Santa Ana: 1940 to 2007
by Roberta Reed
is the third in a series of Santa Ana history books created
in conjunction with the Santa Ana Historical
Preservation Society and published by Arcadia
Publishing. The book will be on sale in the
next few days and we will be among the first
to have copies.
Yes, you can get a copy from Barnes & Noble,
Woodward's Ace Hardware, and a number of other local
stores that we'll list as soon as we confirm them.
BUT, if you order through the Society, the proceeds
will go directly to our efforts to preserve and
celebrate local history, as well as maintain the
beautiful Dr. Willella Howe-Waffle House and Medical
Museum. (Proceeds from our events, book sales, and
salvage efforts allow us to maintain this wonderful,
wonderful building.)
Click here to download a flyer to buy the book
from us. All books sold will be personally
signed by the author, Roberta Reed!
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This Place Matters!
-- The Dr. Howe-Waffle House has been included in a
national online program
to highlight "places that matter." The photo shows the recent
painting and roofing renovation.
Click here for the National Trust link.
Thanks to Nicholas Ball for being our spokesmodel.
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What's going on?
-- Well, we're happy to say that the Dr. Howe-Waffle
House is enjoying a
well-deserved renovation of sorts with a new premium-quality roof,
a beautiful new paint job,
termite tenting, wood steps, wrought iron fence, and gazebo repair, landscaping, and a
bunch of
other things. The project
began in mid-April and was finished earlier this
month.
Click here
to see the latest photos
A big thanks to the City of Santa Ana, who helped us
obtain a federal Community Block Grant
and who is overseeing the project, our production project leader
Steve Cate, Behr Paints for
donating all the paint and primer for this job, ABC Roofing and
CertainTeed who have drastically
reduced the price of their superior roofing materials, and to the
various Society members
who have donated over the last year to help with this project.
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The Dr. Howe-Waffle House has been selected to be
included as part of the Smithsonian
Magazine's "Museum Day" celebration offering free admission to
certain museums on
September 27th. We will partner with the Old Orange County
Courthouse Museum from 11 am
to 4 pm, who will also be open on this rare Saturday for them.
Please come visit. More
information will be posted as we get closer, but you can download
the free admission pass at
the
Smithsonian's website.
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Newsletters Posted
-- We've just posted many back issues of our society
newsletter.
Click "Who we are" to see what's
available.
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Santa Ana Memorabilia Room
-- The Society has created the beginning of a "Santa
Ana Room"
where we will display items from Santa Ana's past.
We have a variety of cabinets and now we're
looking to fill them with anything from our past that
has Santa Ana on it (advertising items, old
photos, products made in SA (with the city name on
it), etc. If you would like to donate any items
that we could use, please contact us at
sahps@sahps.org
or leave a message at 714 547-9645.
If you have some Santa Ana item just collecting dust,
please consider donating it. We'll add a
note saying who donated it.
We'll let you know how the room looks as time goes on.
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