Smoke Signals - Archives

In the beginning, Indian Lake residents communicated via Smoke Signals.  The Smoke Signal was the name of the newsletter first issued by the Indian Lake Lodge beginning in 1965.  It began publication, on a monthly basis, in early 1965 and was essentially a local newspaper dedicated to all things at Indian Lake.  The earliest edition we’ve been able to locate is April 1965.  Early editions, 4 pages in length, focused on the progress of the lake’s development, welcomed new residents, showed new homes, reviewed events such as golf and skiing, chronicled Arnold Palmer’s tournament victories, etc.  There is a wealth of old pictures and stories.  Even some of the old advertisements are entertaining.  It went to 8 pages early in 1967, but varied at times between 4 and 8 pages.
 
We’ve embarked on a project to capture some of this history in an archive, scanning these old documents for posterity, and the enjoyment of current and future residents. 
 
So far we have located 100+ issues, ranging between April 1965 and July 1971.  Our only complete year is 1968, with all months now safely on file and archived. 
 
If you have, or know someone who may have, saved any of these precious documents, please let us know.  We will scan them and add them to the archive, and return them if you’d like. 
 
We also have some later newsletters, called The Northwinds News.  These began in 1993 as a Lodge publication, and with mostly a lodge focus.  There are, however, some community-based tidbits and ads of interest.  We have only 8 newsletters on file ranging from May 1993 through June 1994.
 
We are interested also in capturing other articles from local papers, etc., concerning Indian Lake.  One very interesting article on file is from the Somerset REC Penn Lines publication in February 1987 which chronicles the then current plans to revitalize the Lodge and life at the lake.
 
We know the lodge was closed for 11 years from sometime in late 1974 to early 1986.  Any news about or during these gaps would be GREATLY appreciated.  Actually, any news would be appreciated and included in the archive.

 

Smoke Signals/Newsletters by year (missing if not blue or underscored or otherwise clickable)

 

1965 
Jan
Feb
Mar

Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
 
1966 
Jan
Feb
Mar

Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
 
1967 
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jun XTRA
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
 
1968 
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
 
1969
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
 
1970 
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov

Dec
 
1971
Jun
Jul
Sep
   

1987 
Mar
Apr
Apr Menu
May
Jun
Jul
Jul Placemat
Sep



 

Miscellaneous
Facts Brochure 1967
The Exciting World of Indian Lake, circa 1968
Penn Lines, Feb 1987
South Shore Realtors Jan-Feb 1991

Indian Lake Lodge Flier circa 1994 
Menu 1994

Indian Lake Realty Sep 1995 
Dec 2006
Apr 2008
Nov 2008
Surf Sounds
Somerset Recreation Review
Membership Application
1976 Map
Giant PostCard
Discover Us
Lodge Flier
Indian Lake Realty 1995

Northwinds/Lodge News
1993
May
Jun
Jul
Sep
Dec

1994
Feb
Mar
May-June





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