The marriage in 1957 was conducted by Doctor Rose, a very flamboyant minister who emphasized words such as "obey" during ceremony.

The wedding party left to right:

.....● Patricia Bertsch, sister of the bride and Maid-of-Honour

.....● Jacqueline Bertsch, the Bride

.....● Richard Frampton, the Groom

This is the way we were in 1957. Have we changed in 50 years? One way to find out and that is to join us in November.

But if you can't be there, here are a couple more recent pictures.
[ More recent pictures ]

Pat and Jackie,
Las Vegas 2005 

Although the picture at the left shows us camping at Tildenmere Camp in 1975, the actually camping story begins in 1948. In 1948, a family from Tallmadge, Ohio, was on a summer camping and fishing trip through northern Ontario. While on their way north on Highway 11, it started to rain – so instead of camping, they decided to find a cottage. Fate led them to the Ellesmere’s camp on Tilden Lake. The family were the Bertsches, Adrian and Geraldine, and their three children, Jackie, Pat and Tony.     Bertsch's cottage in 1956

This accident of fate led to a long friendship between the Ellesmeres and the Bertsches. The Bertsch family returned to Tilden Lake many summers. Adrian Bertsch was a general contractor in Ohio and was involved in some of the construction of Tildenmere Camp. The Bertsch family also acquired their own crown land on the lake, adjacent to Tildenmere. There they built a cottage, using wood from the Ellesmere’s mill on the Tomiko River. It was the the first building on the road into the camp

  Fast forward to 1956. Early summer and three local North Bay boys, Doug Smith, Len Risley and Dick Frampton decided to stop at Ted’s Drive In on Algonquin Avenue for a Pronto Pup and milk shake. We spotted three young women getting into a blue Ford with Ohio plates. We though we recognized one of the girls – it looked like Gwen Ellesmere. Who were these other girls and where were they going? Curiosity got the best of us. We decided to follow them. Twenty seven miles later we found out. We had discovered the Bertsch’s cottage and Tildenmere Camp. The three girls were Gwen Ellesmere and Pat and Jackie Bertsch. The rest is history. In the fall 1957, Jackie Bertsch left home in Ohio and came to North Bay. We have been together ever since, 45 years on November 9, 2002.

  The Bertsches gradually stopped going to their cottage on Tilden Lake. Instead they started spending winters in Florida. The Ellesmeres sold the camp. Eventually the cottage was sold to the new owners of Tildenmere. We kept a piece of the property that had space to camp and a boathouse and dock, but eventually we sold that as well.

Jackie at the Beach in 1974 - 

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