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Page 5 Berthoud Weekly Surveyor March 13, 2014 A new exhibit will be going up at the Little Thompson Val- ley Pioneer Museum. Cen- tered on the theme of “Growing up in Berthoud,” the exhibit will feature photographs and artifacts related to community’s youth over the seven-decade span from 1900 to 1969. Stories and anecdotes about coming of age in Ber- thoud during that time frame are currently being collected for use with the exhibit. Before the exhibit ends its run next Novem- ber, the stories will be compiled in a publication that will be made available to the public. If you have a story that you would like to share, please contact the Pioneer Museum at 970-532-2147 for details. Some of the earliest accounts of growing up in Berthoud were written by Belva Turner Bashor. A grand- daughter of Berthoud town founder, Peter Turner, Bashor was a resident of the community from her birth in 1888 to her passing in 1967. In 1976, Belva’s granddaughter, Jodie, and Dr. Helen Fickel assembled and published a book that Belva had been encouraged to write in her later years. The book — “Early Berthoud: A History of the Town, 1877-1900” — was the first to address the history of town and the valley. Belva, who entered her teens in the early 1990s, wrote: “Minstrel shows were given in the early days. Also dances — mostly square dances; with some waltzes, polkas and old- fashioned dances. These entertain- ments were given as benefits for vari- ous organizations, ball clubs, bands, etc. Baby sitters were unknown then, and the whole family attended. I don’t remember ever learning to dance. I just remember my father (Beverly Turner) and myself waltzing or doing a polka, or as a couple in a square dance set. He always danced with me several times an evening. “There were strawberry and ice cream socials or “festivals” in the summer time, a lovely time for a young man to escort his best girl. “There were traveling tent shows, especially “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” That always drew good crowds. I remem- ber, after seeing Little Eva drawn up into the golden clouds as she was dying in Uncle Tom’s arms, how entranced Margie Harris and I were and we nearly broke our necks trying to negotiate Little Eva’s trip to the sky. A merry-go-round (Forsythe’s) came to town every year and was usually set up on the corner of Fourth and Mountain Avenue where Straight’s Market (Picture This Custom Framing) now is. When the music started, it could be heard all over town and the children would run to watch and ride. My grandfa- ther (Peter Turner) loved to ride the merry-go-round. He was always there and would take the children for rides. It was his delight to hand out nickels, especially to ones who were watching, but not riding. He spent many dollars and made many children happy each year.” The Berthoud Historical Society hopes that Belva Bashor’s account of her early life in Berthoud serves to inspire others in the community to share their memories of Berthoud people, places and events that influ- enced their childhood. Berthoud Historical Society Muse- ums Director Karen Lloyd D’Onofrio is the curator of the exhibit and may be reached Thursday through Satur- day at 970-532-2147. A LOOK AT BERTHOUD Belva Turner Bashor remembered growing up in Berthoud Photo courtesy of the Berthoud Historical Society In the early 1900s a traveling amusement company set up a ferris wheel and merry-go-round at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Mountain Avenue in Berthoud. Belva Turner Bashor recalled that her grandfather, town founder Peter Turner, gave nickels to children who did not have money to pay for rides. Flood relief makes progress By May Soricelli The Surveyor Berthoud Habitat for Humanity (BHFH) is making strong progress with the flood relief grant applicants and all flood-relief efforts. In conjunc- tion with the fire department, BHFH has compiled a list of 14 homes that have been damaged along the Little Thompson River within the town of Berthoud that qualify for grant money. From these 14 flood victims, nine applications have been made to the BHFH and have been accepted. Members of the board have collected in-depth data from each homeowner, including estimates on total damages and total cost of repairs, as well as any relief money received from FEMA and other sources. In order to quickly assist these homeowners, BHFH has determined that it will be best to distribute funds, including the $20,000 grant and other donations, evenly to all the accepted applicants as soon as possible. The deadline for application will be March 13. “We don’t want to take long and just want to get funds to families so they can get their needs met,” stated Ric Haskins, president of BHFH board. As the deadline approaches, it is necessary for all homeowners who need assistance to come forward and fill out an application at the Berthoud Restore. The requirements for the grant money are as follows: 1. The homeowner must live in Larimer County, in the town of Ber- thoud, and along the Little Thompson River. 2. The homeowner may be given grant money for damages only to the home and not to exterior property. The community is rallying to- gether and making strides to assist Berthoud Habitat and the affected families by raising money through various ways. John DeNovellis Photography has decided to generously donate 20 per- cent of all March sales to the Habitat Flood Relief. Several of their framed photographs can be found displayed at Da Bean Coffee Shop and are available for purchase. The photogra- phers have set up five donation boxes to raise money for the Habitat Flood Relief at these locations: Da Bean, Hays Market, Berthoud Drug, Grace Place and the Habitat Restore. The fire department has received grant money to assist in the pur- chase of equipment for needed debris removal. United Methodist Commit- tee On Relief (UMCOR) is working with the fire department to provide volunteers help to pile and dispose of debris. In addition to these efforts, col- lege students from all around the country have committed their spring breaks to disaster relief efforts in our community through a spring break alternative program. Community Collaboration Inter- national currently has 16 student volunteers working in Berthoud help- ing homeowners with flood damage. More students are scheduled to come and can assist any flood victims in the area. If interested, contact Steve Sullivan at 773-495-5569 or Candace Linn at 661-466-6564 to receive their assistance. To volunteer and help with the ongoing relief efforts please contact local churches, the fire department or Berthoud Habitat. Donations to contribute to the flood relief fund can make a major impact and can be made at the Berthoud Habitat and assigned to “flood relief donation.” Donations can also be deposited at Guaranty Bank of Berthoud. OBITUARY Alan E. Meining April 22, 1949 — March 6, 2014 Memorial services for Alan Eugene Meining, 64, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 15, at the First Christian Church in Wheatland, Wyo., with Pastor Randy Gregory officiating. Alan died March 6, after a long battle with diabetes and mul- tiple sclerosis. Alan, the son of Wilfred and Lois (McCartney) Meining, was born April 22, 1949, in Longmont Colo. He was raised in Berthoud where he ran track and played football and basketball. After graduation he at- tended the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, and Northeastern Jr. Col- lege in Sterling. It was then that he was diagnosed with diabetes. In September 1971 he married Joyce Kemmer and in September 1972 they moved to Wheatland, Wyo., to ranch with his parents. They were later divorced. A son Nathan was born in 1975. In addition to ranch work he drove cattle and a mail truck for Sam Huckfeldt. In 2000 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and had been a resident of Platte County Memorial Nursing Home, Springcreek Health- care in Ft. Collins, and Solterra Nurs- ing Home in Castle Rock at the time of his death. He is survived by his son Nathan; parents Wilfred and Lois Meining; sisters Marsha (Daryl) Tiltrum, Peggy Meining, Charla (Randy) Gregory, Nancy (Russell) Schoonover; and numerous nieces and nephews. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Joe Archie, Mike Atencio, Steve Mathews and Gary Burkholder. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the Ameri- can Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, WV 22312. PGR Special to the Surveyor Premier Gymnastics of the Rock- ies Optional Team competed in the Treasure Island Gymnastics meet on Feb. 22. The meet was held in Little- ton, Colo., and was hosted by Active Athletics. The Level 7 team placed second in the team competition, and the Level 8 team brought home first place. There were several top-five individual place- ments as well. In the Level 7 Junior Di- vision, Kylla Justice tied for fourth on vault. In the Level 8 Junior Division, Kairey Vela placed third on vault and floor, and she placed first on uneven bars and balance beam. She also won the all-around with a score of 36.025. Sidney Strizki placed second on uneven bars, balance beam and floor. She also placed second in the all-around compe- tition. Tatum Graham tied for third on vault, placed third on balance beam, and won first on floor. She placed fourth in the all-around competition. Then & Now Surveyor Columnist Mark French INITIATIVE FORUM Q&A on the citizen initiatives on the April 1 ballot Monday, March 17 at 7 p.m. Berthoud Area Community Center 248 Welch Ave., Berthoud Co-sponsored by:
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Page 5 Berthoud Weekly Surveyor March 13, 2014
A new exhibit will be going up at the Little Thompson Val-ley Pioneer Museum. Cen-
tered on the theme of “Growing up in Berthoud,” the exhibit will feature photographs and artifacts related to
community’s youth over the seven-decade span from 1900 to 1969. Stories and anecdotes about coming of age in Ber-thoud during that time frame are currently being collected for use with the exhibit. Before the exhibit ends its run next Novem-ber, the stories
will be compiled in a publication that will be made available to the public. If you have a story that you would like to share, please contact the
Pioneer Museum at 970-532-2147 for details.
Some of the earliest accounts of growing up in Berthoud were written by Belva Turner Bashor. A grand-daughter of Berthoud town founder, Peter Turner, Bashor was a resident of the community from her birth in 1888 to her passing in 1967. In 1976, Belva’s granddaughter, Jodie, and Dr. Helen Fickel assembled and published a book that Belva had been encouraged to write in her later years. The book — “Early Berthoud: A History of the Town, 1877-1900” — was the first to address the history of town and the valley.
Belva, who entered her teens in the early 1990s, wrote: “Minstrel shows were given in the early days. Also dances — mostly square dances; with some waltzes, polkas and old-fashioned dances. These entertain-ments were given as benefits for vari-ous organizations, ball clubs, bands, etc. Baby sitters were unknown then, and the whole family attended. I don’t remember ever learning to dance. I just remember my father (Beverly Turner) and myself waltzing or doing a polka, or as a couple in a square dance set. He always danced
with me several times an evening. “There were strawberry and ice
cream socials or “festivals” in the summer time, a lovely time for a young man to escort his best girl.
“There were traveling tent shows, especially “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” That always drew good crowds. I remem-ber, after seeing Little Eva drawn up into the golden clouds as she was dying in Uncle Tom’s arms, how entranced Margie Harris and I were and we nearly broke our necks trying to negotiate Little Eva’s trip to the sky.
A merry-go-round (Forsythe’s) came to town every year and was usually set up on the corner of Fourth and Mountain Avenue where Straight’s Market (Picture This Custom Framing) now is. When the music started, it could be heard all over town and the children would run to watch and ride. My grandfa-ther (Peter Turner) loved to ride the merry-go-round. He was always there and would take the children for rides. It was his delight to hand out nickels, especially to ones who were watching, but not riding. He spent many dollars and made many children happy each year.”
The Berthoud Historical Society hopes that Belva Bashor’s account of her early life in Berthoud serves to inspire others in the community to share their memories of Berthoud people, places and events that influ-
enced their childhood. Berthoud Historical Society Muse-
ums Director Karen Lloyd D’Onofrio is the curator of the exhibit and may be reached Thursday through Satur-day at 970-532-2147.
A LOOK AT BERTHOUD
Belva Turner Bashor remembered growing up in Berthoud
Photo courtesy of the Berthoud Historical SocietyIn the early 1900s a traveling amusement company set up a ferris wheel and merry-go-round at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Mountain Avenue in Berthoud. Belva Turner Bashor recalled that her grandfather, town founder Peter Turner, gave nickels to children who did not have money to pay for rides.
Flood relief makes progressBy May SoricelliThe Surveyor
Berthoud Habitat for Humanity (BHFH) is making strong progress with the flood relief grant applicants and all flood-relief efforts. In conjunc-tion with the fire department, BHFH has compiled a list of 14 homes that have been damaged along the Little Thompson River within the town of Berthoud that qualify for grant money. From these 14 flood victims, nine applications have been made to the BHFH and have been accepted.
Members of the board have collected in-depth data from each homeowner, including estimates on total damages and total cost of repairs, as well as any relief money received from FEMA and other sources.
In order to quickly assist these homeowners, BHFH has determined that it will be best to distribute funds, including the $20,000 grant and other donations, evenly to all the accepted applicants as soon as possible. The deadline for application will be March 13.
“We don’t want to take long and just want to get funds to families so they can get their needs met,” stated Ric Haskins, president of BHFH board.
As the deadline approaches, it is
necessary for all homeowners who need assistance to come forward and fill out an application at the Berthoud Restore. The requirements for the grant money are as follows:
1. The homeowner must live in Larimer County, in the town of Ber-thoud, and along the Little Thompson River.
2. The homeowner may be given grant money for damages only to the home and not to exterior property.
The community is rallying to-gether and making strides to assist Berthoud Habitat and the affected families by raising money through various ways.
John DeNovellis Photography has decided to generously donate 20 per-cent of all March sales to the Habitat Flood Relief. Several of their framed photographs can be found displayed at Da Bean Coffee Shop and are available for purchase. The photogra-phers have set up five donation boxes to raise money for the Habitat Flood Relief at these locations: Da Bean, Hays Market, Berthoud Drug, Grace Place and the Habitat Restore.
The fire department has received grant money to assist in the pur-chase of equipment for needed debris
removal. United Methodist Commit-tee On Relief (UMCOR) is working with the fire department to provide volunteers help to pile and dispose of debris.
In addition to these efforts, col-lege students from all around the country have committed their spring breaks to disaster relief efforts in our community through a spring break alternative program.
Community Collaboration Inter-national currently has 16 student volunteers working in Berthoud help-ing homeowners with flood damage. More students are scheduled to come and can assist any flood victims in the area. If interested, contact Steve Sullivan at 773-495-5569 or Candace Linn at 661-466-6564 to receive their assistance.
To volunteer and help with the ongoing relief efforts please contact local churches, the fire department or Berthoud Habitat. Donations to contribute to the flood relief fund can make a major impact and can be made at the Berthoud Habitat and assigned to “flood relief donation.” Donations can also be deposited at Guaranty Bank of Berthoud.
OBITUARYAlan E. Meining
April 22, 1949 — March 6, 2014
Memorial services for Alan Eugene Meining, 64, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 15, at the First Christian Church in Wheatland, Wyo., with Pastor Randy Gregory officiating. Alan died March 6, after a long battle with diabetes and mul-tiple sclerosis.
Alan, the son of Wilfred and Lois (McCartney) Meining, was born April 22, 1949, in Longmont Colo.
He was raised in Berthoud where he ran track and played football and basketball. After graduation he at-tended the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, and Northeastern Jr. Col-lege in Sterling. It was then that he was diagnosed with diabetes.
In September 1971 he married Joyce Kemmer and in September
1972 they moved to Wheatland, Wyo., to ranch with his parents. They were later divorced. A son Nathan was born in 1975. In addition to ranch work he drove cattle and a mail truck for Sam Huckfeldt.
In 2000 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and had been a resident of Platte County Memorial Nursing Home, Springcreek Health-care in Ft. Collins, and Solterra Nurs-ing Home in Castle Rock at the time of his death.
He is survived by his son Nathan; parents Wilfred and Lois Meining; sisters Marsha (Daryl) Tiltrum, Peggy Meining, Charla (Randy) Gregory, Nancy (Russell) Schoonover; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Joe Archie, Mike Atencio, Steve Mathews and Gary Burkholder.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the Ameri-can Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, WV 22312.
PGRSpecial to the Surveyor
Premier Gymnastics of the Rock-ies Optional Team competed in the Treasure Island Gymnastics meet on Feb. 22. The meet was held in Little-ton, Colo., and was hosted by Active Athletics.
The Level 7 team placed second in the team competition, and the Level 8 team brought home first place. There
were several top-five individual place-ments as well. In the Level 7 Junior Di-vision, Kylla Justice tied for fourth on vault. In the Level 8 Junior Division, Kairey Vela placed third on vault and floor, and she placed first on uneven bars and balance beam. She also won the all-around with a score of 36.025. Sidney Strizki placed second on uneven bars, balance beam and floor. She also placed second in the all-around compe-tition. Tatum Graham tied for third on vault, placed third on balance beam, and won first on floor. She placed fourth in the all-around competition.
Then & NowSurveyor Columnist
Mark French
INITIATIVE FORUMQ&A on the citizen initiatives
on the April 1 ballotMonday, March 17 at 7 p.m.
Berthoud Area Community Center 248 Welch Ave., Berthoud
Co-sponsored by:
