Category: A Glimpse Into the Past
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An Ordinary, Great Man
By: Kathy Nesper I didn’t pay much attention to the elderly man, that long-ago year when I was part of the Hume Lake summer staff. He was gray-haired, quiet, and occasionally could be seen working around the grounds or speaking with one of the campers or staff members—a man easily overlooked. Yet Hume Lake Christian…
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Hume Memories
By: Colleen Friesen “Memories – race across the pages of my mind “- words similar to these are part of a song I learned years ago but ring so true for me today! When I think of my childhood, Hume Lake takes the biggest part of my memory. My parents, Walter and Frances Warkentin, were…
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A Glimpse Into the Past: Ponderosa Lodge
By: Mike Drake Many of us know that the early history of the Hume area centered on two significant businesses. One, of course, was the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company that created the millpond that is now Hume Lake. Equally significant, though, was Gustaf Anderson, the original homesteader of the 320 acres, with his Log Cabin Saloon,…