The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-21
LINCOLN LAKE
SILVER BEACH
SUMMER RESORT
LOCAL MAN OWNS AND ANOTH-
Err PROMOTES WHAT PROM
ISES TO BE BEST YET

Property which is admirably well
located to be easily turned and de-
yeloped into one of the finest sum-
mer resort properties in the state OF
Michigan was acquired when VIM. r.
Sandell, prominent banker and gem
eral all round booster in this city,
purchased the fine tract OF land
which comprised part of the farm
owned by the Fuller sisters OF Green
Vile and which lies on the east SIDE
Of Lincoln lake, Spencer township,
Montcalm county. The resort, when
completed will be one of the finest
places of its kind in the state OF
Michg gan and will be known as LIN
coin Lake Silver Beach Resort.
While the property is owned by
Mr.. SanGell. the plating of the lots
and other general supervisory work,
together with the selling of the lots
and other promotion work is in the
hands of Fred A. Godfrey, hustllng
real estate dealer of this city Mr..
Godfrey has already had the tract
surveyed and the lots are all staked
out, roads cut through and laid out
and the place is being generally
cleaned and got into perfect condition
for the active boom and building
which will start early in the spring.
Quite number of lots have al
ready been sold and Mr.. Godfrey .i.ss
confident that the rest of them Will
90 in short order once the weather
opens up in the spring and the first
few buildings go up. The cottages
viii be built on generous sized lots
and will be shaded by a fine virgin
growth of beech, maple walnut, but
ternut, oak and pine trees. There
are also a few birch scattered thru
the tract and these trees will form
one Of the finest settings for COM
Portable summer home. The resort
property lies on the east side OF the
lake and there is a gradual, easy
slope all the way to the water.
The bathing beach will be unex-
celled. Silver Beach will be the right
name for it. 1t has one of the finest
coarse sand and mari bottoms the
writer has ever seen and any depth
up To about four or five feet can be
had up to about 100 feet out from
the shSre, after which the water
gets deep.
Boating facilities are OF the very
best. The lake is from one-half to
three-quarters mile wide and is from
three to four miles long. Easy pas
sage through wide creeks, deep
enough for motor or sail boating,
can be had so that one can go on
up the line into Blue lake and fur
ther on into Maston lake a distance
of six to eight miles in all. Fishing
is also said to be gooS.
Tho raSOrt tract pnD1nriSpc O3
acres and there are 256 lots which
were originally for sale. Many OF
the lots have lake frontage. There
is one large lot, 10 py 300 feet in
size, which will be decided to the lot
owners which will be used by them
for the hotel building and other con-
cessions These buildings and the
property will belong to the lot own
ers and they will have the govern
ment of them and will derive the in
come which will be paid for the con-
cessions each year. The Boy Scouts
and the Camp Fire Girls from Low
ell, Greenville, Beld ng and any 9TH
er towns around who care to go in on
the project, will be given their choice
of two large and very desirable lots
near the lake shore.
Roads leading to the resort prop
erty will be rebuilt in the spring
and it will be an easy matter to get
there by automobile In the mean
time, however, if there is anyone
contemplating the purchase Of a
summer resort home, we would ad-
wise them to get in touch with Mr..
Godfrey and see about getting one
of these fine lots at Lincoln Lake Sill
yer Beach Resort-the City by the
Lake.