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Writings about Louis Rose
-1922-
September 20, 1922—Adolph Levi, "Our
Growth," The Jewish Community News, page 6: ...About 1862, a few men
residing in Old Town (now North San Diego) started a congregation called Adath
Jeshurn. The leading spirits of that congregation were Marcus Schiller, J.S.
Mannasse, Louis Rose, Rudolph Schiller and I. J. Asheim, all men whom it was
my privilege to know. Services were held principally on the holidays at one
ofthe residences, very often at the home of Marcus Schiller, who was president
of the congregation. In 1869, when our city (downtown San Diego) was laid out
and people began to come here, the congregation also was moved to the new city
which was rapidly growing up. About the year 1886, the name of the congregation
was changed to the one it now bears, Beth Israel....
-1952-
February 8, 1952—Myron Lustig, "The History
of the San Diego Jewish Community," Southwestern Jewish Press, pages
1,2 (with latter-day commentary by Donald H. Harrison, author of Louis Rose:
San Diego's First Jewish Settler and Entrepreneuer)
February 22, 1952—Myron
Lustig, "The History of the San Diego Jewish Community, Part II," Southwestern
Jewish Press, pages 1, 2.
May 2, 1952—Hyman S.
Wolf, "Letter to Editor," page 2: Editor: I call your attention
that Mr. Lustig in his "History of the Jewish Community" has neglected
to tell how the Jewish Community or, rather some members of the Jewish Community
have perpetuated Mr. Rose's memory by
the following acts. San Diego Sun, April 23, 1934, under the
heading, "Pioneer Louis Rose Is Paid Honor" in double column story
including a picture of the plaque tells as follows: "Commemorating the
founding of Roseville by Louis Rose in 1869, a plaque today was placed on a
large eucalyptus tree, a well-known landmark in the center of Point Loma
Town. The plaque was presented by Hyman Wolf, representing local Jewish
organizations, and John Davidson of the San Diego Historical Society, etc., etc,
etc." Southwestern Jewish Review, May 31, 1934, under the heading
"San diegans Do Homage to Former Mayor and Pioneer, Louis Rose, Unveil and
Dedicate Rose {something missing here"}. My personal opinion, I believe
this recognition and the ceremony is entitled to a chapter in the History of San
Diego, by itself. The picture of the boulder and the bornze plaque and the names
on the plaque appeared in the San Diego Tribune, May 28, 1934. The memorial
boulder has been placed at the head of Rose Canyon road, where it intersects
with the La Jolla and the Camp Kearny Road. I am wondering how many of you saw
it?"
-1998-
March
27, 1998—Donald H. Harrison, "A burial for the books," San
Diego Jewish Press-Heritage
-2001-
February
2, 2001—Donald H. Harrison, "Gary Rotto
resigns AJC post to run for S.D. City Council," San Diego Jewish
Press-Heritage, in which in latter part of story Councilman Byron Wear
expresses support for Louis Rose memorial at NTC
-2003-
2003—Lawrence Baron, "From
Minyan to Matriculation: San Diego Jewry and Jewish Studies at San Diego State
University, or "Funny
You Don't Look Aztec," California Jews, Editors Ava F.
Kahn and Marc Dollinger, Hanover, N.H. (Brandeis University Press, 2003),
135-142.
-2005-
2005-03-21 'Louis
Rose' Group to Raise Funds for Jewish Historic Preservation
2005-04-06
San Diego Jewry should resist turning to 'usual suspects' to
build the community
2005-04-28 Newsletter
Number One: We're off to a great start!
June
2005-Visit to Louis Rose
gravesite, the Home of Peace Cemetery, Imperial Avenue
west of I-805, San Diego, Calif.
2005-06-15 Newsletter
Number Two: Picnic at Louis Rose Point planned; Gravestone to be placed for
Henrietta Rose
2005-07-06 Newsletter
Number Three: September 25th Set as Picnic Date; Partner Found for Henrietta
Rose Gravestone
2005-07-13 San
Diego Jewish Times endorsement—Perspective: A Good Cause
2005-07-13
When an obituary can't say enough (column by Donald H. Harrison)
2005-08-10 Newsletter
#4: Major progress on Henrietta Rose gravestone project
2005-08-20
Newsletter #5: Sept. 25 Picnic at
Louis Rose Point Ok'd; Please Mark Your Family
Calendars
2005-08-26 Newlsetter
#6: Update on Sept 25 family picnic.
2005-09-10
Newsletter
#7: Picnic, On-Line
Encyclopedia, Archives and a Gravestone are all important projects of the expanding Louis Rose Society
2005-09-21
Donald H. Harrison, "San Diego
Jews taking root: Four historic community events coincide," San Diego
Jewish Times, September 21, 2005.
2005-09-22
Will Carless, "Planting a Rose for San Diego," Voice of San Diego, online
story
2005-09-22 Donald
H. Harrison, "Rose in Bloom," letter to the Voice of San Diego
discussing the historic photo of Louis Rose. Link
to VOSD's general letters page
2005-09-25 City of
San Diego Proclamation declaring it Louis Rose Point Day in the City
click for enlarged version
2005-09-26
Louis Rose Society picnic introduces Point named in his honor to members
and friends (essay by Donald H. Harrison; photographs by Sam Zeiden)
2005-10-01
Louis Rose Society releases newspaper indexes for 1922-1950
editions of the Southwestern Jewish Press and other
newspapers
2005-10-17 Louis
Rose Society Newsletter No. 9—Henrietta Rose gravestone unveiling, Rose
Canyon hike are planned
2005-10-18:
Louis
Rose Society Newsletter No. 10: Please
help us grow our biographical encyclopedia; please designate your honoree
or assign that right to the Society
2005-11: News clipping
file: "Louis Rose Society Holds Picnic," San Diego Jewish Journal
2005-11-08
Louis Rose Society Newsletter #11-Unveiling for Henrietta Rose; Western
States Jewish History notice.
November 16, 2005—1) Maureen Magee, "Rose Lost to Time is Found: Grave
of pioneer's daughter went unmarked for five decades," San Diego
Union-Tribune, page B-1.
2005-11-16
2) Donald H. Harrison, Photo
Essay: Unveiling of Headstone for Henrietta Rose, Mount
Hope Cemetery, San Diego 2005-11-16
3) Music McCall, "S.D.
School Board, Teachers, Civic Groups Memorialize Teacher Who Has Been Lying in
an Unmarked Grave for Nearly 50 Years,"
news release from the San Diego City Schools: Board Member John
de Beck of the San Diego City Schools (SDCS) Board of Education and San Diego
Education Association (SDEA) President Terry Pesta joined members of the Louis
Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History and other organizations
today at Mt. Hope Cemetery for a special graveside ceremony honoring Henrietta
Rose, who taught in the San Diego school system for 45 years. Rose, daughter of San Diego
pioneer Louis Rose, died a spinster at age 84 in 1957, and was buried in an
unmarked grave. Her father, an
entrepreneurial businessman, is known as San Diego’s first Jewish settler and
entrepreneur. Arriving in San Diego
in 1850, he served in many public positions in San Diego, including stints as a
member of the San Diego City Board of Trustees, the first County Board of
Supervisors, the County Grand Jury, and—of particular note for this
occasion—the San Diego School Board. Louis
Rose was an important and positive force in the development of the city and
county of San Diego, and was instrumental in establishing the Jewish community
in the area. “We are here to correct an historic error.
Henrietta Rose has reposed here anonymously in an unmarked grave for
nearly half a century,” said Norman Greene, co-founder of the Louis Rose
Society, at the headstone’s unveiling. Greene, along with Louis
Rose’s biographer Donald H. Harrison, decided it wasn’t fitting for a woman
who had served her community so well to lie forgotten in an unmarked grave.
Accordingly, they arranged for a stone to be donated by KRC Rock and a plaque to
be designed by Karman Ltd. of Los Angeles so that Henrietta could be
memorialized. The plaque memorializing the
late educator bears the logos of San Diego City Schools, the San Diego Education
Association, the Louis Rose Society and of the Order of the Eastern Star, a
Masonic organization which Henrietta served in 1901 as a worthy matron. The
plaque also features biographical information. “I
was pleased to sponsor the resolution which my colleagues adopted unanimously
earlier this year authorizing school board participation in this ceremony,”
SDCS School Board Member John de Beck added.
“It is a great pleasure to now have a marker and a place where people
can remember her long years of service.” Noting Rose’s influence on
generations of students, SDEA President Terry Pesta said he has had “the
opportunity to met thousands of dedicated teachers who have followed in her
footsteps. Over the course of 45
years of teaching, Henrietta Rose affected many, many people. After the unveiling of the
rose-colored headstone, Rabbi Scott Meltzer of Ohr Shalom Synagogue led a
traditional Jewish memorial prayer in honor of teachers, El Moleh Rachamim. Meltzer called the headstone and plaque “a place on this
earth that bears a name and a memory” of the departed Rose. Rose began her teaching career
in 1895 as the very first teacher at Roseville Elementary School—in the Pt.
Loma area laid out as a town site by her father—and continued her career at
Middletown and Sherman elementary schools, before transferring in 1922 to
Roosevelt Junior High. After her retirement, she served as treasurer of the
Retired Teachers Club.
4) Ann M. Garwood, "Hillquest Blog (for November 16), Hillquest, http://www.hillquest.com/a/blog101.html— “Just wait awhile and you will
see,” was Louis Rose’s favorite saying. Louis was SD’s first Jewish
pioneer, an entrepreneur and the founder of Roseville, a settlement along the
bay in Point Loma. Henrietta was his only child to survive infancy...living to
the age of 84. The unmarried San Diegan was a long-time teacher whose once
unmarked grave was recently found at Mt. Hope Cemetery (nearly 50 years after
she was buried). Red-haired Henrietta
Rose
taught at several schools including Roosevelt Jr High. Her final home was in
Normal Heights at the corner of Madison and Arizona. A memorial for Henrietta
was held this morning at Mt. Hope with representatives from the school system,
the Eastern Star and the Jewish community. Local newsman and historian Ken
Kramer will feature Henrietta on NBC’s Channel 7/39 tonight and again on
Friday.
November 17, 2005—Marsha Sutton, "Historical
Figure in Unmarked Grave Receives Long Overdue Recognition," Voice of San
Diego, http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=euLTJbMUKvH&b=312472&ct=1610901&tr=y&auid=1236268
November 18, 2005—Henrietta
Rose Honored," San
Diego Jewish Times, page 22—On Nov 16 a group of dignitaries including
school board member John de Beck, hoored Henrietta Rose, daughter of San Diego
Pioneer Louis Rose at a graveside ceremony at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Rose taught in
the San Diego school system for 45 years. She passed away in 1957 at the age of
84 and was buried in an unmarked grave. A special plaque was placed on her grave
on behalf of the San Diego City Schools, San Diego Education Association, Louis
Rose Society and Order of the Eastern Star. Rabbi Schott Meltzer of Ohr
Shalom Synagogue led a Jewish memorial prayer.
November 21, 2005—Gina Lubrano,
"Reporters deal with difficult sources," San Diego Union-Tribune, page
B-7, in which bottom item corrects notion that Ethel Lyman was Henrietta Rose's
niece, http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051121/news_mz1e21lubran.html