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History is Happening in redmond • OctOber 2011
REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETYOCTOBER 2011 • NEWSLETTER • VOL. 13 • NO. 8
OUR PURPOSE:tO DiscOver, recOver, Preserve, share anD celebrate reDmOnD’s histOry
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ROtary’s rOOts in reDmOnD
Our town is lucky to have a long tradition of service groups, among
them the Redmond Rotary Club, which has been giving back to the
community—and beyond—since 1971.
Please join us at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center on
Saturday, October 8 when club President Steve Bozick and past PresidentDavid Markley will talk about the chapter’s past, present and future. They’ll
be chronicling the key residents who founded the
club and saw it grow over the years under the
motto “Service Above Sel.”
They’ll also go over examples of Rotary
contributions that have helped make
Redmond a great place to live, work and play
—among them providing funds recently to
restore the picnic shelter at Anderson Park,
seen in the photo above.
The restored
picnic shelter at
Anderon Park
OctOber General meetinG:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH
10:30 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON
Old Redmond Schoolhouse
16600 NE 80th Street
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Thanks to Richard Morris,
our webmaster, we have a cool
Microsoft/Bing map showing the
16 properties landmarked by the
City a decade ago.
From our website homepage
(redmondhistorical society.
org), click on “Places” and you’ll
land on a page that explains thelandmarking and provides a link
to the map.
Earlier this year, the King
County Landmarks Commission
added the properties to its
regional register, making
available nancial incentives for
preservation.
executive bOarD
Chris Himes • President
Miguel Llanos • Senior Vice-PresidentJoe Townsend • Vice-President Finance
John Phillips • Vice-President Collections
Mary Hanson • Secretary
bOarD Of DirectOrs
Nao Hardy
Rosemarie Ives
Judy Aries Lang
Jon Magnussen
Doris SchaiblePatti Simpson Ward
Margaret Evers Wiese
Office manaGer • Monica Park
attOrney • 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
info@redmondhistoricalsociety.org.
State your preference of email or U.S.
Mail. (We prefer email as it's inexpensive
and photos show up better online.)
the reDmOnD recOrDeris published nine times annually.
Miguel Llanos • Editor
Patti Simpson Ward • Art Director
pattisimpsonward.com
2011
MAJORSPONSORS
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What’s new Online?
COVER FEATURE & WHAT’S NEW
1 Rotary’s Roots in Redmond
2 2011 RHS Ofcers & Board
2 What’s New • Online
3 What’s New • Our Collection
RHS NEWS
4 Thank You’s
5 Centennial Quilt
6-7 True Story of a Mid-Century
American Family
8 In Memoriam & Time Capsule
9 Order Now: “Redmond
Refections,” plus Books, Cards
& Gift Ideas from RHS
MEMBERSHIP & CONTACT INFO
10 Lifetimers & September Meeting
11 Membership Form
12 Address & RHS Contact Info
table Of cOntents PAGE
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WHAT’S NEWWhat’s new in Our
cOllectiOn?
The Sammamish Slough Racesare a big part of Redmond’s heritage,
and thanks to Arlene Smith, we have
more images for our archives! Those
featured here are from the early
1950s, and Arlene took some herself
as a teenager. Her uncle was the late
Allen “Chick” Zwiefelhofer, who
raced R-47. “He was always crashing
the darn thing,” she recalls. The top
and bottom photos are from Lake
Sammamish, where the race pit was
located. Notice the lack of homes on
the hillsides!
Photos courtesy of Arlene Smith
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THANKYOU TO:
• PATSY ROSENBACH for taking photos at the June picnic and
providing the Society with copies.
• DUANE and JOANN ISACKSON for donating a 1971 Derby Days
bumper sticker and a 1947 Redmond Recorder newspaper.
• ARLENE SMITH for bringing in photos for us to scan and archive.
These include images of the Sammamish Slough Races featured on
page 3 of this newsletter.
• TOM HITZROTH for leading another walking tour season. The last one,
which was held in September, had nine participants!
• CLARENCE STONE for donating several copies of the Sammamish
Valley News.
Cemetery Plots For
Sale
The Society is selling two side-by-side plots in Redmond’s
Cedar Lawns Memorial Park. Donated by the Reed family, they include
endowment care and are in the Garden of Christus section (225: 3 & 4).
The price is $3,499 for one or $6,699 for both with the current value at
$5,495 each. Cedar Lawns will handle all the necessary paperwork. If
you are interested, contact us at 425.885.2919 for info.
ceDar lawns
cemeteryPlOts
FOR SALE
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Guy Springsteel in front of his service station with niece Marilyn McIlvena.
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RHS NEWS True stOry Of a miD-century
american family:Guy & charlOtte sPrinGsteel
1947-1962New lifetime member Fred Springsteel of Poulsbo and sister Noelene Kycek
of Aberdeen dedicate this column to the memory of their parents, Guy
(1906-1991) and Charlotte (1910-2001).
Our parents owned and operated the only Mom & Pop service
station/snack bar and store combo on westside of Lake Sammamish in
the late 1940s. “Guy’s Service” carried basic groceries and featured a soda
fountain that they installed. From spring 1947 until the winter of 1949-50,
we kept the store open three miles south of Redmond across the lake road
from the current Idylwood Park at 3650 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway.
Some customers were friends, like the Euc LaBries atop the hill or the
Carl & Margaret Breedmans directly across NE 36th. Through the latter we
made friends with their Eastside relations: the Tor & Helen Magnussens,
and Cecil & Marion Walns.
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RHS NEWS
The six-member Springsteel family rented
the modest “King house” just north of the store.
Gateway Grove, Idylwood Resort’s competitor,
was later combined with the latter. The doubled
park/resort eventually gave its name to the park.
Charlotte ran the store and even pumped
gas while Guy taught school in three nearby
districts. She made up to a dozen pies a day for
the counter.
In the Great Winter of ‘49, the store caught re in the night and
burned to the ground in a few hours. Neighbors woke up the Springsteels
(or most of them) and Noelene was sent running past the leaping ames
to awaken Grampa Joe in a nearby cabin. Fred, age nine, slept through all
the noise and excitement and woke up to a greatly altered neighborhood!
After that coldest winter on record, the Springsteels moved to a cozier
home at 13841 NE 80th. When the Korean War began in summer 1950,
Guy returned to merchant marine ofcer service where he had served in
World War II. From 1950 to 1970, Charlotte worked in retail at Kirkland’s Ben
Franklin and Bellevue’s Newberry stores. In the late 1950s, Guy was on the
Lake Washington School Board. The couple separated after Fred left for
Notre Dame, fall 1958, but drove together to his 1962 graduation. Their rst
child (Duane) had died in 1960.
Guy later remarried and settled in NE Seattle, where he was active in
the Lake City Elks and Eagles. Charlotte moved to Aberdeen in 1977. Three
of their four children graduated from college. In mid-century America, two
ordinary people who met and were educated as teachers at Bellingham
Normal could still retire without worries. Their three living children greatly
beneted.
(“True Story of a Mid-Century Family” contined from page 6.)
A mid-20th Century Fred Springsteel
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In memOriam: Dale w. hawkinsOn
(1944-2011)
“Dale W. Hawkinson was born in Jordan, Montana, on July 25,
1944, to Carl and Lucille Hawkinson. … Dale grew up in Rosebud, Montana,
graduating in 1963. He attended Brown’s Institute of Technology in
Minneapolis before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1965 and serving until 1968.
Dale and Loita Grimsrud were married in 1969 and moved to Seattle. Dale
then went on to earn his Bachelors in Electronic Engineering. Dale, Loita andtheir son Fred moved to Kirkland in 1976 where daughter Carly was born.
“Dale’s passions were his family, all things electronic and nostalgic,
photography and history. Dale focused much of his energy on the history of
Kirkland for the past 15 years. … Dale’s gentle and keen sense of humor was
his trademark and will be missed.”
The family suggested that donations in Dale’s honor be made to the
Kirkland Heritage Society at 203 Market Street, Kirkland, 98033.
Kirkland lost one of its
most passionate local
historians this last summer.
Dale Hawkinson, who
with his wife Loita was
also a valuable friend to
the Redmond Historical
Society, passed away on
July 22. Below is part of
the remembrance written
by his family.
centennial time caPsule?
Redmond turns 100 in 2012—and among the ideas for celebrations is
creating a time capsule for the 200th anniversary! What would you want
folks to know about us 100 years from now? Thinking about it is a greatway to take stock of who and what we are as a community.
Send ideas via email to Miguel.llanos@msnbc.com or via U.S. Mail
to Redmond Historical Society, c/o Miguel Llanos, 16600 NE 80th Street,
Redmond, WA, 98052.
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SHIPPING & HANDLING: Please add $5.00 shipping & handling surchage for
any order that you would like mailed.
ORDERING INFO*:
NAME ______________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER ______________________
# OF BOOKS ORDERED _______ AMOUNT ENCLOSED (CHECK PLEASE) _$_________________________________
SHIPPING INFO:
NAME ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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NOTE: “Redmond Refections” is also available at:
• THE SOCIETY OFFICE at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. (Hours ofoperation on page 12)
• PATTI SIMPSON WARD’S BOOTH at the Redmond Saturday Market throughout the
summer. (Dates on her web site: pattisimpsonward.com)
ORDER NOW
“Redmond Refections”
$15 (INCLUDES TAX)*
✂
Great Gift iDeas fOr histOry lOvers
Need something special for someone
who appreciates 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
Our “VIEW OF HISTORY” DVD
Artwork of the historic Adair House in Anderson
Park, Redmond’s oldest park. “Antics at Anderson
Park” is the work of ne artist Patti Simpson
Ward. See more images of Eastside settings on
pattisimpsonward.com).
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MEMBERSHIP SePtember 9th General meetinG
Eric Anderson
John Anderson
Barbara Neal Beeson
Brad Best
Marjorie Stensland
Costello
John Couch
Liz Carlson Coward
Frank Garbarino
Edward L. Hagen
Lucille B.
Hansen-Bellings
Wayne HansenNaomi Hardy
Patricia Weiss Jovag
Barbara Weiss Joyce
Glenn Lampaert
Roy Lampaert
Judy Aries Lang
Miguel Llanos
Jon Magnussen
Clare ‘Amo’ Marr
Daryl MartinAllison Reed Morris
Charles Reed
Frances Spray Reed
Vivian Robinson
Laurie Rockenbeck
Margy Rockenbeck
William Rockenbeck
Fred Springsteel
Fred Stray
Doris Bauer SchaibleArlyn Vallene
Don Watts
Rose Weiss
Joanne Westlund
Margaret Evers Wiese
James Windle
lifetime members
Were you at our September meeting? These folks were! First time
attendees are noted in BOLD CAPS.
JENI CRASWELL
RON CRASWELL
Tony Emmanuel
Joyce Fowler
Jean Etta Dudley
Goshorn
Frank Gwerder
Charlotte Everson
Hahnlen
Suzanne Hall
Tom HallJerry Hammersberg
Thomas E. Hansen
Mary Hanson
Chris Himes
Judy Aries Lang
BEA LELAND
Janice LeVeck
Cheryl Magnuson
Gene Magnuson
Carl Marrs
Pat Marrs
Bob Martin
Larry E Miller
Alexa Munoz
HANK MYERS
HELEN BENGSTON
NASH
Jackie Nelson
VIC NEWHARD
Monica Park
John Phillips
Roxana Phillips
Virginia Potter
Pickett
Brian Ranck
Patsy CookRosenbach
Anne Salmi
Dee Saunders
Doris Schaible
Nina Shelden
K. Snepp
Fran Stray
Fred Stray
Anne M. Tollfeldt
Harvey Tollfeldt
Jerry Torell
Joe Townsend
Arlyn Bjerke Vallene
Peggy Williams
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