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VOLUME 56 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2016 NO. 2 We Celebrate Statehood Day SoCal Weekend No longer do banks and schools close and no longer do cities and towns throughout Is August 19-21 California celebrate the anniversary of the The Annual Southern California Weekend Golden State’s admission to the Union on will be held in Pomona August 19-21. Head- September 9, 1850. quarters will be the Kellogg West Hotel/Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 West Temple Avenue. Fortunately, the Native Sons and Daugh- Reservations are available at (909) 869-2222, ters of the Golden West keep the flame alive www.kelloggwestorg. Rooms are $94 per with a glorious celebration in Sacramento night plus taxes. on September 2-5. The event begins Friday, August 19 Headquarters is the Embassy Suites Sac- with a hospitality room at the hotel, fol- ramento Riverfront and Promenade, 100 lowed at 5:30 by wine and antipasti and Capital Mall, Sacramento. Rooms are $185 at 6 by an Italian dinner alfresco at the per night, with parking $15 per 24-hour pe- historic Phillips Mansion. Tours of this riod. Reservations are required by August 11. unique house will be available. At 7, Anne To reserve, go to www.sacramento.embassy Collier, Curator of the Cultural and Natu- ral History Collection at La Verne Univer- suites.com, using reservation code NSG. Or sity, will present a program about the Lost call (916) 326-5000 and ask for the Native City of Spadra. Following the program, Sons of the Golden West discount rate. a trolley will be available to take partici- Friday, September 2, features a hosted pants for a lantern tour of the Spadra Pio- bar from 5:30 to 7:30 and an after-hours neer Cemetery. hosted cocktail party in the evening. Saturday, August 20, begins with in- Saturday, September 3, starts with the cluded breakfast at the hotel. At 10:30, Board of Grand Trustees meeting at 8:30 and there’ll be a dedication of La Casa Primera. Built in 1837, it is the oldest home in the Po- the Board of Grand Officers meeting from 10 events @nsgw.org. On Saturday and Sun- mona Valley. Attendees can walk through to noon. There’ll be hosted cocktails at 5:30, day, and perhaps Monday, there’ll be an the adobe and at 11:30 a box lunch will be with the banquet from 6:30 to 9. Featured NSGW information booth from 10 a.m. to served on the historic grounds. Tours of the speaker will be Laura Ackley, award-win- 5 p.m. to hand out promotional materials Kellogg House, the Arabian Horse Center and the Cal Poly Farm Store will be of- ning author of San Francisco’s Jewel City: for the Native Sons. The Panama-Pacific International Exposi- fered throughout the afternoon. At 4:30, tion of 1915. Western wear or business casual INSIDE there will be an open initiation ceremony, attire is suggested. Hospitality rooms will be •Plaque-E-Mon Go—Find That followed at 5 by cocktails, dinner and a Plaque!—a contest for all parlors - fascinating program on the history of the open on the second floor at 9 p.m. Pomona Valley. On both nights, there’ll be a limited sup- Page 2 •General Vallejo on a park bench - Page 2 Sunday August 21 marks the annual St. ply of free tickets to the Laughs Unlimited John’s Hospital Appreciation Brunch in •Sloat Monument Ceremony - Page 3 Comedy show. Santa Monica after the 10 a.m. Mass. This Banquet tickets are $50, with choice of •Lapsation Program - Page 4 free event is always a pleasure to attend as •HPF Report - Page 5 Herb-Crusted Chicken or Tri-Tip Steak. a generous check is awarded to the hospi- •Past Presidents Association to Meet - All dinners include salad, vegetables, tal and guests are updated with the latest Page 5 rolls, dessert, coffee or tea. To reserve, progress in Cleft Palate research. Reser- •Retro Ramblings: The Port of Los An- vations are required; call Teresa Diaz at send check, payable to “Judy Harty,” geles - Page 6 (626) 483-1764. specifying choice of entree and listing •California’s State Theater - Page 10 Ticket prices are as follows: Al fresco any dietary restrictions to Judy at 13675 For expanded coverage of our Order dinner, $15; box lunch, $10 (choice of veg- Mt. Echo Drive, Ione 95460. Reservation and full-color photos, check out the Web etarian, roast beef/Swiss, turkey/Havarti deadline is August 26. For banquet infor- edition of The Native Son at nsgw.org! or Italian); banquet, $50 (choice of citrus mation, contact Judy at (209) 274-4106 or See SOCAL, page 2 PAGE 2 THE NATIVE SON - AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2016 Honoring Gen. Vallejo Plaque-E-Mon Go The Native Sons of the Golden West are helping to honor a proud Find That Plaque! member of our Order, General Mariano Vallejo, commander of Through the years the Native Sons of the Golden West have Sonoma under Mexican rule. placed at least 1,300 monuments and plaques on historical sites, Led by Sonoma Parlor #111 and the City of Sonoma, the HPF graves, civic buildings, trees and other locations. While former has joined with other donors to fund a statue of General Vallejo Grand Historians and others have attempted to compile a list of seated on a park bench. Visitors will be able to sit and visit with these markers placed by Grand Parlor, it is not complete. The list the general on the bench. The tribute to Sonoma’s founder took another step forward on July of markers placed by local parlors, without Grand Parlor assis- 11, 2016 when Robert Demler, chairman of the Vallejo Monument tance, is even less complete. As we go about our daily lives we Committee and president of the Sonoma League for Historic Preser- often see these markers along the road, set into sidewalks, in parks vation, accepted a $10,000 donation from Sonoma Parlor and $5,000 and on buildings we pass by. There are rumors of plaques in the from the HPF. Sculptor Jim Callahan is working on the statue. desert, on mountains and in the forests that some of you may have seen in your travels or while on vacation. We need your help in finding as many of these “lost” markers as possible. Grand 1st Vice President Christeson and Grand 3rd Vice President King are offering a $20 gift certificate every month between September 2016 and April 2017 to the person or parlor that submits the most markers not already on our list. Here is what we need: 1. A close-up picture of the plaque so that all of the text is legible. 2. A picture of the plaque/monument in the context of its setting. Generally speaking, this would be a from-across-the-street sort of picture that shows the plaque and its surroundings. 3. The location of the marker, e.g. GPS coordinates, cross streets, street addresses. We would also appreciate: •Pictures of the subject that the plaque is memorializing, such as inside or around a building and of things relating to the marker such as NSGW dedication ceremonies. •Copies of newspaper articles, parlor records and such that tell about the dedication or the backstory of the subject of the marker. We would encourage local parlors that are looking for new and historically-significant events to promote membership and partici- pation by current members to sponsor a Plaque Hunt to try and gather all of the plaques in your area. You could even advertise in your local paper and, with the promise of a free BBQ or lunch, it could draw in significant numbers of new members that are inter- ested in the primary mission of the Native Sons, the preservation of California history! Brothers, here is a chance to help rediscover our history and your history, all while helping grow the Order. Email your entries to [email protected]. Reno Trip Set for October CENTER: Grand Trustee Ron Brocco of Sonoma #111 presents Members of Mt. Tam #64 are helping Native Daughters of check for $10,000 from Sonoma Parlor to Robert Dember, chair- Marinita #198 in San Rafael with their 32nd fund-raising trip to man of the Vallejo Monument Committee. Demler holds $5,000 Reno on Sunday, October 16, returning on Monday, October 17. check from the NSGW Historic Preservation Foundation. Everyone is invited. For more information, contact Bob or Doro- SOCAL Continued from page 1 thy Rogers at (415) 897-8386. chicken, flatiron steak, gluten-free or vegetarian). Make checks Deadline for editorial and advertising material for the payable to “Ramona Parlor #109” and send to Ramona Reserva- October-November issue of tions, c/o Claro’s Market, 1003 East Valley Blvd., San Gabriel, CA 91776. The Native Son Information is available from Teresa at (626) 483-1764, is September 1,5 2016. [email protected]. THE NATIVE SON - AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2016 PAGE 3 SLOAT MONUMENT CEREMONY Native Sons and Daughters took part in a very successful com- sanctioned by God, and thus Manifest Destiny was widely accept- memoration of Commodore Sloat’s 1846 landing in Monterey. One ed as a sacred endeavor for the United States. of the costumed participants was Captain Anthony J. Parisi, Chief Today I think some people currently living in California have of Staff of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. Here’s his been conditioned to believe that the U.S. Navy’s conquest of Mon- account of the original event. -Ed. terey and Alta California was nothing but naked colonialism; a land grab; or something worse.