Support Bay View
John Manke is an active former Bay View resident who is involved in numerous neighborhood organizations, including the Bay View Historical Society, the Humboldt Park Fourth of July Association and the Shore Shore Farmers Market. He believes Bay View has a fine tradition in its past that we do not want to lose in the future.
Rocky Marcoux will speak at Bay View Historical Society Meeting
On Monday, February 6, 2012, The Bay View Historical Society will have Rocky Marcoux speak at its February general meeting at 7 PM, at the Beulah Brinton Community Center. located at 2555 S. Bay St. in Bay View. He will discuss developments within Milwaukee's past, present and future. He is with the Department of City Develpment and will be the guest speaker. Everybody is wecome to attend this meeting. For more information, see: bayviewhistoricalsociety.org online.
This has been a very warm winter
It is unbelievable as to the warm temperatures that we have had lately. This winter is the warmest one I can remember from the past. Enjoy yourselves as this weather may not last much longer. This is winter and weather surprises came come with little warning. Be aware of what is happening around you. Dress warm in case of sudden changes in weather. Please support the Bay View community.
Local landmarks
When you travel though the city, do you ever look at the prominent landmarks out there? Many buildings deserve recognition for their history, uniqueness or other special qualities. In Bay View, we have many buildings that deserve recognition. Beulah Brinton had the first social center in the United States at her house. She also founded the Bay View Lending Library there. The Bay View Rolling Mills, under several names, established one of the largest Besemer Steel Manufacturing plants in the U.S.A. in its time. The color and style of clay in our city, becamed known as cream city bricks. The water helped us develop the Milwaukee Breweries. Milwaukee and Bay View are both known for their wide diversity of people.
Political lectures
I remember being invited to hear a local politician speak many years ago. He would invite as many people as possible to attend this speech. The promise was that at the end of the speech, free beer would be available to those who attended. After several drawn out hours, the man finally ended his speech. Most of the people attending were too bored to wait for the beer. Sometimes the politician would forget to serve the beer and you were the sucker for attending his speech. People remembered those politicians who lied about serving beer. The next time when the chance to hear the man speak, very few people would attend. His reputation was soon found out by regular voters who normally would vote for him. A man is only as good as his word. Actions speak louder than words. You can now understand why so many people do not like to listen to any political speeches by anybody. Promises, promises all in vain. Who do you believe? What do you believe? The real action is when we go to vote. We can decide for ourselves who to vote for without having to listen to false political promises. Be a good American, and use your vote to elect somebody you think worthy of policial office. You are the boss.
Remembering the past
I can remember back to 1947, when we had a major snow storm in Milwaukee. As a child, I and others loved to play in the snow. We thought that it was a lot of fun trying to build snowforts and sledding in the snow.