rhs newsletter january 2011
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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
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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.
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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
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1 Cve icle: Slve, Civil
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2 Whs New online
3 Wling t Mbile Gie4 Qiing Sqes Neee
5 thn ys & Me
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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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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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