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that the house may have been rented out in the 1930s and early 1940s. The 1943 <br />directory indicates that the Bakarich family may have rented 921 Main at that time. <br />Mary Doeffler Helburg in 1939 transferred ownership to her daughter, Marie Helburg, <br />who sold the house in 1944. <br />Lippis Family Ownership, 1944-1962 <br />The Lippis family owned this house and lived here beginning in 1944. The family <br />consisted of Berardino "Ben" and Mary Lippis and their children, Minnie, Frank, and <br />Lorraine. Lorraine (1925-2007), as the youngest, in particular lived in this house with her <br />parents. <br />Berardino "Ben" Lippis was born in Italy in 1884 and came to the U.S. in the early 1900s. <br />Mary Lippis was born in Colorado in about 1887 to Italian -born parents. Like many other <br />Italian families in the area, the Lippis family made wine. This was done in the cellar of <br />the house. According to a Lippis descendant, the small building in the back of the lot was <br />where six miners lived in bunks. <br />The following images are from the 1948 County Assessor card (under the address of 919 <br />Main, but the legal description on the card indicates that this is what is today 921 Main): <br />3 <br />