Aug-Sept 1996 - The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove

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August/ September1995
This house at 502 Granite, featured on this year's Home Tour, was originally
built around 1892 on a dairy farm just outside the city limits. It was presumably the dairy owner's house. It was moved in 1922 to its present location
by Del Monte properties, who owned all these lots at that time. The move
was necessitatedby the subdivision of the farm lands for homes and eventually the municipal golf course.
Future Events
October L3, L995 (Sunday): Victorian Home Tour
December lO, 1996 (Tuesday): ChristmasAt The Inns
27th Annual Victorian Home Tour
TWoOf The Homes Onl9DGVictorian Home Tour
The ennual Victorian Home Tour, jointly sponsored by the Heritage Society, Art Center and Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Sunday, October
13,1996. Among the homes featured on this year's tour are 747 Short
Street (1885), 109 15th Street (1888), 502 Granite (c1892), 306 3rd Street
(f893), 502 Lobos (1905) and 122 15th Street (L912). Others may be added
as time permits. It is not easy for the owners to open their homes to so many
people on a single day, and we thank them deady. Pleaseshowyour support for the Heritage Society by attending this year's tour.
The first Victorian Home Tour, featuring 7 homes, was held in 1969 and was
sponsored by the Monterey PeninsulaJaycettes.I cannot determine who
sponsored the 1970 tour, which featured 6 homes. The Lighthouse Keepers
sponsored the tour in 197L. The Pacific Grove Art Guild / Center took over
the tour in 1972 and has been one ofthe sponsors ever since. In 1981, the
Heritage Sociery and the Chamber of Commerce became co-sponsors with
the Art Center.
Green Gables was the first inn on the tour in 1969. The first church on the
tour was St. Mary's by-the-Seain 1973. Maison Bergerac (now Gernot's) was
featured on 6 of the first 7 tours. Many homes have been on the tour fwo or
more times, but 451 Ocean View was only on once back in 1971.
Other Unrelated Pacific Grove Home Tours
From The Past
747 9,h.ort Street - 7885
1948: Local Women "Peep At The Past"
(fromthe September24,1948P.G,Tide)
A tour of three of the older charming homes in Pacific Grove was made last
Friday by a number of women who are members of the Vomen's Civic Club.
The homes visited were: "Trimmer Hill" on the corner of 6th and Laurel,
which was recently acquired by Lt. and Mrs. Douglas Carnell; "Sea Crest Terrace" on the corner of Central and Dewey, the former T. A Work home
which was acquired ayeat ago by Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Deal; and the former
Gross home (as yet unnamed) on the opposite corner of Central & Dewey,
recently purchased by Mr. & Mrs. V.H. Stokes.
1954: Grove House Tour To Be First Money Raiser
(from
21,1954
theJanuary
P.G.Tribune)
The Woman's Civic Club is planning a house tour of Pacific Grove. The tour,
to be followed by a tea and an exhibit at the club, will be held t$(rednesday,
February 24, from I to 5 p.m. Homes to be visited include Ivy Terrace Hall
(now Green Gables), 5th and Ocean View; the pagoda in the dunes at the
end of Pico (Ed. note: Pleasesee Feb/tr4ar1993 Board & Batten); the home
of V.L. Taplin at l4th and Ocean View and the modern home built for themselvesby Mr. andMrs. Clyde Gandy at 870 SeventeenMile Dr.
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Tiaffic Law Violations hr Pacific Grove's Past
(FromtheJune5, 1936P. G. Tide)
Lreorge H. Grabe will go down in history as being the first person ever to
be arrested for a ramc violation in Pacific Grove, since the advent of the
automobile. Surprisingly enough, in spite of the fact that automobiles are
very common today and traffic violations are an every day occurrence, the
first ticket was written out and the first narne went down on the Pacific
Grove docket less than 26years ago.
On September l, 1910, George Grabe was charged with driving his automobile with utter disregard for the life, limb and properry of others at an exorbitant rate somewhat in excess of ten mile per hour. The case was refiled on
September 8 of the same year, and amended to read that he had been driving faster than one mile in four minutes. Grabe contested the case and it
was continued until September 22, then to September 26, to October 1, to
October 10, again to November 15, from which time it was continued for an
indefinite period. Grabe evidently was a good talker, or it may have been
that the judge just hadn't heard all the excusesbefore, becauseat any rate
there is no record of any fine having been paid by the first traffic offender. As
a matter of fact, it wasn't until nearly three years later that any coin of the
re alm dropped into the city treasury as a result of fines paid by violators of
traffic regulations.
Another red letter day in the annals of Pacific Grove isJuly 21, L913. At this
juncture in the history of Pacific Grove, the first indMdual ever to p^y a traffic fine was apprehended, for speeding on Central avenue, and when his trial
came up on August 1, the dubious honor of being the first traffic violator to
contribute to the recordings of SilasrV. Mack, Recorder.(Note: the name of
this first offender was conspicuously missing from the article.)
The next casewas almost another year later, when L.H. Peterson was arrested April 1, 1914, for traveling at a speed of one mile in three minutes on
Junipero avenue. Peterson found it not an April fool's joke, however, when
after four witnesses were called, he was forced to make the second traffic
contribution to the tune of $14.
Over a year rolled by before anyone else became ensnared in the dragnet of
the Pacific Grove police force. Then on October 30, 1915, Rolle Frazier was
caught speeding,and a fine of $10 was collected from him. In 1916, RecorderJ.A. Pell was kept busier than any of his predecessors had been, In
fact in that one year, there were more offences than in all the years preceding since the first horseless carriage in Pacific Grove. On May 30, 1916, A.
Hilkemeyer was found guilty of speeding on Lighthouse avenue and paid a
fine of $ 10. In July of the same year,J.P. Koch paid a $5.00 fine for speeding, and in September,D. Lasher paid another of equal amount for cutting
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Tlaffic Violations
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October was the month of months, however. On the l6th of the month, D.
Isoda paid $10 for speeding. On the 31st, Roy Paynewas also brought up on
a speeding charge, but he managed to talk his way out of the situation, and
the caseagainsthim was dismissed.On the same day, J.P. Evans,the city marshall, was fined $5 for not having lights on a parked car. The complaint was
made by Roy Frisbie, but the fine was later revoked. The frequent arrests
made in 1916 were compensated for during the next two years. ln l9l7
there were no arrests made for traffic offenses, and in 1918 there were only
two. The first case came up in September, and the second in November,
and they netted the city .ff5each. The year 1919 saw us back on the gold
standard from the standpoint of the reasury department. There were five
casesbrought up, netting the city $30, swelling the revenue from traffic fines
for the total life of the city to that date to fi1O2.5O.
How times have changed! In the ten years, 1910 to 1919 inclusive, the city
netted only S102.50 from traffic fines, whereas in the year 1935, the tidy sum
of $1,f 00 was amassedfrom the same source. And the population in that
time has not quite doubled. The facts and figures from which this article was
compiled were taken from the address delivered to the Exchange Club recently by Mayor Sheldon Gilmer.
Court Conveneshr Grove Fire Station
(from
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2,1933P.G.Tide)
F ank Hellam of Monterey at least has the satisfaction of knowing that he
was found guilry and fined during one of the quaintest trials ever held in Pacific Grove.
Vith the defendant seated behind the wheel of a battered delivery automobile, the prosecuting attorney seated on the running board of a big red fire
truck, the judge presiding from behind a flimsy pine table and a group of assorted curiosity seekers lounging in the doorway and perched at various
points of vantage on the fire truck, Hellam was tried last Tuesday afternoon
in the Grove fire station on chargesof violating the city's businesslicense ordinance. Because Hellam is an invalid, he was allowed to drive his ancient
car into the fire house. Justice,in the person ofJudge Burchett, gathered up
its robes and wig of office, moved down from the second floor of the city
hall to the basement, and went into action. (Ed. note: At that time, the fire
department was in the bottom floor of city hall facing out on Laurel. You can
still see the fire door outline on the front of the building.)
Result: Hellam was found guilty, fined $ 10 after City Attorney Argyll Campbell has recommended leniency, and requested to pay S5 in arrears for the
privilege of doing business in Pacific Grove for the last six months. Another
$5 must be paid if the Monterey cigar and confectionery dealer wished to
continue another 6 months.
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In SearchOf The Last SashPullevs
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I had been hired by an enthusiasticretired couple to make ten pairs of double hung windows duplicating the existing windows on their "project", a
tired two storey fixer-upper near Lover's Point. I promised to reuse as much
of the old wavy glass as possible, and I knew where to get beautiful vertical
grain yellow pine for the sash ... but where could I find the matched set of
sash pulleys?
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I remembered a similar search about 20 years ago while building windows
for the Centrella Hotel. I went to every recycle shop from here to Oakland.
I usually got a shake of the head or, at most, 3 or 4 mismatchedpulleys. I
had all but given up when I happened upon a cacheof unused pulleys at Anderson's Building Supply (in SanJose). At that time Anderson'swas actively
demolishing SanJose's heritage and selling it offby the piece. Anderson's
was a collection of dilapidated sheds made from those mismatched materials
that couldn't find willing buyers. That day in the mid 1970sI bought most
of their supply, leaving only 40 or so behind.
Twenry years later, I set out from Pacific Grove with trepidation. The San
Jose phone operator had no listing for Anderson's, but I had a feeling that it
just had to be there. I could clearly picture the piles of old sinks and doors
near a railroad underpass,but I couldn't really remember the name of the
street, and I usually get lost trying to find my way around that growing city.
My worries intensified as I "arrived" in SanJose. I realizedthat I had forgotten my wallet and only brought my checkbook. I also realized that I was lost
again. I began criss-crossingthe old part of town, hoping I wouldn't get into
an accident and trying to stay out of the way of everyone else, all of whom
seemed to know where they were going.
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Thirty minutes later, with the instinct of a homing pigeon, I found it! There
it was, across the street from a new space-agesports arena .. and there was
Mrs. Anderson and her now elderly watch dog amongst the used timbers
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and miscellaneousplumbing fixtures. "Don't worry
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And there they were, waiting for me in the same old box, at the same price,
and yes, she would take my check. she said, "A-fterall these years, she and
her dog were pretty good judges of character."
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News of old Pacific Grove from the Pacific Grove Review - Aug 1905
by E. C. Davis
a E. C. Buffr:m's delivery horse ran away Wednesday afternoon, but was
caught by a soldier on horseback before any damage was done.
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W. F. Smith fell into the swimming pool at his bath house on Thursday
afternoon. His involuntary bath was caused by his gallantry in reaching
over to take the finger rings which a lady bather had decided to remove
from her hands.
a Mrs. Gallaway, sister ofJohn Muir, visits Pacific Grove.
a Mrs. B. C. Winston secured land at Forest and Junipero for a rest home
for missionaries. She has been working months to secure it.
a Mr. & Mrs. E. O. James have returned from a very enioyable camping rip
More CataloguesReviewed By Ken Hinshaw
Some of us are more skilled at collecting catalogues and tools than actually
working on our own homes. The following two catalogues are from Bob
Dease.
1. San Francisco'sVictoriana, 2070 Newcomb Avenue, S.F.94124, (415)
648-O3L3- This company caters more to the fancy homes of San Francisco
than our simpler homes. They have supplied completely brand new reproduction facadesfor San Francisco Victorians that had been "modernized" in
the 1940s & 50s. They offer wooden and plaster molding, ceiling rosettes,
and brackets. They have a wide selection of embossed wallpaper that can be
used as wainscoting, or to cover damaged plaster.
2. De Lean RestorationVorks, 103 N. Texas,De Lean TX76444. (817) 8933862 - Located about 100 miles north of San Antonio, this company operates
out of a historic red brick building. They offer t 83 page catalogue with a
mixture of American and imported door, window and lighting hardware. It's
worth the toll just to hear the great Texas accent of the salesman, and for $6
more you can get their catalogue.
down the coast.
a Japanese fishermen catch a large basking shark in Monterey Bay. It is
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now on exhibition from the glassboat at the bathing beach.
a A lecture by a war correspondent lately returned from Asia
(Russo-JapaneselVar) ends when electricity fails (Edwin Emerson
showed his 100 photos at the Presidio on a later date.)
a Mrs. SarahAndrecks, who crossedthe plains in 1852, dies at her
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residence,786 Laurel at 96. She had been a resident ofPacific Grove for
15 years.
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Court Convenes
(ContinuedJrompage 5)
During the trial Hellam said, "I have been doing businesshonestly for 40
years ... I think it is wrong for you to try to collect a business license from
me. At least 1,000 people whom you never see solicit businessin Pacific
Grove every month without a license."
Aside from the fact that Hellam's figures were questioned, it was pointed out
that he had nevenheless violated an active city ordinance. Testimony of the
city tax collector, L.C. Fisher, showed that the defendant had received repeated requests to pay his license. The attorney closed his argument with
the remark that he held Hellam, both as a merchant and an individual, in the
highest respect. Everybody shook hands. The judge gathered up his skins
and climbed back to his desk upstairs. Hellam's automobile wheezed out of
the building backwards. Justice had been done.
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