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Redmond HistoRical society
apRil 2013 neWsletteRVol. 15 no. 4
Our PurPOSE:To Discover, recover, preserve, shAreAnD celebrATereDmonDs hisTory
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norDicsinThe norThwesT
AprilGenerAlmeeTinG:SATURDAY, APRIL 13 10:30 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON
Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th Street
The wave
of immigrants
from Scandinavia
in the 1800s
reached across
the Northwest, and
Redmond was no
exception. Its a rich
cultural history, and
one that the director
of the Seattle-based
Swedish Cultural
Center,
Kristine Leander,
will share with us onSaturday, April 13.
The grand-daughter
of Swedish pioneers to Skagit Valley, Kristine will focus on Norwegians and
extrapolate from there on the broader Scandinavian experience. Ill try to
bring in the Swedes, she says. Theyre a more difcult group to categorize
because they blended and wanted to t in. The Norwegians clumped
together and that makes them easier to study and more able these days to
express their heritage. Its all history!
Scandinavian Americans in national costumes visit Seattles Alaska Yukon PacificExposition in 1909. In the front row, a couple poses with their fiddler for a mock
wedding, one of the highlights of AYPs Norway Day. (Photo courtesy NordicHeritage Museum)
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ExEcutivE BOard
Chris Himes President
Judy Lang Senior Vice-PresidentJoe Townsend Vice-President Finance
John Phillips Vice-President Collections
Mary Hanson Secretary
BOard Of dirEctOrS
Rosemarie IvesJanice LeVeck
Judith Simpson
Sherry Stilin
Kris SwansonMargaret Evers Wiese
OfficE ManagEr Monica ParkattOrnEy Charles Diesen
Our nances are public record and may
be viewed at the ofce.
frEE nEwSlEttEr
If you don't subscribe, please sign up.Call the ofce at 425.885.2919 or email
State your preference of email or
U.S. Mail. The historical society prefers
email as it's inexpensive and photos are
enhanced online.
thE rEdMOnd rEcOrdEr
is published nine times annually.
Miguel Llanos Editor
Patti Simpson Ward Design Consultant
pattisimpsonward.com
Janice LeVeck Graphic Designerjaniceannleveck.com
2013
MaJOrSPOnSOrS
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whATs new
online
DestinationHeritage.org, a
website produced by 4Culture,
continues to add content about
Seattle-area history. From the
homepage, which brings up
a clickable map of the region,
choose Northeast to zero in on
our region. The content includes
great audio summaries of these
histories:
Lake Washington Shipyards
Marymoor Park
Carnation Farm
Dougherty Farmstead
COVER FEATURE & WHATS NEW
1 Nordics in the Northwest
2 2013 RHS Ofcers & Board
2 Whats New Online
DestinationHeritage.orgRHS NEWS
3 Candid Cameras Exhibit
4 Slough Races Event
5 Stilin Joins Board Paul Bark Tribute
6-7 The Redmond Trading Company as
Time Machine
8 Historical Thank Yous Saturday
Market Walking Tours
9 Gift Ideas from RHSMEMBERSHIP & CONTACT INFO
10 March Meeting Attendees
List of RHS Lifetimers
11 Membership Form
12 Address & RHS Contact Info
TAbleof conTenTsPAGE
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whatSnEwshowcAsinG ourhisTory:
cAnDiD cAmerAs
An exhibit of cameras outsideour ofce tells stories not just about
how the technology has evolved,
but about the local folks who owned
the camerasamong them Dr.
John Way and Angela Aries Lang.
Cheryl and Gene Magnuson did
an incredible job captioning each
artifact. Stop by any time this monthfor a close-up look!
(All photos by Miguel Llanos)
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sAluTeTo sAmmAmish slouGh rAces
rhSnEwS
Inspired by the colorful
history of the Sammamish
River/Slough races, artist
Gaul Culley has organized
a multi-city tribute with
speakers, an origami boat
building workshop and, of
course, race boats. The free
event is Sunday, April 7, from
12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. at
Kenmore City Hall.
Im estimating about 20
to 30 boats will be there,
says Gaul, who designed
the poster at right. Theyll
include Rapid Robert
Waites boat and Bill
Boeings Miss Wahoo.
Steve Greaves of the
Seattle Outboard Association
will be the keynote speaker
and moderate a panel that includes former Kirkland resident Bob Pinney
representing racing in the Redmond-area. The public will be invited to
share their stories as well.
Gaulwhose father-in-law Dave Culley won the slough racehas
two long-term goals:
Creating a yearly event that celebrates the Builders of our
communities and the Sammamish River as elemental to the cities of
Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville and Redmond.
Creating artworks that narrate the history of the Sammamish River.
Support for Gauls goals thus far have been from the City of Kenmore,
4Culture, The Kenmore Heritage Society, Bothell Historical Society/
Museum, Redmond Historical Society, the Seattle Outboard Association,
The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, and local businesses.
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sherrysTilin Joins socieTyboArDLifetime memberSherry Stilin last month accepted a board position, but
weeks before that she was already shaking things upin a great way. Shes
heading a marketing campaign to better brand what we do, so expect some
announcements soon. We are working on a plan to make a much bigger effort
to promote the Saturday program to the public with the goal of attracting new
members, she says.
Sherry, a Wisconsin native who had a sales/marketing career in the computer
industry, raised three sons with her husband John in Redmond.
Her history inspiration? My father was a teacher and loved history, Sherry
says. My family spent many summers pulling our travel trailer all over the country
with a focus on historic sights and museums!
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rhSnEwSA sTuDenTs TribuTeTo
TeAcherpAulbArk
Mr Bark, 91? There must, it seems, be
a terrible mistake, a misprint. I last saw him,
in passing, where in the wrld wuld it have
beenat ur 20th Lake Washingtn High
Shl reunin, maybeand he had sarely
aged. ...And his hair was slightly thinned but
still iled and swept up int a graeul urve,
rather like the rnt bumper n the ld XK150
Jaguar. Im sure I wasnt the nly Junir High
shl by wh envied him his slik but manly
hair style. But mre imprtant was his kindly
impassined interest in teahing us nt nly
Histry but teahing us als hw t learnand
t value learning r its wn sake, nt just r
grades. That was a new nept r sme
us. And a preius ne.
Eah us had, at ne time r anther,
a teaher wh instilled in us that sense
learning being nt just a duty but an pprtunity,
smething exiting and imprtant.
A memorial service for Paul is being held on Saturday, April 20,
2013, at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Auditorium from
12 noon to 3:00 p.m. All are welcome.
Paul Bark, retired RedmondJunior High teacher (Photocourtesy of David Bark)
The mention last month about the passing at age 91 of retired Redmond
Junior High teacherPaul Bark prompted Bill Root, one of his manystudents, to send along a tribute. Below are excerpts:
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reDmonD TrADinG compAny ...rhS
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The late, great journalist Lucile McDonald specialized in all things
Eastside. In 1993, Marymoor Museum published Luile MDnalds EastsideNtebk: 101 Lal Histry Vignettes. Edited by Lorraine McConaghy,
it contained columns written for the Journal-American when Lucile was in
her 80s. Below is Vignette 98, rst published on November 7, 1977, as a
snapshot of days gone by. The building itself still standstoday its Half Price
Books Store!
More than a decade ago, Redmond boasted a store which was the
joy of shoppers of old-fashioned commodities, particularly the grocery
line. Curiosity seekers looked in there just for the pleasure of viewing
what merchandising was like when their parents were young. The place
was known to Seattleites as well as Eastside residents and many must
have regretted when the Redmond Trading Company closed its doors.
The owner, William Howell, died after a long illness and Leary Way has
never been quite the same since his demise.
Howell arrived in Redmond from North Carolina in 1910 when
the population was less than 800 people. Three stores served the
little logging community. Customers often pulled up in horse-drawn
conveyances and at least six hitching posts were installed in front of
the trading company. Howell preserved one as a novelty after the early
wooden sidewalk was replaced by cement. When the store was new it
had a shed roof extending over the walk.
Inside the building, Howell divided his wares in two sections, one
for groceries and dry goods, the other for feed and hardware. Here
the customer in the late 1950s could nd such rarities as tin milk pans,
crocks, kerosene lanterns and pitcher pumps.In the line of dry goods Howell carried a few cotton stockings for the
little old ladies who still asked for them. In a drawer were button hooks
and shoe buttons. On the counter stood wooden spool cabinets and
one for packages of dye. Nearby was a pot-bellied heating stove like
those every railroad station formerly had.
Behind the grocery counters were open bins, intended for dried
prunes, beans, suger, dried apples and the like. Three large tin
canisters stood on top labeled Mocha and Java, Tapioca, and S.C.Japan. Howell handled only roasted coffee but for a long time he had
a coffee mill. After everyone began buying coffee in cans he gave the
mill to a chicken rancher to grind bones. He also got rid of the cabinet
of spice drawers after customers ceased to ask for whole nutmeg,
cinnamon sticks and sarsaparilla.
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As Time mAchinerhS
nEwS
On the counter
stood glass casesthat held rock
candy, jawbreakers,
licorice whips,
jelly beans and
wafer candies with
mottoes. Children
with pennies took
considerabletime making their
selections.
Howell learned
his store-keeping
in Redmond. The
business started
with four partners
but one left and two
others died, leaving
Howell alone with
his memories of
what the place had
been like when
he began there.In
those days sugar
generally was sold
in hundred-pound
sacks and no one
bought less than
fty ponds of our
at a time. Molasses
came in fty-gallon
barrels and that customer brought a jug to carry some home in. Lard was in tin
pails and items did not arrive in cellophane-wrapped packages.
A storekeeper knew what to order then; goods remained in style a long timeand loggers families were not going out to Seattle over a muddy road through the
woods and across the lake by ferry every week to shop. Howell outlived the era,
but it was strange how many people called at his store in the 1950s for the old-
fashioned wares he continued to stock.
Lucile McDonald also wrote about The Redmond TradingCompany for The Seattle Times in 1955, just as William Howellwas winding down the business. This illustration accompanied herarticle and both are archived in our ofce!
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huGe hisToricAlThAnkyousTo:
rhSnEwS
4Culture for awarding us $3,000 a year over the next two years. The
Sustained Support Grant acknowledges our success in building and
maintaining a heritage society with the help of our members
Tamara Moen for donating dozens of slides of the boat races on the
Sammamish Slough and even on Lake Sammamish. Well be showing those
at the April 7 Slough Races event in Kenmore (See Page 4).
wAlkinG Tours Are bAck!
May will mark the start of the 2013 Redmond Saturday Market, where we
staff a booth on the rst Saturday of each month. Its a great place to see old
friends and make new ones, especially folks who have recently moved to
Redmond. People love stopping at our booth to check out old photos and pick
up newsletters.
Were looking to staff two-hour shifts. If you can help, please contact Judy
Aries Lang at [email protected] or 425-823-3551.
sATurDAymArkeT neArs,AnyvolunTeers?
Were pleased to announce the 10th anniversary of the Old Redmond
Historic Walking Tours! This years tours are on Sunday afternoons, April 21,May 19, and June 16 from 1:00 p.m.to 2:30 p.m. A haunted history tour on
September 15 will be held in the evening.
Historian Tom Hitzroth is the man with the
stories, gossip, and names that make Redmonds
early history so interesting. Tours begin at the
Justice White House, 7730 Leary Way NE. A $10
per person suggested donation supports Societyprograms and is payable by credit card on our
website, or by check sent to our ofce at 16600
NE 80th Street, Room 106, Redmond, WA, 98052.
Registration is required by the Friday before the
tour. A tour will not be held if it rains.
Tom Hitzroth, Historian and
Walking Tour Guide (Photo courtesty
of HeadSpinnner Photography)
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SHIPPING & HANDLING: Please add $5.00 shipping & handling surchage
for any order that you would like mailed.
ORDERING INFO*:NAME____________________________________________________PHONE NUMBER_____________________
# OF BOOKS ORDERED_______AMOUNT ENCLOSED (CHECK PLEASE)_$_____________________________
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NOTE: REDMoND REfLEcTIoNS is also available at the RHS OFFICE at the Old
Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. (Hours of operation on page 12.)
RedmondReflections
$15(INCLUDES TAX)*
Need something special for someonewho appreciates our history? Theseare available at our Society ofce:
GREETING CARDS, MAGNETS
& NOTE CARDSfeaturing artwork by local artists:
PATTI SIMPSON WARD
DorisjeanColvin PatDugan
Our TOwn
History of Redmond by Nancy Way
View Of HisTOry DVD
This painting of Marymoor Park, flying Kites at the clise
Mansin, is the work of ne artist Patti Simpson Ward.
Visit her website to see more images of Eastside settings
pattisimpsonward.com).
OrdErnOw
GreAT GifT iDeAsforhisTorylovers
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mArch meeTinG ATTenDeesMEMBErShiP
Elsie BartleyDavid Bartley
Sylvia Bernauer*VALORIE BORDON
DOROTHY BRASHEARS
BOBBIE JO CONORS
GAUL CULLEY
Tony Emmanuel*Lillian Garland*Evelyn Gilbert*BONNIE HALBERT
Tom Hall
Suzanne Hall
Thomas E. Hansen*Mary Hanson*
Roy Hanson*Marge Hanson*Jerry Hardy*
Chris Himes*
Pat Jovag*
Elaine Keeley*
Bruce Kenyon*
Judy Aries Lang*
Miguel Llanos*
Cheryl Magnuson*
Gene Magnuson*SHARON MARGARET
Larry E. Miller*
Urla Morgan*
Richard Morris
Alexa Munoz*
Monica Park
Virginia Pickett*Fernando Ramos*
Patsy Cook Rosenbach*
David Rossiter*
Julianne Rossiter*
Anne Salmi*
Judith Simpson
Beryl Standley*
Sherry Stilin*
Fran Stray*
Fred Stray*Kris Swanson*
Jerry Torell*
Joe Townsend*
Judy Turner*
Arlyn Vallene*
Andrew Weiss
RAYMOND WEISSLANCE WEISS-DAUPHIN
LOGAN WEISS-DAUPHIN
ourrhs lifeTime membersEric AndersonJohn Anderson
Barbara Neal BeesonBrad BestMarjorie Stensland
CostelloJohn CouchLiz Carlson CowardTony EmmanuelFrank GarbarinoEdward L. Hagen
Lucille B.Hansen-BellingsWayne HansenJerry HardyNaomi HardyChris HimesPatricia Weiss Jovag
Barbara Weiss Joyce
Glenn Lampaert
Roy Lampaert
Judy Aries Lang
Miguel Llanos
Jon Magnussen
Clare Amo Marr
Daryl Martin
Allison Reed Morris
John Phillips
Roxie PhillipsCharles Reed
Frances Spray Reed
Vivian Robinson
Laurie Rockenbeck
Margy Rockenbeck
William Rockenbeck
Beryl Standley
John Stilin
Sherry Stilin
Fred Springsteel
Fred Stray
Doris Bauer Schaible
Herb Swanson
Doris Townsend
Arlyn Vallene
Patti Simpson WardDon Watts
Rose Weiss
Joanne Westlund
Margaret Evers Wiese
James Windle
First-time attendees are in BOLD ALL CAPS.
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