Quarterly Newsletter Vol. 23 #4— Winter 2012

Siuslaw Pioneer Museum Association, Inc.

a non-profit Corporation

Winter Calendar

Closed January

Jan 9 - Board Meeting 10 am at SPM

Jan 30- Annual Volunteer Appreciation Lunch Served at 12:00 noon

Feb 1 -Museum re-opens

Feb 13 - Board Meeting 10 am at SPM

Feb 24 - Story Time 7:pm Jill Barrett

Mar 12 - Board Meeting 10:00 am at SPM

Mar 30 - Story Time 7 pm Kevin Mittge

Museum Hours Feb - Apr & Oct - Dec

Tues. through Sun. (Closed Mondays)

May 1 - Sep 30 Mon. through Sun.

(7 days a week) Closed January

12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Phone (541) 997-7884

E-mail - museum@winfinity.com www.SiuslawPioneerMuseum.com

This issue is dedicated to

Warren Louis “Louie” Campbell

October 1925 ~ December 2011

We at the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum will remember “Louie” as a dedicated and talented volunteer who

instituted numerous programs and policies that will stay with the museum forever.

As they say, “Louie, you did real good”! Thank You!

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STORY TIME

February 24 – 7 p.m.

Jill Barrett , a Siuslaw tribal member, will be our first Story

Time guest of the year. Jill will have some interesting stories and area history for us

- it promises to be a fun evening!

March 30 – 7 p.m.

Kevin Mittge , author of “Tangled Grass: The Story of Those Buried in the Glenada, Oregon Odd Fellows Ceme-

tery” , will be our guest speaker. He will cover the his-tory, the association and some of the interesting folks buried

in the cemetery. will be served.

Please join us for Story Time at 7:00 pm on the last Friday of each month at the Museum.

The public is invited. Admission is free and refresh-

ments will be served.

If you or someone you know has stories to share about growing up in the area, or tidbits to share that

helped share our area into the won-derful place we love, please call

Shirley Hunt 541-991-0419, or e-mail shirley@oregonfast.net

GIFT SHOP NEWS

We have recently received a variety of books, maps and charts. We will also have a mix-

ture of syrups, jams and honey. We still have the hand towels and scarves. We have sock

coin purses, some of which are Christmas pat-terns. Some of the totes are holiday patterns also. We have a variety of pot holders, mitts,

hand knit dish cloths, and hot pads.

Come see us -- you might find something you or a friend can use.

RESEARCH LIBRARY REPORT

By Librarian, Adel O’Boyle

We will open on February 1st to a brand new year, you will have to look at the same friendly faces. I and our volun-

teers are here to help you and while we are waiting for you to come in we will be busy digitizing, cataloging, and filing. So, come

on down and we will put on the coffee.

Heritage Players By Betty Johnson

All in all this year has been successful and fun for the Heritage Players. We were sad to lose Norma Walborn as coordinator and one of our characters—Margie Young Knowles--who resigned mid-year for health reasons. Betty Johnson accepted the task as coordinator.

We took in a number of fun events in which to offer the community a chance to hear from the past as well as provide lots of entertaining advertising for the museum. We participated in various events during Rhody Days, visited with the local retirement/assisted living apartments, shared during a Story Time evening, attended the Legacy Dinner and so on and so forth.

Our current line up of characters/players include Harvey Hanson/Bob Jackson, Clara Gamble Haring/Alyson Scott, Flossie Chapman Huntington /Carol McGee, Mads Jensen/Fred Jensen, Indian Dan Johnson/David Dumas, Christina Elizabeth Bovang Kyle/Bonnie Schmoll, Isabella Kyle/Barbara Pitz and Elizabeth Anne “Lizzie” Holverstott Morris /Betty Johnson.

We are in need of more Heritage Players. The duties are simple—dress up in costume for walking around town during the Summer months on Thursdays, attend a few events during the year such as Rhody Days, Humane Society Gala, and even the museum’s picnic all while taking on the persona of a citizen from the Florence area’s past. We have several folks to choose from or maybe you can search through the museum’s library to find another. It really is quite fun and is only limited by your imagination. I so much enjoy portraying “Lizzie” Morris; not only am I promoting the museum, but I get to play dress up as well. Now is the time to release that inner “character” inside you. Call me at 541-997-4258 and we’ll help get you started.

It looks like 2012 is already going to start out with a bang! We’ve been invited to talk at the Kiwanis meeting in January which I consider a big plus; each of the players participating will take a few minutes to let loose their chosen character. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings. Happy 2012

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Siuslaw Pioneer Museum (541) 997-7884

2nd & Maple Streets P.O. Box 2637

Florence, OR 97439

e-mail: museum@winfinity.com

Siuslaw Pioneer Museum Board of Trustees 2011

Board Officers

President: Del Phelps Vice President: Henry Hanf

Treasurer: Lonnie Iholts Secretary: Tina Shoys

Regular Trustees Virginia Carroll

Shirley Hunt Pete Shoys

Stu Johnston

Ex-Officio Trustees Jean Chapman Fred Jensen

Marteen Wick Robert Richardson

Dorie Miles Harry Zinn

Jeff Williams Adele O’Boyle

Board Meetings are held

the 2nd Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the museum

meeting room, upstairs, 2nd & Maple Streets.

These meetings are open to all members.

The Siuslaw Pioneer Museum News is published quarterly by the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum Editor: Dianna Kramer dkramer@presys.com

News items may be submitted for the next issue Mar 15, 2012

We reserve the right to edit or reject any article.

Legacy Fund Checks

Those that wish to pledge, or have already pledged, to the

“S.P.M. Legacy Fund”

for the purpose of “Paying down the

building debt”,

please make checks payable to:

“S.P.M. Legacy Fund Drive”

Mail check to: Siuslaw Pioneer

Museum PO Box 2637

Florence, OR 97439

ENDOWMENT FUND

An Endowment Fund in the Museum’s name has been

established with many financial gifts from our members.

Donors who wish to contribute to this

fund should make the check payable to:

“Western Lane Community Foundation”

and specify “Siuslaw Pioneer

Museum Endowment” on the check.

Mail check to: Siuslaw Pioneer Museum

P. O. BOX 2637 FLORENCE, OR 97439

Please keep in mind that checks speci-fied to the endowment are to be used as specified by the endowment maker

for special projects or the general endowment

held by the foundation.

Pete & Tina Shoys They say “good fortune comes in bunches” Sooo true in the case of Pete and Tina Shoys coming to volunteer at our museum!

Pete started as a docent and now serves on the board of directors.. Tina started out in the library, but found she needed time for her “Art”, so she settled in as board secretary. Pete’s background in telephone system installation in large buildings and attention to detail and building code regulations make him a great fit on our board. Pete has tuned right in to the task of coordinating our web site content with Bob Sherrod, our “Web Master”. As a result our museum is coming to life on the internet. Pete has also recently put all of the 35 volumes of “The Siuslaw Pioneer” on disk. They are also indexed on the web site. Good Job Pete!

Tina’s back ground led to her place at the board table to do the drudgery job of taking the board minutes and gathering the correspondence. So, this she does with a smile on her face, and it results in all of the board members receiving a nice neat set of minutes via e-mail in a very timely manner. Good job Tina!

This couple is a very good example of someone moving here becoming a real part of our culture and community.

Spotlight on Board Member

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Glenada, Oregon

An unbroken mile of river frontage, directly across the river from the city of Florence, was purchased by George H. Colter in 1889. He proceeded to lay out and plat the town of Glenada, the name of which was a combination of the Christian names of his wife, Jane Ada Grand and his youngest daughter, Ada. He retained ownership of 450 lots within the town itself. The main street was parallel to the river. The United States post office would later condense the name to Glenada. Mr. Colter also owned 160 acres on Fiddle Creek, 160 acres across the river just outside of the town of Florence, and 60 acres of timber adjoining Glenada on the west side.

The town was located on the south side of the Siuslaw Bay, where it was protected from winter winds and surrounded by natural vegetation and groves of evergreen trees. It was to become an active port and a competitor to Florence. It was a pretty village with gently sloping banks to the river’s edge, which provided good drainage as well as safety from high water. It offered a grand view of the river traffic, as well as a distant view of the Pacific Ocean.

Mr. Colter built the Glenada Hotel, which he owned, operated and lived in, for a cost of $4,000. He also constructed two wharves, both of which spanned the distance from the river’s shores to the deep water channel. One wharf was 150 feet long and the other was 200 feet long. He was also the lowest bidder for the First M.E. Church, which he built for $1200, constructing it in only 4 months.

Mrs. Fairweather, who was the manager of the Glenada Hotel, gave an “opening ball” to celebrate the beginning of business at the hotel on May 23, 1892. The Glenada post office was set up around 1890. The first postmaster was Margaret Grant, who was a sister of Mrs. Colter. It moved into the Glenada Hotel in 1893 and served as a distributing office, sending mail to Alene and Adad offices in Douglas county.

The town had a population of about 200 people, with a business district featuring the hotel, a store, a post office, saw mills, 2 wharves to deep water, a church, a school (34 students) and several homes. Glenada was incorporated in 1912. The Barrett Stage Line operated to Gardiner on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, leaving from the Glenada post office area at 6 a.m. Transportation to North Bend, Marshfield or Scottsburg was available in Gardiner. Florence, being on the other side of the river, found it more difficult to find transportation to the areas south.

Glenada also had a very busy narrow gauged railroad, with Porter’s Landing just below where the Siuslaw bridge now stands. Adequate roads later took the place of a railroad and supplies were hauled by horses and freight wagons.

In 1913, a ferry service was instituted between Florence and Glenada. On the Florence side, the ferry slip was in Old Town; on the Glenada side, it was just east of Pier Point’s current lower lot. This did cause business movement to the Florence side of the river, and there was a gradual decline of growth for the little town of Glenada, with it being unincorporated in 1922, after the town’s sawmills burned. Today, this town survives only in pictures and memories.

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President’s Message Delbert Phelps, SPM President

Looking Back…. In my recollection of the museum over the years there are some people that have really stood out in their service to the museum. I am talking about folks who have gone on from this life to the better life, but while with us, made a real difference while with the museum. I am blessed to have a great board of directors who are alive and well, so I am obliged to look back past them in my comments. There are four that I will mention, and the first would have to be Clara Herring who founded the Pioneer Museum Association. The second would be Eileen Huntington who made our first building come to life. I had the pleasure of this ladies acquaintance over the years, and if she put her mind in gear to get something done, you had best not stand in her way. The third person would be John Quay, who gave many hours of service in many ways and brought into being our Heritage Players. The players have been instrumental since their inception of stirring the public and community interest, in becoming better acquainted with the museum. The fourth person would be Louis Campbell who recently passed on. Louis spent 13 years volunteering for the museum and was there almost every day were open. He did docent work, Museum director work, museum curator work and much more. He taped many of the local family stories on tape and video for the extensive family records the museum has. He organized and computerized our record keeping. He got us involved with other museums through-out the state. He partnered with the schools to start third grade class tours and learning of the area history. He was the right man at the right time for our museum. There are two commodities that a museum cannot exist without. One is money and the other is peoples time and the knowledge that they give. In my eyes the four people I have Highlighted were all outstanding in the time and expertise that they gave. In 2009 Louis Campbell and Pearl Campbell were awarded a Life-time achievement award for the service to the museum. When the family wishes, I would be glad to have it displayed at the museum.

Looking forward… I am really looking forward to the coming year and am really hopeful that we will be successful with the grant application we have applied for to add an intake area to the back side of the library building. This would fulfill phase one of our ten year plan. I am looking forward to see what our heritage players have up their sleeve for an “Evening at the Museum” fund raiser event this summer. I am looking forward to the Legacy Dinner in late fall because the last one turned out so well. I will remem-ber that Google Earth talk for a long time. And the event did well toward lowering our debt as well. The total donated to Legacy from the dinner to year’s end was right at $30,000.00. Life is good!

A big thank you to those who paid their dues this past year! Membership dues are such an important revenue for operating expenses. Anyone paying a Life membership ($1,000) will automatically have a medallion on our Legacy Wall. It is also a tax write-off. ALL memberships are important. We still ask

that those due in June pay only a half year, so that all memberships are paid until December 31. Then all future dues will be due December 31st annually.

Our operating expenses include, utilities, supplies, maintenance, insurance, dues, among other expenses. We would appreciate volunteers if you could spare four hours once a month, once a week or

whatever time you could give. Being a part of the museum is a pleasure. Again, thank you for being a member of this great organization. M

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www.SiuslawPioneerMuseum.com Bob Sherrod, of All City Net came through our museum one day and was so moved by what he saw and the spirit of the docents and volunteers he met that he decided that he would jump on

the band wagon and provide web service for the museum. What you will see when you go to the web address above is just the beginning of something wonderful for our museum. Thank You

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It is with extreme gratitude that we acknowledge our Sponsoring Businesses

Siuslaw News is another of our supporting members. Watch the news twice a week for articles on other activities that the museum may be

sponsoring.

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Ada Grange #570

Burch’s Roofing, Inc.

Coastal Woman Vetrans

Davidson Industries

Florence Area Chamber Of Commerce

Florence Mini Storage, Inc.

Florence True Value

Goodman’s Floor Coverings

Hair, Etc.

Heceta Oddfellows Lodge #111

Honeyman Nursery and Landscaping

KCST Radio

Kitchen Klutter

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION : Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………... Street Address or PO Box Number: ………………………………………………………………... City: ………………………………………………………... State: ……………….Zip:………….. Make checks payable to: Siuslaw Pioneer Museum, and mail to: Siuslaw Pioneer Museum, P.O. Box 2637, Florence, OR 97439 Individual:…………………$15.00 Friend ………………….$50.00 Family………….. ………... $20.00 Supporting:…………...$100.00 Organization ………. …….$25.00 Patron:……………….. $150.00 Business:……………….…..$30.00 Benefactor:……………$500.00 Sponsoring Business ….…..$50.00 Lifetime:…………….$1,000.00 (with business card display)

It is with extreme gratitude that we acknowledge our Sponsoring Businesses

Thanks to all our members! Although we cannot list individual members,

we’re proud to list the businesses and civic groups that have joined the Museum.

Koning & Cooper

Ladies of The Elks

Merchants Of Old Town

Miles Oil Company

Pier Point Inn

Pro Lumber, Inc.

Prudential Pacific Properties

R & R King Logging

River House Inn

Sea Lion Caves

Silver Lining Boutique

Three River’s Casino

Tony’s Garage

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