What a busy quarter this has been!
This year's Old Timers Gathering was a great success. We hosted over 196 guests who came from ten states. This year's Pioneer Days Grand Marshalls, the Hatch girls – Ada, Liz, and Martha – spent most of the afternoon with us and everyone seemed to have a great time meeting and visiting with old and new friends. Liz also arranged for the Wounded Marine Careers Foundation to provide photography services to earn money to support the Wounded Marine Battalion in their efforts to financially enable wounded Marines to attend the Marine Corps Birthday Ball. At the end of the day the Wounded Marines also made a generous donation to our Society. Many thanks go out them and to Laureen Lentz and her volunteers for a job well done!
We had barely got things put away from the Old Timers Gathering when we were taking them back out for the Weed Show. This year's we had 382 visitors sign-in. They came from as far away as Canada, Florida, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and Washington to see this truly unique show. This year 49 individuals displayed their creativity in the 167 entries they brought in. What a fun event this always is! For those who couldn't attend or just want a second look, we've posted photos of all the entries on the Society's website. A heaping helping of thanks goes out to this year's Weed Show committee and the other volunteers who made this event a great success!
Each year November also brings our Annual Meeting. I would like to thank those members showed their interest in our Society by sending in their ballot or, better yet, attending the meeting. Also, thanks and congratulations are due to Marilyn Collier, Nolan Lockwood, and Dick Moran – Thanks for your past service on the board and Congratulations on your reelection!
Work continues on our two big projects, the expansion of our facility and the restoration of the Hastie Bus. We are currently preparing our application for an amendment to our conditional use permit (CUP). Once we get an approved CUP we will get a building permit and start construction of the Phase II addition. That addition is planned to include a 1722 square foot multi-purpose room, a warming kitchen, restrooms, and a 2783 square foot courtyard. This will give us a place to have our lectures, Weed Show, and other events without totally rearranging all or parts of the museum. The room will also be available for community events. To get this project done with the available funds, we will have to do the bulk of the construction with volunteers.
The restoration of the Hastie Bus is progressing, albeit slowly due to a lack lot of funds. Please consider helping us preserve this piece of our history by making a donation. Donations can be made by check or cash or by using the donate button on our web site.
Thanks to Hugh and Carol Brown and Wes Fish we now have 35mm slide projectors, a projector table and screen. Their generous donations are appreciated!
We are still in need of a 1/4" reel-to-reel audio tape machine and a floor buffer. If you have one or more of these items you are willing to donate, please contact me. I can be reached at les@29palmshistorical.org or 760-861-5801.
"The ladder of life is full of splinters, but they only prick you when you are sliding down." From: "Bill Says," "The Out Post," 13 April 1933, page 6.
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