Haunted Howe-Waffle House????
We sort of doubt it, but psychic Michael Kouri
came to visit recently with a few fellow
psychics. They say they heard some voices and
some apparitions. Nothing bad-spooky,
but we thought you'd like to see the short
news segment that was made from it.
Click here. (Requires Flash on your
computer.) By the way, the names of the
people are mixed up. A ghost in the
machine????????
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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 is
on sale and we're among the first to have
copies.
Yes, copies are also available at (in SA) Woodward's
Ace Hardware, Rags, Macres Florist, Martinez Books,
Bowers Museum, SA College Bookstore, SA Library,
Walgreens, Arrow True Value (Orange), Tea Leaf Cottage
(Orange), and Walgreens (Tustin) and Barnes & Noble (mulitple
cities)
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 or
click here to go to our online
store to buy the book
from us. If you would like the books to be
signed by the author, please let us know.!
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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 has enjoyed 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 in June..
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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Other old News and
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Celebrating Thirty
Four Years of
Preserving Our Fair City! |
In 1974, the Society was formed to save the
Dr. Howe-Waffle House from imminent destruction during an urban renewal project. Today, the Society is stronger than ever thanks to our members and generous donors. We
continue to create community programs such as
the award-winning historical cemetery tour,
salvage old-home building materials for reuse,
develop local history coloring books & guide maps
for children and adults, feature special seminars,
and support preservation activities performed
by others throughout the city and county. Of
course, one of our main missions (and expense)
is to preserve and maintain the Dr.
Howe-Waffle House and we open the House on a regular basis.
In addition, we also support Santa Ana and
Early Orange County history by providing historical information
and photos online 24 hours a day, continue to
create new series of historical mini-books, and
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Time to Join the Society! |
We can do the neat things we do in preserving and celebrating our history because we have members who support us. Please consider joining and helping us. No membership level is too low. But the more you give, the easier it is for us to continue our work and to do new things.
We urge you to help us either as a volunteer or as a member. Obviously donations are always appreciated and can be designated to help a program, provide care for the house, or just help with our normal expenses.
Click here for information on membership and donations.
The house is located at 120 Civic Center Dr., West, corner of Sycamore and between Main and Broadway, in Historic Downtown Santa Ana. Call 714 547-9645 for more information. |
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