Good Old Days 2017

This program is brought to you by Pacific Grove’s only weekly NEWSpaper Marge Ann Jameson, Publisher • Dixie Lane, Peter Mounteer, Editorial The Cedar Street Irregulars, Distribution Save this Pullout Section! Page 2 Good Old Days 2017 Welcome to Good Old Days! On behalf of the City of Pacific Grove thanks to the volunteer groups, the SPECIAL NEEDS and the Pacific Grove Chamber of Com- Good Old Days Planning Committee, Welcome to Good Old Days. All stages, merce, we wish to thank Alan Cohen for and Chairman Alan Cohen. Finally, we sites, building and areas are accessible. chairing the Good Old Days celebration wish to acknowledge the hard work and Disabled parking is available in the for over 14 years. We greatly appreciate dedication of all city staff and depart- City’s parking lot between Bank of your time and energy. ment heads, especially the City’s public American & Fandango Restaurant. If Now in our 60th year, Good Old Days works crew. you have any special needs, please con- continues to be the largest music and There is some pride that comes with liv- tact Rita Pescatore at (831) 373-3304 or arts festival in the tri-county area, of- ing on the Peninsula. How ever you are email [email protected]. All requests fering five entertainment venues and involved, this area sustains a community must be in writing and 24 hours prior more than 230 food and craft vendors. spirit like no other. Good Old Days is to the event. Thank you. And admission is always free. The event proud to be part of this spirit. schedule contains traditional favorites as well as many new entertainers and Health Code Regulation: No activities. We appreciate the groups and individu- Dogs in the Food Area als responsible for bringing you such We recognize that pets are part of the a great event. First, we wish to thank family and as such, pets are welcome Free Fingerprinting for Children Pacific Grove City Council and Mayor at the Good Old Days. Please help us The Pacific Grove Masonic Lodge #331 will again fingerprint children free of charge Bill Kampe for approving the Good Old comply with the law by keeping pets in an effort to promote child safety and defense against abduction and predation. Days. The event would not take place if away from the food sections during the This service will be offered in front of the Pacific Grove Post Office from 10:00 a.m. it were not for the services provided by Good Old Days. Thank you for respect- to 4:00 p.m. on Sat. April 9 and again on Sun., April 10, the days of the Good Old the City. More than 30 nonprofit groups ing the law. Days Celebration in Pacific Grove. Fingerprinting of young children has proven to and community service organizations be an effective tool in the process of locating and returning missing children. All are will be at the event. Please patronize welcome. For more information, please call (831) 649-1834. these great organizations. A special Grand Marshal Rotary Good Old Days Parade 2017 Vern Yadon hasVERN been a Distin YADON- guished Resident of Pacific Grove and has made numerous positive contribu- tions. Vern was born in Exeter, Cali- fornia. He attended Oregon State Uni- versity obtaining both a BS and MS, majoring in Fish and Game Manage- ment. He served in the US Army as a food inspector and was honorably dis- charged. ThisThis is is the the fifth third annualannual PGPG RotaryRotary Good OldOld DaysDays Beer andand WineWine He first worked at the California Garden.Garden. LocatedLocated at at the the Rabobank Rabobank courtyard courtyard on theon cornerthe corner of of Department of Fish and Game. Then LighthouseLighthouse andand Grand,Grand, aa varietyvariety of premumpremium craftcraft beers,beers hardhard cider he came to Pacific Grove to become ciderand wineand wineare availableare available for purchase. for purchase. Proceeds Proceeds support support the manythe the Director of the Pacific Grove Mu- seum of Natural History a post he held many wonderful service projects of Rotary. The Garden is open wonderful service projects of Rotary. The Garden is open throughout for 35 years of dedicated service. Retir- throughoutGood Old Days Good weekend; Old Days Saturday weekend; from Saturdays 9am to 6pmfrom and9am Sunday to 6pm ing in 1992 he was later named by the andfrom Sunday 9am to from 5pm. 9am to 5pm. For your enjoyment, we present, City Council as Director and Curator live at the Beer & Wine Garden... Emeritus of the Pacific Grove Museum SATURDAY of Natural History. He has had numerous member- Stephen Covell SATURDAY ships in professional organizations to 11am–2pm include the American Association for Acoustic-IndieStephen Covell Soloist the Advancement of Science; American Association for State and Local History; 10-12:15 During this period he was selected as This is the third annual PG Rotary Good Old Days Beer and Wine the Western Society of Naturalists; the Mayor Pro Tem by then Mayor Jeanne Garden.TheSinger WharfLocated songwriter Rats at the Rabobank courtyard on the corner of California Botanical Society; and was Byrne. Lighthouse3pm–6pm and Grand, a variety of premium craft beers hard cider selected the Regional Representative, He has published numerous scien- and wineBest are Mustache available Competitionfor purchase. Proceeds support the many Vice President, and then President of tific papers on a variety of subjects. Vern Classic Rock 5-piece the Museum Council of the American wonderful12:00-1:15 service projects of Rotary. The Garden is open throughout even has a plant named after him! He is Association of Museums. an accomplished artist focusing on por- $100 cash prize Good Old Days weekend; Saturday from 9am to 6pm and Sunday Vern was elected to the Pacific traits of birds. His works are shown at from 9am to 5pm. Grove City Council from 1992-1996. the Carmel Art Association. TheSUNDAY Wharf Rats Victory2pmSATURDAY - 5pmLane Stephen1pm–4pmClassic CovellRock 5-piece Thank You Good Old Days Parade Chairman 11am–2pmClassic Rock Power Trio Acoustic-Indie Soloist Ken Cuneo The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce extends a very special thank you to Ken Cuneo, PG City Council Member, for chairing the Pacific Grove Rotary Parade dur- The Wharf Rats ing the Good Old Days. All of your hard work is greatly appreciated. 3pm–6pmSUNDAY - Moe Ammar, President, Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce Classic Rock 5-piece Victory Lane 10:30-1:30 ClassicSUNDAY Rock Power Trio This program is brought to you by Victory Lane Pacific Grove’s only weekly NEWSpaper 1pm–4pm Stun Gun Jones Classic2:00-5:00pm Rock Power Trio Classic Rock Covers Marge Ann Jameson, Publisher • Peter Mounteer, Editorial & Photos Jan Austin, Editorial • Patricia Hamilton, Faithful Columnist Amado Gonzales and The Cedar Street Irregulars, Distribution 2017 Good Old Days Page 3 P.G. Good Old Days: Then and Now By Moe Ammar Even as late as the 1970s, Good Old Days remained a minor event until Special to Cedar Street Times Whitman, trying to raise money for a struggling Chamber of Commerce, th opened up the event, launching its expansion into the present day. The 60 Annual Good Old Days celebration in Pacific Grove on April 8-9, sponsored by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, begs the ques- The event, which went from one day to two days, first moved into the tion: When were the real “good old days”? parking lots behind the Bank of America and then pushed onto Lighthouse Avenue, growing in both directions. Over the years, the parade and numbers “It was when if you ran into 50 people, you knew 45 of them,” was the of vendors and activities grew and grew. answer once given by the late Hiroshi Uchida, whose family began operating Pacific Grove Cleaners in 1925. From a crowd of a few hundred for the first celebration, Good Old Days now draws up to 30,000 people a year and has become Pacific Grove’s largest When asked the same question some years ago, retired Pacific Grove City community event, surpassing the Feast of Lanterns. Manager Gary Bales, answered: “It was “the quiet time” when Eisenhower was in the White House in the 1950s after the Korean War.” The parade remained small until the mid-1980s when MacDonald realized that Pacific Grove could do better and he expanded the parade from chiefly Looking even further back to the turn of the last century to answer the vintage cars to also include marching bands, floats and other entries. question were two people who were instrumental in converting the Good Old Days celebration from a relatively small event into a major community It was the opening of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in October 1984 that attraction. prompted MacDonald to re-evaluate the parade and to conclude that it could be more magical and make a bigger impression on Good Old Days. They are Dr. Steven MacDonald, Good Old Days parade chairman in the 1970s and ’80s, who said the real good old days were “when the houses were Over the years, there have been so many different events at Good Old build” in Pacific Grove that gave the town its Victorian signature; and Susan Days. Some have come and gone. Others have remained. Early on, there was Whitman, the 1980 Good Old Days chairwomen and former city council- even a queen contest with the winner raising the most money for charity, as women, who said, “It was the Age of Innocence; not really, but we think of it well as a doll show and a Victorian tea and some other long-forgotten events.

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