This is an All-Points Bulletin... Strangely Enough for a Book!!

In our years publishing The Chronicle of Grand Lake, we encountered a lot of people who provided tips about interesting stories and historical information about our lake. Bruce Howell, with his Echoes from the Past publication, Barbara Haver, who we recognized long ago as the Matriarch of the lake, Jim Weeks with his widely read book about the history of the lake and strangely enough the King of Facebook-Grand Lake, Jerry Cookson. And that my friends brings us to the subject of today's blog.

Over the years, Jerry gave us many suggestions for content in our publications and admittedly many were to promote activities and boats for sale at Cedar Port Marina, but he also had a knack of finding historical pictures when Cedar Port was one of the first marinas on the lake and known as Port Tyler. The book pictured on the left was one such prize and contained photos and verbiage we had never seen before. I think the book was more dear to Jerry's heart because his Mom had run across it at a garage sale and immediately passed it on to her Grand lake son, who shared it with us. Now here's the rub. 

When we elected to R-E-A-L-L-Y retire following our Labor Day on-line edition of 2020, soon after this 6'6', 260 pound sucker visits my office and says, "Hey man, where's my Mom's book?" I explained to Jerry I was fairly certain we had returned it long ago. Well Jerry was just as certain we hadn't.

And there's plenty of wildlife in Dripping Springs

When we dismantled the newspaper office in '20, we went through a massive amount of files and other treasures, but no book. The search has since expanded to our residence on Grays Hollow, with no luck. I'm absolutely certain a book like that wasn't discarded or trashed because of our appreciation of lake history, but Jerry is still convinced the ball is in our court. 

The only plausible answer I can come up with is a long shot, but folks, we're down to longshots at this point. Did I possibly loan the book out to somebody and it was never returned? In short, if you have seen this book or have it in your possession, I would really appreciate some help in getting it back to its rightful owner. I can be reached at 918-782-7710 or e-mailed at rustyfleming44@gmail.com.

See Ya' Around the Pond!!