Wed. Jan. 25, 2012, 6:00pm — Annual Meeting & Potluck Dinner

St. Edwards School Cafeteria
6:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 25.
33926 Calle La Primavera, Dana Point, CA 
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The business before the membership is to elect, or reelect, members to the Board of Directors of the Dana Point Historical Society.

Down-Home Cooking Potluck: This is our annual potluck dinner celebration so, please bring a dish of your choice for the Potluck enough to serve six or eight, your own plate and utensils. Beverages will be available. Dinner will begin at 6:00 with the meeting to follow at 7:00.

Program Notes:

“Chotkevys on Preservation”

1892 Whittier Train Depot

Doug Chotkevys, Dana Point City Manager, will relate his “secret passion” for historic preservation and describe his related experiences. Before coming to our City 10 years ago, Doug served as the Assistant and then Acting City Manager, of Whittier. It was there that he identified over $5 million dollars of Federal, State and County Park grant money to pay for the grassroots effort to restore the Pio Pico Adobe and State Historic Park grounds to their 1880s condition, and then managed the restoration effort! He also worked with Jim Wilson of 30th Street Architects on the restoration project of the circa 1892 Whittier Train Depot.

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A Celebration of Life will be held for Jack Smith and Doris Walker-Smith on Saturday, November 26th, 2011 at the Dana Point Community Center, at 6:00 pm.

The Center is located at 34052 Del Obispo, Dana Point, CA. [ click for map ]

The public is invited. The family has suggested that in lieu of flowers donations may be made to the:

Dana Point Historical Society
PO Box 544
Dana Point CA 92629-0544

The Dana Point Historical Society is a nonprofit 501(c)3, EIN 33-0359288. Doris was a founder and board member of the Society since 1987.

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Day Trip to the Drum Barracks and Banning Residence Museum

Thursday, Nov. 10, 8:45am-4pm.

To commemorate the sesquicentennial of the 1861 start of America’s Civil War, the Historical Society is offering a trip by bus to visit the last remaining Civil War era military facility in this area – the Drum Barracks in Wilmington. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a California Historic Landmark and holds an important collection of historical artifacts.

The tour will also include a visit to the nearby Banning Residence Museum, the home of Phineas Banning, who donated the land for the nearby Drum Barracks.

The Drum Barracks was once the junior officers’ barracks. As a museum, its rooms have been outfitted as single and married troop bedrooms, and there is a parlor, an armory, a model room and a gift shop.

Reservations can be held with a check for $50 per person which includes round-trip bus fare, entry donations to both the Barracks and Museum and a box lunch that will be served picnic style in Banning Park.

Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011
Place: The bus will be in the Selva Parking lot at the end of Selva Road on the ocean side of PCH.
Time: 8:45am departure. Return at 4:00pm.

Please call (949) 248-8121 for reservations

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Dana Point Home Tour 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011, 11am-4pm
Call: (949) 248-8121

You will find yourself high on the hill with a panoramic view of the beach, golf course and grand hotels below and, in the distance, the Dana Point Headlands. Close your eyes and you are in a Mediterranean villa high above that famously blue sea.

This, our signature house for the 2011 Home Tour, will be open to visitors along with a number of other elegant and charming homes on the hillsides of Monarch Bay Terrace. And, a special treat: The distinctive home, Olympia Pacific, built in 1964 and designated “The Home of the Future” will be open for the Tour. You will enjoy the views, the architecture, the décor and gardens of these homes at this, our twelfth annual Home Tour.

Don’t miss it. There will be coffee at registation, refreshments at one of the homes, an antique car display, and our boutique. Order your tickets early to help support the Historical Society and insure a visit to this lovely area of our city.

For more details, please click here to visit http://hometour.danapointhistorical.org

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2011 Dana Point Historical Society Annual Scholarship BBQ

Please join us for the Dana Point Historical Society annual barbecue in our beautiful Doheny State Beach. The Historical Society has awarded its 2011 scholarships of $1,000 each to Alexandria Anderson and Ellen Lomonico of Dana Point, both of whom will be our guests at the barbecue. Do come and meet them as we send them off to their college careers and great futures.

Menu: Tri-tip, Chili Beans, Cole Slaw. Water and soft drinks included, beer and wine available.

Cost: $20 per person before June 25, $25 at the gate, $10 for children under 12

Parking: Tell the gate staff that you are attending the Historical Society event.

Reservations: To get the early reduced price before June 25, just click here to print and send the registration form. Otherwise, call 949-248-8121 to reserve and pay at the gate—please make your phone reservations by June 25 also.

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Jeffery Allen Hawk – Spec 4, Troop A, 1st Squadron, 9th Cav, USA; 5 Dec 1947 – 198 Nov 1967;

Jeffery Allen Hawk was an air crewman on a helo that was shot down in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. His home of record was Capistrano Beach, CA. His name is located on Panel 30E, Row 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. He was awarded the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster (posthumously), Bronze Star (posthumously), Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, 2 Overseas Service Bars, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic Viet Nam Combat Medal, Marksmanship Badge, Aircraft Crewman Badge, Military Merit Medal, Gallantry Cross with Palm.

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Michael Jenning Hotchkiss – Spec 4, A Co. 2nd BN, 8th Cav, 1st Cav Div, USA; 12 OCT 1946 – 9 Aug 1967;

On 9 Aug 1967, elements of the 1st Calvary Division got into a fight at Landing Zone PAT in the Song Re Valley area of Quang Ngai Province. The engagement cost the lives of 11 Americans soldiers: 6 infantrymen, four helo crewmen, and one artillery observer. Michael graduated from Anaheim High School. His parents were residents on Violet Lantern at the time of his death. His name is located on Panel 24E Row 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. He was awarded the Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal with one star, Republic of Vietnam Combat Medal.

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The Dana Point Historical Society awarded two $1,000 scholarships to two students at Dana Hills High School. Alexandria Anderson, with plans to study electrical engineering at Columbia University, has been active in community service. She spends most of her time in tutoring students with academic needs. She has spent her summers at Columbia and Harvard Universities in engineering and math classes. She scored 790, out of 800, on her SAT history test.

The second award went to Ellen Lomonico. She plans to enter UCLA in Architecture. She has been active in part time work, a winner in varsity sports and music. She is also active in the California Scholarship Foundation, serving a year as historian.

Both students will be recognized at the DPHS annual Scholarship BBQ held at Doheny State Park on Wednesday, June 29th at 6:00 pm. All funds raised will go to next year’s awards. The public is invited to enjoy an evening on the beach.

Dana Point Historical Society, Scholarship Committee

Alexandria Anderson

Ellen Lomonico

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