Lake Maxinkuckee Association History 1940-1949
Incorporated in 1949. Of interest is another source that lists this as the
founding year for the Lake association!
Officers 1949: President: Lucy O'Neal ; Vice President: _; Secretary-Treasurer: _; Directors:
Aug, 1949 the association set the rates for patrolman at $175 per month plus $22 for use
of vehicle. Now known to day as Culver Lake Patrol.
1949 - Aug 17 - Cottagera Plan Association to Promote Welfare of Lake
Safety on the roads arounc the Lake, safety on the Lake itself and
sanatation is the challenging program of property owners and
interested person who initiated a program last week to enlist the
aid if all cottagers here on Lake Maxinkuckee to forming a voluntary
association for the promotion of the general welfare of the Lake
community.
"Careless and fast driving by autoist on the roadways, reckless
handling of power boats, and pollution of the Lake through poorly
constructed or devised sewage disposal systems needs immediate
correcting". It was pointed out on Monday by a summer resident who
has been coming to the lake for the past forty seasons. A house to
house appeal is being made to enlist support for the recongnized
cause and the workers have been encoutaged by an enthusiastic respone.
Every person will be contacted in person or by mail. For those who may
be awat from their cottages during the next few days a convenient form
is contained in this issue of the Citizen.
Specifically the aim is to secure a deputized ploce official to patrol
the highway and th lake. Effort will also be directed toward the acute
problem of pollution of the lake.
Lake property owners are being asked to support the program by contrinuting
financially to defray the cost of securing a patrolman. In making additional
police protection for the propesed safety program those promotomg the
association have already held a preliminary conference with Harvey Phillips,
Marshall county Sheriff, who has indicated a willingness to cooporate fully
with the group.
Each neighborhood group of ten coattages starting from the Jackson cottage on
the northeast side and extending entirely arounf the Lake would name a
representative to a common council. This council would, in turn, elect an
executive committee and secretary-treasurer. The original goup of solicitors
not organizing the program will resign as soo as the board is elected, according
to the plans.
Solicitors are hoping to complete every detail of the cansaseing soon so that the
executive committee can be elected before Labor Day and the plan can then be ready
to be put into opertion on June 1, 1950 - Citizen
1949 - Aug 17- Notice to Lake Residents
As a group of property owners we are interested in promoting safety
on the Lake and on the roadways near our cottages. We are keenly
interested in a sanitation program for out Lake. with this in mind
was are trying to form an association of Lake residents so that we
can initiate ad effective program next season. If we can secure 100
members who will agree to pay as much as $15 annually we can next
year be assured of safety on tbe Lake and roadways
We proposes that our assoication be incoporated and run by an
executive committee selected by the whole membership. If you
subscribe to this vital program and if you have not already signed
a pledge card, please sign your name below and mail at once to Box
35 Culver Citizen Culver, Indiana, where it will be turned over to
the committee of solicitors.
As a property owner I ___ agree to join in the Maxinkuckee Association
and to tentatively pay fifteen dollar ($15.00) for its support. Signed
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1949 - Sep 7 - Form Lake Association; Name Nine-member executive Board
The formation of a permanent Lake Maxinkuckee Association bevame a
reality here last week when members of the Board of Trustees representing
all cottage property holders, the Adademy and the town of Culver
adopted unanimously a resultion to organize.
The purpose of the newly found assoication is to promote the general
welfare of the lake community. Specifically, the organization will take
steps to provide a more effective means of securing greater safety on the
lake and on the shore roads, and to prevent further polution of the lake.
Carl M. Adams assistant cashier of the State Exchange Bank, of Culver was
elected secretary-treasurer of the nine-member executive board which was
named by the directors to carry on the work of the association.
Executive Board
Those named to the executive board include: Mrs. H. L. Rector of Peru; R. O.
Gass of Huntington; Don Trone of Culver; Dr. Milan Baker, Culver Military
Academu; Fred Wallstead, Culver; Harlan Orr, Pymouth attorney; Robert Rust,
editor of the Culver Citizen; Mrs. Perry O'Neal of Indianapolis, and Mr.
Adams.
The newly founded Lake Maxinkuckee Associaiton will be comparable to the
Association of Cottage Holders at other Indiana Lakes including Wawasee and
Tippecanoe, where groups of summer residents have been working in close
cooperation with state and local officials to cope with saftey and sanatation
problems.
Twenty-one members of the board of trusteeseach representing ten neighboring
lake property owners, together with representation of the Academy and the town
of Culver. participated in the meeting held at the Holiday cottage on the
East Shore on Sunday.
Mrs. Perry O'Neal, who with several associates, had unselfishl y conotributed
much time and effort in arousing interest in the three-S movement, presided at
the meeting. Mrs. F. W. Dunn acted as secretary.
Discuss Problems
Following a thorough discussion of the various problems, the recommendations for
the formation of the association was adopted.
Because the movement is of paramount interest to the entire Lane community it was
felt the the organization should be opned to all age agroups and to everyone who
would voluntarily like to have a part in the program.
Therefore associate memberships will be made avaiable to thos interested in joining
the association.
The executive boar will take steps to carry out the purpose of the organization. A
report udring the course of the meeting on Sunday indicated that state agencies are
more than willing to cooperate in the adopted program.
It was disclosed that the Indiana State board of Health will shortly issue a full
report on any polution of the lake. Findings from the recently conducted surveys and
tests are alreasy being studied and B. A. Poole, consulting engineer for the State
Board of Health, stated on Saturday that the State Board was anxious to work in
close cooperation with the newly formed association, the Academy, and the town of
Culver to remedy any adverse sanitation problems - Citizen
1949 - Sep 7 - Lake Safety and Sanitation
No local group ever had a better notice for organizing than the Lake Maxinkuckee
Assoication which had its formal inception this Sunday afternoon.
AS an organization it offers a wide oppertunity and privileges to its members and
to the public at large in the adopted three-S program of Saftey on the Lake, Saftey
onf the roadways and sanatation.
Certainly the program should be of the vital concern to every local citizen for no one
can deny the importance of the Lake to this area. It is important not only from the
recreational aspects but more especially from the economic view point. The Lake has
been a source of real benefit over a long period of time to cottagers and town residents
alike. Maxinkuckee has attracted thousands of visitors for various types of recreational
purposes
As a natural resource it is deserving of the utmost respect on the part ofall of us.
Therefore everyone should carefullly consider our individual and collective responsibilty
in keeping the Lake clean andsafe.
The small group of cottagers who have contributed of their time and efforts in actively
developing an interest in the new association are deserving of the gratitudeof the entire
community . Their promotion of the Association was both unselfish and considerate of all
persons and groups who use the Lake.
Among those who had a part in arousing interest in the organization were: Mrs. Perry O'Neal,
Mrs. F. W. Dunn, Mrs. K. K. Kraning, Mrs. C. H. Bradley, Mrs. J. S. Kittle, Mrs. C. H.
Barnaby, Mrs. H. L., Rector, Mrs. W. C. Griffith, Miss Anne Elsworth, Mrs. JOseph Shirk, Mrs.
Peirce Ward and Mrs. Robert Hollowell
It is one thing to formulate and found an organization, it is quite another to carry out a
program. The new Association has much to accomplish and with everyone's co-operation and work
it bids fair to have a long and successful future, at least we hope so. - Citizen
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