Since 1979 www.PointRichmondHistory.org Vol. XXXV No. 3 Nov/Dec/Jan, 2016 /17 $3.00 Point Methodist Choir - Santa Tree Lighting Candy Canes - Saturday November 26 - 5 P.M. Indian Statue Park Point Richmond History Association Contents of this Issue From the From the President 1 President Members 2 Editor’s Notes 3 By Mid Dornan A-Mid Trivia 4 As THIS POINT…in time goes to press Church News 6 and by the time this newsletter reaches you, we will have a new president, our 45th. Will it be Westside Womens Improvement Club 10 the first woman and a former First Lady or Early WWIC Minutes 12 another male as a first time politician? Indeed historical. Richmond Pacific Railroad 13 In November we proudly note our Point Joel Beck: Point’s Underground Artist 14 Richmond History Museum, 139 1/2 Washington Street in downtown Point Tribute to Joel Beck 16 Richmond will be open on Tuesdays in addition Dr. Clark L. Abbott 18 to Thursdays, Saturdays and special events. Docent Virginia Mooney is making this possible This Old House 20 so stop in, peruse our photo albums, view our Items of Interest, Early 1900’s 23 screen of 1200 Point Richmond photos and videos which are available for purchase. Birthdays 25 Christmas is close so consider a membership in Point Richmond History, which Memorials 26 arrives five times a year and a reminder that 90’s Club 27 you made the newsletter possible. To feel good every day, do a random act Calendar/Directory 28 of kindness. Monetary is good if you can afford it, but a big smile, cheery hello, send a card, phone a friend, etc. Until our next Below: PRHA Archive photo #076-DC taken newsletter, feel good everyday. January , 1903. Looking down West Richmond. Vol. XXXV-3, Nov/Dec/Jan, 2016/17 THIS POINT…..in time 1 Point Richmond History Association Thank you members for your renewal: Malcolm P. Bury Evelyn S. Thill Thank You! To Bonnie Jo Cullison Gary Shows Family Santa Fe Market Thomas Kenny Francis Smith For distributing Norm & Jean Reynolds** “THIS POINT…..in time” Linda Mertle Dale Roberts & Kate Harps Family Support our local retailers The Dolberg Family** Pam Wilson Anne Brussok-Roth** Gloria & Mark Maltagliati** Visit our little museum and view our Caitlin Harvey Family Joe Pritchard 1000 picture slide show of historic Jeanne Pritchard Connie Tritt Point Richmond photos. Don S. Crowe Open Thursdays and Saturdays Gloria Martinucci Linda Andrew-Marshall And the first and second Tuesday Olga Thomsen Abbigail Bok & David Gottlieb** of each month David Janes** Fernando & Becky Garcia** 11:30 am-2:00 pm Donna Diez Steve Birnbaum Thanks to the Volunteers who open and close our museum two days each week Welcome to new member: Mid Dornan Virginia Martinez Burgess Pat Pearson Heinz Lankford *Gift Membership Gary Shows **Special Supporter, Thank You! Lori Kauth Caitlin Harvey Virginia Mooney Bonnie Jo Cullison Jean Rose The Cover: Joel Beck painting, “Self Portrait”. See page 14 for Caitlin Harvey’s article and page 16 for tribute. 2 THIS POINT…..in time Vol. XXXV-3, Nov/Dec/Jan, 2016/17 Point Richmond History Association Editor’s Notes Thank You! Our Special Supporters! History Makers Gary Shows Donna Wilson [email protected] Doug & Rosemary Corbin Here is your winter edition of TPIT. Kathe Kiehn Thanks to all who helped make it possible. I John A. Thiella & Rosa T. Casazza enjoyed learning more about Joel Beck as I Roberta & Richard Palfini only know of him during his declining years. Patricia Dornan I need to tell someone about my dislike Les Crim of standard time in the Winter. It gets dark Norm and Jean Reynolds too damn early! Fernando & Becky Garcia I wish all of our readers a safe and good David Janes Winter. Happy Holidays to all of you! The Bartram-Owens Family The deadline for items to be published in Burl Willes the February/March issue of TPIT is Friday, Garry & Maryn Hurlbut January 20, 2017. Jeanne Pritchard Thanks to those who helped fold, staple Joe Pritchard and address the last issue: Bob Armstrong Pam Wilson Alicia Kae Miller Caitlin Harvey Abigail Bok & David Gottlieb Mid Dornan Marcellina Smith History Preservers Heinz Lankford Kathe Kiehn Royce Ong Gary Shows Kevin, Reneé & Griffin Knee Jerry Cerkanowicz Sandi Genser-Maack & Lynn Maack Karen Buchanan Margaret Morkowski Mary Piazza Maurice & Margaret Doherty Bonnie Jo Cullison Zoe Egger Linda Newton Tom & Shirley Butt The Dolberg Family Bernie McIntosh Don & Ingrid Lindemann Roberta & Tim Montgomery Mary Crosby & Tom Piazza Karen Buchanan Norma Wallace Patti, Stephanie & Stephen Kowalski Don & Carole Woodrow Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau Linda Andrew-Marshall Gloria & Mark Maltagliati Anne Brussok-Roth Ken Blonski & Louise Fender Erica & Barry Goode Vol. XXXV-3, Nov/Dec/Jan 2016/17 THIS POINT…..in time 3 Point Richmond History Association TPIT Exclusive A-Mid Trivia since 1984 Mid Dornan (510-234-5334) ([email protected]) QUESTION study suggests caffeine may help to stave off Packaged, sliced breads from diverse dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment bakeries are marked and delivered daily to in older women. markets. How do they unify the day the bread was *** delivered? Starbucks has sold more than 200 million Answer at end of Trivia. pumpkin spice lattes since introducing the *** autumnal beverage in 2003. America will never be destroyed from the *** outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms Five Simple Rules to be Happy it will be because we destroyed ourselves. 1. Free your heart from hatred. - Abraham Lincoln 2. Free your mind from worries. *** 3. Live simply The tiny arrow beside your car’s gas tank on 4. Give more your dashboard points to which side of your car 5. Expect less has your gas cap. *** *** This year is the first time high school A new study suggests that people who read freshmen are learning about the 9/11 attacks as a books regularly may add nearly two years to their historical event that happened before they were lives. born. *** *** Nature is cheaper than therapy. Oxford English Dictionary has officially *** added these words: “YOLO”, an acronym Son: Dad, do you remember that you for “you only live once” as well as promised me a dollar for every ‘A’ I received on “splendiferous”, “gender-fluid”, and “moobs”, my report card? used to describe unusually large male breasts. Father: Yes, son. *** Son: Well, I just thought I’d tell you that’s What was your Random Act of Kindness one expense you won’t have to figure on this year. today? *** *** Finding Boys’s Life, a scouting magazine, in Nutrition facts labels have been on foods the medical office prompted checking the last since 1994. By July 2018, there will be some page for Think and Grin jokes. Ah, the skits from major changes to the label. 1) More prominent this magazine presented by Troop 111 at their Serving sizes, with Bigger, Bolder Courts of Honor. Type. Odd sizes as a can of soup will be labeled *** as one serving as that is how people typically eat There are 500 million pet cats in the world. it. 2) Calories in larger type. 3) Updated Daily (someone counts? ) Values. 4) Added sugars specified. 5) Different *** Vitamins and Minerals required. 6) New According to Pew Charitable Trusts forty-six Footnote. The Facts labels are NOT commended percent of Americans won’t have cash or savings amounts you should consume. Instead, they are the to pay for a $400 emergency expense. One in three amounts that people consume. households reported having no savings at all. *** *** A Ferry from Richmond Marina Bay to San Another reason to love your coffee. A new Francisco begins Morning: 7:00 am and 8:15 am/ 4 THIS POINT…..in time Vol. XXXV-3, Nov/Dec/Jan, 2016/17 Point Richmond History Association Evening 5:45 pm. San Francisco to Richmond **** route: Morning: 7:40 am // Evening 5:00 pm and Christmas Eve Jazz Service, December 24, 6:15 pm. 7:00 pm, featuring Dan Damon Quartet and Each commute has a maximum capacity friends. of 40 people and one-way trip takes about 35 *** minutes. For those who celebrate Christmas with a *** Christmas tree, and for all who celebrate the Carolina Reaper Madness Chip claims to traditions of their diversity we celebrate in our be the spiciest tortilla chip ever made, hotter than great nation, we see the magic of the season as jalapeños, each chip is packaged separately and we count our blessings sold by Paqui chip maker, in a coffin like box GREETINGS that bears ample warning of the torture that *** awaits. If you are crazy enough to try it, “make If they would make envelope glue chocolate sure you have your antidotes ready. It’s creators flavored, paying your bills would not be so bad. wore gas masks while handling the *** peppers. Your mouth will thank you if you have Refreshing news. Bottled water is set to limes or lemons on hand. $5, shop.paqui.com. sell more bottled water than soda this year. One *** manufacturer is packaging the water in boxes A Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner which are free from fluorine, and chlorine and 1 will again be served at the Point First United percent of their annual revenue is donated to Methodist Church, 201 Martina Street. Interfaith world water relief and restoration through the Service of Thanks, 11:30 a.m. Food is provided National Forest Foundation. by members, local merchants and friends. If you *** are wanting to assist, contact ANSWER: Bread is usually delivered five [email protected]. days a week to stores and each day has a colored *** tag or twist tie.