Winter 2010 Volume 29, No. 4

2011 Architecture Lecture Series “Angel” Donor Harle Montgomery Passes Capital Campaign Making Strides MISSION STATEMENT The Historical Society is dedicated to the discovery, collection and preservation of La Jolla’s heritage. Executive Director’s Column Through our collections, programs and advocacy, we carry out our mission by Volunteer Leadership Shines Through discovering, recording and sharing La Jolla’s history, preserving La Jolla’s historical objects, sites and structures, and increasing community trumpet the value of Capital Campaign awareness of the value of our heritage. I our incredible corps of Our Partners for History Capital Campaign is volunteers every oppor - humming along (page 12-13). At this writing, we tunity I get. Whether it are approaching the milestone $1.5 million point of be with events, collections BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2010-2011) our $2 million goal. In spite of a difficult economy, management, fundraising, La Jollans from every neighborhood have stepped Constance Branscomb, President community preservation, F. H. “Trip” Bennett, First Vice President forward and supported our dreams of transforming Leslie Davis, Second Vice President docents, or our volunteer Board of Directors, the Society’s success is ultimately dependent on the skill historic Wisteria Cottage. This is your chance to get Ruth Covell, Secretary involved in giving our community’s heritage a lasting Donald Yeckel, Treasurer and dedication of every type of volunteer we have. Of course, leadership is essential to every part of our place. Please consider a gift, of any size, to our Christopher Albence Thomas Grunow efforts and, recently, we’ve seen tremendous leader - capital campaign. Suzi Bustamante Clarke Herring ship from a number of key volunteers. Courtney Ann Coyle Angeles Leira Farewell to an “Angel” Patricia Dahlberg David Reynolds Dori Robbins served as chair of the Society’s Donald Dewhurst Jeffrey Shorn Feasting on History fundraiser in September and her Only the most fortunate nonprofit organizations can Christina Freundt Melesse Traylor commitment to the success of such a complex event claim the friendship of certain extraordinary Sharilyn Gallison Betty Vale was phenomenal. Sharilyn Gallison , who chairs the members of the community whose significant David Goldberg Nell Waltz Programs Committee, guided the efforts that made generosity serves as a pillar that complements the our annual Ellen Browning Scripps Luncheon support of the wider community. And, often, they another marquee event in October. Trip Bennett ’s do so with little or no fanfare. Sometimes, we refer STAFF team-building skills have been key to guiding the to these great supporters as “angel donors.” John Bolthouse, Executive Director La Jolla Motor Car Classic towards success in April For the La Jolla Historical Society, Harle [email protected] 2011. Docent coordinator Martie Rice continues to Montgomery was that angel donor. We were Kristina Gibbons, Office Manager be a driving force behind our evolving docent saddened at her recent passing, a tremendous loss [email protected] program to make our public exhibition program a for the Society and the community at large. Few Michael Mishler, Archivist/Curator [email protected] more fulfilling experience for patrons. The generosity La Jollans have had such an impact on this of Leslie Davis through her marketing firm’s in- organization’s success. We hope you’ll enjoy learning Carol Olten, Historian/Docent Coordinator [email protected] kind support has helped raise the Society’s profile a little bit more about Harle (page 4) and appreciate Rob Wisniewski, Facilities Manager in the community. And Bill Carey (see feature page the remarkable impact of her generosity on the La 11) has been a fun, ambitious and selfless “worker Jolla Historical Society. bee” in our efforts to care for the Society’s collections. NEWSLETTER Contributors As long as the Society continues to benefit from the efforts of outstanding volunteers like these, our Editor Kristina Gibbons John Bolthouse Diane Kane members will see an increasingly enhanced, Design & Layout Martin Lizerbram dynamic and relevant organization. Here’s to the John H. Bolthouse, III Julia deBeauclair Angeles Leira efforts of our volunteers and the growing support of Executive Director Janet Lowe the community for a successful 2011. Columnists Don Schmidt John Bolthouse Melesse Traylor Judith Haxo Robert Traylor Michael Mishler Rudy Vaca Carol Olten Louis Vener Board of Directors News Donald Yeckel he La Jolla Historical Society welcomes two newly-elected members to our Board of Directors: Ann Zahner T David Goldberg Suzi Bustamante Printed by SOS Printing A native La Jollan, David Suzi is Senior Director of earned a BS in Political Marketing and Communications Economics from Johns Hop - at Scripps Health in La Jolla. A Office and Research 7846 Eads Avenue kins University and an MBA graduate of Northern Arizona La Jolla, CA 92037 in Finance and Accounting University, she has been in the Wisteria Cottage from the University of Chicago . healthcare industry for nearly 780 Prospect Street La Jolla, CA 92037 David was a member of the two decades, specializing in Society’s board in the 1990s and is currently vice-chair public relations, advertising, community education Hours: Mailing Address: Office & Research PO Box 2085 of the Society’s Finance Committee. He also serves on programming, and strategic planning. In her capacity Monday - Friday La Jolla, CA 92038 the board of Save Our Heritage Organisation and was as a Scripps executive, Suzi has been a longtime 10am - 4pm 858•459•5335 a member of the board of the Torrey Pines Association . advocate for the Society’s growing partnership with Exhibit Galleries 858•459•0226 (fax) Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Thursday - Sunday 12pm - 4pm www.lajollahistory.org [email protected] Cover image: The landmark observation tower on Encelia Drive, as it appeared in 1946. Built as a real estate promotion in the 1920s, it was purchased by Theodor Geisel (AKA “Dr. Seuss”) in 1948 and incorporated into his home. See story, page 18 Year-long Historic Architecture Lecture Series Launched he La Jolla Historical Society is pleased to announce “Contemporary Architects Making History,” the Society’s first year-long lecture series dedicated Tto the history of La Jolla’s architectural environment. Thanks to the efforts of series chair Angeles Leira , the Society has secured some of the most respected architectural specialists in La Jolla and to share their unique perspectives on the past, present and future of our community’s architectural character. Join us for a year of incredible programs!

Thursday, February 24, 2011 KEITH YORK Thursday, July 21, 2011 Board member, San Diego Architectural Foundation J. SPENCER LAKE Development of La Jolla from AIA; Principal, Spencer Lake Architect Historical Perspective Wright Here… Wright Now? An expose of what La Jolla community context Frank Lloyd Wright influences in La Jolla, from Irving J. may turn out to be if we are not careful Gill to J. Spencer Lake. A Lecture Dedicated to Liz Marshall

Thursday, March 24, 2011 TAAL SAFDIE and RICARDO RABINES Friday, August 26, 2011 AIA; Principals, Safdie Rabines Architects DAVID MARSHALL Changing Established Patterns through AIA, Principal; Heritage Architecture and Planning Design Excellence An account of how rigorous study of surrounding natural Does History Have a Future in La Jolla? and contexts and careful use of light, materials and form Perspectives on just how conscientious and protective can foster “cultural” change through architecture La Jollans are about their architectural heritage

Thursday, September 22, 2011 Thursday, April 28, 2011 ROB WELLINGTOM QUIGLEY FAIA; Principal, Rob Wellington Quigley Architecture MATTHEW WELSH Planning and Preservation Artist; Designer Can Architecture Shape Our Lives? Working with La Jolla’s History How architecture can shape not only buildings but How an artist can have a keen eye to restore historic environments, neighborhoods, cities, and even bring houses and create places with scale, joy and beauty health to our minds

Thursday, OCTOBER 27, 2011 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 LAURA DuCHARME CONBOY IONE STIEGLER AIA, LEED AP; Principal, DuCharme Architecture AIA, NACARB, Principal, IS Architecture Can Good Architecture Be Regulated? Adobes: From Prehistory to the Present A discussion about the regulations that govern architectural La Jolla’s role in the construction of adobe structures work and whether they help or hinder design excellence over our recent past and present.

Thursday, June2, 2011 Thursday, DECEMBER 15, 2011 ROBERT MOSHER JAMES ALCORN FAIA; Co-Founder, Mosher Drew Architects AIA Emeritus; Principal, Alcorn and Benton Architects A Conversation with Robert Mosher Saving Historical Buildings with a New Life (facilitated by Keith York) How architects fulfill creative passions by working over A look back over the sixty-year career of an architectural historic buildings and forgoing the opportunity of having legend, recalling the high points of his career as a the building be their own practicing architect in La Jolla

Each lecture – Members: $10 /General Public: $15 "Meet the Speakers" VIP Reception Entire series – Members: $75 /General Public: $130 January 9, 2011 Call us or purchase tickets online at www.lajollahistory.org Institute of Geophysics and Earth Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla All lectures, Wisteria Cottage 7:00pm - 9:00pm Members: $25 / General Public: $35

3 “Angel” Donor Harle Montgomery, 1918 - 2010 hen Harle Garth Montgomery passed away on October 24, the La Jolla Historical Society lost a beloved Wfriend and benefactor. Harle’s supportive interest in the Society dates back to 1963 when her brother, William Garth, was a founding officer and later served as president of the board of directors. A generous supporter of the Society’s fundraisers, Harle was honorary chair of the 2005 Secret Garden Tour and a fabulous hostess for the past three years for the Society’s Feasting on History event. Harle and another legendary La Jollan, the late Ellen Clark Revelle, remain honorary co-chairs of the Society’s current “Partners for History” capital campaign. In a series of oral history interviews for the Society’s archives, Harle shared vivid memories of growing up in La Jolla in the 1920s and 1930s, attending La Jolla Elementary and graduating from La Jolla High School in 1934 before attending Stanford. Harle became an eyewitness to history during travels in pre-WWII Europe, first with college friends and later with her husband, journalist Tom Dammann, Jr. In 1959, Harle and Tom traveled by Volkswagon bus with their daughters through post-war Europe and the Soviet Union, sending articles to a syndicate of American newspapers. Two years later, accompanied by their younger daughter, they drove from to Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Harle and Tom were divorced in 1967. In 1973, she married Kenneth F. Montgomery, a An Honored Announcement Chicago lawyer, and the couple dedicated In late 2008, the Society announced it had been the recipient of a magnanimous $500,000 gift to its capital themselves to philanthropy through the campaign from an anonymous donor. It is true honor to now announce that Harle Montgomery was that Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation, donor. with interests in politics, education, social Harle decided to make this great contribution in response to the extraordinary donation of historic Wisteria justice, and cultural institutions. Cottage to the Society made by the late Ellen Revelle and her family in July 2008. In addition to being longtime Harle’s daughter, Terre Edwards , friends, Harle and Ellen served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Capital Campaign. granddaughter, Marnie Gavit , and three “I believe in the importance of the work of the La Jolla Historical Society,” Harle wrote the Society’s Board at the time. “We must work together to push forward projects that will benefit our community. I’m making this gift great-grandchildren all reside in La Jolla. in the hope that others will match it and this is hopefully one step to push this project toward completion.” Everyone at the Society shares their deep sense The Society extends its sincere gratitude to Cynthia Kobel and the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery of loss. A memorial gathering is planned for Foundation who agreed to grant permission to the Society to finally reveal Harle as the source of this gift. May 2011.

Historic Designation Workshop

Have you ever wondered whether your home is historic? Join the La Jolla Historical Society and San Diego Historical Resources Board (HRB) Senior Planner Kelley Stanco and other experts for a three-hour informational workshop to find out whether you own a property worthy of official recognition.

Learn: • What the City’s designation criteria is and how to demystify the process Saturday, January 15, 2011 • How and where to conduct archival research 9:00 am – 12:00 pm • How to analyze the information you have uncovered Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect Street • How to write up your findings for city review $10 Members / $15 General Public • What the benefits and responsibilities of historic home ownership are Space is limited so register today! The workshop includes informational handouts and opportu - www.lajollahistory.org/events/historic-designation-workshop Phone: 858-459-5335 ext. 9 nities to ask questions of HRB staff and other historic home - owners who have successfully navigated the process. For more information, visit www.lajollahistory.org or contact Workshop Coordinator Diane Kane at [email protected].

4 Student Photography Workshop January 29, 2011 10:30am - Noon Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect Street Free ! The La Jolla Historical Society, in collaboration with Outside the Lens and Nelson Photo is pleased to announce a photography workshop open to La Jolla K-12 students. The workshop, part of the Society’s first annual Student Photo Contest, will focus on what makes an award- winning photograph, with examples from the Society’s archives. Cameras will be provided for the workshop.

Outside the Lens is a San Diego-based youth program that helps students (K-12) tell their unique personal stories using photography, writing and other digital media forms while under the guidance of writers, poets, journalists, photographers, filmmakers, artists, and teachers.

The workshop is free but space is limited so RSVP today! Contact [email protected] or Office Manager Kristina Gibbons at [email protected] or 858-459-5335 ext. 2.

Join us at beautiful Scripps Park overlooking La Jolla Cove for a full day of family fun amongst some of history’s greatest automobiles!

• More than 150 vintage automobiles and motorcycles competing for awards • Delicious food and beverages • Great car-related merchandise • Live music

Tickets now available! $35 in advance / $40 on the day of the event. Children 13 and under free.

Visit www.lajollamotorcarclassic.com to purchase your tickets online.

All proceeds benefit the La Jolla Historical Society and the Monarch School. 5 Archivist’s Notes by Michael Mishler New Acquisitions ecember is a good time to review the year just passed and to look he La Jolla Historical Society collects historically significant Dforward to what lies ahead. With that in mind, 2010 has been a Tmaterials of intrinsic, cultural and scholarly value associated with big one for the Society’s collections and exhibition programs. La Jolla’s community history. These collections are maintained as With the completion of the carriage house renovation, a generous primary and secondary resources, to be made available for research grant from the Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation that provided and to be shared through public exhibitions. the supplies needed to move the collection, and the invaluable help of archives volunteer Bill Carey , the move of the collections to our The Society thanks the following for their recent gifts to the new storage facility is virtually complete. In early 2011, the next collec tions: phase will begin as we will focus on creating a comprehensive finding • Robert Whitmore 5’x 3’ framed aerial photographic print of La aid that will make it easier for volunteers and researchers alike to Jolla Shores, 1923 more effectively search and use the collection. The Society’s exhibit program also had a big year. Waveriders , our • Kendall Mower DVD, Chihuly at the Salk , 2010 exhibit that told the story of La Jolla surfing in the 1930s and 40s, brought in big crowds in the spring and summer. We followed that • Alcorn & Benton Architects Seven architectural drawings of the Copley Cottages (7714-7742 Ivanhoe), 2010 with concurrent exhibits on display in Wisteria Cottage with Postmark La Jolla in the main gallery and La Jolla student Bay • Helen Baker Documents and patient information pamphlets ByrneSim ’s popular Identify: Teenagers in La Jolla and the art of Secret used by Scripps Metabolic Clinic, 1947 Garden Tour 2010 displayed in the smaller galleries. Finally, one of the reasons we have been able to expand our exhibit • Clift Laperruque Original blueprints from a 1937 Richard program and make it more accessible to the public is the Society’s Requa-designed property on Avenida Cresta new Docent program. The Docents, whose dedication allowed us to • Mary & Max van Balgooy Manuscript of Designer of the Dream: expand our hours from two to four days a week, have become an Cliff May and the Ranch House , by Mary van Balgooy important part of the Society and their knowledge of La Jolla has brought fresh perspectives to our exhibits. In 2011, our Docent • Marc Tarasuck Litho - program will expand to include a docent-led walking tour developed graphic print of Carolus by a team of volunteers led by Louis Vener (see page 11), and Verhaeren’s Jewel of the outreach programs to local schools. Blue Pacific , La Jolla, In 2011, we will continue to expand our exhibits program, with 1949 (right) plans for a series of architectural displays supplementing the year- • Leon and Lou Campbell long architectural lecture series (see page 3). We will also display Documents and photo - entries in the Society’s first Student Photo Contest, with the winning graphic prints of activi - images featured in late April through May. The display of Secret ties of La Jolla Stage Garden Tour art will now be done annually and art from the 2011 Company, 1980 – 2000. event will be shown in June. In the fall, we will examine the life and work of La Jolla photographer Leopold Hugo. On December 7, 2011 • Paul Marshall DVD, 1992 documentary Roger Revelle: Statesman of Science ; DVD, 1984 documentary Jacob Bronowski: Life and – the seventieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor – the Legacy ; both produced by Paul Marshall and Crown Point Media Society will unveil Homefront La Jolla: An American Community during the Second World War . There are many more events planned and opportunities to become FUTURE EXHIBITS involved in the Society’s activities. Make a resolution that’s easy to at the La Jolla Historical Society keep and join your fellow members in the archives or exhibits and help us make 2011 even better. Student Photo Contest – Rotating images January 6 – April 17, 2011 Michael Mishler is the Society’s Archivist & Curator Portfolio Displays from Contemporary Architects Making History Lecture Series Monthly This Day in La JoLLa hisTory Student Photo Contest – Winning images v January 4 – The Bishop’s School established (1909) April 25 – May 3, 2011 15 – Camp Callan opened (1941) 18 – First edition of La Jolla Journal published (1913) Art of the Secret Garden Tour 2011 June 2- 30, 2011 v February 1 – Colonial Hotel opens first building (1913) La Jolla: Then & Now 12 – Lincoln’s birthday centennial celebrated in Scripps Park (1909) 24 – Charles Lindbergh flies glider from Mt. Soledad to Del Mar (1930) June 9 – August 21, 2011 v March Leopold Hugo: La Jolla as Muse 2 – Cove Theater opens (1948) 15 – La Jolla Lumberyard destroyed by fire (1952) September 2 – November 20, 2011 24 –La Jolla Reading Club founded (1894) 6 Homefront La Jolla: An American Community during the Second World War December 7, 2011 – April 15, 2012 From the Files (Re)Discovering a La Jolla Community by Michael Mishler

ooking through the Society’s collection of La Jolla High yearbooks Lfrom the 1920s and 30s, it is surprising to see how many African- Americans attended school here during that time, given that that particular part of La Jolla’s community is extremely small today. From La Jolla’s founding in 1887 through the 1970s, African- American families lived, worked and played a signifi cant role in La Jolla. At the height of their representation in residence in the 1950s, some 500 African-Americans Ed Coleman moves a cottage to make way for the La Valencia called La Jolla home. hotel development in 1926. Coleman is at the rear of the cottage. By the 1970s, His father, Will, is at the front and Ed’s son, Frank, is at the wheel Henrietta Vanhorn (far left) and the Brown family, 1906. Vanhorn worked for the family of Fredrick eco nomic and social of the moving truck. Brown for years before and after they moved to La Jolla. She is believed to be the first African- changes made it hard American woman to buy parcels of land in La Jolla. for retirees or their children to live in La Jolla, spelling the end of this once vibrant part of the community. delve deeply into seemingly unrelated files. For example, the Society Fearing the history of their ancestors was in danger of being forgotten, holds a few files pertaining directly to the African-American community, author Lorenza Taylor-Pace came to the Society in 2007 to research while the Society’s subject and biographical files have information and and write the story of the African-American families in La Jolla. Using images of African-Americans. Concurrently, additional related back - the Society’s archives, ground is found throughout other topical files. There is a biographical census data, interviews file on Henrietta Vanhorn-Debose the earliest known African-American from descendants of the woman to own property in La Jolla, but it contains nothing but a once thriving community, photograph of Miss Vanhorn with her employers, the Brown family. and family photos, Taylor- Thanks to the research of Taylor-Pace, we learn that in 1887, Henrietta Pace, and her fellow purchased several parcels of land along what are now the streets of researchers of the Descendent Girard, Draper, Eads, Cuvier, Prospect, and Drury Lane that she later of La Jolla’s Black Pioneers developed and rented to other African-American families. Group have written a More typical is the file for Prospect Street that contains a unique privately-published history image of black La Jolla businessman Ed Coleman and his crew moving entitled La Jolla, California a cottage from the site where La Valencia Hotel was to be built. Cole - Black Pioneers and Pioneers man, who came to La Jolla in 1919, made a living moving cottages from Descendents: 1880- 1974. A properties to land he owned on Draper Street where they were refur - e c

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e part of La Jolla’s history. g a researcher to new avenues of inquiry. Of course, the work produced by a m History is never simple, I Lorenza Taylor-Pace and the other descendents of La Jolla’s Black and it takes many Researcher Lorenza Taylor-Pace as a young woman Pioneers group will serve as the starting point for much of the research perspectives to paint a more with her mother and a family friend in La Jolla, 1948 to come. It also should serve as a reminder to the Society and other complete portrait of the historical organizations that understanding history is a matter of seeing world we live in. Similarly, the records of the past sometimes have to be the familiar from new perspectives. mined in order to pull out the hidden stories that lie within. That’s why when Taylor-Pace came to the Society to research the Michael Mishler is the Society’s Archivist & Curator history of her family and the African-American community she had to

7 DESIGN MASTERS s SHAPERS OF LA JOLLA’S ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE William Kesling by Angeles Leira

illiam Kesling was part of a group of legendary Southern California architects W– boasting such giants as Wright, Neutra and Schindler – that shaped American archi tecture in the middle of the twentieth century. Born on October 18, 1899, in Brenham, Texas, Kesling and his family moved to Calexico, California, in 1916. In 1920, he moved to where he worked his way up from carpenter’s helper to general contractor. Kesling eventually constructed thousands of homes in the Streamline Moderne style, some for movie greats like Wallace Berry. The homes featured large glass openings integrating interiors and exteriors. For structural support, Kesling developed unique engineering methods that allowed construction of such spaces. In the later years of the Depression, Kesling’s business ran into legal trouble when he was sued for his inability to complete some of his houses at the pre-agreed price. Kesling’s overcharges were nothing new; in fact, many architects/contractors of the time sought additional funds from clients in order to finish their work – a practice for which Frank Lloyd Wright himself was notorious. Initially, Kesling prevailed in court but was later subject to a grand jury investigation re-charging him for the same accusations. Frustrated, Kesling pled guilty to one count of stealing $24.00 for which he was convicted and his sentence was commuted to two years probation. The probation officer stated how overcharging was a “typical means of doing business at the time.” But the method was becoming too rampant and an example needed to be made. Kesling paid the price. After his probation, Kesling moved to San Diego where he constructed hundreds of “prefabricated” houses. The first reference of Kesling’s influence in La Jolla was from the La Jolla Journal on November 11, 1939, when he built a home at 538 Fern Glen for his brother, Adolph. Kesling’s work in San Diego is pure California Modern, in the spirit of early Modernists Schindler and Neutra. His work became more noteworthy when his houses were featured in Life and California Arts & Architecture . Architect Russell Forrester, who worked for Kesling as a draftsman, argued that Kesling opened the path to Modernist development in confronting San Diego’s habitually restrictive regulations, a thorn in the side of the “rebels” of the Modern Movement. Kesling found ways to get around City code requirements that made it Kesling’s offices on Girard Avenue, 1950 difficult to have large windows and the now-cherished California Modern interior- exterior relationship. Kesling was largely forgotten after his death in 1983. However, long championed by La Jolla historian Pat Schaelchlin, Kesling’s La Jolla work was “re-discovered” in 2000 when San Diego architect Wayne Donaldson identified Kesling’s row of houses on Dowling Street. One of his most significant La Jolla houses was the McConnell House. Built in 1946-47 for a retired airline pilot, the house still soars over La Jolla Shores Beach and was featured in a 1947 photo spread in Life . The J. Paul Getty Museum’s archives holds images of the house, including interior shots made during a party. Other Kesling designs in La Jolla were the Summer House Hotel (now demolished) and the Jamar Restaurant in Bird Rock (today, modified beyond recognition).

Angeles Leira has lived in La Jolla for over fifty years. She has a degree in Architecture from UC Berkeley and, Unchanged since original construction in the 1940s and in now retired, spent years planning the city of San Diego. During her tenure she supervised Coastal Planning, nearly pristine condition today, this wonderful Modern house Community Planning, Revitalization, HRB programs, and was advisor to the mayor and legislative analysts for on Dodge Drive testifies to Kesling’s classy design excellence. the city council.

“Design Masters” is made possible by the generous support of:

8 Legends of La Jolla Walter Munk Dancing with Glaciers

aving turned a mere 93 in October, Walter HMunk anticipates a very interesting experiment he intends to undertake soon in the Antarctic. “It has to do with the global sea level rise,” he says with a mischievious-like grin. “We do not understand how glaciers melt which means it is really impossible to predict how much the sea level is going up. So we have to find out.” Recognized the world over for his many achievements in oceanography, Munk also thinks of global warming with its La Jolla applications noting that by the year 2100 sea levels are predicted to rise between one foot and a meter: “Now if it is going to be a meter this means La Jolla Shores would have a problem,” he says, “and the Marine Room would have to move a little.” At home in the La Jolla Shores Drive residence created more than fifty years ago with his late wife, Judith, Munk remains a child at heart with a mind as quick as a dart. He delves forward daily with more scientific work, travels to accept yet another award or special recognition and continues to take an active part in events and activities at the two in - stitutions that have been the focus of his lifetime – Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and UCSD. He also has several projects on the board involving more artistic endeavors in Kellogg Park, including the installation of a casting of a baby whale named J.J. Munk was born in Vienna in 1917. He came to America in 1932, urged by family members to pursue a banking career in New York City. He soon decided he hated banking, however, and came to the West Coast Now Available at to attend the California Institute of Technology the Society where he received a degree Dr. Walter Munk, professor of Geophysics at Written by La Jollan Linda in physics in 1939. That ScrippsInstitution of Oceanography and associate Pequegnat, this recently- director of University of California’s Institute of same year, he applied for a released publication features Geophysics and Planetary Physics, ca. 1970s summer job at SIO. The rest intriguing, fascinating and is history. little-known events in the The La Jolla of those early years that Munk remembers are filled with history of San Diego, listed stories of camaraderie with fellow scientists, excitingly embarking on new in a day-by-day format with adventures and explorations in fields of the unknown. After service in the dozens of entries on La Jolla. US Army ski troops during World War II, Munk returned to La Jolla and married Judith Horton, an artist and descendant of the old San Diego $19.95 (plus tax) pioneer family, in 1953. The Munks became part of the original scientific group that purchased 42 acres along the ocean cliffs to build their homes within walking distance of their work. “I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” says Munk. “And we have the La Jolla Historical Society to help keep things in place to maintain our special character.” 9 CORPORATE SUPP ORTERS Corporate Partner Spotlight Scripps Health La Jolla-Born Flooring Giant scripps.org Bennett & Associates n 1947, an energetic young busi - (858) 454-4555 Inessman named Hubert Coles opened a fine new home furnishings Davis Marketing store in a handsome new building on davismarketing.net the corner of Girard Avenue and Dewhurst & Associates Pearl Street in La Jolla. 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Interior Design The Grande Colonial, La Jolla rossthiele.com “Growing up in La Jolla was real fun,” recalls Steve. “We used thegrandecolonial.com Soroptimist International of La Jolla to walk to Scripps Elementary and stop along the beach. Back then, Greg Noonan & Associates, Prudential silj.org you could pick up all the abalone you wanted in ankle-deep water lajollahomes.com SOS Printing at the Cove. Life was just simple and slower. Everybody had a IS Architecture sosprint.com isarchitecture.com milkman. And there was an egg guy!” Spinnaker Consulting Island Architects (858) 484-8668 As successful businessmen, the Coles recognize the need to live islandarch.com in the present and look to the future, but they wax nostalgic about Torrey Pines Gliderport Jackson & Blanc flytorrey.com times past. “That’s why we love the Historical Society,” says Steve. jacksonandblanc.com Tyche Global Strategy, La Jolla “What you’re doing today makes us remember the best years of our J.W. McCarter & Associates tychegs.com jwmlighting.com lives.” U.S. Bank Kim Grant Design, Inc. usbank.com kimgrantdesign.com The WildWood Shop & Company 10 La Jolla Asset Management (858) 576-1890 ljam.com Docent-Led Walking Tour Volunteer Focus Under Development man of many talents and cheerful quips, Bill Carey is perhaps best by Louis Vener A known to Society members and Secret here do great Garden Tour attendees as “the Gnome,” Wideas come effectively serving as the Society’s unoffi - from? Great ideas cial mascot and ambassador. When he are ideas waiting for isn’t perched in a garden, making children their moment. They giggle at events, or leading the Society’s often emerge when La Jolla Christmas Parade float, Bill plays people explore an integral behind-the-scenes role in shared interests and helping meticulously organize the objectives. If it’s a Society’s archival collection. Since good idea, then you August, he has spent hours moving the can bet other people Bill Carey collection and working with staff to Walking Tour Committee (l to r): Colleen Foster, have been thinking arrange the placement of the collection in Pam Filley, Louis Vener (Chair), and Martie Rice about it too. the carriage house, home of the Society’s new archives storage facility. That’s what has Born in Vermont, Bill graduated high school in 1964. He studied happened with the idea for a docent-led Historic La Jolla Guided business for two years until the Vietnam War led him to enlist in the Navy Tour. It didn’t take long before a Docent committee formed, with a where he spent 30 years service as a Navy yeoman, most of that time growing list of volunteers participating. serving on submarines. Appropriately, a Navy yeoman is a sailor who How can we, as a community, make a difference? By supporting keeps, organizes and controls all files and records generated on board ships the Society’s mission statement in creating the enhancements that and within a fleet’s vast bureaucracy. This training and a natural disposition will continue making our historical society a valued organization. And toward organizing makes Bill a natural for the Society’s archives projects. the committee? We’re having a wonderful time working on this proj - As a kid, Bill was involved in community theaters so acting was always ect! We’re amazed at the amount of knowledge that we collectively a passion. After retiring from the Navy, Bill settled in San Diego and began have about the history of La Jolla. Each of us brings different skill- working for Stu Segal Studios, first as an extra in movies and television sets to the planning process. Effortlessly, we’re constantly teaching then as an assistant to the casting director and talent agent. Bill’s biggest each other. movie role was as an extra (a pirate, of course!) in the popular 2003 film So if you have an idea, say something. Unless you do, you’ll never Pirates of the Caribbean . know what might happen, the friends you’ll make, or the pleasure of He has always had a love of history which comes from a childhood seeing that idea become a reality. growing up in Vermont surrounded by history, including the story of an The committee is leading the planning challenge of developing the ancestor, Peter Labaree, captured by Indians in a raid. For Bill, the true guided tour. We have the active support of the Society’s staff and the lure of history probably came from exploring the attic of his grandmother’s archives have been an invaluable resource for images of historic La old house. “I could spend hours going through the old photos and books, Jolla. Details of the Historic La Jolla Guided Tour will be announced Bill says. “All the stuff up there was just waiting to be discovered.” in the spring. Congratulations New Docents Louis Vener, a longtime volunteer who resides with his family in La Jolla’s 1929 Uriah & Clara Barkey House, is chair of the Walking Tour committee Clarke Herring Nancy Van Dorn

Annual Docent Open House

Saturday, February 5, 2011

10:00 am - Noon Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect Street

• Learn how you can share your interest in La Jolla history with others

• Meet current docents and staff • Enjoy a private tour of historic Wisteria Cottage

• Coffee and light breakfast served

RSVPs required, to RSVP, contact [email protected] or Docent Coordinator Carol Olten at (858) 459-5335 extension 4 by Friday, January 28, 2011.

11 Partners for History Family Traditions Fundamental to Capital Campaign Success by Judith Haxo

o the late Bob Warwick, it came as a surprise for fifteen years, primarily as treasurer and Twhen his father called to tell Bob that he was trusted advisor to Board Presidents Pat ready to retire from the bookstore and to Schaelchlin and Pat Dahlberg , who still serves suggest that Bob try his hand at the business. on the Board. Bob was then a graduate student in biology at “He would have been so pleased to know the University of Texas preparing to follow his that the Revelle family gave the Wisteria major professor to Georgia. But he, his wife, property to the Society,” Marian observes. Marian , and their young family moved to La “Bob felt that the La Jolla Historical Society Jolla in 1964 to give the bookstore a try. was a very worthwhile organization in its dual Bob found he loved the bookstore. It roles as archivist of the history and preserver challenged his many talents and involved his of the important landmarks of this town he whole family. Bob’s mother, Louise, continued grew to love. He also really liked working with k c to work at the store into her nineties. Marian i the people involved in the Society.” w r a W worked there until she retired in her mid-sixties The Warwick tradition continues. One n a i r

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tradition was getting the store in shape for the e second profession: Warwick’s owner and g a m after-Christmas sale (a tradition Marian I manager. They are doing what they love and confesses she doesn’t miss!). When their Marian and Robert Warwick, 1996 supporting their local communities. daughter, Nancy , accepted an invitation to The La Jolla Historical Society continues to consider taking over the store when Bob decided he was ready to retire, benefit from the Warwick family’s support. For years, Nancy has lent the it was somewhat of a surprise to Bob and Marian, particularly since bookstore’s support as a corporate Nancy was a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology at UCLA. Like member and collaborative partner Bob, Nancy tried her hand at it and found she really loved it. on programs. Marian was a When I suggested that the key early supporter of the Partners bookstore itself had a for History Capital Campaign and The Society is pleased to have cultural depth, Marian contributes her valuable time and the support of Warwick’s, the observed, “It’s our customers . knowledge as an exhibit gallery oldest continuously family There are so man y interesting Docent in Wisteria Cottage. and nice people who come in “I am really pleased about the owned and operated bookstore there. It’s become a kind of direction the Society has gone,” r

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Marian feels was propagated by osmosis, primarily from Bob, is civic totally dependent on volunteers. y s e t involvement. Among the many civic groups he served on was La Jolla’s For one thing a person has to be r u o c

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parking committee where he adamantly opposed parking meters. From virtually willing to give one’s life g a m his first days in the region, he became involved in local conservation away to take it over. I think we I action, serving with a group that kept Highway 52 on the canyon wall need the expertise of professionals .” Nancy Warwick, owner, Warwicks rather than in the creek bed. Bob also served on the Torrey Pines Association board. Bob served on the La Jolla Historical Society Board Judith Haxo is a member of the Capital Campaign Committee and a past President of the La Jolla Historical Society Board of Directors

Partners for History Leadership Committee

Melesse W. Traylor, Co-Chair Leslie Davis / Davis Marketing Dr. Oliver W. & Paula Jones Ann L. Zahner, Co-Chair Don & Lael Dewhurst Scott & Betsy McClendon John & Susanna Lipe Aalbers Gail Forbes John & Lydia McNeil Sharon Ballidis / The Ballidis Group Chris & Christina Freundt David & Patsy Marino John Bolthouse Orrin & Karen Gabsch J. Fredrick & Susan Oliver Lewis & Connie Branscomb Francis* & Judith Haxo Arthur & Jeannie Rivkin Tommy & Jean Carroll Virgil & Jonnie Hoffman Robert C. Traylor Roger* & Ann Craig Roy & Diane Hollingsworth Dr. Wylie & Betty Vale

* deceased

12 Partners for History Capital Campaign Donors (As of November 30, 2010)

Visionaries Shirleymae Davis Gifts under $1000 In Memory Harle Garth Montgomery Dr. Frederick de la Vega Margery Abinanti Of Rita Bronowski Ellen C. Revelle*, Anne Revelle Shumway, Mary Charles & Anne Dick John & Betsy Anthony Ann Zahner Revelle Paci, Bill Revelle, and Carolyn Revelle In Honor of Robert & Melesse Traylor Elizabeth Barkett Of Roger Craig Ralph Dilley, M.D. Kevin Bertrand Pacesetters Janet T. Barnum Karin Donaldson Mary Boehm Richard & Rita Atkinson Dennis & Lucy Borsenberger David L. & Sandy Coggan Erickson Dr. Walter & Barbara Doren Dr. & Mrs. L.P. Bogle Lewis & Constance Branscomb Orrin & Karen Gabsch Susan Dramm In Honor of Robert & Melesse Traylor John Brown Carol & Henry F. Hunte Fund Dawn DuCharme & Charles Grebing Edward Boyden Dempsey & Berneice Copeland Las Patronas Elisabeth K. Ecke Wendy Browning Diane and Douglas & Susan Dawson J. Frederick & Susan Oliver Mark & Terre Edwards Anthony Bull Lynne Day Arthur & Jeannie Rivkin, Rivkin Family Foundation Marian & Walter Trevor, Jane Trevor Fetter & Mary Ann Calcott, D.D.S. Mimi Ewens Thompson Fetter Fund Irene Catarella Historians Helen P. Fox Joseph Fisch & Joyce Axelrod Devin Chin-Lee Dr. John & Susanna Lipe Aalbers The GE Foundation Matching gift Dr. Don & Mary Ellen Fleischli Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cobble Richard & Rita Atkinson – Curt & Nancy Koch The Samuel I. & John Henry Fox Foundation Delia Constant Judith Haxo John E. Barbey, Jr. Drs. Edward & Joy Frieman Berneice & Dempsey Copeland Janet Klauber Bennett & Associates Dr. Herman & Helen Froeb George & Cari Damoose Bert & Gladys Kohn Lewis & Constance Branscomb James & Joy Furby Julia de Beauclair Bernadotte Lester Tommy & Jean Carroll Creighton & Charlotte Gallaway Dick & Sheila Dean Rozanne Mack Roger* & Ann Craig Robert & Helen Goldstein In Honor of Robert & Melesse Traylor Daniel & Janet Marche Leslie Davis & David Garitty Barbara Hammitt Mr. & Mrs. Michael Delaney Betty-Jo Petersen Barbara Dawson* and Family – Diane, Douglas & Steven Haskins Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Diamond John Reis Susan, and Joanne Dawson Clarke & Wilhelmina Herring Dawn DuCharme Rich Restuccia & Devonna Hall Don & Lael Dewhurst Doris A. Howell, M.D. Russell & Eloise Duff Dori Robbins Joan Drinkwater Oliver* & Norma James Charles Dunning Barbara Seymour Gail Forbes Peter & Barbara Jefferson Henry & Estelle Ebert Lester & Elizabeth Stiel Chris & Christina Freundt Maurice Kawashima Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Edwards Robert & Melesse W. Traylor Bill Gibbs Henry & Donatella Wachtel Frank B. & Jade Geneve Kepner Connie Englert Francis* & Judith Haxo Ann L. Zahner Fredrick & Angelina Kleinbub Mimi Ewens Virgil & Jonnie Hoffman Bert & Gladys Kohn Elliot & Diane Feuerstein In Honor of Red Scott Of Barbara Dawson Roy & Diane Hollingsworth Kronemyer-Pieper-Rossbacher Families Elliot & Diane Feuerstein Robert & Melesse W. Traylor Dr. & Mrs. Oliver W. Jones Angeles Leira Julie Fiss Ann L. Zahner William* & Burl Mackenzie Bruce & Sherri Lightner Mr. & Mrs. James Fitzgerald David & Patsy Marino Of Harold Dessent Gerald & Ann Lipschitz Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gotfredson Scott & Betsy McClendon Ann L. Zahner Brian C. Malk & Nancy H. Heitel Mr. & Mrs. Juan E. Green Victor L. Sell Family Of Virene Dewhurst Simon & Diana Malk Dr. Jimmy & Carolyn Greenslate Robert & Melesse Traylor Ann L. Zahner Joe & Linda Marrone Christine Greer Dr. Wylie & Betty Vale Dr. Stuart & Anne Marshall Bryna Haber Of Dr. Anita Figueredo Thomas* & Nell Waltz Richard & Shirley Mau Sandra Harding Robert & Melesse W. Traylor Robert* & Marian Warwick Byron & Jennifer McCoy Walter Harrison Ann L. Zahner Ann L. Zahner Susan McKean-Walden Dr. & Mrs. Rodger Heglar Of Lee Fox Partners Jean McKee Mr. & Mrs. Edvard A. Hemmingsen Ann L. Zahner Anonymous William & Patricia Meanley Marjorie Huntington Of H. Bailey Gallison, Sr. The Ballidis Group Neil & Judith Morgan Jeannette Hutchinson Sharon Ballidis Eleanor D. Sullivan Barbey Dr. Walter Munk Betty Jacobs Bert & Gladys Kohn Virginia D. Barbey & Jan S. Gobel James & Elspeth Myer James Jahn Robert & Melesse W. Traylor Roy & Diane Bell James & Elspeth Myer William & Tricia Kellogg Ann L. Zahner F. H. “Trip” & Alice Bennett In Honor of Robert & Melesse Traylor Peter Kruidenier Of Francis Haxo Drs. James & Mary Bergland Nicolas & Caroline Nierenberg Lois Lasry Diane Dawson Judith V. Brucker Dr. Solon & Peggy Palmer, Jr. Marianne Liebhardt Robert & Melesse W. Traylor Peter B. Clark Ed & Carolyn Parrish Fred Livingstone Ann L. Zahner Dr. Cliff & Carolyn Colwell Nancy H. Payne Rosamond Larmour Loomis Of Oliver James

Robert & Mary Eikel John & Ernestine Peak Janet Lowe Danah Fayman Betty-Jo Petersen Holly McCormick Ann L. Zahner Richard & Judi Freeman Nancy Ames Petersen Mr. & Mrs. David McNair Of Neil Kjos H. Bailey* & Sharilyn Gallison, Sr. Gina Phillips Frank & Rae Merhar Robert & Melesse W. Traylor Thomas & Alanna* Grunow Harry* & Betty Phillips Mary Mitchell Of William Mackenzie Ingrid B. Hibben Ann Poovey Kendall & Kathryn Mower Robert & Melesse W. Traylor Betsy Hillyer Mr. & Mrs. Trumbull Richard Hiomi & Marie Nakamura Ann L. Zahner The Howell-Pence Family Harry Rudolph, III & Danielle Shapero Andy Nelson / Willis Allen Real Estate Of Harle Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Mark Nussbaum Barbara Saltman Dr. & Mrs. Peter Nordland Ralph K. & Charlotte Dammann Dave & Marlene Reynolds Charles “Red” & Kathy Scott Janice Obre Dawson Family – Diane, Douglas & Susan, Lea & Betsy Rudee Dr. Seuss Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard Petersen and Joanne Dawson Dr. Seuss Foundation Barbara Seymour Mary Price Judith Haxo Carolyn Yorston-Wellcome John S.* & Mary Ann Shelton Fred Raab Hiomi & Marie Nakamura Jeffrey D. Shorn Joyce Rafkin Ralph & Becky O’Connor Friends George Silvani Clifford P. Robertson Dr. Reid Adams & Micki Olin Robert & Melesse Traylor David Raphael Singer Lois Roon Ann L. Zahner Chris & Kelley Albence Dr. Jack & Bonnie Sipe Steven S. Rossi & Mary Lynn Hyde Craig & Chris Andrews Barbara Slavin Blair & Georgia Sadler Of Ellen Clark Revelle Robert & Melesse W. Traylor Judith Backhaus Soroptimist International of La Jolla Phyllis Scripps Ann L. Zahner Sharon Ballidis Herschel & Camile Wilder Stern Mr. & Mrs. William Stein Mary Ruth Barton Sidney & Judith Stutz Alfred & Susan Vandendriesse Of Helen Reynolds A.R. Bell Family Robert & Ruth Swisher Adele M. Webster Ann L. Zahner Bob & Lynn Bell Joseph & Elizabeth Taft Dr. John & Penelope West Of Harry Rudolph, II Robert & Virginia Black Michael W. & Marlene Teitelman Victor Wild Sharon Ballidis John & Melissa Bolthouse John W. Thiele Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Wilkins Ann L. Zahner Althea Brimm Mr. & Mrs. Gary Ulinskas Brian & Peggy Williams Stephen & Scottie Brown Of Bill S. Seward David Weston Stephen & Stephanie Williams Hiomi & Marie Nakamura Fay P. Bullitt John & Janet Wingfield Britt Zeller Colonial Dames of America, San Diego County Tim & Cindy Wollaeger Of John S. Shelton Dr. Ruth Covell Rev. Robert M. Wolterstorff* Francis* & Judith Haxo Courtney Ann Coyle & Steve McDonald Donald & Jeannette Yeckel Hiomi & Marie Nakamura Harry & Joanne Crosby Of Andrew Wright Dick & Patricia Dahlberg * deceased Hiomi & Marie Nakamura 13 An Overview of the Society’s William Black House Gains Financial Oversight Additional NRHP Qualification by Donald Yeckel e have all read articles about local and national ulminating years of effort by dedicated La Jolla Historical Wnon-profit organizations that were blindsided CSociety volunteers, the historic William Black House, used by financial problems. As the Society’s Treasurer, for decades by University of California San Diego chancellors, one of my priorities is to partner closely with the formally gained additional qualification to its listing on the Executive Director to ensure that the Society never National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in July 2010. Under follows in the footsteps of those examples. As our Criterion A of National Park Service guidelines, the structure (NPS valued supporters, it’s important for you to know #08000343) was noted for representing “Events that have made a how the Society’s financial oversight is ensured. Here significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.” The is a summary of the Society’s oversight process: site had been initially listed on NRHP under Criteria C and D Monthly in early 2008 by the • The Office Manager prepares monthly and year-to-date profit & loss statements National Park Service and balance sheet (“the documents”) as of the end of the previous month. • The Executive Director reviews and approves the documents. but additional information • The Executive Director e-mails the documents to the Treasurer, with was requested for qualifica - copies to the Finance Committee. tion under Criterion A and the Society submitted an In months when the Finance Committee meets • Regular meetings of the Finance Committee are held the month after the amended nomination in end of each fiscal quarter (i.e., October, January, April, and July). September 2009. • The Committee reviews quarterly and year-to-date financials, discusses The property had other aspects of the Society’s finances (i.e., investments), and votes to been designated by the accept the financials as presented or corrected. Minutes are recorded and Cali fornia Heritage Com - communicated by e-mail to the Board. mission under Criterion C • The Office Manager includes the P&L and balance sheet in the monthly (Architecture) and D Board packet sent to all Board members. If the Committee has not (Archaeology) as well as formally accepted the financial reports because there was not enough time Criterion A in November or data is disputed and not resolved in time, the Board is informed and 2007. Soon thereafter, it was no report is sent prior to the monthly Board meeting. listed on the California Reg - • The Treasurer and/or Executive Director briefs the Board of Directors on ister of Historic Re sources the Society’s financial status at the regular Board meeting the month on all three criteria. following the end of the fiscal quarter. After discussion, the Treasurer re - Designed by renowned The magnificent courtyard of the William quests that the Board approve the quarterly financials as presented or as architect William Lumpkins, Black House amended by Board vote. who had been integral in the adobe revival movement in Santa Fe, In months when the Finance Committee does not meet New Mexico, in the 1930s. the house was built for William and • The Treasurer meets with the Executive Director to discuss the documents Ruth Black, developers of La Jolla Farms. The Blacks lived in the and the Society’s financial outlook. house from 1952 until 1967 when they sold it to the UC Regents. • After the meeting with the Executive Director, the Treasurer affirms by UCSD chancellors then occupied the house until it was closed in e-mail to the Finance Committee, with copy to the Executive Director and 2004. The house rests on the site of an ancient Native American Office Manager, that he/she has reviewed the P&L and balance sheet, with village and is sacred ground to Kumeyaay people. comments as appropriate. The Office Manager saves the Treasurer’s The Society worked closely on the nomination with San Diego’s message as a record of the review for the auditor’s reference. Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO), the City of San Diego, • The Office Manager includes the P&L and balance sheet in the monthly and the Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee to save the Board packet. If the Treasurer has not formally accepted the financial house and leave the surrounding property undisturbed. A community reports because there was not enough time or the data is disputed and not resolved in time, the Board is informed thusly and no financial report is workgroup which includes Society representatives has been sent to the Board. In any event, individual Board members are welcome working with UCSD officials on plans to rehabilitate the historic to ask questions or make comments directly to the Treasurer and/or structure to allow its use again in the near future. Executive Director at any time. Annually The Society’s finances are audited annually by an independent auditor (since 2008, Sonnenberg & Co.). We are pleased to report that the Society received Follow the Society on a “clean” audit report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, with only minor recommendations. The audit is available to anyone to review upon request by appointment. On behalf of the dedicated volunteer members of the Finance Committee, I thank you for your support of the Society. We take seriously the trust you place in us to ensure your contributions are safeguarded and managed wisely.

Donald Yeckel is the Society’s Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors

14 Our friends at the Bird Rock Community Council announce SPECIAL MAGAZINE PARTNERSHIP FOR OCIETY EMBERS ANNUAL BIRD ROCK HOME TOUR S M ∑ Saturday, January 29, 2011 For every two-year ($28) 11:00 am – 3:00 pm subscription to San Diego Tickets: $20 BRCC members / $25 non-members Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine purchased by Tickets go on sale January 17 members of the La Jolla at Bird Rock Coffee Roasters (5627 La Jolla Blvd.) Historical Society, $10 or the day of the event goes to the Society!

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Monitor Status of Historic Structures in La Jolla Saved Threatened In Transition

Late-1920s English Tudor (716 La Canada) 1954 California Ranch (2414 Calle de Oro) 1926 La Valencia (1132 Prospect Street) The City of San Diego Historical Resources Board Built by Hubert Coles above La Jolla Shores, The Historical Resources Board has approved recently designated this Upper Hermosa residence this family residence has notices posted for a new color palette for the façade of La Jolla’s as the Norman Kennedy Home for the mural artist pending demolition to make room for a new landmark “Pink Lady” hotel. Vertical wall who resided there. Kennedy moved to La Jolla from house. It was one of the first built on the hillside surfaces are to be painted “coral bisque,” Los Angeles in the late 1920s after a brief career as above the Shores and was the home of the Coles architectural details such as column caps to be a silent screen actor. He was commissioned to paint Fine Flooring family for many years. Mr. Coles, finished in “trail dust” and “mocha.” White is murals for the US Building & Loan Association in who started the family business in La Jolla in to be retained for windows, doors and beams. downtown San Diego depicting Cabrillo’s landing. 1947, raised eight children here.

In Transition In Transition In Transition

1920s Mediterranean Classic (7755 Sierra 1920s Old Commercial Village (7837 Herschel Upper Girard Mid-Century (7421 Girard Mar Drive)Major remodel of this ocean view Avenue) Deserted for years, this handsome brick Avenue) Once home to Helen Alvarez Smith’s property on an expansive 37,790 sq. ft. lot has building with large arched windows once decorating/interior design business, this two- been proposed by developer Phil Stewart. served as an Oldsmobile dealership operated by story commercial building with curved front Under the proposal the existing 5,300 sq. ft. Robert Kohler. Helen Alvarez Smith purchased façade has been vacant for decades. Alvarez single family residence would be increased to a the building about fifty years ago and her son Smith was married to San Diego financier C. living space of 15,496 sq. ft. incorporating ran a wine business in it for a short time. Arnholt Smith and was instrumental in the additions, including to existing garage and pool Recently, it has been on and off the market but a design of the Westgate Hotel in downtown San house. closure is expected soon as dissolution of the Diego. estate is underway. 15 Contributions to the La Jolla Historical Society September 1 to November 30, 2010 (For donors to the Capital Campaign, see page 13)

Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999 Kathryn Gambill Gene Hoggatt, Jr. Pizza on Pearl Adelaide’s Florists & Decorators Melvin & Mary Lou Goldstein Merilyn Howard Proflowers Dewhurst & Associates Dr. Roger & Lucienne Guillemin Norma James Joyce Rafkin Martin & Carol Dickinson Frederick Hazard & Jennifer Malley Charles Kennel & Ellen Lehman Marlene Reynolds John & Yvonne Hildebrand Tanja Knott Scribbles, Inc. Gifts of $500 - $999 Palmer Hughes James & Lorraine Lambert Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla Leonard & Susan Comden Jeffrey Isaacs Morris Sullivan & Lemkul Jeffery Shorn Melvin Cohn & Suzanne Bourgeois Cohn, Ph.D. Ralph & Gretchen Jaenicke Mr. & Mrs. William Nyhan Sushi on the Rock Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Daniels James & Lynn Jahn Anthony J. Pauker Don & Jeannette Yeckel Judith Haxo Susan Joehnk William Patton Susan Lawson Barbara Kamesar Peter & Arlene Robinson Donations to Collections Eli & Diana Lombrozo In honor of Devonna Hall Bert & Gladys Kohn Edith Schroeder Alcorn & Benton Architects Shelby Notkin William & Patricia Meanley Sempra Employee Giving Network Helen Baker Claire Reiss Dr. Walter Munk Matt & Karen Sumek Mary & Max van Balgooy Robert & Melesse Traylor Kathryn Murphy Joyce Tullis Leon & Lou Campbell Dave & Marlene Reynolds & Jean Trimble Greg & Marilyn Noonan James Wright Clift Laperruque Tyche Global Strategy, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Richard Petersen Dr. F.A. & Janice Zamudio Paul Marshall Dr. Wylie & Betty Vale Mr. & Mrs. Lea Rudee Kendall Mower James Shultz In-kind Gifts Marc Tarasuck Gifts of $250 - $499 Georgiana Doerr Simmons Adelaide’s Florists & Decorators Robert Whitmore Kathleen Amy Briggs Place Tegland Val Arbab Anne Coleman Nell Waltz Athenaeum Music & Arts Library New Members John & Anne Gilchrist Neal & Christine Wichard Lewis & Constance Branscomb Steve Alkazin Grunow Construction Stephen & Stephanie Williams Brick & Bell Cafe Denise Ankerson Maureen Keiffer Timothy & Cynthia Wollaeger Chedi Thai Bistro Rebecca S. Bradbury Jeffrey & Jane Marks Chism Brothers Stacy Cabrera Janice ObTre haGiftsn of $25-$99 k YDr. Ruth Covell ou Carolyn De Moss Gina Phillips Jeanette Almgren Ann Craig Judy Nelson Ebright Ronald & Mary Taylor Nicholas & Paddi Arthur Creative Occasions Glen Englund US Bank Harold & Marjorie Berns David Raphael Singer Architects Lawrence & Carol Gartner Donald & Jeannette Yeckel John & Melissa Bolthouse Davis Marketing Bill Helming Karin Winner Mary Ann Calcott, D.D.S. Don & Lael Dewhurst Ann Jones Rolfe Wyer Dr. Ruth Covell D.W. Print Works Lynn Linke Harry & Joanne Crosby Chris & Christina Freundt Allwyn O’Mara Gifts of $100 - $249 Dick & Patricia Dahlberg Froglander’s Frozen Yogurt Marian & Robin Purdie Air California Adventures Donald Davis Girard Gourmet Brenda Halleman Richardson Ralph Allen Devon Ericson Wil Herring Aimeclaire Roche Bennett & Associates Nomi Feldman In honor of Joyce Rafkin La Jolla Photo & Imaging Angela Schuetz Bird Rock Coffee Roasters JJ Fetter & Jennifer Isler La Jolla Village Lodge Margaret Treiger & Vicky Otsuka Chism Brothers Painting Sharilyn Gallison Councilmember Sherri Lightner Ronald Nau Lewis & Constance Branscomb David Goldberg Marine Room Chris & Rosemary Van Gorder Phil & Linda Currie Bryna Haber Kendall Mower Willard P. Vander Laan Walter Eckhart Dr. Richard & Barbara Hancock Nelson Photo Dr. Mary Walshok Harold & Martha Weisz

Iconic La Jolla Flower Shop Extends Generosity † Donate Stock ¢ Adelaide’s Florists & Decorators opened their doors for a special day Donating stock is a wonderful way to on November 7, generously donating a percentage of all sales for the support the La Jolla Historical Society day to the La Jolla Historical Society. During the day’s events, Adelaide’s while providing tax benefits for you. If you staff encouraged patrons to donate to the Society and volunteers, staffed donate stock, you pay no capital gains tax a booth to share information about the Society with the public. upon the transfer and receive a charitable Adelaide’s and its former owner, Gina Phillips (left), have been long - deduction for the full market value of the stock on the date of the gift. Consult your time supporters of the Society. For Gina, the event was particularly tax advisor or contact the Society today for poignant as she recently announced she was selling the flower shop more information. which has been in her family since its founding in 1936 and a La Jolla institution since 1949.

16 L a Jolla Historical Society Calendar of Events

SPRING 2011

Student Photo Contest Portfolio Displays from “Contemporary VIP Reception for “Contemporary Architects Historic Designation Workshop November 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011 Architects Making History” Lecture Series Making History” Lecture Series January 15, Wisteria Cottage Monthly throughout 2011 January 9 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Exhibition: Images of the Student Photo Contest Wisteria Cottage Institute of Geophysics and Earth Sciences, Scripps January 6 – May 31 12:00 – 4:00 pm, Thursdays thru Sundays Institution of Oceanography Student Photography Workshop Wisteria Cottage January 29, 2011 12:00 – 4:00 pm, Thursdays thru Sundays Wisteria Cottage, 10:30am – Noon

SPRING 2011

2011 Lecture Series 2011 Lecture Series Entry Deadline for Student Photo Contest La Jolla Motor Car Classic Road Rally February 24: Keith York March 24: Taal Safdie and Ricardo Rabines March 31, 2011 April 2, 2011 Wisteria Cottage Wisteria Cottage Throughout San Diego County 7:00 – 9:00 pm 7:00 – 9:00 pm Seventh Annual La Jolla Motor Car Classic April 3, 2011 Scripps Park

SPRING 2011 SUMMER 2011

Volunteer Appreciation Picnic Annual Members Meeting Thirteenth Annual Secret Garden Tour Exhibition: Art of Secret Garden Tour 2011 April 16, 2011 April 25, 2011 May 14, 2011 June 2-30, 2011 Wisteria Cottage St. James Hall 12:0 0- 4:00 pm, Thursdays thru Sundays

Exhibition: Winning Images of the Student 2011 Lecture Series 2011 Lecture Series Photo Contest 2011 Lecture Series May 26, 2011: Ione Stiegler June 2, 2011: Robert Mosher Wisteria Cottage April 25 – May 31, 2011 Wisteria Cottage April 28, 2011: Matthew Welsh Wisteria Cottage 7:00 – 9:00 pm 7:00 – 9:00 pm 12:00 – 4:00 pm, Thursdays thru Sundays Wisteria Cottage 7:00 – 9:00 pm (See page 3)

SUMMER 2011 FALL /WINTER 2011

Exhibition: La Jolla Then & Now 2011 Lecture Series Exhibition: Leopold Hugo: La Jolla as Muse Ellen Browning Scripps Luncheon June 9 - August 21, 2011 Wisteria Cottage July 21, 2011: Spencer Lake September 2 - November 20, 2011 Wisteria Cottage October 2011 12:00 – 4:00 pm, Thursdays thru Sundays Wisteria Cottage, 7:00 – 9:00 pm 2011 Lecture Series 2011 Lecture Series Corporate Member Appreciation Night October 27, 2011: Laura DuCharme, Wisteria Cottage September 22, 2011: Rob Quiggley, Wisteria Cottage June 10, 2011 December 15: Jim Alcorn, Wisteria Cottage 2011 Lecture Series 7:00 – 9:00 pm August 25, 2011: David Marshall Exhibition: Homefront La Jolla:An American Ice Cream Social Fourth Annual Feasting on History June 2011 Wisteria Cottage, 7:00 – 9:00 pm Community during the Second World War September 2011 December 7, 2011 - April 15, 2012, Wisteria Cottage 1 7 For more information on the Society’s events, visit www.lajollahistory.org/events/calendar-events MEMBERSHIP

The Seuss Tower STUDENT/TEACHER/MILITARY - $25 by Carol Olten (three years: $50 ) With valid ID n the early 1920s, real • Personalized membership card Iestate developers began to • Annual subscription to newsletter, Timekeeper • 10% off purchases of LJHS merchandise and photograph reproductions discover the tip-top world of • Invitations to and discounted rates for LJHS events Encelia Drive and its out - Tax-deductible amount: $25 ($50 for three-year) standing opportunities to build homes with endless SOCIETY FRIEND/FAMILY - $50 vistas in multiple directions. (three years: $140) In 1923-24, a Spanish-style Includes two adults and their children under age 18 observation tower was built • Personalized membership card • Annual subscription to newsletter, Timekeeper at 7301 Encelia to encourage • 10% off purchases of LJHS merchandise potential buyers to view first- and photograph reproductions hand the magnificent vistas • Invitations to and discounted rates for LJHS events afforded from an even higher Tax-deductible amount: $50 ($140 for three-year) level of a second story. s e

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a although three houses had m I been built in the environs Geisel at his desk in the tower, 1969 after the initial 1920s devel - BENEFACTOR – $250 opment push. For many years, the grounds around the tower were (three years: $700) a favorite parking place and trysting spot for young lovers who Includes up to two adults and their children under age 18 • All Heritage level membership benefits, plus carved their initials on its walls. • One (1) complimentary Historic La Jolla Walking Tour guidebook In 1948, Theodor Geisel – AKA “Dr. Seuss” – and his wife, Tax-deductible amount: $250 ($700 for three-year) Helen, came to La Jolla and changed all that. As recounted in Judith and Neil Morgan ’s Geisel biography, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel , they told architect Thomas Shepherd they wanted to build a house in La Jolla “somewhere high up, overlooking everything.” They JEWEL – $500 (three years: $1,400) looked at the observation tower and immediately purchased it and Includes up to two adults and their children under age 18 its two surrounding acres. On Sept. 17, 1948, they picnicked at the site as construction began on their house with the tower as a focal • All Benefactor level membership benefits, plus • Your choice of one 8" x 10" reproduction historic photograph from LJHS archives point. Henceforth, the tower became an even more important La • One (1) complimentary Society Friend/Family gift membership for a friend Jolla landmark as the famous children’s author began writing Tax-deductible amount: $477 ($1,377 for three-year) stories. It was here that Geisel’s worked his creative magic, working for eight hours every day. From its lofty 800-ft. height, it not only overlooked La Jolla’s village but its north shore views stretched sixty miles up the coast, south to Mexico, west to the endless sea, and LEGACY – $1,000 (three years: $2,750) east to the citrus and avocado groves and ranches of the foothills, Includes up to two adults and their children under age 18 enhanced further during winter by the snowy heights of the San • All Jewel level membership benefits, plus Jacinto Mountains above Palm Springs. • One (1) complimentary ticket to annual Secret Garden Tour (self-guided) – $40 value The tower remains today, though its presence is less apparent • Two (2) complimentary tickets to a La Jolla Motor Car Classic – $50 value after a major remodel of the home after Ted Geisel’s death in 1991. • VIP invitations to special events and exhibition openings

Carol Olten is the Society’s Historian Tax-deductible amount: $887 ($2,637 for three-year)

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE – $5,000 Give the Gift of History! (three years : $14,000) Includes up to two adults and their children under age 18 Share your support of the • All Legacy level membership benefits, plus Society and love of La • One (1) complimentary Platinum Tour ticket to annual Secret Garden Tour – $150 value • Four (4) complimentary Society Friend/Family gift memberships for friends Jolla history with others. • VIP tour of Wisteria Cottage and lunch for four with the Executive Director Gift memberships are Tax-deductible amount: $4,727 ($13,727 for three-year) perfect for friends, family, The Society is a tax-exempt, public benefit, non-profit corporation and qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code of 1986, students, and business as amended. Your membership and donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. colleagues. 18 Contact the Society about Corporate Membership 19 20 21 22 23 PO Box 2085 Return Service Requested Non-Profit Org La Jolla, CA 92038 U.S. Postage Paid 858•459•5335 Permit No. 1294 858•459•0226 (fax ) San Diego, CA www.lajollahistory.org [email protected]

Additional funding generously provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture , Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation , Las Patronas, and San Diego County .