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Date	July 27, 2010
Name	andrene somers schneiter
Email	schneiterandrene@yahoo.com
Home Page
City	seminole
State	florida
Country	pinellas

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As a child of 8 years,I remember the park with no electricity--just gas lights in the cottages and outside along the pathways. Bill Jones was "the old lamplighter" turning on the lights at dusk and turning them off at dawn. "those were the days!"

Date	April 22, 2010
Name	Becky Power Good
Email	orphanannie9@hotmail.com
Home Page
City	Ford City
State	PA
Country	USA

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So nice to see this site. Ridgeview holds a special part in my heart. My father grew up there and loves telling my children stories!

Date	February 19, 2011
Name	bill wallace
Email	williamcwallace60@yahoo.com
Home Page
City	dubois
State	pa
Country	usa

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I have great memories of ridgeview and miss all my old friends, hope to cross paths in the future

Date	November 16, 2010
Name	bob studebaker
Email	pgh.studebaker@gmail.com
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City	pittsburgh
State	pa
Country	usa

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Found this site through my cousin Marilyn,....for both of us our childhood summers at Ridgeview are priceless....I have several hundred feet of gravel paths through my yard and when I walk on them it sounds like walking in Ridgeview.....thanks for creating and maintaining this site

Date	January 8, 2015
Name	Brad Hoffman
Email	irondome1975@yahoo.com
Home Page
City	Albemarle
State	Nc
Country	United States

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My family owned cottage 10, 13 and 20 for years. I grew up there at RVP and loved every minute. My Grandfather George "Bucky" Hoffman just passed away and I was just thinking about all the great family times we had there. I would love to come back and visit sometime soon to share with my own children the RVP experience. Thanks for the memories.

Date	November 27, 2013
Name	Bruce McDowell
Email	abcmc2000@aol.com
Home Page
City	Pittsburgh
State	Pennsylvania
Country	USA

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McDowell Family owned a cottage during the 60's great memories pool,church,store,ball field, riding our bikes, flatning penneys on the rail road track. the good old days

Date	January 27, 2010
Name	Carol Jones
Email	clj1104@gmail.com
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Please sign our guestbook, we will be happy to send you additional information if requested.

Date	August 24, 2011
Name	Dave ghen
Email	dghen@tampabay.rr.com
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City	Redington Beach
State	FL
Country	USA

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I remember the excitement at Ridgeview on VJ Day, August 15, 1945. (thank you Google) I don't know who heard the news first, but I remember the ringing of the bell at the chapel which caused a group to gather there. It was a happy day.

Date	August 16, 2011
Name	Dave Ghen
Email	Dghen@tampabay.rr.com
Home Page
City	Redington Beach
State	FL
Country	USA

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My family vacationed at Ridgeview during the late '30s until 1946 or 7. My mothers family owned cottages during the early 1900s. I believe the cottage was in the Steele family, mothers aunt and uncle.

Date	March 3, 2011
Name	Debby Ann Tarafa
Email	tarafa007@bellsouth.net
Home Page
City	Dunnellon
State	Florida
Country	USA

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Please can you help me. I was the caretaker here in Ocala Florida for Al Brown that just passed away on the 15th of Feb. I see in the article that the family has asked for donations to be made to the assocation but I can not find an address for the parks association. Can you help me out?

Date	June 1, 2010
Name	Erin Wylie Bigler
Email	Biglere@zoominternet.net
Home Page
City	Cranberry Twp.
State	PA
Country	USA

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Thank you SO MUCH for creating the RVP profile on Facebook!

Date	September 7, 2010
Name	Jeannine Whelan
Email	jwhelan5@yahoo.com
Home Page	Jeannine Kuehn Whelan
City	Monroeville
State	PA
Country	US

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Ridgeview is a special part of my childhoold as well. I remember staying overnight with my grandparents and my aunt. We loved the pool with the giant slide and watching the trains. I remember the old hotel with the tree in the dining room! The little store with the penny candy was the best way to end the day! Now when I walk into the little store - it takes me back 40 years in an instant. I just loved bringing my grandchildren to the park this year. Thank you for taking such good care of this beautiful and best kept secret.

Date	October 3, 2012
Name	Jeff Plummer
Email	jeffp@slprod.com
Home Page
City	Centreville
State	MD
Country	USA

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Spent many summers as a tennager there. My parents owned a cottage near the tennis courts. Great memories.

Date	August 7, 2014
Name	Karen W Johnson
Email	kwj2648@triad.rr.com
Home Page
City	Burlington
State	NC
Country	Alamance

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Date	June 14, 2011
Name	Lelah Hill Kanour
Email	lmkanour@frontier.com
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City	Durham
State	N.C.
Country	Durham

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I am Lelah Hill Kanour, for four generations my family has been enjoying times at Ridgeview. I loved it growing up, and have brought my children there only a couple of times, since we have lived in other states. I was in a talent show there in the Auditorium with my sister when we were children , and our children were in one as well... when they were young. I loved getting the water at the spring, and hiking to the bear's cave and the water tower,enjoying the candy store and the swimming pool and picking blueberries with grandma by the train tracks. I am Ernest Fiscus Hill's daughter and great granddaughter of Mary Kinter Fiscus and Porter Fiscus. Edith Fiscus Hill and Frank Burdette Hill were my grandparents, and Everette Cooper and Mary Louise Hill Cooper were my aunt and uncle. We are working on a family tree, and wondered if anyone knew our family and might have any stories or pictures of our family. Also, could we have a schedule of the activities for the 125th celebration this summer? Maybe my sister, Susan, and I woul

Date	September 18, 2010
Name	Liz Armstrong
Email	lilibet98@aol.com
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City	Latrobe
State	PA
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Hello! We own a cottage in your sister campground in Natrona Heights - at the Pittsburgh-Tarentum Camp Meeting Association. We would love to see your campground some time...they look so similar - but we only have 33 cottages and an above-ground pool. If you would like, you can see our places here...http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/living/s_691557.html I enjoyed your facebook page and videos. Thank you!

Date	May 21, 2021
Name	Marilyn Burkman
Email	mburkman322@gmail.com
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City	Durham
State	NC 27712
Country	USA

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My family had cottage 36 for many many years. I am so sorry that I did not see it when it went up for sale last year. My daughter, KIrstan, lives in Pittsburgh. I live in NC but we would love to have more Ridgeview memories so we are looking for a cottage that has old Ridgeview Charm.

Date	October 30, 2011
Name	michael mccallen
Email	mike316_4@hotmail.com
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City	derry
State	pa
Country	usa

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This place is a peace full place to listen to the radio and talk to the bennets they r a good people :)

Date	August 18, 2011
Name	Misbette Cameron John
Email	jfjmcj@yahoo.com
Home Page
City	Redondo Beach
State	CA
Country	Los Angeles

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For the newer folks at Ridgeview: My mother, Rebecca J. Cameron, along with my father, William B. Cameron (who worked in Latrobe at his full time job), had the store for several years, the last summer being 1956. Our store was, let's say, full service grocery store: Fresh cuts of beef, pork, veal, etc. Luncheon meats were freshly sliced at store. Bread and goodies arrived daily, along with milk and milk products; all canned goods were stocked in the store, fresh pastries, all soda pops, a full candy case, an ice cream bar where, along with bulk, hand-packed ice cream, sundaes, milkshakes, and banana splits were served. The left side of the store was the grocery side and the right side was the ice cream section with 3 large, high backed booths. I, along with my brother, Ronald, and sister, Donna Jean enjoyed many summers there. There was nothing any better, and we all had many good friends there, some of who we are still in touch with. There was a lot of fun all the time as people would stay straight through the s

Date	July 11, 2011
Name	Mrs.Betty Olnhausen Cummingsbcummings329@comcast.netVerona
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City	Verona
State	PA
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My parents, the Olnhausens owned # 59 and we summered there for about 7 yrs. Tim is coming from FL. and we will be at the dinner, July 16th. I have many stories I can tell but don't want to takethe space. Bill Stitt has been my contact because his mother, Ruth, and I reside at Long- wood-at-Oakmont as does Betty Wilcox and Virignia Bankson and Evie Sumner did. I have the photo directory and I recognize many 2nd and 3rd gener- ation residents.

Date	August 16, 2011
Name	Pat Calderwood Pine
Email	frankpine@tds.net
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City	Sherwood
State	Wisconsin
Country	USA

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I spent 12 summers at Ridgeview Park, we either stayed at the hotel or rented cottages.

Date	March 17, 2010
Name	pat clark
Email	jjamespat@hotmail.com
Home Page
City	derry
State	pa
Country	USA

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We have lived in Derry for over 25 years and did not know this place is so beautiful.

Date	January 21, 2019
Name	paul white
Email	paulezstart@cs.com
Home Page
City	Pitt.
State	Pa.
Country	usa

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Date	March 15, 2010
Name	Robin Polacek-Peterson
Email	rpetersonr@hotmail.com
Home Page
City	Ely
State	Nevada
Country	USA

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I so Miss that Place!

Date	January 15, 2022
Name	ron knapp
Email	ronknapp52@gmail.com
Home Page	2333 Southwood Drive
City	Pittsburgh
State	PA
Country	United States

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Visited Ridgeview Park on a number of occasions between 1970 and 1973 as a guest of the Bruckman's. My wife and I are interested in buying a cottage. I remember it being a wonderful place !