Published quarterly by the Pinole Historical Society

PinoleHistorical

SocietyNewsbriefs

P.O. Box 285, Pinole, CA 94564www.PinoleHistoricalSociety.org info@PinoleHistoricalSociety.org

Fall 2012

In this issuePresident’s Message

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Use your smartphone tofind PHS on the Internet

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Order tickets toDr. Joe’s Party

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Historical film sought — Page 6 —

The rise and demise ofthe Fiesta del Pinole

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Presidential candidatevisits Pinole in 1912

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2013 PHSmembership application

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Share memories of Fiesta del Pinoleat PHS Nov. 1 membership meeting

Videos of the 1963, ‘64, and ‘65 Fiesta del Pinole parades,shot by the father of longtime Pinole resident Jim Payne, willbe shown at the PHS general membership meeting Thursday,November 1, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in conference rooms 2A and2B of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Office Building in Pinole.

Jim and his sister, Donna, will be on hand to share theirmemories of those parades, and PHS co-founder George Vincent will provide historical perspective of the parades.George’s second article about the Fiesta del Pinole is in thisnewsletter, beginning on page 8.

Please join us and share your memories of Pinole’s paradedays gone by.

DR. JOE TO BE HONOREDAT NOVEMBER 11 DINNERBy Marcia KalapusPresident, Pinole Historical Society

very now an then we encounter a person who exemplifies the essenceof profound greatness, a person whohas accomplished many wonderful

things, not only for his family, but for thegreater common good. The special person inmy lifetime is Dr. Joseph Mariotti.

The first time I met Dr. Joe was in the midContinued on page 3 Joe Mariotti

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PinoleHistoricalSocietyBoard of Directors: Marcia Kalapus, President; JeffRubin, Vice President; Mary Drazba, Treasurer; Jo AnnGannotti, Secretary; Shirley Ramos, George Vincent.Directors Emeritus: Dr. Joe Mariotti, Jack MeehanNewsletter Editor: Jeff Rubin

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It’s also posted on the PHS website.FOR ADVERTISERS: 3,000 printed copies of PHS

Newsbriefs are distributed every quarter, generatingreadership among thousands of Pinole and WestCounty residents. Hundreds more receive the newslet-ter directly from the PHS via its database and website.If you’re interested in advertising, please contact Jeff Rubin at info@PinoleHistoricalSociety.org or call him at (510) 724-9507.

PHS CALENDARMEETINGS

ONGOING

November 14, December 12, 2012: Monthly Boardof Directors meeting. The public is invited to attendand speak on any of the items discussed at thesemeetings. Pinole Senior Center, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

November 1, 2012: Membership meeting: Kaiser Permanente Medical Office Building, 1301Pinole Valley Road, Conference Rooms 2A and 2B,6:30 to 8 p.m. See front page for details.

Pinole Library history exhibits. Two exhibits at thelibrary, 2935 Pinole Valley Road. Library hours are: Monday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), Wednesday (2 to 8 p.m.),Friday and Saturday (12 to 5 p.m.).PHS booth at Pinole Farmers’ Market. Every otherSaturday through December 22.

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A Pinole Landmark

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1960s, when he cameon staff as an orthopedicsurgeon and physician atBrookside Hospital on ashift in the emergencyroom. I was an ER nurse.It was a big night for accidents, trauma, andmedical emergencies.Being a bone doctor, hewas in his element.

Over the next 33years, Dr. Joe and Iworked on patient care,physician/nurse commit-tees, medical-staff meet-ings, quality-improvement projects, and more. Dr. Joe gave his fullattention to his patientsand families and gentle,tender care to eachpatient. They loved him.

He was respected byall hospital staff andphysicians. Whenever ahelping hand was neededin surgery and there weremore cases than theorthopedic doctor on call

began the process of col-lecting and documentingthe city’s history, storingand preserving old arti-facts, and looking fordetails of older historichomes, farms, etc. Theyspent hours interviewingfamilies, collecting anec-dotal details, and memo-ries.

During the early yearsof the society Dr. Joe andGeorge went on a questto find the ruins of theMartinez Adobe. Theyfound the remains inPinole Valley near what istoday Pinole Valley Park.They were joined by anarchaeologist andresearcher from U.C.Berkeley to help with thedig. The site was welldocumented and coveredover for posterity.

Dr. Joe’s interests did-n’t stop with history. Heentered politics andserved on the Pinole CityCouncil. Dr. Joe hasbeen a longtime environ-

DR. JOE TO BE HONORED AT NOVEMBER 11 DINNERmentalist and conserva-tionist in Contra Costaand Alameda counties,serving on numerouscommittees.

Dr. Joe has also beena longtime member ofthe Pinole Garden Club,which honored him in2011 by planting a beau-tiful crepe myrtle tree inhis honor at BayfrontPark.

Dr. Joe, George Vin-cent, and Jeff Rubin collaborated to write ahistory book of Pinole in2009. The society alonehas sold nearly 800copies, and many morehave been sold at retailoutlets and online.

We are celebrating Dr.Joe’s lifetime achieve-ments at a special dinneron Sunday, November11, 2012 at the PinoleSenior Center. There is aticket order form on page5 of this newsletter.

Please join us andhonor a great Pinolean.

could handle, Dr. Joewas there to assist.

Another wonderfulattribute about Dr. Joewas his devotion to thePinole Valley High Schoolfootball teams. He wasthe team physician for 32years and he was at allthe games, rain or shine.

In the late 1960s, Dr.Joe purchased theBernardo Fernandez Mansion and moved hisyoung family into thatglorious old building. Heand his late wife,Gretchen, worked on thehome constantly, remod-eling and renovating forthe next 30 or moreyears.

During that time Dr.Joe, who had a passionfor “old history,” especial-ly Pinole history, joinedup with George Vincent,a third-generation resi-dent and Pinole teacher,to start the Pinole Histori-cal Society in 1974. Theyengaged many others and

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We have postcards, greeting cards, and refrig-erator magnets—featuring photos from our book,Images of America: Pinole. You can order themat www.PinoleHistoricalSociety.org.

To order on-line, print the order form and mail it with your check to the Pinole HistoricalSociety, P.O. Box 285, Pinole, CA 94564.

All of the photos in our book—and others inour collection—are available for purchase in anysize you want. These items make great holidaygifts. For more information, contact us at (510)724-9507 or info@pinolehistoricalsociety.org.

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PHS SEEKING FAMILY FILMS FOR HISTORICAL ARCHIVEot film?

The Pinole Historical Society is embark-ing on a major project to archive the city’shistory — family by family and event by

event. Our objective is to establish a permanent, digitized collection of Pinole’s history.

Do you have film of past Holy Ghost parades,Pinole Valley High School Homecoming parades,Memorial Day or July 4 parades?

How about important athletic events, such as ahigh-school football, basketball, baseball, softball, orvolleyball game?

Perhaps you have film ofan important event that tookplace in Fernandez Park, or aribbon cutting or an eventthat has a place in Pinole’shistory—such as the 1958flood?

We’re looking for anyvideo or film you have—VHS,

Beta, camcorder, DV tape, 8mm, Super 8mm,16mm, 35mm, motion picture.

Nearly everyone has taken home movies. Thatmakes everyone who has taken film a historian.

We want to collect, digitize, catalog, and preserveold movies on DVD (and whatever formats are tocome) to exhibit, educate, and entertain.

The PHS will share these videos on a film archivethat we will establish, similar to the The PioneersFilm Archive on YouTube created by the CaliforniaPioneers of Santa Clara (www.youtube.com/sccpioneers).

Film connects with thepast in a unique way. It’simmersive, educational, andentertaining for young peo-ple. It’s a way to get youngpeople interested in history.

Got film? Please contactus at info@pinolehistoricalsociety.org

The Pinole Historical Society is grateful for donations of

artifacts, photos, newspapers, memorabilia—anything of

historical significance. Please contact us at

info@PinoleHistoricalSociety.orgor call (510) 724-9507.

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You can view the numerous PHS programs right

on your computer. Go to www.ci.pinole.ca.us/about/videos.html and scroll down to PINOLEHISTORY. You’ll find our interviews, Veterans Dayprograms, both of George Vincent’s Walking Toursof Historic Downtown Pinole, and the very fine PCTV-produced, 12-part series based on the Historic Walking Tour brochure. It’s great TV!

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Retrieving the flag andits storage till next dis-play is an obscure proce-

dure for many people. We’ve often seen the

school custodian, thepostal worker, nighttimestore clerk, or securitypersons struggling, alone,to lower, unhook, andrespectfully gather in theflag for overnight storage.

It’s not very dignified,but it’s unavoidable.

There is, however, a more formal proce-dure if two or morepeople participate, or if the occasiondeserves public observation.

First, the home-

front flag, when takendown, can simply berolled around the staff,stored indoors till nextdisplayed. Efficient, anddignified, this is respect-ful care of your flagbetween outdoor display-ing.

Two or more peoplemay also retrieve theflag. Perhaps you’ve seenthis at a school, wheresuch activity is regardedas not only instructional,but a special honor tothose involved. Foldingthe flag—the memorabletriangle fold is usually fol-

lowed. The basic processis essentially that fol-lowed by the military—though less formal andceremonial. It goes likethis:

• Two people begin byholding the flag horizon-tally, waist-high.

• Fold the lower half-striped section over thefield of stars.

• Next, fold the stripedsection again, over thefield of stars.

• With the field of starsshowing above andbelow, begin the foldingat the stripes end, a tri-angular fold begins from

the folded edge. • Triangular folds

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THE RISE AND DEMISE OFTHE FIESTA DEL PINOLE

Back in the day By George R. Vincent

Second of two parts

he first Fiesta delPinole becamethe model forfuture ones. Each

year, the Fiesta became a little more refined withnew features, but basical-ly stayed the same from1962 to 1976. Proceedsfrom the Fiesta wereused for city youth projects.

The Fiesta planningwas a tribute to hardwork and love of commu-nity. It was a creative andcollaborative town effortspearheaded by themayor and council,chamber of commerce,

and community serviceorganizations such as theLions, Eagles, Portugueselodges, and PinoleJaycees. There was aFiesta Committee Execu-tive Board and a Fiestachairman whose jobheadache was to coordi-nate the whole project.

One enthusiastic groupof workers was the red-vested members of thePinole Jaycees. This organization sponsored apopular feature of theFiesta — the Miss PinolePageant. Girls from thearea competed for thetitle.

The pageant was firstheld at Tara Hills School,

and in later years atPinole Middle School andPinole Valley High. Girlswere judged on talent,beauty, and personality.The winner reigned overthe Fiesta, received a$25 bond award and trophy. She also rodewith her court in theparade on a float orwhite convertible limoand would becomePinole’s entry in the MissContra Costa Contest.The most-photographedcustom was the passingof the crown each yearfrom the outgoing queento the new one.

Miss Pinole winnersincluded:

• 1964: Shirley AnnLopez

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The Native American with crossed arms on the 1964 program cover is incorporated in the City of Pinole seal.

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• 1965: Nancy Hackett• 1966: Margaret Hammer

• 1967: Lynda Sue Allen• 1968: Tanilee Weardon• 1971: Kathy Ellis• 1972: Leslie Anderson

A novel Jaycee ideawas the sale of large, colorful “booster but-tons.” Wearing this but-ton gave you six carnivalrides for $4. The buttonshad an historical design.The 1971 button was a Spanish dancer. The1974 button sported theFernandez Mansion. The1975 button featured theMartinez Adobe, and in1976, the BicentennialLiberty Bell.

Another feature addedin 1966 was a children’spet parade. Kids, wagons,and caged animals proceeded from CollinsSchool to the FernandezPark judges’ stand with a noisy assortment ofdogs, cats, birds andother critters. Blue ribbons were given to allyoung participants.

One of the most mem-orable Fiestas to honorPinole’s founding was in1964. Mayor John J.

Meehan in his Fiestalaunching address to thecommunity said, “Asproud citizens of thiscity, we are all licensedarchitects of its continu-ing history.”

The Fiesta programbooklet was a history les-son of Pinole’s Hispanicheritage. An eventsschedule from the 1964Fiesta shows the scopeof the five-day festivalheld in September:

• Wed., Sept.9 —Amusement CenterOpens, “Fun Fair” Fernandez Park

• Thurs., Sept. 10 —Teen-Age Dance, IDESHall

• Fri., Sept. 11 — MissPinole Pageant, Tara HillsSchool

• Sat., Sept. 12 — Fiesta Parade, Pinole-Hercules School #2 toFernandez Park, LiveMusic and Adult DancesTwin Halls (IDES andEagles Halls), GameBooths Open

• Sun., Sept. 13 —B.B.Q. Fernandez Park,

Massive Fireworks Displayat Dusk.

The 1964 Fiesta wasunique in that the figureon the Seal of the Citygrew out of the artworkon the cover of the pro-gram, titled “Fiesta delPinole 1772-1964.” Thecover featured a drawingof the Pedro Fages Expe-dition that passedthrough Pinole in 1772and gave the name“Pinole” to the area.

A bearded, light-skinned Native Americanwith crossed arms alsoadorned the cover. Insidewas a detailed history ofPinole’s Spanish-speakingroots and the firstencounter with NativeAmericans in this area.John Healy’s interpreta-tion of Juan Crespi’sdiary entry led to theartist’s depiction of theNative American. Thecross-armed figure was toremain on Pinole’s seal,but the historically cor-rect-or-not controversialbeard did not.

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The Native American with crossed arms on the 1964 program cover is incorporated in the City of Pinole seal.

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THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE FIESTA DEL PINOLEContinued from page 9

The 1964 Fiesta proceeds were used topurchase lights for Fernandez Park. The1964 Fiesta Committeeand Executive Board,along with the PinoleJaycees and chamber ofcommerce, were coordi-nated by Fiesta ChairmanAndy Poirier. Fiesta plan-ning credit was also givento board members Mrs.Jack Carlson, JohnDarke, Bruno Felice,Henry Langhorst, KenSilva, Betty Grimes, andGrand Parade Marshall Ed LeFebvre.

The Fiesta programalso held the names ofadvertising sponsors ofthe 1960s: Tommy’s Coffee Cup, Mickey’s Bait

Shop, Mike Lewis’ ClubAlibi, Frank Lunghi’sAntlers Tavern, PinoleFood Center, Raina’sPinole Shoe Repair, ThreeBells, Doug Lewis VarietyStore, Buck’s Short-StopChicken, Pinole Cyclery,Pinole Baby News, Dr.Wright’s Pinole Pet Hospi-tal and the Alley Cafe.

Some interesting highlights from Pinole’smany Fiestas:

• 1967: Mayor FrankJohnson’s upbeat mes-sage: “The Fiesta is ournever-ending pride inour heritage. We annual-ly take a page from thepast for our inevitableglowing future.”

• 1967: Pinole’s popu-lation: 12,693

• Teen Dance—HolyGhost Hall, $1

• Jaycee ChickenB.B.Q., $1.50 adults,$.75 children

• Winner of FiestaPinole Float Competition:Solano County entry fromNative Sons of the Gold-en West (two pretty girlswater skiing, and 30 girlson a sailboat with flowersgalore).

• I965: Mayor JohnMitchell’s message laudsthe Fiesta: “On behalf of the City of Pinole, I invite you to join inour festivities which will commemorate our heritage. This past yearhas been one of consid-erable changes. Majorannexations have addedto our total area and weare proud of the newdevelopments that dotour hills.”

• 1970: Mayor DonTormey says, “Join withpeople of Pinole on thisthe occasion of a pro-gressive city.”

• 1971: Ed Vovsi, Fiesta Chairman. August26-29. One of best Fies-tas ever. Thousands lineparade route. CherokeeIndian Tony “Last Arrow“Smith of Vallejo’s amaz-ing bicycle tricks, Unicy-cle Drill Teams, Bagpipesband, Pinole Valley HighBand, East Bay ClownClub, Rainbow Girls’float, drum and buglecorps such as the Capito-laires from Sacramento,the Caballeros fromStockton, and the Hawksfrom Richmond, endingwith spectacular fire-works on Friday night.

• Former Pinole MayorLeRoy LeFebvre andPinole’s 1963 “Man ofthe Year,” best summedup the Fiesta’s part inPinole’s evolution in the

1964 Fiesta programintroduction:

“In my eyes andheart, I feel the mainway in which Pinole hasprogressed is in the factthat the people whohave moved here inrecent years have takenPinole to their heartsand have kept it a citywith something just alittle bit special fromany other.”

Recently, the Jim andDonna Payne family, for-mer Hercules residents,donated 8 mm. colorhome movies of the1963-1965 Fiestas to thePinole Historical Society.

The movies have beendigitized, and the filmreturned with our sincerethanks. They will beshown at the November1, 2012, PHS member-ship meeting as a tributeto the summer event thatbrought together old andnew Pinole in a festivemood of community spir-it and a reputation of a good-times town that spread throughoutNorthern California.

Ironically, the Fiesta’spopularity also con-tributed to its demise.Growing law-enforcementand security problemsfrom the outside, culmi-nating in the shootingdeath of a young man inFernandez Park, madethe 1976 Fiesta the city’slast.

Like fields of Californiapoppies in the sun, theFiesta del Pinole blos-somed gloriously and colorfully for a time buteventually faded away.

But what a wonderfulrun it had while becom-ing a part of Pinole’s history.

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Visit the Pinole Historical Society website for informa-tion on the society’s activities and events— and, of course, the history of the sweetest city in theEast Bay.www.PinoleHistoricalSociety.org

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It happened back then

It’s unlikely that anypresidential candidateswill stop in Pinole thisyear. However, 100 yearsago, at least one Republi-can contender visitedduring the primary elec-tion season.

Political history junkiesknow Robert La Folletteas a nationally recog-nized liberal, progressiveRepublican Wisconsinsenator in the early 20thcentury. In 1912, SenatorLa Follette made a cam-paign stop in Pinole,where he blasted oppo-nent Theodore Roosevelt.

In the end, La Follettewon only 18 percent ofvotes in the 1912 Califor-nia Republican primary,which Roosevelt won with55 percent. Roosevelttried and failed to get La

Follete’s support at thenational party conven-tion. President WilliamHoward Taft won thenomination and Roo-sevelt bolted the party torun on the Bull Mooseticket with California Gov.Hiram Johnson as vicepresident.

The general electionballot included Taft, Roo-sevelt, Socialist EugeneDebs, and DemocratWoodrow Wilson.

Roosevelt carried California and five otherstates. Taft won only Ver-mont and Utah. Wilsonprevailed by winning the

other 40 states.This article is from the

May 8, 1912, edition ofthe San Francisco Call.

SAN JOSE, May 7—Anaudience of nearly 5,000men and women gath-ered in the Auditoriumrink tonight to hear Sena-tor Robert M. La Follette,progressive candidate forpresident, explain theprinciples of the platformupon which he is makinghis bid for the Californiadelegation in the nationalconvention.

La Follette went intothe fight as if he had notspent a hard day ofspeechmaking on anauto circuit from PointRichmond to Niles.

Early in his address hementioned the name of

Presidential hopeful made campaign stop in Pinole in 1912

Theodore Roosevelt Robert La Follette

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Presidential hopeful made campaign stop in Pinole in 1912Theodore Roosevelt andpaused as he did in LosAngeles. Loud applausebroke from his hearerswhile La Follette stoodquietly by until it sub-sided. Then, advancingto the edge of the plat-form, he leaned forwardand cried:

“Some of you gentle-men who did that will beashamed before I getthrough with you.’’ Hecontinued by quotingRoosevelt’s trust recordand developing his theo-ry of the high cost of liv-ing being due to the neg-ligence of Roosevelt infailing to prosecute illegalcombinations under theSherman anti-trust act.

“That isn’t a veryproud record for yourcandidate,” he said atthe close. “Every minutethat he was presidentand permitted thesetrusts to exist he was vio-lating his oath of office.”

During the day La Fol-lette made two addressesbefore large audiences inRichmond, proceedingfrom there to Pinole,where several hundredmen and women heardhim for an hour. Continu-ing his trip in the after-noon, he spoke at Mar-tinez, Concord, WalnutCreek, Pleasanton, andNiles before reaching SanJose at 8 o’clock.

Opening his speech,he said:

“I am here before youso that I may look intoyour faces and have youlook into mine and see ifI am in earnest in thisfight I have been makingfor the last 20 years. Iam in earnest. I am ever-lastingly and eternallyright, and I appeal to you

who believe with me tovote your convictions,win or lose.

“Something has hap-pened in the last decade.The cost of living hasdoubled. All the time thecost of production hasdecreased, our methodshave been simplified andcheapened, but stillprices have mountedhigher and higher.

“It does not mattermuch to you people,because you are rich andcomfortable, but I appealto you to think of thepeople crowded into thetenements in great cities.What do they think aboutthis government of ours?They are growing sullen,resentful, hard towardthe government, and thetime has come for therest of us to see to fitthat social justice is done— that commercial andindustrial liberty is pre-served.”

Telling of his own posi-tion in the fight for the

nomination, La Follettetold how the progressiveleaders who desertedhim had circulated thereport that he had “broken down.”

“Look at me,” hecried. “Do I look like thebroken down engine theysaid I was? One of thesemen went into NorthDakota and told the voters the La Folletteengine, that was pullingthe progressive trainacross the country, hadbroken down and wassidetracked. They saidthis engine was disabledand that I was too ill tocontinue with the cam-paign, so they would getanother engine.”

“They did get anotherengine — a switchengine. (Applause.) Aswitch engine is awfullynoisy. It runs first on onetrack and then on anoth-er, and never gets any-where. (Applause.) Thatis the kind of motivepower that is drawing the

softshell progressive traintoday.

“This engine is still allright. Drivewheels fine,firebox good, steamchestin prime condition and aheap of sand in the sand-box. We are still movingalong and still drawingthe real progressivetrain.”

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