Two Edwardsburg sisters took a trip down memory lane Thursday night.

Judge Susan Dobrich and older sister Patty McCain gave a presentation at the Edwardsburg History museum Aug. 10. Speaking in front of an audience that was filled with people who had known them for years, the sisters talked to the audience about the history of Christiana Lake and the ways Edwardsburg has changed over the years.

“We were asked to come speak,” Dobrich said. “Both of us grew up in Edwardsburg, so we know everyone here.”

Dobrich and McCain grew up on Christiana Lake in the 1960s and ‘70s. At the museum event Thursday, the pair reminisced about dance halls and bowling alleys that dominated the area at the time.

As their father owned The Spanish Terrace and Terrace Lanes, a long-gone bar and bowling alley, the sisters had a unique view into how the area operated and were able to get to know many of the town’s residents as customers. Many of those former customers were in the audience Thursday night.

As Dobrich and McCain told stories about their parents, their time on Christiana Lake and several of their former neighbors who were in attendance of the presentation, both sisters became visibly emotional at times.

“As you get older and reminisce, it becomes bittersweet,” Dobrich said. “But, it was really fun [to present at the museum] and talk about our history and memories.”

The pair of sisters also talked about how the area has changed since the time they were growing up on Christiana Lake.

“It’s more residential now,” Dobrich said. “Back then, you either lived on the lake or were a farm kid. Now it’s a lot of subdivisions and homes and people that work in Indiana. That’s really the dynamic change.”

Dobrich also said that the city of Granger, Indiana has also grown significantly since she was younger and now offers more commercialized attractions for the people of Edwardsburg to visit.

“When I was younger, there was no mall [in Granger]. It was a just a bend in the road,” she said. “All the developments in South Bend, [Indiana], too. They are connecting to Granger now. It’s just a huge change.”

No matter how much time has changed Edwardsburg and Christiana Lake or how far away they move, Dobrich and McCain consider Christiana Lake their home and believe that it has shaped who they are.

“The lake was such a big part of our lives,” McCain said. “It really is a whole new world there now.”