Did either one of you meet the concessionaire R.W. Price when he was up at the Lodge? I know he had the Lithia Springs Hotel in Ashland, too, so he must have been a pretty busy guy.
Maybe so. Price was there when Ella and Mary (sisters of John, Albert and Otto) worked there. (OH)
I think he was there the first year I worked up there, but I can’t remember him. (AH)
I don’t remember that I ever saw him. He probably was there in the lobby or something. (OH)
The first year I worked up there, the concession had charge of the boats, but I can’t remember who signed my check. I don’t know whether I got a check. Maybe I just worked for my board. (AH)
Did you ever have any record of Jack Reter running the boat concession on the lake? (OH)
No.
He used to barber here in Jacksonville years ago. Albert and I even got a haircut from him here in Jacksonville when I must have been about nine or 10 years old. Anyways, I was awful pretty with a manufactured haircut. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that we were the first few heads of hair that Jack Reter cut when he had this barbershop here in Jacksonville. This Reter Fruit Company here in Medford was built up by Jack’s boy, Raymond Reter. (OH)
I just bought some pears from him.
Jack was his dad. Jack had the boat business at the lake. I probably shouldn’t mention that he bootlegged while he was up there. He’s probably doing time for that right now.
