POSTING DATELINE: June 30, 2016


CHC Honors 2016 Award Winners


Photograph © 2016 Timothy D. Manning

As the sun set behind the GGB, members, friends and honorees gathered at the St. Francis Yacht Club to dine and celebrate the winners of the California Heritage Council’s Annual Awards Gala last week, June 22, 2016. As the sun set behind the GGB, members, friends and honorees gathered at the St. Francis Yacht Club to dine and celebrate the winners of the California Heritage Council’s Annual Awards Gala last week, June 22, 2016. CHC President Christopher Layton presided over the event with his consistent presence in the award photographs below.

Please enjoy the photographic account.




The setting sun creates a dramatically lit picture as windurfers and pelicans fill the window scene with unique drama.


The annual dinner is the crown-jewel event.

 

For BUILDING 101, Infantry Row, Presidio of San Francisco



For the SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS’ MUSEUM, Building 101, Infantry Row, Presidio of San Francisco


For BATTERY TOWNSLEY, Fort Cronkhite



For SIERRA #3, Steam Locomotive, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown



For THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB, San Francisco



For MATTHEW TURNER Educational Tall Ship, Sausalito

Please see the descriptions below for the details on each award.
 

All photography by Timothy/Manning Magic .com




POSTING DATELINE: June 2, 2016


CHC Announces 2016 Award Winners

Six honorees will receive CHC Awards this coming June 22nd at the Saint Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. They are, in no particular order:

This Award was nominated by CHC President, Chris Layton.  The mission of Educational Tall Ship is to construct a historic and sustainable wooden tall ship for the San Francisco Bay Area.  The project will provide on the water and shore-based experiential education for students of all ages, both during construction and after completion.  Programs will focus on marine ecology, sustainability, teamwork, leadership and the vibrant maritime history of the Bay Area. The vessel will be the first wooden ship of this size built in the Bay area in nearly 100 years.  Inspired by the 19th century Brigantine Galilee, she will be 100 feet long on deck and have a 25 foot beam.  She will also be certified for open ocean sailing, making passage to any port in the world a possibility. Visit www.educationaltallship.org for more information.

 
BATTERY TOWNSLEY, Fort Cronkhite, GGNRA. 

This Award was nominated by CHC member, Richard Torney, and will be accepted by John Martini, volunteer leader of the primarily volunteer effort to restore Battery Townsley.  It represents the zenith of U.S. military technology for coast defense purposes.  It is one of a pair of prototypes for nearly thirty more casemated (overhead-protected) gun batteries that protected key harbors during World War II, and is now the best restored of its type. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, between 1937 and 1940,  Battery Townsley has been restored by a group of skilled and dedicated volunteers, working under National Park Service direction.  It is open to the public on a regular basis for guided tours, and it has become one of the highlights of a visit to the scenic and historic Marin Headlands.

 


BUILDING 101, Infantry Row, Presidio of San Francisco. 

This Award was nominated by CHC Executive Vice President, Barbara Wanvig.  Built in 1895-6 as permanent barracks for the U.S. Army infantry, it is situated in a row of 5, mostly identical, barracks constructed concurrently, and facing the Presidio’s Main Parade Ground.  The building was last used as the Military Police barracks, before the Army closed the Post in 1994.  A complete rehabilitation of this particular barracks building was an adaptive reuse to convert the 42,000 square foot building to a multiple tenant office use, with public uses on the first floor.  The Presidio Trust rehabilitated this building using capital funding from Trust income and will lease the space to generate future income. Most original partitions, stairs, plaster wall and ceiling finishes, hardwood floor finishes are all still extant, though concealed in some cases by 1970's alterations.  The building now is home to the California Society of Pioneers Museum and research facility, the Commissary Restaurant, and the business offices of Swirl, an advertising and communications company.
 

This Award was nominated by CHC Executive Vice President, Barbara Wanvig.  As the oldest organization west of the Mississippi, the Society opened one of the first libraries in California, as well as a grand hall for meetings, lectures, and social events. Today, the Society operates a museum, educational programs, and The Alice Phelan Sullivan research library, all as a nonprofit organization.  The library contains over 10,000 books, manuscripts, maps, journals, newspapers and autobiographical materials related to the early history of California.  The Society maintains a rotating schedule of cross-disciplinary exhibitions focused on California art, history, and culture, and are open to the public. Guided tours and museum education programs are offered free of charge with advance reservations.

This Award was nominated by CHC Board member, Bill Palmer.  Appearing in over 100 Hollywood productions, the Sierra No. 3 is known as the "most photographed locomotive in Hollywood history." The 4-6-0 type locomotive was built in 1891 by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works in Paterson, New Jersey for the Prescott and Arizona Central Railroad. Sierra No. 3 was one of the original three locomotive on the railroad, and later pulled passenger trains before the arrival of No. 32 in 1923. Retired in 1932, it was returned to operation for movie work in 1947-48. It has appeared in numerous movies, TV shows and commercials. The No. 3's film and television credits include, "High Noon," "The Virginian," "Back to the Future, III," "Unforgiven," "Bad Girls," "Petticoat Junction," "The Wild, Wild West," and "Little House on the Prairie."


THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB, San Francisco. 

This Award was nominated by CHC Vice President, William Applegate.  For 113 years, The Commonwealth Club has brought people face to face with some of the greatest leaders, thinkers, innovators and artists of our time.  Every year the Club holds hundreds of events throughout the Bay Area.  In late 2012, the Club purchased the 1910 building at 110 The Embarcadero, along San Francisco’s waterfront, with plans for its future, permanent home.  The Steuart Street facade will be maintained and restored to its original form, with a plaque dedicated to the historic events of “Bloody Thursday,” which took place in front of the building on Steuart Street in 1934.  Inside the building, a dedicated digital screen of curated content will describe the historic events of 1934, along with a full history of the site.  The Club is also working directly with the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union and, in particular, their in-house librarian and archivist, Robin Walker, and labor historian, Harvey Schwartz.  As a historic organization, The Commonwealth Club is honored to tie its own history to the history of its new headquarters building and provide a distinct place to share this important history with the public for the first time.

 

The Officers and Board of Directors cordially invite you to attend the


CALIFORNIA HERITAGE COUNCIL

Annual Awards Dinner 

celebrating our 57th year of award presentations for
the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and sites.
 
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
St. Francis Yacht Club
Marina Boulevard
San Francisco, California
 
Cocktails • 6:00 P.M.
Host: Betty Ann Prien
Dinner • 7:00 P.M

$95.00 per person
 
R.S.V.P. by June 14, 2016
Email Dianne Rowe:
dianerowe@aol.com 
 

 

 

POSTING DATELINE: April 6, 2016

CHC Trips off to Sausalito for a Seaside Discovery

CHC member Wayne Mooers directed us to our recent visit to ship-building sites in Sausalito.
 
The main event was the 100-foot tall ship "Matthew Turner" now getting planked w/ 2” fir -- two years after 68,000 lb keel was set.  
 
Wayne also recommended the Spaulding Marine Center.  You can get an eye full of 1950’s era boat building shop, now turned into maritime heritage center for wooden boats. He commented, “As a kid - early 60’s, I was lucky enough to learn how to sweep up sawdust here - and sort out the left-handed wood screws. Good sights, good smells.”
 
Here are a few photos from that recent CHC outing March 31, 2016 in Sausalito.
 









You can watch a video on the Matthew Turner project at:
 
http://www.educationaltallship.org/view2.php?id=10


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POSTING DATELINE: May 15, 2015

 

CHC Announces the 2015 Awardees
 

And the winners are:

THE FAIRMONT HOTEL, San Francisco


 
INN AT THE PRESIDIO, Presidio of San Francisco


 
THE MARINES’ MEMORIAL CLUB, San Francisco


 
SAVE MOUNT DIABLO, Walnut Creek


 
USS POTOMAC, Oakland


 
PRESIDIO OFFICERS’ CLUB,
Presidio of San Francisco





 
 




Fun with Flags in San Francisco

POSTING DATELINE: February 2, 2015

One of the nice perks about being a member in CHC is attending meetings in some of the grand manors of San Francisco. On January 29, 2015 we met at the residence of CHC member Dorothy Kitt on the San Francisco Gold Coast.
 

CHC's John Hodges with the first American flag, which sports the British Union Jack.

 

CHC's Dorothy Kitt readies the post-meeting refreshments.

 
John further commented that the California Heritage Council is proud that the first award CHC gave to the Presidio years ago, for the re-use of the Presidio Jail as a Post Office, still hangs in the Trust Executive Offices, and that building will be re-purposed again. He also noted that the Cavallo Point Hotel model in Sausalito, which CHC supported, created the design template for the Inn at the Presidio, and that “ CHC looks forward to presenting our coveted awards to the Presidio as long as they continue to be earned.”

 

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A Holiday Treat at the Fairmont

POSTING DATELINE: January, 2015



A large turnout of CHC members and guests met in the Crystal Room on November 20, 2014 for a walking tour of San Francisco’s renowned Fairmont Hotel by Tom Wolfe, the Fairmont’s chief concierge. Wolfe is a captivating historian, with encyclopedic knowledge of the hotel, and many personal perspectives, reflected in the long and colorful history of the Fairmont. 
 
The story of the Fairmont Hotel begins with Tessie and Virginia Fair who were the daughters of James Graham Fair, one of San Francisco's wealthiest citizens.  The daughters were determined to construct a grand monument to their father, who had passed away in 1894.


 
In 1902, construction began on The Fairmont Hotel, but by 1906, it had become too much of a burden for the Fair sisters, and they sold it to the Law brothers, Herbert and Hartland. How could anyone know that the 'great San Francisco fire,' as locals referred to the disaster of the earthquake and what followed, was just days away?

After the quake and fire, the Law brothers took the burden of social responsibility seriously, and went ahead with plans to repair, redecorate and, where necessary, restore. The Law brothers’ final choice for the project’s architect was Julia Morgan, the first woman graduate of the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris who was just starting out, and would later rise to be known as the nation's preeminent female architect.


 
Exactly one year after the earthquake, a grand banquet celebrating the opening was held at The Fairmont. Fireworks illuminated the beautiful new hotel, as a thousand ships at anchor in the bay, City Hall and all the buildings rose up, phoenix-like, in defiance of nature's wrath. San Francisco was alive and well and would thrive again.
 
But as the decades marched on, time took its toll on the grand hotel. The Fairmont in 1941 had entered an era of 'benign neglect,' victim of the depression and its own lethargy. But once again, The Fairmont 'rose from the ashes.' The occasion was the end of World War II, and the Fairmont was purchased by Benjamin Swig. Swig was an East Coast businessman who, 'had a knack for seeing a good thing and turning it around. Swig engaged Dorothy Draper, the most famous decorator of the time, to transform the lobby and the public areas.
 
The Fairmont once again made history when it greeted the 21st century with an award-winning $85 million restoration. In May of 1999, legions of craftsmen checked into the San Francisco landmark to recreate architect Julia Morgan's vision for the 1907 hotel. Comparing the project to an archeological dig, the restoration team uncovered much of what had been layered over by Draper’s designs, restoring original marble floors, ornate domes and intricate design work throughout the historic hotel. And the finishing touch has added the modern-day amenities desired by its guests, such as a spa and wireless internet capabilities. Today the Fairmont still stands, world-renowned, as an awe-inspiring picture of historic San Francisco.



At the conclusion of Mr. Wolfe’s presentation, CHC Board Chairman John Hodges and CHC President Christopher Layton presented Mr. Wolfe with a framed proclamation that we sponsored in 2007, from the Office of the California State Assembly, in recognition of the Fairmont’s 100th anniversary.  The proclamation was procured in 2007 by our historian, Neil Malloch, but was never presented to the Fairmont, due to executive changes taking place.  Neil stored this proclamation for all these years, and CHC finally had the opportunity to present it in the care of Mr. Wolfe.
 
Mr. Wolfe then took us on an informative, and very enjoyable, walking tour of the Fairmont, pointing out the highlights of the restoration, among other interesting facts.  He sharing several personal stories of his many years at the Fairmont, and its famous guests like Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. 


 
We viewed the two-story giant gingerbread house, in the Grand Lobby, under construction and almost completed.  We also saw several rooms that are closed to the public, such as the former Venetian Room, where workmen were installing yards of garland and other holiday decorations for the hotel. 
 



Mr. Wolfe arrange for special elevators to take us to the very top floor of the hotel, the Crown Room - also closed to the public, and only used for special events.  It was a clear night, and the view spectacular -- better than the top of the Mark, as rightly pointed out by Mr. Wolfe. 




The Fairmont has been nominated, and approved by all on the tour, for an award at our June 25, 2015 Awards Dinner for its interior restoration and preservation.

 




Visiting the 2014 Award Winners

POSTING DATELINE: September, 2014


Meyers House and Garden
The Meyers House, erected in 1897, is an example of Colonial Revival, an architectural style popular around the turn of the century. Designed by Henry H. Meyers, the house was built by his father, Jacob Meyers, at a cost of $4,000.









Mr. Meyers was a prominent East Bay architect who received many Alameda County commissions. His work includes the portal entrance of the Posey Tube in Alameda, ten veterans buildings throughout Alameda County, and numerous public buildings and churches. In 1894 he married Bertha May, whose father was a prominent rancher in Alvarado, California.



The couple had three daughters. Edith (1900-1971) was a physician, Mildred (1898-1982) practiced as an architect, and Jeanette (1905-93) ran their Dry Creek Ranch near Union City. Mr Meyers died in 1943, followed by his wife in 1947.

The home is situated on a three-parcel lot, that includes the original fencing and pergola, three-car garage, and an architectural studio built in 1935. The Meyers House has received numerous additions, designed by Mildred Meyers, a practicing architect.




 
The Architectural Exhibit





Once the 3 car garage, designed by Henry H. Meyers and constructed between 1916-1917, the area was transformed into an exhibit area featuring architectural artifacts from the Museum’s collection in 2009. Some of these objects, never before exhibited, include doors, hardware, light fixtures, stained glass windows, etc., removed from Alameda buildings, some now demolished. The exhibit illustrates the decorative details that were utilized on such mundane items as door hinges and gas jets. They represent the period of their use and the evolution of taste and design.




All photography by Timothy D. Manning/ manningmagic.com



 

 
CHC President Christopher Layton and Chairman John Hodges presented the 2014 CHC awards of recognition to nine honorees at the our annual awards dinner on June 12, 2014 at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. The recipients were all smiles as they received their honors.



Receiving for the JUDGE AUGUSTUS PALMER HOUSE, Calistoga: Bob Fiddaman
 

Receiving for the MACHADO SCHOOL, Morgan Hill: Bob Sass, Brenda Sass, Shelli Bettencourt, Jan Strahan and Mary Lou Gunter. 
 

Receiving for the MEYERS HOUSE, Alameda: George Gunn & Jeannie Graham
 

Receiving for 865 THE ALAMEDA, San Jose: Mark Cardoza
 

Receiving for the THE PINES, Sausalito: Roxanna Sheridan & Gil Purcell
 

Receiving for the OWL GRILL & SALOON, Grass Valley: Steve Graham
 

Receiving for VILLA AMOROSA, Calistoga: Jim Sullivan
 

A special presentation was made by CHC President Christopher Layton to Theodora Hansen for her distinction of being the youngest CHC member to date.
 

THE GOLD BEAR AWARD was presented to Gary Widman for his outstanding public service in historic preservation of the Presidio National Historic Landmark District.

All photographic images by Timothy D. Manning/ manningmagic.com






UPDATED ENTRY DATELINE: May 21, 2014
PREVIOUS ENTRY DATELINE: May 6, 2014

CHC Announces 2014 Award Nominations

Packards, pines and a pub highlight this year’s California Heritage Council Annual Awards Nominations. The awards dinner is scheduled for June 12, 2014 at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco.

And the nominees are…
 
JUDGE AUGUSTUS PALMER HOUSE, Built in 1874, Calistoga


 

MACHADO SCHOOL, Built 1895, Morgan Hill
 
MEYERS HOUSE, Built in 1897, Alameda

 
865 THE ALAMEDA, San Jose, Built in 1927





THE PINES, Built in 1888, Sausalito





OWL GRILL & SALOON, Built in 1857, Grass Valley



VILLA AMOROSA, Built in 1872, Calistoga








THE GOLD BEAR AWARD will be presented to Gary Widman for his outstanding public service in historic preservation of the Presidio National Historic Landmark District.












Visiting the 2013 Award Winners

ENTRY DATELINE: March 27, 2014

Launched on November 9, 1944 as the SS Red Oak Victory, and commissioned as the USS Red Oak Victory (AK235) in December, 1944, the Red Oak Victory is the only vessel built by the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California that is being restored. The ship saw service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and has the distinction of being the only ship operated by both military and civilian personnel during her career.






In 1996, by an Act of Congress, title to the SS Red Oak Victory was conveyed to the Richmond Museum Association. One of the primary goals of the museum is to preserve, restore and develop the Red Oak Victory into a viable asset that can be used, enjoyed and appreciated by the citizens of Richmond and the surrounding Bay Area communities.
No man had a greater influence on the City of Richmond than Henry J. Kaiser. It is important that his accomplishments and contributions to the war effort and community be made known as an example of what committed people can do.












The Richmond Museum of History has undertaken this unique restoration project because one object, a World War II Victory Ship, has brought together the devotion and commitment of volunteers, the wartime accomplishments of a community, and the vision and ingenuity of one man.

All photography courtesy of manningmagic.com

ENTRY DATELINE: March 5, 2014

The Ford Motors Assemby Plant, Richmond
 

All photographs ©2013 Manning Magic.com

ENTRY DATELINE: January 31, 2014

The Bruton House, Alameda 
 
A large Colonial Revival house that was once home to three prominent Bay Area artists is Alameda's 30th historical monument.

The building at in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Alameda, was constructed in 1897 for San Francisco businessman Daniel Bruton and his wife Helen, according to local architectural historian Woodruff Minor. 









The house was home to the Brutons' three daughters, who all became well-known artists in the 1920s and 1930s and used a portion of the building as studio space.

Although their work is not well known now, the Bruton sisters were probably the most important local artists of that period. Their work included mosaics that can still be seen at the San Francisco Zoo.







You can read more about the house's design and history in Minor's report on the City of Alameda website.

All photography by Timothy at manningmagic.com

 
 

DATELINE: December, 2013
 

For his many years of passionate and thoughtful observation
of history, for the sharing of his vast reservoir of knowledge,
for his gift of colorful and captivating communication,
for his outreach in keeping history in vital focus for
our Bay Area Community and beyond, we give our
thanks and appreciation for his exemplary public service.

DATELINE: JUNE 19, 2013

California Heritage Council

2013 Award Winners

June 19, 2013

 

Bruton House, Alameda


Classic Yacht Association


Ford Motor Company
Assembly Plant, Richmond


Master Mariners
Benevolent Association


Norwegian Seamen's Church, 
San Francisco


SS Red Oak Victory
Ship, Richmond


Spaulding Wooden Boat
Center, Sausalito

 

 

 

DATELINE JUNE 19, 2013

A Message from the California Heritage Council
Board Chairman, John Hodges

I love the great maritime tradition of the San Francisco Bay, always have.  Maybe it’s because I kept a boat in Sausalito for years or my service in the U.S. Navy.  Anyway I love the lore and the tradition of it so when it was decided that this year CHC would feature our marine history as part of our Awards Dinner I was over the top with enthusiasm.

Our dinner this year will be at the Saint Francis Yacht Club and as we are right on the water it could not be more appropriate as this is also the summer of the America’s Cup.

The America's Cup "World Series" is currently scheduled on San Francisco Bay this summer and will race at astonishing speeds along the waterfront, displaying Olympic class maneuvers in close proximity to shore, and whetting our appetites for the 34th America's Cup race on the Bay featuring extreme, 13-story high, carbon fiber, flying wing yachts.

While these modern boats have captured the public's imagination, their designs have evolved over centuries, and their sailors are in fact continuing a long tradition of yachting that began, on San Francisco Bay, more than 150 years ago.

And that tradition continues to this day maintained by the several excellent historic yacht preservation organizations we will be honoring at our dinner.  The list of clubs and awards for this year are listed in this newsletter.  In addition we have some of the most exciting honors to award and I know we all will enjoy the evening.

See you at the hosted reception at the SFYC. PS "Go Navy"

John Hodges, Board Chair

 

 

A Message from the President

Consider this a eulogy I would have delivered had I had the chance; a testimony to Mr. “Everyman” who on reflection was really Mr. “Extraordinary.”

First some facts: Win was 86 when he passed, the eldest of four boys, a graduate of MIT, served in the U.S. Navy until 1947 and in the Navy Reserves long after World War 2.

He came to San Francisco in 1954 and worked until retirement for the city as an electrical engineer.

He loved music and was active in the San Francisco Symphony and member of the Symphony Chorus, the SF Opera, Boy Scouts, and was active in many outdoor clubs.  He was a long time member and deacon of his Presbyterian Church and played the piano every Sunday.  He played Christmas carols for the CHC Holiday Dinner each year to the delight of our revelers.

I first met this man 25 years ago at an Officers’ Mess, an unofficial gathering of retired or ex-military men who got together monthly to put their old military decorations on a too-tight tux, eat roast beef, drink scotch, and generally regale each other with war stories of days gone by.

What I remember about Win in those days is that he had the oldest, well worn, but absolutely the finest tuxedo you have ever seen.  I asked him about it once, and he told me he bought it when he graduated from MIT!  It was not black, but midnight blue, and it looked great with his old military ribbons proudly pinned on.

We remained members of that club for many years, as did our friend John Ritchie, and during this period we both were members of CHC.  Now to understand Win, you need to understand the “long view” of things.  By this I mean wisdom, pure and simple wisdom.

Wisdom is a tough thing to define.  We can describe it better than we can define it. Wisdom speaks of maturity, of profound recognition.  When I think of wisdom, I think of the elders of CHC or any community, for that matter, who have seen so much that they are not thrown off course by short-term good news or bad news.

Wise people like Win have a long view of life in that, like that old midnight-blue tux, they are not blown about by fads, or the emotions of any given event or moment.  He was consistent and stable in what was good.  He loved old religious hymns, old ideas, and old concepts of good for the community because they were time-honored and classic.

Win had a great mind. When it came to San Francisco city matters, he was doggedly relentless in solving its problems.  I remember him showing up at a CHC meeting with a pile of papers and page after page of columns of numbers.  He proudly announced that, with these pages of numbers, he had calculated that the Presidio had enough money to restore some key buildings. We asked him how he got this confidential, guarded data and he told that he side-stepped the main Presidio Trust office and went to an old friend in the maintenance department, who just happened to have that data. Win was well connected.

He did the same thing when he identified that the Lucas buildings at the Presidio were too large and several stories too high for the number of people that would be working there. His research showed that, had the calculations been done properly, in advance, two stories could have been removed from the too-tall buildings that impeded sight lines of the bay and all of us could have had a better view; not just the top two floors’ occupants.

The last project that Win was working on was documenting the cable car tracks in SF that are still in place but were simply paved over by the city.  Win was, many times, way out in front of an issue.  He saw the growing Presidio area as an ever-increasing tourist attraction and was concerned about traffic and parking.  He remembered that the California line had once run out California to the Presidio from downtown, but there were no longer any visible tracks of this old line. Re-establishing the extended California line was his solution to a future traffic problem not yet identified as a problem. But where were the tracks?

So, Win rented one of those beachcomber metal detectors and he walked up and down California Street dodging traffic and searching for lost cable car tracks.  And he found them!

In addition to his aforementioned relentless pursuits, I am going to miss Win’s written reports which he sent to newspapers, elected officials, just about anybody connected to whatever he was reporting on. Understand that he typed his own reports on an old manual typewriter that had to be fifty years old.  The final product was always tight, dense logic but you had to get past the whiteout corrections, the handwritten comments, and the scotch-taped paragraph additions.  But oh man, the phenomenal quality of his CHC observations looked, appropriately, like an engineer from MIT developed them!

Men and women like this are valuable members of their community.  They crunch the numbers, play the piano, and support the causes of all the congregations. They rediscover the tracks.  They sing in the choir.  They carry the tune.  But now it is time for us to carry the tune for Win.

This is what we do in the California Heritage Council -- we take turns carrying the tune for one another.  Win will forever be in our hearts just like a faint tune, heard long ago; a melody played in the past from somewhere that you can’t quite put your finger on.  But memories are like a tune you can’t get out of your thoughts as played perhaps by a proud piano man in an old blue tux.

 

So long, old friend. God Bless.

John Hodges, CHC Chairman