History is Happening in Redmond!

The Redmond Recorder

September 2005 Vol. 7, No. 7
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 redmondhistory@msn.com
Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 1-4pm, or by appointment

President’s Corner
I sure hope you didn’t miss this year’s
Heritage Art Contest
Redmond bicycle Derby Grand Parade, but if
you did, let me bring you up to date. We had
Winners Announced
three additions to the Redmond Historical
Society’s entry.
Back in the 1960s did you ever happen to
see Opie and Cleo Hartman ride around
town with Opie on the bike and Cleo in a First Place
side carriage? Ever since Opie moved to ($300 prize):
Cascade Plaza the contraption has been “Redmond
sitting in my garage waiting for a volunteer New & Old”
to restore it to operating condition and ready by
for a ride in the parade. With encouragement Petronella
and a helping hand from my friend Jack Fursman
Excell the sidecar has been restored and
looking pretty good, but the bike wasn’t
ready for a rider.
Gerk’s Alpine Hut, the sporting goods
store on Leary, took a shot at it. They didn’t We have a winner, actually winners! Nearly 60 artworks
have time, so we thanked them and hauled it (watercolors, oils, raku and photos) were entered in the first
home. Now along comes Dale Potter with an Redmond Heritage Art Contest. The Society and its partners,
the Eastside Association of Fine Arts and the City of Redmond,
offer to tow it in the parade. So once again
thank the 23 artists who entered for helping celebrate and
the bike and carriage made a trip down the preserve our local heritage.
streets of Redmond. But this time with Opie Continued on Page 2
sitting in the carriage and Miguel Llanos
sitting on the bike. It looked so good that
John Couch couldn’t pass up the invitation Sept. 10 meeting: The Cinemond Era
to ride along and join the fun.
Then we had a new entry of a motor trike. Robert and Elia McRae, owners of Redmond’s first
I rode on the back seat of a custom Honda movie theater, the Cinemond, will share their memories at
motorcyle driven by Jack Excell. The only our next general meeting. Join us Sept. 10 from 10.30
thing historic about this is maybe the riders. a.m.-12 p.m. at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse
Dave Harder joined our group with Community Center.
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2005 Meetings
All at 10:30 am
Old Redmond Schoolhouse
Community Center
16600 NE 80th St.
Second Saturday of the
month:
Sept. 10, Oct. 9, Nov. 13
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2005 Executive Board
Heritage Art Contest Winners
Continued from Page 1
A three-judge panel that weighed heritage and artistic merit came up with the cash prize
winners. In addition, EAFA chose an honorable mention, Mayor Rosemarie Ives
selected her favorite and viewers during the display at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse
Community Center were able to vote for their favorite. The 1st place winner is shown on
the newsletter cover, and below are the other winners.
2nd Place ($200 prize):
“Bill Brown Building”
by Patti Simpson Ward

Judy Lang, President

Naomi Hardy, VP
Miguel Llanos, VP
Teresa Becker, Treasurer
Margaret Wiese,
Corresponding Secretary
Beryl Standley,
Recording Secretary

Board of Directors
Terri Gordon
Tom Hitzroth
Jon Magnussen
Amo Marr
Daryl Martin
Doris Schaible
Patti Simpson Ward 3rd Place (tie, $50 prize):
“T&D Feed Store” by Rita Morris “Saturday Market – Gary” by Pat Dugan

Mayor’s Choice
and People’s
Choice Awards:

“The Puzzle of
Redmond”
by Luciana
Lastre Conceicao

EAFA merit citation:

“Bridge at Marymoor”
by Lyla Jacobsen

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Hot Off the 1911 Press!
Our copy of the Nov. 24, 1911,
Redmond Press is the oldest
newspaper of the area known to
exist. Published by Chas D.
Ulmer and Sons, the weekly was
launched just a month earlier.
“News” included these local
events:
The order of Eagles had a business
and social session last Saturday night
in their hall in Redmond. Mr.
Lincoln Davis, the state president of
the order, and Mr. A. L, Waller, of
Seattle, made talks on eagledom.
After the business session aerie gave
a social session to eagles and their
friends. Mr. Davis and Mr. Waller
both made short speeches to the
visitors. A banquet was given to the
visitors, Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Walthers, having been engaged by
the aerie to furnish the lunch, which
was par excellence. Everybody
enjoyed themselves and Mr. O. A.
Wiley acted as toastmaker.
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Mr. John Peterson, of the Peterson
logging camp, was a visitor on
Monday. Mr. Peterson has his
logging camp running with a small
crew now but expects to put a full
crew on soon.
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Mrs. J. A. Kurtz and children were
in Seattle on Sunday visiting with
friends.
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Mr. Haskell, of Ballard, was over
on a hunting expedition on the
Sammamish on Saturday and
Sunday.
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Mr. Tom Forrester, heretofore an
old time resident of Redmond, is
visiting with his mother and brother
during the week. Mr. Forrester runs
on the train between Seattle and
Portland.
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Last Walking Tour for 2005
All aboard for the last Old Redmond Walking Tour of the year! If you
live in Redmond, you probably drive along Leary Way daily. But do you
know the histories of our oldest buildings? Like, which one was both an
undertaker's premises and a bordello? Society board member Tom
Hitzroth will educate and entertain folks with the Sept. 18th tour that
explore those histories.
The Sunday walk runs from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. and walkers meet on the
front steps of the Justice White House, 7730 Leary Way. Tours will not
be held in the rain.
Pre-registration is required and a $6 fee helps fund Society
research. To register, e-mail Tom at thitzroth@msn.com or phone the
Redmond Historical Society office at 425-885-2919.
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From Our Mailbox
Margaret “Willie” Frigard writes from her home in Wenatchee that
she’s enjoying the newsletter, which she receives via e-mail. All seven of
Willie’s children were delivered by Dr. John Way at the old Kirkland
Hospital, and they all attended the Old Redmond Elementary, Redmond
Junior High, and Redmond High School.
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President’s Corner
Continued from Page 1
his three Shetland ponies pulling his “marriage carriage.” Two lovely
young ladies rode along who just happened to be Diane and Dave’s
granddaughters Gurdon and Alexandria Marth.
Doug and Steve Rowe, both Eagle Scouts and recent Evergreen High
grads, carried our banner again. This must be their 3rd year at this job.
Butch Kent brought along his 1946 Ford fire truck and 1940 newly
painted yellow Ford school bus. John Kent and David Goetsch drove
the fire truck. Fellow society members and friends Nick Hartman,
Marge and Roy Hanson, Brenda Mouw, Beryl Standley, Jerry and
Naomi Hardy, Natalie and Ben Fisher, Patsy Rosenbach, and Amy,
Alex and Ian Tuck hopped aboard for the ride, waving to the crowd.
Other Society members in the parade were the Nokomis Club gals
Amo Marr, Rose Weiss, and Jennie Bryden riding in Butch Kent’s
1967 Lincoln convertible, driven by Diantha Rees Janus. Veronica
Smirnov stopped by to wish us well. She was part of the Friends of the
Library entry.
There was a lot of history, community spirit and love of our hometown
among these group and lots of fun, too.
Our next meeting is Sept. 10th at 10:30 a.m. in the Old Redmond
Schoolhouse. Join us and share in the history of Redmond!
Judy Aries Lang
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Adair Street: 170 Avenue NE
from NE 80 Street to NE 79 Street
Campton Road: East Lake Sammamish
Parkway from 185 Avenue NE to 187
Avenue NE
Conrad Olson Road: NE 95 Street from
Avondale Road to City Limits
Grass Lawn Road: 148 Avenue NE from
Redmond Way to Old Redmond Road
Homestead Drive: 151 Avenue NE from
Old Redmond Road to Redmond Way NE
Lampaert Lane: 161 Avenue NE
from NE 85 Street to Redmond Way
Perrigo Road: 166 Avenue NE from NE 80
Street to NE 92 Street
Railroad Avenue: NE 76 Street from 164
Avenue NE to 168 Avenue NE
Tosh Road: NE 51 Street
from 155 Avenue NE to WLSP
York Road: NE 116 Street from Willows
Road to 154th Place NE
Can You Spot the Historic Street Signs?
It took nearly three years, but Redmond finally has its first batch of
historic street signs! Over the summer, nine sets of signs went up to
complement the first set, Lampaert Lane, presented in January 2004.
(The list at left shows all 10 areas.)
In late 2002, the Redmond Historical Society initiated the
Historical Street Signs Project, having been inspired by a similar
successful project in Kirkland. Mayor Rosemarie Ives immediately
became an enthusiastic supporter of adding historic street names
without replacing the County’s assigned numbering system. That
system, created aid emergency responders, in 1958 eliminated streets
named in honor of Redmond pioneers, civic leaders and public
benefactors.
The Society formed a committee to prioritize a first group of 10
streets to receive historic recognition. On the committee were Jutta
Rhinehart, Clare "Amo" Marr, Jennie Bryden, Terri Gordon and
Naomi Hardy. The committee made its selections on the basis of
historic significance, visibility and dispersed geography, wanting the
signs to be located throughout the city, and not clustered downtown.

Were you at our June 11 picnic? These folks were:

Banning, Carolyn Lang* Haslam, Carl Old Time Fiddlers*
Banning, Lon* Haslam, Greg* David and Elsie Bartley
Becker, Dan Himes, Chris Julie, Adam and Andrew Kimball
Becker, Eric* Hitzroth, Tom Earl DeWitt
Becker, Teresa Lang Hornung, Sigrid* Dr. Harold Matz
Betty, Kyle** Hull, Michael* Olson, LeRoy
Bryden, Jennie Ingersoll, Jo Ann Rockenbeck, Dave
Cisneros, Nancy Jovag, Pat Weiss Rockenbeck, Margy
Claypool-Beman, Bev* Kent, Butch Rosenbach, Patsy
Couch, John Kent, Sharon Rosenbach, Ruth Ann
Dahm, Sage* Kooistra, Kaye Schaible, Doris
Elduen, Violet Cook Lang, Angela Aries Solomon, Brad
Emmanuel, Tony Lang, Jeff* Solomon, Michele
Fisher, Ben Lang, Jennifer* Solomon, Sarah
Fisher, Natalie Lang, Judy Aries Standley, Beryl
Garland, Lillian Lang, Mike* Stensland, Don
Hahnlen, Charlotte Leicester, Norma Strange, Makela
Hall, Suzanne Lewis, Bob Stray, Fran
Hall, Tom Lewis, Gerry Clausnitzer Stray, Fred
Hammersberg, Clara Llanos, Miguel Underhill, Kris
Hammersberg, Jerry Lyons, George Vallene, Arlyn
Hansen, Tom Lyons, Jackie Vallene, Leonard
Hanson, David* Magnussen, Jon Watts, Don
Harder, Dave Marr, Amo Weiss, Andy*
Harder, Diane McEvers, Frances Weiss, Rose
Hardy, Jerry McFarland, Doris Wiese, Margaret Evers
Hardy, Naomi Morris, Allison Reed *First-time attendees

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Thank Yous!
A heap of historical thanks to these great people for donating treasures, expertise, time and energy!

Brad Solomon for producing the entertaining “A View from History” segments for Channel 21, City TV guru
Patrick Hirsch for facilitating these historical jewels, and radio legend Larry Nelson for being the “voice of
history” for the series.

Terri and John Gordon for hosting our poolside board picnic at their fabulous Broken Spoke Ranch.

Kiersten Petesch of Bear Creek Christian School for typing up our Nov. 24, 1911, issue of the Redmond Press, the
oldest newspaper issue in our collection.

Reporter Bellamy Pailthorp of KPLU for digital copies of the "Redmond as a Company Town" radio report that
aired in May of this year.

Dusty Watts Blair for photos of young folks dancing at the U.S.O., c.1955, and for the use for her scrapbook from
Redmond Jr. High. Check out the display case at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center this month to
view a few pages.

Ilya Smirnov, our Web master, for his $100 donation, which was matched by his employer, Microsoft.

City employees Sherri Wright, Robin Brown, Deby Canfield and Karen Bambans for ensuring the installation of
the historic street signs.

Mr. Fey for research papers regarding the Luke McRedmond family history, from which we learn that the name of
our city's co-founder was originally MacRedmond.

Marge Mann who continues to add to our postcard archive.

Dr. James Vincent Jolivet of Kenmore, former director of Rocket Research, for sharing his first-hand knowledge of
the first major high-tech company headquartered here.

Doris Hebner McFarland for the donation of her scrapbook project from Roy Swenson’s history class in 1939.

Lilian Garland for her ongoing labor of love organizing our archives.

Saturday Market volunteers Larry Miller, Dean Pederson, Don Watts, and Daryl Martin.

Clara and Jerry Hammersberg for helping out with Family night at the Neighborhood School.

Old Time Fiddlers for the music at our first ever picnic last June.

Butch and John Kent, Dave Harder, Jack Excell, Doug and Steve Rowe and all the rest who made our entry in
the parade one of great community spirit.

Patrick Wilson, now of Alaska, for a Troop 561 Scout uniform with bandana from the first Boy Scout troop at
Audubon Elementary (where in 1966 Pat McCauley was the first scout master) and for the Redmond High varsity
game jersey from 1973, class of 1974.

Norma Warner for organizing our Derby Days archive.

Diana Broadie for donating newspaper clippings from the 1970s and ‘80s.

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Patti Simpson Ward: A (Not So) Proud Football Heritage

Our New Board Member
The Society board
is pleased to welcome
local artist Patti
Simpson Ward as our
newest board member.
Patti reflects her love
of history in her art (in
fact she took 2nd Place in our art
contest, see Page 2) and in From the East Side Journal, Oct. 16, 1930
volunteering, which includes the
Eastside Heritage Center.
Patti’s energy and enthusiasm are Redmond Lecture at Klondike Museum
infectious, and that’s just what the
Society needs to keep building How did homesteaders and Native Americans get along? At the
momentum. So welcome aboard invitation of the National Park Service’s Klondike museum in Seattle,
Patti! For more about Patti and her Society board member Tom Hitzroth will examine that dynamic in
artwork, check out her Web site at the area that became Redmond. The free lecture is on Sept. 24 at 2
www.pattisimpsonward.com p.m. The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is at 117
South Main St. in Pioneer Square.

Join the Redmond Historical Society

Please pay 2005 dues ASAP!!
And help discover, recover, preserve, share and celebrate Redmond’s history!

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‫ٱ‬ Entrepreneur (Supporter) ... $ 200.00 Attn: Membership
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