Property bought - H.C. Spencer, Hazen Pratt, E.M.O. - 108 acres 1200
Guest cabin, lodge built - set back 125' from bluff.
Well house built & Brownie cabin.
Hagen sold to Howard who financed lodge.
Cricket slept in canvas hammock hung in guest cabin & under trees.
Dad (Fred D. Andrew, MD) built table & benches & high chair
Big sleeping cabin. Dad did much of work - lumber from logs snaked out from woods by Hollis Reed & Ted & Ned - first roofboard on all in one day.
Bunks by E.M.O. in big cabin
Bunks in guest cabin - E.M.O.
Candelabra by E.M.O. ?
Stone fireplace
Out-door table through
First baby oaks transplanted to road
Doris' typewriter table - E.M.O.
Book shelves - E.M.O.
(see Daddy's notes) ?
Joe and Betty - Joe big job on big maple.
Thanksgiving big blow - trees down
(see Daddy's further notes) ?
Bill and Helen - six weeks - cleaned pasture, split maple wood.
Copper screens for cabins begun.
June and Bob, Helen and Bill
Big birthday for me (E.M.O.).
7 oaks and 3 evergreens planted along road (Neddie, Heidi, Kithie)
Began new sleeping-cabin, timbers from Mrs. Reed's barn.
Ted & Sammy - August. Helen (enceinti) - July & August.
Kith, Bill, Neddie & Kith.
Heidi, Betty & Terry at lake for our birthday.
EMO -> Coffee table & heavy bench - Sammy polished table.
Copper screen completed.
Polly and Sid, Crick & Dick week-ends.
Mrs. Reed sold farm to Ross
Slept in our uncompleted cabin
Cabin kitchen completed.
Project - Boards for big table at Oak Dene. Plane & finish
Bought Spencer's share of property $3600.
Dressing room completed - mouse proofed.
(8) oaks cut down by Ross near west part of old road.
Closed law office, traveled south.
Fire at 320 Kilbourn Rd.
EMO & DAO at Oak Dene from May into September.
Heidi aged 8 spent summer with us.
EMO & DAO
Ned (grandson) and DAO repaired canoe.
Bill Gateley at OSU, family at lake.
Roses, Spitals?
Daddy (EMO) died November 28, 1959
Everybody.
Bill Gateley at OSU
Crick and Coopers.
Polly, children and Dallas
Crick and Richards (Tom and Mary)
Kith and Helen by bus.
Gillises
Coopers
Gateleys - Bill at Cornell.
Gillises closed camp (DAO went back to Colorado with Gateleys)
Wahlers
Spitals
Helen & Kith
Gillises
Gillises & Glenn (aged 11).
Hilda and Ming Lu.
Hera and Frans Krafft from Germany
Gateleys - brought red sailboat.
Gillises, Kelly and Greg.
New roofing on my cabin
Heidi drove east with me as far as Columbus Ohio.
Kyle flew east.
Cricket came to help close camp and drove with me to Colorado Springs.
Shirley and M....
Heidi & Kim
Kyle, Pam & children
Kith, Bill
DAO
Wendy & Chris
Debi & Mike
Polly
Betty
Sharon, Terry, Terese & Annaliese
Glenn
Debra 2nd trip
From old cottage: Mantle & Lintel stone, doors from kitchen (now east door) & back doors, bathroom/shower re-used as bathroom door, sink
Adria & Sean
Hole dug in fall by Toby & his back hoe, footers poured for foundation
Polly & Wade (briefly)
Bill & Kith
Kyle, Pam, Chris, Brooke, Chelsea, & Jordan
Chris
Toby
Terry, Sharon, Terese, Annie
Ryan Lajara
Rick
Bruce
Carl
Grandmommy
Polly
Wendy, Chris & Aidan
Debra
Gary Wells & son Al laid brick for foundation in spring.
Supplies ferried down by various trucks
Cottage was framed up in Summer by family after an extensive discussion of engineering & construction details...Plan X, Plan Y, Plan Z, etc.
Fall: insulation was installed by Cricket, Chris, Sue, Bruce, Rick, Peggy & Mike
Hemlock ceiling boards installed
Debra
Adria & Sean
Kyle & Pam
Kithie & Judy
Chimney, interior fireplace stone work
Debra did shelf
Bathroom completed with flush toilet
Front stoop built with railings all by Toby, with one railing from a boat trip to Main Duck
Chris & Sue got married in new cottage
Brian & Pam
Big blow down - two double oaks lost, also two ashes right out in back, large beech caught corner of roof, knocked two shingles off
First set of cabinets built by Toby, continued in 1999 & 2000, using slates from old cottage as counter-top
Large area of chimney stones by Dave Richards, continued by various parties through 2001
Stove installed, Toby did chimney
Kith & Bill
Polly
Wendy, Chris, Aidan, Ryan
Terry, Sharon, Terese, Annie
Ryan
Adria, Scott & Sean
Kyle, Pam, Chelsea & Jordan
Tyvek installed by Terry
Bill & Kith donated windows for cottage, installed in fall by Chris, Sue, Toby & Linda
Granddaddy oak: 16 feet
Grandmommy oak: 11 feet
Debra & Chuck
Siding by Deb & Chuck
Kith & Bill
Terese - 5 weeks
Sharon & Annie
Polly
Wendy & family
Deb & Chuck
Brian
Glenn
Chris built a new "Palace" It was placed between the Big & Brownie cabins
First eagle sighting
Oak paneling installed by Toby from double oaks felled in 1998
Big north window donated by Kith & Bill, memorial window installed by Chris, Chris Mike, Wendy, Toby, Bruce, Polly & Cricket
Additional siding installed, also stone work.
Kelly Pendleton Rose died June 7th
Kyle, Pam, Jordan & Chelsea
Brooke & Jared
The year of ladybugs
Polly
Wendy, Chris, Aidan & Ryan
Glenn
Debra
Kelly Cabin built
Guest cabin dismantled
New used frig & stove at Grandmommy's cabin
New pump - Chris installed
Start of tree house - Glenn (maybe 2002?)
Adria & her family - Bill (husband), Sean, little Scotty & Devon (Bill's little girl)
Sharon, Terry, Therese & Annie
Ryan came up from Florida, also Betty & Polly arrived
In August, Wendy & Chris Mike arrived with Ryan & Aidan
Polly & Jay, Polly's long time friend from California for about 5 days
Walt & Helen Cooper stopped by one afternoon for a visit
Terry cleared trails
Shelves - Chris & Wendy
Bunk beds for Kelly Cabin completed - Terry, Toby & Polly
Last siding finally on south end of cottage by Terry, Toby, Chris, Cricket, Polly & Jay
More paneling & inside trim work put up on inside of cottage - Toby
And much discussion over the future of Oakdene, including a Trust
July
Wendy, Chris, Aidan, Ryan
Kyle, Pam, Jordan, Chelsea
Kith, Bill,
Kithie, Brian, Callie (dog)
Polly
Ned, Judi
"Rocked some chimney, moved palace & converted to tool shed, did lots of dishes, made lots of food, drank lots of booze, made new path to other beach, played 'Oh Hell'"
Grandmommy Cabin refurbished, new "vasbr", new porch floor supports, Kyle & family, Chris & Toby did work
Stonework on chimney - Mikes
Debra - twice
Kyle, Pam, Jordan, Chelsea & Snips
Polly
Chris, Wendy, Aidan & Ryan
Terry, Terese, & Annie
Grandmommy's cabin - extensive work
Kyle, Pam, Chris & Toby
More chimney stonework
Chris, Wendy, Terry
Wendy & family
Polly
Glenn & Ping
Glenn continued work on his tree-house
Debra painted cottage floor, some assistance by Toby & Susan
Stonework ongoing - Mikes, Toby, Bruce
Polly, Wendy, Chris, Aidan, Ryan
Kith, Bill
Kithie
Kyle, Pam, Jordan, Chelsea, Snips
Deb
Terry
Chimney finished
Sharon
Neetie, Kara & Niobe
Wendy, Ryan & Aidan
Polly
Holly, Gerard, Kevin, Anthony
First Wave
Debra & Mona & Lenny (Kenny?)
Wendy, Chris & boys
Russel -> al tceu age don?
Holly, Gerard, Anthony, Kevin
Glenn & Polly
Second Wave
Kithie & Brian
Kith & Bill
Zach
Cricket in hospital
Started new cabin
Glenn's tree-house hung
Stonework on north side finished
July: Heidi, Betty, Terry
Kith & Bill, Kithie, & Brian
New cabin in hemlock grove started
Kith, Brian & Zach drove out
Ned & Judi
Alex
Polly, Wendy, Aidan & Ryan drove out, Chris flew out later to join them
Debra
Terry
New refrigerator purchased
New cabin finished, much discussion about name!