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>>does anyone remember Kramer's Union House, which later >>changed its name to Hotel Charles? It was on Rt.52, >>about 5 miles from Liberty. > >I remember it vividly, as I did much of my "growing >up" there. My grandparents vacationed there in the >30's or 40's. Name was changed from the Union House to >Kramer's Hotel to Hotel Charles. It was presided over >till the end by old man Charlie Kramer, but truly >managed by his daughter, Anne Halpern. I started going >there with my parents in the 50's starting at the age >of a few months old. After parts of virtually every >summer (as well as holiday weekends) as a guest, my >dream came true when, on July 4th weekend of 1971, at >the age of 15, the Children's Waiter came down with >mono and I landed a job. Soon moved to the main dining >room as a busboy, I worked there that summer and the >following summer of '72 which was the hotel's last >year of operation. The hotel's mailing list (and I) >were sold to the Ridge Mountain Hotel in >Parksville.The Hotel Charles's technical mailing >address was in Youngsville, though it was equidistant >between Youngsville and White Sulphur Springs. It had >about 130 rooms including those in the main building >and 3 or 4 smaller but newer structures. There was a >long staircase down a hill which led to the >"casino"/playhouse, a pool (a late addition) and the >lake (which was large, had a 90-degree angle, and >ended in a dam/waterfall which dropped into a stream. >What is your connection to the hotel? Are you related >to Bess & Sol Goldberg, who were friends with my >parents and whom I served in the dining room at both >the Hotel Charles and the Ridge Mountain Hotel through >1976?

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