The National Western Stock Show ends today, so say goodbye to the holiday lights till next year!
Your Opinion Requested
The City is running a survey about downtown parking. This may not be something you’re thinking about in January (when we have fewer tourists and the restaurants aren’t occupying the parking lanes) but they need to hear from us now, so they can try to make this summer better than last.
The survey is designed to identify people’s biggest concerns about parking; for instance:
Do you have trouble finding a spot close to your destination?
Do you find the parking kiosks/phone app hard to use (or hard to remember to use)?
Do you feel unsafe using the parking garages at night?
Do you find the two hour limit adequate?
Is parking enforcement adequate?
Would you prefer to park in the old Coors lot, and take a bus into the downtown area?
Take the survey, and let them know what you think. If they’re not asking the right questions to get at your concerns, use the “other” fields to describe them.
The City is also planning an open house and parking workshop on January 31st to seek public input about various downtown issues, so get that on your calendar.
What’s Happening in Golden Today?
9-10AM Rescue Puppy Yoga @ The Golden Mill – SOLD OUT
Bring your mats and get ready to have your dopamine levels soar. Class is 45 minutes long and you will have 15 minutes after class to take pictures, play and fill out adoption applications! More information
10AM Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
Live Music
11M-2PM Jon Ridnell @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
2PM The Fuzzheads @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2-5PM Marty Nightengale @ Golden Mill
4-7PM Mad Dog Blues Duo @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
81 Years Ago
After more than a decade of Depression, the Golden community was used to “making do,” but World War II brought “doing without” to a whole new level. Advertisements for new tires had been a regular feature in the Colorado Transcript, but once the war began, those ads disappeared.
Rubber was needed for the war effort, so tires for civilian vehicles were hard to get. According to the January 22, 1942 Colorado Transcript, people needing replacements were required to bring the old tire to an authorized inspection station so they could determine whether it could be repaired or retreaded. If the tire could no longer be repaired, the vehicle owner had to apply to the county tire rationing administrator to try to get a new one.
The names of successful applicants were listed in the paper. This was the complete list of new tires sold in Jefferson County for the two weeks prior to January 22nd, 1942:
Oscar Johnson, Arvada, route 2, two obsolete tires, size 4.5×21
Clarence R. Hinkle, Wheatridge, one 32×6 10-ply truck tire
Edwin Watson, route 3, Golden, two 6.25×16 4-ply tires
Willard J. Digby, 7830 Westview Dr., one truck tire
R. W. Browne, Lakewood, one tractor tire
Ernest Amos Rigli, Lakewood, two light truck tires
One article told of three men who were in jail, charged with grand larceny for stealing five tires and tubes, the wheels, battery, and radio from a car that was left unattended in Wheatridge.
Another article recommended that motorists write down the serial numbers, size and make of their tires to help the police identify them if they were stolen. The article went on to compare tire theft to horse-thieving in pioneer days (and pointed out that horse thieves were hanged).
Advertisements for new tires didn’t return to the Transcript until 1947.
Jimmie’s Shoe Shop adopted the wartime parlance by advertising shoe “retreading.”
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
