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T h e h i g h sp o t o f th e yoar fr om the ear lier year s on was our tr i p

t o o u r su mme r h o me i n Mi chig&r r r It began as a one r oom cabin l n the
w o o d s b u 1 l t o n a w o o d e n fl oor Dad and M other had built for our l ar ge
tent. W e sp e n t a su mme r or two cam ping in this tent beside F l s [br La]r e
w h i c h a d j o i n e d th e l a rg e r, Glen Lake, wfr ictr tlr e eventuatly moved.r
te,
I ' l y g ra n d mo th e r, th e or thopedlc physiciano had a sm all log c abi n
s h e s t a ye d 1 n d u ri n g th e sum m err ight next to the spot we cho s e for
o u r t i n y d o ml cl l e o n F i sh er Lake.- plumbing...Jus t an ouf-
h o u s e l a tw o se a te r. ",.[Ef1:,?..p1lr *o
I shall never for 6etr por i- ng over the co r s et s ec ti on
8fi"l$Bitg"ng-Sg6bgg$utalgloeue.It seemedto help satisfy a certaln
I l y l i ttl e b ro th e r a nd I spent our days wading and catchlng fr ogs
' a n d m i nn o w s i n th e ch a n nel between the two lakesn Glen and F i s her .
N a t i o n a l Ge o g ra p h i c ra n a pictur e of Glen Lake in those ear ly y ear s pr o-
n o u n c i n g i t th e se co n d most beauti- dul lake in the wor ld and 99&99/tOO
pure. La ke L o u i se h a d th e distinction of being fir st.
T h e se co n d o r th i rd y ear we noved our camp to Glen. It w as on thi n
p r o p e r t y rw e l a te r b u i l t o ur lar ge summ erhome, a palatial plac e of tw el v e
r o o m s l T h e re w e re tto ff& ? Ug5fOntwo flush toilets, five bedr oom s r &a l ar ge
l l v i n g r o o q vri th a h u g e / fir eplacer ,,,iTh€r e' was also a dining r oom w i th
a f i r e p l scb tta h 8 " l e st I for get, l,laidf s quar tepsr dith pr ivate s how er and
toilet' B e st o f a l l w e w er e on a eandy beach. Later &i:t6r n1" c our t w as
b u i l t t o b ri n g fri e n d s to our house.
It took us tvro full days by eutomobile from our home in I'laumee
CIhio to travet what was then a five hundred.mit e 38"$9891vUtnpgi$idfli$8fl
v r a s t h e h a l f-w a y ma rk. We always spent our fir st nlght ther e. T he fi r s t
U r e a r l 4 o th e r a n d w e tvro ch ildr en tr aveled al- one. W e had seven fl at ti - r es
a n d h a d to ch a n g e th e m o u r selves.
O u r h o u se o n Gl e n b e gan with the tent floor and wae adde d to unti l
i t s f i n a l p ro p o rti o n s v/e r e r eached* W hile it was ln the final pr oc es s
of addition my brother and I lvere shipped off tBPBmfifttS capps on a take
called Torch, glso in l"iichJ.g&trr We used up three.,summers fgg"f*pgrlrorv
t o l i v e a n d p l a y w l th o th er kids. I of cour se felt deser ted^ / f w anted.
t o s t a y i n fa ml l l a r, w e l l loved tem itor y. But summ er cam p began to be
a w e l c o me p l a ce to b e a fter the fir st sum m er . I r ir onan Honor Gi r l al v ar d
t h e t h i r d ye a r. A l o n g l vi th the silhouettes I dr ew for the Ar t Sec ti on
O f S t . N i -ch o l a s l " fa g a zi n e it was something I sha1l never for get . T hey ;
l v e r e r e p ro d u ce d , :a l ;l fl ve of them, r eplete wj"th silver and gol d badges
a n d c a sh a w a r$ fo r fi ve s uccessive m onthsi Good ego builder s for l ow
s e l f e ste e m.
l l a vi n g re a ch e d a g e 16 I was offer ed a junior counselor sh l p i n
c a m p l f Itd re tu rn th e four th year ' I r efused' I was m or e i nter es ted
l n b o y s th a n I w a s i n e mulating the clean- cut Am er lcan gir l. I put m y
b u g l e a w a y a n d sta ye d a t GIen Lake sum m er sp saj- ling Kr y,Snipe Sal l boat
a n d w i n ni n g r o n e E u mme r, the cup at r egatta tlme. f was enam or ed of the
yqung man' 6evera] year6 *yt$8nf8$*t$"Ui#htfi8at whomr never could have
won the race. He taught me to sail my boat.
,Summers
*v- r P
ygfre fun lf at times boring. There were house parties
and the f;i*eft*e- that cane. There was saillng. There was swlmmlng and
t h e r e w e re d a n ce s a t th e golf club on Fr iday nlghts and dr ink s at the
G r e e n D ra g o n , a sma l l n L ght- club built and oper ated by Gene a nd Gl enn,
t w o r a d l o sta rs o f th e th ir ties. Ther e was a banquet and the C her uy
(fueent s Ball in Traverse City every July when the black cherri-es were
i n s e a s on . T h e re i s n o th i- ng m or e tantalizlng than tr e juicy sw eetnes s of
t h e s e d a rk g e ms. A n d so these v/er e the sum m er s only dr eanied of by s om e
a n d s a v o re d b y th o se p ri vi leged enough to exper ience them .
I h a ve to l d myse l f, at times, that I pr efer the slm pliclt y of the
q u i e t t i me sl ti me s re l a xe d and conducive to the cr eatl v e
"ng"*li:ned
process. B u t I sti l l l o ve thepeautiful m usic that the spir it i nv i tes
l n t o f il t me w i th l i g h t and joy, The ener gy is healing and m y body
loses itself i n ti me l e ssn ess. Spir lt flows thr ough me and th e feel i ng
t h e t c a n n o t b e a d e q u a te l y descr ibed.It is like flying to m usl c . T her e
i s n e i t h e r ti me n o r B p a cer I am wher e f want and need to be.
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As it does not eeem fair to me not to make available some /)

background information to tirose who might read lnto the followtng
life w i t h Mo th e r E o me th i n6 of m y own r eaentful natur e, I give to m y
m o t h e r th i e rr6 q tfi .
I ' { o th e r w a s b o rn , Ju anita Loutse Hoopar ln tB89 ln Athens, ghi o,
to Clara Belleand William liooper. ,Skremust have been a hard one to
r a i s e a cco rd i n g to th e e xpectatlons lnftj- cted on llttle gir ls of thi e
8f & r

W i ll i a m rva s i n co n structlon. lle built housesr fir etn for hi s

family of threen and then after they had lived in one for awhlle
h e t d s el l i t a n d mo ve th em lnto another . They wer e, it woul d s eem ,
i n a n u nse ttl e d sta te mo st of the tim e.
When lulother was ten her father left home and travelied to 0a1i-
fornj-a where he dled latrey chasing gold*
At a g e 1 4 i t se e me d that m y gr andmother could no longer as s um e
r e s p o n s ib i l i ty fo r h e r l i vely, headstr ong young daughter who then w ent
to live wlth a female friend. ,Sornetlmelater, whlle still ln her
teens she travelled by train to ltlew York City where she worked for a
printer a n d re n te d , re -d e cor ated and sublet r ooms. Dur i- ng th l s ti m e
s h e s e n t $ l 1 5 .OOa mo n th to har mother who was attending medlcal c ol l ege.
She found the father she nevor really had in a gentleman whose
friendship she highly valuedn and her future husband on a femy boat
t o , $ t a t en Isl a n d ; a p ro mi s i.ng young lawyer , fr esh out..of law s c hool ,
f r o m a we l l -to -d o fa mi l y -- W hat mor e could you hope for ?
An d so th e y w e re ma rr ied.