Posted May 7, 201114 yr I once read that Ohio had 5 Chautauquas, but where are/were they? Lakeside, Bethesda, Carlisle (gone)...and? Buckeye Lake? Into town...
May 7, 201114 yr There's a Methodist camp on Lake Webster, in North Webster, Indiana, that used to be a Chautauqua site. The camp is still there, so far as I know, but I think most of the original buildings have been replaced. Those cottages at Bethesda are sweet. They have a barber shop! Those are an endangered species. A lot of the remaining barbers in the small towns are near retirement, and when they quit working they usually can't find anyone who wants to take over their business. People now drive to the next bigger town where there's a "salon" staffed by "stylists." In my home town there are three barbers, but all are getting close to retirement. The one I go to has a nice shop in a good downtown building, and he's the only one remaining in a shop that once had three barbers full-time and an additional one on Saturdays when the stores were open until 9 p.m. and all the farmers and their families came to town.
May 8, 201114 yr Bethesda's got its charms. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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