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Note:
(posted on December 20, 2007)
This announcement was placed on our web site and sent to
friends and family in June 2007.
The event took place in Las Vegas
on November 9, 2007 and you can view images from the trip
and the ceremony here
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Looking for an excuse to go to Las Vegas?
Come and join us in a celebration!
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Fifty years ago,
on November 9, 1957, Jacqueline Bertsch of Tallmadge Ohio,
and Richard Frampton of North Bay, Ontario, Canada, were
married. The marriage took place in the Goodyear Heights
United Presbyterian Church in Akron Ohio.
How these two met was the subject of a story that appeared
in the Tilden Lake Community Newsletter.
(click here to read the story)
To celebrate 50 years, the original wedding party are
getting together in Las Vegas in November 2007. Richard and
Jacqueline's son, Richard Densmore (Denny) will conduct a
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The marriage
in 1957 was conducted by Doctor Rose, a very flamboyant
minister who emphasized words such as "obey" during
ceremony.
The wedding
party left to right:
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Patricia
Bertsch, sister of the bride and Maid-of-Honour
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Jacqueline Bertsch, the Bride
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Richard
Frampton, the Groom
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Douglas Smith, long time friend of the groom and Best Man
This is the
way we were in 1957. Have we changed in 50 years? One
way to find out and that is to join us in November.
But if you
can't be there, here are a couple more recent pictures.
[ More recent pictures ]
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This is
where we plan to meet in November 2007, at the Monte Carlo.
See you
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[ Up ] [ The Announcement ] [ To Las Vegas ] [ Renewal of Vows ] [ The trip home ]
[ back to
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50 years does make a difference
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Pat and Jackie,
Las Vegas 2005
Arlene and Doug,
at home 2007 |
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Dick and Jackie in Ocean City, 2007 |
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Denny, Dick,
Jackie and Grace in Annapolis , 2007 |
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[ Up ] [ The Announcement ] [ To Las Vegas ] [ Renewal of Vows ] [ The trip home ]
[ back to
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Story
published in the
Tilden Lake Community Newsletter, May 2002
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Camping at Tildenmere
Camp!
Adventures at
Tilden Lake
Story
and pictures by:
Richard and Jacqueline (Bertsch) Frampton |
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Although the picture at the left
shows us camping at Tildenmere Camp in 1975, the actually camping
story begins in 1948. In 1948, a family from Tallmadge, Ohio, was on
a summer camping and fishing trip through northern Ontario. While on
their way north on Highway 11, it started to rain – so instead of
camping, they decided to find a cottage. Fate led them to the
Ellesmere’s camp on Tilden Lake. The family were the Bertsches,
Adrian and Geraldine, and their three children, Jackie, Pat and
Tony.
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Bertsch's
cottage in 1956
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This accident
of fate led to a long friendship between the Ellesmeres and the
Bertsches. The Bertsch family returned to Tilden Lake many summers.
Adrian Bertsch was a general contractor in
Ohio and was involved in some of the construction of Tildenmere
Camp. The Bertsch family also acquired their own crown land on the
lake, adjacent to Tildenmere. There they built a cottage, using wood
from the Ellesmere’s mill on the Tomiko River. It was the the
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Fast
forward to 1956. Early summer and three local North Bay boys, Doug
Smith, Len Risley and Dick Frampton decided
to stop at Ted’s Drive In on Algonquin Avenue for a Pronto Pup and
milk shake. We spotted three young women getting into a blue Ford
with Ohio plates. We though we recognized one of the girls – it
looked like Gwen Ellesmere. Who were these other girls and where
were they going? Curiosity got the best of us. We decided to follow
them. Twenty seven miles later we found out. We had discovered the Bertsch’s cottage and Tildenmere Camp. The three girls were Gwen
Ellesmere and Pat and Jackie Bertsch. The rest is history. In the
fall 1957, Jackie Bertsch left home in Ohio and came to North Bay.
We have been together ever since, 45 years on November 9, 2002.
The Bertsches gradually stopped going to their cottage on Tilden
Lake. Instead they started spending winters in Florida. The
Ellesmeres sold the camp. Eventually the cottage was sold to the new
owners of Tildenmere. We kept a piece of the property that had space
to camp and a boathouse and dock, but eventually we sold that as
well.
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Now we live on Vancouver Island. In 1994, we visited the site
of the cottage and lodge. The cottage was gone and the area
was being developed. Very sad, but the memories will be with
us forever
Story and pictures by:
Richard and Jacqueline
(Bertsch) Frampton
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Tildenmere
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Jackie at the
Beach in 1974 -
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