1968, to Mr. and Mrs. W. Hartman, Norwood, Ohio. Dear Ma and Pa, I am enjoying myself here. See you soon. Barbie

 

1966, to Mrs. Mathilda Shauck, Reading, Ohio. Grandma, Camp is a big bore. The food is sickly. I met a tuff girl, Pat. I am trying to have fun, but you know how it is. Love, Martha

Public Chapel, Passionist Nuns Convent	Stations of the Cross Marydale Retreat House	Marydale Scenes

 

Marydale Scene	Marydale Scene That's Kathy McElroy and her Dad in the front canoe	Marydale Scene

 

        

Married Couples Retreat

Madonna Lodge Riding Instructor Art of Sailing 14-acre Lake Mary	Private Conference with Retreat Master Outdoor Stations of the Cross Dining Room Rosary at Mary's Shrine

 

Marydale maintained a herd of 60 horses for riding.		Family campers at the Olympic sized pool

 

Swimming in the lake
From a Facebook post by Dawn Minton Lyons

 

The first cabins
Kentucky Post, May 20, 1959

 

Log Cabins at Marydale	The Timbers, Marydale, Erlanger

The Rev. Paul Ryan's 1954 history of Marydale is here.

Marydale Barn
From a Facebook post by Brian DiMuzio

 

Seminary of St. Pius X, Erlanger

 

Marydale Retreat House

 

From a Facebook post by Boone County Library Local History

 

The Timbers Lodge	Outdoor Shrine	Madonna Lodge

 

South fork of Lake Mary, Marydale	Marydale Group, 1953	Our Lady of Marydale Shrine. One of six outdoor shrines at Marydale

 

Map, with key, of Marydale
from a Facebook post by Brian DiMuzio

Images of Marydale Campers are here.

Because we assume somebody will eventually catch it, we know Marydale wasn't in Erlanger; it was in Boone County, just barely across the line from Erlanger on Donaldson Road. It's generally thought of as Erlanger, so here it is.