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Redwing · 12-15-2009, 11:50 AM

I hope others will chime in with their stories of the lake in simpler times! GBG, I remember hearing about the fish-hook story, and the Moultonboro doctor's name was Dr. Ratsep. Another memory: Your sister and I -- and many other lake friends - used to spend the good part of every day at Arey's marina (before we all turned 16 and had lots of time on our hands). Ray Arey, the owner's son, was part of our lake group and we must have driven his poor Father, Howard Arey, crazy. We basically took over the place, swam off of the gas-pump dock, water-skied off of their docks, lazed around on the picnic tables and basically had lots of fun. I remember a woman who worked at Arey's by the name of Hazel Straw (I think that was her last name), and she worked in the store where you could buy sandwiches and other treats. Gas was about $.25/gallon in those days, and Howard Arey kept all of our parents' credit cards "on file" so that we could fill up our putt putts anytime we needed gas, without exchanging any cash. Oh my... how lucky we all were!! Love sharing these random, treasured memories!

12-15-2009, 11:50 AM	#10
Redwing Deceased Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Haven, Connecticut and summer resident of Moultonborough, NH since 1952 Posts: 216 Thanks: 324 Thanked 43 Times in 27 Posts	Great stories I hope others will chime in with their stories of the lake in simpler times! GBG, I remember hearing about the fish-hook story, and the Moultonboro doctor's name was Dr. Ratsep. Another memory: Your sister and I -- and many other lake friends - used to spend the good part of every day at Arey's marina (before we all turned 16 and had lots of time on our hands). Ray Arey, the owner's son, was part of our lake group and we must have driven his poor Father, Howard Arey, crazy. We basically took over the place, swam off of the gas-pump dock, water-skied off of their docks, lazed around on the picnic tables and basically had lots of fun. I remember a woman who worked at Arey's by the name of Hazel Straw (I think that was her last name), and she worked in the store where you could buy sandwiches and other treats. Gas was about $.25/gallon in those days, and Howard Arey kept all of our parents' credit cards "on file" so that we could fill up our putt putts anytime we needed gas, without exchanging any cash. Oh my... how lucky we all were!! Love sharing these random, treasured memories!