Saturday's Full Moon
Photo by Elaine Marolla
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, Sep. 28th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 8AM - Municipal Court Arraignments
- 9:30-10:30AM - Fit and Energize Exercise Class
- 10AM-2PM - Color Confidence for Painters
- 10:15-10:45AM - Let's Dance - Registration Required
- 12-12:30PM - Mondays with the Mayor
- 2-3PM - Virtual: Active Minds Monday
- 5-7:30PM - Keeping the Lights On
- 5:30-7:30PM - The Fundamental Principles of Art
- 6-9PM - Teach Me to Play! Mondays
- 6:30PM - Movement Monday Running Club
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
10AM-2PM Color Confidence for Painters @ FAC Creative Campus
Take the mystery out of color. This hands-on class explores the foundations of color mixing and color relationships through practical exercises designed to strengthen confidence and improve painting results. Students will learn how to mix cleaner colors, create harmonious palettes, understand warm and cool color relationships, and avoid muddy mixtures. The concepts taught in this workshop apply to gouache, watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting.Students will develop a stronger understanding of color theory, learn practical color mixing strategies, create a series of color studies, and gain tools that can be applied across multiple painting mediums
This class meets twice in September on the 28th and 30th. Register
2-3PM Virtual / Call In: Active Minds Mondays — The Discovery of the South Pole.
Place yourself into one of history’s greatest international races – the race to the South Pole. Follow tPM he 1911 discovery by Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” through tragedy and triumph. Hear how the limits of exploration were pushed with newly independent Norway against the British Empire in a true David-verses-Goliath showdown. Experience the gripping story of those who perished and prevailed in this epic quest with Active Minds.
Link: Meeting Registration - Zoom
5-7:30PM Keeping the Lights On
Join us for a community conversation about increasing your home’s energy resilience. Check out backup options (from small power stations to generators to whole home systems), ask the experts and hear about real-world installations and solutions from your neighbors. Connect with resources and learn about technology, costs and installation. More information
Location:
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (Map)
Golden Wildlife: A Coopers Hawk
Photo by Jess Rowan
Spotted on Sunshine Parkway.
October's Coming Right Up!
We're working on the October Summary of Events and the GoldenHalloween Calendar.
Check the GoldenToday calendar. If you're planning an event (in Golden) and don't see iton the calendar, email the particulars to Tracy@GoldenToday.com.
The Golden Word - 09/28/26
Liquidating the Bank
Rubey Bank Building at 12th & Washington – Golden History Museum collection
Bank Will Liquidate Assets of $750,000
93 Years Ago
The September 28, 1933 Colorado Transcript reported that Golden's bank was going to be liquidated.
In March of 1933, President Roosevelt declared a Bank Holiday to end a nationwide run on the banks. Banks were allowed to reopen after auditors examined their books and determined that they were sound. Unfortunately for Golden, the Rubey Bank was not approved to reopen.
The Rubey Bank began in 1893 when W.S. Wood and Jesse Rubey bought the National Bank of Commerce. Jesse’s brother Harry worked in the bank and eventually rose to become its president. When W.S. Wood retired in 1915, the bank was renamed from Woods-Rubey to the Rubey Bank.
Bank President Harry Rubey died in 1925. Shortly before his death, he sold his bank stock to brother Jesse, who returned to Golden to run the bank for two years. At that point, E. A. Phinney became the bank president.
For about six months after the bank closed in 1933, Phinney stayed on as “Conservator.” During that time, the bank was open to allow access to safe deposit boxes but accepted no deposits and allowed no withdrawals.
In September of 1933, John Q. Adams was appointed as receiver. While there was pressure on Adams to sell the bank’s assets as quickly as possible, so that depositors could regain at least some of their deposits, Adams proceeded in a slow and methodical way to examine the assets and sell off those that would bring reasonable returns. In 1933, property and bond values were quite depressed, but within a year or two, they began to regain their value.
The Transcript’s first estimate of what depositors could expect to receive was 65% of their money. Adams paid the first “dividend” to the bank’s depositors in April of 1934–13 months after the bank had closed. This first installment was 37-1/2% of the funds that depositors had placed in the bank.
A second dividend followed in June of 1935, which returned an additional 30% of deposits. The Transcript–feeling more optimistic at that point–thought that the final proceeds might reach 80% or even 90% of deposits.
In the end, after that final sale of assets in January of 1937, depositors received 102.44% of the money they had deposited in the bank.
Golden was so pleased with Receiver Adams that they asked him to stay and start a new bank. He did, and in June of 1937, the First National Bank of Golden opened in the Rubey Bank building.
Four years is a long time for a town to be without a bank. In 1935, the Transcript commented that One of the most valuable assets of Golden is idle…. The vaults of the Golden bank…contain not a single dime. Folks must now, for security, resort to those primitive methods, the old clock, the bedtick, and the old sock.
When the new bank opened in June of 1937, the Transcript wrote that Golden had been lucky.
No one has been murdered for their money and there have been no organized robberies for cash hauls…. For the last four years there has been scarcely a business house in the town that, in order to cash checks and to accommodate its patrons, has not had to carry more cash on hand than was felt to be really safe.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. West southwest wind around 6 mph.
Monday: Rain showers likely after 9am. Mostly cloudy. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Rain showers likely. Cloudy. Low around 56, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. West wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night: Rain Showers Likely, 56°F
Tuesday: Rain Showers Likely, 66°F
Tuesday Night: Showers And Thunderstorms, 55°F
Wednesday: Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 64°F
Wednesday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 51°F
Thursday: Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny, 65°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 48°F
Friday: Sunny, 74°F
Friday Night: Mostly Clear, 53°F
Saturday: Sunny, 77°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers, 53°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 70°F
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Sponsors:
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Buffalo Rose, Buglet Battery, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Earth Sweet Boutique, and Colorado Railroad Museum
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $575/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Vic DeMaria, Unite Fitness, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $285/yr)
Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, in memory of Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Forrest Jones, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, The Golden Hotel, Robert Thresher, Tonie Mattox, Steve & M.L. Richardson, Jeremy & Stephanie Keller, AC Development, Golden PT & Pilates, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Mary Eiberger, and Jonathan Landman & Bonnie Vangilder
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $115/yr)
Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, Richard Caldwell, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, Eileen Masterson, Kate Olivier, Amy Korengut, Pam Logan, Clare Shier, Wendy Weiman, Marge Frueh, Edgar Walker, Bivy Beer Bar, Nancy Cooper, Jane & Mike Templeton, Vicki Greivel, Kim McDonough, Carie Chimbel, Peggy Brochtrup, Cindy & Matt Finley, Kelly Fry, Esther Kettering, Tom & Susan Roberts, Vicki Greivel, GoGood Golden, and Sandra Dallas
Followers:
($5-9.99/month or $55/year)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Peyton Gibson, Sally Berger, Kristen Morgan, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, Golden Brokers, Diane Tiberi, Cathy Larocca, Dave Cole, and Rachael Kenney-Reid
