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SS Red Oak Victory 1337 Canal Blvd. Berth 5 Richmond, CA 94804 510-237-2933 Point Richmond History Association Contents of this Issue From the From the President 1 President Members 2 Editor’s Notes 3 by Bonnie Jo Cullison A-Mid Trivia 4 The Point Richmond History Church News 6 Association website, (PointRichmondHistory.org) just keeps Westside Womens Improvement Club 10 growing, thanks to Gary Shows, our Early WWIC Minutes 12 scanning maniac. One of his latest uploads A Harbor with History 14 is a collection of 250 photos taken near the beginning of the process to qualify Point Bricks Repaired 16 Richmond for the National Register of Arts of Point Richmond 17 Historic Places. The photos were taken in 1978 and 1979 and include many houses, History of the Masquers 18 streets and parts of the downtown area. If Louie Mighetti 22 you are curious about what your house and downtown Point Richmond looked like 40 Stop Sign Trivia 23 years ago go to the website and scroll Items of Interest 24 down past all of the scanned newsletters to Birthdays 25 Point Richmond 1979 Historic District Study. Memorials & 90’s Club 26 Thanks to the Arts of Point Richmond for their donation of notecards featuring a Cards, Letters & E-Mails 27 photo of our History Museum on the front. Calendar/Directory 28 The photo was taken by Sharon Taylor- Ward. PRHA archive photo #1084 from “Richmond California”, issued by Richmond Industrial Commission, 1911 Vol. XXXVII-2, Sept/Oct 2018 THIS POINT…..in time # Point Richmond History Association Thank you members for your renewal: Sandy Hawkins Thank You! To Graham Parrett Family Muriel Clausen Betsy Kellas Santa Fe Lynn Maack Don Amantite Linda Newton** Market William Keller & Paige Tashner Family For distributing Billie Bonham Shaw “THIS POINT…..in time” Diane (Frosini) Diani Florence Wilson Support our local retailers Barbara & Jeff Ward Family Henry & Eva Marchitiello Family Visit our little museum and view our Ken & Kay Madison Family Royce Ong** 1000 picture slide show of historic Point Thomas R. Williams Family Tony Lizarraga** Richmond photos. Bobbie Swerdfegor Lizarraga** Open Thursdays and Saturdays Debra & Michael Jackson Family Lori A. Kauth And the first and second Tuesday of Altha Humphrey Richard Beesley each month Virginia Mooney 11:30 am-2:00 pm Morris Simpson* Kathe Kiehn** Thanks to the Volunteers who open and Marianne Takeda & Frank Craig close our museum two days each week Family* Mid Dornan Erin Frame & Steve Rice Family* Pat Pearson Carol Kiehn* Heinz Lankford Karen & Art Gagnier Family* Gary Shows Ingrid Lindermann* Lori Kauth Virginia Mooney Alexis Lane Jensen* Bonnie Jo Cullison Welcome to new members: Carrie Dong** Hap & Diana Turner* Guadalupe Torres** The Cover: Doreen Leighton Indian Statue Park and the downtown triangle. *Gift Membership Photo by Gary Shows **Special Supporter, Thank You! 2 THIS POINT…..in time Vol. XXXVII-2, Sept/Oct, 2018 Point Richmond History Association Thank You! Our Special Supporters! Editor’s Notes History Makers Donna Wilson Gary Shows Doug & Rosemary Corbin Kathe Kiehn [email protected] John A. Thiella & Rosa T. Casazza Welcome to the September/October Roberta & Richard Palfini issue of TPIT. My usual thank you’s to our Patricia Dornan contributors. Les Crim Norm and Jean Reynolds I thoroughly enjoy producing this little Fernando & Becky Garcia newsletter, am grateful for community support David B. Janes and encourage your participation. If you The Bartram-Owens Family have information that you think would be Burl Willes interesting to our readers, please send it to me, Garry & Maryn Hurlbut [email protected]. Bob Armstrong There are several improvements to the Abigail Bok & David Gottlieb website, PointRichmondHistory.org. In my Diane Hirano quest to offer all Google searchable issues of Steve Birnbaum “This Point…..in time”, I have scanned Jan Palarczyk through volume 19 with only 20, 21 and 22 to Don & Carole Woodrow Ron Vandergrift go. Volumes 23 through the present, volume Carrie Dong 37 are already available. Also thanks to Lynn Maack PRHA Treasurer Kathe Kiehn, there is Joel Beck’s portfolio of drawings “Visions and Corporate Sponsors Dreams”. I have also added a booklet New Leaf Salon (Guadalupe Torres) celebrating Richmond’s 50th birthday in History Preservers 1955. After I finish the TPIT newsletters I Royce Ong hope to begin offering old “Point Kevin, Reneé & Griffin Knee Counterpoint” journals that were published Maurice & Margaret Doherty back in the 1960’s. Linda Newton Tom & Shirley Butt The deadline for our next TPIT The Dolberg Family November/December/January issue is Bernie McIntosh November 9, 2018. Don & Ingrid Lindemann Thanks to those who helped fold, staple Mary Crosby & Tom Piazza and address the last issue: Karen Buchanan Mid Dornan Norma Wallace Linda Andrew-Marshall Gary Shows Gloria & Mark Maltagliati Bonnie Jo Cullison Anne Brussok-Roth & David Roth Tom Piazza Erica & Barry Goode Jerry Cerkanowicz James J. Cheshareck Tony Lizarraga Bobbie Swerdfeger Lizzarraga Linda Hudock Joanne Pike Mark J. Kornmann Jeanne Pritchard Joe Pritchard Jim & Olivia Jacobs Vol. XXXVII-2, Sept/Oct 2018 THIS POINT…..in time 3 Point Richmond History Association TPIT Exclusive A-Mid Trivia since 1984 Mid Dornan (510-234-5334) ([email protected]) Question: Where are the three smallest capacity. bones in the human body? Ears – eyes- nose - *** toes. If you have had chicken pox and are over Answer: at end of Trivia 60, be sure to have a shingles shot If you have *** had one in the past few years check with your Which letter is silent in the word doctor as you are being advised to get the new SCENT – the S or the C? stronger dose *** *** If you rip a hole in a net, there are All women are invited to Women’s actually fewer holes in it than there were before. Westside Improvement Club, meeting the first *** Tuesday of the month, except on holidays, at the Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tizer wrote Methodist Church , Point Richmond, 11:30, a.m. the lyrics and music to “Take Me Out to the Ball brown bag lunch, 12:00 Meeting. Call WWIC Game” in 1908. They had never been to a President, Diane Diani for more information, game.and didn’t see their first game until 32 and 510-685-3762 20 years later, respectively. What crunchy snack *** got a big boost by the song? Why Cracker Jack, Dr Judy Forbes, native Point resident now of course living in New Zealand,, has been working for a *** month with Doctors Without Borders, in Gaza, Stadiums are enjoying new snacks to eat. Palestine Pittsburgh Pirates fans gobble up beef patties *** topped with French fries and coleslaw on white Doreen Leighton recently retired, had a bread. Detroit Tigers fans scarf down egg rolls road trip on her bucket list this past summer. She stuffed with apple pie filling or Nutella. then met up with Fran Smith to join her for *** a tour of South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Do twins realize one of them is unplanned? Idaho and Washington. After returning home to *** Point Richmond, they are sharing Pat Pearson injured her kneecap early favorite memories with friends. summer while in Sacramento with her daughter, *** Julie. Sadly, the injury recovery and other Kathy Barnes and daughter Molly, issues mean Pat will not return to live in the Carbondale, Illinois, arrived in June to Point. Pat is one of the rare natives, born 85 enjoy Summer at Odd Fellow’s Park on the years ago and living most of her life here. She Russian River. Around 28 guests, including married and raised a son and daughter Pastor Dan Damon, Point Methodist here. More on our retired PRHA Vice President Church, came for the 97th Birthday Brunch. later. for her Mom, Mid Dornan in August. *** *** With China’s decision to stop importing Connie Healy is enjoying her daughter Dr. recycled materials, the U.S. is in danger of Michele’s visit. from southern California . running out of space for its trash. America has Michele took her mother, Florence Wilson and been forced to dispose of 676,000 metric tons Frances Smith to lunch at El Sol. Connie lives of waste this year that would otherwise been sent next door to Doellsted’s spectacular landscaped to China. By 2036, country landfills will be at garden overlooking the Bay, so they took a 4 THIS POINT…..in time Vol. XXXVII-2, Sept/Oct, 2018 Point Richmond History Association guided tour.. walk up Washington Avenue. *** *** A two week trip to Ireland was on Roberta Give a smile and ‘hello’ or Hi to a stranger and Richard Palfini’s bucket list and Roberta was each day. able to tour the area with Irish Dornan relatives, *** some still there from when Roberta's folks had A new generation will be crippled visited in 1972.