Textiles, Music & Auction

*Golden Eye Candy – Kat LeFevre – November on the Creek – click to enlarg*e

Real World Events

10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
8AM New and Prospective Member Hike @ Apex Trail
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library

Live Music

2-5PM Mostly Harmless @ Golden Mill

4-7PM Jon Eric Farmer @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

6-11PM Lionel Young Band – Special Guest Johnny O Band @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)

Golden History Moment

Heine Foss, Pete Coors, Bob Edwards, Cliff Evans, Bob Coomes, Joe Meyer and Mayford Peery bought a 6-pack of Coors for $400. Coors promised to autograph it, and the group planned to send it it President Carter’s brother, Billy. – click to enlarge

44 Years Ago
The November 21, 1977 Golden Transcript gave a thorough, cheerful recap of the recent “Golden Civic Foundation-Daily Transcript Community Auction.”

Considering the swanky event that the auction has become, it’s interesting to see its humble beginnings. They held it in the vacant Hested’s store. It started at 10AM and went on “all day–” presumably until they had sold the 600 donated auction items.

*The Golden Fire Department–Lee McBride, Will Maley, Bob Ensminger, and Chief Gary Granquist–bought a single can of Billy Beer for $200. Pete Coors autographed that too.*

They raised $20,000 that day, and Mr. and Mrs. Foss pledged to match every dollar raised. The Civic Foundation’s goal, at that time, was to benefit the Golden core area. One of their early achievements had been to acquire the property at 10th and Washington, now occupied by the Visitors Center. The property had two vacant service station buildings prior to the Civic Foundation’s purchase. They razed the buildings and landscaped the property. In later years, they helped the city acquire land for the free parking lots downtown. They also helped finance redevelopment of the Mitchell School property.

*1977 Civic Foundation Auction photos by Tom Young and Transcript staff members – click to enlarge*

Today, the Civic Foundation may be best known for their grants to Golden’s non-profit organizations. This year’s auction raised more than $150,000.

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!