Here are the minutes of the BHS. Posted July 19,2024 at 6:16 A.M.
http://belmonthistoricalsociety.com/sites/default/files/BHS_6-9-90.pdf
Capturing Beauty
by
John Presco
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
At no time in my five day discussion with the BHS on Facebook, did they tell me where Carl Janke and his wife were buried so I might visit their graves, something a billion Earthlings have done over the centuries, thus they defeated the purpose of cemeteries. Here is a real record of human beings getting permission to desecrate graves, and dishonor…..THE DEAD! They never dreamed they would be caught. They never had a vision of JUSTICE……arriving, one day! I can not resist employing the image above to DEMONSTRATE the real drama these people created.
I am kin to Puritan Leader, John Wilson. Cuddle by the fire, and listen to ancient tales – of the dead! You do understand the process of burial, with names on tombstones, is for the benefit of the Loved Ones? Being deprived of this, in a conspiracy – is really being played down by the Belmont City Council and the Mayor of Belmont who I made aware of this travesty on numerous occasions. The City Leaders are supposed to keep records. To not do this – is illegal! Will they use my dark reaction as a defense? How many gravestones were moved. There is just one – with three people in it. Where is the missing stone? Is Denny Lawhern talking about an old pioneer graveyard – that was IN THE WAY of a freeway? The cemetery still exists – under a thousand tons of concrete? And, the only thing the BHS can do is ask for a JANKE plaques be placed on “the fabulous Bay tree”? Is this, the title of the book and movie that – Satan made? Will God’s Justice – prevail? I want to read more discussion! How about you?
“She suggested that a plaque be placed on the fabulous Bay tree in Twin Pines Park. This is to be discussed.“
‘Denny Lawhern discussed documentation of grave site location and proof that the grave stones were removed to prevent vandalism during routing of new freeway 280. The cemetery still exists & bodies are still there . “
John Presco
President: Royal Rosamond Press
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BELMONT HIS~ORICAL SOCIETY
MINUTES
SATURDAY JUNE 9,1990
The meeting was called to order at 9:30 am by President Tom Seivert.
PRESENT:Rose Ozwirk, Ellie Woodard, Doris Vannier, Eve Sterry, Tom
Seivert,Barbara Johnson, Denn y Lawhern, Bert Johnson, Russ Estep,
Hally Rogers, Trish le Edwards,Hartley Laughead.
OLD BUSINESS:
- SECRETARY ‘S REPORT. Read and ap p roved.
2.TREASURER’S REPORT. Read and approved. Barbara Johnson presented
Financi a l Statement. Balance on hand May 31, 1990 … $1,977.02.
Russ Estep a sked if Ruth Parri s h’s du es are paid and they are up
to da t e. Tom Seivert is unab le t o get ahold of Fran Fa rme r conce rni ng an
upda t e of membership. Ellie Woodard has membe rship information
from Anna Scott f or Fran Farmer . Eve Sterry had discussion of Robert ‘s Rules of Order and distributed copy of Con s titution and by laws of Belmont Historical Societ y
Back t o the Agenda ..
1 . Report on Art and Wine Festival. Trish le Edwards reported the
people were delighted with the Room, so ld 4 pams, Donations of$20.35,
3 new members,42 Heritage Books. Total was $315. 35. Many wanted
these as gifts for children & housewarming gifts fo r neighbors .
Hartley to get more Pointers to The Past pams from AAUW. Denny
est imated over 1,000 people visit ed t h e room & 300 signed the
Guest Book. - No progress report on Belmont, As We Remember It. Anna Sco tt did
not attend the meeting. We have $250 available through a grant . It
must be used by August. Denny sugg e sted Anna Scott may need help.
Ell ie Woodard said first few pages ar e set up and plans are t o put
it on a disc when printed and available for future copies . - Eve Sterry read report on Heritage and Newsletter and h a d copies
available. Discussed infor mation on missprint of Belmont Community
Catalog which had been corrected. Tom Seivert discussed la st Board
Meeting where it was decided our Society was created primarily because we were asked to form a group by Parks and Rec. & Jim Mc Laughli
since a place was needed fo r Histrical Belmont Pictures .
Eve Sterry said she is resigning her post as Editor of the Newsletter,
if it isn’t true to history. Trish leEdwards said the Newsletter
mu s t represent views of group at large. Eve Sterry said,”Please
accept my resignation. 11 Tom Seivert accepted r esignation.
Denny Lawhern discussed documentation of grave site location and
proof that the grave stones were removed~to prevent vandalism during
routing of new freeway 280. The cemetery still exists & bodies are
still there . Records are at San Ma teo County Historical So c iety.
Doris Vannier reported that the History of Be lmo n t was b rought up
long before gravesite subject. In 1972 Doris Vannier & Ju anita Doyle
had wo rked with a group at The Belmon t Congregati on al Church & attempted to get together a Belmont History Group. Finally , Tom Seivert
was able to take over as head and made some thi ng of it. Eve Sterry
asked that it be put in the recor d that the placeme n t of grave stones
was made by ou r Society. She sugge sted that a plaque be placed on
the fabulous Bay ~ree in Twin Pines Park. Th i s is to be di scussed. - Ell ie Woodard reported on photographs from Mrs . D. Bl ank . Carlmon
Camera made negative for reproductions. There ar e now 142 it e ms in in
tory a nd new things ar e coming in. Deed o f gifts hav e been given
to a ll, c opy to donor , info on file and als o in b i nder.
Bert ,Johnson, a s Docent on Wednesday ,talked to Ea rl Miller and
identified people in picture of dog racing track . Russ Estep mentioned picture o f Florence Vannie r on Firetruc k & his ph oto of S . F .
Bay from Belmont hi lls showing Red Rock Hill. Doris Vannier has
picture of sister Flor ence, whe n 6 years old,during dedication of
cabi n in Golden Gate Park for Ca lifornia Pionee r s . Bill Kn owl and is
hol din g her hand. Ellie will have pictur e copied . Tom Seivert mentioned picture of people in grandstand at dog track from Earl Miller .
Doris Vannier sa id there were more people at the dog track than l ived
i n Belmont. There were thousands. Eve St e rr y discussed Hi s torical Bay
Tree in the Pa rk . Doris Vannier told of Carl Janke & wife being buried
there bef ore being moved to Union Cemetery in R.C. Denny suggested
further discussion & permission from City Council . Tom suggested that
this was a good idea and should be put on the agend a fo r new business - No repo rt on membership,since Fran Farmer did not attend. Denny
suggested we mu st contact Fran Fa rmer and get information by next mt g
6 . Tom Seivert r eported on display of California Express Comp any
envelopes & Historical Belmont postals at Belmont Library , which
ac companied talk on Belmont’s First Library . 20-30 p e ople attended
including a professor from S . F. State Col l ege & person involve d
wi th first Library in Belmont. Plans were made to have Gordon Seely
of S .F. State to speak to group. Intermission: Time for coffee & ” Fabu lous Lemon Squares” from
Redwo od City Heri tage Cook book, served by Trish le Edwards and Barba r
John s on.
NEW BUSINESS:
Russ Estep men tioned Mt . Vernon and trail down to River and tombstones. May be d one in a simil ar sty le here . To be discussed next meEing . Ell ie Wooda rd discussed St ationery & had it done with instructions from Park & Rec., u s ing picture of Manor Hous e by Artist ConnieMorgan.
Cost is $1 00. to sell at $3.00 each. Russ Estep moved that we
complete this this pro ject, Ros e Ozwirk 2nd . It was voted to purchase additional supplies . Barbara Johnson, as Tr easurer to pay e xpE ses . Trish to do copy work .. Voted approval.- Tom Seivert discussed Council Mtg. Tue s . June 12,1990 concern ing
Pres e rvation Survey. MvK ent Seavy , histo r y Pr o fessor f rom Monterey
will be working on p roject. There is $6 ,0 00. 0 0 avail able t o do the
Study. Volunteer s will be needed to get information & do cuments
from Co unty Cour thouse .
Doris Vannier discussed work done to trace information on El Camino
Re al Mission Bells done b y Russ Estep & Juanita Doyle . Russ said
t here were three in Belmont ; one at train station and one no rt h &
one s o uth . Discussion about Belmont train s t ation sign. Ruth Barrett Ross
Parrish has the sign and wants to know when someone can pick it up. - Victor ian Da ys i n the Park will be August 25 & 2 6 , Sat. & Sun. 10; :
5:30pm, reported by chai r person, Barba ra J ohnson . Plans were made to
dressup a nd a sign up sheet was passed.
page 3 of 3 pages. Eve Sterry said $66 worth of books were sold last time . Plans to set
up booth on Fri, August 24. Suggestions for photos, artifacts and
‘Hands On’, participatory Activities. - Plans were made for changing of meeting time to 2nd Thurs . eve .
7-8:30 p.m.Sept., Jan.,March and June, starting in Sept . to see how
it works.
Eve Sterry discussed the number of Newsle tters per year,& plans to
get one out by Sept. Doris Vannier suggested a follow-up with phone
calls. Doris Vannier suggested we ask for a duplicate key to Restroom - Denny Lawhern discussed display of tools as new acquisition. Also
picture of early Baseball team present ed by Betty Slay and Sea Scout
di spl ay,” Porthole of the-Past”, with porthole from the Barge-1959-1990
He also showed displa y of col o r e d photos of older building s in Belman
Doris Vannie Ddiscussed residents of ea r ly h omes.
Eve Sterry, as Corresponding Sec re t ary, r ead l e t t er from Belmont
Libr a rian, Linda Chiochios, with a positive comment regarding the
Historical Program & mentioned the natural partnership o f the Librar:
& the Historical Society.
Denny plans to put a mail slot on t he door for delive r y p urposes when
the room is closed . Denny sugge sted a noth er Preservation project witl
the cemetery a t Adel a ide & Chr i s t ia n Dri ve . It has b ee n there since
depression times du r ing the 1920′ s with 200 graves an d wooden markeJ
for poor people.
5 . Summer Concerts and Shakespeare Days were discussed and the suggestion was made to have the room during this peri od of Park Activiti es .
Plans were made to request another sign for directions to museum .
Trish reported on research of activities on Park during summer. Since
the room is a community effort , it should be open at peak hours . Eve
Sterry and Denny moved we accept as a group the plan to keep open
wheneve r the staff is available.
Under OTHER BUSINESS: Barbara Johnson requested permission to buy a
coffee pot for the room.Moved a nd Ell i e Woodard 2nd, al~a pproved .
Barbara Johnson suggested that any bills be turned in to her·.
Tom Seivert mentioned work projects Denny has completed, such a s the
lectern & cupboard. Eve Sterry mentioned the Guest Book, and Hartly·Lat
ead mentioned the chest of drawers & findings from the Tannery .
The meeting was adjourned at 11:50 a .m .
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BELMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL BE HELD IN
THE EVENING ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF SEPTEMBER: 9/13/90 at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted ,
Hally Rogers, Secreta.l!’.yr.
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Song by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics
Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing
Her father promised her that he would send her the Angel of Music
Her father promised her
Her father promised her
You were once my one companion
You were all that mattered
You were once a friend and father
Then my world was shattered
Wishing you were somehow here again
Wishing you were somehow near
Sometimes it seemed, if I just dreamed
Somehow you would be here
Wishing I could hear your voice again
Knowing that I never would
Dreaming of you won’t help me to do
All that you dreamed I could
Passing bells and sculpted angels
Cold and monumental
Seem, for you, the wrong companions
You were warm and gentle
Too many years
Fighting back tears
Why can’t the past
Just die?
Wishing you were somehow here again
Knowing we must say goodbye
Try to forgive, teach me to live
Give me the strength to try
No more memories, no more silent tears
No more gazing across the wasted years
Help me say goodbye
The Puritan Spirit Is With England
Posted on August 18, 2021 by Royal Rosamond Press
The Spirit of Cogswell family – are on my side! They have raised – KANE! The people of England and Europe are wondering if they can trust the United States any longer. The Evangelical Insurectionists want to make war on half of America – till kingdom come!
Last night I put forth the idea of the Three Friends having a reunion in Boston, at the Ritz-Carlton. I am going to contact Anthony Hayden-Guest and see if he wants to be there for….
THE RETURN OF THE PROPHET
John ‘The Puritan Prophet’
https://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/boston/rooms-suites/deluxe-guest-room
https://charlierose.com/videos/7805
I Am Solomon Kane
Posted on September 17, 2018 by Royal Rosamond Press
I am ordained to carry on the cosmology of Solomon Kane!
At the first snowfall of winter, I put on my boots, my Bobby cape, my black hat, and took a walk up to Fort Hill that was in the center of the Mel Lyman commune. As I walked across the open square, enjoying the sound of the fresh snow cracking under my boots, I saw a man shadowing me as I made my way to the tower.
Solomon Kane
Snow Down On Fort Hill
Posted on March 19, 2012by Royal Rosamond Press
The man who was stalking me, got to the tower as I did.“What are you doing here?” he asked.
“What are you doing here? I asked.
“I’m guarding this place? he answered.
“Are you packing a gun?
“Yes!” he answered.
We now had an ecorteric conversation on freedom of speech, and the idea of folks carrying guns to protect their point of view. There is no doubt what-so-ever that I was talking to Paul Williams, an armed guard for Mel Lyman and his wife, Jessie Benton, who are found in my family tree, after Christine married Garth Benton.
Paul would later flee for his life from the Lyman Family, he convinced they were a dangerous cult who would kill anyone who threatened them.
Defying the Boston Mafia
Posted on February 12, 2014by Royal Rosamond Press
Playing Chess For People’s Lives
The Four Hollow Souls Raised by Kane
Posted on September 18, 2018 by Royal Rosamond Press
I own the Four Literary Spirits of the New World. My story is about the literary battle I have fought over, The Bible, The Hobbits, James Bond, and American Art, History and Letters. Then there are the Bohemians. At any given time these sprits will haunt Skipton Castle, Sleepy Hollow, or, the King’s Chapel in Boston. Here is my treatment for a movie – and book!
The Spirit of Saint Paul is awoken from a deep sleep. Yes, I dare mess with Paul! About time someone did! He is the greatest sacred down in history! His old conscience was bothering him again. He had been a savage mass-murderer of the first Church, a real Charlie Manson doing Helter-Skelter! He says he was saved by blinding light on the road to Damascus. Paul lied when he said it was Jesus who blinded him, and, later had conversations with him. He tried to tell the Church the truth before he died, but, Timothy intercepted his last letter to the Church in Paris.
It is from Paris that he feels the darkest energy he ever felt. He understands there was a child born of Cain, the murderer of his brother. From this lineage ‘The Beast’ of Revelations is now in the earth, and bringing all that is light into the Eternal Darkness. Employing darkness to fight darkness, Paul raises from the dead, John Wilson, who is Solomon Kane. The Headless Hussian who I will name von Stuttmeister. The unmerciful John Clifford, and, Rip van Winkle. The Terrible Neglecter of Wives.
Thinking the Son of the Beast will soon be dispatched to hell, and about to fall back into a Eternal Rest, Paul’s eyes are suddenly wide open!
“Uh-oh! I fucked up again. I just launched the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. Oh well. Not my problem! It’s in God’s hands now!”
John Presco 007
Copyright 2018
http://www.shakespeareandhistory.com/young-clifford.php
“For this very reason, I (Paul) truly thought in myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarean, Which I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints I shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my full consent against them” (Acts 26:9 – 10, HBFV)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow
“Rip Van Winkle” is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War in a village at the foot of New York’s Catskill Mountains where Rip Van Winkle lives, a Dutch-American villager. One autumn day, Van Winkle wanders into the mountains with his dog Wolf to escape his wife’s nagging. He hears his name called out and sees a man wearing antiquated Dutch clothing; he is carrying a keg up the mountain and requires help. Together, the men and Wolf proceed to a hollow in which Rip discovers the source of thunderous noises: a group of ornately dressed, silent, bearded men who are playing nine-pins.
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a horror story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” was first published in 1820. Along with Irving’s companion piece “Rip Van Winkle“, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannonball in battle.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow
Brevoort Womb Raiders
Posted on October 4, 2017by Royal Rosamond Press
On this day, October 4, 2017, I declare myself Official Caretaker and Honorary Member of the Brevoort Family – attached to fellow artist – James Renwick Brevoort! God speed!
For the reason the law firm of Robert Brevoort Buck sold the Rosamond name and artistic legacy to outsiders, then trashed our family reputation with alleged accounts of incest in order to make money, then it only fitting that James be employed to lift me up from the gutter, and exalt me as I exalt all Brevoorts – save one!
For the reason Sydney, Buck&Snyder rejoined Christine and Garth in a posthumous un-holy matrimony, so non-family folks can make money, I believe a legal precedent has been set, and a trendy tradition established that involves Grave Robbing and Womb Raiding. No family tree is sacred – and safe!
Let us title this Time Transfer ‘The Famous Rip Van Winkle Rip’. I am also assuming the name Van Trump who was born in Paris, just incase he is kin to our President whose middle name is John. I will contest his Will.
I am also carrying the school of Found, and Ready Made Art – that Duchamp made famous – to the next level. Ready Made Artists – is all the rave! These Creative Transfers are approved by the Nine Muses who are The Source of All Creativity. Help yourself! Why be yourself? The Hudson River School has been utterly abandoned. All their landscaped are mine to roam around in, now, and long after I am dead! Cyber Land Deeds are coming!
Note the cheap trick James employs in reflecting stuff off a body of water. He was a One Trick Pony. This is why he was doomed to obscurity – until I became him!
Belmont Needed Our Land
Posted on May 31, 2023 by Royal Rosamond Press
My daughter and grandson at Cypress Lawn
“and quickly acquired most of it.”
I insist the History Department of Stanford assist me in gathering all the information there is on Carl Janke and Family so it can be studied.. I will post in increments. Two of the portable houses that Janke brought around the Cape were erected in San Francisco. Carl built a Turnverein Hall in the city my father was born.
John Presco
john-presco@rosamondpress.com
Page 56 – Her Side of the Story (californiapioneers.org)
Elizabeth D. Johnson
Birth Place: Germany
Pioneer Father:Carl August Janki
Birth Place: Germany
Date of Arrival in California: Sept. 12, 1850
Pioneer Mother: Anna Dorthea Peterson
Birth Place: Germany
Date of Arrival in California: Sept. 12, 1850
Death: Father: Belmont 1881; Mother: Belmont 1881
Remarks: My father was the first to bring portable houses to the city. I believe two were erected where Sherman & Clays Music store now stands (Sutter & Kearney). One on Montgomery Street on part of the lot now occupied by the D.O Mills building and two on Folsom Street near First All were covered with slate roofs. My two brothers wore the flag of the Old Fusilier Guard. A building company called California Fusiliers (German) of which Colonel Little was the captain. My father also built and managed the first Turn Verein Hall situated on Bush Street near Powell. The hall was dedicated Christmas Eve and all the people of note in the city attended the exercises.
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