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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? >hello. I wrote to you in a couple of emails, perhaps >you did not get them. yes, I am Sol and Bess >Goldberg's son. My brothers and sisters remember you >and your parents very well also. Perhaps we can talk. >Write back if you would like to. Joe

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