HomeMy WebLinkAboutPACKET Town Board Study Session 2010-01-12flud STUDY SESSION TOWN BOARD Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - I 5:00 p.m. Rooms 202 & 203 170 MacGregor Ave. l. AGENDA 1. Comprehensive Plan. 2. Grandstand Name and Naming Rights. 3. Code of Conduct & Municipal Code Clarifications. 4. Miscellaneous. NOTE: The Town Board reserves the right to consider other appropriate items not available at the time the agenda was prepared.
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. Community Services Department i j Memo To: Town Administrator Halbumt From: Derek Fortini, Bo Winslow CC: Lowell Richardson, Betty Kilsdonk Date: January 8, 2010 Re: Granny May Legal Name According to his birth certificate, military enlistment, and marriage certificate on ancestry.com, along with the obituary from the January 5, 1968 Estes Park Trail Gazette, Granny May's legal name was Charles Everett May. Family lore has it that he received the nickname "Granny" from a time when he was trying to tie a square knot and ended up trying a granny knot. This information is based on an oral interview with a family member. This seems likely since May served in the Navy during WVVI. C j The Grannv Mav Arena The Town of Estes Park officially named the fairgrounds the "Granny May Arena" in 1968. May was known as one of the "Rooftop Rodeo Pioneers" and was involved in many ways (Source: 1977 Rodeo Souvenir Program). He not only served on the rodeo committee, but also put forth much effort, both , financially and physically, helping to develop the fairgrounds into a desirable place to hold the rodeo (Source: Oral interview). It was probably because of his direct involvement with the fairgrounds, along with his involvement with the Estes Park Community (Deacon at the Community Church, Charter Member of Estes Park Lions Club, Member of Estes Park American Legion), and employment with the Town (as Deputy Sheriff, Deputy Coroner, and in "other capacities"), that the grandstands were named in his honor shortly after his death in the beginning of 1968 (Source: His 1968 obituary). Biographical Summarv Charles Everett May was born in 1898 in Minot, North Dakota. His family moved to Lyons when he was young and he attended school there. His first trip to Estes Park was in 1909; he moved there ten years later. In 1920, he married Legora Eliza Engert (Thomas), who had grown up at the Crocker Ranch in east Estes Park. After serving in the Navy during WWI, May owned and operated the stables at Cheley Camp for thirty years and supplied horses to many of the liveries. He was the Town's Deputy Sheriff from 1953 through 1958. He resigned because he felt he was "tied down" with the steady job. In 1958 he sold about 1,300 acres of"May Ranch," which has subdivided into what is now Pinewood Springs. May died on January 2, 1968 at the Longmont Community Hospital from a fatal heart attack. Based on newspaper articles and the interviews, May was a well respected, integral part of the Estes Park Community. 1
.... Granny May Born: Charles Everett May, June 22, 1898 in Minot, Ward, North Dakota j Moved with parents to Lyons at an early age and attended school there 1909 - First came to Estes Park 1919 - Came to Estes Park to live 1920, December 7 - Married Legora Eliza Engert 1920 • Married Legora "Gorey" Thomas- she had 2 sons, Bub and Orville o Bub's son Chuck Thomas was very active with the Rodeo Committee and is currently an honorary member living AZ. • Granny and Legora had one son together-Bill o Bill had 2 daughters o Bill ran the Cheley horses for Granny until 1978 when he sold the horses to Cheley and passed away the same year. Served in Navy during WWI • It is believed he got his name when he was trying to tie a square knot and he ended up tying a granny knot (this may or may not have happened when he was in the Navy). Moved to Estes Park and operated stables at Cheley Camp for 30 years • supplied horses to many of the liveries in Estes Park • wintered the horses on the Buckley Field Bombing Range in Denver , .r • supplied horses to Cheley Camp and built the horse barns-he would also sit around the campfire and tell kids stories May gets involved in Rodeo (no date) • Granny spent a lot of time at fairgrounds helping out both physically and i \ I , financially whenever possible • did blasting in the area • blasted the holes for the fence for the original rodeo arena • ran back country water systems • People continued to tell me what great man he was and how much time he spent at the fairgrounds and that he was well respected • Was on the rodeo committee (no date) The land known as the town of the Hewes-Kirkwood adjoined the original Inn and was sold to the Hewes-Kirkwood Development company with Everett May as President. 1953-58 - Was deputy sheriff for Estes Park (also worked as Deputy Coroner and served as Constable for the precinct) • deputy sheriff with Larimer County (no date) • a plumber by trade 1958- Sold 1300 acres ("May Ranch") to be subdivided into Pinewood Springs • had a home in Pinewood and owned about 1300 acres, sold in 1958 for a believed amount of $80,000 • also had a home in Estes Other community involvement: Deacon at Community Church (also on building committee); charter member of Estes Park Lions Club; member of Odd Fellows Lodge of Lyons; member of Estes Park American Legion. Death: January 2, 1968, Longmont Community Hospital