Milpitas Historical Society.org » History http://milpitashistoricalsociety.org Milpitas, CA, Events and History Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:51:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2010 Board Members http://milpitashistoricalsociety.org/blog/2010-board-members/ http://milpitashistoricalsociety.org/blog/2010-board-members/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:19:45 +0000 Ann Zeise http://milpitashistoricalsociety.org/?p=50 Officers:
Harriet McGuire, President, 262-7979
Barbara Bowman, Vice President, 942-1492
Bob Kruse, Treasurer
Margaret Kruse, Secretary
Bill Hare, Historian

Committee Chairs:
Barbara Bowman, Membership, Museum Maintenance, and Refreshments
Bob Kruse, Fire Truck
Dennis Cuciz, Police Car
Sherry Cullen, Newsletter
Bill Hare, Historian

]]> http://milpitashistoricalsociety.org/blog/2010-board-members/feed/ 0 Our Town Seal http://milpitashistoricalsociety.org/blog/our-town-seal/ http://milpitashistoricalsociety.org/blog/our-town-seal/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:32:50 +0000 Ann Zeise http://milpitashistoricalsociety.org/?p=43 The Milpitas Town Seal was the idea of member Betty McDermott’s husband John, who came up with the idea for a seal of the Minuteman from one of his son’s history books. He designed the seal and took it to Arnie’s Signs and had 4,000 decals made.

Joe Brown, a local painter, painted the original for free. It is believed that Mr. Brown may have been hired to repaint the statues in the old St. John’s Church. Mr. Brown lived on the Henry Strickroth/Murphy Ranch.

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