Rhs Newsletter 11 2005

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NOVEMBER 2005 NEWSLETTER

REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

VOLUME 7, NUMBER 9

16600 NE 80th Street, Room 106 Redmond, WA 98052 ~ Tel 425.885.2919

OUR MISSION : To Discover, Recover, Share and Celebrate Redmond’s History

website ~www.redmondhistory.org e-mail ~ [email protected]

HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND!

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resident’s Corner

Ever since joining the Redmond Historical

Society, I am amazed at how many of us are interested in preserving our history. So many of you have come forward with great stories, photos, and volunteering time to help make our goals happen. Two such people are Brad Solomon and Larry Nelson. Larry has become the Society’s TV voice as he narrates the monthly “View from History,” which Brad produces. Each month, Brad selects a topic from Redmond’s rich history that will both entertain and enlighten residents. He selects photographs that illustrate the topic and writes a script for which Larry does a voice-over. With technical magic, Brad brings together these elements, creating a video that is shown throughout the month on the City’s Channel 21, coordinating with Patrick Hirsch, the City Video Communications Manager. The photos come from Naomi Hardy’s hard work of scanning photos that so many of you have loaned or donated. By the way, these can be viewed in our office. She has a great love for our city and in keeping with the Society’s goal to preserve our history she wants to name almost everything in the city after those who made this the community that it is! We hope to see you Nov. 12 and then again on Jan. 14 (No December meeting!). ● ~ Judy Aries Lang

T HE REDMOND RECORDER ~ NOVEMBER 2005

HOURS: Mon.-Thurs., 1-4 p.m., or by Appointment

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oin Us for Horse Tales

It’s been a few years, but Society board member Terri Gordon, seen in the foreground second from left, used to ride her horse in the Derby Days parade.

We’ll be horsing around at our next general meeting. Former Mayor Christine Himes will reminisce about the Redmond Trailblazers Saddle Club, while Rod McNae and Scott Wieder will do the same about the Lake Washington Saddle Club. Former Parks Director John Couch will dig up some slides of children and horses from the Parks collection. And Society board members Terri Gordon and Daryl Martin, both former Trailblazers themselves, will contribute with photos and / or NEXT memories. MEETING By the way, if McNae sounds Saturday , November 12 familiar, it’s because Rod’s 10:30 a.m. to noon father was Bert McNae, the OLD REDMOND S CHOOLHOUSE well known commercial real COMMUNITY CENTER estate developer. ● 16600 NE 80th St

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GENERAL MEETINGS 2nd Saturday of the Month 10:30 a.m. to noon

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eet a Member: BRAD SOLOMON

OLD REDMOND S CHOOLHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER 16600 NE 80th St

2005 NOVEMBER 14TH (No December meeting)

2006 JANUARY 14 F EBRUARY 11 MARCH 11 A PRIL 8 MAY 13 JUNE 10 S EPTEMBER 9 OCTOBER 14 NOVEMBER 11 ...................................................

2005 E XECUTIVE B OARD Judy Lang President Naomi Hardy Vice-President Miguel Llanos Vice-President Teresa Becker Treasurer Margaret Wiese Corresponding Secretary Beryl Standley Recording Secretary

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Terry Gordon Tom Hitzroth Jon Magnussen Amo Marr Daryl Martin Doris Schaible Patti Simpson Ward ...................................................

T HE REDMOND REPORTER Published nine times annually Miguel Llanos Editor Patti Simpson Ward Newsletter Graphic Designer ©2005 Redmond Historical Society T HE REDMOND RECORDER ~ NOVEMBER 2005

T he Society has its own Ken Burns and his name is Brad Solomon. Having joined the club in January 2005, Brad immediately proposed Redmond histories on video with a longer term goal of a “Ken Burns” style film about our heritage. An amateur photographer since college days, he saw this as a great opportunity to focus his attention on a very local subject. Brad and his wife, Jenny, moved to Redmond in 1986. Their daughters followed, so to speak: Rachel (15) and Michelle (13). “One of our traditions was going to the Heritage Festival held at Marymoor Park every summer,” Brad says. “We were sad to see the Festival cancelled. The photo above was taken in 2000. I guess even then history was in my blood.” Brad has produced three short videos for the city of Redmond TV that serve as advertising for the Society: “Derby Days,” “School Days,” and “The Nokomis Club.” He is planning on nine more to make an even dozen. When asked about his plan to create a film about Redmond, he says “The short videos are fun projects and help get out the word about the Society. They are a bit of a detour, but all of the research for the videos is laying the groundwork for the film.” ● 2

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elp Solve a History Mystery

Can you identify anything about this old school photograph? • Student names? • Which school and class? If so, contact Naomi Hardy at 425.833.3866 or e-mail her at [email protected].

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• The teacher’s name?

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or the Log Haul . . .

“T raf fic jams during the morning and late afternoon hours have increased in frequency and intensity in downtown Redmond with the heavier population and traffic flow through the City,” Redmond Police Chief Robert Sollito observed. “The solution is the development of alternate routes bypassing the downtown area,” he said, “but these seem a long time coming.”

(Photo courtesty of the Duane Isackson Collection.)

~ Sammamish Valley News ~

Redmond mill owner, Henry Isackson, is seen in 1941 preparing to

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haul logs to Woodinville with this 1930 Fageol truck. Here he is at 224th Avenue NE with a youngster sitting in the cab.

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ere You at Our October 8th Meeting?

These folks enjoyed John Couch’s “Redmond in the ‘70s” presentation. First time attendees are noted in GRAY BOLD TYPE and a silver ★!

Alexander, Margo Marr Anderson, Betty Buckley Becker, Dan Bellings, Lucille Hansen Bendixen, Ross Broadie, Dianna Campbell, Sally Cisneros, Nancy Couch, John DeBlauw, Karen DEMASTUS, SANDEL ★ Duffus, Natalie Easley Jim Emmanuel, Tony Frey, Marilyn Frey, Stan Garland, Lillian Garrity, Yvonne Lampaert Gilbert, Evelyn King Goetschius, Millie Goetschius, Russ Gorlick, Audrey Goshorn, Jean Etta Dudley GWERDER, FRANK ★ Haines, Steve Hammersberg, Clara McSparran Hammersberg, Jerry Hansen, Tom HANSON, MARY ★ Hardy, Jerry Himes, Chris Hitzroth, Tom HOOVER, MARK ★ Hussey, Linda Ingersoll, Jo Ann Isackson, Joanne Ives, Rosemarie Jovag, Pat Weiss Lampaert, Roy Lang, Judy Aries

Llanos, Miguel Lyons, George Lyons, Jackie Magnuson, Cheryl Marr, Amo Marrs, Carl Marrs, Pat McCormick, Elma McCoskrie, Don McCoskrie, Eileen Mellquest, Gerry Radtke Mercer, Betty Miller, Larry Montgomery, Mary Murphy, Ed PADUANO, PAT ★ Peterson, Dean Radtke, Dick Shults, Avis SMITH, BARBARA ★ SMITH, DON ★ Solomon, Brad Standley, Beryl Stensland, Don STENSTROM, ALICE ★ STRAY, FRAN ★ STRAY, FRED ★ Tollfeldt, Anne Tollfeldt, Harvey Vallene, Arlyn Bjerke WARD, PATTI SIMPSON Watkins, JoAnn Weiss, Ed Weiss, Rose Wiese, Margaret Evers Williams, Audrey Williams, Lois Williams, Larry Williams, Peggy

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L-R: Past Mayor Chris Himes, our presenter John Couch, and current Mayor Rosemarie Ives

RHS President Judy Lang introducing a new member with one of John Couch’s historical images in the background

A great crowd for John Couch’s presentation of images on “Redmond in the ‘70s”

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John Stensland told us that Gary Cooper ~ yes, the Hollywood icon ~ lived in Happy Valley as a child before moving to California. Anyone have confirmation of that? If so, contact Naomi Hardy at 425.883.3866 or [email protected].

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A Heap of Historical Thanks . . .

TO THESE GREAT PEOPLE FOR DONATING TREASURES, EXPERTISE, TIME AND ENERGY!

JIM ROBINSON for photographs of a structures now fallen or remodeled in our area, and the metal sculpture of bull, cow and calf that until recently brought smiles to all who traveled the Woodinville-Redmond Road. (This is Redmond’s other Jim Robinson, not our current councilman.) PHIL DOUGHERTY for a copy of his feature, “Sammamish in the ‘50s,” published in the Sammamish Review. BARB JOYCE for a photograph of T&D Feeds. ROY LAMP AER T for the photo of Ernest Bechtol’s children and an issue of the Sammamish Valley News. ROSE WEISS for vintage shoe laces. CHUCK DIESEN for old school photos and Redmond High School rings from Georgia Smith’s estate. JOHN COUCH for his wonderful slide show and story telling extraordinaire. PATTI SIMPSON WARD for a national magazine featuring Carolyn Miglino’s Rosetree Cottage on 164th Avenue NE near 83rd. The store was built in 1925 as the home of James Woodside, a well known veterinarian, and was saved from demolition by Carolyn and her husband, John.

Romantic Homes Magazine (September 2005)

MARGARET WIESE and MARGY ROCKENBECK for hosting the Society’s table at the annual Roots Fair in Redmond. DR. LEWIS FINK for help in identifying a group photo of long ago. ERIK PRILL, the production director of WARM 106.9 FM, for sharing studio time, and his time, to help BRAD SOLOMON and LARRY NELSON in producing our Redmond heritage videos.

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Dear Editor: I have some information of the mystery picture in October’s newsletter. I know the picture ~ it hangs in two places at the Tolt Historical Society Museum. One picture represents the hisotry of logging in the area and the other picture is next to our springboard to show how the springboard was used in the woods. There are three men in the picture, the one on the right has been cut out of your picture (you can see his arm and ax). The man cut out of the picture is Henry Christian Burns from Tolt. This picture also hangs in the home if Isabel Jones, President of the Tolt Historical Society, with other logging pictures. Henry Johnson from Redmond and Henry Burns from Tolt ~ we can only guess where this big beautiful tree was. Still a bit of a mystery though, who is the man in the middle? ~ Jackie Perrigo Morris Norris T HE REDMOND RECORDER ~ NOVEMBER 2005

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oin the Redmond Historical Society

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