Vacation Planning in 1920

Image Courtesy of the Lakeside Heritage Society. Cover page of the 1920 Lakeside "On Lake Erie" Program.

If you were making plans to visit Lakeside a century ago, what could you expect?

By 1920 the organization that began as a Methodist Campmeeting and family resort had blossomed into a large scale summer attraction for a wide variety of groups.

This Lakeside "On Lake Erie" program, found in the LHS Archives, offers a forty page overview of the recreational, religious, cultural and educational events scheduled for the 1920 summer.  The cover page highlights the various programs held during each week, including the Chautauqua Assembly, the School of Missions, and the Regional Conference on Temperance. 

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Image Courtesy of the Lakeside Heritage Society. One Day Ticket, Season 1920.

"Nature was in a happy mood when she fashioned Lakeside and men have wisely seized the opportunity to add to this first great endowment." 

​ - Lakeside "On Lake Erie" Summer Program, 1920

"When you come to Lakeside bring your 'good time' clothes and enjoy the recreations."
 
-Lakeside "On Lake Erie" Program, 1920

1920 Assembly Program & Highlights

Below are a few of the many performances, sermons, and lectures offered during the nine week season. 

Image Courtesy of the Lakeside Heritage Society. Lakeside Program Announcement for Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, 1920.

• ​​July 8:  Drs. William S. and Lena K. Sadler -"The Home Sanitarium,"  "Are We a Dying Race?" & "Race and Heredity in Health"
• July 14:  Jane Addams of Hull House, Chicago - "World Food and World Politics"
• July 24: Imperial Male Quartet of Chicago
• July 30: Dr. William M. Danner - "The Bright Side of What the Protestant Church is Doing for Lepers of the World"
• ​August 7: Bishop Herbert Welch - "The Church and the Situation in the Far East"
• July 19 to 24: Mrs. Alice Sherfy Houston - School of Domestic Science: "Foods - Their Selection, Preparation, and Relation to Health"
  
• August 10: Herbert Leon Cope, Humourist 
  
• August 11: Mrs. Fiechtels' Tyrolean Yodlers
  
• August 14: Dr. Arthur Walwyn Evans, Relative of Prime Minister David Lloyd George - "What America Means to Me"
  

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1920 Rules & Regulations

1. During the time of the "closed season" all persons on Lakeside grounds over ten years of age must have proper tickets covering their length of their stay and the being on Lakeside grounds will be considered as voluntary submission and desire to conform to this and all other laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the government and management of said grounds.
2. No person, firm, or corporations shall do any business or offer anything for sale or barter at any time on Lakeside grounds, without first securing a special permit from the Lakeside Association or proper officer thereof, at such a time and in such manner as they or he may direct, and any person or persons violating this rule will be liable to arrest and punishment according to law. 
3. No meetings or gatherings of any kind shall be held upon Lakeside grounds without the sanction of the management of Lakeside,  and no notices or advertisements shall be posted or distributed on or about the grounds without special permission from the proper official. 
4. After 10:30 p.m. each day quiet must reign at Lakeside, and all persons must retire to their places of abode, or leave the grounds. At that hour the lights will be turned out. Loud talking, singing, playing of musical instruments, or any other disturbing conduct will not be permitted between 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
5. Loud talking, laughing or smoking will not be allowed in or about the Auditorium square during the time or continuation of meetings, and the streets around these blocks will be closed to vehicles at such times. 
6. No stock of any kind will be allowed to run at large or graze on the streets, parks, Auditorium blocks or any unenclosed lots north of Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad. 
7. Driving or hitching fin the parks, lots or other parts of Lakeside not laid out in streets is strictly forbidden, and no vehicles shall be left standing or hitched in any of the streets or driveways so as to impede or obstruct traffic, or cause inconvenience or offense to the people of Lakeside or their visitors .
8. All premises must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and all occupied cottages must be provided with galvanized iron garbage cans with proper covers and of no less than fie gallons capacity. Garbage collector is not required to collect garbage unless such cans are provided. 
9. All unnecessary traffic, the offering of articles for sale, the doing or performing of labor which mars or disturbs the quiet of the Sabbath, public bathing and the playing of public games are strictly prohibited on Sundays and all ice and milk must be delivered before 10 a.m.
10. Automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, carriages, and all other vehicles shall not exceed a speed of twelve miles per hour, while witing the limits of Lakeside ground. Automobiles must be run with "mufflers" closed, while upon the grounds.
11. Only dogs under leash are permitted on the grounds during the "closed season."