LHS Membership Committee Chair Cindy Grimm invited Carol Murray, Bob Brucken, and George McCormick -- three lifetime Lakesiders -- to share short stories about special or unusual events in their lives at Lakeside. Some memories touch our hearts while others bring laughter. Knowing more about each other brings us closer as a community.

Dave Glick is a treasure trove of stories based on his 92 summers in Lakeside. He began collecting newspaper clippings in his youth and his accumulated documents about Lakeside formed a major portion of the Lakeside Heritage Society (LHS) Archives when the organization was formed in 1968. He has written over 90 entries for the history feature in the LHS newsletter, given ten lectures in just the last ten years, and led hundreds of tours on the Lakeside grounds. No other single person has such a extensive “lived history” of Lakeside.

Lorrie Halblaub, Archist for the Marblehead Lighthouse Historical Society, speaks about the builders of the Marblehead (Ohio) Lighthouse, the sixteen light keepers (two of whom were women), and a few of the assistant keepers who tended the beacon between 1821 and 1943.

Lakeside staffer Jim Switzer explains the 2021 Lakeside Cottage Survey and gives results and context. Kaysie M. Harrington, Lakeside Heritage Society Archivist, explains the effort to expand the cottage survey into a living database that evolves as changes in ownership and renovations occur on Lakeside grounds.

Michael Gora, Middle Bass Island resident and an author of numerous books, tells us the history of the Islands of the Great Lakes and Lake Erie and shows some stereographic (3D) slides of the area dating from the late 1800s.

Rev. J.T.N. Braithwaite bought a lot at the corner of Third Street and Elm Avenue in 1881 in the recently-purchased east section of Lakeside, Ohio. While serving pastorates in 21 Methodist churches, he spent summers in Lakeside buying and selling real estate and enlarging his home. After his ministry, Braithwaite founded a printing business in Lakeside. In 1922, he sold his homestead to the Methodist Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS) as a home for their summer school, called "Camp Wesleyan." By 1940, Lakeside took responsibility for the building and, in 1955, sold it to a private individual. This seminar presents the unique 140-year history of a home that has changed from church camp to rental property and back to private home, along with the unique owners who resided there and left their impact on Lakeside. Bill Nicholson was introduced to Lakeside by his wife, Connie, daughter of Eldon Snyder, who purchased the family cottage on Cedar Avenue in 1977.