Beatty Museum and Historical Society
May / June 1997
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Message from the President
Claudia Reidhead
Hi folks. Now that the Rhyolite Festival is behind us, we can concentrate on Railroad Days. I feel
that a round of appreciation should go to all of our local members who gave their time and talents to assist The Friends of
Rhyolite. They participated in the parade, the fashion show, were in costume at Rhyolite and served in various capacities. I will
not list them all as it would take up too much space, just know that each of them is truly appreciated.
We know
it's spring again, as Clint & Ellen have left Rhyolite and headed back to Oregon. We miss them here as usual, but this year they
left us Suzy and Riley, a welcome addition to the area. They will be staying here through the summer, keeping the
bottle house fence open and relating the history of the town.
We need full support for Railroad Days. The current
flyers that you will find in with your newsletter need to be posted in your neighborhood. This will help people learn what
we have going on here and perhaps they will plan a trip here and learn what we are about. There is so much happening, that
for two days it's going to be non-stop with something for everyone going on all the time. Mary Revert has accomplished the
impossible. with assistance from the rest of us, she has worked long hard hours and spend hours on the phone and mailed
out stacks of information to vendors and car clubs and to anyone asking for information.
Please come see the
GOLD exhibit that will be on display at the museum during Railroad Days. It will only be on display during those two days.
First and last chance to see it. Don't pass up the model train display at the Community Center. This is a wonderful exhibit of
scale model trains for you to see. We will have a real train car from the era on display. We will have several antique car clubs
showing their cars around town. There will be vendors selling their wares and wonderful handcrafts being sold by the museum. Also
two pig roasts, a street dance, an open air play, the "Almost Hole in the Wall Gang," a kangaroo court, kids games,
a Native American lecture and a horse shoe pitch for those of a mind to throw things.
Railroad Days has all the
makings of a big success that we will want to do again next year. Hopefully you will be here for this first time event. Our special
thanks goes to the Barrick Mine for the iron work on the windows of our museum and to members Joe & Lorayne White
who designed and installed them.
I am asking for a few more volunteers to help us man the museum on Mondays
and Tuesdays. we can't keep it open on those days without additional help. there seems to be a lot of people that want to visit
on those days, especially when I have bus tours, but I can't remain there as I have to stay with the buses. So come on locals,
we need your help.
We sadly say good-bye to Dianne Johnson, who has been volunteering at the museum on
Thursdays. She has moved to Cambria, CA. Our sympathies go out to the Thompson family whose great loss affected us all.
On a brighter note, we would like to thank the Oakland Historic Society, who took the time to include our museum on their recent
tour. We truly enjoyed their visit, all 70 of them. Their advice and encouragement means so much to us. We look forward to seeing
them again next year. And I look forward to seeing many of you in June.
"RIBITS' from the editor ....Bullfrog Billy
Our recent visit to Beatty during the Rhyolite Festival was most enjoyable. How great to see BMHS join in
the festivities with the Friends of Rhyolite to help make the Festival a success. Now we look forward to the Friends of Rhyolite joining us
for Beatty Railroad Days. it is nothing short of a WIN-WIN situation when all of the local groups work together to make these
events successful. Beatty Railroad Days is the biggest endeavor to date for BMHS. This issue is focused on all the events for
the big week-end of June 7th & 8th.
Our colorful history section displays some items from my collection as well as a
great story written by Claudia Reidhead. many thanks to Claudia for another great job. Also, a big thanks to our Graphic Arts
Designer, Mike Feuerstein, for his great work on the flyer page. Hopefully this issue will tempt all members and non-members
alike to be here for a great fun week-end.
I am truly amazed at how far this organization has advanced in such a short
period of time and talents to help make every event as successful as possible. Besides asking someone you know to join
our group, your kind attendance June 7th & 8th is the best way I know of to say "Thank You". Of course I'll be there to
insure that no-one is serving frog legs during the festivities and lay a few good "Ribits" on my favorite people, i.e. YOU.
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