RHS Newsletter March 2011

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History is Happening in redmond • March 2011

REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETYMARCH 2011 • NEWSLETTER • VOL. 13 • NO. 3

OUR PURPOSE:To Discover, recover, Preserve, share anD celebraTe reDMonD’s hisTory

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David Horsey

made a name for

himself as the

editorial cartoonist

at the Seattle PI,

winning two

Pulitzers ~ the top

United States

journalism award ~ along the way! (See davidhorsey.com for his recent work.)

Did you know he started off right here in Redmond? “I worked at the

Sammamish Valley News for three months in 1976 and then at the Daily

Journal American from 1976 to 1979 where one of my early assignments

was covering Redmond City Hall,” he tells us.

On March 12th, David will talk about his

journey, including his Redmond days which

overlapped with Society President Chris Hime’s

term as a Redmond planning commissioner

(and then later as mayor!) So please join us

at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community

Center, from 10:30 a.m. to noon for some recent

history that lots of locals will remember.

Kick-sTarTing a carToon career

March

general MeeTing

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

10:30 A.M. TO NOONOLD REDMOND

SCHOOLHOUSE

COMMUNITY

CENTER

A David Horsey cartoon in the Sammamish Valley News






WHAT’S NEWWhaT’s new in our

collecTion?

Liz Coward recently donated the

money changer (below) used by her

dad, Harry Carlson (at right in his work

uniform).

“My father worked on the Seattle

Streetcars from 1919 to 1928,” she says.

“He was on the Madison Street run and

during that time he met my mother. She

was teaching in Orillia and traveled from

there to Seattle to take the ferry to the

Eastside and used the streetcar to get

to the ferry.

“They were married August 14,

1926, and lived in Seattle until about

1928 when they moved to Redmond on

the Red Brick Road where my dad

built a house. He had a few jobs until

he opened Harry’s Market in the

mid 1930s.” Harry Carlson in uniform

Antique money changer



March 2011 • History is Happening in redmond

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redmond • evergreen medical center Grand Opening: March 11 • 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

There’s a heritage reason to visit the new Evergreen center at Bella

Botega in Redmond: six large watercolors based on historic Redmond

images grace some of the walls there! Some of the artists will be there to

talk about their work. A similar art project was done at the recently built

Evergreen center in Woodinville as well.

Here’s a look at what’s happening at our neighbor societies:

issaquah hisTory MuseuMs

There are no regular general meetings, but board meetings are the

third Thursday of every month at 7:00 p.m. either at the Depot or

Gilman Town Hall. The public is invited, but participation is limited to

board members and those on the agenda. Call 425.392.3500 for more

information.

kirklanD heriTage socieTy

General meetings are at Heritage Hall, usually the last Wednesday of the

month from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

March 30th Presentation: Matt McCauley

He will show photos and talk about the treasures (including planes and

ferries) that he found while scuba diving in Lake Washington.

saMMaMish heriTage socieTySammamish Heritage Society

Board meetings are at 7:00 p.m. on the secondWednesday of each

month. They are held at the Pine Lake Community Center at the corner

of SE 20th and 212th. For program information, call: 425.260.9804.

wooDinville heriTage socieTy

General meetings are at 10:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of January,

March, May, July, September and November. Meetings are at the

Woodinville Museum at 14121 NE 171st Street. For more information, call

425.483.9250.

March 19th Presentation: Susie Egan

She will speak about the history of Cottage Lake.

Local evenTsBULLETIN

BOARD




RHS NEWS

“He was able to go through

the 8th grade before he had to quit

school because of the Depression.

He worked on the family farm in

Arlington and also worked as a

logger. In 1940 he married Loretta

Recor of Kirkland and in 1950 theysettled in the Redmond area. He

worked for the Lake Washington

School District Transportation

Department until his retirement

in 1977 and was the director of

transportation from 1967 to 1977.

He was a volunteer re ghter in

Redmond for many years.

“Euc loved sports and played

baseball as a youth for town teams

back in the 1930s and ’40s. He was

a tireless worker in support of youth

activities. He took great pride in

being one of ten people who helped

start Redmond Little League in 1954.He also helped start the Redmond

Babe Ruth League in 1955. Euc built

the rst “meals on wheels.” a trailer

that was used as a concession stand

to help raise money for the league.

In 1964 he helped RBA build Hartman

Park for Babe Ruth, Connie Mack and

Semi-pro age groups. The eld is also

home to the Redmond Mustangsbaseball team. Euc also helped

start the Redmond Little League

basketball program in 1957.

“Euc was always a big supporter

of Redmond High School sporting

events and could be seen watching

Redmond High football, boy’s and

girl’s basketball, baseball, softball,

or volleyball. He loved watching

and supporting the kids ~ and loved

even more helping give them the

opportunity to play and participate.

“Euc loved the outdoors.

Whether it was hunting on

Mt. Annie or the Chiwawa, shing

on Lake Pearrygin or at Pillar Point,

or clam digging and crabbing on

Whidbey Island, he loved being

outdoors and with his family

and friends.”

ERedmond’s baseball heritage can be traced

to a few locals, among them Euc LaBrie,

who passed away on February 3rd. Born

Canadian (St. Edward, Alberta, 1918),

“Euclid” soon became a local boy when his

family moved in 1923 to the Carnation and

then Redmond areas. His family celebrated

his life with the tribute below.

At far right is Euc with the late Roy Buckley,

center, and Gary LaBrie, Euc’s son. They

were sharing a bit of Little League history

at a RHS meeting in September 2002.

uc labrie: a sPorTs legenD




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HelP save SammamiSh V alley NewS iMages

CeMeTery PloTs for sale

We need volunteers to help scan negatives. No experience is needed,

as we’ll 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 Redmond’s

Centennial in 2012.

Contact Ofce Manager Monica Park at 425.885.2919 or info@

redmondhistoricalsociety.org to volunteer or for more information.

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

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 will handle all the necessary paperwork.

Contact us at 425-885-2919 for info.

Contact the Society at 425.885.2919 for more information.

RHS NEWS




Life on bear creek

I was born into a backwoods

family of seven kids. My father loved

the wilderness. He hunted and was

a crack shot. He had a sixth grade

education, so to earn a living he

operated a donkey engine thathauled logs from the woods. It was

Prohibition, but he spent most of his

income on whiskey.

The rst thing I remember was

living in the Dosewallips River Valley.

I could not have been over three

years of age. Our home was a board

frame and oor with a tent cover.

One day we went up to the Ranger

Station where I saw one bright red

and one blue shotgun shell lying

on the ground. They were my rst

possessions of anything with color.

Another thing I remember

was standing in a wash boiler

and my brother shoved me out

into the stream. My other brother

was supposed to catch me on

the downstream side of the pool.

However, the current carried me out

too far and he missed. . . . My sister

caught up and shed me back todry land.

The next time I was impressed

with color was on my fth birthday.

My baby sister was born that day.

I don’t remember what the baby

looked like, but I remember that

beautiful pink blanket.

In the meantime, we moved to

the Bear Creek area in Redmond,

Washington. Our home consisted of

an old deserted logging camp and140 acres of brush. There was an old

orchard, plenty of garden space, and

an old barn. We rented this for $5 a

month. Many things happened in the

next nine years while we lived there.

I remember the 4th of July. My

Dad got drunk. He gave me a big,

shiny silver dollar which I promptly

gave to my Mother without a

second thought.

Speaking of the 4th of July, we

would set sticks of dynamite on

top of fence posts and shoot them

with a 25-20 rie. That was where I

learned about dynamite. Also, one

day I learned about re. A gunny

sack was tacked up on the side of a

building. We had dried a mink pelt

on it. The sack was fuzzy from the

weather because it had been hot

and dry. I thought, “Gee, that ought

to burn like a punk ~ just smolder.”I touched a match to it and it

exploded into ame. Fortunately

there was a rain barrel on the corner

and someone grabbed a bucket

and put out the re.

RHS NEWS

Frank and Marge Mann were among our first members and with Margaret Wiese’s help

Frank in 1990 provided an incredible account of a time not so long ago. The 15-pagebiography is on our website (search for Frank Mann) and we’ll be excerpting from it overtime. Here’s his opening section:




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RHS NEWS In MeMoriaM:

kay ThoMas

Our condolences to the family of Kay Thomas, who passed away last

month. Kay was married to the late Tom Thomas, who volunteered at our

ofce in the early years. Her mother is Elma McCormick, who has been a

regular at our general meetings, and Kay herself attended over the years

as well.

Thanks to

Julie Koler (pictured

here) for the February

presentation on

Heritage Corridors.

It sure got folks

talking. Here Dave

Bartley shares some

stories about theYellowstone Trail.

A group

thanks to the new volunteers helping scan our huge archive of Sammamish

Valley News images. The recruits, whom John Couch corralled at our last

general meeting, are Sylvia Bernauer, Joyce Fowler, Jean Etta Goshorn,

Jerry Hammersberg, Jackie Nelson, Jutta Rhinehart, Vivian Robinson and

Tom Hall (who was actually a prior recruit but is now part of “The S Team”!)

Thanks also to Bob Bailie, Jr. for sharing his photos, stories and

newspaper clippings about his dad, Bob Bailie, who ran the Sammamish

Valley News.

Julie Koler presented the February program on Heritage Corridors.

(Photo courtesy of Brian Ranck • HeadspinnerPhotography.com)

Thank you!




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for 2011Need 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

Our “VIEW OF HISTORY” DVD

Artwork of the historic three-story building

adjacent to the Redmond Saturday Market grounds

entitled: “Walking Dogs at the Judge White

House” by ne artist Patti Simpson Ward (more

Eastside images on pattisimpsonward.com)




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our lifeTiMe MeMbers

Eric Anderson

John Anderson

Barbara Neal Beeson

Brad Best

Marjorie Stensland Costello

John CouchLiz Carlson Coward

Frank Garbarino

Edward L. Hagen

Lucille B. Hansen-Bellings

Naomi Hardy

Patricia Weiss Jovag

Barbara Weiss Joyce

Glenn Lampaert

Roy Lampaert

Judy Aries Lang

Miguel LlanosJon Magnussen

Charles Reed

Clare “Amo” Marr

Daryl Martin

Allison Reed Morris

Frances Spray Reed

Vivian Robinson

Laurie Rockenbeck

Margy Rockenbeck

William Rockenbeck

Fred Stray

Doris Bauer SchaibleArlyn Vallene

Don Watts

Rose Weiss

Joanne Westlund

Margaret Evers Wiese

James Windle

MEMBERSHIP February MeeTing aTTenDees

Were you at our February meeting? These folks were! First time

attendees are noted in bold caps.

Ruth Adams

Ray Adams

Sharon Free Ballisty

Elsie Bartley

David Bartley

John CouchLiz Carlson Coward

Jim Coward

DOUG EGLINGTON

Tony Emmanuel

Joyce Fowler

Lillian Garland

Jean Etta Du Goshorn

Frank Gwerder

Charlotte Eve Hahnlen

Suzanne Hall

Tom Hall

Jerry Hammersberg

Roy Hanson

Marge Hanson

Chris Himes

Jo Ann Ingersoll

Elaine Keeley

Bruce Kenyon

Cheryl Kenyon

JULIE KOLER

Judy Aries Lang

Janice Le Veck

Miguel Llanos

Jackie Lyons

George Lyons

Cheryl Magnuson

Bob Martin

Doris Hebner McFarland

Helen McMahon

Larry E MillerRichard Morris

Eileen Morris

Alexa Munoz

Jackie Nelson

Robert Nelson

Monica Park

Virginia Porte Pickett

AILEEN POTTS

MIKE POTTS

Brian Ranck

Jutta Rhinehart

Vivian Robinson

Margy Rockenbeck

Patsy Cook Rosenbach

David Rossiter

Julianne Rossiter

Nina Sheldon

Beryl Standley

Fred Stray

Fran Stray

Kris Swanson

Harvey Tollfeldt

Anne Tollfeldt

Joe Townsend

Carol Trapp

Arlyn Bjerke Vallene

Juanita Verschuyl

BOB WALKER

Wendy Walsh

Joanne Westlund




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