CC 2017-09-26_12a MOU with 5CCSF for Camp AG
MEMORANDUM
TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JAMES A. BERGMAN, CITY MANAGER
TERESA MCCLISH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE 5-CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE
FOUNDATION REGARDING PROPERTY AT 250 WESLEY STREET
ARROYO GRANDE
DATE: SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the City Council: 1) Approve the Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the City and the 5-Cities Community Service Foundation (Foundation)
regarding property at 250 Wesley Street (Village Property, or commonly known as the
Methodist Church Camp or Camp Arroyo Grande) Arroyo Grande; and 2) Appropriate
$7,000 from the General Fund balance to support MOU actions.
SUMMARY OF ACTION:
Approving the MOU will establish a framework for the future consideration of use and
disposition of the 29-acre Camp Arroyo Grande property for which the Foundation has
entered an agreement to purchase, and as well as property located at 400 W. Branch
Street for which the Foundation holds a long-term lease and development agreement.
IMPACT ON FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL RESOURCES:
Initial costs anticipated to proceed with the steps outlined in the MOU include funding
$20,000 (which has already been appropriated) for consultant services to assess
potential uses of both properties in cooperation with the Foundation and contracting with
an architectural historian to complete an historical resource assessment of the
Tabernacle, which is estimated to be $7,000.
Future revenue and expenditures associated with this MOU will be brought forward
separately with accompanying agreements. This MOU does not obligate additional City
funds at this time.
Should the MOU be approved, there will be considerable staff hours required by various
City departments. The MOU would facilitate implementation of Council Goals, including
exploring means for economic development.
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CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE 5-CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION REGARDING PROPERTY
AT 250 WESLEY STREET, ARROYO GRANDE
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
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BACKGROUND:
Camp Arroyo Grande (the Village Property)
250 Wesley Street
The property is located at 250 Wesley Street and has been owned for decades by the
California-Pacific Annual Conference - United Methodist Church. This property is often
referred to as Camp Arroyo Grande (Camp AG), as it has been used to provide facilities
primarily for youth camps. The site has a long tradition in the City (see background
historical documents in Attachment 1). The site is the home of the twelve-sided
Tabernacle, along with camp recreational facilities. John F. Beckett is the name largely
associated with the property, Mr. Beckett having donated more than fifteen (15) acres in
1896 for the development of the grounds and the Tabernacle, which was completed in
1897 and turns 120 years old next year. The property was the host of many revivals
after Mr. Beckett donated the land, bringing people to the area and contributing to the
expansion of the Arroyo Grande Valley. The property was also the site of chautauquas,
which was an adult education movement started in the 1880s in New York that grew
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CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE 5-CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION REGARDING PROPERTY
AT 250 WESLEY STREET, ARROYO GRANDE
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
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into cultural festivals. These events drew many locals and visitors and helped to shape
the community in the early years.
The Village Property includes two parcels comprised of approximately 28 acres and 0.5
acres. There are a total of 14 structures, including the Tabernacle, 10 bunk houses, a
dining facility inclusive of a commercial kitchen, a manager’s residence, and a pool
facility with restroom (Attachment 2 – facility map).
On March 11, 2016, the Historic Resource Committee (HRC) voted to initiate the
process to designate the Tabernacle and Village property as a local historic resource
(HRD). On April 15, 2016, the HRC voted to recommend approval of the HRD to the
Community Development Director (Attachment 3, HRC minutes). On April 15, 2016, the
City was alerted to a noticing issue and ultimately, after additional HRC meetings in
June and July, no designation was made as the property owners indicated they were
not supportive and cited a provision in State law that prevents local historic resource
designations of religious properties without the owner’s consent. Concurrently, the
property owners put the property up for sale.
Concerns soon arose in the community regarding the loss of a potential historic
resource in that the property owner indicated possible demolition of the Tabernacle in
an effort to sell the property for private development. Additional concern arose
regarding the loss of the camp use, as it has been considered a generational right-of-
passage for workers and families that have participated in various camps over decades.
Substantial public comment was received at Council meetings regarding these concerns
and requests were made that the City take action to preserve the property (and
specifically the Tabernacle) as a community resource (Attachments 4 and 5 - minutes
and comment letters). Over the course of several months, the property has been in and
out of escrow and staff has received multiple inquiries from potential purchasers for
uses ranging from continued camp use for adult transitional care, private estate,
housing, and assisted living.
400 West Branch Street
The 400 W. Branch Street property (Branch Street Property) includes over 4-acres of
vacant land adjacent to the Arroyo Grande Woman’s Center and Old Ranch Road. It is
owned by the City and leased by the Foundation through a long-term lease agreement.
On April 13, 2010, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 621 approving a
Development Agreement with the 5 Cities Community Services Foundation for the
development of a 53,000 square foot Community Recreation Center.
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CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE 5-CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION REGARDING PROPERTY
AT 250 WESLEY STREET, ARROYO GRANDE
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
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400 W. Branch Street
5-Cities Community Services Foundation
The Foundation was established in 1996 to develop recreational and other
opportunities, programs, and projects to benefit the youth of the 5 Cities area, and the
community as a whole. In order to act quickly and secure the Village Property for
potential community benefit, the Foundation recently entered an agreement to purchase
the property.
ANALYSIS OF ISSUES:
The Opportunity
The Village Property is unique in its location, size and history. It is a large scenic
property located in the center of the City, and though somewhat hidden, is within
walking distance of the Village area. Due to these qualities, there has been community
interest in exploring opportunities to acquire and use the property for the public’s
benefit. Developing a means for the community to benefit from the property would
require a significant investment of resources from the City, service groups, and the
community in general. Working towards this goal, the Foundation acquired the Village
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CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE 5-CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION REGARDING PROPERTY
AT 250 WESLEY STREET, ARROYO GRANDE
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
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Property and proposes exploration of a public-private partnership between the City and
the Foundation. The attached MOU identifies the steps necessary to form a partnership
to develop, analyze, and consider a long-term plan for the property to benefit future
generations.
A key component of the MOU is a current existing public private partnership between
the City and the Foundation involving the Branch Street Property. That partnership
involves the 50-year Lease Agreement and the Development Agreement for the design
and construction of a basketball focused recreation center by the Foundation (see
location map in Attachment 6).
Since establishing the first public private partnership to develop the basketball focused
recreation center, a bond measure was approved by the voters in 2016 and the Lucia
Mar Unified School District is considering developing extensive recreational facilities,
including basketball facilities. If the Lucia Mar School District approves a facility that
fulfills a substantial part of the community’s recreational needs, the Branch Street
Property may be utilized for other community benefits in the future.
The purchase of the Village Property by the Foundation, the potential development of
new School District recreational facilities, and the City ownership and existing public
private partnership of the Branch Street Property presents an opportunity to explore
reconsideration of the potential uses of both the Branch Street and Village properties.
The Proposed Partnership
If approved, the MOU will allow the City and the Foundation to dialog with the
community and analyze new opportunities for the Branch Street Property, and develop
a recreation and public use plan for the Village Property. The MOU does not in any way
provide for the approval, purchase, responsibility for operations, or maintenance of any
property, or agree to specific use of either property. Any future consideration of land use
entitlements and financial commitments will be through the existing development review
process of the City which involves community participation through multiple public
hearings. Further, although the MOU provides certain flexibility for both the City and the
Foundation in order to explore a large variety of uses and resources, if a financially
sustainable outcome in the long term can’t be realized, the Village Property may be
sold.
Shared Interests
Partnerships are based upon common interests of the parties involved. The MOU lists
the following interests of the City and the Foundation:
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CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE 5-CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION REGARDING PROPERTY
AT 250 WESLEY STREET, ARROYO GRANDE
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
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Foundation’s Interests City’s Interests
To provide youth recreational and educational
opportunities.
Identify and discuss recreational needs and
opportunities for the community and the associated
costs, support facilities, and funding sources.
To provide a site for youth programs, special events
and camp facilities for local youth.
Identify and discuss potential economic development
opportunities.
To transfer the Village Property to the City of Arroyo
Grande as a revenue-neutral enterprise.
Accomplishing this goal may require sale or revenue
generation that may include:
Using potential partial revenue from the
Branch Street Property for the Village
Property maintenance or future development.
Sell or lease a portion for funds to improve
facilities or go to an endowment fund.
Additional public/private partnerships.
To consider a historical designation of the Tabernacle
structure at the Village Property and complete a
professional historical resource assessment of the
Tabernacle structure in order to ensure that the
structure is maintained consistent with the
Department of Interior Guidelines for historic
resources and determine if the structure is eligible for
local, state and/or federal designation.
Assure the Village Property retains a public use/public
benefit property through a deed restriction.
To consider eventually acquiring an ownership
interest in the Village Property for the public’s benefit
in perpetuity.
In addition to the City’s interests stated above, Attachment 7 includes pertinent General
Plan provisions, including those from the Land Use Element, Open Space Element,
Parks and Recreation Element, and the Economic Development Element. The MOU
provides a means to achieve several identified objectives, including to: perpetuate the
small town rural character of the community; preserve historic and cultural resources of
public interest that reflect the legacy of earlier human settlement; supplement existing
park, recreation and cultural facilities when needed and economically feasible; and
pursue unique opportunities to promote continuity within commercial service and retail
business sectors of the City.
Clearly Stated Responsibilities
Successful public-private partnerships also require a clear statement of responsibilities
of each party. The MOU lists the following responsibilities for the Foundation and the
City:
Foundation’s Responsibilities City’s Responsibilities
Create a concept recreation and public facilities plan
or plans for the Village Property, including a pro forma
for repairs, rehabilitation of structures, infrastructure,
and ongoing operations.
Key City staff will be available to Foundation,
including the City Manager, Community
Development Director, Public Works Director, and
Recreation staff, as well as existing resources,
such as GIS data, to provide guidance and
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CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE 5-CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION REGARDING PROPERTY
AT 250 WESLEY STREET, ARROYO GRANDE
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
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Foundation’s Responsibilities City’s Responsibilities
assistance with City procedures, rules, and
regulations in the identification of potential uses of
both the Branch Street Property and the Village
Property.
Identify funding sources and endowments for potential
operators and future maintenance of the Village
Property.
Fund up to $20,000.00 for consultant services for
the assessment of potential uses of the Branch
Street Property and the Village Property, in
cooperation with the Foundation.
Present the plan or plans to the City Council for
selection of preferred alternatives.
Research and identify appropriate actions to modify
potential restrictions to the future use of the Branch
Street Property.
When preferred alternatives are identified by the
Foundation and the Council, work to secure interested
nonprofit, private business, or government agency to
purchase and /or operate the facility.
Complete a professional historical resource
assessment of the Tabernacle structure in order to
ensure that the structure is maintained consistent
with the Department of Interior Guidelines.
Upon selecting a preferred alternative for the Village
Property, the Foundation and the selected operator
will submit the pertinent development applications for
review and consideration under the existing
development review process of the City, which
includes an assessment of environmental impacts as
required by the California Environmental Quality Act.
It is understood that the City Council will make no
commitment to approve, purchase, become
responsible for operations or maintenance of any
property, or agree to specific use of either property,
except through the existing development review
process of the City.
Work toward identifying funding opportunities to
reimburse the Foundation for purchase cost of the
property and reasonable expenses and
investments.
Serve as an agent for the Branch Street Property in
order to identify potential uses, interested buyers, and
developers for consideration by the City Council. If
multiple beneficial options are identified, the proposals
shall be brought to the City Council for discussion at a
public hearing or hearings of a preferred conceptual
proposal. Upon selecting a preferred conceptual
proposal, the Foundation and the selected developer
shall submit the pertinent development application for
review and consideration through the existing City
development review process, including an
assessment of environmental impacts.
Summary
The prospect of eventually incurring costs related to a large property and aged facilities
is concerning. However, the MOU is a means to partner with a strong community group
that has a productive and respectable track record in the community, and promote a
public conversation in order to evaluate and consider developing a sustainable
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CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE 5-CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION REGARDING PROPERTY
AT 250 WESLEY STREET, ARROYO GRANDE
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
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recreation and public facilities plan for this important site. This will include developing a
pro forma for rehabilitation and repair of structures, infrastructure, and operations, as
well as to identify the long-term sustainable funding sources and endowments for
potential operators in the future.
ALTERNATIVES:
The following alternatives are provided for the Council’s consideration:
1. Approve the MOU and proceed with plan development in partnership with the
Foundation;
2. Do not approve the MOU; or
3. Modify the MOU and direct staff to seek agreement from the Foundation and
return to Council with revisions at a future meeting.
ADVANTAGES:
The MOU provides a means to facilitate a public-private partnership to cooperatively
consider opportunities, options, and potential uses for two key City properties for
maximum community benefit. There is a window of opportunity identified to position
these two real estate assets for development that provides both revenue and
community enhancement.
DISADVANTAGES:
The City, as with most other California communities, is challenged with resource
constraints and keeping pace with ongoing infrastructure and maintenance needs.
Adding to this burden may be considered unproductive and could divert staff and
community attention from other priorities.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
No environmental review is required for approval of the revised MOU. Environmental
review will be prepared in association with each of the steps concerning potential
projects or programs involved in the terms and implementation of the MOU.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND COMMENTS:
The Agenda was posted at City Hall and on the City’s website in accordance with
Government Code Section 54954.2.
Attachments:
1. Background historical documents
2. Facility Map
3. Historic Resource Committee meeting minutes
4. City Council meeting minutes
5. Public Comment letters
6. Property location map
7. General Plan policies
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE AND
THE 5 CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION
This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) is made by and between the City of Arroyo
Grande, a California municipal corporation (“City”) and the 5 Cities Community Service
Foundation, a California nonprofit corporation (“Foundation”).
RECITALS
A. The Foundation was established in 1996 to develop recreational and other opportunities,
programs, and projects to benefit the youth of the 5 Cities area, and the community as a
whole.
B. With the listing for sale of the historic Methodist Camp Arroyo Grande (hereinafter
referred to as the “Village Property”) located at 250 Wesley Street in Arroyo Grande, the
Foundation and the City recognized the unique opportunity to provide multiple
recreational, educational, and other benefits to the community.
C. The Village Property is unique. It consists of approximately 29 acres in the center of the
City and within walking distance of the Village section.
D. The City considered purchasing the Village Property, but lacked the funds to immediately
do so. Seller was soliciting offers that could be closed in a short time.
E. The City and the Foundation recognized that in order to save this unique property for the
future use of our community, an offer that could be accepted by the Seller needed to be
made soon.
F. The Foundation had the liquidity to immediately purchase the land now; thus, preserving
the land for a future community asset.
G. In response to this opportunity, the Foundation purchased the Village Property with the
intention of holding the property to explore potential recreational and educational uses,
partnerships, and programs consistent with the Foundation’s mission and fundraising
efforts.
H. The City desires to work in conjunction with the Foundation to establish a long term plan
for the Village Property for future generations. The Foundation is willing to transfer the
Village Property to the City under certain conditions.
I. The Foundation and the City wish to work toward establishing a public-private
partnership with the goal of creating a conceptual recreation and public facilities plan for
the Village Property, including developing a pro forma for rehabilitation and repair of
structures, infrastructure, and operations, as well as to identify long-term sustainable
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funding sources and endowments for potential operators of the Village Property, in the
future.
J. The City and the Foundation have an existing public-private partnership established for
development and use of City-owned property located at 400 West Branch Street, Arroyo
Grande (hereinafter referred to as the “Branch Street Property”). The public-private
partnership includes a 50-year Lease Agreement of the Branch Street Property as well as
a Development Agreement for the design and construction by the Foundation of a
recreation center that is centered around much needed basketball facilities for the
community.
K. Through a successful bond measure approved by the voters in 2016, the Lucia Mar
Unified School District is considering developing extensive recreational facilities,
including basketball facilities. If the Lucia Mar School District approves a facility that
fulfills the community needs, the Branch Street Property may be utilized for other
community benefits in the future. The development of these new School District
recreational facilities as well as the purchase of the Village Property by the Foundation
opens up a new opportunity for reconsideration of the potential uses of both the Branch
Street Property and the Village Property.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and the terms set forth below, the parties
agree as follows:
1. The purpose of the MOU is to provide a conceptual framework for a productive
working relationship for the Foundation and the City to cooperatively consider opportunities
options, and potential uses for the Village Property and the Branch Street Property, with a focus
on the respective interests of the parties.
a. City interests:
i. Identify and discuss recreational needs and opportunities for the
community and the associated costs, support facilities, and funding
sources.
ii. Identify and discuss potential economic development
opportunities.
iii. To consider a historical designation of the Tabernacle structure at
the Village Property and complete a professional historical
resource assessment of the Tabernacle structure in order to ensure
that the structure is maintained consistent with the Department of
Interior Guidelines for historic resources and determine if the
structure is eligible for local, state and/or federal designation.
iv. To consider eventually acquiring an ownership interest in the
Village Property.
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b. Foundation interests:
i. To provide youth recreational and educational opportunities.
ii. To provide a site for youth programs, special events and camp
facilities for local youth.
iii. To transfer the Village Property to the City of Arroyo Grande as a
revenue-neutral enterprise. Accomplishing this goal may require
sale or revenue generation that may include:
o Using potential partial revenue from the Branch Street
Property for the Village Property maintenance or future
development.
o Sell or lease a portion for funds to improve facilities or go
to an endowment fund.
o Additional public/private partnerships.
iv. Assure the Village Property retains a public use/public benefit
property through a deed restriction.
2. Responsibilities of the parties.
a. Responsibilities of the Foundation, subject to availability of funds, are as
follows:
i. Create a concept recreation and public facilities plan or plans for
the Village Property, including a pro forma for repairs,
rehabilitation of structures, infrastructure, and ongoing operations.
ii. Identify funding sources and endowments for potential operators
and future maintenance of the Village Property.
iii. Present the plan or plans to the City Council for selection of
preferred alternatives.
iv. When preferred alternatives are identified by the Foundation and
the Council, work to secure interested nonprofit, private business,
or government agency to purchase and /or operate the facility.
v. Upon selecting a preferred alternative for the Village Property, the
Foundation and the selected operator will submit the pertinent
development applications for review and consideration under the
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existing development review process of the City, which includes
an assessment of environmental impacts as required by the
California Environmental Quality Act. It is understood that the
City Council will make no commitment to approve, purchase,
become responsible for operations or maintenance of any property,
or agree to specific use of either property, except through the
existing development review process of the City.
vi. Serve as an agent for the Branch Street Property in order to
identify potential uses, interested buyers, and developers for
consideration by the City Council. If multiple beneficial options
are identified, the proposals shall be brought to the City Council
for discussion at a public hearing or hearings of a preferred
conceptual proposal. Upon selecting a preferred conceptual
proposal, the Foundation and the selected developer shall submit
the pertinent development application for review and consideration
through the existing City development review process, including
an assessment of environmental impacts.
b. The responsibilities of the City are as follows:
i. Key City staff will be available to Foundation, including the City
Manager, Community Development Director, Public Works
Director, and Recreation staff, as well as existing resources, such
as GIS data, to provide guidance and assistance with City
procedures, rules, and regulations in the identification of potential
uses of both the Branch Street Property and the Village Property.
ii. Fund up to $20,000.00 for consultant services for the assessment of
potential uses of the Branch Street Property and the Village
Property, in cooperation with the Foundation.
iii. Research and identify appropriate actions to modify potential
restrictions to the future use of the Branch Street Property.
iv. Complete a professional historical resource assessment of the
Tabernacle structure in order to ensure that the structure is
maintained consistent with the Department of Interior Guidelines.
v. Work toward identifying funding opportunities to reimburse the
Foundation for purchase cost of the property and reasonable
expenses and investments.
3. It is understood that all work done by the Foundation will be done by volunteers or
other individuals who are not City employees.
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4. All notices, requests and other communications under this MOU shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of service if served personally, or by a
nationally recognized overnight courier, on the person to whom notice is to be given or, on the
second (2nd) day after mailing if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by First Class
Mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and properly addressed as
follows:
To City: City of Arroyo Grande
Attn: James A. Bergman
300 East Branch Street
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
With a copy to: Heather K. Whitham
Carmel & Naccasha LLP
1410 Marsh Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
To Foundation: 5-Cities Community Service Foundation
P.O Box 0
Grover Beach, CA 93483
Any party may change its address for purposes of this paragraph by giving the other party
written notice of the new address to the other party at the address contained herein.
5. By execution of this MOU, the City is not committing itself or agreeing to undertake
any acts or activities requiring the subsequent independent exercise of authority or discretion of
the City Council. The City reserves final discretion and approval of any development or
entitlement and all necessary and required proceedings and decisions related thereto. Any and
all activities or actions arising out of this MOU shall be subject to compliance with all public
processes, hearing requirements, regulations and laws.
6. If the City does not take ownership of the Village Property, the Foundation is free to
sell the property on the open market.
CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE 5 CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE
FOUNDATION
_______________________________ _______________________________
Jim Hill, Mayor By: J JOHNSON, President
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Kelly Wetmore, City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________
Heather K. Whitham, City Attorney
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Friday, July 25, 1997-Five Cities Times-Press-Recorder, Arroyo Grande. Calif. Page 38
Tabernacle celebrating centennial
The Tabernacle, the grand old tabernacle was nearing completion. with trips to the beach and else-
lady of the Methodist Camp, is cele-The windows and doors were being where, many a sand crab and pine
bruting her lOOth birthday. installed and the floor leveled, ready cone found its way into the girls'
She has presided over the camp-for sawdust. Members of the church beds mysteriously. Loren Ballagh
grounds at the end of Wesley Av-were busy clearing the grounds to and Clair Gibson remembered that
enuc in Arroyo Grande, for those receive tents. The ravine, where it camp was always good for a ro-
100 years. The woodpeckers have at ran down in back of the Catholic mance or two each summer.
times left her in tatters, taking 15 Church., was being worked on; this The evening lectures were well at-
fcct off the center pole on her roof, would quickly bee "Lover's tended, with the Pacific Coast Rail-
but a new dress. actually several Lane." way running special cars to bring
coats of pain4 has always restored" ·-~-~ --------···· people from San Luis Obispo and
her spirits. points south. The charge for the
Today, she is better looking than ECHOES ~·ng was 50 cents for the season;
she was in the summer of 1897, BY JEAN for a family, or just 15 cents a
when she was dedicat~ on Sunday,! HUBBARD gle admission. The evening
Aug. 1. . utauqua entertainment· brought
J.F. Beckett, who owned a large talent to the camp.
acreage back of the Methodist Epis-In the early years, there was a ~.~pal CBhurchh, Sbuilt (in ! 88Am7 • at dal ~4i. ------'""boarding tent on the grounds that
nest ranc t., now an s 11.t one pomt, • e furnished meals in 1900 for 25
Interiors) was encouraging the Rev. A.M. Ogborn. was helping to cents a single meal or 16 2h, cents if
Methodist Conference to establish clear the brus~ and rocks when ~e you ate there all week. Later, a '
their grounds here. encountered poison oak. Sunday, his kitchen and dining hall were built.
He did considerable grading and eyes had swollen shut and he was Camping privileges were free.
had offered his grounds, free of unable to preach. Hay for your horses, in any quantity,
charge, for the annual campmeeting On Aug. I, 1897, ~e grand old cost $5 to $6 a ton. Straw was free.
the Methodist held each swruner. lady and ~e surroundmg grounds For those doing their own cook-
This was the favored way for in-were dedicated. Everyone ha.d ing, plenty of fresh vegetables and
creasing church membership. Now helped: they far exceeded their fruit were available
he was willing to give 15 acres to promise of a $1,000 in work and ·
the church. When the conference ac-money; the church had also pur· Coming to Camp Arroyo Grande
ccptcd. the local church promised to chased 15 additional acres. was looked forward to by several
give in work and money to the value A special orchestra played for the hundred people every summer.
of Sl.000. dedication, and when Mr. Cattoir This Aug. 1 and 2, Camp Arroyo
Chautauqua was to prccccd the re-played a comet solo, accompanied Grande will celebrate this grand old
viva! meetings. In 1874, in Chau-by Miss LlUll'll Duncan, the enthu· lady's birthday. The community is
tauqua. New York, a Methodist mi-siastic applause was so great that the invited to share in this celebration. If
nistcr. Dr. John Vincent. and minister felt called upon the quiet you have never seen the camp, this
wcalthv industrialist, Lewis Miller, the crowd. "The concert." said the is your opportunity. Wesley Ave.
the fatl1er of Mrs. Thomas Edison, newspaper, "was a genuine success (next to Bank of America) will lead
started a Sunday School encamp-in every respect." you back to the Tabernacle grounds.
mcnt to train teachers. The camp association furnished Friday evening's entena· mcnt
Fur added interest, he held lec-
tures on culture, philosophy ood had
humcrous and wonhwhilc cntcn.ain-
mcm. Camp Arroyo Grande also
wught Epwonhy League Methods.
fly July 17, 1897, the 12-sidcd
tent frames with wood floors that will o · eceded hotdog/
campers could slip a canvas frame hamburger d1 at 5. Saturday's
over or you could bring your own fun beg· t 10 a. . ith chicken
tent. Some summers, the youth slept barbec at noon and cntc ent
out under the stars with a canvas sc-all temoon. Come and help s
panning boys and girls. eel rate some of Arroyo Grande'~
Since afternoons were always free ric historical heritage.
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Compiled by Rev. C. W. F. Nelson
In September number of the.
Sunday School Teachers Journal it
tells of a professor who at a ban-
quet, in order to interest a young .
lndy who .sat next to him, aslrnd ·
}Jer if she was interested in his-
tory. "Oh, no," she replied, "I think
1t best to let bygones be bygones."
And I venture to . say there is
many a pupil in our schools that
feels the same way. So it is with
50me trepidation that I venture to
interest you in what we call his-
.tory.
What is history?
The papers a few years ago
quoted Henry Ford as saying that
hi.story was "bunk." I look:ed in the
dietioi;iary to find the meaning of
the word "bunk" but it is a late
.slang word that seems not yet to
have found its way into the Stand-
ard Dictionary.
It may be possibly a contraction
of the word "buncombe" which
means bragadocio, or from the
word "bunco" which means to cheat,
efther of which might apply to:
some history, as it is written. !
Bishop McConell recently quoted I
tillme prominent man as saying
that "history is junk." That also
may apply to some history.
The Standard Dictionary gives a
more dignified definition, it says,
"a systematic record of past
events."
Whether my sketch is entitled to.
any or all of these definitrbns, I
leave you to judge.
The compiler of history is com-
pelled to draw his material from·
other peoples records which may
be more or less incorrect and is
likely to be colored by the opin-
ions of the recorder. I
The sources from which I have'
<irawn the items of this sketch are [
mostly from the Pastors Record •
;E\ooks of Church membership and:
personal memory of myself and !
a few who have been with us I
through a part of this time. Lack 1
Of full records, uncertainty of i
memory, and necessity for brevity!
compel us to leave out much that i
might be of interest to us and I
also mu.st. account for any mis-:
taken of the historian. !
g From a brief sketch found in
the old Church Record book, in
the hand writing of Rev. F. S.:
woodcock, 1 glean some fac~s.
The first Methodist class m Ar-
royo Grande was organize~ by R~v.
J, B. GrP!::n, in connect10n w1~h
the San Luis Obispo charge, m
tbe year 1873, the next year it -:"'.~s
attached to the Santa M,m~
tl· 11ued unW <;barge and . so con .
Septembed 1, 1384. Durmg that
period the church was served by
the following pastors: J. B. Green,
J, A. :£1.:i:cMillen, I. M. Leihy, Ho::.:>.ce
Holclridge and Charles Leach. Dan-
lel Cobb was Presiding Elder for at
least three years of that time. I
~ish to say this of Daniel Cobb.:
He was an enthusiastic, during
frontiersman who _spent the
earlier years of his minis'.;ery in \
Minnesota in preempting that .s'mte.
for Methodism, and he brougl1t to .
this conference the same en-
thusiasm and organizing ability and
daring. The 1st of September, 1884,
the Methodists of this town and
environments requested to be set
off as an independent charge, and
: as I see the names of the char:-·
i ter members it thrills me to think
i of the faith and daring of that:
: little band who were the founda~ '.
I liion of this local church, and in :
1 vivid imagination I can see and I
: he·ar Dr. Cobb as he helped to in-:
; spire and sanction that action.:
1 (Permit a personal reference. I
' think of Dr. Cobb as my Confer-
! ence father, as it was he who rec-
ommendede my tranfser from
the Wisconsin conference to the .
Southern California conference,
and gave me my first appointment,
Hueneme, which was another of
t his carving and organizing.
· The annual Conference of 1884
met at old Fort St. M. }Jl. church,
Los Angeles, September 13. Bish-
op Foss presiding. At that session
Dr. Cobb presented his recom-
mendations for ·the forming of the
new charges, and they were sanc-
tioned by the bishop. And here is
; where we begin our independent
~history. H. J. Crall, a local pastor,
Oater he developed a throat dif-
ficulty which caused him to dis-
continue preaching and this is the
last I knew of his life plans.} so
he stands at the head of the list
of pastors and served one year.
So it may be proper to include as
charter members those who were.
received and recorded in the '.
church during that year and en-!
tered in his hand writing as I '
have no other definite source of 1
information.
The names of these charter
members are worthy of a place in
this sketch. They are as follows:
Austin Abbott, Mrs. Harriet Ab-;
bott, J. F. Beckett, Mrs. J. F. Beck-
ett, Mrs. Susan Bicl{more, B. F.
Brock, Mrs. Josephine Brock, Miss
E. M. Day, J. J. Fritzsinger, M. E.
Fritz.singer, Thos. Hodges, Mrs.
Sarah E. Hodges, Mrs. Sarah E.
Kyte, Mary E. Long, L. F. Meach-
am, Mrs. Bell Meacham, R. S. Pot-
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Potter, E. L.
Paulding, T. Seely, Mrs. M. J.
Seely, W. M. VanGundy, Mrs.
Nancy VanGundy, Mrs. Mary E.
Washburn. These 24 are those who
were in full connection.
T11e following fourteen were on
the Jost of probationers and we
will class them n.mong the char-
: ter members:
Mrs. Anna Ahalt, Samuel Bicl{-
more, Mon r o e Forkner, Arny
Hodges, Rose Hodges, Harvey
Hodges, Rosaline Love, A. H. LO.\V-
rence, G. A. Lawrence, Abbie I.
Me'tcham, Mamie McJ.cham, Rob--
ert E. Pritchett, Mr':. Nancy H.
Prilc!lett, Anna VanGundy.
The larger portion of lhis group
have joined the "church trium-·
phant," and so far as I can learn
those ·still with us ~m the shores
of time are: E. L. Paulding who.
j¢ined the Ad:ventist church; Mrs. I
Elizabeth Potter of' Glendora and i
probably her sister, Miss E. M. ·
Day, also of those who wr;re .
., probationers; Amy Hodges of Los
Angeles, Harvey Hodges of Visalia,
· Abbie I. (Meacham) Seely and
Mamie (Meacham) Lewis of Arroyo
Grande.
The sketch from which I ob-i
i tain some of these facts states
• that )Jrother Crall had a good re-
. vival meeting; which doubtless
contributed to this list which \Ve
recorded as charter members.
Brother Crall a1~o contracted for
the lots on which the church and
parsonage now stands. The trustees
Item 12.a. - Page 16
giving their personal note for $400.;
The Conference of 1885 sent as 1
pastor, Rev. F. S. Woodcock. Dur-\
ing the first year of his pastorate I
the parsonage of four rooms was .
1
•
built at a cost of $450, and the
Ladies' Aid Society put in $86 \
worth of furniture. During his
second year the church was built J
at a cost of $2,500. The building
was completed September 9, 1887.
The whole property was estimated
, to have cost $3,200. A noble dar-i ing and achievement considering
I their sms.11 number and their fi-i nancng of this enterprise may be
'of interest. With lots on which to
I build was a debt of $400. Subscrip-
1 tion to the amount of $1,517, do-'
nation from the Church Extention
Society of $250., and a loan from
the same of $500, ps,yable in an-1
nual installments of $100 with in-
1
terest. on the day of dedication
there was about $1,000 debt un-
proved for which amount was sub-I
scribed at that service. The dedica-,
tion was October 2» 1887, the first·\!
Sunday of my pastorate. Brother
woodcock had remained here to l
plan for assi.st through the serv-
ice and put ~he financial affairs.
in shape. -Rev. Henry Cox who was
pastor of San Luis Obispo preach-
ed and conducted the dedicatory
service.
At the Conference of 1887. C. W.
F. Nelson was appointed pastor.
(From now on for a little while I
must v:rite in the "first person"
not in the "singular number" nor
the "editorial we" but the "first
person plural,'' for I wish to say,
that no pastor ever had a more
: loyal, sympathetic, loving, fai~h
. ful generous, co-operating congre-
gation than this to which I was
sent, and we could not have ac-
complished what we did but for
: that full manifestation of those
I traits.> This little eulogy in which
! I have indulged in neither "junk,"
: ''bunk" nor "buncoor," "bucurnbe,''
·but a.'l the dry goods salesman
.would say, "Genuine goods all wool
; and a yard wide."
What was the situation we had
. to meet? The po.rmnage was a
' comfortable little home for twG,
buL when the new pastor came
. witt1 a family of four children it,
1 was seen that it was necessary to
. enlar;sc~ the ·housing·. In spite of
the fact of bea vy church building
' expense they immediately made a
: two-room addition to the parson-·
cl.V°-at an expense of $100, this add-
c~d to their already heavy oblir:;c"-
tioi:s.
This is the situation that we
rn.el. A new church Rnd a com-
fortable parsonage, uncollected sub-
f;cr'.ptions of about $1,350, bills to
be paid that were wpposE)d to be
covered by the subscriptions, debt
to the church extension society
$500, debt on parsonage $100, ·
shrinkage on subscription about
$300. (It is due the church to
say that most of that shrinkage
was due to two outside parties
who found it easier to subscribe
than to pay, one to make a great
show to promote a real estate
boom, he skipped the neighborhood
and I never saw ~im, the other a
poor drinking sot whom I later
buried in a drungard's grave.)
This left us with a debt of
about $950 unprovided for.
· We met the obligations as they
came due with the exception of
· tl'Le last $100 to the Church Ex-
: ~ension Society on which we got
· a.n extension of one year in or-
der that we might make improve-
rDrnts rm the parsonage which we
did to the v m.ounL of $200. This
cnn.~tlttti.e:: our hu:.1di;~!g enterprise
· f(H' the flve yea~·s of o:.~r co-opera ...
ti on.
\iv'1::. v/ere ia special re·vi-:al serv-
i lee:> on several occasions. First,
; with t.he aid of Rev. G. L. Cole, a
· member of our Conference, at the
·close of which we organized the
, Young People's Methodist Alliance.
; One of the first special organiza-
: tions of the Methodist church, '
; which had its beginning a few
: years previous at the camp meet-' I ing at Des Plains, Ill.
i A few years later when the Ep·-
~ worth League was organized and :
•authorized by our .. General Con-·
' ference we took out a charter ;n '
I " ' i that. This is the ol'igln of our or-1
Ii g~~h~atio;p. _of cmi; ~!1Jp~ort~:·,~~ID~~.J
. iri thl'1 church. We il?,{l cc:.~ union 1
j *n.v-1~8. \z.lt:'.1 · t~? ' ·~t:~~J~rta,r..:S)
under the leadership of Rev. Mc-
Clurken the evangelist. Later we
had Mrs. Hebus with us and the
fifth year both Mr. and Ilfll's.
Hemus were with us again. Two
camp meetings were held the first
one at Newsom's Springs at which
nearly every preacher from Santa
Barbara to San Miguel were with
us and the second camp meeting
we held was in Ketchum's grove at
which there was a large attendance
from surrounding charges. With the
aid of these special helpers we
' were enabled to add to our mem-
bership so that the records show
that during . the five years there
were received 109 full members
and 113 probationers.
During the first year of our pas-
torate, Nipomo, which was included
in our work, desired to be a sep-
arate charge with their own
preacher. So the Presiding Elder,
Rev. S. G. Blanchard obtained a
supply, Rev. W. H. B. Ui·ch, and
so about 12 or 14 of our members
were transferred to that church.
At this. point I will give in chro-
nological order the names of those
who have served as pastors.
H. J. Crall from Sept. 1, 1884
to Sept. 1885-1 year.
F. S. Woodcocl~ from Sept .. 1, 1885 •
to Sept. 1887-2 years. I
. C. W. F. Nelson from Sept. 1, 1887 !
. to Sept. 1892-5 years. J
. A. M. Ogoborne from Sept. 1, 1892 l
to Sept. 1895--3 years. i
C. H. Larwence from Sept. ~' ;
1895 to Sept. 1898,-3 years. ·
W. B. Bell from Sept. 1, 1898 to·
Sept. 1900-2 years.
·. J. R. Ross from Sept. 1, 1900 to
Sept. 1901-1 year.
F. A. Ziegler from Sept. 1, 1901 '
to ·Sept. 1902-1 year.
: ·s. S. Sampson from Sept. 1, 1902
:to Sept. 1910-8 :vears.
I V. H. Brink from Sept. 1, 1910
; to Sept. 1911-1 year. I C. H. M. Sutherland from Sept.
1, 1911 to Sept. 1912·-l year.
J. M. Gartner from Sept. 1, 1912
to Sept. 1915-3 years.
S. J. Lindsey from Sept. 1, 1915
to Sept. 1917-2 years.
D. K. Burnham from Sept. l,
1917 to Sept. 1920-3 years.
I ; A. C. Welch from Sept. 1, 1920
l to April 1920-7 months.
I · J, V. Bennett from May 1921 to
, Sept. 1922-1 year and 5 months.
I Carl M. Ross from Oct. 1922 to
Sept. 1923-1 year. ·
F. R. Johnson from Oct. 1923 to
Oct. 1926-3 years. .
H. B. McFarfand from Oct .. 1926 .
to Oct. 1927-1 year .
· G. W. Richmire from Oct. 1927
to Oct. 1929-2 years.
Paul Lomax from Oct. 1929 to
Jt;ly 1931-1 yer;.r &.!1cl 9 montl\.s.
E .. J. Braclnel' fl'Orn July 1931 to'
Oc:t. 1S34--3 years.
H. B. Sellers from July 1934--the
present incumbent .
Thtt'> during t.he 50 years twenty ..
two pastors have served this lo-
cal ·church. The fOllowing have
sr.rved as Presiding n;lclers or Dis-·
trict Sup'!rintenclents, W. A.·
'Knighten, Daniel Cobb, Wrn. Nix-
on, S. G. Blanclmrcl. J. B. Hollo-
. way, .E. W. Ca.swell, T. C. Miller,:
A. B. Green, H. W. Peck, John.
Oliver, E. J. Inwood, A. J. Hughs, . ~ W. C.: Loomi& and W. 'A. Betts,
thirteen in all. Item 12.a. - Page 17
So far as l nave oeeu tw1e w
assertaiu the following have pass-
ed on to· their reward. Pastors, F.
8. Woodcock, A. M. Ogoborn, C. H.
Lawrence, A. C. Welchand, D. S.,
w. A. Knighten, Daniel Cobb, Wm.
Nixon, S. G. Blanchard, J. B. Hol-
loway, E. w. Caswell, T. C. Miller,
J. B. Green and H. W. Peel~.
How much t11ese meetings nave
contributed to the upbuilcling of
this local church Ls hard to esti-
mate. One thing is a fact the lo-
cal church has had a large part
of the work and expense and are
deserving of the credit with the
· extra burden which has been l~id
upon the local pastors. .
The widows of former ministers
who are still living are: Mrs. F. S.
. Woodcock, Mrs; A. M. Ogoborne,
Mrs. A. C. Welch and Mrs. S. G.
Blanchard.
. ,, During the pastorate of S. S.,
,i1t:.~ Sampson the side room of this·
1"1 1µ original church was built, thus add-
ing very. much to our working con-
venience, also during his pastor-
ate the parsonage was overhaul-
ed an<;i remodeled, nearly doubling;
its cf:}pacity and adding much to:
its convenience and comfort. This I
involved some debt and necessita-1·
ted a loan.
To give detailed account of each
oastorate is impossible for 1.:wk of
~·ecords. But this I will say, each
pastor has to his credit a goodly
number of members <md proba-
tioners received during his pu.stor-
fl.te. The record of clnrch mem-
tr-m;hip as report<gd to each an-
r;ual conference begi;,mir;g \Vith
'.Jrothe;,· Cra.lL whid1 '";as 32 full
. ..,. "J"bers a'irl. l'?-''1gipc1 irom th~ct to ~·~"[; '-whl~h 'i~ t.he,. 1:1lghest that I
.;.a!: find :n the records. It ha.3
~·ansed up and down bet'A'er;n
tl1ose amounts until the latest rec-
onl which is 150. Deaths and re-
movals have kepL our increase and
nverge number between those fig.-
ures. As near as I can find out
and compile the record there have.
been fully 1:,000 people who have
had membership or official con-
nection in the worl>: of this church. '
This of course does not include :
the thousands who have here 1
11eard the word of "good tidings" I
nor those who have here given I
the~se.i.ves to God end have join-
ed ' churches els~wher~. Who but
Gnd c:n.n measure .. , thaAnfluenc-0
th9.t.h~s:v.o;il,e:,<;>µt ttom, t~ pl~ce?.
)iV:-;:: .Can oµJy· . i..a1e,... m °t'!k:f... to
I some of the special things tha.t
: have been in connection with this
I worlc During the first year of '
I brother Lawrences' pastorate 1896 i
' f '1 I there was held a camp meeting in !
i a grove in a canyon north of town, !
; and the following year, 1897, the;
'enterprise of the establishing of 1
: the camp ground and tabernacle ;
'on the hill was inaugurated. J. F.'
: Beckett gave about 15 acres of
! land and with the aid of adjoin-
' ing charges the grounds were im-
proved and the tabernacle built
and paid for and later about as
, much more land was purchased
and more extendede improvements
made. And with the exception of
: about five years there have been
: camp meeting and Epworth League
· assemblies held.
· Just here I wish to state that
· great credit i,5 due brother Brad-
; ner for reviving what for a time
• seemed a dead enterprise.
Here I wish to give credit and
i honor to one of the members of
our church whom I had the pleas-
ure of receivlng into the church,
Edward T. Hughs, an old Welsh:
miner, retired after years of pros-:
pecting and accumulating some
savings. A single man, quiet and
reserved in his manner, generous
with financial help, but few !mew
of· his gifts. So quiet and almost
hermit like in his life that few
knew him. He loaned the money to
meet the debt on the parsonage,
and all he asked was that the
· church treasurer should give him
· credit on the booJ{S for the interest
as his contribution to the church.
When his health began to fail
· and he felt that he ought to be in
the hospital for final care, he call-
ed brother Sampson, and myself
. to his home and there gave to
brother Sampson the note on the
back cf which was written: "In
the event of my death tl1is note
i.s not to be collected." Signed,
?;DWAfW T. HUGHS.
He went to the hospital and but a ~;hort: _time later God took him
l1ome. When you look at the house
cm the~ hill back of the church
occasionally tl1ink o.e it as a monu-
ment to "Edward T. Hughs.
With tho increase and introduc-
tion of modern methods of church:
work, the workers felt the need of'
more room and began to talk of a
social hall , which tall{ reached the •
. stage of action during the pas-:
i tomte of A. C. Welch. Ground was!
broken and work begun. But soon
for reasons considered adequate
brother Welch requested to be re-
lieved from the pastorate and J. V.
Bennett was engaged to supply the
puipit. During his pr.storate the i
present social hall was built and .
inclosed so that it could be used. 1
The policy of the church was not
to go in debt. So the inside finish-
ing and outside painting has been
! wrought in stages, largely by the
: energies of the Ladies Aid Society.
i Later improvements of various na-
! ture have been made from time to
' time until our latest which we may
' classify as a luxury. The fireplace.
. For this we must give large credit
: to our wizard. <The dictionary
l cJ.<U,~1:ition of that. word is "wonder
I v:orker."l Thus our plant r,tands
today, free of debt, an equipment
of which we need not be ashamed.
Fo:· .se:veral years past Oceano
has bee;i con:aeetecl with Arroyo
, Gr:,;.r!clE: in p8.storal supervision. I
i l~ave not th<; c~ntrc of the construe-
' t'.o.l.l of th'" clrnrr;h bui1Lli:1;s, but a
: rnml: clrtss has hcroicly l:ept the
; work going. D11ring the past three
i year:; unclu the pa.c:tora.tc of brnth-
; er Bradner, the work has tnlrnn on
: new life until thBy have reached ! the dignity of a "Community
i Church," yet, still under the pa.s-
tand care of the Arroyo Grande
pastor.
({
A ·very substantial addition bas
been made to the church building
to accomodate the growing Sunday
school. The value of the addition is
estimated at $750. Brother Bradner
and the congregation give gr€at
. credit, and justly, to Mrs. E. E.
1 Mc Williams, !or years of superin"
I tendent of: the-sund~y school,-J1s· i p~~ :~r~wt!i:o1 -t4~· S/<S. ~~~,er<Jte1:'.
1"mn!lllgem.ent .. und e~t~1'!.mlasm mMQ' ..
II the addition necessary. -
She was not permitted to see
the completion of this work, as for
' many months she lay a sufferer
and received her crown some
months before the dedication of
the addition. A tablet to her mem-
ory ls placed on the wall and the
Building is considered her monu-
ment.
God only knows what the little
band of 16 charter members may
accomplish in the years to' come.
A few other compliations may be
'of interest. There have gone out of
· our church th.ree into the mini-
stry: J. A. McKenzie, Albert, Ore
. and Jmes Smyrr. Into Y. M. C. A.
'work one: George Runyon.
Women who have prepared for
: and entered into special church
: work, eight: Ada Thomas, Stella
Adwirie, Mrs. E. (Broom) Mason,
Ada <Whitlocl{) Fobes, Luc;ilie
I CHickSonJ Peterson, Florence (Nix-
. onl Peter.son ,Elsie Gibson, Eliza-
: beth (Nelson) Douglass.
Women who have become mini-
sters wives: Nora (Benjamin) Mc-
Kenzie, Florence (Hickson) Peter-
son and Kathlene (Gibson) Samp-
son. Item 12.a. - Page 18
Wives of Y. M. C. A. workers,
Lorena (Haskins) Douglas and
Lorena (Dowell) I~ushforth. Not all
of these are at present in tbe
special worlc for. which they tool;:
training.
There may be other whom we
might name in these lists but thi.S
is as far as I have found record.
Even if we had the records, time
would fail us to teU of the manY
who have gone out from these al-
tars of consecration to take their
places in the building of. the King-
·dom.. ". ' ·····.
We feel warranted in saying that.
considering our numbers, financial
conditions and the territory which
we count as our field, few churches
. can make a better showing.
In closing this fragmentary
sketch I trust that it may not be
' considered either "bunlc," bun-
cumb," "bunco" nor "junlc" And
: while it may be "bygones" and may
; be passed as "bygones" by most
• of you, I find as I have reviewed
: the past 50 years it ls to me a
very present and ple~sant memory.
! In the great Home-Coming if
: we shall be permitted to look into
God's great "Book of Remem-
brance," we will find an immense
· record of interesting history that.
· wiil give us great pleasure to study.
With this brief backward look
let u:-; "thank God and take cour-
. age,'" and not wholly "forget tlW
things that are behind," 'yet, "lool·~
ing forth to those things which
, are before" let us with faith trJ:e
our part in the next 50 years of
conflict and victory for the
Kingdom of ChriSt, hoping that it
1;:1ay soon be said that. "the King-
. cl.oms of this earth have become
. the kingdoms of our Lord and
. hi::; Chri.5t,"
Who is our inspiration and
Jeaclei'? "
'"TiS Jesus U1e fin:t and tJ:ie la . ..:t
Who's Spirit wll gui.de us .snrc
home,
We,11 praise hin1 for all that ls
past
And ;trust him for all that's to ¥
come."
Item 12.a. - Page 19
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PUBLISHED B\'EUY SATURDAY.
!:!, CLEYEXGEI1, Editor and Proprieto~ •.
g for l.er home in 8anta. Cruz. · Saturday, * J unc, 26 189{
Chas. Crannell JeiL Wednesday for~
.llure. · I
!lliss Eleanor \Vif!gs left this morn· 1
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W. J. Smith will leave next Tuesday! ---·· . ----·---·---,....._.
r the Sa~ Jot\qnin \·alley _w_here, it is ~ome ~fore: S;:)dal Occurrences. ·~·J::
.1d, he will accevt a pos1t10n on the _ · --. . · · ·,,.;
dley ro:itl. . · I .. : '.r.ed n:-sdn y 0~1lonel. Harper Co:ps ~en_t.
Cl I Fl -1 b - -, •. v1s1l1ng Ill a boct'l again, as they nre verv rnr ey • agg was se..-ere s urt u>st . · . . •.
u 11 uuy uflemooo, He wus coming prone to d~. _Th1s time the ~ictirn ~~
ome from the beach when his horse whom the)'. ~nfi1ctetl themi::elves was M_rs.,
,11 w1tli him in such a wny a~ to hurt Thos. MoGu!re of the mill collage.· .)\f
im quite budly. H3 was brought 10:30 a. m. quite a little procession l~(t
ome by hi~ companions .allll is now : G. ~· R. Hall, the leading vehicle carrJ.~
Jing well. . ing such a Jo:tcl us to cau~e one sa.lonisfi':'
R. 13. Mubick ancl family hil\'e. mci°v· e 1 obderver to rr.mark to the owner of said
J out to tho Huasua for the beu1::fit of l vehicle, (whom the dri\•er succeeded in.
fos l\forgut>rito ur:d Wirt, who, owing! <lodging.) "H:we you turned your bugg:f
) lung trouble of ll serious nature fintl 'i11to an omnibus?" but it t:tood the strain
io coast cli111t1lo very trying. Thoy nn<l all nrrivetl er.feh· ·to he welcom~d·
ave bl.!cn for some Lime out in .A.\'e· p0rdi:1l!y by )frs. M~Guir(.; who i11 a be-
.ales. . l1weJ mE'mber antl a most delightful lad).
l\Irs. X. l\I. Wittonbcr;; of the npp·e;l t 1 vii.<it. Several member3 were ii.Ir~n:Cl.;r'
.rr•;~·u Urnndc, who hus been cont1ned thP.re nn4 immetliately all w.ere )~:tj~
luscly at homo for a ;·e11r with some much at home. · · · . , '-" .. <;.):},~
~rinus trouultJ oi tho ri:;ht knee, ht1s ~o As tie noon hour approached, tli'iIB~.
lr impro1·ed Lltely ·11~ 10 bo out 11u1te ;;t:!lf-inviteu gue,;ts prodncod various". par~
ft<rn. She c•lme to town \Yc<laes<lnv i eels, pnckages and boxes, very sutzgesti.~.t
nd wns tho guei<t nf ;\Ir~. :\I. R. Sival!: <•f lhiPgs that wero good lo eat and it
ll Thuw!ay. oveuin.;;. Hor frien<le I w:::'n't long before the repnt:t wns sprei\ri
11w li••Pe o,ho 1~ on the WU\' to pcrnrn.-11· ti cl' · d l l' · ·' . • . 11 ie 10111g room an verv at rue ive c1:1 unu cuurc rccoverv, J .,,, ·-·-·-... -.·-· ---· .... tbe t.ible looked. Th1:1 host and two
?ifi~s :\fo11<l .Grieb vi~ite<l her ai.;ter, nth er p•ntlemen who bad. kept Cl~e5:~:
!rs. W.W. Stuwe of Santa Mada lnMt. getherformutunlproteclionuptothistim~
;eek. We underi-tund thut .Mi~s · were seated as !?Ui!!!ts of honor at the firs,·
fo~1~ has.decitleJ not to t1cce11t_ll1e 1llblt' when they suddenly seemed to lo~;"
10 ~1 t 10 n otre:eu her ut 811.~ Die~o all fear and feel very content. WilJ
hruu~h Pn'oltlcnt .Torda11 of ;,tan ford, B d l lL f ti I l d · h :-. on , iro Per o le 10s es!', an w < ·llt will tul;o 11 nrncn aeeJe<l ro~t after . •
f f 1 J t ·' wm; met bv the vrocess1on on his way t1· ,er our Year~ o 1ur ~ uu \'. •
• · town, (ns he 1Jrew bis team to O!!e sidt
Jes~e Putwlm went to A\"ennleo ;\Ion· and gnve them the rond he looke<l.:·at:
'.:\y with. medicine from Dr. p,,u\tling tliough be would take Lo the woods H ~~f
or Mi~s ilforguerlle :II usick. lie re· · . ._. hill wnsn't so steep at that 1:1pot.) .. retu .. rn,.; urned Tuesday w11h tbe word thnt Ibo ·
l .I ' 'll Cli in time to take the hettd Of the i!eCO·n'd 'OUng Huy Wl\8 qmte I with pneu· · -·',
nonia. \Yirt was I.Jetter and had come tllblt' and diufl with the cooks and ~·41t"·~
1ver to i.ane's 011 the Hm1snn. Mr. er:i. He was received gladly 'as it"~a/
1fusick came in 'yesterday aud ceport-f,cnred his .::ourage '._Vguld fail. ~n~ ._pi:,
1d both inviilids better. · · · 'l\'ould rem a.in in :hitling till the c.oast Jl~r:
·clear; .. b.ut then· that isn't \YilfBon'd.1f{Q: ·'ii,~:~ne ·there..:. 1
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'<\A.fter'-Oin'lfer'ill gath.ered_in ·the ·:par 1or.
siid. an.·imp!~:nptu. p~ogr:lin wasfgi\·(m,
lllrl', .Carmirn read from the W. R. C.
Budget, the monthly paper of the Corpf',:
~,The \Y. R. C. Alphabet,'' Mrs. \Y. C.
· .:~hif!ips g'l.ve in a happy manner· a. com it:
J~~itation, Mr. Bond, sang accompanying
::bJO:iself on the piano, Mrs. Dieffen baclier
.j~ye;_ll .f~~itation, and ~rs. M~Guire play-
l~ 'and sang; all of which was very pleas·
~ht.~=-~<.~-s:~-.
'~;'."f!Irs. Fred Branc~, who is o. near neigh· ,,
£qt:or the McGuires, here appeared and
$v'ited the company up to her house. The
J!~!~tatio~ was accepted of couree, and a
i!_ery plea.~ant h?ur was passed with Mrti.
!J!~I1°,h. ~t. h~t pretty home,· • . .
~',It was quite late when the v1s1tors at
..... 1 .. ~s. .,....... . fla-st· made ·Up their minds that they really
:fiia.~ ,ici ,io home and the~ said good· bye
1to M·rfl. McGuire and Mr1.1. Branc b with
!l(atrong "inclination to return somo not ,far'" off day 'and enjoy it nll over again.
~).~.:~· .. ·· . ~ . 2~%}Vecineeday 'the Sunday School of the
!4c . .:;P, church, their teachers and friend~,
:}>ioniced io the willows at .Occano. The
.~oungAters enjoyed e\'cry minute of the
long day and held high revel in the white 1 ..
IJ!and 1 on the beach, by the creek antl iu
!lhe"sbade of the willows.
:V:-. . .
[~~-Wednesday was tbs sixth annh·ereary
·~'the marriage of Mr. and l\lr!:'. Amos
;]Ienry and the day wc.s observed by a.
;family picnic nt the beach.
f.:.' ... r c~~~{ia.y ll merry croird Joad.ed them.
solves into ;\fr. Deckett'a ·fin·~ neiv 1 b~s; a·
re:ent purcha.-e, nnc..l took their wa.,. to
that Fylvnn spot, Sycamore Eprings,wbcre
a barbecue ant! a hnpp,v time g~neralll'
was. enjoyed. The Beckett, Hol.ii.,0 ~,
Blame and ,Jones families and sevPrnl
o~hers made up the party. Of cour~e
!._.they didn't all go in thaL 'Ima but they
.:~me very near doing it,
~= :. . Rob!::d a.t Guadalupe.
;;(boe Edward Edrington has been ~p·
~p~hended at Santa Barbara charged with
.~be)'.9~9ery of H._H. Johnson o'f Guudn·. ~~v.e;')~~~>f~~~J-~n~w-~· ;che·e-sa·· Pl':\ker.
<Johns.on h!lJ.J~~l! .u:Uhe'..hnoi~ -c;r ''.secre·t~
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.og iqufficienr am'i:iITTitof inoney around'
his r.esidence i;; "c'<l<.i' plac~s to pay his
running expenses 'for his extr.nsive dair}r,
E lrington had worked for Mr. Jobmon
for about three m_onths and during thi;i
time a Lox of calla lillies was I eing lleed
•IS a safe depoeit for surplns coin. The
um'uspicious box stood outside near the
kitchen aoor and \TRS a!.1out the last place
anyone would have looked for ~'.300. But
Edringt0n evidently knew better and on
t b~ 8th of this month he departed and
:dong witl1 him it is charged went the
~300. · He went to Lompoc and .Santa
darbara. and along the line of his travels
ne let out a strnam or 11ilver dollars in
riotous living that led to auspidon and
::auaed his arrest. His preliminary ex·
·Hnina ti~n will take placr today before
Justice Crane.
A Good Woman Laid to Rest.
On T11P.sd:i.y evening nt about nine
·:lock llri::. ~:irah D. Conrad pa~fed from
.is earthly lifo and left a lnr;.:n number
of relations to mourn her loss. Grandurn
Conr:id ns she w:i1:1 familiarly known to
her intimnt~ frien<ls and rclnti\'cS, w:w
born i11 Fon·yt h county, ~ ort h Carolina,
in thll ye:ir 1812, nncl Wa'i m:irriL·d to
Epbr:i.irn Conrncl in 18.SG, Se\•en children
\Vas tbe result of tb~ union, !h·e ;till liv·
in~. They mo\·ed lo California in lSIH.
Grnndmn. :u:<l Grandpa Conrad lived to·
gether in tbe mnrria:.!c relation GI years.
:::lie was n. conl:ister.t memhr of the
':!btirch for nearly 10 years. She diEd nt
the ach:rnced age of 83 years and five
m0nths. Funeral ser\'hca were held al
the Fre!!byterian church attei:ded by a
laq;e concourse of !Jeople.
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A Little Shake Up.
Qc;ite a bard ~bock of esrthquake
was fdt by our uitizeos sbort.ly
after noon last Sun.fay, The dis·
turbance centered around. Salinas,
wbare buildings were cracked and
more or less dutrjage was .done. It
hl\s been . eeverii.l __ ~years 11ince
0
SO ~ev·~~-~ a. ~ho<;ik:~ tr.~/~tt.' on~·ibis· con.st. _~ .. _-i.:.~ .... J .... .lf','fl,.~ • . •• • .s:..~·-. .-........
243
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THE Carpinteria Co~rie 1Cvr.2'Udly ·1 ·:>:·(.'.:~ost ~ Conflagration:·'.' .· ;
nssertti thu.t the Carprntena yall.~y ' . . . . . . . .
will "raise more truck, more ohil-Thursday-afLernoau our town hau d~~n and more of eviirytbin;;! to ~he a narru.v e~cape from a disastrpus
square foot than any. other sectwn / coriflagrati~n. Smoke was £.e.en is-
uf tbe country." It is a co~found· i suing from Lbe kttcben department
tclly good thiag for the C .. >Une_r that_ of the Ryan Hotel 110d the alarm
it didn't mention anything about wne ~lVEHl none to soon. A fire had
.pretty babies, big pumpkins or pro· otarte<l in the kitchen directly Un·
· d " · h" or h lific beans, potatoes an sw · . "· der the ventilator flue. Anot er
lt would have received a slap over minute aud the whole interior qr ;-
tbu ears that wuulu have curb_ed_ its .. the kitchen' would have been i_n .
uragging spirit. .. . . . flames a~d the fire would have eat:
New Camping Resort;·".'-< ea through the flue walls _and ha~,
I . '\ .. ·"''. 3CCtSS to the eaves of the roof Where
· • --... t 1·s co. m. ·,·~·g: it coulu not have been subdued: A ne1V cumpmg resor . . . · · · ,
• · It is located on Som!t very quick work wa& done by rnto promrnence. • l d h t a
H b k Ch a.11 J is known ' thoee who first reac 1e t. e spo an the as rouc ran 1 b t'
C Id &.:? • ,,., •1 r" Dr oauld-: the fire was put out eiore any 11 • u ..,pr1n.,.. a ~· • " d
· -d u ht •r .. !is-Truesdale great amount of damage wna one. Jng an au" u ' •• " , • d I
M w L;ughlin and daughter, There was a strong win at t 10
unrJ. the ~~milies of Alex. and Wm. time and the burning of the Ry~n.
· · there Hotel woulcl Lave been followed oy Kin"' are now so1ourn10~ ' · h b · l\!or~day H. U. HaEkin and family ! the destr~ction o( ~ost of t e us1_~
.11 t d 'in a day or two ness portion of town. · w1 move ou an , .. ·
the family of Dr. O. P. Paulding .of 1·-·-·. ·:· '"''
11 · · t'· up · A Painful Accident. · ... S·\!ltn. Maria wi .JOtn ue. gro · .. ·::.;·· ~Cold Springs. . • '<l abo·~·t. Z .. ,. . • , Mrs. Hover, who resi ee 1At the M. E. , Enca.mpm~nt . wo miles north of town in the .
G d" Verde ci.n••on, met with a very rc~n ... .;
painful ac1:i<lent lbe other day. She
r W.irk corn me.aced on the big 111.b· was sewinu; nenr a ~able from wl1iqh I
I 1 L th 'l E E 11 cam11mt>nt drop1>ed a lnrge pntr of shears. In· I · ernnu e a t~ ,1 • • r l h
: Ground!! on ~lnnilay morning. Tile_ voluntarily she grabbed to catu I
foundat'on and fra111e is nnw ueing th:m as they fel~ arid tho sharpj
l d l·n a ~"I\' ·•a, 8 ·i vt rv ' potnts struck her 1n the palm and i ereetec ar: 11.o u • • • · I
. good ide:i nf LhP. imme 11 i;e i>lructure. went entirely through her hund.
can he bod. ~Ir, Tt!rrv is gt>nerul l -The._iijgh titles now p.re·,:~ili.;;g 1
superint~nrlenl and 1111 Thursday htJ h&\'e thrown up!!. bank oi Rand at the,
1 had eight men worki11g under him. mouth of tho arroyo and has connect·/
·About all the luwber is now on the eti Occ~no and Grover liy a verit11t.l~ · ! ground and the cunstructi~n wili be I inland i>ea. · _ : >~.r~'.:~1 rusl11d from now on. S10ce our I Purely PersonaL .. :i
last vilii t a great deal of work has , · . '. : 1
been <lone in grading. The road·~-w. J. Smith· le!~ last. Tuesday f~r J
way is completed all except :i.. little'; Himfonl. . · ., . . ._'' l ; :~::~r ni; "lo~~ ~~d .• b:h;h:~~§~:i~h.:;;_;,~~::~~Y::!§.:~~·~;~; .. ~~9[,J
, "!()tnp1eLed .. _and .affords 1u:i,-. "rP.!J,Bj ·"·"' · · ,..,,,. . .,,, ""'"'i · ...... ~...., .. h .... ~ ... · .· •. ·
0
--. •· ..... !'. ·~ ·' ' ....... " ........ ,q· • ··' • · m·conrlld eavo11.t 1s ruoro1ng o · l -~grade foto" the· groµnd:;._ . ~~iil'~:t\re:riLiit'll:~·ii6':;t;:i~l;1"'-~fe8iii1;r:1
"!'" " ............... _.,......,. ,r• •!• •.>.i '• ·~~~,, ..... ·, •• · • .-, ...... ~,..!:.......:;:,...~ ... "f-IJ .... ~·; .. :..;;\,. ;.~\••"''"tl~· ... ,:...; """(
Item 12.a. - Page 21
. . _ .. A:rlhufls" ·onry t.welve-·yeafso'Td '!:l)ff't::O~
THE ARROYO GRANDE HERALD bears his~ pains with philo~ophical: ne;~·e~
: and was up to to1vn Thursday to bav~~
~his wound:3 tr~ated. Tbe rabbits wilf'
-4S. CLE\~EXGEU.,. Editor and Proprie~or.; have a wide and free ranO'e on the Sbinii~
. 0 • . ~
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
=====:=::::;:::========== j raoch hereafter if tb_e posi~ive :or~~r(~~
Saturday, -AUgust,_ 7, 18!)7 j ~~·and . Mrs. ~ra~v1lle s~,:~~.~~~~~~~,?f;~~
A.t the Encampment .fuounds. l J.:..-J._. · - . -· .L,. .;,.._;_.:;,,·.,,1~~~
_ r . Soft Water Struck •. }i---_,,~'·:f~
;0:~:;~01 :~~ c!~:~~rtwl~~ it;;:~~:; Wood ~· eon have beeii. ·~~ki;l~~
ing. The chorus of over thirtv weU o~ J. "\Y. Gilliam's place so':1~.h. ~f .t.~~.
8 bad excellent training un<ler. Pro~f. creek and at a depth of 11.4 }~et .. t?el~~
:>as:and the part 0 ·r the ... p.rogram etruc_k ~-. fi~e stream of . soft w!:er ~~~:~
~red bv them was ma'st exc.ellent. comes.w1thm twenty feet of .t;~~.~n~,~~~~
Henr; and Mrs. Holc6.mb of Paso· At fifty feet down. they ~nc~un~~-ed .a~~~t~
es were the soloists · and were ·uit~ \of ?lay and continued in t~at m~teI1.~t~
· . , . q , I ant1l they struck the water. ~·Mr, G11lu~~
1 to the occas10_n. It was the I.a.tter s J is jubilant 0 ,.9 r bis good luck ~nd it. ~y·1~1:
appearance bafore .q,n Arroyo Grande ·prove quito a source of revenue to bim~·
enco and she run de a lasting impre~-Thid is the first soft ·water that t~~-Q~~.li
witl.J her pure, srreet voice. 'fhfl . struck in town, · .····\ w·-~'.\.-. !-:_....,,: .. ,· ...
rnnette Orchestra. called forth an en· · · <:.::~:;:?~:-~:
e (that waA pror..nptly suppre~se<l) on ' _A team of tour horm belod°gi;g
1ir's ~olo. The concert was n genuincl to a. t\>~tuguese becam~ frighten~d.~~.d.:~
ess8
1 n edvery ,:espe,;:·b.t ·. :· d:-. b · J':m awny last Saturday, mn~iru~ a. be~,.:
n un av .. vr. rv I ri, ass1ste · y . f 1 · .. · ~·'"'" · d' Eld-T C '-I'll d R J · line np Branch street or tie creame~y. · 11 ing er . • .I.I l er an ev. . . . · ·-.....
:Ienry dedicated the Tabernacle u.ud. About. a ~ile ou~.of town they ~an .,?~er
in<ls. In the financial statement its a cnrt driven by a. lady sind comp1e~e1y
Pp ired th~t the citizens of Arroyo . demoli~hed it. it"Ot"tunately \he -~~dy.
nd<:t had donated in money anu la.hor v.•as not injured. 'l'he horses w~re ·
ething over $1300 and that there was : caught just beyond Mr. Fouch's place
due about $300. That am0unt wa~ and some broke•1 J>arnesa wais tbe only
n ptl y rni~ed before the meeting clos· datnage the rig sl.lst11.ined.
__ ,_, .... _·_ --The reported burglary of ~ U1e
Ac::ide:ntly Shot. bo~rdiog ttint at the Camp iroUtids_·
and the losil of a. wa.tch and $20 bns
>n Sunduy nfternoc.m last throe smali been cl"ared up. 'flie lady hi. :cli~rge
'B concludecl they lrOUid ~0 rabbi~. had hidJen the'articles a.way and in
iting at ~Ir. Shinn·~ pla~e southwest the excitment of the nwet.iog forgot
town. They were .Arthllr G. Shinn; abo~~ it. When she lrnd tin.e to U1ink
·cJe "\Vright ancl Lester Sorn. They ehe remembered placing them in a
l uot proceeded far when they sur; certain draw~r and they were f'?und
.nded a. bush, sea.red 09 t a rabbit nnc.l tbere. We are sorry to say tha.t. t~e
rde Wright, who carried the gun, shot manner in wbich to HERALD w_as de·
lt. Arthur· Shinn was in range of tbe nounced for reporting the tru~~.~-ag•
ing shoe e.nd received lbetn 1ll his ~--t. he tto l~:i·n~ny ~~~la~n~~.:'.:?~~f.::~~
ht arm a.:id shoulder and at least. ooa · Purely Persona.I. _:·:;·~;..~':".;.
>t entered the insidecorner ot bis ri,,.hn ---. -.~-...~;:~.:_\.-:-:.,
. t:i Guy Eddy end G11y .. P ... <U'SOns_··:~_·}.~.-.n.~.'€ .. ~. The boy_ .was hastily brought to -
vn and Dr. Kno~Jton dislodged mosti' _to-dc&y for ~,erk~le~~ :.:: .. ~~~-.:{~~~~~~~·~
the._',sb._ot_ ~rom .~i_ef ... ar~ · :~~<:1 ,._shoulde~L ·Mrs .. _Wm~. Te_rry -~~d ~?JM.r;~~:~:'fl.
d tbeq sent him· to"' Dr:·E. A . Deal the.'l v~sitmg rel~1ves '1' 9.~i_nb~~a~.~ ... ~~;:c-::'.::
. ' • . iii . .., :· .. , ~...,. : . ' ··!'"·. '· .... ~ ' .A\, . ·-"-.... ,·+·, '· .,, .... ., - ' -.... -. ''· 'i5.·~-.:; ""~·'·'· ml~st -at.·. S.ao'.·~·:L.~ii~,:who ··w.e)earn-· bas: t :: M~8;:·\V. .. T. c·1e~eoger le!~J~(~ll~..:
}.~-~~~8.P~; o tAhf ~,g)9_~---~J~~ltr.1i!l(~:Y-~:~ !.·<l~.r .. fg~).~~~~~~~~.\91~~~~:~§.¥~~!~~
~·asters ·Kcie"!i'.\fia''Azr& ·!'orlet'".le~h·e·;
~~xt Monday to enter 'the Sllnta Cllirn.
·College.
l.-.-.. ~w' ...
.. ,.'bliss Marguerite Mm~ic.k left for the
.Huasar.. Tllur~day "'.'here she will be
the gueat of .Mrs. Joned lor a.n in-
.definite length of tim~ • .--.. ~:~ ...... ·-··· .. ··"""' .... -·I
5l'.Mrs. a. ·c1~veager and Porter and;
/B~ssie Robison joined Lhe campers nt \
;;9a. 1np Comf1..rt \Vedr.e£Jday and wi!l \\
i:emaiu two or three weeks. · ·
>)\.·'" ,~·A. Brieger wa~ down from San Luis
yesterday contracting for beans. He
. is OtlCking up hid large stock of grcr
}:~iies a.nd intends ·leaving for Ju.neau
1 'in about two weeks,
h ..;.>:~·"-'"· ~-·· ·: • :::>--. . • •. . :. . • . .. . • ·• -
f :.~_;.Ji~R~~~t comeu from Osu Fl~~o ~i~at
... ,.,-;~·. . . I• .
1:A.n1on Sousa let nis four h01~e ten.in c-:.; .... ~:··~· . . . .. ~;!'Jl_n p!f Lbe grade•.irito the lake nnd.-all
rof~the ~-bor~es · were .drownec .. Thiti
;:~o~-;1.cis" ·like the·. echo of an tlccident
:th~t ~~curred tt1~re last year.
~~;( •• ,.,. I
.'·:}:7'-< On a. Lectursng .Lour. · !
~~~~-Mr~. Harrie.t Thoma!l left Thurs·! . -, • I
d~y for Santa. Bar!Jara nn<l Lns;
Angeles. At the former city Elhe ·
will make her ucbut as 11 lecturer.
~'or SPveral months past ~Ira. Thom-
a~s. hati ~'een studying with the Sus·
_: peta .Medicine Co. which r1ccupies
..ihe~ whole of thrs fourth floor in th~
/:E~·porium but1d.ing at San Fran~
'.."clsC-0~ a.nd now ~he will tonr the
.~.htlrnrn' portion of the State in
\their intnee:.t, lecturing to women
. only. Mrs. Tbornn8~ old friends
·.here will be plea~f!cl so hear of b~r
succes~.
.Bl.JR~.
LIVER)IORE-At Arroyo Grandt>
Cll.lif, Augu~t 4.th, 1897, to :Mr. u.nd
-~rs. W11rren Liverll!ore, a aon. .
GREGORY -A.t .A.rroyc Grand~. Aug.
, ht, 1S9i, to Mr .. and Mr~. Dao
! • Grer.ory, R dt\.ughter.
···. A Hard Dar.
··~ •cye·s, ,,· sniu the politician wearily, "I
have had a pl'ettv bnrd time ot it." . . ·. ~:,::'.'.Have you had much ~o do~" '. .. : : '._. :-"
(,::::tNo.:·· ;.There wnan't anythiDg for ~.e to
;~~-· .Jt!/!18 ~ore ~ investigati~g oom~
f.Wi~-.all_ .~fay, ~µ4. :~Y. . l. OUDgc11~. SOD bu.a ,
r~~as~Dg 9.tlCStions ~noernh1g tbeQlogy :
'-lt:the"'4lv~JP.s; '.%i~_11.hlJ.:t~.s~ :;~:;.:, ... ~ ..
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. THE ARROYO GRANDE,H.ERALD,. ··/~F:·:?;~f}~.~:~~~-~~t_cned Wretch. ··.··.'.··· -·:
• . . • . • . • ·;.,. -... ,. . • • .i . I -. ::~·:. -... -.. . .
· ·PUBLISH.ED EVERY SATURDAY. · ';. 1 : ·A couple. of months •ago Joe Draper,
s. CLEVE~GER, :Editor aud Proprietor. i who lives on the Huasna, gavP. shelter tu
' ·a pnralytic namaJ. Reynolds whom he all-
Satu. rday, -July 31 1897 I owed to. do chores for his board. J'oe h~s
· ' ' be1m absent from home with Tbos. Steele's
: ·THE Klondy'ke is a pheno:nenal.
~o;rntry-its g'old is all on ice wait-
ing for the imu!"bing miners,
thresher for the past moot!; and on Wed·
needa.y last be was sent for po1t baste. It .
appears that Reynolds the night before.
·had dared to enter Yrs. ·Draper's room~
and bad acted in such a ·manner as to-
WE wonder if snme of the Klon· badly frighten that lady. The nn;t ·i
<lyke stcriea will wash has easily and morning he drew a. rifle on :\Ira, Dr~per;
,.ield as pure metal as its gravel. but sba was brave enough to knock ~be".
beds?_ . . · gun to Goe side and after a lo:ig struggle!
, . ..: · gaiaed possession of the weapon. Rey· I
.. · -i . -: rd ises and falls 23 feet Dvld then fled to the hills and Mrs. Dr:ip-:
. ~ HE_ 1 e; . .. er sent for her husband .. Joe hunted for
at Dyea. What is the ml:"tter of the man through the hilh all Wednesd:l.y .'
rigging a. hawser and making the night but could-not fin<l him. He now·
ti<le heave the snptJliei, over Chilcoat.: bas tbo officers an bis trail. If he h).
p~ss? · ·· · -: caught .!~!_i_l.~ go bnrc.13ith_~im. . . ...
A..nnA~Gl:.:UE:-iTS btwe been com·
})leted fur the colonizltion or' the
'i'OO acres of tbe land~ 'ncqllire<l by
l\h, Spreckels in tbe S:dinns Vul-
lcr, under uirect supervhiion of th6 ti
Salvation Ar
1
rnv. The land will be.
devided in to lO·acre beet farms n.n<l : ;
Mr. Sprcckels agrees to take all the JI
beets rahed at a stipulated price
and gives the fa.rwera from eight to,:
ten years to pny ~or th~ land.
b.dt at the Encampment Grounds.
· WonKED RronT ALO~a.~The
temperature the pa.tit week has been
up past tho 100 mark and it has
been warm enough to eatisf y the
n.10i=t grilled ta~te. Noth rdthstnnd-
ing the torrid wave, work hus cou-
tinut>d right along in the fi:t.!ldF.-
San ~1 igucl ~fos:ienger.
Wm:Ln S.u~K AWAY.-If wnr
were declard tomorro\'\', in teu clay~
there would not b~ a gol<l dollar io
eight. And if there l';aa much
danger a.broad there ·~·ouldn't be
·~ny owners of gold d;i'G .. rs hi'sight.
n Wednesday evening ldst. a. theft of Both ~oul<l slink awuy, yet these
·ld watch nnd n.bout twenty dollars in .nre the influences th:i.t am coutrol1-
1ey made at the boar9ing tent on the ing thi.s governme~t today-Santa
8. Encampment Grounds. The watch Paultl. Sentinel.
the prnperty of Mrs. Morris and the A \Y ASTE OF ExEnGY.-''How the
1ey w::is t.he amount that bad been . Easterners would envy us could
m in for meals. Mrs. Morris bad they but experienoe some oi this.
rge ~f the boarding tent and on the delightful \\"e..lther," gushed tLe
Jing of the robbery left the watch and F ~ R ",. I ,,. d re:ino epu oucan ast n e nes-monev in the tent aod attended Prof d d h h d f t. 1 • , -• 1 b ay, an t e e~ o t~e co umo
ite s lecture 10 the TaLernn.c e, a cut eh d th t t · t b ll" · . D . owe e empern. ure o e &1. 1Un<lred yards distant. urmg her · . 1• 's 00 u • • R bl. · ff
. • , _ • .~· i. se; i.ne -..epu ican·s e t>rta en~eds.0 ~1~ ·:hn~, ent~~~ dth~ _boa~d~p_g : . .._: .. ·. io co~'foce its readers th.at Fresno--
~ ~.n. s.t?J~.:...-~ ... ~.a~-.~,n ... ~~rn-~J •. ·[-.:-1· -~ .... 5·-.~~ pr~f~rable-tp·H~d~s are a waste
~f ~~e.Th :_·~·.jr~der&~l\.i~f-cu.~.r~· .::-'.::~;:i~i
GONE -Ito~ ·=AMONG 'tJS •.
• _..,. -• • ~;;:I••• • 't '. ·_ ~. • • .,. • •
' ... .t>e~th of ·~Wirt M~sick. La~t Sat-
., urday. Evening.
-Last Sunday ·morning early the
·sorrowful news; so long dreaded by
~hose wbo\~~f' iui1;.lov~~ him, ':as
broucrht to town 'that Wirt M us1ck
' ~ '" . . ..
waR dead. . lie died o·ri the Arroyo
Seco where be hall been for six
~weeks or two ·in~·nths. ·:-Previous to
that be was ~t the Aveoales for a 1
while but came .. over to tbe Huasna
where he· was join.ed by bis family
"as it was best for him to be away
from the coa.~t. :·~.A bra,,·e figbt wat<.
m·1de to save the poor boy. from
death, but quick cansumption from
w'.:iich there seem~ to be no rescue,
claimed Wirt and la.st Saturday
evening ut 8 o'clock. quietly and
gently a~d conscious to the fost, be
fall asleep in this world and all bis.
p1in mis stil!ed an~ bis poor rnck ..
ed budy was at rest. For severa.l
days be bud seemed some better
and Saturday when hie father and
··mother realized a change had come
anct the end was very near it was
too Jato to sP.nd· for his sisters, MiEs
l\Iary and Mies Emma, who hnd
been stopping at the borne lJlnce in
town for several week!!,so they were
not present at the last. Wii·t'a ill-
ness began just eight months ago
and was the result of an attack of
la. grippe while working on the kd·
vance at Templeton, and which
rapidly developed into consumption
and quenched his young life just as
he had reached wanboo<l with life
a.nd all its.infiai~e poesibilities be-.
fore him. For more than two 1ears i
W'irt was with the Hciun ·and iu.1
ibat time a liking ilia~ deepened in-
-to genuine affection because of bis:
:troe:worth and ijianly character, re.'
;-su1te~ !ro.~ .. :Jh~.~,,C)lo~e asaociatio_n.;
~~e _w·~s )~.~n,}L.~.!!e.;~ueipk !a_n~b,,1 \J!!l~,Par\~!l~Jt~~~~~mi~ pi:oper ty! I ttw~gt_y y~~r~.i-4&9.1.lh.!~!.Q~~~~C?.fJ~.~t ..
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Home Calendar Ministries Newsletters Bulletins Children's Center News History About Find
The First United Methodist Church of Arroyo
Grande Celebrates 125 Years of Ministry
Rock founded, Christ centered, Faith sustained
Services were held in the Good Samaritan Hall prior to the church being built. It is visible halfway down
the street in this l 890's photo.
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Must be the Seely family.
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During the year that Bro. Crall was here, he held a revival Meeting and contracted for the lots on which
the church and parsonage were built near this downtown scene; the trustees gave their personal note for
$400.
At the Annual Conference held in Santa Barbara on Sept. 10 to 12th, 1885, Rev. P. S. Woodcock was
appointed preacher in charge. "He was a tall slender man past middle age," said Harvey Hodges. Pictured
is Arroyo Grande circa 1883.
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Immediately after his arrival a comfo1iable parsonage was built at a cost of $350. $86 w01ih of furniture
was procured by the Ladies Aide Society. They also paid $100 on the pastors salary and aided with the
note payments on the lot.
When a vigilante group hung the Hemmi boy and his father because the 15-year-old Julias had shot Mr.
Walker, a neighbor, Rev. Woodcock delivered an eloquent impressive sermon entirely upholding the
people in punishing the murder of so good and honorable a man as Mr. Walker.
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Here are two related shepherds of the spiritual flock. Standing on the left is Rev. J. Preuitt, Presbyterian,
and seated is Mr. McGlurkin, church unknown.
The parsonage was a comfortable home for two but Nelson's family was four so two more rooms were
added at an expense of $100 as you see in this old photo. Rev. Nelson often sang tenor part in duets, said
Hodges, "The best music we ever had."
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In those early years a Union Service was held with the Presbyterian Church (they'd been going strong
since 1876). Evening services were lighted on one occasion with homemade candles set in potatoe
holders. Their unashamed display of emotions would embarrass a twentieth century gathering raised on
less heady, more rational, religious fare. They were a generation of youth accustomed to calling one
another "brother" and "sister".
Two camp meetings were held. The first one at Newsome Springs at which wrote Rev. Nelson, nearly
evety preacher from Santa Barbara to San Miguel was with us. The second meeting was in Ketchum's
grove (near the present High School campus) at which there was a large attendance.
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To begin with, Nipomo was included with Arroyo Grande and the minister did double duty. In 1888, the
membership had reached 160 and Nipomo asked to be made a separate charge with their own minister.
This took 10 or 12 members away.
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Harvey Hodges wrote of his memories for the 50th Celebration: "The hitching racks were back of the
church", he wrote. There were no electric lights or automobiles in Arroyo Grande. Many of the people
came to the church on foot while others came in carts, buggies or wagons, the most numerous of which
were spnng.
Wagons were equipped with two seats, lap robes and whale bone whips and the motive power was the
farm team. He remembered that someone stole all the robes and whips one night, and months later they
were found under the church.
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We are fortunate in having another first hand account of how it was in those early years: H. W. Simpkins
came to Arroyo Grande to teach school. He later became editor of a Palo Alto Newspaper. After visiting
here, he wrote of that early time. "In April 1888, I alighted, dustcovered and alone from the puffing little
narrow guage train from the south."
His trip had taken him one day by stage through Gaviota Pass, shown here where he stayed overnight
before boarding the PCR [Pacific Coast Railroad]. He said that getting to Arroyo Grande from the
outside world was like prenetratimg some vast maze whose hedges were mountain ranges and streams.
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And on the water side by steamer stopping at Port Harford. Simpkin thought everything new and crude.
Measurably cut off from the outside world, this community was a microcosm in itself whose main bridge
to Macedonia was the marketing of the annual bean crop, the chief agricultural product of the valley.
~;,}r~t;~y:~;.f·t>1£C:PHABETH~AL RECORD OP
,,~;,' ~IJ2;~um liimnkn tilUlif bi> tlr-it 1rf!;~4li {filr•na1u~Jiil. Axu, }ill:il11<T;1. Um.14<r~~ limdl'"i< ,, ,..1<'1"" 1 .. r,ii$: ., .,,,.~l -,. -·~
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According to our records, he joined the church on November 24, 1889 (bottom entry). While here he met
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cind married a young lady whose home is where the sweet pea seed farm is, just where the road crosses
the creek. She was and Abbott.
Mr. Abbott was an earlier seed grower than Mr. Routzhan whose fields are shown here. These fields are
where the Fukuharas farm.
1880 -1889
Text by Jean Hubbard
In 1878 the first Methodist organizing was done in Arroyo Grande. Officially Sept. 1884 a request was
sent to the Conference asking to be made an independent charge. Later that month, H. J. Crall was
appointed first pastor. A throat problem forced him to quit after one year.
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Three old record books record for us the joys and sorrows of some of those 105 years. Rosters of
members, their arrival and departure, baptisms, marriages and deaths.
On page 176 of the oldest book, in F.S. Woodcock's fine script, is recorded some of the early history.
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There were 24 charter members: Austin Abbott, Mrs. Haffiet Abbott, and Mr. & Mrs. John F. Beckett.
John, pictured here, was a real estate developer. Everyone laughed when he said that one day the city
would reach the ocean.
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Charles Wesley Fletcher Nelson came here October 1, 1887 and served five years as pastor.
l\11_. E. CHURC~-L 45
Construction started in 1886 on the Methodist Church building and was completed Sept. 9, 1887. Total
cost for the building was estimated at $2500; and the entire church and parsonage property had been put
together for about $3200.
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Rev. Nelson is perhaps better remembered for his retirement years when he lived here with his daughter,
Mrs. W. T. (Nettie) Whitlock. Another daughter also married a Whitlock. He ran a small store and helped
around the church. He is easily picked out in pictures because he wore a black skull cap to keep his bald
head warm. He brought his own fresh flowers each Sunday, often supplied. Always sat near the front
because he was deaf.
This valley, midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles could be reached on the land side by stage
and PCR [Pacific Coast Railroad].
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I came, continues Simkins, a tinderfoot from the east, in the first blush of the enthusiasm of youth, to
teach school. Seventy dollars a month was vast wealth to a young man who had cobwebs in his purse. He
taught four years at Oak Park, Black Lake, and Santa Manuela.
Besides teaching he carried the survey chain for the transit man who ran the line from the public road
which ran from the newly erected Coffee Rice house down through the sand dunes and along the marsh
to the ocean.
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Book 34 Page 467
1) J. F. Beckett ET AL
2) to
3) Arroyo Grande M E Church
This indenture made
this seventeenth day of
June in the year of our
4) Lord one thousand eight
5) hundred and ninety seven between J. F. Beckett
6) and lsouria B. Beckett of Arroyo Grande Cali-
7) fornia the parties of the first part and the
8) Arroyo Grande ME Church (a corporation,
9) articles of incorporation of which were filed
10) in the office of the Secretary of State, of the
11) State of California of Febuary 5th 1886 (in
12) trust as hereinafter mentioned) the party of
13) the second part witness that the said
14) parties of the first for a financial consideration
Book 34 Page 468
15) of the sum of one dollar, lawful money of the
16) United States of America, to them in hand
1 7) paid by the said party of the second party
18) the receipt where of is here by acknowledged
19) have granted, bargained and sold, conveyed
20) and confirmed by these presents do
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21) grant, bargain and sell, convey and confirm,
22) unto the said party of the second part and
23) to it's successors and assign forever all that
24) certain lot, piece or parcel of land situates
25) lying and being in the town of Arroyo
26) Grande County of San Luis Obispo State of
2 7) California, and bounded and particularly
28) described as follows, to wit: " Commencing at
2 9) a stake set S 5 9 1/2 ° E 3 0 feet from S 7 5 of Harris
30) survey of the Ranchos Corral de Piedra Pismo
31) and Bolsa de Chemisal, according to a map
32) entitled "Map of the resubdivison of a
33) part of the Ranchos Corral De Piedro Pismo
34) and Bolsa De Chemisal, San Luis Obispo Co
35) Calif. The property of E W Steele, Esq., surveyed
36) by R.R. Harris November 1885 and surveying
37) thence North 81 1A.0 E 690 feet to a stake;
38) thence S 8 3A.0 E 450 feet; thence S 81 1A.0 E 100 feet;
39) thence4 S 8 3/i E 420 feet thence N 81 % E 50 feet;
40) thence S 8 3A.0 E 106 4/10 feet to line of land of
41) W H Ryan; thence S 58%0 W15 feet to corner of
42) Lot owned by Mrs. Dan Rice; thence S 58 1A.0 W
43) 182 9 /10 feet along westerly line of lands of said
44) Mrs. Rice; thence S 57 3A.0 W 349 3/10 feet along
45) Westerly line of lands of Mrs J. L. Eddy, M E
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46) Church lot, lot of Henry Bosse, lot of Mrs
47) Montgomery, and land of J. A. Beckett. thence
48) N 8 3fai 0 W 189 2/10 feet; thence S 81 %0 W 50 feet;
thence
49) N 8 3fai 0 W 550 feet; thence S 81%W100 feet; thence
50) N 8 3fai W 450 feet to the place of beginning
51) and containing about 15 acres of land. Also a
52) right of way for road purposes over a
53) strip of land 70 feet said described as fol-
54) lows: Commencing at the most southerly
Book 34 Page 469
55) corner of above described tract, and running
56) thence S 8 3fai 0 E 41 feet to the westerly line of
57) Branch Street in said town, thence easterly
58) along said westerly line of Branch Street 70
59) Feet: thence N 8 3fai 0 Win a direct line 80 feet
60) more or less to the line of lot of land first
61) above described." The above property to be held
62) by said grantee corporation, in trust for the
63) use and benefit of the members of the
64) Methodist Episcopal Church of San Luis
65) Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kerns, Kings,
66) Tulare and Fresno Counties, as a religious,
67) educational and pleasure resort together with
68) all and singular the tenements, heredita-
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69)
70)
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72)
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ments and appurtenances thereunto belong-
ing or in anywise appertaining, and the
reversion and reversions, remainder and
remainders, rents issues and profits thereof
To Have and to Hold all and singular the
said premises together with the appurtenances
unto the said party of the second part and
to it's successors and assigns forever provided
however, that should said property for any
reason cease to be used for the purposes here-
in before set forth, then and in that case
the title to said property shall immediately
revert to the grantors above named, together
with all improvements theron. In Witness
Whereof, the said parties of the first part
have hereunto, set their hands and seals,
the day and year first above written.
J. F. Beckett (seal) lsouria B Beckett (seal)
Signed sealed and delivered in the pres-
ence of 0. M. Pence.
State of California on this 17th day
County of San Luis Obispo June in the
91) Year one thousand eight hundred and
92) Ninety seven before Me 0. M. Pence Notary
93) Public and for said county and state
94) Residing there in and duly commissioned and
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95) Sworn, personally appeared J. F. Beckett and
96) Isouria B Beckett known to me to be the
97) Persons described in whose names are
98) Subscribed to, and who excuted the within
99) Instrument, and they acknowledged to me
100) That they executed the pasher witness
101) My hand and official seal, the day
102) And year above written. 0. M. Perse
103) Notary Public in and for said County and
104) State. Filed for Record at the Request of
105) O.L. Warner August 16th A.D. 1897, at 30 min
106)
107)
108)
Past 9 o'clock. A.M.
(J F Fiedler) ~(Signature)
Recorder
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J. p, Beok•tt. ~HIS I!lJ>JHW~, ~ede t.hla 81xt.efl1\th ctay ot s~rp.tf!!'lbel' A· n. lUO
'&'0 nn~~H J. r. BGOJc<>t.t or A'.l'.?'Oy() OJ'llMe San Lute ObhpO co. Qol.'
Jrroyo orrtntle M. J:. the !)ll't'tY ot t.M ttrst 1•ftl't, an.4 'i'h& Ar:roro O:rande· Ke\.hO<Ust'
'lhu!'Oh !Pt~oopal Oh11N>h1 (a oOt"poration, th~ ~~iole~ or incorporation
ot 'Wh1<>h wne fllecl 1n tM ot'N.M ot tho Rflore~&l')' ot 'state or t.he shh or. oal1torn1a o
p~. let. 1884) 1n ~rust as hore1nat't.or 1aent.ioned, the pal"ty ot the $econd psrlt lflt'H!S8
!flt: r-w.t the osill lHi'!'\)' or the t1rat put. for and tn e~nudol'&tion ot f.h$ f:IW'l ot' Ten
c10.00) DOllat'at ooJd 001~ at the un1t&d St$te4 ot Arnortoa, to them in nand patd by the
sai~ pa~ty or the $ttc)Ond p~t, the reoetpt wheTeor ts hereby ~~noWledeed, haa g~an\ed,
b~gfltned and sold, conveyed 1wl aont1'rtfled, Mtl by thee~ p~11ents doe• ~p.•IU\t, ba,..eahh
an<I soll • oonvey an•l oontirt.tt un'\o the eatd pa'!'ty or the eeaOl\ll par\• and t.o ltPJ heir'11
and asdsns t"O'l'G\f&l', au that o&rl.ain lot. pleee or v~oel or land dtul\te, lying and
t>e!ntl ai Arroyo G~ande, ¢0\lniy ot se.n f,1,119 ObiGPo, state or Oall('Ornta. and bounded and
partio~larly del'JQ?'lbed ~$ f'(lllO'dG, to w1i:
Bt&1M1n4 at po•t •s ?&• at. tl'le wos\ oorner ot M>t aa ot' Harris• Re~~lxt:tvi•l<>n• ot p&l'' . .
ot the Ranoho11 qOl':l'al do Pletl"a,·'!l Ptiwo, and BOlae. de OheMiedL, tho J>J"O!)erty ot r::'. "·
st.eele, Made 1n uas ~ an.d. 1'wtl'l1ns \Mnoe atons ~ld tonoe o.n 'feeh~riy lino or 1.110 eUll
r..ot se,
(1).-Jf: aa 0 .&2i 1. a1e.s n. to potni in center uno Pl"Odue•4 or a'so tt. 1'0&d ~unntns
tr. 54° •o• g, anit 'trom wh1oh IXJltt\ a st.au 111 the tlOt'th&rlY iin, ot tho e&td road boare
If, 28° &8' 1. ss.v ti·. dtelant; theMe on the oenter Un~ ot Go ft, road,
~ ~:~··.'~ ·~J • t ··· · (2).-lf. u• 401 !. •aa.1 ft. to point fN~ W'hi<>h Wt iron 11oet beara ll • .B~• 03' W. BfhT
.·..:'.•
41stanh and an 1l'On poet bouro s. a1•'15• r. 65.9 tt.. diet:-..
( 3),-Jl .. 81• 15 1 J, 39<1 ,l n. to' Poini. fJ"OtQ WhtO'h 81\ iron 1)08\ Ol\ east
Jf. ei• 15 1 1. 3& n. 41etant, and an iron ooet be11U"a 1. ae 0 l6' ?; n.aC) ti. diei.ant:-
(4).-s. a• •s• 1. lOM tt. to an tron poet h'Om wb10h an 1"°1l 'Poirt boat'e K. 29° .fG' t.
40,1 ft. dietant:~ thenoe l•anfti oenhr 1in.e or road,
(6).-a. 29• 46' r. eo.e rt. to an iron poo\:-
(t).-s. 68° 65 1 ·,. 66.6 t\, to &~ IY'O~ l)O$t:~
(?).~ S. 90 oo• !. $6.6 ft., to ataks on northerly $1d$ ot a i"Oad ?O t\~ Wl~e:~ thonoe
· rurtniq along t'he noiotheJ"lY dde ot the utd Nod,
(8).-s. ao• 1'1' y. 160 t'O$l:.:. thence oroseirus e1sd ro11<1, ( e10
(9).-a. 9° B5 1 s. 1?8.6 tt.. to et.ak• in northerly Une ot lud ot w. H. JfVan:-t.Mnoe
~nln& .uonc an old· rerioo the 41neMl oom-ao ot wh10Jl le s. &'1° w.,
(.10).-s. 679 oo• w. s~e.e n. to et.flke:-
(U).-Jf, &• .. _., y. 188.6 tt.. to at.l!Jte:-
( a).-s. al o s-1 • 1'., aso ~. t:o point: tn o$nhl' of 60. rt.. ~u . ~ wbloh an tl'on poet
bMr• e. &l• M' •· ats tt. t11&hni:-t.htnae on oentu line ot the lea\ n81!1fd road •.
(la).-•· e• •e• r. 86t·1 tt. t:o 'POtn\ tn weat. lint or Loi ~9 or t.h.e H6?'rte• Re•Ubtlt•1•1 •
Mr&in b6f0ll'e MMd trcin wtttoh a '$t.ti.lto ai th& 1ntereMU~n or lh• treet line of' '!'O•~ •l~tl
the isald Jot: line beSU'e a. a&• 5:t' w. n.a tt.. dlahnt:-theno.o alo.na: old teno• on i~
o!dd io' Un•• ..
(14).-H. 880 ~· s. ~04.9 rt. ~o ~olnt. .or bostnnln.s• t.~ t.~ao\ 1toenrlbecl belna a par'
ot Lt>t:e ~s, na. en•l 119 <>t tho •dd Kenlfl' Reeubdbhtona. oon:r.U'-''B t.Mt. oa•t.flln \.:r&ol
0onuyo4 b)" J. r. a11oi uourla Be~koU to the _,ll',Y or iM ·s6oOM part .t>Y dH<l dated
IWll 11i11. 'test, an.1 :t~..i a\ :o~o 467 or .¥01: M or -Deed$: SM 1.11ts ·obhpO oo~tv
Roco~e, wtt:h a43.>:li1ltt1 181\d•t. """ 'oonta1n1ns as.o& Mr~•, ~re o~ ltu. To4e\1)$r 1'Uh
• ,.lgbt ot Wltf toio :ro!M\ PW'POaes JJlOns llll tbe roaite 401.>?1.~" &M t11mUontd on \ho woet,
norUh ea~\., 'Vt•I IJO\l\h tsltlta tn \.he fOr•GOing •tnoripUon, 111\4 ttUh a !'iclht. or way for
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( elo)
s. 8° 46 1 !· 441.8 11.. to ~ho northerly lino ot Dranoh Street tn t.he TOll'n ot Arroyo
vrandDt cal: Prov14od bow~vor Uto\ t.l\o obo'fo duor.lbod r>l'OJ)ei.-ty ehftl l 'be hold bY tho
autd &TaMoet car1l0r"At·10r\e Ul~ Pl\~t.y or t.he eacond pl\rt., 1n t.ruat. nnct t<lt' t.he use an~
bOnetU or Uto 1101'lbora ot the> Nothodlat. !Pleoopat Oh\\J.toh or sen Lula Gbt.Po, sn:nt.a Oat"b-
ai:a. Vont.Ul'a, Korn. Kin1t11t 1'u1a:ro. and rro.eno ..,ounttee. Stat.e ot Cfllltornts. ~OO!fffrR
alth ali and o1n4U11.lr \he t01u1nont.a. h~rodtt.~en\t and appu~t.enanoea t.bo?eunt.o bolonatna
or 1n anywiao al)JOJ'hin1118'; o.n4 t.'he Hte?'alon and 'l'Overatona, ronatnd.er , anti reriiaindoro
nnts, ioeueeond l)re>f1.t.e t.tlereot. TO HAVI Alf& '1'0 HOLD all 11nll ~lnsullll" the ea1d prem-
10011+ toaot.ber w1ih \ho appurt.enanoee, unto t.he aa14'J>8r~1 ot the aeoond pa:r~. and to
ns hebe Anll eaeten1t torever, Ilf '!rl'flf'SSS 'll'H!!R10Pt U1e ealel f>4l'ty ot 1.'he t1ra\ pan
!Ula hereunto sM. hie hMd and ae&l, \he 4&7 $nd )'e!U' tii-at above '1'1'11.hn. J • P • Beo~et.t
(S!AL) sianedt Se&lfd end DOlherOll 1n t.ho ITCUlt'ft(IO or Allan L. 810kell.
&TAt! OP OALlfORHIA, ) ) ss •
. <lounty o~ tJan 1'ule 'ObibPO l On thte SOih day ot SoptcnbOl' in Ute yeD.I' one
t.hO\usM4 ntn& hWldrM ancS ten. betOl'o ne: ALJ111N L. Blt.IK!LL, a Notary f\lbU.o tn end m
aa.td r,ounirt fla1d1ng t.herein• duly cm11ado11od Gm! enrn, personally flJlllOMed J, P.
&eakeU Motlll to ~ to 'o& Ute poreon whOao nme ie eu't>e0!'1bed f.o t.he within l.n.tll'UMnt.
and he duly ackn0Wlodgo4 w me \l'lat ho exeoutecl tM eamo.. JI nTRSS 'IH!R!OP, I hue
/ •.. -M. · · .. hereW\to ise\ 1q hand oil arrtxod tot ott1o1al teal t.ho ·day and yi>u in \hie
( .(:/,,YI~ } oort.1r1oate 1"1Jet. a'>Ove wrl\hn. Allan L. ~10.~011. Hoh.ry PU1>l10 in and to~
. '---_/ San .t.ul• ObSaPC> countv, Blau or o~lttornta. r11ec1 tor Reoord 4\ the Requeot.
o~ BGnlt ot A!'J."OfO Dr4n4•• lfOY. •tl'1, A. n. 1810. at 69 nitn. pu' e o•oic>ok A • .ll,
D. p. M&hOl\97, Reool'der.
ONOHONONOMONONONO~OHOHOBO~OHOROMOMOIONOKOKOHOXOHOHONOHOHOIOHOWONOHOHO~OHOKORONOHOB~HOJO!
Yeate:m Ar.el'· 'Roalty ao. ?HIS AOR!:!lt!lCT .riado at san rranoisfli)t th1a lo\ 4\a, ot Ootobfl',
tO
L• s. 1'00~
1910 between en!:RX AW!RlOAlt R!ALTT OOKJ>AK't', a aa.Uforrtla.
00l'J)6rat.10n, wit.h lt.e »r1notp~ plaoo ot b\lalneae a~ sin
nanoiaao. horeSn 06llcd L!SMR, nncS L. s. wool.Dan ot ~·~ .
Roble1s, cautornta. he:raln oa110<1 f..Jasn. 1unsmm Yha' tor antt In oor.eldOJtAUon ot
t.MI sm ot one tho\.18tnd nonua. (flOOOl tMa 461 ln Mncl paid Met u oon.etdna\101\ M
an o,uon 6M by 'lfll«I ot ~ent.u to Ute L!R~O.R, bf tho nssn. t.be n~tpt. wnonot u 'hne
ao);no.iecs1ol0• and fOJ' o\hor •..i\\e.blo oona14orat.f.on \he r.on<>z" and the ·f.enee \honto
Dl0~1ng, the LOHOJ' an4 JAtHH dO Ml"ebv 00'91\M\ t\M ~ ae f'Olloo:
let: the tea&O:l" leHH tmd lota to t.?te Leaaee $ltd the L$seeo h1He aoo tnkee h'Oti '-lie
tenttOr that omatn real eatat.o, toie"'er wtt.h t.h& inl>l'OTenen\a Uitteon e.nd 'be enurten-. ' .
anoee ihcn-e\O• Jmown u \he san It~~· Ranolt• end oOJWI':leins auo atl'fiJ• 'L"Ol'e or teaa, .~ hto) eU.uc.t.o tn 'ho IJO\ni ot san IM$.ll ObttJPO, St.lilh of' <h11Ufofllia, putt4u1ar1y doaor1W4 u
___ .. _____ ._.. ...... ,
tollo•e• to wl\:;
the J~e\ h.Ut or section $1:it\ttn ( lG l; ''" south nat. Quar\or •. t.he irorth Mlt or t.h&
Norn\ wed qua:rta and uie south wet\ quar\or or Mor&.h 'fHt. q\lru'\er ot seoUon Mine (~)i
t.he soulh halt or t.M sout.b net qua.:rt.v ot seouon Fold C•h \110 eouth halt Of'· •ho f»\l\h
e&a' q~w ot a~uon Pi•e (5): tho BMb wot ~u!l.11$1" and the vonh weet. qUU';\tn' o~ th
flOulh east qu.aj.ter ot uouon sh (&); itie J(oY\h eM\ Quaitei-. the ltol'th hal~ or \he
south e~s\ qua.MW, the ~a.eL MU ot \he •~r\h •eat. quas-hl':' and t.M nout.ll eM\ quiu-\er ot
the soulh ua\ qua:r\n ot saoU.on !itllt <el; tM ntt h\llt ot \M Jlor\'1 e1t.et Qwtittel"•
the ~orlh vent qu'l!'\or or \tit soulh ~~at quarte•, t~e Korth ~ett q~&~'er ~111' tbt KOl'\h
M.lt ot t.1)& nou\h wot q~'l?'ler ()f t;~ouon suen~ee~ (l"l), the xortn h.llt ot SeolSOI\ ital\
ten (18} Md the ff<>l"\h l\.Uf or \llo nou\h eut qutrh:r ot $Mllon 1!1~Mttn Uel tn TOll'n-
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!i'otm ot San Lula Obt.opo, onil occortHnG to the ofi'io1ol mall
01' ant.cl. City. ':.'bot plo1nt1ff he.a M r1tsht. tltlo ol.' intol'oot in or to ~J.d px-nr.1ieea 1
or to ony part or por~ion ttiorcot, o~ to tho posaos5ion thoroof. That iho titlo of
dofondcui~s in eo14 pro~laca is cood and valid. It ie f\1rtnor ordored, sdjudeod and
doorood tl1at on1d pln1nt1f't, ar,d oll poi•aone olnim1n~ \tn~or hir.> bo, end ho h hoToby,
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onJoinel! end tornvor.deb111•rod froL'I ~vor neacn·ting or oloir.ilrig ti.ey i·l~ht, t1tlo or .,
lnt&roet in or 1:0 so id lor'ld$ end l>l'omiBflB 01• to an:r part thol'cOt, or to tho posaoest.011 j
tho~o~f e.dvorso to tho clalMs of dotondant~ Sn said ~r~mioca, or to tho olatrns ot
nny of them· thoroin. Dono in opon Oo"rt thia 2nd dey of lta7 1913· E. P. Ult.AlJGST.
JV.DO?.:. (?.llDORS?.D) i11od Utiy 2nd. 1913 P, J. RODRIO~. C~Rt{. Bl/ 'l'. A. LUl''i'REJ.li
Doputy Entorod ua.v 2nd 1913 JUOOUl?.11£! '.Book 1 Pago Jl'5· JU4guont Uo 4564
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Co'ul\ty o~ San Lule Oblapo. 1. ~-J •. R~DRIOU~S. Oolmty Olork
of t~o Co\U'lty ot San Lule Obispo. Stato ot OalL'f'omia nn4 ox-otf1010 Clork of tho
s~perlor court of tho st~te of Celi~ornla. ln •nd tor fJB.ld CO'llnt~. horohy co~ttry
thet I havo comporod tho annoxoa oopy wlth the oTifinal •JU.dcaont• Sn Aotlon 5405,
'homae Rhodes, a& Adnlln1$t~ator ot the Eetato of Wllliem J. L)'noh, deO$&Sod, Dotondant,
•YB• Batthte G1ovenott1. ot &1. • Defondnnts. and that tbo BMe ie a f\ltl, tmo e.t\d
oOl"l'99l oopy Of' tM IW!r.O and of tho \7holc tltor~of 88 tho eai:io Appoare on :fil.e and ot
/~.1 .0· nc~rd.1n ~.office. Xl1 tm.'NP.SS i'/HEf1?.0:?, 1 havo horo~to aot my band
{ .;;,:~-w/. biicl tbe •oal of «iaid s~or1or court. thie' 26th dq-ot Mq 1913· l'. J.
~.. . Rodrleuee. Oount7 OJ.ork. 37 ••• Doputv OlerJc. Hlo4 :tor rooord at
-requost ot BA'ri'JS'i'A GIOV"Atr01"l'I, JULY 2,>:d. A.+ D. l91J. at 50 .otll. pa8t ll 0 1 clock A. ll,
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~HIS · IUD.ENWP.8, ltado thie Jlineloonth da¥ o1 Ame,
A. I>. 1913 BE'l'rt~!'JI tho Ano10 Gren4o ll6thod1at Episoo al
Ohurah a corporation or&antsed un4or and bJ virtue
ot the laws of the Stat• of Calitomia an4 be"1Il8' ita
~rlnolp~l pleoo of lr~slnoG• ~t:Arroyo OronQe. Oa1ifo)'nia. tho Pi!>1't7 of tho f1l'$t ~rt,
and the Coast SidO Ce.mp111eetinB Aaeoolatton of the llethodlet Bpiaoo~al Churob, a cor.
ponUon ore&nise4 und•r t11e ~er.e ot tho sbto o't CaU'tornio. tho pol"ty o~ the socond
J>8l't, \TI\'JtBSS~H: That the said J>ari7 o:f the flrat pon. i'or and tn GoneUol'Cl~ltll ot
tho' 8Ur.I of ~211 ($io.oo) »011cra, Oo1d 0010 ot the tm1to4 statee of AriloT1oa, to tt paid
b7 tho sald par\y of the second pnrt. tho :ro~oipt l'lher$o:f ~B ho)"Ob~ aolcnowlodgod. hae
1rantod, bar6Aine4 end sold., oonY07ed an4 oonfl~o~. ~d ~7 these.proaonte 4ooa gift\nt,
bnS•ln ona aoll, convoy imd confh1:1, unto tho eafd pony ot the eeo~nd part, and to
1te 11Uooossore e.n4 8$818'1'8 ~o~~ver, ell ~ho•o oo:rtain lota, p1ooou or po.~oel• o~ lo.n4. I
8 ~tuate, lJillt' end 'betna 1n the Clt1' ot Arroyo Gre.nd.c, Coun~ ot Ban J.ula Ob1e.ro St&t1'
ot Oalltornia ena boundod an4 1nrtlcularl1 dosorlbod as t~llOTfa, to glta
Besinnil'\8' at poet •s.75• at tbe ~ost 001tnor or LO' a8 ot Harrle' R•eubdlvls1ona ot pn~,
"'1t thO Ranoboe eo1ral do flodre, Bl l'lmo, and .Boha do C.hG1:1bnl, tho proporl¥ ot z.
~. Stoole, l'l'Aldo sn .1335 &nd l'\U\nlJ18 ihonoo a1ong old fenoo on weator11 lino of e~1~ to, 23,
(l). 11.28• 't•'wJ\216.2 tt. to poirit ln oontor l1ne produood ot" a 50 tt .. tottd.runnlna ~·
S4• 40• B. en4 trom \:hfoh potnt o stako ln tho no:rthorlf Uno of tb~ eaH. roe.4 bo&H 11.:
23• 321 p,, 56.7 '*• aletant; thonco on tho c~ntor llno ot 50 tt. rooa, I
(2) •• 11. S4• 401 p,. 428.ltl· to JH>lnt trol'A •hioh on hon J>O&t bctnre 1r. 22• '.5' ',i. 25,•1 i
«"• 1Hatent, end 111n Iron pot1t boara s. &l• 15• ?l. ~5.9 ft• d,ht~nti ' :
(3J.-J1. 61• 15' 7.-. 394.1 tt. to point fl'oc ~htoh en lNn poot on oaet oido ot road
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boars rr. 61 6 15• ?.. 25 1't. cHotant ond an 1:ron pout boerts u. '6• 15 4 ?,. '55·35 tt. <Hot t;
(~1ci (4). -s. 8• 45• E. 1025 rt. to nn la-on poot :t'ro1:1 l;hich !t~ ~1.£.h an !rom poot bonre
II, 29• 45' 2. 40.1 :rt, dlatant;. thonco loov1JIS oonter lino ot ron4.
(5) •• 3. 29• 45' ~. d0.6 rt. to on iron poet;
(6).-s. ~· 55• q. 56.0 tt. to nn !Yon poati
(?). ·S• 8• OO• E· 60.b ft. t:o ato-:<o on l'lOrtltcrllf !:lc'lo ot a r()a4 70 .ft, uido;~ tho11oe
I nirmin8 '1l.On8 tho nortl\otl1 etdc of thO na14 road,
! (8) •. s. 80• 17' ~. 150 tt.;. thonao cro~eina usld roo.d,
I. (9) •• s. 9° 231 JI.:. 176.6 tt. to st:ako ln northo:rl:t lino of lend ot r.. If. ll;Ynn :-thonce
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ninntnc Cllone-.on old fonco tho uai1orol couroo ot t:l\ioh la s.5·1° ;·, ••
I C10).-s. s1• 00 1 rr. 5~6.9 ~. to atnke:-
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(11).-?t. 9° dit• n. 186.6 tt. to otokc;-
(12) •• s. 81• 24' w. 250. tt. to point in cont~r of 50 tt. :roo.d ~m ~1ch on 1ron poot
bclara s. 61• 24' v. 25 tt. diotontt• thonoo on contor ljno of tho loot nCll!'Cd rond.
(oic) \ (1}).-l~J~\i. -~~·t~,~; to po1nt h r.oot lino ot Lot 29 o~ the llorrie• nooib-
~vi~lono horo1n boto~o niu~d ~rom tth~ch n stoko nt the lntorsoctlon of tho ~ont
lirto~.:~ roa4 ~th tbc sald lot line boo~a s. i~~ 3~~ ~. 41.2 ft, 4iet~nt;-lhonoo
&lOflB oU :teno<t on. the sd4 lot l. ino; ,./
(14 ) •• U/io.4.g' ft:· to poini.'~i-~ginni~~. the boot 4coorSbo4 boing o )>art o:t Lofe
26, 26, ond ag ot tho ool4 H$1Tie 1 'Ro8Q~41~iolone, oorni>r1o1ng·tbat oorto1n iraot
oonTefed b)' J • .P. end lsouria »o'oJt&tt to tho pnrt1 ot the eeoond port( part1 ot
tba tuet Jen in thle convo70nooJ b7 4.od ctatd .ntno 17tb 1897. ana noo1«c0« at
page ~67 of Vol. ~ of·Dee~e, se.n l.U16 O\l~epo Count1 Rcoo~a. ·"1th o4,Joln1ng lm4o,
ena.contatntng·29.03 ooroa, bore o~ l••a• toaotbor nith a rtsbt ot n&~ ror roo.4
purpoaoe olons ell the roods doucri'bed -.ad mentioned on tho ~oat, north. oaat. ~4
eoutb siaoe in tho toroaolns dcoorlptlon, ond ~ltb o rJ~ht ot wa~ tor road pnrpoaaa
70 tt. "14o l7SJ18· end. oxtond1~ alol18 tbo oaetor).y sido or c. UM o:r.tMail16 from tho
otoko ~·t tho hm1mt.~~0'1 ot the loth ~:rse oa S190l\ S.n tho torettr01"8 4ooortpt1on
s. 8• 45•.B. 461.8 tt. to tho northel'}J' lino ot Branch H:root 1D tho ~of Arro10·
CWADa&, Califomto. . Aleo • Cat.aonoin, at o stake eot s. 59 1/2• s. ]O foot fim· 8.
15 or· Bm1o• Gl:lrTO)' ot th4 llanollOa Correl 4o Pltdra,, Homo on4. Boho Oo oliemlaol
a.ooorcUJ18 to:a cap .. e~Ulcr4 •Jl.ap of the Ronb4LYS&1ona of a part ot tbo Rnnoboa Oorr...i
4o p1oora. Pt~,·e.nd'Bole~ 4e Chcmteol. Son J,Qle Obtvpo Oo1Uli7, Calttornto. tbo
pi-o:p..r-ty ot B. ti'. 81:0010, :Boq., ouno704 b7 B. ft, Hei-rle, lJOVo~b()r, J.885•. and mMi
Colo) ibonoo Sorlh 61 6/4• 'R. 690 ~oot to & ettLJto; S'benoo s. S 3/4• B. 450 :t.,oti Wtooce
S. 81 1/4• w.-,100 :toot; fhonco S. 6 '5/4• B, 420 f'ooiis ~hcmco 11. 81 1/4• E •. 50 toot;
i'honco 8. 6 3/4• B. 106 •/10 fcot to Uno ot 1M4 ot ..-.u.R;ye.n: thence s. ~ 1/4°
/ w. 15 foot to corner of lc>t owoo l:>y 1n"•· Dan Rloo: fhcnoo s. 58 l./4° o. 182 9/10 I teot plo~ waeter}1 ~tne of lon4o of eol~ atro. Rlco; S'honoo s. 57 '/4• w. '49 '/10
I toot elo1g 1Metotl7 llno of len4a ot Hr~. : •. L. Ed47• u. B. OhuTob lot. lot ot nanr,
r , J19aoo, lot Of lli'O• llontgoger1, and lt)nd. Of l. f. Boo'ketti \'honoo"JI, 8 )/4° la 189 2/10
toot~ i'hcnoo s. &1 1f4• "· 50 toot; fhoooo u. 6 '5/4• 11. 550 i-oot; 'i'~onco s. 8l. 1/4• '
1 w. 100 .toots thenco JI• 8 }/4• w. 450 ~cot to tho plooo of t>egtnnsns am aontelnlns
about 15 aoNa ot lend~ .ieo a rl~ht ot "~ for .-004 JIUl'POace oYor e. 11\rip of lon4
7G toot tttdo doeorlbod oe tollo•e1-Co-..xionoln8 ot tho ~oet aovthorlJ oornor of obi>•o
c1ooel'lbo4 b$ot ant 1'llMln3 thenco s. 6 5/4• !. 461 8/10 tod to tho tro&torl1 Uno of
Bronoh strC1ot sn oeU toim; ~honco ouhrl1 olol\(S eol4 t:0r;tol'lf Uno or Drench Stroot
(&lo)• 10 foctl fhenco ffa 8 }/4• bo ln B dlreol lino 460 toot QOJ'0 0 0rl 000 tO t~o.l~ttO Of•
lot ot lon~ fl'ret: nbOvo 4oaorlbod. 2hc e~vo pi·oi:ert.1 se to bo ho14 b7 anl4 nr&itoo
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I of aaid 6rontco 00)1'.loratton and filed in t~ ottico ot tbo CollntY Clerk· or tr.o count~ J
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ot Ssn lou1a 01>1epo; and Rhould taiil tibovo 4oscrlbc4 :propc:rtj' bo uoiJ tor otho:i· purpovoel
tbBJt. thoeo sot torth in its aa14 Artloloe ot Iflaorporation •. tban ond 1n thot coso I
$f.14 real J>2"opon1 anal lmttlo<HatcJ.y yovort to tbo crantor oo~orA1tlon eforoeaid. I (a1o)
~OOB'l'HER with all &\d singular tho tcnomonta. bo:rod1tomonta and appurtonanooa therounto bolon5tn~. or in ~lee eppo~totnlns; and tho rovoraion s.n4 rovere1one. romaindor and •
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rel':!alndera. r<1nta. iseuoe end profits theroo'f. TO llAV.E AlfD TO HOLl>, all and 1Jirigulal'
tho $&1~ p:r~miaea, ~osothor with tbe oppu~toTiances, unto tho eo.1d part¥ of tho Qocond j
part. an4 tc:> ite ees:lgna end suoce$80H torevol' Ill trii'IJES3 T/HF.RF.Oi'. tho 881d part.1 I
ot the :ttrst p01't, by lta Prosldont an4 Scorotory, thorounto dul1 outhor1sod, baa
oausod its oo~orhto nomo to bo oubeerjbod to these pr6eents. end 1ta oorpor&te aoel
to bo herettnto affixed the dey !Mld ~ear tiret above ll'J"1tton. The Arroyo Oronao
Uothodlet E.p1~copal Church (SEAL) By Joseph B. Olbeon ProQ14ont. Jl\J" w. R. Hixon
sooreta~y. SiSTiod, Soaled $Jld Delivered ln tho Preacnoo ot •••
State of Oal1fonti«• )
) 88,
<1ount;r ot SM·t.u1.a Oblepo ) . On thta tho henty-th1:r4 d~ of Jul;r,
in the ;roar ono thOU&$1!.4 ntno hunctred end thirteon, bof'oN 1110, J, u. Errtnort, a lfotaey
l>ublie 1n aal.l to~ the Oonnt1 ot SN\ Luis Ol>1spo. personsl.1¥ appee~d Joseph .B. O.tb1Jon
and w. B. Hi.xon. k:no~n to mo ~o bo the Pree1d4nt oud seo~etayt roapeotivoly, ot tbe
oorpor4t1on that e>feoute4 tho Vfithin 1n&h\l1:1ont ana. t~7 both duly ~01mol'llodg11d to me
t1't 8.!_t~h oor}lontlon ctxeouto4 the oame. Jn YUne~ r,1toroo1', I have horounto sot
8 m,y hud and atfi,xed lllf Ot1'lo1el soal •t '1!11 o1'floe 11'1 tho oottntl" o~ san
lule Obi~, the ct01 and year lD tblll c&:rtitlcit.1to. tirat abovo '1"1;1tton.
J. M. Bmm&rt UOt$J'1 Pi:tbl1o. Rcoorde4 at tho Roquoet of J. u. ~~rt.
Jul1 24th. A. », 191,. nt 54 ~in. peat 6 o•olGok A. u.
I AOAOAOAO!OAOAOl.OAOAOAO!O!OAOAOAO~OAOAOAOAOAOAOA~\OtOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOJ.OlOAOAOAOAOAO
s o Glotl(SO°l'I" et ux i we. s. o. Gloesow and u. A· Ola98ow, bueblUld.and wU'e .!!'or and in . .
TO i ooneldorotton ot ?on .DOI.URS, llO HEMBY OlWCf 'i'O I U Oloae .U.t
I B Close 1'Ju.t' RF.AL PROPP.RU e1tuete4 in the Count¥ ot San t.uie· Ol>iepo,
; statQ ot C&.ltton11e, boundod and de•or1be4 aa followas
J.ll ot lot iro 6. o~ntaining ton Aoroe 111ore ot' lH• ot th& Rowbdivieton ot tho :iouth
Woe~orl.q part ot lot '1'tront;y-totur (24) ot B. o. irar4'o h'Mlvistone ot t;be llipODo
Ranoh aooor41ns to •.P thereot ~ede by O•orB6 $to:ry 1n 1887 .& fl.lod tn tho ott:i~e ot
the Comrt,-Rocoracir of san •f.oqU ObUpo co. Celitonaia DOoe111bo1" 10, 18&7. 'i?O W.VB
.ANDfO HOtD tho abOYO erentod ond 4oeor1bed premieoe unto tho aoid grantee his hotra
Md aaa1(!n8. f~l"oTe:r. 'fll'.W.e5S ou>:" httn4e. &n4 seals this 19th do;r ot J'Uno 2915 s. G •
Cleseow {SEAL) u. A. 01~"60" (33AL) .slenod end orocutod in troaenoo of •••
· S?Ai'B OP OALIFOR!l?A,)
) 880
countJ ot San Dle8~· ) On tltie ~Oth de.J ot .J'.W'O A. J>.
tUn61Hn mmd:rod Cln4 tUrtoon bof'oro ino, Che11. ti, .moa a Jfot.17 l'Ul>Uo 1n enO for
$~1~ county. an4 state. roeidlng thotofn. duly oor.Qleaionod and cnro~, poraonellJ
ep1141are« s. o. Ol&ato~a N. ~. Olevsow huvbcin~ & wt to. knoml to~~ to bo tb$ pereo~e
desorl'bGd in ru'ld whoso no.r.t08 aro sub$o~ibod to tho within ine,11ltlont, ond $Cknonlod6o4
(~.·.: •• -.~-.~-.~.~ •. :" to tJo th6.t tho1 oxocutod tho eti.t<O• JJI ilU'J18'>S i:JL~~E01, I hn\'o hnc~to
uo\ 111¥ hand and etf1xe4 1ll:/ ot~ielel soal. a~ 1:\1 ufttco, in san D1oco.
1 • Cotu1t1 ot san Dloto, stoto or ce11rorn10. tM do,-8'\a 1oer in thta cortltH I co~~ 1'lrd above ·:.rUton. Ohee. r1. Anoe tlot"r¥ fu\llto ln on<l tor tho Cot•ll~Y ~r San
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lll~COROEO AT Rl<~QUEST OF Security Title Ina. and Gua1•0.ntee Co. JUN 5-191t6 at 10 min. past
10 ot clook A.M. in Vol. 407 of. Off:l.cinl Recol'ds Page .3~2 San Luia Obispo Cout~cy, Califo1•ni •
VI. L. RAMAGE
By Mal'.Y C. Sparma.n
County Recorder
Deputy Recorder
ABABADAaABADABADABABADABADABABAJlADADABADADADABADADADAnABADABABADABADABADADABADABABABABABAB
COAGT SIDZ COMPMEETINO ASSOCIATION I 6506
OF Tfllll MEtHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCll
•ro
SOU!f1Ji1RN CAL!FORN.IA-ARIZONA CONFPJRENCE
t HESOLU'l!!ON AUTHORIZING CONVEYANCE OF REAL
PROPERTY
1 RESOLVED, by the Board of Dire~torg of the' COAST
OJU&P COUMIGSION otr THE Mffi'l'UODIST cmrncHt SIDE O/IMPMEBTING ASSOCIATION OF' TUB METHODlST
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••'EPISCOPAL CHURCH, a corporation, organi~ed and
existing under 11.nd by virC..-ua of the laws or tho Stnt:o of Cnlii'ornia 1 with principal place
of operation at Arro10 Grande, San Luis Obiapo county, Cnlifo11 nta,
'.Chat, WfflllREJ\S, this oor1ioraliion is the ownel' or the real property, hereinafter
described, whioh haa beon and is being used for religious nnd educational purpo$es under
the mananoment or the Southern California-Arizona Annual Conterenoe of The Methodist
Ohu1•oh 1 as suooesso1• to the 6outhe1•n California Oonf'0renoe of the Methodist lllpisoopal
Chnroh, all subject, however, to tho uaagea of !Che Methodist Church and to thG rules and
regulations set fo~th in its DisoiplineJ
And, WHERBAS, by appl'opria.to notion ot the aforesaid Southern Ce.Hfornte.:..Arhona
Annual Con!'arenoe or '.Cha fdethodbt Churoh 1 duly takan on the 22nd day of Juno, 19M1 the
Southern Oalifornia-Al'izona Cont'el'enoo Oamp Commission ot '.fhe Methodist Chu1•oh, a non-
profit oorpo~ation, wa~ duly authorized and thereupon or thereafter formed, under the lawn
or the state of (lalifot•nia, for the purpoao of taking title to tho .followlngMdesorihed
real proparty, among othor parcels or real property, dedicated to and uaod by the said
So\lt.hOrn Calit'ornia ... A1•i11ono. Annual. oonforanoe of '.fne Methodist Ohuroh and ills oonstituont
ohui•ohea and oongregations, · rov religious, edu<u1.t1onal and rooreationnl worlt1 now
being nnd/or to be oarried on by said Con.ferenoe organ1zationJ
And, WHERl.llA8 1 this oorporation nnd bhe ohut•ohea and oorigregations forming 1 ts
oonstituenoy and contributing to and sponsoring its varioua activit1es1 are in henrt1
aooord with the work and program of tho Southorn California-Arizona Annual Conferenoo or
'the Methodiat ChU'roh, Ytith r 0speot to the uae of said real property-ller0:lnaftar partioul~
arly desoribed1 and dasire to transfer ti~lo to said real property to the said Bouthorn
cnliforn1n .. Arho11A Oonferonoo Camp Oomm1ss1on or The Methodist Church, a non .. profit
corporation, as atoresaidt al.1 in conformity with the aotion of the said 6outhorn
California-Arizona Annual Conference of The Methodist Church, as horeinbotore stnted,
and With the understanding that said real property, hereinafter deBOl'ibed, Will be devoted
to the uses and purposes for whieh this col'porat:ton was originally formed, as set forth
in its articles of inoorporationi
NOW, THEREFORE, _for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Pres:tdant, or
the Vice-President, and tha Secretary, of this' corporation, be, and they are, hereby
authorized and instructed to make, eKecuta and deliver, in the name of this corporation,
and under its corporate sea1, a proper deed of conveyance, to wit, a ?orporation grant
deed, to the said Southern Oalii'ornia-Arizona Conference Camp Commission of The Methodist
Churoh, a corporation, as grantee, convoying title to said roal property, hereinafter
partioula.rly described, which said i•eal property is si tuttte, lying and being in the
county of San Luis Obispo, State of Oaliforn1a 1 and in descX'ibed as follows:
ttAll those po1•tion.s of Lots 26, 28 and 29 of tho Resubdivisi.on of pa1•t of the Ranchos
Corral do Pied1•a, Pismo anll Bolsa de Chemiaal, surveyed by R, R. Harris in November 188$1
in the OU-y of Arroy-o Granda, Coun·t;y of Ban Luis Obispo; State or California, according
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tlBeginning at the moat Westerly corner of said Lot 28, said corner being designated j
t87~1 on the map h~rein referred to; thonoe North 29° 2?' Ba.st along the Northv1e$t line of
said. Lot 206.12 feet to a point in the oenter line or a 50-foot road as said road oxiatod ,n
November 4, 1910} thence along said center 11.ne North 54° 401 East 4M,l. feet, North Blt0 I
maat )94.l teat, Qnd South 8 J/4° East 102~ teot; thence leaving said center line South 29d1·
471 VTost 80,6 feet, South 52° 551 Wost !)6,6 feet, South go East 60.6 .feot, South 80° l"/I
Wast 150 feet, and South 9° 2~1 East 176 feet to the Southeast line of said Lot MJ thenae
t1long the southoo.st 1in11 of said Lots 28 and 29 South 58!0 West 526.9 .feet to a stake, tho oe
:teavin~ said Southenat line Nol'th 9° 441 Wost 188.6 .feet, South 81° 241 West 2!i0 feet to a I
point in the oente:r of n $Ow.foot road as said road edsted on Jlovomber 4, 1910J thonoo
along oentor of said road No~th 8° 491 West a,4.7 teat to the.Northwest lino of aaid Lot 29,J
thence along the Northwest lino of said Lot 29 North 29° 2$1 East to the point of
beginning.u
SUBJlOOT TOt Covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, nnd rights of
way, or record against said prQperty.
OERTIFIOATE
I, o. L. t>ALMtm, the dUly elected, qual11'1od and acting Seoreta:i.iy of the Board or
Dirootors ot the COAST SIDE COMPMl~ETlNO ASSOOlAT!ON OF THE MWl!HOD!B'l! EPISCOPAL CHURCH, I
e. oorpoi-o.tion, duly orgnnized ard old.sting und.or and by virt'Uo of lihe lawa of the State oft.
California, do hereby cortii'y that the foregoing is n £u11 1 truo nnd correot copy of a ~
resolution, in wr!.ti.ng, clul.y adoptod at a meeting or the Board of J,)1.reotore of Bnid I
oorpoi+ation, duly oall.od nnd held e.t San. Luis Obispo, tho 5th day or. April, 19.46, e. l
quorum boi~ present and voting in the e.t.firmat!ve. I further oortify thnt this resolutio ·
is otill in full force nnd arr~ot.
Dntod, at San Luis Obispo, cnlifornta, this 29th day of May, 1946.
o. r,, Palmer
Sooratnry of tho Bo~rd of Pireotors
of the Coast Side Carnpmeeting
Aasoo1ation of Tho Methodist
F.pisoopul Ohu~oh, a corporation.
Subao~ibed and sworn to before me, A Notary Publio, this 29th day of May, l946,
8 Ralph c. Konnody
Ralph o. Kennedr Notary Public, n and tor tho county of
San Luis Obispo, state of Oalifo~nia. My OOlll!Oisaion expires 4-19-1948
GRANT DEEP
( Cl)l'pora tion)
.COAST SIDE CAMPlilEE'I'ING ASSOOIA'.rION OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CRURCH, a Corporation, dul:y
orsantzed and e-nisting under and by virtue of the laws of the Stabe or Cali£oi•n1a, and
having its principal place of operation\ln the City of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis
Obispo, state of California, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00), and other
.good and valuable consideration, the reoeipt whereof' is hereby e.cknowl.Eldged, doea horeby
GHANT AND CONVE:i: t;o thq SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA CONll'ERIUNCE CAMP C.OMMISSION OF THE
MltTHODIBT CHUHCH, a non-pro.fit co1•poration, duly organized and existir'6 under and by t vir~ue of the lnws of the State or California, and having :lta pl'inoipa1 place of' operation l
. :l.n the City of Los Angele&, County of Loa Angeles, State of California, all that real pl'op-1
l arty situate, lying and being :l.n the Count:y of San Luis Obispo, State or Cal.1.fornia1 ; I and desal'ibed as follows: t · ····· ··
I All those portions of Lots 26, 28 and 29 of the Resubdivision of part of the Ranchos ! I CorX'al do Piedra, Pismo and Bolsa de Chemiaal, aurveyod by n, R. li«rris in November l.885,
1 in the City of Arroyo Grande, County or San Luis Obispo# state of Ca11.forn1R, aooording
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County, desori1H1d as a whole aa follows1
Beginning at the most Westet'ly 001•ner of oaid Lot 28 1 said corner l1eina designated
t1s7511 on tho map herein referred to.; thence North 29° 251 Bast along the Northwest lino
of said Lot 206.12 feet to a. point in lihe oenlier liM ot a 50-i'oot road as uaicl l'oad oxiat d
on November 4, l910J thenoe along said oc.:mter line North 54° 401 East 428.l feet, North
ait0 Eaot .'.394.1 i'eet, and South 8-J/4° Eaat 1025 t'eet; thenoe leaving said oentQr line
South 29° 4!P West 80.6 feet, South 52° 5!.il Wost 56.6 t'eet, South go East 60,6 feet, South
80° 17' West 150 feet, and South 9° 231 Ea.st 1'16 .foet to tho Southeast lino of' said Lot
28; thonoe a.long the Southeast lino of said Lota 28 and 29 south ;at 0 Woat $26.9 feet
to a stake, thence lenvins said Southeast line North 9° 441 Wost 188.6 feet, South a1°
?.4' wut 2!50 toet to a. point in tho oentor of a !lo-toot road as aaid l'oad exiat:od on
November 4, 19101 thence nlong oont:er of: said :ttoad North So 491 West fl!M··'1 t'eet to the
Northwest line of said Lot 29J l;honoo along the NorthWE111t lino or tJaid Lot 29 North 29°
2;• East to the point of beginning.
suaJreO~ fOt covenants, conditions, reatriotions, reservations, rights, and righta
ot wayi ot record.against said property.
IN WI'.l!NESB WfIEllEOF, tho uaid party or the ril'st pat't, as grnntor, has caused thh
daed to be duly oxeouted by ita Preiiid1mt and Seoretal'y1 thereunto duly authoriY.ed,
this 29th dAY of May, ninotoen hundred forty-oix.
OOAST srog COMPMEETING ASSOOIATIOU
OF THE METHODIST 11JPI8CQPAl'.i
CHURCH, a Corporation,
Dy Edwin E. K1•apf
By o. L. Palmer
Preaident
Seol'etnry
STATIJl OF OAJ,!FORNIA, ~as. Coun~y of San Luia Obiapo
ON THIS 29th day ot J.foy,, 1946, bot'ol'e me, Ralph c. Konnedy, a Notat\Y Publio in and
for the l'H\id county and state, )Hn•sonally appeared ~DW:tN re. KRAPF known bo tne to he the
Pl'll)Sident,, and o. L• PALMHJR known to me to be the Seorotal'Y ot' the Coast Side cruup111ollting
n ot !Che Methodist Epf.eoopal Church, the Corporation that ex:aouto~d~ho. within
. "111t to moHi~ be tho persona who executed the within In~~~~~i/::o~·:~ehnlt
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~. REOORUERS OFFICE !
., SAN r,ur.s OBISPO couw.r.c l
5388
-------------$PACE ABOVE THIS LINE f'OR RECORDER'S USE
l'LACE INTERNAL REVENU'e S\'AMPS IN THIS SPACE
Corporation Quitclaim Deed Allix I. II. S. IL .................... ..
1"HllJ FORM l"URNl&HED l:IY TITLI! INGURANCE AND TftUSTCOMPAl'IV
FOH A VALUAllU: CON'.;IDEHATION, rccci1>t of which is hcrchy 11ck11owlcdgc<l,
SOUTHE.t<1~ CAuIFORNIA-ARIZONA CONFF.RJ!JNCE CAMP COMMIS$'ION OF THE
ME'.rHODIST CHURCH
n corpornlion org1111iml under the luwe or tho stnh:: of California,
l1crcl1y lll<:MISl·:S, mu:ASES AND QUITCLAIMS to ALBERT A. SPIERLING ~nd
L. JEAN SPIERLING 1 as joint tenants,
thr. followinli 1lcsoril1ed rcnl propr.rl)' ln tho &!cite t•f C:alifornin, county of San Luis Obispo,
That portion of tot 29 of the resubdi vie i rm nf the Rancho Corral
de Piedra-Pismo and :Bolea de Chemiaat, in the City of Arroyo Grande,
County of San Luis Obispo, State o'f Cntifornia, aa surveyed by R. R.
Harrie, November 1885, according to the map thereof recorded
November 24;. 1886, in Bonk A, Pf!ge 6' of Maps in the off:l.oe of the
County Recorder of si:iid Cl")unty, deaoribed as :foll.owe:
Beginning at s. 75 on the Nl')rthweaterty line of T..ot 291 thence a.long
the Northweeterly Une r,f said tot 29 S,,uth 29° 22• West, 140. 08 feet
to the true point of beginning; thence Mntinutng along said N'orth-
W$aterlt line of said Lot 29 south 29° 22' West, 161.18 feet to a
point; thenoe nlong the Northeester\y line "f the land oonveyed to the
City of Arroyo Grende by deed reoorded in »ook 211, page 26~, Official
Record&, South 26° 06• East ,.,5.37 tee'\; Thenoe North s0 49' Vest
446.92 feet to the true point of begih~ing.
Jn Witnesi; Whm•cof, sni<l cor11oration has c1tuscd its corporntu nrune mu! sen! to Im affixed hereto and
this inBtrunwnt to he cxccute1I hy il8... .. .... Prnsitlcnl 1mcl ..................................................... Sccrct11ry
thcrnunto duly nu1hori2c<l.
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STA'i't: OF C:Al,lJo'OltNIA
COUNTY OJI
LOS ANGELES ...
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SPACE BEi.OW f'OR RECORDER'S USE ONl...V
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Fee $.. • .... ~ .. Indexed
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., • 'RECORDING REQUESTeo BV
RECORDING REQUESTED BY:
Tiiie Insurance and Trust Co.
AND Wfft:N M<:0-0 NAIL 1'0
Pacific and Southwest Annual
fConference, United Methodis'f)
~ Church
.Jt:P.O. Box 6006
472 East Colorado Blvd.
°:..!,Pasadena, CA 91109
I.Attn: Dr.. Lambert W. All _J
llWl. IAJI SfAl1111!1m1'0
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OFFICIAL RECORDS
SeOC R~
51UJTJTL
P";cif ic and Southwest Annual-'l
"-Conference, United Methodist
J::: Church
SAN LUIS OBISPO CO .• CAL.
~,P.O. Box 6006
......, 1172 East Colorado Blvd. _J
~sadena, CA 91109
Attn: Dr. Lambert w. All
DEC 11981
WILLIAM E. ZIMARIK
COUNTY RECORDER
TIME 8: 0 0 AM
---------------....L---SPACE ABOVE THIS LfNE FOR RECORDER'S USE---
Individual Grant Deed
A.P.N. 7-1)//-22. 0 19Z:t l'NTI C:A 18·741
THIS FOf::M l"VRNISHED av TICOR TITLE INSURERS
The undenigned grantor(e) declare(e):
Documentary t.rwfer tu: hi I NO TAX DUE -CONSIDERATION LESS THAN $100.
( ) computed on full value of property convc;·~, or
( ) COltlputed on full value Jess value of liens and encumbrances remaining at time of sale.
( ) Unincorpont.ed aroa; <X> City of arroyo Grande I and
roa~rmv;~~~~~~lJ, love and affection,
ALBERT A. SPIERLING and JEAN SPIERLING, who acquired title as
ALBERT A. SPIERLING and JEAN SPIERLING, husband and wife as joint
tenants,
tw-rd>y GRANT(Sj to
PACIFIC AND SOUTHWEST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH, a California nonprofit religious benefit corporation
the foil owing described teal property in the
County of SAN LUIS OBISPO , State of'Califomta:
....
All that certain real property described
in "Exhibit A," attached hereto and
incorporated by reference herein.
Dated November .;i?.3 1981
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF SA.i."i LUIS OBISPO SS.
On "":2;z.,. ••, Let/ ...OZ:f3: lg/ Lefore me, the under·
&igned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appear~d
ALBERT A. SPIERLING
and ,JEAN SPJ:ERLING
--------·----~known 10 me
to be the person_§__wht>S$ 11am~ su~ribed to t}Je wltl)l11
Instrument and acknt>wledged that they ex~uted 1he ume.
WlTNESS my h•nlf and official ~al.
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MAIL TAX SYATEMENTS AS DIR~CTEP AflOVE
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CHURCH CAMP
250 Wesley Street, Arroyo Grande, CA
Property consists of multiple structures and cabins totaling
approximately ± 14,320 SF of improvements
Public Facility zoning
Centrally located in Arroyo Grande
Sale Price: Negotiable
Eric Knowles
858.369.3017
eknowles@kiddermathews.com
LIC #00944210
Robert Fletcher
858.369.3034
rfletcher@kiddermathews.com
LIC #01706060
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Kidder Mathews, as exclusive advisor, is pleased to present
an opportunity to acquire a prime property the heart of the
central coast of California in Arroyo Grande,
Camp Arroyo Grande, situated on a ±29 acre site, is located
in Arroyo Grande, California, in San Luis Obispo County.
Located next to the downtown district, the site benefits
from excellent location and proximity to services, including
shopping and the area's major medical center. The site has
excellent access to Highway 101 and is walking distance to
the popular Village of Arroyo Grande.
The site is well positioned to provide a host of alternative
uses, including; churches, lodges, senior or women's center,
public or private school or sporting complex to name a few.
&
The average daily traffic count at East Branch and East
Grand Avenue is 19,864.
Total Population
Median
Household
Income
Median
Home Value
1 Mile 3Miles
6,808 44,633
$76,578 $56,367
$556,893 $446,571
5Miles
54,036
$57,873
$460,947
Source: Costar
Large, ±29.45 gross acre campus facility
APN: 007-011-021 and 007-011-022
±14,300 square feet of cabins, lodge, dining facilities
and accommodates up to 110
Private rooms
Laundry facilities
Recreation room
Tabernacle
Outdoor picnic and playground area
Solar heated swimming pool
Expansive garden area, walkways, and
mature landscaping
Safe and secure campus in a stable, well maintained
residential, mixed-use neighborhood with exterior
perimeter fencing
Excellent central coastal location
Short walk to the quaint Village of Arroyo Grande
Minutes to regional shopping and medical center
Easy access to Pacific Coast Highway
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Arroyo Grande, California, in San Luis Obispo County, is
14 miles northwest of Santa Maria, California (center to
center) and 121 miles southwest of Fresno, California.
The city benefits from easy access to the nearby cities
and towns with which it shares the San Luis Obispo -
Atascadero -Paso Robles metropolitan area. Situated
halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and
the year-round Mediterranean and mild climate provide
the ideal environment for taking advantage of the vintage
California atmosphere. Arroyo Grande offers award-winning
wines, family-friendly festivals, summertime concerts and a
proximity to open spaces great for hiking, biking, boating,
and camping.
Two miles east of the Pacific Ocean in beautiful California
and surrounded by farms, flower fields, and wineries, Arroyo
Grande features a distinct village character and a vibrant
downtown shopping and dining district.
The summer months are naturally air conditioned by ocean
breezes with occasional light fog, and the winters offer
delightful and refreshing crispness. The winter sunsets are
fabulous!
• The unemployment rate in Arroyo Grande is 5.20 percent
(U.S. Avg. is 6.30%). Recent job growth is positive.
Arroyo Grande jobs have increased by 0.23 percent.
Compared to the rest of the country, Arroyo Grande's
cost of living is 75.60% higher than the U.S. average.
• The city is 5.67 square miles at an elevation of 80 feet,
with a population as of 2014, of 17,284 people. Since
2000, it has had a population growth of 10. 70 percent.
• Average commute time is 20 minutes. The national
average is 25 minutes.
• The median home cost in Arroyo Grande is $535,000.
Home appreciation the last year has been 12.60 percent.
• Arroyo Grande public schools spend $10,543 per
student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is
$12,435. There are about 21.4 students per teacher in
Arroyo Grande.
Arroyo Grande experienced rapid growth in the 1970s and
1980s, partially due to the expansion of the wastewater
treatment plant, under an EPA Clean Water Grant, that
removed a growth constraint. This federal grant program
required preparation of an Environmental Impact Report,
which document provided much of the initial environmental
database for Arroyo Grande. Arroyo Grande is located in a
coastal ecosystem within the California Floristic Province,
and the native habitats include coast live oak woodland,
central coastal scrub, willow and mixed riparian along Arroyo
Grande Creek and numerous tributaries, native bunch-grass
grassland, coastal prairie, dunes and intertidal zone, and
non-native and agricultural areas.
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~~~~~4~oo·~~~uOIY TRACT NO. 3018 R.M. Bk.JJ, Pg.61-62. CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE
u lttis MAP is PREPARED FOR TRACT No. 1J9o, R.M. Bk. 14. Pg. 7J. ASS£f.D?sR'5ars'lfo t§.~NTY oF
o3-IJ9-oi ASSESSMENT PURPOSES ONLY. STEEL£'$ RESUB., RHO. COR. DE PIEDRA, PISMO & BOLSA DE CHAM/SL, R.M. Bk. A , Pg. 63. ~K 007 PAG£ '011
The proposed sale of Camp Arroyo Grande site being offered
on an unpriced basis with an all-cash closing. The Buyer
should distinguish itself by addressing the following:
• Stipulate total price
• Indicate intended use
• Initial Deposit of at least $100,000 at execution of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement
• Indicate timing and amounts of additional deposits
• Indicate all Buyer contingencies and length of
contingency period
Eric Knowles Robert Fletcher
• Specify all conditions necessary to trigger closing
• Specify
Note: Seller prefers to close at the earliest possible date,
but in no event later than December 15, 2017
• Provide your projected entitlement timeline with your
offer to purchase
• First American Title Company, La Jolla Office
858.369.3017
eknowles@kiddermathews.com
LI C #0094421 0
858 .369 .3034
rfletcher@kiddermathews.com
UC #01706060
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part of a 15 year refurbishing ptan to change the
camp into a first class retreat facmty for families and
youth and to be upgraded for the 2'1 ~t Century11
, TaHant
concluded.
In the last 10 years the AGFUMC members have do--
noted over S 16,000 to the project leading five other lo--
cal Methodist churches in raising funds. The camp is su-
peNised by the California Pacific Methodist Confer-
ence which donated $50,000 to the building fund drive.
The 15 yeaT plan caHs for four more new cabins, the re-
placement of an existing lodge and enlargement of the
dining ha.If facility. The camp hos a swimming pool,
campfire pit, chapel, lodges, camp managers home,
and of course the famous 4000 sq. foot 12 sided Taber-
nacle which is included in upgrades in the master plan.
For those rnterested the Camp Arroyo Grande pro-
ject contact Moore (481-6674) the Camp Uajson
for our church. Those wishing to donate to the building
fund for the addrtionol four cabins may do so. Checks
should be made out to:n CAL~PAC Conferencen with
Camp AG Building Fund In the memo. You can give
checks directly to Tina or maif to Camp Arroyo Grande,
250 Wesley St., Arroyo G,rande CA. 93420-Att ntton:
Steve Ta II ant.
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Camp A;·:·oyo Grande has aged, but not the appeal 7 /4/15, 3:59 Pl\
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DECEMBER 19, 2005 12:00 AM • KARIN HILUSTAFF WRITER
The campers have come and gone through the
years, and the town around it has grown
immensely, but very little has changed at the
historic Camp Arroyo Grande since it opened in
1885.
Located right next to the bustling Village, just a
block up the street from the Bank of America at
the West Branch Street and Traffic Way
intersection, the 29-acre retreat has been a
treasured escape for many people over the
decades. Because of its proximity to the busy main street, many drivers have zipped right by
the entrance to the secret hideaway on Wesley Street without even knowing it was there. But
those who do know it, know it well.
“I run into people every year who come back and have stories from the 1940s,C said
camp manager Steve Tallant. “!/ve met couples that came to summer camp here 30
years ago, and they/re married and have children now.C
Established in 1885 by the first Methodist church in Arroyo Grande, then located at 124 W.
Branch St., the camp primarily served as a gathering place for church members to have
fellowship. It was just a short walk uphill from the main church building.
In 1897, the church built a tabernacle at the center of the grounds. It is the original building on
the site, said Tallant.
“The tabernacle was the gathering place for the Methodist churches here on the Central
Coast to hear the circuit rider when he was making his trek through the area,C he said.
Other structures have their own historical value. After World War II, several cabins were
purchased at a surplus auction from Camp San Luis Obispo. Out of the nine that were moved
to the camp, six are still left today.
For many years, the church held sunrise services at Easter, but those came to an end when
neighborhoods around the property were built up with houses in the 1970s, Tallant said.
Also over the years, the number of Methodists who visit the camp has been decreasing and
the number of outside groups has increased.
𔄘ur Methodist usage is about 6 percent of our annual income,C said Tallant.
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Camp A~royo Grande starting project: Two new cabins planned 6/28/15, 2:26 Pl\
OCTOBER Oi, 2008 5:00 PM • BY MIKE HODGSON/ASSOCIATE EDITOR
About 60 to 70 people turned out Saturday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for two new
cabins at the 29-acre UMC Camp Arroyo Grande, located on a hillside overlooking the Village.
In addition to a ceremonial turning of the soil, the event included a thank-you barbecue for all
those who have already donated funds to the project, said Steve Tallant, camp manager.
Construction is expected to begin within four weeks on the cabins, the first of four new cabins
planned for the camp that provides facilities for all kinds of nonprofit organizations and even
family reunions, Tallant said.
The new cabins will replace existing cabins that were purchased from Camp San Luis Obispo
at a surplus auction.
"Our goal is to complete them by the summer of 2009," Tallant said of the two new cabins,
noting they will be constructed primarily through all-volunteer labor.
Each cabin will sleep 12 people and include two showers, two restrooms and three vanities,
Tallant said.
The estimated cost for all six cabins is $350,000. Since starting its fundraising campaign two
years ago, the camp has raised $170,000 -about enough to build the two cabins and cover
the design costs, permits and fees.
"So we're about halfway there," Tallant said. "Many different community organizations have
donated to (the campaign), along with various individuals and local Methodist Churches."
The next fundraiser for the camp is a St. Patrick's Day pancake breakfast next March, but in
the meantime, anyone interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the project can
contact Tallant at 709-2119.
Camp Arroyo Grande, established in 1885 on Wesley Street, is supervised by the Board of
Camping and Retreat Ministries for the California-Pacific Annual Methodist Conference.
mhodgson@timespressrecorder.com
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CAMP ARR01Y10 1GRAND1E T,o "BREAK 1GR1o·uNn Music, a free BBQ, a Methodist Bishop and Superintendent, local offidals and those who supported the project wrn gather for a j:oyous celebratiion in Camp Arroyo Grande on Saturday, September 27, at 4 PM Th,e groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled for that date, and wiH mark the end of a t\vo year fund raJsing ca1mpaign to replace aging cabins and start a long warted updating of the facillity~ The renovation of the camp is part of a 1 O -1 fi year master plan to conv1ert the facHity into a first-class camping and conference center. The camp was estabiiiished lin '1885 and will have served the Central Coast for 123 years. The famous 12-sided Tabernacle bui1lding i1s sUH servi1ng campers since it was completed in 1897 and has served the camp for 111 years. The camp today is a mode:rn faciHty and has a swimming pool, dir~ing hall, three lodges, chapel, campfire put and campers cab~ns. There are allso hook-ups ror 8 RV1s. The current camp capacity is 110. The camp is open to aH community and family groups~ ft is used by schools and youth organizations as weB as churches of many denominations. A Capital1 Fund Campaign was started in 2006 to begin the renovation~ The ,goal was to raise $200,000 to lay the foundations for siix new cabins and to build t\tvo of the six. The cam,pai:gn reported in July that a total of $15:8,704 had been raised to date. The camp is managed and supervised by The Board of Camping and Out-door Retreat :Ministries of the CaliJornia-Pacific ,Conference of the Methodist Church. Site Managers are Steve and Debb~e Tallant. Interested in making a donation? -Contact Vall McClure, Building and Site Committee Me1mber. Item 12.a. - Page 91
Construction Underway at Camp AG The bulldozers finally started major earth moving on Mon-day, July 13th 2009 at Arroyo Grande Methodist Camp (see photo). This is all in preparation for the building of one or two new cabins that has been planned since 2006. The s.ite for the new buildings is on the north east corner of the camp on the road going up to the campfire pit. Steve Tal-lant, camp manager has been overseeing the preparations of the site which included all new water, electrical, sewer and drain lines. The moving of a huge amount of earth will clear the pads for the new cabin construction. The $180,000 projiect began collecting funds in 2006 and received a $50,000 grant from the Califor-nia Methodist Conference to h,efp get the proJect started. Under the ~eadership of Val McClure, the camp's Site Committee ran a three year campaign to raise funds for the project. Bill Weitkamp, Tina Moore and Tom Egan frnm the AGFUMC also serve on the Site Committee and have been active in helping to raise project funds. The retired Pastor of the Arroyo Grande Church, Bob Underwood, has been working shoulder to shoulder with the camp manager to help prepare the site. The Arroyo Grande Methodist Church has donated $15,000 to the project. Five other Methodist Churches have also participated in the project as weU as many clubs and businesses in the Five Cit-ies area. The project is the first step in a 15-20 year project to renovate the 29 acre facility into a first class camp and conference center. Current facilities include six cabins, three lodges, a live-in caretakers home, dining hall and kitchen, and the famous Tabernacle. Other amenities include a solar heated swimming pool, child play area, chapel, campfire pit and picnic tables. There are also eight hook-ups for RV's on th,e site. Reservations can be made for non-profit groups or family use by calling Steve or Debbie Tallant at 489-4139 who will direct you through the registration process. Over 100 groups and families use the facility vearlv. Item 12.a. - Page 92
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Under the supeNision of Camp Manager
Steve Tallant and his trusted crew of vol-
unteers, the second unit of six new cabins
is now in pface and will go into use Sep-
tember 1 · 2011 . 1'The constructron of the
2ilLJ cabin was much easrer', Taflant said , 11 as all the con-
nections for utWties were put into place during the first
cabin construction. 11
Thousand of volunteer hours have been spent in the
construction of the first two units. Some of the vo~unteers
ore our former pastor Bob Underwood, Tom Egan ,the
camp staft and even Stevers mother and dad. A good
deal of the buHdfng materials were furnished at a tower
cost to camp by the local merchants and some mate--
riot even donated. This made it possibte to buHd the tvvo
units wrthin the $180,000 budget that was set by the
funding ddve over the past six years. The funds are now
almost depleted.
The beautiful new nrts sleep 14 campers each and
have doubte bathroom facilities and carpeted floors.
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at the historical
Methodist Church Campground
250 Wesley Street
Village of Arroyo Grande
The Campground Cooks will serve us a fine BBQ meal in the Dining Hall.
RSVP by June 5 to: Gus and Rossi Berger, 481-9379
or email atgusrossil@aol.com
Mail payment of $12. per person to: M/M Berger, 2505 Basin St.,
Oceano, CA 93445
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CALENDAR of ACTIVITIES
<;Pat ~omis
Cffistor~ SQ!Jrar~ &
~source Center
f\.t '%EJ~'s Cffouse
Or b~ appointment
Exhibits on photographer, Dorothea
Lange; Civilian Conservation Corp.,
(CCC), & Abalone Harvesting
in SLO County.
IOOF Building, 128 Bridge St., A.G.
(Full details follow on page four)
Prize winning Recipes
Available for purchase
$10.00 at Heritage House
Purchase proceeds benefit SCHS efforts.
June 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29
Data Entry Workshops 1:00 pm
Ruby's House
"Perhaps the most de-
lightful friendships are
those in which there is
much agreement, much
disputation, and yet
more personal liking."
-George Eliot
Directors and Committees
President ........................ .Jane Line ........................... 481-6510
Programs ................................................................... Craig Rock
Ways & Means-First VP ...... Jim Dickens ...................... .481-0540
Books & Publishing ........................................... Linda Shephard
Tour Bus Coordinator ............................................... .Joe Swigert
Antique Show & Sale .............................. Doug LeSage
Events Coordinator .............. Doug LeSage & Shelly Cochran
Membership-2nd VP ... Michael & Colleen Drees ............. .489-0295
Sunshine ............... Ethel M. Gilliland .. .473-0175
Recording Secretary ........................................................... .
Corresponding Secretary .. Edie .luck ............................... 773-4689
Treasurer ........................ Gary Hoving ....................... 929-3106
Publicity .......................... Vivian Krug ........................ 458-3321
Webmaster ................................... Vivian Krug
Paulding History House Curator ... Chuck Fellows ............... 481-3464
Paulding Committee .................... .Jean Hubbard
Museums Curator ..... ,.Jan Scott ...................................... 481-4435
Assistant Curator ........................... .Joe Swigert
Heritage House .............................. Joe Swigert
Santa Manuela Schoolhouse ............... Kathleen Sullivan
The Barn ....................................... Orville Schultz
Archives ...................................... Ross Kongable
Library & Resource Center ................ Craig Rock
Property Management .... Charles Porter ........................... 929-1014
Vehicles ....................................... Chet Thomas
Gardening-Heritage House ............... Barbara LeSage
Gardening-Santa Manuela Schoolhouse ....... Juan Jazo
Gardening--Ruby's House ....................... .Juan Jazo
Docent Leader (Acting) ........................... Stephanie Cochran
Docent Supervisor ............................ Joe Swigert
Heritage House Coordinator ................ .Jeanne Frederick
Paulding House Coordinator ................ Dee Trybom
Santa Manuela School Coordinator ................ Kathleen Sullivan
Barn ............................................. Joe Swigert
Student Tours .................................. Norma Harloe
Information Systems (Acting) ............................ Dick Jackson
Heritage Press Newsletter. ..... Editor ........... Bee Hodges
Parliamentarian .................................... Kathleen Sullivan .................. .489-8195
Society Information ..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ................. 473-5077
Heritage House ........................................................................................ 481-4126
Paulding History House .......................................................................... .473-3231
Santa Manuela School ............................................................................ .489-8745
The Barn ................................................................................................... 489-8745
Historic Hall ............................................................................................. 489-8114
Ruby's House ........................................................................................... 489-8282
Website-www .SouthCountyHistory.Org
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"Early Days and Today-The Methodist Campground, a popular recreation spot for adults and youth groups, is seen here as it
appears today, and (inset) as it appeared when first established in the late 1890's. The original 15-acre site has been expanded to 30
acres, with various recreational facilities." (Text & photo (c.1990's) from Jean Hubbard's column "Echoes" and reprinted below entitled,
"Tabernacle Celebrating Centenniat'JJ from SCHS archives, as printed in Five Cities Times-Press-Recorder, Arroyo Grande, Ca., July, 1997,
recording the Centennial birthday and the history of the Tabernacle, in the Methodist Camp)
"The Tabernacle, the grand old lady of the Methodist
Camp, is celebrating her lOOth birthday. She has presided over
the campgrounds at the end of Wesley A venue in Arroyo Grande,
for those 100 years. The woodpeckers have at times left her in
tatters, taking 15 feet off the center pole on her roof, but a new
dress, actually several coats of paint, has always restored her
spirits. Today she is better looking than she was in the summer
of 1897, when she was dedicated on Sunday, August 1.
J .F. Beckett, who owned a large acreage back of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1887, at 124 West Branch
St., (now Amanda's Interiors) was encouraging the Methodist
Conference to establish their grounds here. He did considerable
grading and had offered his grounds, free of charge, for the an-
nual camp meeting the Methodist held each summer. This was
the favored way for increasing church membership. Now he was
willing to give 15 acres to the church. When the conference ac-
cepted, the local church promised to give in work and money to
the value of $1,000.
Chatauqua was to precede the revival meetings. In 1874,
in Chatauqua, N.Y., a Methodist minister, Dr. John Vincent, and
wealthy industrialist, Lewis Miller, the father of Mrs. Thomas
Edison, started a Sunday School encampment to train teachers.
For added interest, he held lectures on culture, philosophy and
had humorous and worthwhile entertainment. Camp Arroyo
Grande also taught Epworthy League Methods.
By July 17, 1894, the 12-sided tabernacle was nearing
completion. The windows and doors were being installed and the
floor leveled, ready for sawdust. Members of the church were
busy clearing the grounds to receive tents. The ravine, where it
ran down in back of the Catholic Church, was being worked on;
this would quickly become "Lover's Lane". At one point, the
minister, the Rev. A.M. Ogborn, was helping to clear the brush
and rocks when he encountered poison oak. Sunday, his eyes had
swollen shut and he was unable to preach.
On Aug. 1, 1897, the grand old lady and surrounding
grounds were dedicated. Everyone had helped; they far exceeded
their promise of $1,000. In work and money; the church had also
purchased 15 additional acres. A special orchestra played for the
dedication, and when Mr. Cattoir played a cornet solo, accompa-
nied by Miss Laura Duncan, the enthusiastic applause was so
great that the minister felt called upon [to] quiet the crowd. The
concert...was a genuine success in every respect.
The camp association furnished tent frames with wood
floors that campers could slip a canvas frame over or you could
bring your own tent. Some summers, the youth slept out under
the stars with a canvas separating boys and girls. Since after-
noons were always free with trips to the beach and elsewhere,
many a sand crab and pine cone found its way into the girls' beds
mysteriously. Loren Ballagh and Clair Gibson remembered that
camp was always good for a romance or two each summer.
The evening lectures were well attended, with the Pa-
cific Coast Rail-way (sic) running special cars to bring people
from San Luis Obispo and points south. The charge for the even-
ing was 50 cents for the season; $1 for a family, or just 15 cents a
single admission. The evening Chautauqua entertainment brought
top talent to the camp.
In the early years, there was a boarding tent on the
grounds that furnished meals in 1900, for 25 cents a single meal
or 16 2/3 cents if you ate there all week. Later, a kitchen and din-
ing hall were built. Camping privileges were free. Hay for your
horses, in any quantity, cost $5 to $6 a ton. Straw was free. For
those doing their own cooking, plenty of fresh vegetables and
fruit were available. Coming to Camp Arroyo Grande was looked
forward to by several hundred people every summer.
This Aug 1 and 2, Camp Arroyo Grande will celebrate
this grand old lady's birthday. The community is invited to share
in this celebration. If you have never seen the camp, this is your
opportunity. Wesley Ave., (next to Bank of America) will lead
you back to the Tabernacle grounds. Friday evening's entertain-
ment will be preceded by a hotdog/hamburger dinner at 5. Satur-
day's fun begins at 10 a.m. with chicken barbecue at noon and
entertainment all afternoon. Come and help us celebrate some of
Arroyo Grande's rich historical heritage."
-"Echoes", Jean Hubbard
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Patricia Loomis History Library and Resource Center
-Craig Rock
Summer Schedule of Exhibits,
Speakers, and Films at the IOOF Hall
Fridays and Saturdays only, 1 PM - 5 PM
128 Bridge St., Arroyo Grande
Free Admission
Contact Craig Rock for more information, 489-8282
Website: SouthCountyHistory.org
May 19-,June 16
EXHIBITS
The CCC-Civilian Conservation Corps
The Photography of Dorothea Lange
Abalone Harvesting in San Luis Obispo County
FILMS
Surviving the Dust Bowl, 55 minutes
Shown hourly on Saturdays May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16
Civilian Conservation Corps, 60 minutes
Shown hourly on Fridays May 25, June 1, 8, 15
June 23 -.July 21
EXHIBITS
Architecture in SLO County
Mexican Migrant Workers
Abalone Harvesting in San Luis Obispo County
FILMS
Grapes of Wrath, 129 min.
Shown at 1:15 PM and 3:15 PM, Saturdays June 23,
July 7, 14, 21
The Battle Over Citizen Kane, 2 hours
Shown at 1 PM and 3 PM,
Fridays, June 29, July 6, 13, 20
Special Event
Saturday, June 30 at 1:30 PM
An Afternoon with John Koepf,
one of the last abalone divers of Avila,
speaking on the
Rise and Fall of the Abalone
Industry in Avila
and The Central Coast. John is a
former Port San Luis Harbor
Commissioner ( 1988-1996)
,July 28-August 25
EXHIBITS
Japanese American Internment Camps
Japanese American Children in Internment Camps
Fishermen in San Luis Obispo County
FILMS
Remembering Manzanar, 22 min.
Fridays and Saturdays, July 28 -August 22,
continuous showings
(Check website for possible speaker event during this time span.)
September 1 -September 22
EXHIBITS
Santa Barbara's Film Industry
Hollywood in the 1920s
Disney Studios
FILMS
Modern Marvels: Walt Disney World, 100 minutes
Shown at 1: 15 and 3: 15, Saturdays, September 1, 8, 15, 22
History of Motion Pictures
2 hours 15 min.
Shown at 1:30 only, Fridays,
September 7, 14, 21
Opening September 29
The History of Avila
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In keeping with the theme of the Abalone Exhibit at the Historic Hall, I want to share with you a snippet about abalones in
Pismo. In the late 1950s, when my family came here, clams were still abundant on Pismo State Beach. Abalone could still be found
on the shoreline rocks in Shell Beach and at what we then called Pirates Cove. Abalone latched themselves to the rocky outcrop-
pings that were ordinarily submerged by the rising and falling surf. When the tide was out,
occasional abalones could be found and pried off with a tire iron.
Abalone could get pretty big, compared to clams. An abalone then was easily over
seven inches across and bigger. Removed from the shell and sliced in fairly thin disks, the
abalone 'steaks' were then pounded on the cutting board to tenderize them. A little seasoning,
breading and a hot pan-mmm, my mouth waters just remembering how good fresh abalone
tasted!
There are a few old photos in circulation that attest to the abalones in Pismo. The old
Shell Cafe was so named for the abalone and clam shells decorating the exterior. Another,
shown here, is the Pismo Beach highway sign embedded with shells, that I always referred to
as the Clam Tower until one day I got a good copy of the picture and looked at it up close.
Those are abalone shells! I now refer to this picture as the Abalone Tower. It \Vas located on
Price Street near Oceanview and Hinds.
By Effie McDermott, June 2007
Effie McDermott is curator of the SCHS Pismo Beach Collection, and is President of Friends
of Price House.
She can be reached at 773-4854 or emcdermott@kcbx.net
You can receive the Price Historical Park newsletter by joining Friends of Price House, P.O. Box 1418, Pismo Beach, CA 93448·1418. Enclose
$25 dues. The park is open the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, from noon to three except holidays. When the new road is complete, we '\Yill be on Ran-
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Sam Cotton
1139 Palm Ct., Arroyo Grande
Rod & Lorrie Curb-782-0228
745 Prickly Pear Way,Arroyo Grande
Cindy Hansen-489-0204
3775 Santa Manuela Rd., Arroyo Grande
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536 Via La Barranca, Arroyo Grande
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P.O. Box 237,Avila Beach, Ca 93424
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1133 Corbett Canyon Rd., Arroyo Grande
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660 Pismo St., San Luis Obispo, Ca 93401
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211 Allen St., Arroyo Grande
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924 High View Dr., Arroyo Grande
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897 Oak Park Blvd., PMB 164, Pismo Beach
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115 E. Branch, Arroyo Grande
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461 Beverly Dr., Walnut, CA 91789
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L. to R. Colleen Drees, Linda Fellows,
Shelly Cochran, Stephanie Cochran,
(Chair). Luncheon and
"Opportun -a-Tea"
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PATRICIA LOOMIS
KIRK SCOTT
CAROLHIZEY
HOWARD LOUIS
MIKE GILLESPIE
OSTYINSURANCE
CHRISTINE HARVEY
MIKE FAIRBROTHER
MARTIN & JANE LINE
BILL & CHERYL MILLER
SOUTH COUNTY REALTY
HOWARD & AILEEN MANKINS
DOC BURNSTEIN'S ICE CREAM LAB
SUSAN BRANCH 'HEART OF THE HOME'
Left: Jan Scott, Museums Curator; Jane Line, SCHS
President on the right with Stephanie Cochran, Luncheon
& "Oppor-tun-a-Tea" Chair.
J.L. Note: Stephanie Cochran's White Sage tea &
Lavender lemonade were the hit of the day.
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An informative book in our Patricia Loomis Library
The New Deal and the West, authored by Richard Lowitt, ....
describes efforts undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation and
the New Deal in Chapter five, " ... by the end of the New Deal,
much had been accomplished in the Inland Empire and through-
out the West. About 20 million acres were irrigated and these
lands provided almost all the opportunities for close settlement
in rural areas beyond the hundredth meridian. In 1940 John C.
Page, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, believed his
agency was 'approximately at the halfway point in the develop-
ment of the West by irrigation .. .' But more important, conserva-
tion was no longer a slogan; it was a national policy applica-
ble ... to both the Great Plains and the Inland Empire. About
80,000 farmers of the irrigated West [had] depended for a large
portion of their cash income, during the New Deal upon the Fed-
eral government, which through tariffs and Bureau of Reclama-
tion projects helped promote the related refining complex and
migratory labor situation in the beet fields. For ... small farmers
in the Inland Empire and along its borders the Bureau of Recla-
mation through its numerous projects provided the basis for their
homes, their livelihood, and their future hopes.
Boulder Dam, as it was called throughout the New
Deal, was the first major federal project ... cost[ing] $114 million
and providing jobs for thousands of itinerant workers, [who]
working three shifts, completed the project ahead of schedule.
The Parker Dam was another project 155 miles below Boulder
Dam, along with the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, calling
for diversion of 300,000 acre-feet annually with the aid of a 13-
mile tunnel and extensive reservoirs, and was one of the largest
irrigation projects in the West. Elsewhere other major projects
included the Fort Peck Dam, and the Casper-Alcova project
which purpose was the use of the North Platte River providing
irrigation for croplands, and estimated to carve 1,000 farms
from sage brush and cactus dotted range land. Fort Peck Dam
"After a decade of frenzied stock market speculation,
the bubble burst. On October 24, 1929, "Black Thursday" came
the first great crash on Wall Street, followed by a series of secon-
dary shocks, and then a long, sickening slide toward a national
depression. The market took its worst beating on October 29. The
effect rippled away from New York deep in to the hinterlands of
the country, shutting down banks and putting companies out of
business, until twenty million Americans found themselves un-
employed, about 16 per cent of the entire U.S. population. The
1930's saw horrendous working conditions in the California
fields. The depression coincided with a severe drought in the
Great Plains states, which baked the overworked soil into a giant
"dust bowl." White farmers from those regions, especially Okla-
homa, loaded their possessions into jalopies and fled to Califor-
nia, hoping to serve as migrant farm workers, crowding into
squalid shacks in private labor camps where they were treated
almost like slaves. Most Chinese \Vere able to avoid these up-
stretches across the Missouri a distance of 3 .68 miles and is
about [a] half mile wide at its base.
Throughout the New Deal years, average annual expen-
ditures of the agency totaled $52 million, prior to 1933 the figure
was $8 .9 million.''*
Many other projects are covered in depth in this chap-
ter, which makes for interesting reading on this subject.
*Excerpt by Bee Hodges from The New Deal and the West, Richard Lowitt,
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman & London, 1984, pages 81-99.
Ed. Note: Lowitt's Bibliographical Notes in The New Deal and the
West list more sources covering the "plight of agricultural workers ...
among the better studies which discuss the tense situations that devel-
oped in the 1930's are Cary Mc Williams, Factories in the Field,
(Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1939) ; Bitter Harvest: a History of Cali-
fornia Farm Workers, 1870-1941 (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University
Press, 1981); Unwanted Mexican Americans in the Great Depression
(Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1974) which explores the plight
of over 400,000 people who (although 60% were legal American citi-
zens) were deported from Southern California as their labor was no
longer needed owing to the arrival of migratory families from the Dust
Bowl and other depressed agricultural areas. D.H. Dinwoodie,
"Deportation: The Immigration Service and the Chicano Labor Move-
ment in the 1930's," New Mexico Historical Review 52 (1977) comple-
ments Hoffman's study. Boxcar In the Sand (New York: Alfred A.
Knopf, 1957) reflects a different perspective. John Steinbeck, "Their
Blood is Strong," published as a pamphlet in 1938, reprinted in Warren
French, ed., A Companion to "The Grapes of Wrath" (New York: Vi-
king Press, 1963) is an excellent incisive essay on migratory labor that
appeared a year before the author's famous novel. Robert de Roos, The
Thirsty Land: The Story of the Central Valley Project (Stanford, Calif.:
Stanford Univ. Press, 1948) is a more general account, [and] one that
provides a basic introduction to the project and its problems."**
** Above literary sources quoted from pages 275 and 276 of Lowitt
Notes.
heavals in rural California. By the 1930's they were largely con-
centrated in major cities, usually in their own ... segregated
neighborhoods and .. .largely self-sufficient. This is not to say,
however, that they did not feel the impact of the depression. As
growing numbers of white Americans were thrown out of work,
there was less money to pay for services the Chinese provided,
such as restaurant dining or laundry. As money grew tighter,
Chinese families, like millions of white families, had to make do
with less. 'I remember wearing sneakers with holes in them,'
Lillian Louie said of her New York Chinatown childhood. She
would patch the shoes with cardboard and not tell her parents.
'We didn't want to bother them, you know, they had enough to
do. They worked so hard.' As the decade progressed, the United
States passed emergency legislation to combat the effects of the
Great Depression. When Franklin D. Roosevelt entered the White
House in 1933, he inaugurated, under an agenda known as the
New Deal, a flurry of federal programs to regulate banks, initiate
public projects, and put the unemployed to work. (cont'd. pg. 9)
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Some programs benefited ethnic Chinese by giving them government
jobs and financial assistance. By 1935, 18 percent of the Chinese in
San Francisco ~were receiving government aid. The number was lower
than for the general American population (22 percent), because many
Chinese refused to participate in these programs, scorning them as
charity. 'During the Depression, I'd see these people taking canned
goods [home] from school,' recalled Mark Wong, an American-born
Chinese in San Francisco. 'And my dad refused. He told me simply,
'You're not going to bring back any canned goods back here, period.'
I think the pride of the Chinese is very strong. We're not going to ac-
cept food from anybody even to feed ourselves, even when we're eat-
ing less."*** .
***Excerpt by Bee Hodges from The Chinese in America , Iris Chang, Pengum
Books, 2004.
"During the Depression and Dust Bowl years, many
[prairie] farmers ... couldn't pay their taxes and lost their farms. Janet
Martin, 98, remembers it well. "It was terrible. The drought lasted 10
years. And grasshoppers. So many grasshoppers. The air was full of
them. My Uncle John had 18 quarters of land. And you put all the
seed out and paid the hired man and bought the gas for the tractor.
You put in a lot of money. And got no return. Of 18 quarters, he
saved just 7. One section he had to sell for taxes for $2,800. A whole
section. I felt awful bad. We had no money. We couldn't save it. Yep,
those were the years." [And on the sanie page] "Gebhart Bauer feels
In keeping with the Great Depression Exhibit opening at the
IOOF Historic Hall I found a few recipes from that time period.
Biscuits and gravy were an inexpensive way to stretch a meal
and could accompany breakfast or dinner.
Baking Powder Biscuits
2 C. Flour, sifted
Y2 C. Shortening
Y2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Baking powder
Cold water. Cut shortening into flour with two knives or a crust mixer.
(It is important that hands touch the mixture as little as possible.)
Add salt and baking powder and continue until thoroughly mixed.
Add ice-cold water little by little, mixing with an implement until
proper consistency is reached. Handling as little as possible, spread out
for cutting into biscuit size and place in greased pan. Top each biscuit
with a dab of butter or swab with milk to insure a good rich brown.
Bake at 350°-400° 12 to 15 minutes, depending on your oven.
Pan Gravy (Also called Country Gravy by many)
After cooking meat, such as bacon or whatever, remove meat from skil-
let. To the drippings, add 2 T. flour and stir until flour is brown.
Add milk slowly, stirring constantly.
Add meat or serve over biscuits or separately.
Excerpted by Berneda Cochran from "One Mother's Favorite Recipes with
Historical Anecdotes of the Depression & WWl 1 Eras", Compiled by Phyllis
Pennebaker Gross, available in the Patricia Loomis Library.
The material in the column this month comes from our Patricia Loomis
History Library and Resource Center. Please visit the Library, there are
wonderful books there to read covering numerous subjects in the West, and
of course, material on our South County pioneers and issues.
1934 was the worst year. . .ltjust bkw, and the dust got so bad you'd
have to put lamps on to see inside the house. It got that bad. God, it
was awful. We planted trees on the farm that year and carried water
by hand. A 5-gallon bucket in each hole. Otherwise the tree woulda
died right there. A lot of the windbreaks you see nowadays got
planted then. And you can still see mounds in the fields where dust
buried an old fence line.
[The locusts] were big fellows, with black in their wings. They flew
almost like little sparrows. Alfalfa fields that had a little growth on
them-maybe 6, 8 inches-when those grasshoppers finished, it was
eaten right down to the ground. Nothing left."****
****Above briefly excerpted by Bee Hodges from Trees, Why Do You Wait?,
America's Changing Rural Culture, Richard Critchfield, Island Press, Washing-
ton, D.C., 1991, pages 56 & 57.
Why do you listen, trees?
Why do you wait?
Why do you fumble at the breeze-
Gesticulate
With hopeless fluttering hands-
Stare down the vanished road beyond the gate
That now no longer stands?
Why do you wait?
Trees-
Why do you listen, trees?
-Archibald MacLeish,, (New and Collected Poems, 1917-1982,
*****Ibid.
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Community Relations, Publicity
and Web News"-' May 2007
From the Desk of Vivian Krug
In The News
Arroyo Grande in Bloom Recently the Historical Society has received a
significant amount of press regarding our involvement with the Arroyo
Grande in Bloom project here in the City.
Arroyo Grande in Bloom is the local organization formed with members from
many local businesses, individuals and organizations such as the Historical
Society to compete in the National America in Bloom Competition as well as
to participate in the ongoing efforts to beautify, enhance as well as preserve
the historical heritage of Arroyo Grande.
One of the eight criteria for the America in Bloom competition is "Heritage"
which falls directly into the hands of the Historical Society.
Arroyo Grande in Bloom Committee Members America in Bloom Judges
at Heritage Garden luncheon. From L to R, Kevin Rocha, Jim Bergman,
Kristen Barneich, Bob Lund, Diane Clasen Uudge from America in
Bloom) Marlene Robinson, Mary Giambalvo, Jane Line, Vivian Krug,
Karen Franck, Jim Corfied Uudge from American in Bloom), Judith Bean,
Linda Shephard, Tom Parsons.
Many of our Historical Society Members have been involved with both the
Arroyo Grande in Bloom Committee as well as the committees formed by the
Historical Society to par-
ticipate in the competition
and preparation for the
~---------------------~visiting judges.
(Right-photo of the winning Huffine garden)
Arroyo Grande was the first city of the year in the United States to be judged by the
America in Bloom judges. Judges Diane Clasen and Jim Corfield arrived in Arroyo
Grande on Sunday, May 6th. On Monday and Tuesday they toured the entire city from
our city's parks to individual resident's homes. One of their stops was at the home of
Society members Ken and Carolyn Huffine, whose garden was one of the winners of
the of Arroyo Grande in Bloom's hon-
ors of "Garden of Distinction".
On Monday, the judges along with members of the Arroyo Grande in Bloom Committee,
Historical Society in Bloom Volunteers, Village Improvement Association ,and City Coun-
cil and Staff, were treated to a Garden Luncheon hosted by the Historical Society and the
Arroyo Grande Parks and Recreation Department.
In made to order weather and after everyone had a
chance to finish mingling and had enjoyed a feast
made for kings, the judges were given a tour of the
Historical Society Museums and Heritage Square.
Jan Scott led the judges on a tour which began in
the Heritage House, to the Barn and ending with
the School House.
"I thought I had reached heaven", southwestern Ohio's Diane Clasen said upon arrival in Arroyo
Grande to local reporter, Josh Petray. Diane Clasen noted that she didn't feel far from home in Ar-
royo Grande, coming from a small town, Mason, Ohio, which had a population of 5,000 in 1980 and
currently has approximately 25,000.
The judges left on the morning of the 9th and headed for the second city to be judged: Forest Park,
Ohio. Arroyo Grande is competing against Forest Park, Ohio, Frankfort, Indiana and RedWing, Minnesota.
When the judges arrived back to their homes in the southwest, we received the following note from them: "Individually and collectively_,
your efforts to pull together Arroyo Grande's many rich programs are to be complimented. Beyond that_, we sincerely appreciate your
warm hospitality and friendly reception during our brief visit. Keep up the good work. We'd love to see you all again-'-'! Diane Clasen
and Jim, Corfield.
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Winning cities will be announced in late September. For more information on the Arroyo Grande in Bloom project, visit
www .ArroyoGrandelnBloom.org.
Events
The Arroyo Grande Summer Concert Series on Nelson Green is set to begin on June 10 with nine concerts throughout the summer
including the 4th of July concert. Once again, the Village Improvement Association has offered the Historical Society the fundraising
opportunity to sell Hot Dogs, Popcorn and Lemonade to the concertgoers for the benefit of the Society. If you would like to help at the
hot dog and popcorn stand, contact Jim Dickens at jimsteph_dickens@sbcglobal.net.
At each concert a local nonprofit group is showcased, and a small donation made to that group. This year the Society has been chosen
as one of the seven nonprofit groups to receive recognition and small donation. Donations are from sales of ice cream by Doc Burn-
stein's Ice Cream Lab. The Historical Society will be the showcased nonprofit group on July 14th. Mark your calendars and come sup-
port your Society on July 14th as well as the other concert dates which are June 10th' June 24t\ July 4th, July 15th, July 29t\ August 12th,
August 26th, September 9th and September 23rd.
The Strawberry Festival Don't forget the winning entries will be highlighted in next year's Strawberry Festival Cookbook, produced
by Society Member Teri Kelly Nixon, and published by the Village Improvement Association for the benefit of the Historical Society.
Book proceeds are donated to the Historical Society each year. The cookbook for the prizewinning 2006 recipes are available for pur-
chase at $10.00 through the Heritage House Museum.
Web Notes, Stats and more Events
As our web site grows we see more visitors. Since January 1st we've had 8,422 visitors. Among recent additions to our ·web pages is
the Announcement and Schedule of our Exhibit Series opening at the IOOF Historic Hall beginning May 19th. Think about send-
ing the Historical society link to all your friends. It's a great way for people to get acquainted with the Historical Society and let them
know all the exciting new events and things going on in our Society. Also available on our site are archives of every newsletter pub-
lished since 2005. So, send your Society link, www.SouthCountyHistory.org to all your friends.
Contact Me
If you want to participate in any of our upcoming events or have information I can use for publicity or on our website, I'm easy to
reach by phone 458-3321 or email Vivian@EmotionsCards.com. Also, don't forget, I need your help! Please send me any clippings
from our local newspapers, magazines and other publications other than the Tribune, TPR and Coast News. We need your eyes for the
rest. Stay connected! Viv
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Societ~ fXtetings
The Board meets on the
3rd Wednesday
Members are Welcome
There will be no General Meeting,
June, July & August.
Board Meeting resumes on
August 15, 2007
POBox633
Arroyo Grande
CA 93421
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"Thank You All!"
We thank "Men in Motion" Jim Miller, Daryl Flood,
Chuck Bowles, Phil Maggio, Eddie Miner, Carrol Pruett,
and Tony Wood for their donation for 'Gorilla Grass' for
museum gardens. Men in Motion walk weekly and meet at
Andreini 's for coffee.
We give more thanks to Barbara Vinson for her donation
for purchase of gorilla grass, as well.
And, special thanks go to Doug LeSage, Ken Leonard,
Don Gullickson, and Bill Smith for installation of the new
fountain donated by Ethel Gilliland. (Thanks to OSH, too!)
"Worker Bees"
Ken and Carolyn Huffine, Barbara and Doug Vinson, Ken
& Linda Leonard, Tom Cooney, Lisa LeSage, & Juan,
Doug & Ken for repairing the picket fence.
Thank you for all your hard work and efforts!
Non-Profit Org
US Postage Paid
Arroyo Grande
CA 93421
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The United Methodist Men of the Arroyo Grande UMC put in some hours at the Methodist Camp today ...
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First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande August 2009
125th Anniversary Homecoming Dinner
Saturday, September 19th is almost here! And What a wonderful evening is planned! We will
gather at the South County Regional Center, 800 West Branch Street, Arroyo Grande to renew old
acquaintances, learn more about the histdry of our church and enjoy a wonderful meal together. So-
cial hour and entertainment will begin at 4 PM followed at 5 PM by a lovely steak dinner. The pro-
gram, including brief remarks by our Bishop and District Superintendent, city and county dignitaries,
and the showing of a video will follow at approximately 6 PM.
Many of our former pastors and associate pastors including William (Bill) Black, Alan (Al) Gorsline,
(Kenneth) Ken Criswell, Ehrhardt Lang, Bob Underwood, and Son Hye Kim have replied that they
will be present for both the dinner and the Celebration Service on Sunday. In addition we will be
privileged to have Bishop Mary Ann Swensen and District Superintendent Catie Coots with us for
both events. Many former members including Bill and Tina Ballagh and Judy Atwood have also re-
plied that they will be in attendance.
Jamie Foster has been named the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Entertainment will be pro-
vided by Jim and Mary Johnson. Heidi Carpentier, Jamie Foster, and Sean Lehman have put their
creative talents to work to produce a variety of audio visuals for our viewing pleasure and to assist
us in reflecting on our church's history. Jean Hubbard, our church historian, will be accepting reser-
vations for the book she has compiled, Arroyo
Grande United Methodist Church: 125 Years in Minis-
t!Y.. Additionally, Mike Coho has reproduced re-
cordings made by the Chancel Choir over the years
and will be taking orders for the CD.
If you have not yet made a reservation for this ex-
traordinary event, do so immediately by calling the
church office at 481-2692. The absolute deadline for
reservations is September 10th. If you previously
made a reservation but now find you will not be able
to attend, please call the church office so that your
reservation can be given to someone on the waiting
list.
Pat and Larry Wiemers, and Bette Mankins and Cyn-
dee Rohla have been working very diligently to make
this a memorable event for all. They have been as-
sisted by many members of our congregation.
Thank you to all who helped put this evening to-
gether!!
You Can Help!
If you have wanted to help with the 125th An-
niversary Celebration Homecoming Dinner
but weren't exactly sure how, here are some
areas we are in need of your help!
1. .Bake a cake for the dinner. Cake mix
and frosting mix can be picked up on
September 13th and returned to the
Regional Center by 4 PM on the 18th.
1. Help set up the tables and chairs Friday,
September 18th.
2. Be a server for the dinner.
3. Help clean up after dinner that evening,
September 19th.
4. Provide transportation for someone.
Sign-up sheets will be available in Criswell
Hall beginning September 6th if you would
like to volunteer.
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Celebration Sunday,
September 20, 2009
'' 9lo.cli !JCJ-tUtded, eflvtijt ~'
:Jaitli s~tained''
We have used this year of celebrations of our 125th
anniversary to rededicate our lives to Christ through
a deeper fellowship with members of our congrega-
tion and through outreach to the community. The
finale of our celebration will be our Celebration
Sunday Service. This will be a combined service
with all attending at 10:30 AM.
The morning's message will be presented by the
Rev. Mary Ann Swenson, our California -Pacific
Conference Bishop. Our District Superintendent,
Catie Coots, will bring greetings from the Santa
Barbara District. Judy Atwood, our Covenant Mis-
sionary, (daughter of Bob Atwood) will bring us
words from the mission field. Many of our former
pastors will join Rev. David Burgeson and Rev. J.
Harold Headrick in the worship service.
The Chancel Choir, the Lord's Crew Praise Team,
and the Grande Ringers Bell Choir will all partici-
pate in the morning's service. Don McGuire's
"Anniversary March and Song" will be performed
along with other selections. The service will be fol-
lowed by the ringing of the church bells. The first
note will be struck by Doug Ballagh, who, as a
young boy, was the final bell of the service at the
"old church" in the village before moving to our
"new" location at 275 N. Halcyon. The second note
will be rung by our Bishop. Others will then be in-
vited to ring the bell, hopefully ringing a total of 125
times!
Open r~1e2 rts_ O!;)en rn i nds. Opt?n doors_
The people of The United Methodist Church~'
Evensong Service
On Sunday, September 13th at 3:00 p.m.
(please note the time correction!) there will
be a very special service in a very special
location! Julie Walters and Jamie Foster, in
coordination with Pastor David, have com-
piled an afternoon of music and meditation
that will be held in the "Old Methodist
Church" located in the Arroyo Grande Vil-
lage, and now known as the Harvest Church.
Our choir will be returning to rehearsals ear-
lier than normal in order to prepare for this
program. Pastor David will have a short
meditation to accompany the choir and con-
gregational singing.
The 125th Anniversary Committee has in-
cluded this service in the overall plan of
events to commemorate the fact that this was
the original location of our First United Meth-
odist Church in Arroyo Grande. We are sure
that you will be enriched by this service and
also enjoy a "peek back in history". We look
forward to your attendance at this service.
Farewell to the
Homecoming Herald!
i,___..;..._..__ ..................... We have enjoyed having
this special addition to our monthly newslet-
ter but it is time to say Adieu! This publica-
tion was part of our year-long celebration for
UMC of AG's 125th anniversary. Thank you
to all who contributed to its content; YOU
made it special!!
Many thanks to all who so generously "fed
the pig" this past year! Our last "Feed the
Pig" Sunday, August gth you donated over
$1550!!! WOW! This will be of great help in
defraying the costs of our many activities in
the ongoing celebration of the 125th Anniver-
sary of the founding of
the United Methodist
Church in Arroyo
Grande. She is now a
very happy Miss Piggy!
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First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande
Home Calendar Ministries Newsletters Bulletins Children's Center News HistorY-About Find
The First United Methodist Church of Arroyo
Grande Celebrates 125 Years of Ministry
Rock founded, Christ centered, Faith sustained
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The tabernacle flourished during this time. One can hear the call: "Everyone out to have your picture taken".
Rev. Nelson and the elder Whitlocks can be identified by their white hair. The small girl in the foreground is
Virginia Sampson, daughter of S.S. Sampson. Also in the pictures are Olivia Butterfield, Rev. Burnham, Paul
Lomax and Dr. E. J. Inwood. In another view, Virginia found something more interesting.
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In an interview, Mrs. F. S. Whitlock (Nettie Nelson) and Miss Fanny Hodges said: "whole families came in
wagons and buggies and the association put up tent frames for the campers." An early flyer offered meals at
25 cents or by the week at 19 cents. However, some families preferred to do their own cooking. Hay could be
purchased for the horses.
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Several families from the Long Beach District built cabins as did Rev. Sampson and Mr. and Mrs. Black
because she was in a wheel chair. These were near the dining hall, down where the swimming pool is today.
The Association erected a permanent tent frame that a canvas cover could be slipped over. In this postal
mailed in 1911 some can he seen on the left of the stairs.
The driveway to the camp was along side the church and than up along the side of the canyon. But there was
a secluded path at the bottom of the ravine -Lovers Lane.
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Dr. George Warmer, who was Superintendent, poses with the kiddies. Arroyo was very proud of the VIPs the
Tabernacle attracted.
Dr. E. J. Inwood was District Superintendent when this picture was taken at an Epworth League Institute.
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The basketball court was a favorite place. Here Dr. Warmer joins the young people. Clair Gibson and Loren
Ballagh remember this area being one of their annual spring cleaning jobs in preparation for the Camp
season.
At the Tabernacle, other campground activities included foot racing.
This is Mrs. Butterfield's 1919 Class in Epworth League Methods.
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The meetings always provided special music and drama in the old chautauqua spirit. There was always
preaching in the old fashion way.
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As part of the Nation's Bicentennial Celebration, a special day was held July 4, 1975 at the Campgrounds.
From left: Pastor Al Gorsline and son, Dave, join some oldtimers who remember their childhood spent
enjoying the Campgrounds. Leland Ballagh, Ann Schultz Marguis, Enid Doty Keeler, Edith Halett Bishop,
Ruth Dixon Loomis, Wilma Cook Dixon, and Gladyce Jones Truesdale.
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Back then, getting to church on time or anywhere for that matter was an exercise in patience and sometimes
futility. The horse and buggy would get you there sometime.
Then came the car.
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This is the Women's Bible Class, about 1912 to 1915. Front row: Mrs's Schulenberg, Gibson, the minister's
wife, Mrs Gortner, Smith Thompson. Second Row: Burgan, Harden, Finley,?, Howell, Keeler, Ganoung,
Stevenson. Back Row: Parish, Ahlf, Meacham, Beeson, Hodges, Withrow, Brown, Ross. Going back to our
lineup of ministers, there was no picture available of J. W. Gortner who came here in 1912 and was asked to
leave in 1915. Mrs. Gortner, the third lady in the front row, was a shouter. They held meetings in the
tabernacle that disturbed people clear down in the village. Evelyn Dirkes remembered her. She'd lean up
against one of the pillars in the tabernacle and really howl. Evelyn and sister Enid would dive under their
grandmother's shawl and stay there until she quit. Finally a group of citizens asked that something be done.
The Bishop came and told them to quiet down. So they left here and went down to Hollywood or at least Los
Angeles and started their own church. They all seemed to be involved in tent meetings. When the Gortner's
son Gordon had a son Marjoe, they had him preaching at 6 & 7 years old. At 8 he was performing marriages.
In recent years he has been on TV talk shows denouncing the exploitation of children by religious groups. He
is in films and once in a while I notice he is in a film on television.
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1900 -1919
Text by Jean Hubbard
This scrap of trivia, perhaps, is a lovely piece of memorabilia in which in his own hand writing Edwin
Whitlock declines for reasons of age and health to accept the fulltime charge.
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In 1902 came S.S. Sampson, he stayed eight years. When he left he said he had "reached the bottom of the
sermon barrel". In his earlier years he had been the regional circuit preacher in the Creston area.
During Rev. Sampson's pastorate the side room of the original church was added and the parsonage
remodeled. A loan for the parsonage was supplied by Edward T. Hughs, a retired Welch miner. Hughs fell ill
and called the pastor to his home where he gave him the note, on the back of which was written, "In the event
of my death this note is not to be collected". In the words of the church historian, "God took him Home" and
the debt was cancelled.
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Special trains brought people from out of town, as far north as Shandon and south to Lompoc.
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The minister appointed to Arroyo Grande in 1910 was Vincent Hunter Brink, pictured here. He was followed
in 1911 by C.H. M. Sutherland.
Here Ency Bakeman experiences frustration. According to church records, Ency Bakeman married Queenie
C. Kelly on June 19, 1912, with the Rev Sutherland officiating. That was a few years after this 1908 picture.
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This charming Christmas Greeting of 1904 pictures Mrs. L. H. Campbell, teacher, and the class roll (below)
listing names of many of the early members of the church.
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In 1917, De Kalb Burnham was pastor. Meetings were held in Huasna for a time. Mrs. Burnham and two
children are buried here. Paul 12 -Scarlet Fever 1917, Mary 17 -1921, Mrs. Burnham 1926. He had a
model The painted red. When someone asked why red? he said, "I go out visiting my people all the time and
I want them to be able to see me far enough away so they can put the chicken on in plenty of time."
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Another family who contributed greatly to the church work and its cause was the Gibsons. This is a picture of
the elder Gibsons on their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1919. Their son, Joseph, was the second generation
banker.
The church and church school meant a great deal to Joseph and Blanche Gibson. When an additional class
room was needed, he gave the money and helped build the room. Joseph, with his son, Clair, and the Ballagh
boys, Loren and Clarence laid the sewer line from the campgrounds to Branch Street. They also built the
amphitheatre and the cross. And we could go on and on.
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Services were held in the Good Samaritan Hall prior to the church being built. It is visible halfway down the
street in this 1890's photo.
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During the year that Bro. Crall was here, he held a revival Meeting and contracted for the lots on which the
church and parsonage were built near this downtown scene; the trustees gave their personal note for $400.
At the Annual Conference held in Santa Barbara on Sept. 10 to 12th, 1885, Rev. P. S. Woodcock was
appointed preacher in charge. "He was a tall slender man past middle age," said Harvey Hodges. Pictured is
Arroyo Grande circa 1883.
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Immediately after his arrival a comfortable parsonage was built at a cost of $350. $86 worth of furniture was
procured by the Ladies Aide Society. They also paid $100 on the pastors salary and aided with the note
payments on the lot.
When a vigilante group hung the Hemmi boy and his father because the 15-year-old Julias had shot Mr.
Walker, a neighbor, Rev. Woodcock delivered an eloquent impressive sermon entirely upholding the people in
punishing the murder of so good and honorable a man as Mr. Walker.
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Here are two related shepherds of the spiritual flock. Standing on the left is Rev. J. Preuitt, Presbyterian, and
seated is Mr. McGlurkin, church unknown.
The parsonage was a comfortable home for two but Nelson's family was four so two more rooms were added
at an expense of $100 as you see in this old photo. Rev. Nelson often sang tenor part in duets, said Hodges,
"The best music we ever had."
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In those early years a Union Service was held with the Presbyterian Church (they'd been going strong since
1876). Evening services were lighted on one occasion with homemade candles set in potatoe holders. Their
unashamed display of emotions would embarrass a twentieth century gathering raised on less heady, more
rational, religious fare. They were a generation of youth accustomed to calling one another "brother" and
"sister".
Two camp meetings were held. The first one at Newsome Springs at which wrote Rev. Nelson, nearly every
preacher from Santa Barbara to San Miguel was with us. The second meeting was in Ketchum's grove (near
the present High School campus) at which there was a large attendance.
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To begin with, Nipomo was included with Arroyo Grande and the minister did double duty. In 1888, the
membership had reached 160 and Nipomo asked to be made a separate charge with their own minister. This
took 10 or 12 members away.
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Harvey Hodges wrote of his memories for the SOth Celebration: "The hitching racks were back of the
church", he wrote. There were no electric lights or automobiles in Arroyo Grande. Many of the people came
to the church on foot while others came in carts, buggies or wagons, the most numerous of which were
spnng.
Wagons were equipped with two seats, lap robes and whale bone whips and the motive power was the farm
team. He remembered that someone stole all the robes and whips one night, and months later they were found
under the church.
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We are fortunate in having another first hand account of how it was in those early years: H. W. Simpkins
came to Arroyo Grande to teach school. He later became editor of a Palo Alto Newspaper. After visiting here,
he wrote of that early time. "In April 1888, I alighted, dustcovered and alone from the puffing little narrow
guage train from the south."
His trip had taken him one day by stage through Gaviota Pass, shown here where he stayed overnight before
boarding the PCR [Pacific Coast Railroad]. He said that getting to Arroyo Grande from the outside world was
like prenetratimg some vast maze whose hedges were mountain ranges and streams.
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And on the water side by steamer stopping at Port Hatford. Simpkin thought everything new and crude.
Measurably cut off from the outside world, this community was a microcosm in itself whose main bridge to
Macedonia was the marketing of the annual bean crop, the chief agricultural product of the valley.
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According to our records, he joined the church on November 24, 1889 (bottom entry). While here he met and
married a young lady whose home is where the sweet pea seed farm is, just where the road crosses the creek.
She was and Abbott.
Mr. Abbott was an earlier seed grower than Mr. Routzhan whose fields are shown here. These fields are
where the Fukuharas farm.
1880 -1889
Text by Jean Hubbard
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In 1878 the first Methodist organizing was done in Arroyo Grande. Officially Sept. 1884 a request was sent to
the Conference asking to be made an independent charge. Later that month, H.J. Crall was appointed first
pastor. A throat problem forced him to quit after one year.
Three old record books record for us the joys and sorrows of some of those 105 years. Rosters of members,
their arrival and departure, baptisms, marriages and deaths.
On page 176 of the oldest book, in F.S. Woodcock's fine script, is recorded some of the early history.
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There were 24 charter members: Austin Abbott, Mrs. Harriet Abbott, and Mr. & Mrs. John F. Beckett. John,
pictured here, was a real estate developer. Everyone laughed when he said that one day the city would reach
the ocean.
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Charles Wesley Fletcher Nelson came here October 1, 1887 and served five years as pastor.
Construction started in 1886 on the Methodist Church building and was completed Sept. 9, 1887. Total cost
for the building was estimated at $2500; and the entire church and parsonage property had been put together
for about $3 200.
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Rev. Nelson is perhaps better remembered for his retirement years when he lived here with his daughter, Mrs.
W. T. (Nettie) Whitlock. Another daughter also married a Whitlock. He ran a small store and helped around
the church. He is easily picked out in pictures because he wore a black skull cap to keep his bald head warm.
He brought his own fresh flowers each Sunday, often supplied. Always sat near the front because he was
deaf.
This valley, midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles could be reached on the land side by stage and
PCR [Pacific Coast Railroad].
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I came, continues Simkins, a tinderfoot from the east, in the first blush of the enthusiasm of youth, to teach
school. Seventy dollars a month was vast wealth to a young man who had cobwebs in his purse. He taught
four years at Oak Park, Black Lake, and Santa Manuela.
Besides teaching he carried the survey chain for the transit man who ran the line from the public road which
ran from the newly erected Coffee Rice house down through the sand dunes and along the marsh to the
ocean.
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The First United Methodist Church of Arroyo
Grande Celebrates 125 Years of Ministry
Rock founded, Christ centered, Faith sustained
Roger Nelson portrayed John Wesley, "The Man from Aldersgate".
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Larry (and Pat) chair the 125th Anniversary Celebration Committee.
Sunday Morning Worship at the Tabernacle with John Wesley
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May 31, 2009
One service at 10:45am
We had an "old fashioned" worship service at the Tabernacle at Camp AG. Back in 1884 our church met here
when we first began as a church and as a community. We worshiped in 1880's fashion including costumes and
in keeping with the hymns and liturgy of the era.
We welcomed a very special guest to this service, John Wesley, "The Man from Aldersgate", portrayed by
Roger Nelson. Roger's website.
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Thanks to Val and his team for pulling this off!
Pictured at left, the choir sang Stainer's "God So Loved the World".
The ceiling of the over-100-year-old tabernacle at the Arroyo Grande Methodist Camp. See the picture of the
tabernacle at the very top of this page. See the 1890s history_12ag~.
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Pastor David.
Julie led the hymn singing:
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Sweet, Sweet Spirit
Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Blest Be The Tie That Binds
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The 'black gold' rush brought 30 companies to the South County
By Jean Hubbard Contributing Columnist
Editor's note: This year, several of the South County's landmarks and traditional industries are
turning 100 years old, including the oil industry. This look at black gold's origins marks the eighth in
an occasional series.
The presence of "black gold" in California was recorded by the very earliest explorers.
Juan Cabrillo, a Portuguese sailing under the Spanish flag in 1543, noted the use of tar or
asphaltum by the Indians to waterproof their canoes. He profited by the knowledge and caulked
two of his own ships while in the Santa Barbara Channel.
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Somewhat later, in 1775, an explorer visiting Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa said there were as
many as eight springs of bitumen nearby and that the Chumash Indians used it to waterproof their
plank canoes and water jugs.
Franks and Lambert in "Early California Oil" said that in addition to the tar pits, the Indians
gathered lumps of bitumen from the beaches, where it accumulated naturally from the many
submarine seeps off the California coast. "Pismu" was one of the Chumash words for the tar
accumulating at Pismo Beach.
In 1792, George Vancouver of the British Navy recorded observing a huge slick off the coast of
Santa Barbara: "According to Vancouver, the oil was so thick that the entire sea took on an
iridescent hue."
During the Spanish period in California, although the Spaniards utilized oil to some extent, they put
their energies and time toward converting the natives to Christianity and preventing the Russians
from colonizing Northern California and becoming wealthy from sea otter fur trade.
Even after Mexico took over, the Mexicans also ignored the great possibilities of both black and
yellow gold. They, however, are said to have used oil to light some of the mission lamps.
Even after the American conquest, little use was made of this sticky resource other than to grease
their cart axles as they looked around for gold. The bandit Joaquin Murieta made his headquarters
in the Kettleman Hills, raiding for gold while, ironically, beneath the hoofs of his horses lay billions
in black gold.
Here in the Arroyo Grande Valley, the occupants of the Santa Manuela Rancho made some use of
the oil resource to lubricate the great water wheel and take some of the screech out of the all-
wooden caretta wheels, but mining the tar on the Tar Springs Rancho was never a great success.
The first attempt, the late local historian Madge Ditmas tells us, was a young Frenchman who
labored hard and long with just a shovel and blasting powder, trying to make the money to pay off
the family debt in France. When failure stared him in the face, he climbed on one of his empty
containers and, with a rope around his neck, ended it all.
When Frank Branch Jr. was given Tar Springs as his part of the rancho, he explored the
possibilities, but it wasn't until 1881, when the Pacific Coast Railway wound its way across the
lower valley, that he began mining the tar in earnest.
The small railway carried the tar to Port Harford, where it was loaded onto steamers and eventually
paved the streets of San Francisco. But getting the tar to the railroad in Arroyo Grande was the
killer, and he too lost everything.
When the pioneers began moving in after Branch laid out the town in 1867 and the children's
inheritance had been satisfied, Branch began selling off land. In the 1870s, a number of men
explored the evidence of oil resources, but little was done. J.F. Beckett at one time paved
sidewalks with oil-based materials, but they weren't stable on hot days.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the oil companies we know today were just forming, as were
numerous other companies organized for short periods of time. Union Oil, Standard Oil of
California and Richfield Reem were here, as were some with more romantic names --Mohawk,
Tiber, Pinal and those that took the names of their founders. More than 30 companies operated
here in the decades bracketing 1900.
One man active in the Huasna Valley was Harkness, the husband of Sally Sparks. The Huasna
Land Grant had been given to Isaac Sparks by the Mexican government in 1843. When he died, he
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divided the rancho between his three daughters. Porter and Harloe ranched, but Harkness was into
real estate and oil exploration.
Franks and Lambert wrote, "As early as 1898, oil men began drilling near the natural oil seeps
along the Huasna River and its tributaries in southern San Luis Obispo County." Thirty-one wells
had been drilled in what was called the Huasna Area before 1942, and there is still interest.
One hundred years ago, everyone was looking forward to making a lot of money from black gold.
Each new company issued lovely embossed certificates that sold for 1 O cents to several dollars
and represented a lot of hope.
Perhaps Mrs. T.O. Thompson said it best when she talked to her friend Mrs. Clara Paulding. She
was depressed --the first flush of joy in the prospect of an oil well was gone. She said they didn't
know whether they were four feet from a million dollars or a million feet from four dollars.
Jean Hubbard is a South County historian who periodically writes about the way things were and
how they came to be as they are in the Five Cities area.
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ACTION MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Hart called the Historical Resources Committee meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
2. ROLL CALL
HRC Members: Committee Members Norma Harloe, Shirley Gibson and Bill Hart were
present. Chuck Fellows and Vincent Allen were absent.
City Staff Present: Associate Planner Matt Downing was present.
3. FLAG SALUTE
Associate Planner Downing led the flag salute.
4. AGENDA REVIEW
Chair Hart recommended the Committee hear Item 9.a. before Item 8. a. The Committee
unanimously concurred.
5. COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
None.
6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None.
7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
7. a. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Due to lack of quorum, the minutes of December 11, 2015 were continued.
9. New Business
9. a. CONSIDERATION OF PROCEEDING WITH AN APPLICATION FOR THE
DESIGNATION OF A HISTORIC RESOURCE
Associate Planner Downing provided the staff report for the project.
The Committee asked questions regarding the designation process and the current owner.
Chair Hart opened the item for public comment.
Speaking from the public was Ken Miles, Camp Fire.
Hearing no further speakers, Chair Hart closed public comment.
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Monday, March 11, 2016
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The Committee provided comments on the project, including support for proceeding with the
designation process due to the Tabernacle and grounds being possibly the most historically
significant resource in the City and South County and discussion on the designation criteria
the Tabernacle and grounds meet.
Chair Hart made a motion, seconded by Shirley Gibson, that the Historical Resources
Committee nominates the Methodist Tabernacle and grounds as a historic resource, and to
create a working committee to strengthen the HRC's position that these items are the most
historic resource in Arroyo Grande and possibly South County.
The motion passed on a 3-0 voice vote.
8. REGULAR BUSINESS
8. a. HISTORICAL RESOURCE SURVEYS
There were no updates on the historic resource surveys and the item was continued to the
next meeting.
10. DISCUSSION ITEMS
None.
11. COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS
None.
12. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
None.
13. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:02 am to a meeting on April 8, 2016.
MATTHE DOWNING, BILL HART, CHAIR
PLANNING MANAGER
Approved at HRC Mtg 4- 14-2017)
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ACTION MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Hart called the Historical Resources Committee meeting to order at 10:02 a.m.
2. ROLL CALL
HRC Members: Committee Members Norma Harloe, Shirley Gibson, Chuck Fellows,
Vincent Allan and Bill Hart were present.
City Staff Present: Planning Manager Matt Downing was present.
3. FLAG SALUTE
Chair Hart led the flag salute.
4. AGENDA REVIEW
Chair Hart recommended the Committee hear Item 9. a. before all other business items.
The Committee unanimously concurred.
5. COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
None.
6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None.
9. NEW BUSINESS
9.a. CONSIDERATION OF HISTORIC RESOURCE DESIGNATION NO. 16 -001 -
DESIGNATING THE ARROYO GRANDE METHODIST CAMPGROUND AND
TABERNACLE AS A LOCAL HISTORIC RESOURCE; LOCATION — 250 WESLEY
STREET• APPLICANT — ARROYO GRANDE HISTORICAL RESOURCES
r0KAMITTFF
Planning Manager Downing provided the staff report for the project.
Chair Hart provided his support for moving forward with the designation. Chair Hart
indicated his thought the campground and Tabernacle met designation criteria numbers 1,
2, and 4.
Chair Hart left the meeting at 10:11 am. Vincent Allan began chairing the meeting.
Shirley Gibson provided information to the Committee regarding the campground and
Tabernacle, supporting designation criteria numbers 1, 2, and 4.
Vice Chair Allan opened the item for public comment.
Rick Barbezat spoke in support of protecting the site and Tabernacle.
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Rex Miller, California -Pacific Conference, representing the property owner, indicated he was
not contesting the designation, but questioned the ramifications of the designation.
At the request of Vice Chair Allan, Planning Manager Downing explained what designation
would mean for the property.
Ken Miles, Camp Fire, spoke in support of the designation.
Hearing no further speakers, Vice Chair Allan closed public comment.
The Committee provided comments on the project, the need to maintain plenty of space
around the structure to keep the context intact, that the historic presence can be seen, and
that the site and structure should be designated.
Shirley Gibson made a motion, seconded by Chuck Fellows, that the Historical Resources
Committee recommends approval of Historic Resource Designation 16-001, designating the
Methodist campground and Tabernacle as local historic resources.
The motion passed on a 4-0 voice vote, with Bill Hart absent.
7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
7. a. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Chuck Fellows made a motion, seconded by Norma Harloe, to approve the minutes of
December 11, 2015 as submitted. The motion carried on a 3-0-1 voice vote, with Shirley
Gibson abstaining and Bill Hart absent.
Chuck Fellows made a motion, seconded by Shirley Gibson, to approve the minutes of
January 15, 2016 as submitted. The motion carried on a 3-0-1 voice vote, with Vincent
Allan abstaining and Bill Hart absent.
Due to lack of quorum, the minutes of March 11, 2016 were continued.
8. REGULAR BUSINESS
8. a. HISTORICAL RESOURCE SURVEYS
There were no updates on the historic resource surveys and the item was continued to the
next meeting.
10. DISCUSSION ITEMS
None.
11. COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS
None.
12. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
None.
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ACTION MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Hart called the Historical Resources Committee to order at 10:02 a. m.
2. ROLL CALL
HRC Members: Chair Bill Hart, Committee Members Chuck Fellows, Norma Harloe,
and Shirley Gibson were present. Vice Chair Vincent Allan was
absent.
City Staff Present: Planning Manager Matt Downing, City Attorney Heather Whitham
and Planning Intern Patrick Holub were present.
3. FLAG SALUTE
City Attorney Heather Whitham led the flag salute.
4. AGENDA REVIEW
The Committee agreed to move item 9.a ahead of item 8.
5. COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
None.
6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None.
7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
None.
9. NEW BUSINESS
9. a. CONSIDERATION OF PROCEEDING WITH AN APPLICATION FOR THE
DESIGNATION OF A HISTORIC RESOURCE; LOCATION — 250 WESLEY
STREET (METHODIST CAMPGROUND AND TABERNACLE) (DOWNING)
Chair Bill Hart recused himself and left the meeting at 10:05.
Planning Manager Downing presented the staff report for the project.
The Committee asked questions regarding the eligibility of the tabernacle as a historic
resource and the process for the remainder of the meeting.
Committee Member Fellows asked for the property owner's representative to present
their information. Jim Buttery, legal counsel for the property owner, presented an
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adopted Resolution from his client, the California -Pacific Annual Conference of the
United Methodist Church, formally objecting to the Tabernacle being designated as a
historic resource due to the fact that it would cause the Church to suffer substantial
financial hardship. He stated that the Church is willing to donate the Tabernacle in a
disassembled state to the City.
The Committee asked questions of Mr. Buttery, including demolition plans for the
structure, the feasibility of moving the structure, and the marketability of the property.
In response to the Committee's questions, Mr. Buttery responded that demolition is not
a foregone conclusion, that he is unaware if the structure can be moved as his client is
offering, and that the December 31, 2016 deadline to move the structure is flexible if
progress is being made with the City.
City Attorney Whitham advised the Committee of their legal options in regards to
designating the Tabernacle a historic structure. City Attorney Whitham stated that in
accordance with State law, the City does not have the legal authority to force a historic
designation upon the Church.
Committee member Fellows opened the meeting to public comment.
Richard Barbezat spoke about the infeasibility of moving the Tabernacle in a
disassembled state and that a Methodist Church in Southern California tried relocating a
similar Tabernacle and were unsuccessful.
Hearing no further comments, Committee member Fellows closed the public comment.
The Committee commented on the building's eligibility to qualify as a historic building.
Committee member Shirley Gibson made a motion, seconded by Norma Harloe, that
the HRC finds the Tabernacle is eligible for historic resource designation under criteria
numbers 1, 2, and 4..
The motion carried on a 3-0 voice vote, with Bill Hart and Vincent Allan absent.
Committee member Shirley Gibson made a motion to recommend continuing with the
process to formally designate the Tabernacle as a historic resource.
The motion died due to lack of a second.
Committee member Chuck Fellows made a motion, seconded by Norma Harloe, to
recommend not continuing with the process to formally designate the Tabernacle as a
historic resource.
The motion carried on a 2-1 voice vote with Shirley Gibson dissenting and Bill Hart and
Vincent Allan absent.
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The Committee took a break at 10:45 am and reconvened at 10:50 am.
8. REGULAR BUSINESS
8.a. HISTORICAL RESOURCE SURVEYS
The Committee reported no progress on the historic resource surveys.
Planning Manager Downing stated the best course of action might be to focus on one
structure at a time.
10. DISCUSSION ITEMS
None.
11. COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS
None.
12. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Planning Manager Downing stated his appreciation for the NRC's work on the
Tabernacle. He also thanked City Attorney Whitham for her work advising staff and the
Committee.
13. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 am to a regular meeting on August 12, 2016.
PATRICK H UB,
PLANNING INTERN
Approved at HRC Mtg. October 14, 2016)
BILL HART, CHAIR
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General Plan Policies
LAND USE ELEMENT
TOWN CHARACTER and COMMUNITY DESIGN GUIDELINES
The essence of Arroyo Grande's desirability is reflected in its small town
character and rural setting. This character encompasses a wide range of
components including the scale and intensity of existing development; the rate,
scale, and intensity of new development; the existence and proximity of
agricultural lands and open spaces, including natural hillsides, Arroyo Grande
and Tally Ho creeks. It also extends to its rural residential fringe and agricultural
environs, and includes preservation of historical structures, especially within the
Village Core area. The retention of this character is one of the basic purposes of
planning and growth management, according to the citizens of Arroyo Grande.
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
A variety of public and quasi-public uses, serving neighborhood, community or
regional needs, are located throughout the City. These community facilities are
beneficial to the City, but their location, nature of operation, and scale sometimes
creates compatibility issues such as noise, traffic, lighting and other problems.
Additional public and institutional uses will be considered based on the diversity,
need and location relative to existing and planned land use and circulation. The
Parks and Recreation Element of this General Plan provides more detail
regarding these types of Community Facilities.
LU9 Provide for appropriate maintenance, development and placement of
Community Facilities (CF) relative to existing and planned land uses.
LU9-1 The Community Facilities (CF) designation includes public or institutional
uses that provide a community facility or service. The uses allowed in this
designation include but are not limited to the following: cemeteries, churches,
lodges, City Hall, city yard, fire and police stations, places of general public
assembly, senior centers, women’s centers, museums, other facilities that are
primarily contained within a structure, and public or private schools, parks,
playgrounds and sports complexes, South County regional center and other
public agency facilities.
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LU9-3 Balance the supply and size of Community Facilities with the existing and
planned demand for the services they provide based on the General Plan Land
Use Element.
PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENT
Objective PR2 The City should supplement existing park, recreation and cultural
facilities when needed and economically feasible and cooperate with Lucia Mar
Unified School District, the County and adjoining Cities of Pismo Beach, Grover
Beach and Oceano CSD to provide for operation and maintenance and to
develop additional facilities and services.
Implementation Measure PR2-2.2 In cooperation with other agencies, pursue
construction of a senior’s and/or youth recreation center.
Funding and Maintenance
Objective PR5 The City will consider all available financing and acquisition
techniques in the development and maintenance of park and recreation facilities.
Policy PR5-1 The financing of the City’s park and recreation facilities and park
system maintenance should be shared by the City, developers, special districts,
and other government agencies.
Implementation Measure PR5-1.2 Solicit and make use of, to the maximum
extent possible, any federal and/or state grants, matching funds programs, fees
and private donations for the acquisition of parkland.
Policy PR5-2 The City will cooperate with San Luis Obispo County, the Lucia
Mar Unified School District, other public agencies, and private interests to
combine efforts of improvement, expansion or construction of new recreation
facilities.
Implementation Measure PR5-2.3 The City encourages commercial recreational
facilities in the City, such as bowling alleys, miniature golf and/or sports
complexes.
CONSERVATION and OPEN SPACE OBJECTIVES and POLICIES
C/OS4- Preserve historic and cultural resources of public interest that reflect the
legacy of earlier human settlement.
C/OS4-1 Identify historic and cultural resources that should be protected as
C/OS combining designations.
C/OS4-2 Avoid disturbance of archaeological and culturally sensitive sites.
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C/OS4-3 Encourage acquisition of significant designated C/OS sites by public
agencies, historical or conservation organizations for preservation and
restoration where feasible, or require private conservation by adaptive reuse if
not.
C/OS4-4 Protect the character of significant historical features and settings by
C/OS designation. Maintain a listing of historic and cultural resources.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT
Background and Primary Goals
The purpose of the Economic Development Element is to provide a framework
for residents, business owners, prospective new business owners, and City
officials to guide the City’s economic growth for the next 10 years. The goals,
objectives, policies and implementation measures are intended to encourage the
development of the types of business and commercial activities that serve the
community and promote a healthy, thriving economy. A balance is continually
sought between economic vitality and the preservation of the City’s quality of life
and small-town character. Goals There are four primary goals related to the
City’s economic development that should be considered when establishing
priorities, weighing economic impacts of land use decisions, and determining the
progress toward policy implementation. The four goals are:
1. Create a thriving economy
2. Meet unmet community needs
3. Promote business activity
4. Provide superior customer service
Retail/Commercial Services Objective ED5: Pursue unique opportunities to
promote continuity within commercial service and retail business sectors of the
City. Policies
ED5-1: Promote local patronage and strong performance in satisfying local
demand for goods and services and the creation of additional jobs.
ED5-2: Continue to enhance connectivity and increase retail utilization of the
East Grand Avenue corridor, the Village Core, and the Traffic Way and El
Camino Real mixed-use corridors.
ED5-3: Implement revitalization and rehabilitation of historic and older structures
and provide incentives for adaptive reuse.
ED5-4: Expand and enhance the Village Core as a focal point for civic and tourist
activities.
ED5-5: Promote a pro-retail and hospitality program.
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