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Mayor Nick with his parents Salvador and Carmen Galiotto
Previously, he had served on the Planning Commission and was the campaign manager for councilmember Robert K. Schatz. Nick was most proud that, while he was on council, eight public projects were completed, including many city parks. After he was on council, Nick became a general practice attorney, served on the Santa Clara Grand Jury as Foreperson, and continued as an active participant in the community as President of both the Mountain View Historical Association and our local Kiwanis chapter. technology
From the early 1900s to the 1950s thousands of acres of land in Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Los Altos were planted with plum, apricot and cherry trees producing high quality products. In 1920 40 % of the prune crop was exported to Europe. This created the need for machinery to serve the orchard industry.
Isaac F. Stemm was a native of Tennessee. In 1892 at the age of 25 he married Effie Moon. They had a son and daughter. The 1900 census showed his occupation as a farmer in Tennessee. Ten years later the census listed him as a tenant farmer in San Jose. He only had a fifth grade education.
In 1930 he and Effie were living at 412 Central Ave. His occupation is that of farmer. This area of MV contained small fruit orchards. Being an“ orchardist” probably gave him the insight to see the need to create a better roller tiller.
Nick passed away three years ago. Nick and Rebecca had two sons, David and Jerry. David relocated to Seattle, Washington, where he worked in corporate finance, but then passed away. David and his wife Jill had three children: Shannon, Ally, and Brady. Jerry stayed local and was, until his recent retirement, the National Manager of the Special Investigations Unit for CSAA.
Rebecca’ s advice to young people is—“ Keep your nose to the grindstone! There will be time for fun later!” The Nick and Rebecca Galiotto Family
Isaac F. Stemm & John H. Glaze Answering A Need
“ The general object of the present invention is to provide a roller harrow particularly designed for use in orchards and other like places where cultivation must be deep and where the machine must run close up to the trees.”
Neighbors and Collaborators
★ John H Glaze home ★ Isaac F. Stemm home
★ Lua Glaze, then Isaac Stemm and wife’ s home
We don’ t know how he and John Glaze became collaborators and evidently friends as well.
Cultivation is the practice of working the soil to increase aeration and water flow, and to destroy weeds and / or crop residue. A cultivator is a mechanical implement for breaking up the ground and uprooting weeds. The patent for a roller cultivator was granted on December 25, 1928. Isaac was 61 years of age and John was 67.
The patent description further describes their device as well suited for cutting up cover crops, which are planted to manage soil erosion, weeds and pests and increase soil fertility and soil quality.
By 1940 he and Effie were living on Villa Street. Houses in this area were later demolished in the construction of the Shoreline by Pamela Baird
overpass above the train tracks and the Bailey / Shoreline widening project. Isaac passed away in 1948.
John H. Glaze was born in Indiana in 1861. At the age of 21 he married Ruth Marvin. She died only three years later, leaving him with two young boys, Carl and Mark. Seven years later he married Lua Hinshaw. They had two children, Fred and Eileen.
The 1900 census showed them living in Kansas with Glaze’ s occupation listed as a harness maker. Ten years later, while still in Kansas, his occupation is shown as a porter. In 1920 the family was living in Nebraska, and his occupation is now that of an electrician.
By the early 1920s Glaze and his family have relocated to Mountain View where his son Carl owned a plumbing business located at 220 Castro Street. Evidently Glaze worked with or for his son.
An article in the MV Register Leader of September 30, 1927, states that a shop & garage belonging to his son Carl, located at 1250 Mercy Street, was destroyed by fire. Two automobiles, a truck and the contents are lost, but not the home at the front of the property. It can’ t be determined if the business had relocated there from the Castro Street location.
The 1930 census showed Glaze and his wife living in a house that they owned at 484 Bailey Road, which is now Shoreline Boulevard. His occupation is that of a plumber. He passed away in 1936.
It’ s unknown if the two were able to license the patent or create a company to produce their invention.
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