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FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1987
on Lake Charlevoix. In 1980
they bought the chalet on
Lake Charlevoix that Earl
had stayed in as a teenager. "I
love the boating and the
fishing, and we have good
family times," Erman says.
As he speaks, part of his
family pulls up and rafts their
boat onto his. His sister and
brother-in-law, Melvy and
Milford Lewis, own a con-
dominium at La Croft.
Milford first went to
Charlevoix at age two in
1934.
"I came with my family and
stayed in rooming houses," he
says. "I'm very nostalgic
about the town. I remember
the old bridge, and all the old
landmarks. The Beach Hotel
was magnificent. It was
located where La Croft is now.
On weekends people would
dress formally and go to the
Inn Hotel for dinner and
gambling. There was also
gambling at Koch's Colonial
Club (pronounced Cooks) and
the Beach Hotel. Gambling
was not legal but was allow-
ed in certain establishments.
I remember all the people
who came with their chauf-
feurs and nannys."
Lewis says he appreciates
the scenery, the weather and
the easy way of life. He com-
mutes every weekend. His
wife spends the summer and
finds Charlevoix projects. 'I
don't care if the sun is out,"
she says. "It always comes
back. The sunsets on Lake
Michigan are unbelievable.
Charlevoix has always been
in my husband's blood, and
now it's in mine. We are both
grateful that we are able to
enjoy it."
Many summer families left
for Charlevoix the day school
got out and stay through
Labor Day. "We put
everything in a trailer and
moved our whole house," says
Arvin Pearlman, a devoted
Charlevoix fan. "The fathers
commuted on weekends and
played gin at the Beach
Hotel. The mothers sat on the
beach all day and played mahj
at night. I remember the
freedom we had, our parents
never worried about us. The
siren blew at night to an-
nounce the curfew and we all
went home."
His father, Sam Pearlman,
first went in 1936. "I went up
with the fellas top lay golf
and we did a little gambling,"
he recalls. "When I got mar-
ried, we took the family. We
went because the air was
beautiful. A lot of Jewish
families made the same trip
every year."
Pearlman returns to
Charlevoix to visit his
daughter, Helene Rothenberg,
and her husband Ronald.
Their condominium ,at the
Dunes overlooks Lake
Michigan. "When we were
kids the park was always the
meeting place," she says. "We
would get dressed up every
night. I remember reading
my way through the whole
Charlevoix library. We used to
eat at the Turkey Wing and
play bingo at the Lakeview
Hotel.
"Coming
back
to
Charlevoix makes me feel
like a kid again. There are so
many memories. I went back
as an adult because I loved it
so much I knew my kids
would love it too."
A
ttempts to trace the
first Jewish families
in Charlevoix lead to
Edith Gilbert, author and
local historian. In her book,
Summer Resort Life: Tango
Teas and All! Gilbert wrote:
"Wherever the railroad built
hotels, resorters followed."
According to Gilbert, the
Pere Marquette Railroad
built the Inn Hotel in
Charlevoix in 1886. "The
railroad brought most of the
summer people," Gilbert
says. "They built the Inn
Hotel to promote business.
The Inn was populated by
Jewish families, as was the