Rosemary Mucklow moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to the United States in 1959 with her father when she was a child. Rosemary worked for 55 years in the U.S. meat industry, serving as the Executive Director of National Meat Association from 1982 to 2007.
Her cottage-like home on Terrace Walk, where she has lived for over 40 years, is a common stopping point along the path for many Berkeley friends, neighbors, and wanderers.
JC Orton is Berkeley institution as individual. Offering everything from free meals to tax preparation, JC can be found Monday through Saturday from 7:00-9:00 a.m. parked in front of Peet’s Coffee at Shattuck Avenue and Kittredge Street. Sitting at a foldout table in the back of his Volkswagen Vanagon, JC alternates between his phone and an open window, providing granola bars and juice boxes, housing resources, assistance with taxes and applying for Social Security and Medicaid, and bundles of Street Sheets. Then on Sunday mornings he serves breakfast at People’s Park and Civic Center Park, assisted by other local volunteers and members of his nonprofit, Night on the Streets Catholic Worker.
JC’s legacy falls in the hands of other local residents he hopes will volunteer their time towards helping Berkeleyites in need.
