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January 2015 The D C Bee The Newsletter of the Nevada Historical Society Docent Council Docent Council Officers President: Carol Coleman Phone: 849-3380 [email protected] Vice-Presidents: Russell & Kitty Umbraco Phone: 972-7007 [email protected] Secretary: Linda Burke Phone: 786-3319 [email protected] Treasurer: Annie Bickley Phone: 970-309-2599 [email protected] Past President/Parliamentarian: Sue Oddo Phone: 359-3484 [email protected] Nevada Historical Society 775-688-1191 Acting Director Curator of Manuscripts Sheryln Hayes-Zorn, x222 [email protected] Research Librarian Michael P. Maher, x227 [email protected] Library Technician Karalea Clough, x227 [email protected] Curator of Photography Lee P. Brumbaugh, x228 [email protected] Artifacts Curator Christine K. Johnson, x231 [email protected] Store Manager/Administration Vacant DC Bee Editor: Joyce Cox Phone: 825-5584 [email protected] Statistician: David Lowndes Phone: 851-9188 [email protected] The Historical Society website: http://nevadaculture.org/docs/museums/reno/his-soc.htm Please join us at 10:00 am on January 7 for our Docent Council meeting with Neil Brooks on the History of Model Dairy in Reno. Neil is a 5 th generation Nevadan and was born in Reno on September 29, 1932. Neil was raised on the Rewana Farm (Home of Model Dairy) that was located on Peck- ham Lane. In the 1930s one could see a panoramic view of the ranch located near Rattlesnake Mountain. There were no housing developments or airfield in sight of Rewana Farm. Neil Road was named for Neil Brooks. Neil attended Anderson, Billinghurst, and Reno High schools. He went on to UCLA graduating in 1954. In December 1954, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving with the Occupational Forces in Salzburg, Austria and in Berlin Germany. Neil and his wife have four children and four grandchildren. Neil’s grandfather C.W. Brooks married Harriet Peckham on January 1, 1904 and in 1906 C.W. Brooks founded Model Dairy in Reno with Holstein cows and two milkers. By 1914 the dairy began home delivery first by horse and wagon and then later by truck. Neil’s presentation will focus on the histo- ry of Model Dairy from 1906 to 1977. Neil will show pictures relevant to this time period. Model Dairy was in local hands until 1977 when the dairy was sold by the remaining family owners. The new owners have con- tinued to retain the Model Dairy name and continue to deliver milk to your home. Model Dairy in the 1930s Neil Brooks on Early Model Dairy in Reno January 7, 10:00 am 1921 Model Dairy Advertisement
Transcript of Neil Brooks on Early Model Dairy in Reno January 7, 10:00 am
January 2015
The D C Bee The Newsletter of the Nevada Histor ica l Soc iety Docent Counci l
Docent Council Officers
President: Carol Coleman Phone: 849-3380 [email protected]
Vice-Presidents: Russell & Kitty Umbraco Phone: 972-7007 [email protected]
Secretary: Linda Burke Phone: 786-3319 [email protected]
Treasurer: Annie Bickley Phone: 970-309-2599 [email protected]
Past President/Parliamentarian: Sue Oddo Phone: 359-3484 [email protected]
Nevada Historical Society
775-688-1191 Acting Director Curator of Manuscripts Sheryln Hayes-Zorn, x222 [email protected]
Research Librarian Michael P. Maher, x227 [email protected]
Library Technician Karalea Clough, x227 [email protected]
Curator of Photography Lee P. Brumbaugh, x228 [email protected]
Artifacts Curator Christine K. Johnson, x231 [email protected]
Store Manager/Administration Vacant
DC Bee Editor: Joyce Cox Phone: 825-5584 [email protected]
Statistician: David Lowndes Phone: 851-9188 [email protected]
The Historical Society website: http://nevadaculture.org/docs/museums/reno/his-soc.htm
Please join us at 10:00 am on January 7 for our Docent Council meeting with Neil Brooks on the History of Model Dairy in Reno.
Neil is a 5th generation Nevadan and was born in Reno on September 29, 1932. Neil was raised on the Rewana Farm (Home of Model Dairy) that was located on Peck-ham Lane. In the 1930s one could see a panoramic view of the ranch located near Rattlesnake Mountain. There were no housing developments or airfield in sight of Rewana Farm. Neil Road was named for Neil Brooks.
Neil attended Anderson, Billinghurst, and Reno High schools. He went on to UCLA graduating in 1954. In December 1954, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving with the Occupational Forces in Salzburg, Austria and in Berlin Germany.
Neil and his wife have four children and four grandchildren.
Neil’s grandfather C.W. Brooks married Harriet Peckham on January 1, 1904 and in 1906 C.W. Brooks founded Model Dairy in Reno with Holstein cows and two milkers. By 1914 the dairy began home delivery first by horse and wagon and then later by truck.
Neil’s presentation will focus on the histo-ry of Model Dairy from 1906 to 1977. Neil will show pictures relevant to this time period.
Model Dairy was in local hands until 1977 when the dairy was sold by the remaining family owners. The new owners have con-tinued to retain the Model Dairy name and continue to deliver milk to your home.
Model Dairy in the 1930s
Neil Brooks on Early Model Dairy in Reno
January 7, 10:00 am
1921 Model Dairy Advertisement
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Notes from your Docent Council Board
Time Card Category: We’ve expanded a second time card category: “Committee Work” will now be “Committee Work/Event Support.” Time you spend working on an NHS Reception, or for History for the Holidays (making cookies, for instance) or helping to set up and take down chairs for a Docent meeting should be listed under this category. Recall that “DC Meeting” has been one of the time card categories for years. We have renamed that category Continuing Ed, and redefined the category to include not only the DC Meeting, but any NHS lectures that you attend. Training is not just for new docents; training is for all of us.
Docent Training: We have had a few more people indi-cate interest in working as docents. We will be offering a new docent training session on Friday, January 23, 2015 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. If you know of people who want to take training, please let Betsy Morse or Acting Di-rector Shery Hayes-Zorn know, so we can contact them. If any of you are interested in attending a docent training ses-sion (again), please do. Today this shorter session covers all the areas where docents can work at the historical socie-ty and includes a tour of the building – you might find it interesting.
2015 Dues: Your dues for 2015 Docent Council mem-bership can be paid any time up to our January 7, 2015 meeting. After that they are late – although we don’t have any penalties. Please make out a check to NHS Docent Council in the amount of $15/pp and give it to Treasurer
Annie Bickley or put it in an envelope clipped to her time card. For a cash payment, please hand it directly to Annie. You can also mail a check to Annie at Nevada Historical Society, 1650 N. Virginia Street, Reno NV 89503, and on the bottom of the envelope write Attention: Annie Bickley. Remember that there are two types of “membership dues” that we pay as docents – one is to the Nevada Historical Society and your due date is based on when you first joined; the second membership is NHS Docent Council, costs $15 per year, and is due by January 1 of each year.
Field Trips: We’ve had another great suggestion for a Field Trip: going to the Nevada State Museum for a “lecture” and tour of the Basket Vault. A couple of docents did this with another group where Curator Gene Hattori gave the lecture – very interesting! There were about 24 of us, so half the group heard the lecture in the Basket Vault, while the other half roamed about the state museum. Keep coming up with ideas, and if you’d be willing to help with a field trip, we’d sure appreciate your efforts.
Next Docent Council Meeting: Do plan on attending the February 4 Docent Council meeting Kelly Rigby will tell us the history of the Flick Ranch House.
Missed DC Bee: We email each month’s DC Bee to Do-cents. If you do not receive it, please check your spam or junk email. Please add Joyce Cox’s email to your contact list: [email protected] so that you will receive the Bee.
Did you know that the Nevada Historical Society has a Facebook page? Become a friend and help us spread the word.
Time Card Categories
When completing your time card, please enter one of the categories listed below under "Department" and round all hours worked to the nearest half hour.
Categories for Time Cards Administration (Admin) - Include work on the DC Bee
Artifacts Continuing Ed/Docent Training
(attending NHS Lectures, Training) Gift Shop
Manuscripts (MSS) Outreach Photos Library Tours
Docent Training Special Projects
Committee Work/Event Support
Thanks and let me know if you have any questions. David Lowndes, Statistician, [email protected]
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Congratulations! To Docents with
January Birthdays
13th Frank Wheeler 23rd Ann Little
The Historical Society website: http://nevadaculture.org/docs/museums/reno/his-soc.htm
Changing Gallery Exhibit Hotels, Bars and Churches Art Exhibition by
Erik Holland January 16 - June
A free reception from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, January 16
A one man show by Erik Holland at the Nevada Historical Society depicting the Hotels, Bars and Churches of Nevada, and the stories within. There will be many of Erik’s trademark combination build-
ing/landscape images, plus some surprises!
The Nevada Arts Council is supporting this show with a grant to buy frames.
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High Noon on January 15
Docent Meeting
Speakers
January 7, 2015 Neil Brooks on Early Model Dairy in Reno
February 4, 2015 Kelly Rigby on the History of the Flick Ranch House
March 4, 2015 Stan Paher - 150 years of the Nevadans who are the Spirit of the Silver State
April 2, 2015 Fordham Awards Luncheon
May 6, 2015 Patrick Neylan—- St. Mary’s of the Mountain Catholic Church and the Ear-ly Days of Virginia City
June 3, 2015 Alicia Barber—- The Reno Historical Website and App: Its Origin and Use
September 2, 2015 Howard Herz — Gambling—Chips Dice and Cards — The AGA, Preserv-ing Gaming History
October 7, 2015 Ed Dybowski— Early Reno and the Truckee Meadows Area during the 1800s
November 4, 2015 History of Pyramid Lake and the Pyra-mid Lake Paiute Tribe
December 2, 2015 Patty D. Cafferata, Esq—- Christmas in Nevada
Nevada Historical Society
The Nevada Historical Society is located at 1650 N. Virginia Street in Reno, Nevada. The cost to visit the museum is $5 per person with children 17 or under free: The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5:00 pm. The Research Library is free and is open Wednesday through Satur-day from Noon to 4:00 pm.
The Society invites you to a free documentary series in the Reno History gallery at noon on the third Thursday of each month. High Noon: Shoot Out with Neal Cobb. The January High Noon: Shoot Out with Neal Cobb will be Thursday, January 15. Stay after the program to “fire “ questions at Neal Cobb.
Nevada Westerners Corral Reno’s Oldest History Club
Dinner with speakers and presentations on history, third Thursday of the month, 6:00 pm, Sands Regency Casino banquet room, 345 N. Arlington Av-enue, Reno. For reservations, call the Sands at 348-1392 no later than two weeks before.
www.nevadawesterners.org
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Weird Reno by Sandie La Nae and concept by Arline La Ferry
Longtime Nevada Historical Society Docent Arline La Fer-ry suggested to her friend Sandie La Nae that Sandie write a book about all of the weird or strange happenings or events that have taken place in Reno and the surrounding Truckee Meadows. Sandie La Nae, a psychic with the gift to foretell the future, has written ten books dealing with the paranormal, history and the healing properties of minerals thought a weird Reno book was “a great idea. “
Arline, an NHS docent since 1985, has worked with the manuscript collec-tion and in the library. Arline is an expert on the history of Virginia City and an avid researcher of cem-etaries, funeral parlors and dead people. Arline has collected many of the weird events that have happened in Reno from 1868 to the current time through her research in local newspa-pers.
The book includes chapters on the celebrities and famous people born in Reno, the
songs that have Reno in the title or in the lyrics and movies filmed in Reno and surrounding area. As a retired research librarian, I know how useful this book will be for students and teachers studying Nevada history and for those just interested in the odd Truckee Meadows happenings.
Did you know that D. A. Bender and his brother estab-lished the first bank in Reno to exchange the checks given to the railroad workers into coin? Did you know that the Pedericini house on Second and West Streets had a ghost that Father Tubman was called in to “exorcise this spirit?”
The Murder & Mystery chapter tells of the murder of J. N. Sharp who was cut to pieces with an ax in 1875. J. W. Rob-er was convicted and sentenced to hang for the murder on February 20, 1878. Sheriff Lamb “issued 100 invitations for the hanging.”
Weird Reno includes a table of contents and an extensive bibliography. If you want “the scoop on notable” Reno res-idents or just “laugh at amusing anecdotes, “ you can pick up a copy of this book in the NHS gift shop.
I’m hoping that La Nae and La Ferry continue on to write a series of these books about the weird happenings in cities and towns throughout Nevada. Great job!
All programs begin at 7:00 pm at the Laxalt Theater in the Nelson Building at 401 W. Second Street, Reno. It is suggested that you arrive by 6:30 pm to find your seat in the theater.
Wednesday, January 28: Elvis, Marilyn, and the Space Aliens, A Look at Nevada Films. Robin Holabird examines the intriguing ways Nevada’s movies combine with iconic people, characters and places. From James Bond to Area 51, world famous names fit the extremes found in the Sil-ver State. Robin Holabird, movie reviewer at Reno Public Radio and a retired state film commissioner, provides pho-tos and observations.
Wednesday, February 25: The 4th Street/Prater Way His-tory Project. Historian and author Alicia Barber heads the 4th Street | Prater Way History Project, a collaborative ef-fort initiated by the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC) in 2011. Dr. Barber will share stories from this historic Reno-Sparks corridor — once the Lincoln and Victory Highways and U.S. 40 — through oral histories, photographs, apps, permanent displays, smart phone apps and a comprehensive historical website.
Wednesday, March 25: LeVere Redfield. Jack Harpster is a twenty-nine year Nevadan, who retired to Reno nine years ago. This program is based on his seventh and most recent book entitled, The curious Life of Nevada’s LaVere Redfield: The Silver Dollar King. The biography is a look at the life of Northern Nevada’s most famous and eccentric multi-millionaire, and a man whose outrageous antics were page-one news for four decades.
Wednesday, April 22: Let the Cowboy Ride: Ranch Life in Northern Nevada. Paul Starrs, a UNR geography pro-fessor, will speak about his decades of research on western ranching. A former cowboy himself, Starrs will discuss ranching in the Great Basin. Starrs is the author of several books including Let the Cowboy Ride: Cattle Ranching in the American West.
HRPS Winter 2015 programs
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History for the Holidays—2014
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Holly Walton-Buchanan
Historic Ranches of Western Nevada
Dana Bennett
Battle Mountain
Dane Meier — Pottery
Docents Leslie Linn, Annette Cate and Lorraine Petersen
Docent Council
Nevada Historical Society
1650 N. Virginia St.
Reno, Nevada 89503
Nevada Historical
Society Hours
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOCENT COUNCIL
Tuesday - Saturday
10 am - 5 pm Museum Hours
Research Library Days & Hours
Wed.—Sat.: 12 noon - 4 pm
775-688-1190
http://museums.nevadaculture.org
Admission Fees:
Adults - $5.00
Kids - 17 and younger - Free
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11 12 13 14 15 NHS High Noon: Shoot Out with Neal Cobb
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NHS Docent Council Calendar: January 2015
NMA is Nevada Museum of Art NSM is Nevada State Museum RLT is Reno Little Theater
