Rhs Newsletter 04 2004

History is Happening in Redmond!

The Redmond Recorder April 2004 Vol. 6, No. 4 Redmond Historical Society Our mission: To discover, recover, preserve, share and celebrate Redmond’s history 16600 NE 80th St, Room 106, Redmond, WA, 98052 425-885-2919 www.redmondhistory.org [email protected] Office hours: Mondays-Thursdays, 1-4pm, or by appointment

President’s Corner

April 10th Meeting

I recently spent a week with my daughter Teresa and grandsons Eric and Danny touring the Tucson, Ariz., area. Teresa suggested I write about all the volunteers we met. Every tour we took, it was a volunteer who led the way and told their story of the past and how we got to be here. All of these people made our trip more meaningful, knowledgeable and fun.

Chip Davidson, coowner of Davidson’s Marina in Kenmore, talks about Lake Washington -before and after it was lowered! Join us, 10:30-noon.

So again I say thanks to all the volunteers who help preserve the history of our town. Our office regulars are Marge Mann, Norma Warner, Clara Hammersberg, and Arlyn Vallene. When we need a day off Marion Neal, Betty Thompson, Amo Marr, Russ Goetschius, Eileen McCoskrie or Daryl Martin fill in. If you have not stopped by to chat with them you are missing out. They all have stories of Redmond. The board members are busy too. Naomi Hardy is finishing our book “Redmond Reflections” and making our archive notebooks. Tom Hitzroth hopes to get his “walking tour” of Redmond started up. Amo Marr has a committee working on preserving the Old Redmond Cemetery. Roy Buckley will be asking for Saturday Market booth volunteers. Beryl Standley records our meeting minutes and Margaret Wiese keeps track of correspondence. Terri Gordon is our Chamber of Commerce representative. Doris Schaible sends out over 20 notices each month informing the media of our meetings. Larry Hoger is our scanner. Teresa Becker keeps track of the money. Miguel Llanos prepares the newsletter and writes grants. And our Web site at www.redmondhistory.org is the wonderful work of Ilya and Veronica Smirnov. You might think that this is enough people helping out, but not so. We can always use more help. Power to the volunteers. And Thanks. 
    

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Wanted: Old Redmond Photos!

The old Golf Links driving range

Want to help preserve our heritage? Then look through your photos to see what we might copy for our newest project: Marriott wants photos for its new luxury hotel opening in June at Redmond Town Center. We’re excited to help and need as many photos as possible to offer the best selection. Here’s the request from California-based Marriott marketing director Deirdre Michalski: Firstly let me say how impressed I am with your Web site and with the efforts you and your team have undertaken with preserving the history of this fantastic area. We are on the hunt for some photos that we might want to reproduce and hang in one of the hallways of the new hotel. Since the site was once the part of a golf course, we wanted to include some of those … Also of interest were early bike and downtown scenes (including Kirkland and Woodinville, if available!).

Photos that aren’t used by Marriott will still be added to our archives and to our Web site. Contact Naomi Hardy at 425-883-3866 or [email protected] if you can help! 1

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Redmondiscing… 2004 Meetings All @ 10:30 am Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center 16600 NE 80th St. Second Saturday each month April 10 Sept. 11 May 8 Oct. 9 June 12 Nov. 13 _________________________

2004 Executive Board Judy Lang, President Naomi Hardy, VP Miguel Llanos, VP Teresa Becker, Treasurer Margaret Wiese, Corresponding Secretary Beryl Standley, Recording Secretary Board of Directors Roy Buckley Terri Gordon Tom Hitzroth Larry Hoger Amo Marr Doris Schaible Veronica Smirnov

Vern McCorkle writes: I have just read Vol. 6, No 1, and what a thrill it was to see Bill Kruller’s “A Quarter Mile of History in the 1940s.” I consider Kruller, as we used to call him in those days, one of my closest boyhood chums. I recall as though it were yesterday, the shed(bed)room (at least the outside of it) that he described so well in his article. I would pick up Danny Peterson and Bill Owens and we’d drive off in my dad’s 1941 Buick (I called it “Suspense” because I never was sure if it would go when we wanted it to go -- but it usually did) and we’d drive up to Kruller’s to go for a ride. He always had to ask his Aunt Claribel if he could go with (as we said in those days). She must have allowed as how we were not really bad boys, and he’d get to go. It was fun to recall the days of Grass Lawn Ranch and the Morellis’ chicken farm; but just down the road, and not mentioned in Kruller’s article, was the Hog Ranch! Who could forget that?! I began school at Redmond Grade School (RGS) in Miss Wolf’s first grade class in 1940 and have included with this rambling rant, the Perkins Studio official photo of that class. It and others are for RHS archives, if you wish. You will find also, class photos up to 1945 and Mrs. Ruth McBride’s sixth grade class (see below). That’s when Kruller came to RGS. … He had the same shock of black hair then that he had in the photo you ran with him sitting atop the lumber pile that eventually became a home for the Julian Bebas on 148th Ave. NE. And the same roguishly broad smile.

Volunteers Needed Saturday Market We have a monthly booth starting May 1 and need help staffing for 2-hour shifts. Contact Miguel at 425-8699806 or [email protected] with questions or to sign up. Videos, oral histories Transfer videotapes to CDs; taping oral interviews. Call Judy Lang at 425-823-3551. Office staff Greet visitors, help with small tasks as regular or substitute. Call Judy Lang at 425-8233551.

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Vern notes that Bill Kruller is in the third row from the top and sixth man in from the left, between Jaret Irish (checkered shirt) and Bonnie Jean Kerwin. So where’s Vern? “Your's truly is in the top row, where they always put the fat kids. Look for the boy who looks like he combed his hair with a wagon wheel, 4th from the left and a head above others. Ugh!” Continued on page 3

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Marie Wood Member Audrey Gorlick wrote this tribute for her dear friend: Over 23 years of almost daily contact with Marie Wood furnishes one with many memories of a sharp personality and a dynamic leader. The memorial service for Marie Wood, 86, held on Saturday March 6, 2004, at the Redmond Senior Center brought a horde of people who wanted to share their anecdotes and memories of singing with her in the center’s chorus and the many years in its variety shows. Her vibrant voice and personality won her the title of “Sophie Tucker.” For many years, Marie was president of the Seniors Recycling group with Gladys Nabors, myself and several other volunteers collecting money that we donated to the Redmond Police, Fire and other needy causes in Redmond each year. Much of our income went for furnishing the Redmond Senior Center fireside room, game room and towards our first van. Marie and I were devoted members of the Nokomis Club that was born in 1909 (and is now the oldest women’s service club in the state) by a handful of farm wives who seeking knowledge met weekly to recite poetry, etc… Much more can be said of Marie, that she was Citizen of the Year in 1991, president of the Nokomis Club for seven years, was an ardent golfer and had many, many more attributes. Marie and I enjoyed our monthly participation in the Redmond Chamber of Commerce “After Hours” with Linda and Kip Hussey, former owners of Classic Nursery. Marie is survived by her son Hardy, two grandchildren, Tara and Tyson, and great-granddaughter MacKenzie.

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He wrote that his neighbor, Gus Steen, rode a one-speed bicycle and that not many adults did so, back then. True; but there was one other. Who could forget seeing Margaret Buckley ride her bike home from the garage at the triangle every day. We all thought that quite an event and everyone loved her dearly for being “just Margaret,” as we said in those days. Like Kruller, I too became a foster kid in my high school years and raised by my Aunt Flora in Kelso. One summer, Kruller’s Aunt Claribel let him join several other Redmond boys who drove down to see me. My aunt gave us (there must have been four or more from Redmond) a big outdoor picnic. She baked two pans of her famous heirloom starter sourdough biscuits. Each pan held about two dozen biscuits, and Kruller ate a whole pan’s worth, licked his chops and looked around for more. He was one super kid in those days. Still is, I’m told. As for the class photos, I am sure that Clara McSparran Hammersberg could ID every face in every photo. Clara is a national treasure and I have been madly in love with her ever since we were kids! (Easy, Jerry. I live far away in Alaska.) She is also responsible for snagging me into the RHS, and I have included my 2004 dues herewith. It has been fun to read the Redmond Reporter and especially the Redmond Recorder. In those days I wrote the “Redmond School News” columns for the Recorder and continued up to the SVN, which came on while I was in RGS and RJHS. I am still writing, my own magazine: The Alaska Business Monthly, and have included copies, just for proof! Best of all possible wishes to the RHS staff and to the Class of ’52 who began in Redmond in 1940.

Vern C. McCorkle 1905 E 37 Avenue Anchorage, AK 99508

Frank Hutchins sent this e-mail on behalf of Esther Allison Hutchins: Esther was at Redmond (High) only one year (1940), but she and I have attended several reunion occasions and she was able to renew the friendship of Charlie Lentz, Betty and Roy Buckley, Glenn Lampaert, and others. Esther came with her parents from Colorado in 1937, living for some time on the Red Brick Road in Happy Valley. My family moved to Rose Hill from north Seattle in 1933, and I remember Glenn along with others who came from Redmond to swim at the south Kirkland beach on Lake Washington. We both find your newsletter interesting and rewarding. Esther will be sending a membership next month, and we look forward to more pleasant contacts.

Last month we mentioned the Redmond boys who reputedly took a cow up the school stairs, asking how they would have brought it back down since cows don’t like steep slopes. Joe Owen came up with this theory: You can walk a cow down stairs BACKWARDS, in other words in reverse!

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Were You at our March 13 Meeting? These folks were: Adams, Ray Anderson, Betty Becker, Teresa Lang Bellings, Lucille Hansen* Bordenet, Cecilia* Call, Mardy Campbell, Sally Cisneros, Nancy Davies, John Diesen, Chuck* Dudley, Gordon* Dudley, Irene Emmanuel, Tony Frey, Stan Garland, Lillian Gilbert, Evelyn King Goetschius, Millie Goetschius, Russell Goodmam, Helen* Gordon, Terri Gorlick, Audrey Goshorn, Jean Etta Dudley Hahnlen, Charlotte Everson Haines, Steve Hammersberg, Clara McSparran Hammersberg, Jerry Hansen, Tom* Hitzroth, Tom Hogue, Howard* Hogue, Millie* Hussey, Linda Ingersoll, Jo Ann Ives, Rosemarie Jovag, Pat Weiss Lambert, Betty* Lampaert, Roy Landvatter, Bill*

Landvatter, Doris* Lang, Judy Aries Leicester, Norma Llanos, Miguel Lundstedt, Cathy* Magnuson, Cheryl Magruder, Joan* Martin, Daryl McCoskrie, Eileen Mercer, Betty Moesch, Loran Moesch, Marilyn Lampaert Montgomery, Mary Morris, Allison Reed Muñoz, Alexa Norton, Robin Perrigo Potter, Jo Ann Provost, Bonnie* Rosenbach, Patsy Cook Rosenbach, Ruth Ann Schaible, Doris Standley, Beryl Sugden, Charlene Tollfeldt, Anne Tollfeldt, Harvey Truss, Colin* Truss, Pamela* Turner, Judy Gilbert Underhill, Kristine Vallene, Arlyn Watkins, Jo Ann Watts, Wally Weiss, Rose Westlund, Joanne* Wiese, Margaret Evers Yoshitake, Frank* Yoshitake, Miye* *First-time visitor

Thank yous! A heap of historical thanks to these great people for donating treasures, expertise, time and energy to support our mission! John and Dorothy Anderson for their membership at the Entrepreneur level. JoAnn Potter for designing & printing "2004" name tags for paid members. Kathie Murray, just retired from the employ of the City, for her outstanding work editing the City’s Focus magazine. Terri Gordon for the Redmond Lumber Company yardstick. Patsy Rosenbach for outhouse photos. Clara Hammersberg for her written memories of Union Hill. Betty Thompson for sitting in for Arlyn Vallene in the office on Thursday this past month. Rose Weiss for her kitchen antiques that have been on display in the Redmond Library lobby display case. Naomi Hardy for all the archive notebooks we now have in the office for our guests to view.


 
  
    We still have a few of the Redmondopoly and Redmond Trivia games made by the High School marketing club. They’re $15 each, call the office at 425-885-2919 to reserve one or stop by during office hours, Mon-Thurs. 1-4 pm.

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Who’s Paid Up for 2004 Thanks to all of you who’ve paid membership dues for 2004! If you’re not on the list but believe you’ve paid, please contact Treasurer Teresa Becker at [email protected] or 425-322-4456. And to formally join the club for 2004 just fill out the form on the next page! Alexander, Margo Anderson, John & Dorothy Anderson, Leslie Argo, Jane Bechtol Becker, Teresa Beeson, Barbara & Paul Best, Brad Best, Florence Blair, Dusty Watts Bosse, Donell Bothun, Virginia Ottini Brule, Kay Bruneau, Bernadine Buchman, Walt Buckley, Roy Call, Marjorie Carlson, Inga Cisneros, Nancy Cole, Richard Conover, Wendy Conway, Yvonne Coward, Liz DeJong, Cory & Lorraine Elduen, Violet Cook Emmanuel, Anthony & Betty Evers, Ethel Cotterill Ezell, Margaret Jeppesen Foreman, Jan & Diane Fosberg, Ruth Frey, Stanley Garland, Lillian Gaudy, Betty Gilbert, Evelyn Goetschius, Russ, Mildred & Sandra Gordon, Terri Gorlick, Audrey Gossard, Clinton & Beth Guptill, Willow Hahnlen, Charlotte Haines, Debbie Haines, Ray Haines, Shirley Haines, Steve Hammersberg, Art Hammersberg, Clara & James

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Hammersberg, Gary Hanson, Roy & Margery Hardy, Naomi Himes, Chris Hitzroth, Thomas Hoger, Larry Huntman, Sheila Hussey, Linda & Leon Ingersoll, Joann Isackson, Duane & Joanne Ives, Jonathan Ives, Rosemarie Johnson, Barbara Jones, Joy Jovag, Patricia Weiss Joyce, Barbara Weiss Keller, Miriam & Fred Kent, Sharon, Harold & Jennie King, Marie Kruller, Bill & Grace Lampaert, Glenn & Norma Lampaert, Roy Lang, Judy Lavender, Teresa & Goold, Jeff Llanos, Miguel Magnuson, Gene & Cheryl Mann, Marge Marr, Clare (Amo) Marrs, Carl & Patricia Martin, Daryl Matsui, Dorothy McCorkle, Barry McCorkle, Vern McCormick, Elma McCormick, Nancy McCoskrie, Eileen & Donald Mercer, Betty Moesch, Marilyn Lampaert & Loran Montgomery, Mary Kirkpatrick Morris, Allison Munoz, Alexa Murphy, Edward III Neal, Marion Norris, Jackie Norton, Robin & Ray, Carol Kavanaugh

Pearson, Ingrid Piechenick, Shlomit Plackett, Holly Potter, Dale & JoAnn Radtke, Janis Randolph, Mary Rice, Pauline Robinson, Vivian Rockenbeck, Bill & Laurie Rockenbeck, Margy Rogers, Russell Rooks, Marilyn Langlow & Ted Rosenbach, Patsy Cook Rosenbach, Ruth Ann Schaible, Doris Scott, Claudia Martin Shinstrom, Dick & Pat Shoudy, Kay Shults, Avis Smirnov, Veronica & Ilya Smith, Gaye Crosby Sorweide, Rollie & Sandra Standley, Beryl; Craig, Charles Stone, Clarence Stoneback, Phyllis Stowe, Lois Stensland Swan, Ted & Barbara Swanson, Herbert Sween, Faye Swenson, Robert Thomas, Tom & Kay Tollfeldt, Harvey & Anne Torell, Jerry Turner, Judy Underhill, Kristine & Aisha Warner, Norma Watkins, Jo Ann Watts, Don Weiss, Rose Westlund, Joanne Wiese, Margaret Willis, Frank & Colleen Perrigo Tosh Woodside, Arleen Works, Larry Yoshitake, Frank & Miye

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Sign Up for Old Town Walking Tours! Board member Tom Hitzroth launches his stroll along Leary Way and its history in May. Sign up now, as each date is limited to 10 people. Tom uses jokes and fascinating trivia to make it entertaining. Dates: May 23 June 20

Newsletters via E-mail and off our Web Site Nearly 700 people receive our free monthly newsletter, but success has its price: It’s expensive for the City, which mails out hardcopies in exchange for Society research time. As a result, we’re asking everyone with Internet access to receive it either via e-mail or our Web site at www.redmondhistory.org If you try it and it doesn’t work on your end, you can always go back to U.S. Mail. If you have Internet access, please send us an e-mail message at [email protected] stating that you’ll try out the new system.

Time: 1:00 to 2:30 Cost: $6 How to signup: Email Tom at [email protected] Or call office at 425-885-2919

By the way, our electronic newsletter has some clear advantages: 1) The photos are much sharper, and newer ones are in color. 2) You can save the digital version on your computer. 3) Digital versions can easily be searched by keyword. 4) You can easily forward a copy along to a friend or relative.

Join the Redmond Historical Society Please pay 2004 dues ASAP!! And help discover, recover, preserve, share and celebrate Redmond’s history! Levels of Membership (Check 1 only)

Trailblazer (Student) ............... $ 5.00 Pioneer (Individual) ............. $ 20.00 Homesteader (Family) ......... $ 35.00 Entrepreneur (Supporter) ... $ 200.00 Corporate (Business).......... $ 250.00 History Maker (Lifetime) $ 1,000.00 All Contributions are Tax Deductible

Please make checks payable to: Redmond Historical Society Mail To: Redmond Historical Society Attn: Membership ORSCC, Room 106 16600 NE 80th Street Redmond, WA 98052

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