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
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Mark your calendars! We will be touring around the grounds of the Alviso Adobe before restoration starts, and then move on to the last working apricot orchard in Milpitas, which is owned by members Kelly and Diana Silva.
We’ll also visit the St. John’s Cemetery across the street, which is the resting place of many Milpitas pioneers and closed to the public.
Please bring a picnic lunch, and we’ll head up to Ed Levin Park to eat. Then we’ll continue up the hill to visit the historic 2-room Laguna School, which is owned by member Bill Hare.
Next we’ll head back to the cars and on to the Downing Ranch, which is also closed to the public. We’ll climb the hill to see the huge rock that the Ohlone Indians once ground their acorns on. This is a working ranch and you will see horses, cows … and many peacocks!
Bring water and wear comfortable shoes. We will meet at Big Lots at 9:00 A.M. and leave at 9:15 A.M. We may car pool, if there is interest, or drive your own car. It is not very far.
For more information, call Barbara at 408-942-1492.
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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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Guest speaker is Greg Armendariz, who will be giving an update on the restoration of the Alviso Adobe. At the Milpitas Community Library auditorium, 7 p.m.
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If you have any ideas for a speaker or an item you’d like to see in the newsletter, please post here or call (408) 942-1492
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Remember to bring your pull tabs to any meeting. We have our third full bottle for Jack to take home.
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Our next tour will be to the California Academy of Science at Golden Gate Park. It has been newly renovated and is now a 400,000 square foot structure housing an aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum, and a rain forest… all under one roof! We will see penguin feeding, coral reef divers, an albino alligator, and lots more.
We will be leaving Big Lots, 200 Serra Way, at 9:30 a.m. sharp. Please call Barbara at (408) 942-1492 if you wish to attend, so that enough drivers can be arranged. Sorry, but those arriving without calling will have to take their own car if no space is available.
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7:00 p.m. Milpitas Community Library
Guest Speaker – Dorothy Wuss
Dorothy’s maiden name was Bernell. Bernell Road in south San Jose was named for her parents. She will be speaking about the De Anza expedition on through to her Bernell history.
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A call for help went out last month for refreshment volunteers, and the response, as usual, was great!
Thank you to Miss Mabel, Joanne Souza, Dotte Doremus, Margaret Haug, Arlene Kaiser, Mary Lien, Harriett McGuire, and Betty Burk.
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We added WP-Hashcash a spam security enhancement to Milpitas Historical Society blog site.
Please read more about this at
http://a2zhomeschool.com/blog/powered-wp-hashcash-a2z-site-security-enhancement/
David Kidd, site admin aka daansys
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