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Photos from Summer 1969;
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At the sawmill.

                   

Two photos of the sawmill in action.  There was an old sawmill at the Lodge; as I recall it was powered by an old 6-cylinder Lycoming engine.  The sawmill worked -- we could saw logs into lumber on it and we used it to produce a lot of our lumber.  The sawmill was not in the best of condition and things frequently broke or slipped off.  In the photo on the right, a belt has just slipped off the engine and Herrick is not happy as he heads over to fix it.  Keith Julian (white shirt) and Bill Shanks (blue shirt) in the background.  In the photo on the left, Bill Shanks (blue shirt), Herrick (cap), and John Schlatter (white shirt) push and pull a log through the blade.  Notice the complete lack of safety equipment on the sawmill and the people (except for Brownie's goggles) -- the good ol' days!!


Watching the moon landing.

Two major events took place in the summer of 1969 -- Woodstock and the first manned landing on the moon.  Herrick Brown brought a television set to the Lodge and set it up in the dining room so guests could watch the moon landing. 20 July 1969; TV set was powered by the Lodge generator (that was run only on special occasions).  On a personal note -- John was working at Leconte the summer of 1969; I was working in a place called Vietnam -- missed Woodstock and the moon landing!!


Scenes from around the Lodge

Bear cubs at the garbage pit.  The Lodge garbage was dumped into a big pit downhill from the Lodge, behind the kitchen-dining hall building.  There had to be an opening into which to dump the garbage -- so -- the pit was topped with logs and dirt with a hole in the center through which garbage was dumped.  The garbage pit provided a smorgasbord for the bears -- here are three cubs on top of the pit, probably waiting while their mother pulls out food.  Triplets are not uncommon among the black bears.

 

 

Pouring concrete foundation for water tank at a new lodge building.  Not certain who these two are.

 

 

John Schlatter and Bill Shanks clowning around while cleaning out the garbage pit.  John is now employed by Bechtel International in Pueblo, Colorado;  Bill lives in Bristol, Virginia where he retired from the school system as an assistant superintendent.


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