Fandango 2018 Auctions
Art
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Books
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Fandango 2018
The WESTERNERS Los Angeles Corral
Fandango: Saturday, June 16, 2018
Location: Casa de Turner
17435 Raymer Street
Sherwood Forest, CA 91325
Activities: Socializing with old friends & new ones. Traditional Mexican Fare. Sale & limited auction of books, paintings, etc. Good music. Early California attire.
Time: 4:00-7:00 PM
Once again, Gary and Vicki Turner are generously opening their home for our enjoyment at the 2018 Fandango! The theme for this year’s Fandango is Early California. This means, when Denny Thompson opens the bar at 4:00pm, the tequila will be well aged – not to mention the venerable Jack Daniels and the Pellegrino sparkling water chilled with genuine ice cubes. But the dinner, served at 5:00pm, will be fresh, nutritious and especially tasty Traditional Mexican Fare. It’s likely you will not go home hungry.
Feel free to invite your family, friends and neighbors. All are welcome – especially if they bring money for the sale! This would be a good opportunity to introduce someone who might value becoming a member – even if they like to wear old hats.
At the Fandango, we will enjoy socializing with old friends and getting acquainted with new ones. And we’ll listen to good music.
Participate in the old book sale and in the, hopefully, fast-moving auction of special history books, paintings and artifacts. Due to donations from collector members, we should have some interesting historical items for sale. Bring plenty of cash or some checks to make sure you can take advantage of the opportunities that may arise! Later, we’ll circulate more info on the notable items for sale.
Travel Assistance to Our Fellow Members:
Please keep in mind that some of our members can no longer drive or are uncomfortable about driving on the freeways day or night. If there are such members living in your area, please get in touch to see if they would come with you to the Fandango. Call Michele Clark, our Sunshine Wrangler at (626) 822-1522 if you need a ride.
For those who have difficulty driving at night, you’ll be able to return home before the sun goes down, since we’re starting at 4:00pm.
Event Reservations:
Event reservations cost $50.00 each. Please make out your check for $50 per person payable to “Westerners, Los Angeles Corral,” or submit your payment onlineas EARLY AS YOU CAN but no later than one week before the Fandango date. Just log onto our website (www.lawesterners.org) and go to the Members Only tab. Click on the Roundup Store option and follow the instructions.
If you are paying by check, mail it to Ms. Therese Melbar, Registrar of Marks and Brands at 549 South Aldenville Avenue, Covina, CA 91723-2909. Late reservations or questions may be addressed to Therese via Email: tmelbar@cpp.eduor by telephone (661) 343-9373.
The Trail Bosses look forward to your joining them for this important fund-raising event to support the Corral’s publications and other activities!
Contact Jim Macklin, Deputy Sheriff, at 1221 Greenfield Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006-4148, at jhmcpa@earthlink.net or (626) 446-6411 with any questions or news items.
Roundup: May 9, 2018
Almansor Court – 700 S. Almansor, Alhambra, CA.
Social Hour: 5:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00 PM
E Clampus Vitus Night at the Corral!
(Clamper attendance, attire and regalia are encouraged.)
Our Speaker: Abe Hoffman, Past Sheriff & Platrix X-Noble Grand Humbug
His Subject: The Secret Behind The Secret History of Southern California and Its Author
In 2011 the Platrix Chapter of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus published The Secret History of Southern California by B.T. Fripps. The book contained thirteen chapters dealing with topics on Southern California history that were previously unknown to historians of the region–or, for that matter, anyone living there. Some people suspect that Fripps is simply an alias for Platrix X-Noble Grand Humbug Abe Hoffman, noting that some booklets carried Abe’s name. Former Sheriff and Clamper Abe Hoffman strongly denies that he and Fripps are the same person, offering as defense the many books and articles he has written, many of them refereed by peer reviewers, whereas almost nothing has been published by Fripps, and those items that have seen the light of day clearly are not written in any style Abe would write. Fripps asked Abe to proofread his writings, and Abe made the mistake of agreeing to do so. Fripps then placed Abe’s name as author or editor on the booklets and writings. Abe reveals how the Secret History came to be published by Platrix Chapter ECV, noting that considerable controversy exists between those who denounce the book as “fake history” and those who strongly defend it as uncovering long-hidden information.
Abe Hoffman is a past Sheriff of the Corral (1997) and has been a Corral member for more than forty years. He teaches history at Los Angeles Valley College. His writings have received awards from the Historical Society of Southern California, including the Wheat Award for Best Article and the Don Pflueger Award for his book Vision or Villainy: Origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Water Controversy. His latest book is California’s Deadliest Earthquakes.
To enhance the educational value of his presentation, Abe has arranged for copies of Fripps’ latest booklet, “Spanish Santa Barbara: Mission, Presidio, and Leper Colony,” to be given to all persons attending the May evening so they may compare Fripps’ writing with Abe’s own articles such as those published in The Branding Iron.
Posted by Jim Macklin, Deputy Sheriff.
Future Los Angeles Corral Events
June 16th, 2018 — Fandango at home of Vicki and Gary Turner
July 11th, 2018 — Autry Fellow — Challenging the Veracity of Civil War Era History in California & Nevada
August 8th, 2018 — Jeff Lapides — Passage to Eldorado: The First Photos on the Mojave Road by Rudolph d’Heureuse (1863)
Dinner Fees, Reservations & Meal Choices
The Roundup Dinner Fee is $40 including ample, convenient and free parking. The dinner choices for this Roundup are beef, fish and vegetarian. This month, that includes Grilled Top Sirloin with a Wild Mushroom Sauce, Baked Atlantic Salmon with Toasted Almonds and a Cream Sauce or, finally, Clamper-style Penne Pasta in a Tomato Basil Sauce with Carrots, Peppers, Zucchini, Mushrooms and Green Beans (but no cheese). Dessert will be Chocolate Royale, the baked soufflé-style dessert beloved by all. (Just kidding about the Clamper-style vegetarian dinner. What self-respecting Clamper would order a vegetarian dinner?)
Please choose your entrée and make out your check for $40 to “Westerners, Los Angeles Corral,” or submit your payment online as EARLY AS YOU CAN but no later than one week before the Roundup date. Just log onto our website (www.lawesterners.org) and go to the Members Only tab. Click on the Roundup Store option and follow the instructions. Walk-ins can be served, but entrée choices will be limited to what is on hand. The “late price” is now $45.00.
If you are paying by check, mail it to Ms. Therese Melbar, Registrar of Marks and Brands at 549 South Aldenville Avenue, Covina, CA 91723-2909. Late reservations or questions may be addressed to Therese via Email: tmelbar@cpp.edu or by telephone (661) 343-9373.
Travel Assistance to Our Fellow Members
Please keep in mind that some of our members can no longer drive or are uncomfortable about driving on the freeways at night. If there are such members living in your area, please get in touch to see if they would come with you to the Roundups. Call Michele Clark, our Sunshine Wrangler, at (626) 822-1522 if you need a ride.
Get Involved & Volunteer
We encourage our members to get involved with any of the Corral’s activities. Perhaps you’re a new Corresponding member who wants to be more actively involved but doesn’t know what opportunities are available. Or you may be a more experienced member who wants to help out in a particular area of our events, publications, membership, webpage or archives. Or you may be a senior member who can no longer attend meetings but who can still read a book and write a review. Please call me to discuss your interest or to get a list of the Corral’s current needs I’ve prepared. We all know that, the more you give, the more you’ll get out of the Corral’s activities! I’m continually surprised about the amazing people in our Corral with whom I get to associate and whom I now consider friends!
Contact Jim Macklin, Deputy Sheriff, at 1221 Greenfield Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006-4148, at jhmcpa@earthlink.net or (626) 446-6411 with any questions or news items.
Roundup: April 11, 2018
Almansor Court – 700 S. Almansor, Alhambra, CA.
Social Hour: 5:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00 PM
Our Speaker: Michael Patris, Past Sheriff, Serious Historian and Witty Raconteur
His Subject: Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps
Thaddeus Lowe is known by many to be the builder of the Mount Lowe Incline Railway in the San Gabriel Mountains. However, his fascination with flying balloons and an early attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in one brought him to the White House lawn near the outbreak of the American Civil War. Lowe convinced President Abraham Lincoln the future of warfare would include aerial components, contributing to the fabrication and deployment of seven balloons for the Union Army. Michael Patris will tell the story of how Lowe came to the White House, deployed balloons and held several records for flight, with rarely seen images from iconic Civil War photographer Matthew Brady and other materials from the Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection.
Will Michael mention Lowe’s drop-dead gorgeous wife, Leontine, a French actress whom he married a week after meeting her? Instead of discussing dreary battles between ir0n-clad boats, will he discuss how Lowe was responsible for the construction of America’s first aircraft carrier? Will Michael discuss that Lowe was an early student of the science of meteorology? (Can you picture Ben Franklin holding his key at the top of his kite instead of holding the string at the bottom?) Will he tell how Leontine rescued him from behind Confederate lines by driving a team in a buckboard wagon in and back before the Union Army could save him? Are any of these teasers true or just Fake News? You’ll never know unless you come to Michael’s dynamic and entertaining presentation! You won’t want to miss this Roundup! Bring your children, your neighbors and your friends! We already have a guest coming from Texas!
Michael Patris is no stranger to most of our members and other residents of the San Gabriel Valley! He was Sheriff of the Corral in 2010, has been a speaker at earlier Roundups and authored articles in The Branding Iron. Michael is a third generation native of Southern California and has always had an interest in history. Whether collecting antiques, collecting and working on antique cars, or restoring a 1923 California bungalow in Alhambra with his wife Mudd, pieces of the past always seemed too important to brush aside.
One of Michael’s most well-known projects is a Mount Lowe trilogy, beginning in 2007 with Mount Lowe Railway, part of the History of Rail series for Arcadia Publishing. Both Michael Patris and Steve Crise authored Pacific Electric Railway, Then and Now in 2011 and Mount Lowe, Then and Now in 2012. Michael’s current project is a hardbound book on Los Angeles Union Station, with photographer Steve Crise, for its 80th anniversary in 2019.
Michael is the President and founder of the Mount Lowe Preservation Society, Inc. and President of the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. He has written numerous articles for publications other than our own Branding Iron. Michael is also President and owner of Golden West Books, a publishing company focusing on the history of trains, trolleys, railroads and locomotive material.
Posted by Jim Macklin, Deputy Sheriff.
Future Los Angeles Corral Events
May 9th, 2018 — Celebrate E Clampus Vitus Night at the Corral!
(Clampers respectfully requested to wear their full honorable regalia!)
Abe Hoffman — The Secret Behind the Hidden Secret of Southern California
June 16th, 2018 — Fandango at home of Vicki and Gary Turner
July 11th, 2018 — Autry Fellow — Challenging the Veracity of Civil War Era History in California & Nevada
August 8th, 2018 — Jeff Lapides — Passage to Eldorado: The First Photos on the Mojave Road by Rudolph d’Heureuse (1863)
Dinner Fees, Reservations & Meal Choices
The Roundup Dinner Fee is $40 including ample, convenient and free parking. The dinner choices for this Roundup are beef, chicken and vegetarian. This month, that includes Kalbi Top Sirloin with a Sweet & Spicy Sauce, Chicken Roulade Stuffed with Vegetables and Italian Cheeses and Topped with a Spinach Cream Sauce or a healthy but lamentable Fresh Vegetable Bouquet for those who feel they must choose it. Dessert consists of a Seasonal Lemon Cake.
Please choose your entrée and make out your check for $40 to “Westerners, Los Angeles Corral,” or submit your payment online as EARLY AS YOU CAN but no later than one week before the Roundup date. Just log onto our website (www.lawesterners.org) and go to the Members Only tab. Click on the Roundup Store option and follow the instructions. Walk-ins can be served, but entrée choices will be limited to what is on hand. The “late price” is now $45.00.
If you are paying by check, mail it to Ms. Therese Melbar, Registrar of Marks and Brands at 549 South Aldenville Avenue, Covina, CA 91723-2909. Late reservations or questions may be addressed to Therese via Email: tmelbar@cpp.edu or by telephone (661) 343-9373.
Travel Assistance to Our Fellow Members
Please keep in mind that some of our members can no longer drive or are uncomfortable about driving on the freeways at night. If there are such members living in your area, please get in touch to see if they would come with you to the Roundups.
Contact Jim Macklin, Deputy Sheriff, at 1221 Greenfield Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006-4148, at jhmcpa@earthlink.net or (626) 446-6411 with any questions or news items.
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