76th annual july 4 celebration update

Volume LXXVI, Issue 4Summer 2017

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

President’s Message 2

Garage Sale Event 3

History Committee: EVP Coffee Shop Building 4

Golf Benefit 8

Lawn Mowers List 6

Calendar of Events 15

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SAVE THE DATEJuly 3

Neighborhood Picnic July 4

Independence Day Celebration August 5

Neighborhood Garage Sale

September 9 Westmorland Golf Benefit

This year’s celebration continues with what we hope will be a new tradition—the July 3 neighborhood picnic in the park. Just as we did last year, this will be a “BYOP” or Bring Your Own Picnic and we will provide some non-alcoholic beverages such as lemonade, water, coffee. Starting at 5 pm, bring your own food (and any beverages if you prefer your own, though no glass please) for the big band concert from 6:30-9 featuring Dimensions in Sound. Dimensions in Sound also played for us at last year’s event. Entertainment on July 4 will be Mad City Funk and playing from 12:30-3 pm.Midvale Heights and Sunset Village Neighborhoods have graciously offered financial support and returned as co-sponsors of events on both July 3 and 4. And with their help we are able this year to bring back the bounce house. Adding it in adds extra costs that we can’t take on without their help. We’re also bringing back the 50-50 raffle to help generate funds for event costs. Look for the raffle ticket sales booth in the shelter. Please note that the kids’ parade route will return this year to the traditional route from Queen of Peace Church to the park. The route is detailed on the insert. As always, decorate your bikes, strollers, wagons in red, white, and blue and join the Westmorland Walking Band, Girl and Boy Scouts, and hopefully an engine from Madison Fire Station 9 scheduled to lead the parade. Pizza Extreme returns again with their food carts and will serve pizza, brats, hot dogs, gyros, Chocolate Shoppe ice cream, and beverages. Please note that food and ticket sales are cash-only.Westmorland neighbors graciously step up each year to make our signature neighborhood event successful. You can volunteer for a listed task or just let me know that you’ll be available for any work. Volunteer shifts are flexible to make sure you get to celebrate too!

• Lots of baked goods for the always popular Cakewalk – bring them to the park on the 3rd or by 10 AM on the 4th.

• Supervision, setup and running kids carnival games• Help with July 3 Picnic and Concert• Parade marshals to help ensure safety at intersections • Sell game and raffle tickets• Call volunteers

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Hello Neighbors! It seems like we were just celebrating our 75th Annual Fourth of July

Event and now the 76th is upon us. As you know these events are only successful if we all pitch in to help. By now you should have seen requests for volunteers through our list serv and on Facebook. If not, we are making another request in this edition. Please consider helping.In this time of long daylight hours and lovely weather, I want to encourage you all to take the time to get to know your neighbors. Knowing your neighbors is a great way to keep our community strong and healthy. For example, if you know your neighbors, you are more likely to notice something out of the ordinary and can check with them to see if everything is okay. I encourage you to introduce yourself to your neighbors at events in the neighborhood. In addition, I encourage blocks to plan and host block parties. The WNA has funds to reimburse the first 10 block parties scheduled each year. Finally, I wanted to remind those of you who are not WNA members that it is too late to turn in

your forms and dues. Neighbors dues support all of our programming, including the Fourth of July Event, the Courier, and other WNA activities. Forms can be found on our website: http://westmorland-neighborhood.net. As always, if you have any questions about the WNA or Neighborhood events, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or any of the other Board members, whose contact information is provided on the last page of the Courier.

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Westmorland Garage Sale EventSubmitted by Liibby WqllerPlease join us for the annual neighborhood Rummage Sale—Saturday, August 5th from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Rain or shine! The sale has been simplified and is free to participate. Prior to the sale date ads will run on Craigslist and in the Wisconsin State Journal. Signs will be placed around the parameter of our neighborhood. All you need to do is set out your wares and sell, sell, sell! If you would like a Goodwill pickup following the sale, email me by no later than Tuesday, August 1. I can be reached at [email protected].

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Submitted by Liz Kopling Bridges Weekly Support Group is held every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Agrace, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway, Madison. This ongoing group is for adults who are grieving the death of a loved one. Spouse/Partner Loss Support Group is a six-week grief support series each Tuesday, July 25 through August 29, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. To register, call Jody at (608) 327-7118 or visit agrace.org/griefgroups.For details on all Agrace grief support groups, visit agrace.org.

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Westmorland History CommitteeSubmitted by Tom Martinelli, Westmorland History Committee

The History of the EVP Coffee Shop Building3809 Mineral Point Road

Many long time Westmorland residents may remember Ellis’ True Value Hardware Store operated by Maury and Kay Ellis for thirty years at 3809 Mineral Point Raid. But the building itself has a much longer history in the neighborhood. The building was built by Bill Herling, Sr. in 1940 (Herling also owned Herling’s General Store and Bar, now the popular Village Bar, next door to the building from 1928 until 1944). Bob Waterman purchased the building and operated Waterman’s Food Shop in the building from July 1941 until January 1945. The grocery store offered a variety of groceries and included a fresh meat counter. Waterman sold the grocery store business to John Frederick and Jim Farrell in January 1945 (Waterman purchased Herling’s Bar in September 1944 and renamed it Waterman’s Bar). Frederick was the general manager and Farrell ran the meat department at the Village IGA Food Shop until 1951 when a new, larger Century Food Grocery Store opened next door at 3817 Mineral Point Road (currently the Wisconsin Geological Survey office) and forced the smaller grocery store to close. The next businesses at the location were Reigle Hardware from 1952 until 1957 and then Harley’s Hardware from 1957 until 1961. Maury and Kay Ellis purchased the business location in 1961 and ran Ellis’ True Value Hardware Store until 1990.The building then housed many different businesses

from 1991 until 2006 including:• Marvin: The Door and Window Design Center

(1991-1997),• Don Rippen & Associates Furniture and Interior

Store (2000-2002),• Clarity Consulting (2004-2007),• Goblin Fern Press (2005), and• Ken Crocker Design (2005)

In 2006, the popular EVP Coffee Shop moved into a portion of the building and eventually took over the entire first floor. EVP stands for the French term ‘Etes-vous prets? meaning “are you ready?”.

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The article about Resurrection Cemetery in the March issue of the Courier was taken in part from Bishops to Bootleggers: A Biographical Guide to Resurrection Cemetery, More of the Ordinary and Famous Women and Men Who Shaped Madison and the World; Published by Historic Madison, Inc., 1999 and used with permission of Historic Madison, Inc. The History Committee has published a booklet on the history of the Village Bar. The 36-page, 43-photo booklet tells the history of the building that houses the Village Bar and the seven owners of the business from 1928-2017. Copies of the booklet are on sale for $4.00 only at the Village Bar.

Notes from the History Committee

Grace Herling standing in front of the IGA Grocery Store, 3809 Mineral Point Road, built by her husband Bill Herling, Sr. in 1940

Photo provided by Dennis HerlingCurrent EVP Coffee Shop at 3809 Mineral Point Road, 2010

Photo provided by Tom Martinelli

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Even though the Ellises don’t live right in Westmorland, their hardware store does. It has been a community landmark for 17 years. Ellis True Value Hardware, 3809 Mineral Point Road, opened for business on December 1, 1961. Originally the building housed The Westside IGA, according to Maury Ellis, but it had spent eight years in the hardware business even before he bought it.Not only is Ellis True Value a familiar name in the area, but it is also a long-time contributor to the Westmorland Community Association. Its ads appear both in the Courier and the Directory, and last July Ellis donated $100 to the Fourth of July fireworks fund.Ellis and his wife Kay now live at 534 Togstad Glen, but in the 1960s, they were Paunack Avenue residents. They have two children, Tim and Patti.The hardware business comes naturality to Ellis, possibly from experiencing it firsthand as a boy in Brooklyn, WI, where his father ran a hardware store. The Westmorland store has much of the same small town feel about it.“We are quite service oriented” Ellis said. “So many times, people can do the work around their houses, if they know what to buy and can get advice on what to do. Our store is there to give that help.”Ellis True Value features mainly hardware, kitchen, and other household items, but the more than 20,000 items

in the store also include toys and a variety of lawn care products as summer approaches.“We handle a lot of rentals,” Ellis added, “everything from rug and floor cleaners to sanders, drills, saber saws, staplers, and post hole diggers. Many rent for $1 a day and are items that aren’t too expensive, but the customer uses them so seldom that they aren’t worth a purchase.”The service idea is also carried through in the employees who quickly appear to help a customer.One employee, Wayne Hook, has been with the store for 15 years. Ellis employs one other full-time person and has four part-time workers, although he said there were twice that many to handle the summer trade.Good prices, plus service, Ellis readily admits, bring in customers. But to long-time Westmorland residents, Ellis True Value is still the name meaning “the place to go when I get stuck on a complicated job around the house.”That’s not a bad reputation to have after 17 years.Reprinted in part from a longer article in the Westmorland Courier, December 1978. Written by Paulette Sacksteder, Courier Editor.Maury Ellis passed away on April 7, 2014. Kay Ellis still lives in Waunakee, WI.

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July 3 Westmorland Neighborhood Picnic 5:00 p.m., Westmorland Park Dave Blouin

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July 4 76th Independence Day Celebration Westmorland Park Dave Blouin


August 5 Annual Garage Sale Westmorland Neighborhood Libby Waller [email protected]

September 9 9th Annual Westmorland Golf Benefit Glenway Golf Course, 10 a.m Dave Blouin


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Every 2nd Tuesday Neighborhood Watch Committee 6:30 p.m, Midvale Lutheran Church Earl Reichel


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September Courier is August 5.To advertise in the

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Emily Feinstein President 232-0502 [email protected] Tall Vice-President 234-0284 [email protected] Gunst Treasurer 441-0265 [email protected] Throneburg Secretary 467-7384 [email protected] Harrison Member 347-6967 [email protected] Martin Member 320-1963 [email protected]

Current Committee Chairs and Other Important ContactsAdvertising Manager Beth Erlandson 332-9752 [email protected] Social Events Coordinator VacantBlock Captain Coordinator Brian Tennant [email protected] Children’s Social Events Coordinator VacantCombined Health Fund Drive Richard Miller 238-2873 [email protected] Database Manager Eileen Hannigan 236-9840 [email protected] Garage Sale Coordinator Libby Waller (First Saturday in August) [email protected] Garden Tour Coordinator Ginny Bores 772-2648 [email protected] Parade/Party Coordinator Ellen Frazone 469-6877 [email protected] Healthy Lawn Team Representative Claire Gervais 233-8455 [email protected] History Committee Chairman Tom Martinelli 233-2850 [email protected] Ice Committee Dave Blouin 233-8455 [email protected] Tim Bohm 238-9985 [email protected]. July 4th Event Dave Blouin 233-8455 [email protected] Neighborhood Watch Committee Chair Earl Richel 236-4066 [email protected] New Neighbor Packets Coordinator Becky Zastrow 235-9555 [email protected] Planning & Development Committee Chair VacantSafety Committee Chair Mike Bell 238-2223 [email protected] Santa Visits Coordinator Rita Mullen 298-7274 [email protected] Web Site Editor Chris Tall 234-0284 [email protected] Westmorland Greenspace Manager Bonnie McMullin-Lawton 233-5109 [email protected] Westmorland Walking Band Director Julie Verban 692-9627 [email protected] Wine and Cheese Party Coordinator Claire Gervais 233-8455 [email protected]

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