Los Gatos Weekly-Times

Our Town

Bob Aldrich

Farewell reception planned for the Rev. David Wolf

AFTER 13 years as pastor of Los Gatos United Methodist Church, the Rev. David Wolf is leaving in June to head up the church's Volunteers in Mission (VIM) in Sacramento. Wolf, 65, will be succeeded by Madi (Madeleine) Elsea, who has been pastor at Centennial United Methodist in Sacramento.

"I've had a wonderful experience in Los Gatos," Wolf said. "The people have been wonderful, both in their sense of mission and on a personal level." Volunteers from the Los Gatos church have done humanitarian work, recently helping rebuild a black church in Georgia that had been lost in an arson fire.

Wolf came to Los Gatos in 1984 and was co-minister with the Rev. Ron Dunn. They followed the Rev. Ralph York. Wolf and his wife, Ruth, have two sons and two grandchildren. A farewell reception is planned June 14 at the church, 19 High School Court.

WITH 72 golfers participating in the inaugural Town of Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament on May 19 at La Rinconada, the winning team, representing Los Gatos Community Hospital, included Truman Gates, Frank Griffin, Don Conlon and Jim Quackenbush. Each won a $50 voucher, good at the pro shop. In second place, for Manpower, were Bob Lee, Lamont Monroe, Richard Alejandro and David Alaimo, taking home $40 vouchers. Town Councilmember Jan Hutchins won the "closest to the hole" prize at the 13th. Los Gatos businesses donated $2,500 worth of merchandise for raffle baskets. Prizes were awarded for close shots at designated holes. There will be a second annual tournament in 1998.

THE West Valley High-12 Masonic Club and Los Gatos Lions Club, both supporters of Boy Scout Troop 539, will hold fundraising barbecues in Vasona Park Pavilion in June. The Masonic Club plans its picnic June 23, and the Lions will be at the park June 25. The barbecues will raise money to help send scouts to summer camp. The troop has a cabin at Swanton, near Davenport, which they use every month except December. An annual one-week trip takes them to the Santa Clara Valley Boy Scout camp, located off Highway 108 east of Sonora, along the McClavey River. The annual campout enables scouts to work toward the Eagle designation, the highest in scouting. Troop 539 began in 1922 as Troop 3 and was later renamed Troop 39. Troop 539 members sell Christmas wreaths each year to help defray the $725 cost of sending each boy to the annual encampment. Parents pay the cost when they can.

BOY Scout Troop 501, oldest troop in the county, is looking for pictures of former scoutmasters. Call Don Arnaudo, 354-4017.

A NEW exhibit opening June 5 at Forbes Mill Museum will present a record of Los Gatos' agri-industrial past. Machinery, artifacts and photos on the subject will highlight the area's agriculture and industries such as canning plants. A reception is planned June 14 at the museum, from 2 to 4 p.m, curator Mary Foster said. At work last week on a mural measuring 8 by 17 feet were artists John Pugh, Carol Huboi and Stevie Durston. It will depict fruit-growing and other aspects of our past. Photographs of the canneries in and near Los Gatos will be on display.

A SMALL but loyal group of Los Gatos High School alumni met May 17 at the Los Gatos Lodge for the 60th reunion of the Class of 1937. Leonard Morton, retired Navy officer, and his wife, Dorothy, traveled the farthest, from Bothell, Wash. Guest speaker Ted Simonson compared his first year here, 1951, with the high school today.

LGHS' music department will present its 15th annual pops concerts two evenings, May 29 and 30, in Prentiss Brown Auditorium. Titled On Broadway VIII, the program will feature medleys from traditional and contemporary Broadway musicals. Jazz Purr will offer a Gershwin showcase. Concert Choir students will present excerpts from the show Grease. Fisher Middle School Choir presents selections from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Diana Pleasant directs the show. Choreographer is KT Peterson.

A SAN Jose Symphony Youth Orchestra concert June 7, at 3 p.m. in the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, the last of three this season, will feature both the senior and junior orchestras under the baton of Yair Samet. LGHS members of the senior orchestra include Ryan Johnson, Gavin Johnson, Jill Weinberg, Daniel Grin, Todd Fisher, Brian Hwang and Anna Bechen.

Junior orchestra players include Dan Nguyen, who attends Rolling Hills School, Marie Kim of Westmont High School, Grace Kay from Fisher and Kelly Johnson from Los Gatos Academy.

"HOW to Shop for Antiques Like a Pro" is the theme of Los Gatos Community Education classes, to be held June 10 and June 12, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Venezi Antiques in the Opera House, 140 W. Main St. The fee is $45 per person. To register, phone 395-3153.

HOBBIES, from Don McCleve's fly-fishing to Rodger Griffin's Hopalong Cassidy collection, were displayed at a Los Gatos Rotary Club luncheon.

HISTORY Club of Los Gatos gave Philanthropy Awards totaling $4,550 . Receiving $250 each were a group of organizations including Live Oak Day Care and Los Gatos Art Docents. This year the club awards $2,500 to a deserving LGHS senior.

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