HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND April 2013

Redmond HistoRical society

apRil 2013 neWsletteR Vol. 15 no. 4
Our PurPOSE:
To Discover, recover, preserve, shAre AnD celebrATe
reDmonDs hisTory
1
norDics in The norThwesT
April GenerAl meeTinG:
SATURDAY, APRIL 13 10:30 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON
Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th Street
The wave
of immigrants
from Scandinavia
in the 1800s
reached across
the Northwest, and
Redmond was no
exception. Its a rich
cultural history, and
one that the director
of the Seattle-based
Swedish Cultural
Center,
Kristine Leander,
will share with us on
Saturday, April 13.
The grand-daughter
of Swedish pioneers to Skagit Valley, Kristine will focus on Norwegians and
extrapolate from there on the broader Scandinavian experience. Ill try to
bring in the Swedes, she says. Theyre a more diffcult group to categorize
because they blended and wanted to ft in. The Norwegians clumped
together and that makes them easier to study and more able these days to
express their heritage. Its all history!
Scandinavian Americans in national costumes visit Seattles Alaska Yukon Pacific
Exposition in 1909. In the front row, a couple poses with their fiddler for a mock
wedding, one of the highlights of AYPs Norway Day. (Photo courtesy Nordic
Heritage Museum)
April 2013 History is Happening in redmond
ExEcutivE BOard
Chris Himes President
Judy Lang Senior Vice-President
Joe Townsend Vice-President Finance
John Phillips Vice-President Collections
Mary Hanson Secretary
BOard Of dirEctOrS
Rosemarie Ives
Janice LeVeck
Judith Simpson
Sherry Stilin
Kris Swanson
Margaret Evers Wiese
OfficE ManagEr Monica Park
attOrnEy Charles Diesen
Our fnances are public record and may
be viewed at the offce.
frEE nEwSlEttEr
If you don't subscribe, please sign up.
Call the offce at 425.885.2919 or email
info@redmondhistoricalsociety.org.
State your preference of email or
U.S. Mail. The historical society prefers
email as it's inexpensive and photos are
enhanced online.
thE rEdMOnd rEcOrdEr
is published nine times annually.
Miguel Llanos Editor
Patti Simpson Ward Design Consultant
pattisimpsonward.com
Janice LeVeck Graphic Designer
janiceannleveck.com
2013
MaJOr
SPOnSOrS
2
whATs new
online

DestinationHeritage.org, a
website produced by 4Culture,
continues to add content about
Seattle-area history. From the
homepage, which brings up
a clickable map of the region,
choose Northeast to zero in on
our region. The content includes
great audio summaries of these
histories:
Lake Washington Shipyards
Marymoor Park
Carnation Farm
Dougherty Farmstead
COVER FEATURE & WHATS NEW
1 Nordics in the Northwest
2 2013 RHS Offcers & Board
2 Whats New Online
DestinationHeritage.org
RHS NEWS
3 Candid Cameras Exhibit
4 Slough Races Event
5 Stilin Joins Board Paul Bark Tribute
6-7 The Redmond Trading Company as
Time Machine
8 Historical Thank Yous Saturday
Market Walking Tours
9 Gift Ideas from RHS
MEMBERSHIP & CONTACT INFO
10 March Meeting Attendees
List of RHS Lifetimers
11 Membership Form
12 Address & RHS Contact Info
TAble of conTenTs
PAGE
HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND April 2013
3
whatS
nEw
showcAsinG our hisTory:
cAnDiD cAmerAs
An exhibit of cameras outside
our offce tells stories not just about
how the technology has evolved,
but about the local folks who owned
the camerasamong them Dr.
John Way and Angela Aries Lang.
Cheryl and Gene Magnuson did
an incredible job captioning each
artifact. Stop by any time this month
for a close-up look!
(All photos by Miguel Llanos)
April 2013 History is Happening in redmond
4

sAluTe To sAmmAmish slouGh rAces
rhS
nEwS
Inspired by the colorful
history of the Sammamish
River/Slough races, artist
Gaul Culley has organized
a multi-city tribute with
speakers, an origami boat
building workshop and, of
course, race boats. The free
event is Sunday, April 7, from
12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. at
Kenmore City Hall.
Im estimating about 20
to 30 boats will be there,
says Gaul, who designed
the poster at right. Theyll
include Rapid Robert
Waites boat and Bill
Boeings Miss Wahoo.
Steve Greaves of the
Seattle Outboard Association
will be the keynote speaker
and moderate a panel that includes former Kirkland resident Bob Pinney
representing racing in the Redmond-area. The public will be invited to
share their stories as well.
Gaulwhose father-in-law Dave Culley won the slough racehas
two long-term goals:
Creating a yearly event that celebrates the Builders of our
communities and the Sammamish River as elemental to the cities of
Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville and Redmond.
Creating artworks that narrate the history of the Sammamish River.
Support for Gauls goals thus far have been from the City of Kenmore,
4Culture, The Kenmore Heritage Society, Bothell Historical Society/
Museum, Redmond Historical Society, the Seattle Outboard Association,
The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, and local businesses.
HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND April 2013
sherry sTilin Joins socieTy boArD
Lifetime member Sherry Stilin last month accepted a board position, but
weeks before that she was already shaking things upin a great way. Shes
heading a marketing campaign to better brand what we do, so expect some
announcements soon. We are working on a plan to make a much bigger effort
to promote the Saturday program to the public with the goal of attracting new
members, she says.
Sherry, a Wisconsin native who had a sales/marketing career in the computer
industry, raised three sons with her husband John in Redmond.
Her history inspiration? My father was a teacher and loved history, Sherry
says. My family spent many summers pulling our travel trailer all over the country
with a focus on historic sights and museums!
5
rhS
nEwS
A sTuDenTs TribuTe To
TeAcher pAul bArk
Mr Bark, 91? There must, it seems, be
a terrible mistake, a misprint. I last saw him,
in passing, where in the world would it have
beenat our 20th Lake Washington High
School reunion, maybeand he had scarcely
aged. ...And his hair was slightly thinned but
still oiled and swept up into a graceful curve,
rather like the front bumper on the old XK150
Jaguar. Im sure I wasnt the only Junior High
school boy who envied him his slick but manly
hair style. But more important was his kindly
impassioned interest in teaching us not only
History but teaching us also how to learnand
to value learning for its own sake, not just for
grades. That was a new concept for some of
us. And a precious one.
Each of us had, at one time or another,
a teacher who instilled in us that sense of
learning being not just a duty but an opportunity,
something exciting and important.
A memorial service for Paul is being held on Saturday, April 20,
2013, at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Auditorium from
12 noon to 3:00 p.m. All are welcome.
Paul Bark, retired Redmond
Junior High teacher (Photo
courtesy of David Bark)
The mention last month about the passing at age 91 of retired Redmond
Junior High teacher Paul Bark prompted Bill Root, one of his many
students, to send along a tribute. Below are excerpts:
The mention last month about the passing at age 91 of
retired Redmond Junior High teacher Paul Bark
April 2013 History is Happening in redmond
6
reDmonD TrADinG compAny ...
rhS
nEwS
The late, great journalist Lucile McDonald specialized in all things
Eastside. In 1993, Marymoor Museum published Lucile McDonalds Eastside
Notebook: 101 Local History Vignettes. Edited by Lorraine McConaghy,
it contained columns written for the Journal-American when Lucile was in
her 80s. Below is Vignette 98, frst published on November 7, 1977, as a
snapshot of days gone by. The building itself still standstoday its Half Price
Books Store!
More than a decade ago, Redmond boasted a store which was the
joy of shoppers of old-fashioned commodities, particularly the grocery
line. Curiosity seekers looked in there just for the pleasure of viewing
what merchandising was like when their parents were young. The place
was known to Seattleites as well as Eastside residents and many must
have regretted when the Redmond Trading Company closed its doors.
The owner, William Howell, died after a long illness and Leary Way has
never been quite the same since his demise.
Howell arrived in Redmond from North Carolina in 1910 when
the population was less than 800 people. Three stores served the
little logging community. Customers often pulled up in horse-drawn
conveyances and at least six hitching posts were installed in front of
the trading company. Howell preserved one as a novelty after the early
wooden sidewalk was replaced by cement. When the store was new it
had a shed roof extending over the walk.
Inside the building, Howell divided his wares in two sections, one
for groceries and dry goods, the other for feed and hardware. Here
the customer in the late 1950s could fnd such rarities as tin milk pans,
crocks, kerosene lanterns and pitcher pumps.
In the line of dry goods Howell carried a few cotton stockings for the
little old ladies who still asked for them. In a drawer were button hooks
and shoe buttons. On the counter stood wooden spool cabinets and
one for packages of dye. Nearby was a pot-bellied heating stove like
those every railroad station formerly had.
Behind the grocery counters were open bins, intended for dried
prunes, beans, suger, dried apples and the like. Three large tin
canisters stood on top labeled Mocha and Java, Tapioca, and S.C.
Japan. Howell handled only roasted coffee but for a long time he had
a coffee mill. After everyone began buying coffee in cans he gave the
mill to a chicken rancher to grind bones. He also got rid of the cabinet
of spice drawers after customers ceased to ask for whole nutmeg,
cinnamon sticks and sarsaparilla.
HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND April 2013
7
As Time mAchine
rhS
nEwS
On the counter
stood glass cases
that held rock
candy, jawbreakers,
licorice whips,
jelly beans and
wafer candies with
mottoes. Children
with pennies took
considerable
time making their
selections.
Howell learned
his store-keeping
in Redmond. The
business started
with four partners
but one left and two
others died, leaving
Howell alone with
his memories of
what the place had
been like when
he began there.In
those days sugar
generally was sold
in hundred-pound
sacks and no one
bought less than
ffty ponds of four
at a time. Molasses
came in ffty-gallon
barrels and that customer brought a jug to carry some home in. Lard was in tin
pails and items did not arrive in cellophane-wrapped packages.
A storekeeper knew what to order then; goods remained in style a long time
and loggers families were not going out to Seattle over a muddy road through the
woods and across the lake by ferry every week to shop. Howell outlived the era,
but it was strange how many people called at his store in the 1950s for the old-
fashioned wares he continued to stock.
Lucile McDonald also wrote about The Redmond Trading
Company for The Seattle Times in 1955, just as William Howell
was winding down the business. This illustration accompanied her
article and both are archived in our offce!
April 2013 History is Happening in redmond
8
huGe hisToricAl
ThAnk yous To:
rhS
nEwS
4Culture for awarding us $3,000 a year over the next two years. The
Sustained Support Grant acknowledges our success in building and
maintaining a heritage society with the help of our members
Tamara Moen for donating dozens of slides of the boat races on the
Sammamish Slough and even on Lake Sammamish. Well be showing those
at the April 7 Slough Races event in Kenmore (See Page 4).

wAlkinG Tours Are bAck!
May will mark the start of the 2013 Redmond Saturday Market, where we
staff a booth on the frst Saturday of each month. Its a great place to see old
friends and make new ones, especially folks who have recently moved to
Redmond. People love stopping at our booth to check out old photos and pick
up newsletters.
Were looking to staff two-hour shifts. If you can help, please contact Judy
Aries Lang at lang.judy@comcast.net or 425-823-3551.
sATurDAy mArkeT neArs,
Any volunTeers?
Were pleased to announce the 10th anniversary of the Old Redmond
Historic Walking Tours! This years tours are on Sunday afternoons, April 21,
May 19, and June 16 from 1:00 p.m.to 2:30 p.m. A haunted history tour on
September 15 will be held in the evening.
Historian Tom Hitzroth is the man with the
stories, gossip, and names that make Redmonds
early history so interesting. Tours begin at the
Justice White House, 7730 Leary Way NE. A $10
per person suggested donation supports Society
programs and is payable by credit card on our
website, or by check sent to our offce at 16600
NE 80th Street, Room 106, Redmond, WA, 98052.
Registration is required by the Friday before the
tour. A tour will not be held if it rains.
Tom Hitzroth, Historian and
Walking Tour Guide (Photo courtesty
of HeadSpinnner Photography)
HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND April 2013
9
SHIPPING & HANDLING: Please add $5.00 shipping & handling surchage
for any order that you would like mailed.
ORDERING INFO*:
NAME____________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER_____________________
# OF BOOKS ORDERED_______ AMOUNT ENCLOSED (CHECK PLEASE) _$_____________________________
SHIPPING INFO:
NAME _______________________________________________________________________________________
STREET ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________________
CITY STATE zIP _____________________________________________________________________________
NOTE: REDMoND REfLEcTIoNS is also available at the RHS OFFICE at the Old
Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. (Hours of operation on page 12.)

REDMOND
REFLECTIONS

$
15
(INCLUDES TAX)
*
Need something special for someone
who appreciates our history? These
are available at our Society offce:
GREETING CARDS, MAGNETS
& NOTE CARDS
featuring artwork by local artists:
PATTI SIMPSON WARD
DORISJEAN COLVIN
PAT DUGAN
Our TOwn
History of Redmond by Nancy Way
View Of HisTOry DVD
This painting of Marymoor Park, flying Kites at the clise
Mansion, is the work of fne artist Patti Simpson Ward.
Visit her website to see more images of Eastside settings
pattisimpsonward.com).
OrdEr
nOw
GreAT GifT iDeAs for hisTory lovers
April 2013 History is Happening in redmond
10
mArch meeTinG ATTenDees MEMBErShiP

Elsie Bartley
David Bartley
Sylvia Bernauer*
VALORIE BORDON
DOROTHY BRASHEARS
BOBBIE JO CONORS
GAUL CULLEY
Tony Emmanuel*
Lillian Garland*
Evelyn Gilbert*
BONNIE HALBERT
Tom Hall
Suzanne Hall
Thomas E. Hansen*
Mary Hanson*
Roy Hanson*
Marge Hanson*
Jerry Hardy*
Chris Himes*
Pat Jovag*
Elaine Keeley*
Bruce Kenyon*
Judy Aries Lang*
Miguel Llanos*
Cheryl Magnuson*
Gene Magnuson*
SHARON MARGARET
Larry E. Miller*
Urla Morgan*
Richard Morris
Alexa Munoz*
Monica Park
Virginia Pickett*
Fernando Ramos*
Patsy Cook Rosenbach*
David Rossiter*
Julianne Rossiter*
Anne Salmi*
Judith Simpson
Beryl Standley*
Sherry Stilin*
Fran Stray*
Fred Stray*
Kris Swanson*
Jerry Torell*
Joe Townsend*
Judy Turner*
Arlyn Vallene*
Andrew Weiss
RAYMOND WEISS
LANCE WEISS-DAUPHIN
LOGAN WEISS-DAUPHIN
our rhs lifeTime members
Eric Anderson
John Anderson
Barbara Neal Beeson
Brad Best
Marjorie Stensland
Costello
John Couch
Liz Carlson Coward
Tony Emmanuel
Frank Garbarino
Edward L. Hagen
Lucille B.
Hansen-Bellings
Wayne Hansen
Jerry Hardy
Naomi Hardy
Chris Himes
Patricia 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 Phillips
Charles 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 Ward
Don Watts
Rose Weiss
Joanne Westlund
Margaret Evers Wiese
James Windle
First-time attendees are in BOLD ALL CAPS.
*
Indicates 2013 membership paid by mid-March.
(Please notify us of any errors.)
HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND April 2013
11
Join The
reDmonD hisToricAl socieTy
To Discover, Recover, Preserve, Share and
Celebrate Redmonds History
$5.00
$20.00
$35.00
$200.00
$250.00
$1,000.00
RENEWING MEMBERS, PLEASE SEND IN YOUR 2013 DUES!
lEvElS Of MEMBErShiP (check one only.)
_____ TRAILBLAZER (Student)
_____ PIONEER (Individual)
_____ HOMESTEADER (Family)
_____ ENTREPRENEUR (Supporter)
_____ CORPORATE (Business)
_____ HISTORY MAKER (Lifetime)
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAx DEDUCTIBLE.
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
fill out the form below, cut it out and mail it with your check to:
Redmond Historical Society
Attn: Membership
ORSCC, Room 106
16600 NE 80th Street
Redmond, WA 98052
NAME
If FAMILY MEMBERSHIP, OTHER NAMES TO BE INCLUDED
PHONE NUMBER
EMAIL ADDRESS
STREET ADDRESS
CITY STATE zIP
BIRTHDAY(S)
NEWSLETTER DELIVERY (CHECK ONE): _______ EMAIL ________ U.S. MAIL
MEMBErShiP
April 2013 History is Happening in redmond
P
H
O
N
E

4
2
5
.
8
8
5
.
2
9
1
9
W
E
B

S
I
T
E

r
e
d
m
o
n
d
h
i
s
t
o
r
i
c
a
l
s
o
c
i
e
t
y
.
o
r
g
E
M
A
I
L

i
n
f
o
@
r
e
d
m
o
n
d
h
i
s
t
o
r
i
c
a
l
s
o
c
i
e
t
y
.
o
r
g
H
O
U
R
S

M
o
n
d
a
y
,

w
e
d
n
e
s
d
a
y

a
n
d

f
r
i
d
a
y
:

9
:
3
0

a
.
m
.

t
o

4
:
3
0

p
.
m
.

a
n
d

b
y

a
p
p
o
i
n
t
m
e
n
t
r
e
D
m
o
n
D

h
i
s
T
o
r
i
c
A
l

s
o
c
i
e
T
y
1
6
6
0
0

N
E

8
0
t
h

S
t
r
e
e
t
,

R
o
o
m

1
0
6
R
e
d
m
o
n
d
,

W
A

9
8
0
5
2