pants who are the heart and sole of our fund- raising iniave that helps keep the Museum operang throughout the year. The 22nd Annual Gour- met Sampler held at the Manteca Senior Center proved once again that Manteca has great food, beverages and outstand- ing local support for the Historical Society and Museum. We esmate that nearly 300 people turned out for this 22nd event, and we don’t believe anyone leſt hungry that day. Many thanks for the sup- port from our dedicated Volunteers who helped invite our wonderful food and beverage es- tablishments, including transporng and deco- rang their booths. Ad- dional thanks goes to our loyal supporters who provided prizes and bas- kets for our raffle, and naturally to our cket buyers and raffle parci- G OURMET S AMPLER , A B IG H IT C ITY M ANAGER TO S PEAK FOR P ROGRAM N IGHT Take me to join other Historical Society Members and Guests as we host Manteca’s first female City Man- ager as our Program Night speaker. Karen McLaughlin is a 26+ year employee of the City of Manteca. She was promoted to re- place Steve Pinkerton in 2011 aſter serving as Assistant City Man- ager since 2002. Karen has been a part of Manteca’s growth for a quarter century, and can speak to the many accomplish- ments, challenges, and upcoming opportuni- es we have as a com- munity now and in the future. Program date and me: Thursday, April 10th at 7:00pm MANTECA Incorporated in 1918 M ANTECA H ISTORICAL S OCIETY & M USEUM DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF O UR MANTECA AREA HISTORY APRIL, 2014 VOL. 24, I SSUE 4 U PCOMING ACTIVITIES : Program Night Guest speaker, Karen McLaughlin, City Manag- er. Thurs., April 10, 7:00pm Reminisce Group Tues., April 15, 1:00pm Leers to Grandkids Thurs., April 17, 1:00pm Board Meeng Thurs., April 17, 6:30pm Docents Lunch Mtg. At the Museum, Thurs., April 24, 11:30am Parking Lot Sale At the Museum, Sat., May 3, 8:00am WHAT ’ S INSIDE : News briefs 2 President’s corner Cowboy anvil 3 Membership 4 Reminisce 5 Memorials & Gifts 6 Board of Directors Texas Longhorns 7 Museum Info Membership form 8 NEWSLETTER Isadore’s table, featuring a whole pig, was a popular stop at the Gourmet Sampler. -Photo by Craig Burr Photography Karen McLaughlin Manteca City Manager Check out the Museum Gift Shop for Great Deals!
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pants who are the heart and sole of our fund-raising initiative that helps keep the Museum operating throughout the year.
The 22nd Annual Gour-met Sampler held at the Manteca Senior Center proved once again that Manteca has great food, beverages and outstand-ing local support for the Historical Society and Museum.
We estimate that nearly 300 people turned out for this 22nd event, and we don’t believe anyone left hungry that day.
Many thanks for the sup-port from our dedicated Volunteers who helped invite our wonderful food and beverage es-tablishments, including transporting and deco-rating their booths. Ad-
ditional thanks goes to our loyal supporters who provided prizes and bas-kets for our raffle, and naturally to our ticket buyers and raffle partici-
GOURMET SAMPLER, A B IG HIT
CITY MANAGER TO SPEAK FOR PROGRAM NIGHT
Take time to join other Historical Society Members and Guests as we host Manteca’s first female City Man-ager as our Program Night speaker. Karen McLaughlin is a 26+ year employee of the City of Manteca. She was promoted to re-place Steve Pinkerton in 2011 after serving as Assistant City Man-ager since 2002.
Karen has been a part
of Manteca’s growth for a quarter century, and can speak to the many accomplish-ments, challenges, and upcoming opportuni-ties we have as a com-munity now and in the future.
Program date
and time:
Thursday, April 10th at 7:00pm
MANTECA
Incorporated in 1918
MANTECA HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM
DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF OUR MANTECA AREA HISTORY
APRIL, 2014 VOL. 24, ISSUE 4
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES :
Program Night Guest speaker, Karen
McLaughlin, City Manag-er. Thurs., April 10,
7:00pm
Reminisce Group Tues., April 15, 1:00pm
Letters to Grandkids Thurs., April 17, 1:00pm
Board Meeting Thurs., April 17, 6:30pm
Docents Lunch Mtg. At the Museum, Thurs.,
April 24, 11:30am
Parking Lot Sale At the Museum, Sat.,
May 3, 8:00am
WHAT’S INSIDE :
News briefs 2
President’s corner Cowboy anvil
3
Membership 4
Reminisce 5
Memorials & Gifts 6
Board of Directors Texas Longhorns
7
Museum Info Membership form
8
NEWSLETTER
Isadore’s table, featuring a whole pig, was a popular stop at the Gourmet Sampler.
-Photo by Craig Burr Photography
Karen McLaughlin Manteca City Manager
Check out the
Museum Gift Shop for Great
Deals!
AND FUN WAS HAD BY ALL
BECOME A VOLUNTEER ! CALL US ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY ! CONTACT CLANCY
ROGERS FOR INFORMATION (209)825-3021
LETTERS TO GRANDKIDS
This group has really caught on as members try to keep the communication channels open with our young people, who will carry on our history and ways of life. We have from 8 to 16 people participate on a monthly basis. Does your grandchild know what a ringer washer was used for, or have they ever seen a pair of roller skates that clipped to their shoes? Have fun with our group on the 3rd Thursday each month at 1:00pm at the Museum! Bring your Grand-child ex-periences to talk about!
-Evelyn Moore, Coordinator
“TO CATCH THE READER 'S ATTENTION ,
PLACE AN INTERESTING SENTENCE OR
QUOTE FROM THE STORY HERE . ”
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News briefs
It is officially Spring, and we thank all of our Historical Society Supporters
for keeping the Museum alive and well as we enter our second quarter of the year. We have several fun things planned for the rest of the year, but here are some current events:
President Leon turned over the gavel to Dave Wine-garden recently after 6 years at the helm. Many thanks to Mr. & Mrs Sucht for their dedication!
Leaving Board Members- Alan Marsden and Pat Go-bel. Thank you so much for your service!
New Board Members- Kristin Founts, Lucille Harris, Alan Johnson, Jeanie Marsden and Cleve Stafford. Welcome to all our new board members!
Exec. Comm.-Dale Johnson has stepped aside after many years of service! We thank him, and hope to find a new Exec. Committee member to fill his chair.
Board Secretary- Gayl Wilson is stepping aside from her duties after 3 years. Many thanks for the great effort! We need a new Secretary! See Dave if inter-ested.
Membership drive- has produced nearly 500 Histori-cal Society supporters far for 2014. Thank you!
Finances- received a number of donations and me-morials. We appreciate these memorial gifts!
Program Meetings- Chili tasting, Water History and Healthcare programs have been great so far for 2014! Join us in April as Karen McLaughlin, Manteca’s City Manager talks about our community and things of interest for us all on April 10th at 7pm.
Tuff Boy Sales / Tuff Boy Leasing
Bus: 209-239-1361 5151 E. Almondwood Dr. Fax: 209-239-7086 Manteca, CA 95337
Bus: 209-858-4131 3870 W. Yosemite Ave. Fax: 209-858-2835 Lathrop, CA 95330
President Leon and board member, Alan Johnson amongst a happy crowd of Gourmet Samplers March 9th.
-Photo by Mark Abram
As the outgoing President
of the Manteca Historical Society, I have many spe-cial memories over the past six years that I could write about. The most important point, I think, has been my privilege of being associated with, and working with such a great group of volunteers. The Museum is truly blessed to have so many great indi-viduals that give of their time and effort to the Mu-seum because they love it,
and what it means and pro-vides to the city of Mante-ca. They also are involved because they enjoy the friendship of others who feel the same about the Museum.
Many changes and accom-plishments have taken place over the past few years because of the ac-ceptance of challenges and the “can-do” spirit of the Board of Directors and Do-cents. The Manteca com-munity has also stepped up and provided help when-ever the Museum took on
the major projects, or needed help in other ways. The community has also provided great finan-cial support with annual Memberships and special fundraiser attendance.
The 2014 calendar year is off to a great start with the hiring of Clancy Rog-ers, as Museum Manager, the completion of the Gourmet Sampler and our Membership Drive. Now, as I step down as Presi-dent, you have elected a full 21 member Board of Directors, with Dave
PRESIDENT ’S CORNER
OLD HANDMADE COWBOY ANVIL
welding is not pretty but the anvil is very stout and it has stood the test of time.
The anvil was donat-ed by Jim and Mari-lyn Carroll.
The cowboy home made anvil is part of Moffet Feedlot history. It was located in the horse barn and used when shoeing the horses. It became available when the feed-lot closed. Sometime in the late forties or early fifties, the anvil was con-structed from material available at the time. The
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Handmade anvil photo by Mark Abram
Museum hours: 1-3pm Tues.-Wed;
1-4pm Thurs. & Sun.
Winegarden, as presi-dent. With this great Museum, Board and Do-cent leadership, I look forward to great achievements in the fu-ture.
To all of the Board and Docent Volunteers, to the many Committee Chairpersons, and the Officers of the Board, I thank each of you for your support, plus your gifts of time and effort to the Manteca Histori-cal Society and Museum.
BY LEON A. SUCHT, PAST PRESIDENT
Your board of directors and membership com-mittee offer our sincere appreciation to all who have renewed your annu-al membership, or joined as a new member this year! As of newsletter deadline time, we wel-come 63 new members, seven upgrades and 418
precious membership re-newals who all help keep the Museum afloat for the preservation of our histo-ry . Our membership rev-enue goal is $20,000, rep-resenting almost half of our annual operating costs, and we’ve just reached $19,955, so we will achieve our goal. We
hope to see more join us throughout the year! A special thanks to our Membership Drive com-mittee, and especially our top volunteer recruiters: Anita Handley, Jeanie Marsden, Clancy Rogers Leon Sucht and Victor Gul-ly, for leading our efforts!
Independently Owned
2014 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE - BY DAVE WINEGARDEN
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2014 Memberships received — Thank you!
ASSOCIATE
Sharmaine Mendes
William Sage
Manuel Criado*
Delores Gomes
Joann Flinn
Antoinette Betschart
Jean Chitwood
Jack Kelley
PATRON
Harriet Berg
Rick & Mellissa King
Dorothy D. Smith
Carl & Shirley Taylor
Don & Delores Silva
Renee & Michelle Carpenter
Audrey Overshiner- Humburg
Joseph & Barbara Dovichi
Dick Conjin & Laura Guess*
Mike & Molly Mojher
Al & Bea Lingenfelter
Arlene Morris Venarde
Steven Catalano
Dewey & Rita Uecker
Vince & Reta Hernandez
Marie & John Evans*
Pete & Mabel Gretchen
Dan & JoAnn Edward
Dean & Carol Stocker
FAMILY
Ron & Nancy Howe
Sadie & Tony Cabral Family
Wesley & Marlene Harris
Rose Nunes Family
Anthony & Dorothy Martin
SUSTAINING
Pete & Ginny Boyce
Wayne & Margaret Castle
George & Violet Perry
ORGANIZATION
Rocky Mountain Choco-late Factory
Park Ave. Jam Band*
BUSINESS
Manteca District Ambulance Service*
*Designates New Member
Chris Mendes
Owner
Ray Mendes Owner
4343 Pacific Ave., Suite A5 1449 Historical Plaza Way Stockton, CA 95207 Manteca, CA 95336 209-957-2099 209-824-2070 Fax: 209-957-2046 Fax: 209-824-2179 Chris’s cell: 209-481-6176 [email protected]
FOR REAL CLEAN
WINDOWS Quentin & Lucas Bassett
(209)823-1492
For Excellent Service
Board member, Anita Handley was presented a trophy for top honors for recruiting new members for 2014, by membership chair, Dave Winegarden at the March board meeting.
Outgoing board member, Alan Marsden, was present-ed a plaque for service by president, Leon Sucht, also at the March board meeting.
Come join Museum members and friends on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1:00pm. Sub-jects are chosen for an enjoyable gab-fest. There are many who are long –time Mantecans, and oth-ers who want to hear about the early days. Time is also set aside for “Show and Tell”, when people bring out pictures and small artifacts. The next session is on April
15th. Starting off , the discussion will be about the Museum’s first News-letter, Volume 1, Number 1. The headline read, “Today’s Events, Tomor-row’s History”. It featured an article about the Muse-um’s new 1st home at 214 Poplar Street.
-Ron Howe, Coordinator
TO BECOME A MUSEUM DOCENT, CALL JEANIE MARSDEN AT 823-4349
IT’S A PARKING LOT SALE
in the week before our Sale. We will include them in the event! Please note that we do not have room to receive items pri-or to a week before our Event, so try to hang on to them until then! Naturally, any items we do not sell will be donated to local chari-ties.
The Museum Board has decided to bring back our Spring Parking Lot Sale after taking a couple of years off! We are plan-ning the big event for Sat-urday, May 3rd, from 8:00 to 3:00, so if you have some items you think we can sell, and want to do-nate them to our cause, please plan to bring them
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GNARLY Wine Tasting 4 miles North of Manteca
Highway 99 at French Camp Road
(209)824-3500 - Daily 9:00am—5:30pm
CELEBRATING OUR 77TH YEAR
Sadie’s Salon 508 E. Yosemite Ave., Manteca, CA 95336
(209)823-4515 (209)823-4518
REMINISCE AT THE MUSEUM April 2014 Docent work schedule Tues April 1st…. La Merle Peterson
Nancy Van Sandt Wed. April 2nd... Alice Hafer
Marie Pasquinelli Thurs April 3rd... Jeanie Marsden
Arleen Sevor Sun April 6th... Phyllis Abram
Carol Hamrol Tues April 8th... Earl Pimental
Alan Marsden Wed April 9th... Betty Muellar
Marie Shoemaker Donna Stafford
Thurs April 10th... Mary Hildebrand Alan Johnson
Sun April 13th... Pat Metzler Evelyn Moore
Tues April 15th... Ron Howe Reminisce Liz Sucht
Lillian Vieira Jeanie Marsden
Wed April 16th... Alan & Jeanie Marsden
Thurs April 17th... Sam & Norma Bologna
Sun April 20th... CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY
Tues April 22nd... Pat Metzler Donna Stafford
Wed April 23rd... Judy Vasquez Arleen Sevor
Thurs April 24th... Earl Pimentel Nancy Van Sandt
Sun April 27th... David & Eloisa Finnen
Tues April 29th... Lois Page Jay Holmes
Wed April 30th... Betty Meullar Marie Shoemaker Donna Stafford
Thurs May 1st... Jeanie Marsden Arleen Sevor
MEMORIAL &
HONOR ROLL
PROGRAM
This is a very significant way to remember those who have passed away, or to honor one for a special event or tribute. All gifts are tax deduc-table and the names of those remembered are then inscribed in the ”Honor Roll Book”, which is on permanent display at the Museum. Printed form-envelopes are available at the Mu-seum, and on the muse-um’s website, at: www.mantecamuseum.org, or by calling Claudia Machado, 982-1722.
Check out the great selection
of mantel clocks
Hand-made by
clock maker, Jim button. Prices
range from only $45-$75
MUSEUM
GIFT SHOP
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MEMORIAL GIFTS Received Feb 26 – March 21, 2014
Dan & JoAnn Edward, Frank Mendes, Manuel & Gerry Camara, Hank Lima In Memory of Janet Marie Teicheira The Brownell’s,Carl, Sally, Steve, & Dan, In Memory of Millie Ploehn Hart & Jenny Laurence, Bill & Bever-ly Eavenson In Memory of Donald Holmes Rosalene Brumley In Memory of John Edward Cardoza Jerry Kaseta In Memory of Gay Diane Kaseta Retha Clark, Lesa Costa In Memory of Vincent Costa Lesa Costa, Retha Clark In Memory of Waman (Tub) Clark Lucille Harris In Memory of Alvan Freitas Dan & JoAnn Edward, Marvin Brocchini In Memory of Fred Mullen, Sr. Lib Gomas In Memory of Blake Miller Bill & Beverly Eavenson In Memory of Barbara Mae Bruns Marvin Brocchini In Memory of Tony Camara LaDean Talcott In Memory of Marion Machado LaDean Talcott In Memory of Diane Fries Ken & Alice Hafer In Memory of Grace Cala Hoffman Greg & Irene Cattanach In Memory of David (Jimmy) Smith John & Dorothy Orsborn In Memory of Jack Keef
Gourmet Sampler raffle prizes once again were very popular with event attendees. Many thanks to all our donors who made this possible, and to Jeanie & Alan Marsden, and Anita Handley for coordinating this effort. -photo by Mark Abram
This skull was donated by Leo Omlin of the Rolling-O-Ranch. Leo has lived on the ranch in Manteca since the day he was born. Leo’s parents immigrated from Switzerland in 1927 and moved to the ranch in Manteca in 1934 where they started a dairy. In 1959 Leo’s dad passed away, Leo and his mother Herminia continued to op-erate the dairy until Leo bought out his mother in January 1965. In Novem-ber 1966 Leo sold the dairy cows and started to raise Texas Longhorns cattle and named the Ranch “Rolling-
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Just a few of East Union’s Jr.ROTC volunteers who helped both Saturday and Sunday during the Manteca Historical Society & Museum’s Gourmet Sampler, at the Senior Center. -photo by Mark
O-Ranch”, buying 2 bred heifers he built up to 200 head. In 2011 Leo was inducted into the Manteca Boys & Girls Club Hall of Fame as an Agriculture Inductee. At age 75 Leo has down-sized to 30 head, but is still very much involved in the California Associa-tion of Texas Longhorn Breeders.
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