist of the old Charlevoix Township which had been formed in 1855 of the peninsula between the west and north arms of Walloon Lake lying south of the Towns 34 and 35 North boundary and the old Bear Lake Township formed in 1877 of the land east of the north arm of Walloon Lake and west of the boundary between Ranges 5 and 6 West lying in the south half of Town 34 North. In 1897, the north half of Town 34 North, Range 5 West was added to complete the township (with one minor exception) as it is nearly a hundred years later."
Dean Wheaton wrote in his book: "James and Katherine had a home in Walloon Lake. Their son Charlie built a new house next door, both houses are still standing in 1995." Quoting Jenny Kent Miller about her grandma Kate Wheaton Flashman: "Grandma had a beautiful flower garden. She sold some to 'resorters' [summer people]... Grandpa had a bad stroke after my mother (Ona) died and they lived at our house until after his funeral. She [grandma] moved into grandpa's workshop and rented her house to someone. My little brother David stayed with her until my dad remarried. She stayed in Walloon Lake for a year or so and sold her house and went to Uncle Charlie's in the Grand Rapids area for most of her last years. She came to see us now and then."
"James and Katherine lived in the second house past the Community Church on the south side of M75 west of US131 in Walloon Lake. It still stands in 1995 but is much changed with the porches removed and the evergreen and butternut trees long gone. This very likely is the land labeled JP Flashman on the Talcott Village (original name of Walloon Lake Village) plat in the 1901 Charlevoix County Plat Book." According to this 1902 plat map of Talcott, J.P. Flashman owned a great deal of the land in what-was-to-become the Village of Walloon Lake, The Foot, although not lakefront property. The Bear Lake Branch of the G.R. & I. Railroad ran to the lake shore at The Foot, and extended through the Flashman property.
Article Below: Wallace Flashman who married Edna Laura Bonnette was the son listed below as a child of James and Kate Flashman.
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• James and Kate Wheaton Flashman's children were:
Nellie (1872-1907)
George Frederick (1874-1921)
Charles Cornelius (1877-1958)
Ona Belle (1879-1920) m. Rothven "Clyde" Kent Sr. (Photo Left)
Flory Edith (Died as Infant) (1881-1881)
Wallace W. (1882-1942) [See article above]
Merle Bernard (1888-1920) [See article above]
Edwin
Of James and Kate Flashman's children, it seems that only the descendants of Ona Belle and Rothven "Clyde" Kent Sr. stayed in the more immediate area of Walloon Lake. Clyde and Ona Belle's daughter Jennie Belle married Joseph "Leo" Miller. Jennie and Leo had five children: Donna, Ruth, Andy, John and Jeff. Of those five children, Ruth and John have passed away. Donna and Andy remain in 2014 in the Walloon Lake area where they grew up. After Ona Belle passed away at only 40 years old, Clyde married Margaret Johnson. They had no children.
Clyde and Ona Belle's son Charles "David" Kent married Sarah Elizabeth Ecker, and had one daughter. David Kent died at sea during WWII at only 27 years old. His daughter has a home in the Petoskey area.
Nellie (1872-1907)
George Frederick (1874-1921)
Charles Cornelius (1877-1958)
Ona Belle (1879-1920) m. Rothven "Clyde" Kent Sr. (Photo Left)
Flory Edith (Died as Infant) (1881-1881)
Wallace W. (1882-1942) [See article above]
Merle Bernard (1888-1920) [See article above]
Edwin
Of James and Kate Flashman's children, it seems that only the descendants of Ona Belle and Rothven "Clyde" Kent Sr. stayed in the more immediate area of Walloon Lake. Clyde and Ona Belle's daughter Jennie Belle married Joseph "Leo" Miller. Jennie and Leo had five children: Donna, Ruth, Andy, John and Jeff. Of those five children, Ruth and John have passed away. Donna and Andy remain in 2014 in the Walloon Lake area where they grew up. After Ona Belle passed away at only 40 years old, Clyde married Margaret Johnson. They had no children.
Clyde and Ona Belle's son Charles "David" Kent married Sarah Elizabeth Ecker, and had one daughter. David Kent died at sea during WWII at only 27 years old. His daughter has a home in the Petoskey area.
• Katherine Wheaton Flashman's siblings were as Dean Wheaton referenced above in his on-line post:
Joseph R. b. 1833
Mary Jane b. 1837
Sarah "Ann" b. 1840
Elizabeth b. abt. 1841
Charles b. 1845
(Katherine "Kate" b. 1847)
Andrew b. 1849
Dean Wheaton wrote in his book The Wheatons of Northern Michigan: "Melville, Anne, and all of their children have been located in Michigan vital records of Charlevoix County. These and other records indicate that their son Joseph was probably the first to immigrate to Michigan [from Canada] but by the early 1870s the entire family had done so. All of the children except Andrew were married before the move and some had families. It is probable that the last two to emigrate were Charles and Sarah Ann. Charles was married in Brantford, Ontario in the fall of 1871 and Sarah gave birth to a child (Edith) in Brant County in 1872.
Melville and Anne's daughter, Mary Jane, took out a homestead of 67.95 acres on Government Lot 7 Town 33 north, Range 5 west on 10 Nov 1879. This lot lies along the western shore of the north arm of Walloon Lake and eventually became part of Sec 6, T33N, R5W of Resort Twp, Emmet Co, Michigan. As the townships and counties were being organized what is now Resort Twp, Emmet County, was first known as Bear Lake Twp (the original name of Walloon Lake) and was sometimes part of the Charlevoix County sometimes part of Emmet County. The 1880 census lists Mary Jane's mother Anna in Bear Lake Twp, Charlevoix Co, as head of household with her grandson 14 year old Harlow as the only other member of the household. It must be assumed that they are living on Mary Jane's Homestead..."
Sarah "Ann" Wheaton married Geroge A. Wardrop who died in 1896 in Charlevoix County Walloon Lake MI. Dean Wheaton wrote in his book about Ann and George Wardrop: "A family story relates that when they came to northern Michigan by train, they had two chests. One was put off in Melrose Township by mistake and when George came to claim it, he liked the area and stayed."
The 1880 census listed George as a farmer in Bear Lake Township Charlevoix County. The Wardrop family, Anna Wheaton with grandson Harlow, the Edwin Flashman Family, and the James Flashman family were listed with sequential family numbers indicating that they lived nearby. George's wife Sarah "Ann" was the sister of Mrs. J. Flashman (Katherine) James and Edwin Flashman were brothers.
The 1901 Plat Book of Charlevoix Co, Melrose, Twp. Michigan listed government lot 1 on the shore of Walloon Lake in Section 18 as owned by G. Wardrop.
George Wardrop was buried in the Maple Hill Cemetery at Clarion in the Wardrop Lot.
Elizabeth Wheaton married Samuel Horace Sanborn. Records for Elizabeth and Samuel connect them to Norwood Township Charlevoix County, Milton Township Antrim County, possibly lived in the Village of Central Lake, and then Resort Township Emmet County later on. No records were found for Elizabeth and Samuel after 1897.
Charles Wheaton married Mary Catherine Sanbourne/Sanborn in Ontario Canada in 1871. They lived in both Norwood Township Charlevoix County, and Milton Township Antrim County where Charles' sister Elizabeth also had lived.
Dean wrote: "'My father Alton A. Wheaton, said many times to me (Dean Wheaton) that Andrew's parents were buried on the hillside above the north arm narrows on the west side of Walloon Lake... It is possible that this burial story has some credence but it should be remembered that Mary Jane did not take out the homestead until 1879 and Melville died in 1875. Clearly the family was somewhere in the general area of Walloon Lake or Bear Lake as it was then known because Melville's death is recorded as occurring in Evangeline Township. Evangeline Township lies mostly between Walloon Lake and Lake Charlevoix. Another possible burial place is the Evangeline Township (Griffin) Cemetery on Clute Road in Section 22."
"Sometime between 1885 and 1889 (possibly as early as 1885 following the sale of the Norwood Township property although probably later as son Alexander was born in Aug 1887 in Norwood Twp but before the next child Charles was born, Aug 1889 in Resort Twp) Andrew moved the family to 15 acres in Resort Township of Emmet County at Birch Point on Walloon Lake. This land was a part of the land homesteaded in 1879 by Andrew's sister Mary Jane at Birch Point on the west shore of the North Arm of Walloon Lake southwest of Petoskey... In December 1903, Eliza, Andrew's wife of thirty years and mother of all his children, died of pneumonia."
Dean Wheaton, the author of the book The Wheatons of Northern Michigan, descends from this line of Andrew Wheaton, the son of Melville and Anna Hunt Wheaton. Andrew and Eliza Jane Benway Wheaton's son Warner married Lucy Violet Bacon, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon. Warner and Lucy Wheaton's son Alton and his wife Ruth Celestia Annis Wheaton were the parents of Dean Wheaton and Dean's brother Fred Wheaton. Fred Wheaton passed away in 2010.
Dean Wheaton's Grandparents, Warner and Lucy Bacon Wheaton, both worked in the area lumbering industry as noted in the newspaper article on the right, and also as Dean wrote in his book: "During the winters, Warner worked in the timber woods logging off parts of Resort Township while Lucy cooked for the camps. Many pictures exist of Warner driving a team hauling immense sleigh loads of logs. The logs were hauled across frozen Walloon Lake to the lumber mills in Boyne City. In Muhqua Nebis, A Compilation of Legend of Walloon (Dorothy Munson Krenrich), page 22, he is identified in a photograph as superintendent of the Von Platen Lumber Camp near Echo Beach." Click HERE to access lumbering photos of the Wheatons involved with local area lumbering.
Dean Wheaton wrote: "Warner farmed on the Couch Place [Lucy Bacon Wheaton's mother was Elizabeth Couch] until 1925 when a severe skin allergy forced him to quit. It was later thought to be a reaction to the fly spray being used. Warner was treated for the allergy by Dr. Charles Hemingway (father to author Ernest Hemingway). The Hemingway's were long time summer vacationers at Windemere, their Walloon Lake cottage on land purchased from Lucy's father. Warner always met the Hemingways with the team at the train or lake steamer when they arrived in Petoskey and drove them to Windemere. An account book kept by Lucy's father, Henry Bacon, records sales of dairy and produce to the Hemingways for many summers. On page 137 following the last entry for 1914 on September 6th, is a notation in Dr. Hemingway's hand, 'Warner, Please take out vent plug from cylinder of my pump & charge 'the wood acct.' Your true friend, CE Hemingway.' for a doctor, it is surprisingly legible."
Dean Wheaton's book The Wheatons of Northern Michigan has made it possible for the Wheaton Descendants of Melville and Anne Hunt Wheaton to realize their importance as Pioneers in The History of Walloon Lake MI, with descendants like the Ecker Family and the Follette Family continuing to live in the surrounding areas. Additional Wheaton information through their Bacon Family Connection is posted on this Walloon Lake Wanderings webpage titled Pre-West Arm. |
More information about Wheaton descendant, Dean Wheaton, who passed away in 2015, and his family,
can be found on Find-A-Grave.
Dean's brother Fred Wheaton also has additional information about his life posted on Find-A-Grave.
Both brothers were buried in Greenwood Cemetery Petoskey MI.
can be found on Find-A-Grave.
Dean's brother Fred Wheaton also has additional information about his life posted on Find-A-Grave.
Both brothers were buried in Greenwood Cemetery Petoskey MI.
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Wooden Family >Ottawa House
The Greenwood Cemetery website explained:
"After the war, Cornelius [Wooden] married Martha Winegarden on April 23, 1866, in Kendallville, Indiana. They had five children together. The family lived in Kendallville until 1875 when they relocated to Northern Michigan and took up a homestead on the north arm of Walloon Lake in Resort Township. Cornelius became the first settler to offer boarding and guide services to fishermen visiting the area."
"Judge" Cornelius J. Wooden received a land grant of 145 acres on the shores of Walloon in 1883 and built his home there named "Wooddale." He established a resort for fishermen, keeping them well supplied and serving as a fishing guide. "Wooden Landing" as it came to be called also featured a large dance floor on the beach which attracted merrymakers from the neighborhood as well as from nearby hotels. Wooden's son Milo married Mae VanDermark, daughter of pioneer John VanDermark. The road behind Indian Garden is named Cherry Lane for their daughter Charbelle "Cherry" Wooden Thompson, while the side road is named Wooden Landing. ~ Lauren Macintyre's article in the Spring 2021 "Wallooner" magazine of the Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy.
"After the war, Cornelius [Wooden] married Martha Winegarden on April 23, 1866, in Kendallville, Indiana. They had five children together. The family lived in Kendallville until 1875 when they relocated to Northern Michigan and took up a homestead on the north arm of Walloon Lake in Resort Township. Cornelius became the first settler to offer boarding and guide services to fishermen visiting the area."
"Judge" Cornelius J. Wooden received a land grant of 145 acres on the shores of Walloon in 1883 and built his home there named "Wooddale." He established a resort for fishermen, keeping them well supplied and serving as a fishing guide. "Wooden Landing" as it came to be called also featured a large dance floor on the beach which attracted merrymakers from the neighborhood as well as from nearby hotels. Wooden's son Milo married Mae VanDermark, daughter of pioneer John VanDermark. The road behind Indian Garden is named Cherry Lane for their daughter Charbelle "Cherry" Wooden Thompson, while the side road is named Wooden Landing. ~ Lauren Macintyre's article in the Spring 2021 "Wallooner" magazine of the Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy.
“Ottawa House” owners Dan and Sue Duval on Indian Garden Road preserved the original cottage which may date to 1930, and was built as part of the original Wooden Landing homestead. Two additional houses in the rear were renovated and converted to a guest house and a quilting room. ~ researched by Lauren Macintyre
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~ "North Arm Resort" ~
5250 Jones Landing Road on Walloon Lake
5250 Jones Landing Road on Walloon Lake
The North Arm Resort was built by Verne Jenks, Sr. in 1960 and included 8 identical cabins with a central lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Payne owned the resort when, in 1971, it was sold to Warren and Pat Parker. Following just 4 years later North Arm Resort was purchased by Robert and Pattie Brown. Finally, it was purchased by Pediatric Anesthesiologist Association connected with Children's Hospital in Detroit MI, to be operated as a family resort. In 1988 Pediatric Anesthesia Associates PC sold the resort to Bob and Mary Lorenz. In 2016 the property was owned by the Laurie Lyall Trust.
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UPDATE ABOVE: Ralph Connable's daughter Dorothy owned the property until it was sold to Jim and Martha Nield.
Road Work
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This notice below of proposed road improvements in Resort Township shows a road map
with the roads connecting to the North Arm of Walloon Lake in 2014.
with the roads connecting to the North Arm of Walloon Lake in 2014.
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~ Depew School (District #3). Resort Township 1897 ~
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The Depew School building was not located directly on the shores of Walloon Lake, but was close enough,
located on the road leading to Birch Point, making it easier for lake shore children to travel to and from school.
located on the road leading to Birch Point, making it easier for lake shore children to travel to and from school.
The information below about the DePew School was compiled by Dean Wheaton,
and submitted here by Dean's wife Marna.
and submitted here by Dean's wife Marna.
Lillie Bacon ~ About 1905 (taught in Depew School)
Photo Below:
In May 2016 Marna Wheaton attended the dedication of the Depew School bell
which she had donated to the Petoskey Public Schools.
The bell will continue to be rung in celebration of important school happenings.
Dean had attended Lincoln Elementary school as a young student...
so the bell had found a proper Petoskey School Home.