RHS Newsletter 06 2010

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HistoryisHappeningin redmond June 2010

Its now a tradition! Every June, instead of a general meeting, wegather to share a meal, stories and music by the Old Time Fiddlers ~

including Society members Elsie and De Ble. Everyone is welcome,

and well be at Anderson Park from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on June 12th.

Members Fn and Fed S and Chel

and Gene Mgnsn have become de facto

hosts ~ the former providing a soft serve ice

cream machine and the latter a BBQ for grilling.

So bring your burgers, hot dogs or other

favorite picnic food. The Society will provide

the plates and drinks.

A special treat this year ~ well be handing

the 2010 History Hero award to long-timer Bd Bes

for his long-time support to RHS!

Redmond HIstoRIcal socIetyJUne 2010 neWsletteR Vol. 12 no. 6

oUR PURPose:to discover, recover, preserve, sHareand celebrateredmonds History

youre invitedto tHe picnic!

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Juneannual picnic

SaturDay, JuNE 12tH11:00 a.M. to 2:00 p.M.

aNDErSoN parK oN

rEDMoND Way

Else and Dave

Bartle, far rght,

jon other Old

Tme Fddlers

at the 2008Socet pcnc

at Redmonds

Anderson Park.


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June 2010 HistoryisHappeningin redmond

executive boardChrs Hmes Presdent

Mguel Llanos Vce-PresdentJoanne Westlund Treasurer

John Phllps Collectons

Berl Standle Recordng Secretar

boardof directorsMar Hanson

Nao Hard

Jud Ares Lang

Jon Magnussen

Dors SchableJoe Townsend

Patt Smpson Ward

Margaret Evers Wese

office manager Monca Park

attorney Charles Desen

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State your preference of email or U.S.

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Mguel Llanos Edtor

Patt Smpson Ward Socet &

Newsletter Graphc Desgner

2010

maJoRsPonsoRs

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WHats newonline?a time machine of sorts is

online at the Kirkland Heritage

Society website. It now houses

some incredible lm clips,

including:

Kirkland Parade 1930s-1940s

Football game at Waverly

Field

1950s Indian Guides

1970s blimp ride from

Sandpoint to Kirkland

Check out: h://www.edmnd.

g/insidecihll/lnning/

esein/eseinmnh.

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1 Ce icle: 2010 annl

Scie picnice

2 Whs New online

3 Whs New o Cllecin

4 thnk ys

5 Esside Eens

6 rHS News: Wlking ts &

Sich yself in time

7-8 Bk Ece: Lening

Swim

9 ode Nw Bks, Cds

& Gif Ides fm rHS

10 Membeshi aendees

11 Membeshi Fm

12 addess & rHS Cnc Inf

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WHatsneWWHats newin our

collection?

need some inspiration tocollect your family history?

If so, stop by the ofce to

look through the album compiled

by Ler olsn, who traced his

hard-scrabble upbringing in North

Dakota to his business prowess in

Redmond and beyond.

The cover image to the left

shows LeRoy behind the wheel of

his $5 Ford Model T in 1938!

LeRoy Olsons book cover

this negative wasamong several donated

by Ken Singe,

who got them from a

neighbor at a garage

sale!

Can you guess what

it shows? Think GOLD

~ as in the Alaska Gold

Rush. Its miners heading

over a pass to get to

the promised land of

opportunity. Karen Springers Gold Rush negatve


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yoUto . . .

HEatHEr trESCaSES, director of Eastside Heritage

Center, for donating a copy of the Freeman family

biography, signed by Kemper Freeman Jr., Mays speake.r

RHs will be in the parade again this year and were always lookingfor folks to join us ~ either riding the old school bus or re truck or holding

our banner proudly. The parade starts at 10:00 a.m. on July 10 and well

gather about a half hour before that at a staging spot to be determined.

Contact the ofce at 425.885.2919 to sign up or for more info.

Cheryl Magnuson and Joe Townsend carred the banner at last ears Derb Parade.

come rollwitH usattHe derby parade!

Former Ct Parks Drector John Couch joned us last ear on hs bke and wearng two hats ~ a

Derb one and hs bke safet helmet! Behnd s Duane Isackson n hs 1941 Oldsmoble hotrod.


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FRee!eastsIdeeVents

JUne26 & 27

bellevue: fraser cabin Heritage

programsWHErE: Kelsey Creek Farm Park, 410 130th Place SE, Bellevue

WHEN: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays: June 19, July 17, August 21,

September 18; Saturday and Sunday, October 9 & 10

Could you have survived the late 1800s? Try your hand at settler life as the

Eastside Heritage Center opens up the log cabin lived in by the Fraser family

over 100 years ago! For more information, contact the center at 425.450.1049.

bellevue: Heritage fair & strawberry festivalWHErE: Crossroads Park in Bellevue

WHEN: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday June 26; 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,

Sunday, June 27

Music, food and heritage are showcased at this annual event hosted by the

Eastside Heritage Center. Info at belleeswbefesil.g.

issaquaH: grand ridge mineand downtown HikesWHErE: Issaquah Depot, 50 Rainier Boulevard N.

WHEN: 10:00 a.m. (mine hike), 1:00 p.m. (downtown), Saturday, June 26

Slides shown before two- to four-mile mine hike over easy to moderate

terrain. Downtown hike ends at Gilman Village. Sponsored by Issaquah History

Museums. Info at issqhhis.g.

issaquaH: issaquaHand superior mine HikeWHErE: Issaquah Depot, 50 Rainier Boulevard N.

WHEN: 10:00 a.m.,Sunday, June 27

Slides shown before two- to four-mile mine hike. Info at issqhhis.g.

kirkland: Help identify mystery pHotosWHErE: Heritage Hall, 203 Market Street, Kirkland

WHEN: 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 30

The Kirkland Heritage Societys monthly meeting will ID old photos.

Call 425. 827.3446 for more information.

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Redmond walking tours, 2010RHs

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When you drive orwalk along Leary Way youre

passing through the heart of

Redmonds history. Many of

those buildings are among

our oldest, but do you

know the stories they tell?Like, which one was both an

undertakers premises and a

bordello?

tm Hizh will

educate and entertain

folks with another round of

walking tours that explore

those histories.

This years dates are (tours

are not held if it rains):

JuNE 20

SEptEMBEr 19

Tours run from 1:00 to 2:30

p.m. and walkers meet on the

front steps of the Justice White

House at 7730 Leary Way.

An $8 fee helps fund

Society research. Pre-

registration is required.

To register, phone theRedmond Historical Society

ofce at 425.885.2919

or email them at inf@

edmndhisiclscie.g.

One of the tour stops s the Bll Brown Buldng, seen

here n artwork b RHS member Patti Simpson Ward.

Brown had t bult n 1913, and ts rst use was as a

saloon. Brown would later become Redmonds longest

servng maor.

stitcH yourself intoredmond History

Were looking for 100 designs

of Redmonds heritage to turn into

100 quilt squares ~ and then into a

giant quilt that we can rafe off as

a fundraiser in 2012 when Redmond

turns 100!

The names of all those

whose designs are used will

be incorporated into the quilts

border so nows your chance to be

stitched into history! If youd like to

participate, please contact Jnne

Weslnd atjmweslnd@eizn.

ne or call 425.898.0399.

If you are willing to help with

the actual quilting, we would love

to hear from you as well! Squares

must be delivered by September.


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BooKeXceRPt

Im quite sure I would have learned to swim a lot sooner if I had lived inFlorida or California or Hawaii, anywhere that actually had long hot summers,

warm water and naked people sporting tan lines. As it turned out, I was born

and raised in western Washington, known widely as the drizzle and slug

capital of the world. Where paleness is pervasive and anyone showing a tan

line is viewed as suspect ~ most likely a fugitive from California.

Oh sure, in all fairness to the much maligned wet side of the Evergreen

State, three or four times every century we actually have a summer that

sizzles, with temperatures so warm, even hot, that local mossbacks begin to

sweat uncontrollably. Remember 09? We frantically searched closets and

drawers for seldom used items like sunglasses, sun hats and sun block, even

shorts and sandals. Then, most of us camped out at air-conditioned malls

until the freaky weather oddity passed.

To be sure, even in our normal summers the feeble sun will beat its way

through the murk for a few days in July and August but any warmth from it

quickly dissipates into the frigid soil, leaving hopeless gardeners predicting

yet another green tomato year. . . .

Yet, in spite of the ckle sunshine, the chilly wind and the ever-present

overcast, most of us who reside here in the crosshairs of the Puget Sound

convergence zone still learn how to swim, albeit grudgingly if one has to take

swimming lessons outside.

When I was seven I fell out of a rowboat while perch shing with myfather at Cottage Lake. I splashed around frantically until Dad yanked me out

by the collar. Youve got to learn to swim, son. He said. The sooner,

the better.

(Continued on page 8.)

LFrom time to time, we run excerpts from Society member Bob

Martins book, The Way I Remember It.Recently, he added a

chapter to his recollections. Below is the rst half, and the full

story is online at edmndhisiclscie.g. Search for Min

and swim.

earningto swim


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(Continued from page 7.)

Shortly after

my dunking, I was

encouraged by my

parents, to take

swimming lessons.

Forced would be a

better word since I

was not too keen

about the idea.Mom rmly stated,

There will be no

more shing until

you learn how to swim young man. And then she sealed the deal, And

thats nal!

There is no disputing the fact that learning to swim would have been

much easier and far more comfortable in a heated pool but in the 1940s

there were no swimming pools in my hometown and none within easy

driving distance. That left the Sammamish River or Gateway Grove and a

handful of other lakeside resorts not far from town.

Gateway Grove was located on the northwest shore of Lake Sammamish

(todays Idylwood Park). The willow thickets and water lily patches that grew

along the boggy shoreline had been cleared away years before and a fewtruckloads of sand brought in and dumped to create a small but pleasant

swimming beach. Hundreds of kids from my hometown learned to swim

there. . . . .

Im not sure where they found our swimming instructors. My guess

is that the Parks Department went to the nearest prison and recruited

someone serving a term for sadistic cruelty to minors. Or sometimes they

found a disgruntled teacher who wanted to return the torment that he or

she had endured throughout the school year. Other summers a cruel-hearted

college or high school student with a penchant for bullying young children

could be signed up. There were only two requirements ~ a valid Red Cross

water safety certicate and the ability to yell like an Army drill sergeant.

.

BooKeXceRPt

Gatewa Grove, seen on June 28, 1956, at an end-of-school-ear part.

(Photo courtes of Eastsde Hertage Center ~ L87.44.128)


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Redmond Refections

$22(InclUdes taX)*FrEE SHIppING for RHS members, so if you havent joined or renewed,theres a form on page 11 to send in with this book order form.

NoN-MEMBErS, please add postage:

$3 f 1 bk, $5 f 2 bks, $8 f 3 me bks

great gift ideasfor 2010

Need something special for someone

who loves our history? These items are

available at our Society ofce:

GrEEtING CarDS, MaGNEtS &

NotE CarDS

featuring artwork by local artists:

pattI SIMpSoN WarD

DorISJEaN CoLvIN pat DuGaN

Our TOwn

A history of Redmond, by Nancy Way

o View Of HisTOryDvD

Artwork of the Redmond Saturda Market featured

on ths ears Market Posters

Ttle: Mtg at Th Makt

b ne artst Patt Smpson Ward


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our lifetime membersErc AndersonJohn AndersonBarbara Neal BeesonBrad BestMarjore Stensland CostelloL Carlson CowardFrank GarbarnoEdward L. HagenLuclle B. Hansen-BellngsNaom HardPatrca Wess JovagBarbara Wess JoceGlenn Lampaert

Ro LampaertJud Ares LangMguel LlanosJon MagnussenCharles ReedClare Amo MarrDarl MartnAllson Reed MorrsFrances Spra ReedVvan RobnsonLaure RockenbeckMarg Rockenbeck

Wllam RockenbeckDors Bauer SchableFred StraArln ValleneDon WattsRose WessMargaret Evers WeseJames Wndle

memBeRsHIP May 9tHmeeting attendeesWere you at our May meeting? These folks were! First time attendees are

noted in BoLD CapS:

Allen, KimaNDErSoN, KIMAnderson, RalphBlair, Dusty WattsBlair, WayneCampbell, SallyCoward, JimCoward, Liz CarlsonCurry, Bill

Dejong, CoryEmmanuel, TonyFISHEr, MIKEFrEEMaN, KEMpErFrey, MarilynFrey, StanGordon, TerriGoshorn, Jean EttaGwerder, FrankHahnlen, CharlotteHall, SuzanneHall, TomHaLLMaN, Mary KayHaLLMaN, MICHaELHammersberg, JerryHanson, MargeHanson, RoyHardy, NaoHarLaN, SCottHimes, ChrisIngersoll, Jo AnnIves, RosemarieJaton, WayneKenyon, BruceKenyon, Cheryl

Lambert, LynnLang, JudyLELaND, BEaLutz, BrianMagnuson, CherylMagnussen, JonMartin, BobMartin, DarylMCaDaMS, LENMcCormick, ElmaMiller, Larry E.Morelli, DanteMorris, Richard

Muoz, AlexaNelson, RobertPark, MonicaPickett, VirginiaPotter, DalePotter, Jo AnnRadtke, BevRadtke, DickRoe, Phil

Rossiter, DavidRossiter, JuliannSchaible, DorisScott, ClaudiaSemandiris, CarolSIMpSoN, JuDItHStandley, BerylStensland, JimStray, Fran

Stray, FredSwanson, KrisTollfeldt, AnneTollfeldt, HarveyTownsend, JoetrEpaNIEr, pattItrEpaNIEr, roGEr

trESCaSES, HEatHErVallene, ArlynVallene, LeonardvaN BLarICoM, DoNaLDvaN BLarICoM, JaNWalsh, WendyWarD, DouGWard, Patti Simpson

Watts, DonWestlund, JoanneWiese, MargaretWILKINS, SuSaNWilliams, PeggyWood, JockYoder, Bob


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