rhs newsletter january 2011

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HistoryisHappeningin redmond January 2011

The year is 1860.Teenage slave Charles

Mitchell (depicted here)

is approached on the

streets of Olympia

by free blacks from

Victoria, then a British

Crown Colony, and

encouraged to escape

from his master and

stow away on the international mail steamer. As soon as his foot touched

the dock in Victoria, Charles Mitchell became free.

Charles story, and how Civil War issues played

out in the Northwest, is the focus of our

January presentation by Line McCngh,

chief historian at the Museum of History

& Industry.

Please join us on Saturday, January 8,

from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, for this

look back at a little known aspect of

our history.

RedmondHisToRicalsocieTyJanUaRy2011neWsleTTeRVol.13no.1

oURPURPose:to discover, recover, preserve, sHareand celebrateredmonds History

slavery, civil War & tHe nortHWest

1

Januarygeneral meeting

Saturday, JaNuary 810:30 a.M. to NooN

oLd rEdMoNd SCHooLHouSE

CoMMuNIty CENtEr

Image used with permission of Julie Notarianni and the Museum of

Histor & Industr. 2010.


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There is one documentthat has been downloaded 45times! Way more than most at

20 times, says website manager

rich Mis. And its a mysteryas to why, since its not featured

prominently anywhere.

Its the transcript of an interview

with Line yng, wife of

1970s Mayor B yng, in 2000.(FYI, Mge dmn and disSchible recorded and transcribedthe interview.)

Perhaps Young family members

are working on their history? In

any case, great to see the website

(emnhisiclscie.g)

being used for this!

executive boardChris Himes President

Miguel Llanos Senior Vice-PresidentJoe Townsend Vice-President Finance

John Phillips Vice-President Collections

Berl Standle Secretar

boardof directorsMar Hanson

Nao Hard

Jud Aries Lang

Jon Magnussen

Doris SchaibleJoe Townsend

Patti 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 neWsletterIf you don't subscribe, please sign up.

Call the ofce at 425.885.2919 or [email protected] 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 Societ &

Newsletter Graphic Designer

2011

maJoRsPonsoRs

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WHats neWonline?

1 Cve icle: Slve, Civil

W & he Nhwes

2 Whs New online

3 Wling t Mbile Gie4 Qiing Sqes Neee

5 thn ys & Me

6 oe Nw Bs, Cs

& Gif Ies fm rHS

7-9 rHS News aicle: Pl

Bs & Plln,

In Memim & tibe

rse Weiss

10 Membeship aenees

11 Membeship Fm

12 aess & rHS Cnc Inf

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WHaTsneWWalking tour guidegroWs & goes mobile

Then and now photos of the historic Odd Fellows building.

Talk aboutprogress on two fronts!

The then photos from

the Redmond Walking

Tour Guide have been

posted on our website

for some time, and

thanks to volunteers

Bin rnc and Jnice

LeVec, we now have

now photos as well.

The Odd Fellows

Hall, for example, is

pictured here both inthe 1930s and today.

The images and

information from the

tour are also presented

in a slideshow format. Head to our website

(emnhisiclscie.g)homepage fora link to the new and improved tour!

A second front is our rst cell phone

app through which one can walk the tour.

Its available ($2.99) for Microsoft Windows

7 phones and iPhones and soon-to-be for

Android phones

Thanks to Glen Barnes of MyTours,

a New Zealand company that contacted us

us and offered to help us set the tour up

for free as a way to promote the new

Microsoft phones!


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January 2011 HistoryisHappeningin redmond4

Heres your chance to be quilted into history! We still need quiltsquares showing some aspect of Redmonds heritage. Society outgoing

Treasurer Jnne Wesln will turn those into a huge quilt to rafe or

auction off during 2012 Redmonds Centennial. The names of all those whose

designs are used will be incorporated into the quilts border. For more info,

contact Joanne [email protected] or at 425.898.0399. The

deadline to turn them in is January 2011.

instructions: Design quilt 8 inches square.

Add an additional 1/4-inch seam allowance to all sides of the quilt piece.

The actual overall size will then be 8-1/2 inches.

Use 100% quilting cotton fabric with a thread count of 68x68 threads

per square inch. Pre-wash the quilting materials, using cold water.

When designing your quilt square, you can use appliqu technique, hand ormachine piecing, or a combination:

HaNd-StItCHING:

Weigh: Use 50-weight, 100% cotton or cotton/polyester

Neele: Thin needles such as sharps or betweens are best

Sich Lengh: About 1/8 inch of 8 stitches per inch

MaCHINE StItCHING:

Weigh: Use top quality 50-weight, 100% cotton or cotton/polyester

Sems: Use exactly 1/4-inch seams

Neele: 75/11 or 80/12

Sich Lengh: 10 to 12 stitches per inch

tensin: Balanced

aPPLIQu:

Make templates the exact size of the nished pieces. The 1/4-inch seamallowances are added when you cut the appliqu pieces. Appliqu pieces

can be hand stitched or machine stitched.

NOTE: Do not add batting to your quilt square. This will be done when we

have assembled the quilt pieces together.

Q uilt squares neededfor 2012centennial


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THanK

yoUTo...

CHEryL and GENE MaGNuSoN, for putting together

a historical holiday display at the Redmond Library. If

you get a chance to look at it, says Cheryl, I am the little

cowgirl. The girl in the very very old Santas lap is my sister.

Help saveSammamiSh ValleyNewS images

Cemetery plotsfor sale

We need volunteers to help scan negatives. No experience is needed,as well provide the training! We have the entire collection of Sammamish

Valley News photo negatives and need to start digitizing them so as to share

them with artists and others looking for visual ideas to celebrate Redmonds

Centennial in 2012.

Contact Ofce Manager Monica Park at 425.885.2919 or inf@

emnhisiclscie.g to volunteer or for more information.

The Society isselling two side-by-side

plots in Redmonds

Cedar Lawns

Memorial Park.

Donated by the

Reed family, they

include endowment care and are located in the Garden of Christus section(225, 3&4).

Cost is $3,499 for one or $6,699 for both. The current value is $5,495

each. Cedar Lawns handles all the necessary paperwork.

Contact the Society at 425.885.2919 for more information.


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oRdeRinGinFo:

NAME PHONE NUMBER

# OF BOOKS ORDERED AMOUNT ENCLOSED (CHECK PLEASE)

sHiPPinGinFo:

NAME

STREET ADDRESS

CITy STATE zIP

oRdeRnoWRedmond Refections

$22(inclUdesTaX)*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 b, $5 f 2 bs, $8 f 3 me bs

great gift ideasfor

2011Need something special for someone

who loves our history? These items are

available at our Society ofce:

GrEEtING CardS, MaGNEtS &NotE CardSfeaturing 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 historic 100-ear-old Happ Valle

Grange entitled: Gathg at th Gagb ne

artist Patti Simpson Ward.


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Patrol boys &playlandEDITORS NOTE: Bb Min recently penned some words about his

Patrol days. Excerpts are below but the full article is on our website,just search for Safety Patrol. Playland, by the way, was Seattles originalamusement park, open from 1930-61.

during the late 1940s I was amember, a lieutenant in fact, in the

Safety Patrol at Redmond Elementary

School. We referred to ourselves as

Patrol Boys because at the time girlswere not included. ...

Our uniform, it would be a stretch

to call it that, consisted of a white web

shoulder belt that ran diagonally across

our chest Sam Browne style. Most of

us wore silver Patrol Boy badges. ...

The older boys heading for their

noon-time cigarette break at the

smokers hangout under the gnarled

r tree across the street from the

school always J-walked and completely

disregarded our crossing ags.

Once one of the braver Patrol

Boys tried to reason with a couple of

smokers and convince them that itwould be far safer to use the crosswalk.

That advice was met with some

overly blunt comments about what

we could do with the handles of our

stop ags. Then they followed up with

a middle nger salute. So we learned

to let the smokers do as they pleased

since we couldnt do anything aboutit anyway.

Twice during the school year

Ofcer Ketchum (what a tting name

for a law man) of the Washington State

Patrol came to our school to see how

his boys in the Safety Patrol were

getting along. We held a quick

inspection in the gymnasium.

He stood before us, an awe

inspiring mountain of a man inhis pale blue, sharply creased

uniform. His gold-colored braid

and silver lieutenants bars glittered

in the shafts of spring sunlight

that ltered in through the gyms

screened windows.

You guys are doing a mighty

good job, said the lieutenant in

his deep, commanding voice. We

all grinned, puffed out our chests

and stood a little straighter. ...

Then Ofcer Ketchum got to the

part of his pep talk that we all

were eagerly waiting to hear.

As a reward for your excellentwork throughout the school year,

he said with a big smile, the

Safety Patrol Boys get to go

to Playland.

RHsneWs


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RHsneWs In memoriam:

rose Weiss, WilloW

guptill & betH taitrose Weiss

Rse Weiss, whose strong support for the Society included buyinglifetime memberships for herself and her daughters Bb Jce and P

Jvg, passed away on November 3 at age 92. Redmond Historical was

so fortunate to have her as one of our benefactors, says Society President

Chis Himes. Peace to her memory and love and abundant blessings to her

family.

NOTE: See the next page for a tribute written by Ge Mellqes.

WilloW guptill

Willw Gpill, the granddaughter of William and Matilda Perrigo,passed away on November 15. Born in 1922 in Carnation, Willow hadattended our meetings and was a regular at Perrigo reunions. She lived in the

house where she was born, a property homesteaded by Willows paternal

grandparents, Vilinda and Shamgar Morris. Willow enjoyed gathering with

family and friends, and two weeks prior to her illness they celebrated the

houses 100th birthday, her obituary reads.

Her published life story is available via the Tolt Historical Society

($30, 425.333.4436), which also has an audio excerpt of Willow online

at l-cninhisiclscie.g/WillwGpill.hml

betH tait

Beh ti, at 92 the oldest vendor at the Redmond Saturday Market andone of its founding members 35 years ago, passed away last October, Market

Manager Mh tle informed us.Selling handcrafted items and plants, Beth was a xture at the market.

Outgoing Society Treasurer Jnne Wesln knew Beth well as she

previously was the market manager. I am so sorry to here about Beths

passing, she says. She will be missed by all.


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RHsneWsFareWell,our dear scout leader

in November, we lost a dear friend of our Redmond Historical Societycommunity. I was asked to write a few words about rse Iene Gege

Weiss. She was known by many for her friendships, fun and dedication to

many organizations over the years.

In 1950, energetic and fun-loving Rose chose to lead 25 Redmond

Elementary second graders through 10 years of Brownies and Girl Scouts.

We all have special memories of cook-outs and camping in Rose and Bills

back yard, hiking, selling Girl Scout cookies, building and making a Nativity

scene for the Town Square and singing crazy Scout songs around the

campre, all this time earning our badges. She taught us to love, share and

grow through positive experiences that inuenced each of our lives. We

loved living together for a week every year at Camp Robinswold on

Hood Canal.

We formed lifelong friendships during those years with Rose and

we continue to have great times with lots of laughter. We will miss having

her near.While giving thanks and praise to Rose, we also send our thanks to Pat

Jovag and Barbara Joyce for sharing their dear mother with us all.

Loving memories from an old Scout,

~ Gerry Radtke Mellquest

Rose Weiss, sitting in center, is feted for her 90th birthda b friends and

famil at Bobbie Rettigs home in August 2008.

EDITORS NOTE:

A 1950 photo of

Rose and her troop

is on our website.

Search for Rose and

Scout.


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our lifetime membersEric Anderson

John Anderson

Barbara Neal Beeson

Brad Best

Marjorie Stensland Costello

Li Carlson Coward

Frank GarbarinoEdward L. Hagen

Lucille B. Hansen-Bellings

Naomi Hard

Patricia Weiss Jovag

Barbara Weiss Joce

Glenn Lampaert

Ro Lampaert

Jud Aries Lang

Miguel Llanos

Jon Magnussen

Charles ReedClare Amo Marr

Darl Martin

Allison Reed Morris

Frances Spra Reed

Vivian Robinson

Laurie Rockenbeck

Marg Rockenbeck

William Rockenbeck

Fred Stra

Doris Bauer SchaibleArln Vallene

Don Watts

Rose Weiss

Joanne Westlund

Margaret Evers Wiese

James Windle

memBeRsHiP November 13tHmeeting attendeesWere you at our November meeting? These folks were! First time

attendees are noted in BoLd CaPS:

Ray Adams

Tony Emmanuel

Jean Etta Dudley

Goshorn

Frank Gwerder

Tom Hall

Tom Hansen

Mary Hanson

Roy Hanson

Chris Himes

Jo Ann Ingersoll

Janice LeVeck

Miguel Llanos

George Lyons

Jackie Lyons

Jon Magnussen

HELEN MCMaHoN

Larry Miller

Richard Morris

Alexa Munoz

Monica Park

John PhillipsRoxie Phillips

Brian Ranck

Beth Rau

Bobbie Graep Rettig

Vivian Robinson

Patsy Cook Rosenbach

Ruth Ann Rosenbach

David RossiterDee Saunders

Doris Schaible

Beryl Standley

Fred Stray

Shieko Takahashi

ErIC tayLor

Jerry Torell

Joe Townsend

Andy Weiss

Joanne Westlund

SHELLEy WoNG


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