Mayor Jose Esteves Swearing-in 2015 Board
At the Milpitas Historical Society’s Installation Dinner at Zahir’s Bistro, on Thursday, February 19, Mayor Jose Esteves (left) swears in the 2015 Officers and Board of Directors: (left to right) Archives and Landmarks Chair and PRCRC Representative Steve Munzel; President Roger Skuse, Secretary Lela Ehardt, Special Events Chair Harriett McGuire, Hospitality Chair Joanne Souza, Historian Mayvid Maclay, Vice President and Newsletter Editor Catherine Pelizzari, and Treasurer and Membership Chair Joe Ehardt.
Keynote Speaker: Lila Bringhurst on Mission San Jose and Its Neighborhood
After the Installation ceremony, attendees enjoyed a delicious dinner and an interesting talk about Mission San Jose and its neighborhood, presented by long-time community activist and Mission San Jose docent Lila Bringhurst.
She said that the beautiful old-style Mission San Jose structure that we see today in Fremont, just north on Mission Boulevard from Milpitas, is in fact a reconstruction, completed in 1985, of the original 1809 adobe structure, which was destroyed in the 1868 earthquake, and was replaced for many years by a large, traditional-looking wooden church.
This church was purchased and is still in use today by an Episcopalian congregation in San Mateo, who had the building moved and reconstructed when it was decided to rebuild the adobe mission in 1982.
The wooden rectory, from the same early 19th century era as the wooden church, was purchased by Lila and her late husband, Dr. Deon Bringhurst, when the 1985 reconstruction of the adobe was taking place and was moved a mile or so north to be used as Dr. Bringhurst’s dental office.
Lila also mentioned that San Jose de Guadalupe, the original name of the present-day City of San Jose, had nothing to do with this Mission San Jose; the only thing they had in common was that both were named after St. Joseph.
Slate of Officers and Directors for 2015
Officers
- President: Roger Skuse
- Vice President: Catherine Pelizzari
- Secretary: Lela Ehardt
- Treasurer: Joe Ehardt
Directors
- Archives and Landmarks: Steve Munzel
- Historian: Mayvid Maclay
- Hospitality: Joanne Souza
- Membership: Joe Ehardt
- Special Events: Harriett McGuire
- Newsletter: Catherine Pelizzari
- Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Commission Liaison: Steve Munzel
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