rhs newsletter march 2013

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Historyis Happeningin redmond March 2013

Redmond HistoRical society

maRcH 2013 neWsletteRVol. 15 no. 3

Our PurPOSE:To Discover, recover, Preserve, shareanD celebraTereDMonDs hisTory

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Lester Johnson, far left, and two unidentified menat a Novelty Hill logging site. (Photo courtesy of AndyWeiss.)

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The Weiss FaMilysTory

March GeneralMeeTinG:

SATURDAY, MARCH 910:30 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON

Old Redmond Schoolhouse

Community Center

16600 NE 80th Street

Its complicated but fascinating

a family history that Andy Weiss

will share with us at our general

meeting on Saturday, March 9.

The characters include Lester

Johnson, his great uncle who won

the Bull of the Woods logging title

in 1929; and his great granddad

Heinrich Weiss, who was on

Redmonds rst City Council.

Weiss arrived in 1888 from Suhl,

Bavaria (then a kingdom and nowpart of Germany) after walking

away from army duty. Legend has

it he threw his rie in a latrine and

headed to Redmond to nd his

uncle Friedrich Weiss, who came

here in about 1872, says Andy.

I hope to go beyond a boringchronology of the family, he

adds, and bring to life what was

happening in Redmond and the

local culture during their lives.


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March 2013 Historyis Happeningin redmond

ExEcutivE BOard

Chris Himes President

Judy Lang Senior Vice-PresidentJoe Townsend Vice-President Finance

John Phillips Vice-President Collections

Mary Hanson Secretary

BOard Of dirEctOrS

Rosemarie Ives

Janice LeVeck

Judith Simpson

Kris Swanson

Margaret Evers Wiese

OfficE ManagEr Monica ParkattOrnEy Charles Diesen

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State your preference of email or

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email as it's inexpensive and photos are

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thE rEdMOnd rEcOrdEr

is published nine times annually.

Miguel Llanos Editor

Patti Simpson Ward Design Consultant

pattisimpsonward.com

Janice LeVeck Graphic Designerjaniceannleveck.com

2013

MaJOrSPOnSOrS

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WhaTs neWonline

Do you have a favorite

Redmond spot for photos? If so,consider taking a picture from each

direction of that siteEast, West,

North, Southand submitting them

to the Washington State Historical

Society, which has a Fur P

f Wahg digital gallery and is

preparing an exhibit at its museum

in Tacoma. Details are online at:research.washingtonhistory.org

Dont forget to visit our website

redmondhistoricalsociety.org for

more stories and images as well as

our Facebook page at facebook.

com/Redmond.Historical.Society.

Wed love it if you Liked us!

COVER FEATURE & WHATS NEW

1 Andy Weiss Family History

2 2013 RHS Ofcers & Board

2 Whats New Online

WSHS Photo Gallery ExhibitRHS NEWS

3 Displays at Bill Browns Garage

4 History Mystery

5 Logging Now & Then

6 New Board Members

7 In Memoriam: Adelene Kindrick

8 In Memoriam: Paul Bark

Historical Thank Yous Redmond

Cemetery Plots at a Discount9 Gift Ideas from RHS

MEMBERSHIP & CONTACT INFO

10 February Meeting Attendees

List of RHS Lifetimers

11 Membership Form

12 Address & RHS Contact Info

TableoF conTenTsPAGE


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whatSnEwshoWcasinG ourhisTory

TransPorTaTion, loGGinGanD naTive naTuralresourceson DisPlay aT billbroWns GaraGe

Next time youre in downtown

Redmond, swing by the east

side of Bill Browns Garage (now

Premium Wine & Spirits) for a

visual tour of Redmond history

thanks to volunteers Cheryl

and Gene Magnuson. Top, is a

transportation timeline and part

of a new exhibit on the railroad.

Left, are a sawmill blade andaxes. Below, are examples of

natural resources used by Native

Americans. The displays are

updated every few months.

(All photos by Miguel Llanos.)


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hisTory MysTery:

GovernoralberT rosellini, e.e. sPaulDinG,

reDWooD ManoranDThe bunker

This bunker sits next to the clubhouse at The Meadows, a subdivision located between State Route 520 and the end of156th. (Photo by Miguel Llanos.)

Word of a bunker at The Meadows, a Redmond subdivision built

in the 1970s, inspired us to do some gurative digging around. Retired

Police Lieutenant Jim Taylorrecalls visiting the property on his rst day

on the job in 1971and being told it was the summer estate of former

Governor Albert Rosellini. The local police even held a key to keep an eye

on the gated grounds.A search of property records establishes an E.E. Spaulding as the

longtime owner of Redwood Manorcomplete with a pool, tennis court

and 40-foot putting greenduring the time before the property was sold

for the subdivision. Moreover, several newspaper photos from the 1950s

show the couple hosting charity events at the property. So, weve still got

some mysteries to solve:

Were the Spauldings well known and active in Redmond? Did Governor Rosellini later buy or borrow the property?

Who built the bunker and why? Was it fear of Soviet bombing?

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If you can help solve any of these mysteries, please contact Miguel

Llanos at [email protected] or425.802.3806.


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noW& Then: loGGinG

on eDucaTion hill

Redmonds Education Hill was once known as Poverty Hill (since it was

the last neighborhood to get water and power!) and before that it was a thick

foresall ocurred in the the last 100 years. Below we share images of that

transition we use in a new display panel on our logging and farming heritage.

Funded by 4Culture, the panel and four others in a Centennial series will be

used with exhibits around town over time. 3

166th Avenue N.E. (left) was once just

a dirt hill used to slide logged treesdownthe true denition of a skid

road! William Perrigo owned all the

land on the hill. Some of his loggers

are pictured here (above). The two

women (center right) are his daughters

Mable and Nellie Perrigo, who cooked

for the team. (Photo above from the

Perrigo family collection. Photo at left

by Miguel Llanos.)

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WelcoMinG TWo neWrhsboarD MeMbers

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Judith Simpson I have lived in Redmond since 1974 (and only one stoplight!)

First on Education Hill close to the schools and Little League eld. While my three

sons were growing up, I was involved with their activitiesScouts, PTA, etc. I

have continued to be involved in the community, serving on various boards and

commissions. In 1986, my husband and I purchased an acre that was part of the

75 acre Sanders Farm on the Redmond-Woodinville Road and had a home built

there. I enjoy sharing information with other members of the community and helping

them nd places to be involved. As a member of Evergreen Healthcare Community

Advisors, Friends of Emerald Heights, and volunteer with Redmond Police

Department I have a good cross section of the community and available information.

I look forward to continuing these activities with the Redmond Historical Society.

Kris SwansonIm a native Washingtonian and UW grad. I moved to Redmond

(Spiritbrook) 39 years ago and have lived here long enough to have enjoyed boat

races on the slough. We were a growing community and in need of parks. I servedon the park board for seven years. In that time we developed several parks and I

was very involved with a bond issue that resulted in funding for the Public Safety

Building, Senior Center and more park land. With fellow Redmondites I fought

the proposal for a shopping center on current Microsoft property. I am now using

the Senior Center I helped acquire years ago. Retired now, I am still in love with

Redmond and am proud of my town and our wonderful Senior Center. I am looking

forward to helping the Redmond Historical Society grow and prosper.

arT cenTeroPeninGaT ToWn cenTer VALA Eastside, a local artists nonprot, is getting its own art center, courtesy

of the Redmond Town Center. VALAs dedication to community and art led it to

organie a Centennial Collection art competition last year that celebrated our

history during Redmonds 100th year.

grand opening reception opentotHe public

FriDay, March 8, 6:00 To 8:00 P.M.

grand open House forlocalartists

sunDay, March 10, 1:00 To 3:00 P.M.

With the retirement of longtime members Miguel Llanos and Doris

Schaible from the Society board earlier this year, we quickly lled twoopenings by long timers in their own right.

7303 164th Avenue N.E. Visit valaeastside.org for more information.


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Addie Kindrick, a Redmond restaurant legend, passed away on February 2,

2013, at the age of 99. My guess is that everyone living in and around Redmond

from the 40s, 50s and early 60s had a bite to eat in one of Addies cafs, says

Judy Aries Lang. Good cook, good food and a sweetheart of a gal.

Addie saw tragedies early on in life. Her father died when she was ve. All

ve of her siblings died before their prime. Her husband Floyd Kindrick lost an

arm in a rail accident also, but Addie persevered. She and Floyd moved from

Eastern Washington to Redmond in 1937 when they purchased 2.5 acres of land

on the Old Redmond Road.

In 1942, Addie bought

a cheese shop on Leary

Way that she had been

managing, and turned

it into the Addi-Bon. For

the next 13 years, she

got up at 4:00 a.m. every

morning except Sunday,

and worked until 7:00 p.m.

as cook and pie-maker.

In 1955, she soldthe Addi-Bon and bought the Redmond Hotel Caf on Leary Way. She sold the

caf in 1961, and the retired Kindricks traveled until Addie got restless and bought

a hamburger place at East Lake Sammamish Parkway and Redmond-Fall City

Road. That became Adis Caf, which the Kindricks ran until 1968 when Addie

suffered a major stroke and could no longer work. Floyd passed away in 1974.

Inside the Addi-Bon in 1948. (Photo from the Nancy Glines collection.)

Addie Kindrick poses with Daryl Martinat a 2004 RHS meeting. (Photo by MiguelLlanos.)


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a huGe hisToricalThankyouTo:

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English and history teacher to hundreds of children at Redmond Junior

High, Paul Bark passed away on January 18, 2013, at the age of 91. He was

my ninth grade homeroom teacher and tennis coach, recalls Judy Aries Lang.

Adds Society President Chris Himes: Most of my children had Paul as a

teacher. He was a vital member of the Redmond community and will be missed.

A public memorial service will be held on Wednesday, April 20, 2013, from 12:00

noon to 3:00 p.m. at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Auditorium.

in MeMoriaM: Paulbark

Eric Erickson, the regions foremost logging historian, donated a framed map of

the Campbell Mill and the tracts logged to feed the site on the eastside of Lake

Sammamish.

Isabel Jones, museum director at the Tolt Historical Society, donated images of

B Lumber Industries, a mill that used to operate in the Redmond area.

Historian Tom Hitzrothand City of Redmond PlannerKim Dietz forspearheading an update of the Redmond Walking Tour Guide.

Tony Emmanuel for donating several Redmond maps from years gone by as

well as a vintage Valley Supply Co. cap. I purchased hardware from the original

owners in the 50s and 60s when they were in the Sammamish River Valley

between Thenos Dairy and Hollywood, he says. As I recall, they moved to

downtown Redmond in the 60s, in the block south of Keybank near an original

Pay-n-Pak store.

reDMonD ceMeTeryPloTsaTaDiscounT

The Historical Society is selling two

side-by-side plots in Redmonds 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 cost is $1,999 for one

or $3,998 for both. The current value is

$5,495 each. Cedar Lawns will handle all

the necessary paperwork. Call RHS at

425.885.2919 for more information.


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February MeeTinG aTTenDeesMEMBErShiP

Ralph Anderson*Marjorie Costello*Al DeYoungLucy DeYoungMick EmbeTony Emmanuel*Eric EricksonMARGIE FLAGEJoyce Fowler*Sharon Freeman

Ballisty*Frank Garbarino*Peggy Garbarino*Lillian GarlandEvelyn Gilbert*Charlotte HahnlenKen HahnlenSuanne HallTom HallJerry Hammersberg*

Thomas E. Hansen*Marge Hanson*Mary Hanson*Roy Hanson*

Chris Himes*Rosemarie Ives*Bruce Keeley

Elaine Keeley

Jim Kraft

Gloria Kraft

Carol Kubby

Judy Aries Lang*Angela Lang

Janice LeVeck*Miguel Llanos*Cheryl Magnuson*Gene Magnuson*Marjorie Manro

Dorothy Matsui*Rosemarie Matthes

Jan Mayer

Larry E. Miller*Mary Montgomery*Urla Morgan*Richard Morris

Alexa Muno*

Robert NelsonJan NorvoldRon OttavelliVirginia PickettBrian Ranck*Patsy Cook Rosenbach*David Rossiter*

Anne Salmi*Doris Schaible*Judith Simpson

Sherry Stilin*Fran Stray*Fred Stray*FLORICE SWANSONKris Swanson*Jerry Torell*Joe Townsend*Carol Trapp*Judy Turner

Arlyn Vallene*Gwen Walsh*Pam YoderBob Yoder*

ourrhs liFeTiMe MeMbersEric AndersonJohn Anderson

Barbara Neal BeesonBrad BestMarjorie Stensland

CostelloJohn CouchLiz Carlson CowardTony EmmanuelFrank GarbarinoEdward L. Hagen

Lucille B.Hansen-BellingsWayne HansenJerry HardyNaomi HardyChris HimesPatricia Weiss Jovag

Barbara Weiss Joyce

Glenn Lampaert

Roy Lampaert

Judy Aries Lang

Miguel Llanos

Jon Magnussen

Clare Amo Marr

Daryl Martin

Allison Reed Morris

John Phillips

Roxie PhillipsCharles Reed

Frances Spray Reed

Vivian Robinson

Laurie Rockenbeck

Margy Rockenbeck

William Rockenbeck

Beryl Standley

John Stilin

Sherry Stilin

Fred Springsteel

Fred Stray

Doris Bauer Schaible

Herb Swanson

Doris Townsend

Arlyn Vallene

Patti Simpson WardDon Watts

Rose Weiss

Joanne Westlund

Margaret Evers Wiese

James Windle

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