More about Glen's Childhood.

I am fortunate to have a sister-in-law who is living in this town and remembers some of the things that were written about in Michael's letter featured in the previous post.We met for coffee yesterday so some of my questions could be answered like ...who was the Billy Bodkin that Glen often spoke of? Was he the owner of the boat house or did he have the little pie bakery on the way to the boat house?  How many cottages were for rent by the amazing Mrs. Brallier and which one did the Pados rent? What were the cottages like? Im sure it was mentioned during the telling of those boyhood tales but as wives will, I was not
paying perfect attention at all times.
Turns out Glen's sister, Carol, was able to fill in a lot of gaps.
Billy Bodkin was the owner of the boat house. I remember that Glen went to the hospital to visit him when Billy was very old and ill. I think he  appreciated it and he seemed to know who Glen was.
Mr. and Mrs. Darter owned the little mom and pop store/bake goods place just down the road. Mrs. Darter  had a soft place for little barefoot boys so they consumed a lot of day old goodies.
There were at least 4 cottages between Glen's house and the lake. The Pado twins parents rented the one next door. Apparently, they had a front room, kitchen , bed and bathroom. The kitchens were provided with ice boxes (not refrigerators) .
Ice was still being delivered in those days.
A sad thing about one of those cottages, the Brallier's old Saint Bernard crawled underneath and died. Her boys were not home so Mrs. B. called Glen to hunt for her as she had been gone for several days. Glen, who had loved her dearly, had to dig her out and bury her.
I do not know if the twins are still living in Chicago because the cards stopped coming several Christmases ago. They never put any contact info on them so we never did.