Al … Altadena<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me AlOh my dad was Mt. Lowe
\nAnd my mama was the Arroyo
\nI was born to be below and also up above
\nMillionaires planted trees
\nBuilt their mansions right on top of me
\nDeodara now grows free
\nShe\u2019s my one true loveAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me Al<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Pasadena, sleek and tanned
\nWanted to make me
\nPart of her great land
\nBut I was, and still am
\nUnpersuaded
\nCause I\u2019m stubborn and proud
\nI don\u2019t follow any crowd
\nAnd I stand here unbowed
\nAnd unincorporatedAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me Al\u00a9 2016 Bill Burnett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#f2f2f2″ allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/altaditty-5.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ffffff” show_divider=”off” height=”11″ divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” hide_on_mobile=”on”] [\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Board member Michele Zack, backed by AltaDitty emcee\/curator Bill Burnett,\u00a0<\/i>Maryjean Shaffer and her student Sarah Larman, belts out her original composition,\u00a0<\/i>\u201cBallad of the Popenoes.\u201d Photo by Bill Ellinger.<\/i><\/p>\n
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\n\n\n\nBallad of the Popenoes*<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n(Sung to the theme song from \u00a0Gilligan\u2019s Island)<\/p>\nIn Altadena, long ago,
\nPlant explorer Popenoe
\nCame up with a dandy avocado
\nIts name was Fuerte: \u201cStrong.\u201d
\nStrong, strong strong!<\/p>\n
West India Garden was the home
\nFor that and many more:
\nMacadamias, persimmons, loquats.
\nFred opened market doors.
\nDoors, doors, doors!<\/p>\n
His strapping sons to far off lands
\nHe sent in search of fruit.
\nIraq, Iran, the Levant and more,
\nThey hunted healthy loot.
\nLoot, loot, loot!<\/p>\n
The prize they sought was nothing less
\nThan a sweet jewel for our plates.
\nImagine Popenoe\u2019s happiness
\nWhen they sent home tons of dates.
\nDates, dates, dates!<\/p>\n
Sons Paul and Wilson helped to build
\nNurseries to grow
\nOutlets new and vast for the date and avocado.
\nGreat new things to eat!
\nEat, eat, eat!<\/p>\n
As officer of hygiene,
\nWar asked for something more:
\nFor Paul to keep his barracks clean \u2014
\nfrom V.D., hooch, and whores!
\nWhores, whores, whores!
\nWhores, whores, whores! (harmonize upward)<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n From hygiene to eugenics
\nWas a simple step for Paul.
\nHe s\u2019pported sterilization, too,
\nTo cull those who appall.
\nSnip, snip, snip!Then, Pasadena Betterment folks
\nLent Paul lots of green
\nTo invent a marriage-saving technique .
\nHe called it marriage couns\u2019ling!
\nMarriage coun-sel-ing!\u201cCan This Marriage Be Saved,\u201d he asked?
\nLadies Home Journal must know.
\nPaul said sure, just take my cure,
\nTo salve those marital woes.
\nWoes, woes, woes!Wilson stuck to the family trade
\nOf studying plants and seeds
\nSouth to Honduras headed he,
\nAn Ag school there to lead.
\nLead, lead, lead!This is enough of the Popenoes,
\nInteresting though it be
\nAn unknown page, another part
\nOf Altadena\u2019s Histor-ee!
\nHistor-ee, histor-ee! (harmony)<\/span>\u00a9 2016 Michele Zack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n
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* Michele Zack explains the history behind her \u201cBallad of the Popenoes”<\/h4>\n
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Frederick O. Popenoe established Altadena\u2019s West India Garden in 1908; he and other family members played historic roles over the next 60 years that reflected their times and affected popular culture and even world history.<\/p>\n
The Popenoes introduced new foods from other parts of the world: avocados, dates, persimmons, macadamia nuts, and more, along with ornamental landscaping materials, to newcomers pouring into Southern California after the turn of the 20th century. Our region was filling up with US and foreign migrants \u2014 and establishing a regional culture of healthy eating, the exotic, and living in close relationship to nature and the outdoors.<\/p>\n
The next Popenoe generation carried on these themes, with one son, Paul, taking a detour into the darker side of the Progressive Age by applying the family expertise in plant breeding to human beings. He was among the Eugenics movement\u2019s most articulate spokesmen in the 1930s, the co-author of several works published by the Pasadena-based Human Betterment Association that were used by Hitler\u2019s Third Reich to justify the Holocaust.<\/p>\n
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The ideas behind Eugenics were also applied close to home to implement the forced sterilization of thousands of people, mostly inmates of mental institutions deemed unfit to procreate. California led the US in this practice \u2014about 20,000 people in our state were sterilized before such programs were outlawed in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
Eugenics began its fall from grace as a legitimate science even before WWII \u2014 and Paul Popenoe, too, shifted his focus, again supported by the Human Betterment Foundation. He moved from Eugenics-based genetic counseling of prospective marriage partners to found the new practice of marriage counseling after WWII. Soon, this expanded into family counseling, and beginning in the 1950s, he co-authored the most popular Ladies Home Journal<\/em> column of all time \u2014 \u201cCan This Marriage Be Saved?\u201d \u2014 which spread new ideas of how to deal with marital and family discord.<\/p>\nHistory isn\u2019t usually unrelated to our present lives \u2014 more often than not, interesting examples can be found in the town, or even the street, where you live.<\/p>\n
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On Saturday, August 20, in the tradition of last year\u2019s AltaDangerous story slam, Altadena Heritage presented AltaDitty, an evening of Altadena-related songs and poems performed by residents and fans. ![\"altaditty-art\"](\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/altaditty-art-1.png\")
<\/a>AltaDitty was curated and emceed by Altadena\u2019s own Bill Burnett, singer\/songwriter extraordinaire, who assembled a stellar line-up of pros and amateurs to help us celebrate our community.<\/p>AltaDitty was held at Camp Honeypot in the lovely and eccentric garden belonging to AH members Michelle Huneven and Jim Potter. The event was free and open to AH members only, many of whom brought delicacies to share and participated enthusiastically in the singalongs.<\/p>
Altadena residents and aficionados who performed include: Bill Burnett, Peggy Sue Davis, Pauline Dutton, Liz Goetz, Joe Grueter, Sandi Holden, Jim Kelly, Sarah Larman, Elline Lipkin, Mary Lea Ray, Neil Rutman, Mary Jean Shaffer, Michele Zack, and Alan Zorthian.<\/p>
What will next year\u2019s summer \u201cAltaDiversion\u201d offer members? Join AH, and you\u2019ll get to join in the fun!<\/p>
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Al ... Altadena<\/h3><\/td>\u00a0<\/td> \u00a0<\/td><\/tr> Al \u2026 Altadena
Al \u2026 Altadena
Al \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me AlOh my dad was Mt. Lowe
And my mama was the Arroyo
I was born to be below and also up above
Millionaires planted trees
Built their mansions right on top of me
Deodara now grows free
She\u2019s my one true loveAl \u2026 Altadena
Al \u2026 Altadena
Al \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me Al<\/td> \u00a0<\/td> Pasadena, sleek and tanned
Wanted to make me
Part of her great land
But I was, and still am
Unpersuaded
Cause I\u2019m stubborn and proud
I don\u2019t follow any crowd
And I stand here unbowed
And unincorporatedAl \u2026 Altadena
Al \u2026 Altadena
Al \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me Al\u00a9 2016 Bill Burnett<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\u00a0<\/p>
\nAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me AlOh my dad was Mt. Lowe
\nAnd my mama was the Arroyo
\nI was born to be below and also up above
\nMillionaires planted trees
\nBuilt their mansions right on top of me
\nDeodara now grows free
\nShe\u2019s my one true loveAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me Al<\/td>\n
\nWanted to make me
\nPart of her great land
\nBut I was, and still am
\nUnpersuaded
\nCause I\u2019m stubborn and proud
\nI don\u2019t follow any crowd
\nAnd I stand here unbowed
\nAnd unincorporatedAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 Altadena
\nAl \u2026 The name\u2019s Altadena but you can call me Al\u00a9 2016 Bill Burnett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Board member Michele Zack, backed by AltaDitty emcee\/curator Bill Burnett,\u00a0<\/i>Maryjean Shaffer and her student Sarah Larman, belts out her original composition,\u00a0<\/i>\u201cBallad of the Popenoes.\u201d Photo by Bill Ellinger.<\/i><\/p>\n
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\nBallad of the Popenoes*<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n(Sung to the theme song from \u00a0Gilligan\u2019s Island)<\/p>\n | In Altadena, long ago, West India Garden was the home His strapping sons to far off lands The prize they sought was nothing less Sons Paul and Wilson helped to build As officer of hygiene, <\/td>\n | From hygiene to eugenics | \nWas a simple step for Paul. \nHe s\u2019pported sterilization, too, \nTo cull those who appall. \nSnip, snip, snip!Then, Pasadena Betterment folks \nLent Paul lots of green \nTo invent a marriage-saving technique . \nHe called it marriage couns\u2019ling! \nMarriage coun-sel-ing!\u201cCan This Marriage Be Saved,\u201d he asked? \nLadies Home Journal must know. \nPaul said sure, just take my cure, \nTo salve those marital woes. \nWoes, woes, woes!Wilson stuck to the family trade \nOf studying plants and seeds \nSouth to Honduras headed he, \nAn Ag school there to lead. \nLead, lead, lead!This is enough of the Popenoes, \nInteresting though it be \nAn unknown page, another part \nOf Altadena\u2019s Histor-ee! \nHistor-ee, histor-ee! (harmony)<\/span>\u00a9 2016 Michele Zack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n * Michele Zack explains the history behind her \u201cBallad of the Popenoes”<\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Frederick O. Popenoe established Altadena\u2019s West India Garden in 1908; he and other family members played historic roles over the next 60 years that reflected their times and affected popular culture and even world history.<\/p>\n The Popenoes introduced new foods from other parts of the world: avocados, dates, persimmons, macadamia nuts, and more, along with ornamental landscaping materials, to newcomers pouring into Southern California after the turn of the 20th century. Our region was filling up with US and foreign migrants \u2014 and establishing a regional culture of healthy eating, the exotic, and living in close relationship to nature and the outdoors.<\/p>\n The next Popenoe generation carried on these themes, with one son, Paul, taking a detour into the darker side of the Progressive Age by applying the family expertise in plant breeding to human beings. He was among the Eugenics movement\u2019s most articulate spokesmen in the 1930s, the co-author of several works published by the Pasadena-based Human Betterment Association that were used by Hitler\u2019s Third Reich to justify the Holocaust.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n The ideas behind Eugenics were also applied close to home to implement the forced sterilization of thousands of people, mostly inmates of mental institutions deemed unfit to procreate. California led the US in this practice \u2014about 20,000 people in our state were sterilized before such programs were outlawed in the 1970s.<\/p>\n Eugenics began its fall from grace as a legitimate science even before WWII \u2014 and Paul Popenoe, too, shifted his focus, again supported by the Human Betterment Foundation. He moved from Eugenics-based genetic counseling of prospective marriage partners to found the new practice of marriage counseling after WWII. Soon, this expanded into family counseling, and beginning in the 1950s, he co-authored the most popular Ladies Home Journal<\/em> column of all time \u2014 \u201cCan This Marriage Be Saved?\u201d \u2014 which spread new ideas of how to deal with marital and family discord.<\/p>\n History isn\u2019t usually unrelated to our present lives \u2014 more often than not, interesting examples can be found in the town, or even the street, where you live.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AltaDitty was held at Camp Honeypot in the lovely and eccentric garden belonging to AH members Michelle Huneven and Jim Potter. The event was free and open to AH members only, many of whom brought delicacies to share and participated enthusiastically in the singalongs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" \u00a0<\/p> On Saturday, August 20, in the tradition of last year\u2019s AltaDangerous story slam, Altadena Heritage presented AltaDitty, an evening of Altadena-related songs and poems performed by residents and fans. AltaDitty was held at Camp Honeypot in the lovely and eccentric garden belonging to AH members Michelle Huneven and Jim Potter. The event was free and open to AH members only, many of whom brought delicacies to share and participated enthusiastically in the singalongs.<\/p> Altadena residents and aficionados who performed include: Bill Burnett, Peggy Sue Davis, Pauline Dutton, Liz Goetz, Joe Grueter, Sandi Holden, Jim Kelly, Sarah Larman, Elline Lipkin, Mary Lea Ray, Neil Rutman, Mary Jean Shaffer, Michele Zack, and Alan Zorthian.<\/p> What will next year\u2019s summer \u201cAltaDiversion\u201d offer members? Join AH, and you\u2019ll get to join in the fun!<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> |
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