Saturday, August 09, 2008

Silverado, Leo Fender, Priscilla Hoel, and updates

Today's images are photos of beautiful downtown Silverado from 1962. The Silverado Branch Library is roughly in the center of both shots.
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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008 would have been inventor Leo Fender's 99th birthday. A native of Santa Ana, Fender's electric guitar, bass, and amplifier designs would change popular music forever. Fender's factory was located in Fullerton.
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I should have noted earlier the death of Priscilla Hoel, founding member and docent of Los Amigos de las Colinas in El Toro. A recent article in the Register tells more about how she and her Amigos helped preserve the heritage of Saddleback Valley.
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Frequently, people add interesting comments to older Roundup posts. Recent examples include Marty Martindale who posted about his dad and Ted Mangels, who assembled the first Autopia cars. In a separate email to me, Marty also wrote, "You might enjoy the following story that includes a funny incident when dad was testing the Autopia car with Bob Gurr around the streets of Newport and crashed it by the old police station."
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Also, "El Bocho" posted some questions about "Indian Mystic Rock" amid the replies to my June 5 post about the Hanging Tree. Perhaps you can help him find his missing rock.
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And finally, I've heard from Thomas B. Talbert's kin in recent days. If this connection leads somewhere interesting, I'll certainly post about it here.

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