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FEBRUARY 2006 NEWSLETTER REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

VOLUME 8, NUMBER 2 16600 NE 80th Street, Room 106
Redmond, WA 98052 ~ Tel 425.885.2919
OUR MISSION:
To Discover, Recover, Share and Celebrate website ~www.redmondhistory.org
Redmond’s History e-mail ~ redmondhistory@hotmail.com

HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN REDMOND! HOURS: Tues.-Thurs., 1-4 p.m., or by Appointment

P resident’s Corner
As she sat down to lunch with the volunteers
A nderson Park Protest

from our office, Clara Hammersberg was heard

saying, “There sure is a lot of history is this room.” It
was the annual lunch to say thanks for all their time
and help making Redmond Historical Society the
success it is.
Conversation centered around memories and names
of former teachers like Jenny Shorbert, Lois
Wolker, Zora Buterac and Mrs. Pritchard and Public Works is seeking to put a 2,300 square foot
Ethel Giolson. These teachers were favorites with water treatment facility in Anderson Park, the City’s
many Redmond schoolchildren. oldest public gathering place. The corner seen above is
And of course we all heard the story one more the most likely spot for the two-story structure that
time about Miss Buterac throwing a student out the would include a three-story tower in the form of a silo.
window by their hair. I don’t know if that ever really After hearing concerns raised by the Parks
happened, but the story went around at the Commission and studying the proposal, the Redmond
beginning of each school year. True or not, we all Historical Society’s board unanimously drafted a
believed it. And what about school discipline? The statement opposing the project as it was presented and
shop teacher usually dealt the “board” of education asking the City to re-think it. In addition, nearly 40
to the seat of learning. Physical punishment is people at our last general meeting signed a petition
something lost to history and probably for the good. noting concerns about the proposal.
By the way, remember Russell Kellogg. He is We hope to update members
now living in Woodinville. Amo Marr moved into at the February meeting and NEXT
an apartment in Redmond and misses the Old Brick in the March newsletter.
M E ETING
Road, but wasn’t missing all the stuff she and her late But if you, like the Saturday, February 11
husband Bill had saved for a rainy day. Our historical board, feel strongly 10:30 a.m. to noon
OLD REDMOND SCHOOLHOUSE
society was on the receiving end for some of that against such a large COMMUNITY CENTER
good stuff. structure for such a
16600 NE 80th St
We talked about buildings that had been torn delicate park, please
down, and Arlyn Vallene said the house where she contact our officials at
and her grandparents had lived was moved across mayorcouncil@redmond.gov or 425.556.2101. ●
(Continued on page 2.)

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 GENERAL
MEETINGS
2nd Saturday of the Month
10:30 a.m. to noon
H Dennis
istory Mystery I

OLD REDMOND SCHOOLHOUSE Thoennes seeks

COMMUNITY CENTER photos and any
history of the
16600 NE 80th St
property just east of
a home he bought
2006 at 8400 167th NE.
FEBRUARY 11 That property is
MARCH 11 now low-income
APRIL 8 apartments (center
MAY 13 right of photo, just
JUNE 10 above Old
SEPTEMBER 9 Redmond
OCTOBER 14 Elementary Schoolhouse playfields). “To the best of my knowledge about
NOVEMBER 11 1950 Leonard and Irene Dudley were the owners of the property,” he says.
“The time period I am interested in is 1850-1950.” If you can help, please
...................................................
contact Dennis at 425.881.8400 or drthoennes@hotmail.com. ●
2005 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Judy Lang President
Naomi Hardy Vice-President PASS IT ON!
Miguel Llanos Vice-President ExperienceRedmond.com
Teresa Becker Treasurer
Margaret Wiese Check out the neat and FREE e-mail postcards, including
Corresponding Secretary shots of Derby Days, the clock tower and other local sights, at
Beryl Standley experienceredmond.com ~ the new website funded through the
City’s tourism program. To get directly to the postcards
Recording Secretary
and a brief history of our town, go to:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS experienceredmond.com/_redmond/history.php
Terri Gordon
The site also has links to hotel reservations
Tom Hitzroth and things to do in the area.
Jon Magnussen
Amo Marr (Continued from page 1.)
Daryl Martin
Doris Schaible Avondale Road ~ and is still in use.
Patti Simpson Ward Speaking of buildings being torn down, the old City Hall is gone and the
beautiful new replacement sits like a shining star at the heart of our City. The
................................................... façade is a mixture of copper and glass and this sunny morning it was gleaming
in the sunlight. Martinek’s Blueberry Farm is gone, but we have a beautiful
THE REDMOND REPORTER campus for our City.
Published nine times annually
Miguel Llanos Editor Take a walk around town ~ there is lots to see. We have our historic
Patti Simpson Ward buildings and parks along with the latest architectural designs. Later this year
Newsletter Graphic Designer we will resume our historic walking tours of Redmond. You might want to
©2006 Redmond Historical Society join us and learn more about the old buildings you see every day. ●
~ Judy Aries Lang
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T he Five Radtke Brothers & World War II
Gerry Mellquest sent this
1943 Seattle Times clipping
about her uncles.
They all returned safely from
WWII and Henry “Hank”
Radtke is still among us and even
a Society member! “Baby” sister
Janet is also a member.

H istory Mystery II

The original caption on this photo only stated “logging DWARFED SALMON
truck, Redmond.” It has no date. The East Side Journal ran this in
Anyone with information about it is asked to contact logging October 1932. Anyone know much
historian Eric Erickson at 425.299.8188 or e-mail him at about these dwarfed salmon?
ericthehack@msn.com. If so, e-mail Naomi Hardy at
nhardy12@comcast.net or
call her at 425.883.3866.

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W ere you at our January 14 meeting?
These folks enjoyed our presentation on Redmond’s North Education Hill. First time attendees are noted in
BEIGE BOLD TYPE and a ★!

Anderson, Betty Llanos, Miguel

Becker, Teresa LONGLEY, ANITA★
Bellings, Luciille Hansen Magruder, Joan
BRANDT, KEITH★ Martin, Bob
Broadie, Dianna Martin, Daryl
Campbell, Sally Martin, Ward
Cisneros, Nancy MATSUI, DOROTHY★
Coward, Liz Carlson McCormick, Elma
DeBlauw, Karen McCoskrie, Eileen
DEJONG, CORY★ Miller, Larry Audrey Gorlick and Linda (Yoshitake) Hussey.
DIETZ, KIM★ Montgomery, Mary
Dudley, Irene MOORE, HELEN★
Elduen, Violet Cook MOORE, JACK★
Emmanuel, Tony Muñoz, Alexa
FERGUSON, AVIS★ PARRISH, JEFF★
Fisher, Ben PARRISH, JOANNE★
Fisher, Natalie Peterson, Dean
Frey, Marilyn Radtke, Dick
Frey, Stan Rhinehart, Jutta
Garland, Lillian Robinson, Vivian
Goetschius, Millie Rogers, Russ Vivian Robinson entertained with her memories of
growing up on 116th.
Goetschius, Russ Rogers, Ursie
Gorlick, Audrey Rosenbach, Patsy Cook
Goshorn, Jean Etta Schaible, Doris
HALL, DON C.★ SIMPSON, DOROTHY★
Hansen, Tom Solomon, Brad
Hanson, David Standley, Beryl
Hanson, Marge Stensland, Don
Hanson, Roy Stoneback, Phyllis
Hardy, Jerry Swanson, Herb
Hardy, Naomi Swanson, Jean
Himes, Chris Tollfeldt, Anne
Mayor Rosemarie Ives, Lillian Garland, Doris Schaible and
HOWE, TROY★ Tollfeldt, Harvey Jerry Hardy.
Hussey, Linda Vallene, Arlyn J.
INGERSOLL, ROD★ WALKER, JIM★
Isackson, Diana WALKER, PAT★
Isackson, Duane WALKER, RUTH★
Isackson, Joanne Ward, Patti Simpson
Isackson, Lloyd Warner, Norma
Ives, Rosemarie Weiss, Rose
KENYON, BRUCE★ Wiese, Margaret Evers
KENYON, CHERYL★ Williams, Audrey
Lang, Judy Aries Williams, Larry
Jeffrey Parrish shared how he salvaged the Beba / Crosby
barn silo.

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A Heap of Historical Thanks . . .
TO THESE GREAT PEOPLE FOR DONATING TREASURES, EXPERTISE, TIME
AND ENERGY!

Amo Marr for the vintage paper dolls, among them this sailorette
to the right!

Mia Kim for scanning several hundred photos.

Liz Carlson Coward for family group records of her Johnson and
Carlson families, and for more than a dozen family obituaries,
including one dated 1905 ~ and another one in Swedish.

Joanne Ingersol for the Redmond Bank deposit bag.

Richard Sherrill for old name patches from the Redmond

Parks Department.

Bob McRae for restoring the vintage floor model radio donated by
Amo Marr.

Ed Weiss for his panoramic scenes of Willows Road and other

photographs of Redmond from the 1970s.

WHAT
?
WOULD YOU
PUT IN THE CITY
TIME CAPSULE?
The City plans to place a time
capsule under the new City Hall and
seeks ideas for what to include.
Norma Warner for displaying her vintage doll collection at
the Redmond library.

Tony Emanual for creating an essay about the late police chief,
Bob Sollitto.

Lillian Garland for an early 1900s school photo.

Margaret Wiese for scanning her 1,000th obituary for

our archives.

Contact Dianna Broadie at

Barbara Feldman for documentation of “the first school bell,”
dbroadie@redmond.gov
or 425.556.2414 which will be of enormous help to Doris Schaible’s research on
with your ideas! the various bells of Redmond.

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