scarecrow - Cambria Historical Society
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scarecrow - Cambria Historical Society
September 2010 Volume 4 HARVEST TIME IN CAMBRIA CIRCA 1905 2ND ANNUAL SCARECROW & HARVEST FESTIVAL The Scarecrow Festival will be kicked off with a two day Harvest Festival on October 9 and 10 at the Cambria Historical Museum. There will be live entertainment, food, children’s crafts and games, vendors, crafters, scarecrows and much, much more. And, best of all, proceeds from this event will benefit the museum’s exhibits and education program. While this is a FUNDraiser for the Cambria Historical Society, we also want to make it a FUNraiser for the entire community. So, mark your calendars now so you don’t miss your chance to see amazing scarecrows all over town and enjoy and weekend full of old fashioned fun at the Cambria Historical Museum! Ralph and Mae (with unknown friend on left) enjoying the fruits of the harvest on the ranch of their father, Ritner Dodson. Ritner Dodson was born in Pennsylvania and came to California in 1857. After spending time in Sacramento, he moved to Cambria in 1868, purchased a ranch on Santa Rosa Creek and immediately wrote to his betrothed, Lavina Shannon Morris, and told her of the beautiful place he had purchased. She came to California alone, via Panama and they were married in 1868. According to Delmar Williams in Chronicles of the Cambria Pioneers (published in 1946): “We notice in a Cambria paper called the Cambria-Cayucos Interests in 1897, is an item that indicates Mr. Dodson was raising some excellent fruit. The item says he brought a basket Ralph and Mae help dad of peaches of remarkable size.” pick some peaches. Mr. Dodson was said to have been hard working and philosophical. He once wrote to a friend: “Count that day lost Whose low descending sun Sees at thy hand No worthy action done.” DID YOU KNOW….. 2ND ANNUAL PIE BAKING CONTEST SPONSORED BY ROBIN’S Shanny Covey, owner/restauranteur of Robin's, and Consuelo Macedo, Cambria's Culinary Columnist, are sponsoring the Pie Baking and Tasting Contest at the Harvest Festival. Enter into Pumpkin, Fruit, or Nut categories and you may win a $100.00 gift certificate to Robin's, Mustache Pete's, or Sow's Ear. Only $10.00 to enter, $5.00 to taste and vote at the event on Sunday. Entry blanks in The Cambrian, call Consuelo for details at [805] 9273159; or available at Robin's, [email protected]. Deadline, Monday Oct. 4th. UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE CAMBRIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM October 9 & 10 SCARECROW & HARVEST FESTIVAL December 2 HOSPITALITY NIGHT Alexander Paterson, (pictured above with his family) was born in Scotland and came to the United States in his early twenties. He and a friend from home, George Allen, became very interested in Horace Greeley’s “Go West Young Man”. They were so enthralled that they wrote to Horace Greeley to ask if this was really the thing to do. Greeley answered the letter in long hand but neither George or Alexander could read his handwriting. In the end, they finally figured that Mr. Greeley was telling them that WAS what they should do, so they headed west. ~ According to Isabelle Paterson Wineman, Alexander’s daughter in Chronicles of the Cambria Pioneers. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO A VERY SPECIAL PERSON “I first met Jane Sumpter at the Presbyterian Church Craft Circle. In talking abut the work my husband and I do for the Cambria Historical Society, Jane realized the importance of preserving the Guthrie-Bianchini House and, in 2007, made a generous donation to complete the well and irrigation system in honor of her late husband. Jane passed away in October 2009. In her will she left a portion of her estate to the Historical Society to be used as needed. We are very grateful for her interest and support of the Historical Society. ~ Jeannette Breglio WE ARE GOING GREEN!! Won’t you help us? In the interest of saving both some money (each newsletter costs about $3.00 to print and mail) and doing our part to save the environment, we are considering offering members the option of receiving our newsletter by email. So, if you have an email account that you check regularly, consider receiving our newsletter and other announcements by email. Simply log onto www.cambriahistoricalsociety.com and click on the “contact us” button. Enter your name and email address and click on the send button. That’s it! Of course, if you would rather continue to receive a hard copy of our newsletter, we will continue to send you one. You don’t have to do anything. You will continue to receive your newsletter in the mail unless we hear from you otherwise. CAMBRIA SCARECROW AND HARVEST FESTIVAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH 12-4 Live Entertainment including music by the Hat Band and Old West Gunfight by the Central Coast Desperados Raffle for Disneyland tickets, wine and much, much more! Crafters & Vendors SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10TH 12-4 Face Painting Pumpkin Decorating Kids Games, Crafts & More Storytelling & More!! Pie Baking & Tasting Contest MUNCH ON DELICIOUS FOOD IN THE SCARECROW CAFE. WANDER THROUGHOUT THE EAST & WEST VILLAGE TO VIEW SCORES OF HAND-CRAFTED, WHIMSICAL SCARECROWS. ENJOY A WEEKEND FULL OF OLD-FASHIONED FUN!! THE 2-DAY FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE CAMBRIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM, BUT THE SCARECROWS WILL BE POPPING UP ALL OVER TOWN! Check out our website at cambriascarecrows.com for updates Sponsored in part by: The Bluebird Inn “Consuelo Macedo”, The Cambrian Culinary Columnist Robin’s Indigo Moon The Bridge Street Inn Moonstone Beach Bar & Grill A Matter of Taste Trader Joe’s , Templeton MEMBERS: JUDIE HILLEN SUSAN MCDONALD CONSUELO MACEDO MIKE RICE MARJ SEWELL TREASURER: ROGER ROBINSON RECORDING SECRETARY: LINDA FINLEY PRESIDENT: JACK BREGLIO VICE PRESIDENT: 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CAMBRIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 906 CAMBRIA CA 93428 U.S. Standard Rate PAID Permit No. 106 Cambria, California 93428 Non-Profit Organization IN THE NEWS CAMBRIA: Seeing in the TRIBUNE in the interest of education frequently, I would like to add a few lines from this place. Though out in the hills far from the maddening crowd, we are building a good educational system. Cambria was the first to have a high school in this county. The school has done excellent work. The class of '95 consisted of six young ladies, Miss Bertie Dodson, Miss Gertrude Trace, Alicia Campbell, Juliett Williams, Bertha Wittenberg and Lulu Phillips. Three of these young ladies are at the various normal schools in California, three are teachers doing excellent work. The class of '96 consisted of four. Three of the number, George Lull, Miss Ella Lynn and Earl Van Gorden are students at Stanford. The fourth, Miss Lena Leffingwell, will enter the Berkeley University in December, illness having prevented her entering sooner. We are proud of our young teachers and schools. Though but a one horse town, we'll get there just the same. ONE INTERESTED IN EDUCATION, Sept. 12, 1896 WIN A PACKAGE OF FOUR 1-DAY PARK HOPPER TICKETS (Good for both Disneyland & California Adventure) PLUS a Disney Photo Album, Autograph Book & 2 sets of Mickey Mouse Ears. RAFFLE TICKETS ARE ONLY $5 EACH Available at the Cambria Historical Museum Gift Shop & Chamber of Commerce Drawing to be held October 10th. At the Cambria Scarecrow & Harvest Festival. Winners need not be present at drawing to be eligible. Proceeds from this raffle benefit The Cambria Historical Museum Exhibits and Education Program.