Berthoud Weekly Surveyor June 6, 2013 Page A5
A LOOK AT BERTHOUD
The historical society and Mark French are interested in obtaining and copying old photos from Berthoud’s past. Please contact Mark at 532-2147 if you have any photos you would like to share.
15th annual Berthoud Historic Home Tour showcases local heritage
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he 15th annual Berthoud Historic Home Tour will take place on Saturday, June 15. On that day the Arndt House at 706 Seventh St., the Newell House at 725 Welch Ave., the Cleaver House at 927 Fifth St. and the McCarty-Fickel Home at 645 Seventh St. will be the featured attractions. Each dwelling promises to provide tour-goers with a glimpse into the lives of Berthoud resiSurveyor dents who left Columnist their marks on the community over the past century. What is known as the Arndt House at 706 Seventh St. was actually built by Dr. Lewis E. Brown in 1929. Mark A dentist who French practiced briefly in Berthoud, Brown sold the dwelling to Vern Cady in 1935 for $3,500. For several years Cady operated Cady’s IGA store at 312 Mountain Ave., where he sold groceries, dry goods, clothing and shoes. Cady sold his cozy, blonde brick bungalow to Donald
and Idabelle Arndt in 1949. Dr. Arndt, a WWII veteran, housed his medical practice in a building behind the home, while his wife Isabelle followed a career as an elementary school teacher. The Arndts’ tenure in the house for over a half-century has made them the namesakes of the home that is being opened to the public for the first time this year as a courtesy of Brian and Isabelle Laak. A Central City miner turned Berthoud farmer, William Newell, built the Newell House at 725 Welch Ave. Newell and his family came to the area in 1883 when they purchased a farm one mile east of the recently relocated town of Berthoud. Newell, who was one of the builders of the Handy Ditch and the first president of the Berthoud Farmers Milling & Elevator Company, built the house in 1906 when he retired from farming. In 1932 the house was purchased by Roscoe and Grace Haworth. At that time, during the depths of the Great Depression, the dwelling was sold to them for $1,500. Members of the Haworth family, that included children Bob and Virginia, lived in the home for several decades. The Newell House is being provided for the tour by owner Leslie Deptowicz. The Cleaver House at 927 Fifth St. became the property of United Brethren minister Rev. J.W. Cleaver in 1908. It is thought that the home
Public Star Night Special to the Surveyor Public Star Night at the Little Thompson Observatory, will be held on Friday, June 21 from 7 - 11 p.m., 850 Spartan Ave. at Berthoud High School (park east of the high school; directions are posted on our website, www. starkids.org). The guest speaker is Suzanne Metlay, faculty member at Western Governors University, and the title of her talk is “Tides in and Out of the Solar System.” Imagine tides without water and see the effects of tidal forces throughout the cosmos. Tides are the result of gravitational interactions, and they create some of the most beautiful structures in space. Please join Metlay for a lively discussion of these lovely, ever-changing features in and beyond
Summer ozone season begins Special to the Surveyor June 1 marks the beginning the summer ozone season along Colorado’s Front Range. Ozone Action Alerts are issued on days when meteorologists from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) expect weather conditions to lead to increased ground-level ozone concentrations in the metropolitan-Denver and Front Range region. The cities of Berthoud, Loveland, Fort Collins, and Greeley are included in the alert area. Ozone that occurs at ground level is
was built as a rental house by another United Brethren minister, Rev. W.H. McCormick, in 1905. Life in the home revolved around the Cleaver’s church friends and Mrs. Cleaver’s piano students, who were given lessons in the front room of the home. At the time Rev. Cleaver was an active minister in Berthoud, the United Brethren church was located at the northeast corner of Fourth Street and Turner Avenue. With Dr. D.W. McCarty and Morley Fairbairn, Cleaver founded the Berthoud Dale summer resort area in the Big Thompson Canyon near Estes Park. The Cleavers lived in the home until 1922. Jan Nichols, who currently resides in the Cleaver House, is opening its doors on tour day. The house that Dr. D.W. and Jennie McCarty built at 645 Seventh St. in 1916 has found a new life as the McCarty-Fickel Home house museum. Designed in the architectural style of a “Denver Square,” the home contains numerous items and artifacts that were used by the McCarty and Fickel families. Dr. Helen Fickel, who was the McCarty’s daughter, continued to make the house the family home after her father’s death in 1937. During the tour on June 15 the McCarty-Fickel home will be open for tours and an exhibition of paintings by Berthoud’s Kathleen Gruman. Gruman’s most recent painting of Berthoud’s iconic Wayside Inn will be on display from tour day until
Photo courtesy of Avis Haworth
The Newell House at 725 Welch Ave. will be featured on the 2013 Berthoud Historic Home Tour. At the depths of the Great Depression in 1932 the house was purchased by Ross and Grace Haworth for $1,500.
the Berthoud Historical Society’s annual Pioneer Heritage Gala on Sept. 21, when it will be auctioned to the highest bidder. For the past few years Berthoud Historic Home Tour and the Berthoud Outdoor Quilt Show have joined forces to make the third Saturday in June
Public star nights at LTO are held our solar system. the third Friday of each month (except Metlay is full-time faculty in July, when we are closed for annual Geoscience Teacher Education at maintenance). No reservations are necWestern Governors University, a fully essary for these nights. Just come and online non-profit university founded in 1997 by 19 governors of western states, join us for the talk and some observing afterwards. including Colorado. If you have any Previously, Metlay questions, please call taught astronomy and the observatory inforgeology at Front Range mation line at 970Community College 613-7793 or check the in Longmont and Fort LTO website at www. Collins, was operations starkids.org. director for Secure World Public Star Nights at Foundation in Superior, the Pioneer Museum, and served as educa224 Mountain Ave. tion programs manager in Berthoud, home of at CU-Boulder’s Fiske the historical six-inch Planetarium. Brashear Refractor The doors will open at from John Bunyan, are 7 p.m. and the presentaheld on the first Friday tion will start at 7:30 of each month. If you p.m. Weather permitting Courtesy photo have any questions, after the presentation Suzanne Metlay. please call the Bunyan (around 8:30 p.m.), visiobservatory informators will be invited to obtion line at 970-532-2147 or check the serve various celestial objects through museum web site at: http://www.berour six-inch Astro-Physics Refractor, thoudhistoricalsociety.org/bunyan.htm. 18-inch Tinsley, and 24-inch Cole Reflector telescopes. an important air pollutant. Elevated levels can cause symptoms in people that include stinging eyes and throat, chest pains, coughing and respiratory distress. Those at highest risk of symptoms due to elevated ozone levels include the elderly, young active children, and anyone with a pre-existing respiratory condition such as emphysema or asthma. Even healthy adults who spend a lot of time working or exercising outdoors may be affected by elevated ozone levels. During ozone alert days, people can lower their risk of developing symptoms by limiting prolonged outdoor exercise. Particularly sensitive individuals may even be advised to stay indoors. Ozone is different from most other air pollution in that it is not emitted directly into the atmosphere. Instead, ozone forms in the lower atmosphere when other primary emissions react in the presence of heat and sunlight. Those emissions are volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. The sources of these ozone forming emissions include cars and trucks, industrial operations, oil and gas wells, residential activities such as mowing lawns and using paints and stains, as
well as from naturally-occurring sources such as volatile organics from evergreen trees. Ozone alerts serve two important purposes: They provide specific health advice for people who may be affected by elevated ozone levels, and they inform the community about steps that can be taken to help reduce ozone during those times. Because ozone formation occurs when air emissions bake in the hot summer sun, citizens can help by taking voluntary steps to reduce these pollutants. Some suggestions for individual action include: • Keep your car tuned and tires well inflated to increase mileage and reduce fuel use • Stop at the click when refueling your car or truck to limit vapors at the gas pump • Refuel after dusk in the summer to avoid the period of intense sunlight • Bring your lunch to work so you don’t need to drive • Combine trips, take the bus, or postpone a trip during an alert if possible • If you use a gas-powered mower, delay lawn mowing until evening to avoid the period of intense ozone formation
a day to “Make History in Berthoud!” This year an antique tractor show and parade that will be held that day in the 700 block of Turner Avenue promises to provide something for everyone. The tractor show and parade is the topic of next week’s tale.
OBITUARY Dona Bromley May 21, 2013 Dona Mae Bromley, 81, of Berthoud passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at MeadowView Senior Living Memory Care Unit in Greeley, Colo. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Monday, June 10, at 10 a.m. at John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Loveland, Colo. Interment at Greenlawn Dona Bromley Cemetery, Berthoud, Colo. A viewing will be held at Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home, Sunday, June 9, from 3 - 5 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Accent Care Hospice, 1180 Main St., Suite 9, Windsor, CO 80550 or Parkinson Association of the Rockies, 1325 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 204B, Denver, CO 80222. Family and friends may view the full obituary and express condolences at www.kibbeyfishburn.com. • Avoid painting and staining projects in the heat of the day • Use water-based paints and stains • Avoid idling you car unnecessarily while waiting (parking lots, train crossings, etc.) Ozone also occurs in the upper atmosphere at an altitude of 10 to 30 miles above the Earth’s surface. This upperlevel ozone is not a form of air pollution, and in fact blocks ultraviolet rays thereby protecting us from skin cancer, cataracts, and possibly immune system damage. More information about ozone in our region is available at www.ozoneaware. org. A link on that website allows individuals to sign up to receive a daily e-mail ozone level advisory.