September 2013 - Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

BIHM Museum News
Dedicated to Preserving the Colorful History of Bainbridge Island
Fletcher Bay/Island Center
The Salish name for the bay
on the west side near the
middle of Bainbridge Island is
xlelkap (bitten into). The
Salish came to the bay to camp
and have pow wows on the
spit. The skeleton of a building
used by the Suquamish
remained on the spit for many
years, even after a dock was
built there in 1912.
George Alap, a Greek man,
settled on the north side of the
bay at a very early date
(probably in the 1850’s) and
lived there until his death in
1892. Alap was also married
to a Native American woman.
The bay was called Greek
George’s Bay prior to being
called Fletcher Bay. There
BIHM #1247 were maps dated as late as
1915 drawn by the Army Corps
of Engineers still using the
Greek George’s Bay name.)
Alap, who was buried in front of his house on the shore of
the bay, was exhumed when the property was purchased by
a Mr. and Mrs. Cox.
The name Fletcher Bay came from William C. Fletcher
who entered a land claim there on July 17, 1869. He was a
contract logger for the mills at Port Madison and Port
Blakely. Mr. Fletcher and his Native American wife and
children later moved and settled at the north extremity of
Pleasant Beach. Early in the 1900’s some people called the
bay Fletcher’s; the Kroll Map Co. published this name on
their maps. There are even some published references to
“Fletchers’ Bay” and “Fletchers Bay.” Early USGS maps,
the Chamber of Commerce map, current residents and oldtimers all refer to it as “Fletcher Bay.”
Another early settler in the area was Edward Olson who
homesteaded 160 acres a little further north in 1871. This
was probably near Tolo Road. He logged with oxen that
were also used to cultivate his farmland. “Logger Olson”
was from a rough and tough tradition, but was known as a
good citizen and father. He and his wife raised three
children on his homestead.
September 2013
 by Hank Helm Google Maps In 1911, Mr. and Mrs. Foster came to the bay and
established a
BIHM #1953 pavilion, picnic
grounds, store
and “camp”
adjacent to the
beach. About
1912, the
Fletcher Bay
Dock was built.
Foster’s Camp
was in the
midst of a cedar grove and could accommodate 100
people. The camp consisted of several log cabins and
many tent houses. The camp was used by guests who
wanted to camp out for the summer. Water was supplied
by a community pump and groceries were sold at Foster’s
Store. A post office was secured and operated from the
store. The post office operated until 1936. Groups and
individuals came by steamer for picnics. It has been
reported that in the summers of 1915 and 1916, regular
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September 2013
Message From The President
Karen Wilson
Fall is approaching despite the incredible run of summer weather! We were able to take advantage
of the weather with our annual Doggie Diner at the street dance July 3rd. A big thank you to Town
& Country Markets for hot dogs, buns, equipment and supplies. And… the weather held on August
24th for Historic Winslow - Lives and Lies. Although our budget is very lean, as we continue to
grow it seems there is an ever-increasing need for funds. The response of members in supporting
our fundraisers never disappoints. Equally as essential is the generosity of time so many of you are
able to give to the Museum. Each and every volunteer hour is appreciated more than you know.
I hope by now you have all seen the creative banners down the ferry ramp. They are our museum’s
gift to the community! The ramp looks so much brighter and is interesting and inviting to those
coming and going.
Welcome to our new Business Sponsors:
•HARBOR SQUARE WINE SHOP AND TASTING ROOM. (Jeff Tweiten). It’s located at 756 Winslow Way E and the
phone number is 780-1626. If you have a minute stop in and meet Jeff and thank him for supporting us. (For those at Historic
Winslow: Lives and Lies, you may have tasted some of his wines.)
•SALLY HEWETT DDS. Her practice is located at 107 Madison Ave N and the phone number is 842-9890.
•WESTSIDE PIZZA (Tom Daniels) Watch for more news about Westside Pizza.
•LANCE WICKLUND DMD. His practice is at 727 Ericksen Ave NE and the phone number is 842-6244.
Please take note again of the logos of all our business sponsors on page 11, patronize them where appropriate and at the very
least, stop in, introduce yourself and say thanks!!
We welcome new board members Andrea Mercado and Jim Chapel. They each bring new skills to help us carry out our
mission. Along with you, our members, our staff and our board we make an unstoppable team!!!!! Thank you all!
Volunteer Appreciation Party
Some of the crowd at volunteer party.
Katy getting folks involved
The volunteer party held on the
museum grounds was very well
attended and the potluck side dishes
were a great compliment to the
hamburgers cooked by Brad Schabert
and Chris Merifield.
More of the crowd at the party.
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September 2013
From the Executive Director
Hank Helm
The Island has enjoyed a beautiful summer with sun, warm
temperatures and little rain. This weather enhanced the
museum’s ability to have programs and activities outdoors.
For the first time, the volunteer appreciation party was held on
museum grounds. With a typical beautiful day, the attendance
was an all-time high with approximately seventy attendees.
As usual the food was delicious. Katy’s husband, Brad, and
Chris Merifield cooked hamburgers. Student volunteer Kate
Merifield worked with Katy to organize the event. Kate’s
mother, Candy, provided much support with the food setup as
well.
Thanks to Everett and Bernie DuBois, the museum is participating in the
Downtown Association’s Frog walk. The frog, donated by Everett and Bernie was
decorated by Bernie and Maira McDonough. The Frog sits on a giant strawberry in
front of the retort on the Ericksen Avenue side of our building.
Katy entered an article for publication in the Museum Educators of Puget Sound
and it was published in their September newsletter. It talks about the visit to the
Museum by the Bainbridge High School football team; great publicity for the
Museum. I have submitted a post to the Western Museum Association blog about
the Virginia V and it will appear on their blog in the next month or so.
A committee consisting of Carol McCarthy, Joan Piper, Stan Johnston and I have
been working on revisions to the Walking Tour and Driving Tour brochures. The
Driving Tour brochure has gone to the designer and the Walking Tour brochure is
nearly ready. We hope to have these done before the end of the year.
Curator Rick Chandler has been putting more virtual exhibits up on the Museum’s
website. We now have fifteen exhibits up with more than 600 photos included.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Fletcher Bay Foundation, we are able to
accomplish this project that is making our collection available to the public on our
website. Much work remains to be done, but tremendous progress is being made.
Rick is now getting about one exhibit a month completed. Rick has also been
working at Yama with an intern doing archeological work. The intern has been
hired thanks to a generous grant received from Ann Ramsay-Jenkins through the
Seattle Foundation directed grants program.
We have had several successful fundraising events since the last newsletter. The
July 3 Street Dance “Doggie Diner” was a hit once again. The Virginia V was a sellout and the boat’s capacity was increased to a total of 150 passengers The weather
was beautiful and the reports from those who sailed with us were very enthusiastic .
I hope you all have seen the signs along the Waypoint on the corner of Winslow
Way and Highway 305. The museum worked with the Waypoint committee and
provided the signs printed on aluminum by Alphagraphics in Seattle We also have
installed banners along the walkway going down to the Ferries. This effort was led
by the board and includes historic information as well as a quiz that can be answered
by visiting the Museum’s website.
A small but interested group went on the Port Blakely walk this year. Another
beautiful day and information provided by Curt Winston and Jacques Alloin. A
brochure with information and four different maps of the area were provided to
participants.
The Lives and Lies – Winslow Edition was a great success with over one hundred
tickets sold and many great stories told. Wine tasting was provided by Harbor
Square Wine shop in addition to providing wine for the event. Two large flat
screens provided photos of early Winslow Way.
I hope to see you in the museum soon.
Bainbridge Island
Historical Museum
215 Ericksen Avenue NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Contact Information
Phone: 206-842-2773
Email: info@bainbridgehistory.org
Website: www.bainbridgehistory.org
The Mission of the Bainbridge Island
Historical Museum is to collect, preserve
and foster knowledge of Bainbridge
Island history.
The Society
The Bainbridge Island Historical Society is
a nonprofit 501(c)3 public-benefit
Washington State corporation with
directors elected from public membership.
Your donations to the Society are taxdeductible.
President
Karen Wilson
Vice-President
Tom Thatcher
Secretary
David Thorne
Treasurer
Barbara Anderson
Directors:
Bernie Baker
Karen Beierle
Jim Chapel
Bill Covert
Kathy Daugherty
Eric Engelbrecht
Anita Evans
Andrea Mercado
Becky Mitchell
Deena Poole
Gary Sakuma
Executive
Director
Hank Helm
Curator
Rick Chandler
Education and
Outreach
Coordinator
Katy Curtis
Facilities
Coordinator
Rick Chandler
Administrative
Coordinator
Dan Groff
Membership
Coordinator
Arlene Donahue
Newsletter Editor
Dan Groff
Hank Helm
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September 2013
Message from the
Curator
In 1902 Robert
married Etta
Alice Beaton ,
whose maternal
grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Primrose,
had lived in Port
Madison since
1859. Etta took
a keen interest
in early Island
history and was
a collector of
significant
artifacts. In
addition to such
items as the
Meigs’ piano
that came
around “the
Horn,” she had
Indian baskets
Robert B. Ross BIHM 3432
and the tribal
costume of the well-known Mary Sam,
who befriended the early pioneer settlers.
Etta often wore this dress to meetings of
the Daughters of Pioneers of Washington
where she participated in historical skits.
Robert and Etta raised two sons; Robert
Beaton Ross and Donald Bruce Ross.
Donald spent most of his adult life in the
San Francisco area, but Robert Beaton
(Bob) remained closely connected to the
Island. He was the manager of the Port
Madison (Kane) Cemetery, an active
Alexander was engaged to be married
member of the Bainbridge Park Board,
when he died of consumption at the age
served as a Port Madison Water District
of 27.
It was the youngest, Robert Bruce Ross, commissioner, was a member of the
American Legion Post and a charter
who became interested in things
historical. He was 4 years old when the member of both the Bainbridge Island
family moved to Port Madison. He took and Kitsap County Historical Societies.
Fredi Perry, author of “Port Madison
a liking to the sea, getting his first
Washington Territory 1854-1889” singles
summer job steam-boating on Puget
him out on her dedication page…”But
Sound at age 15. He later travelled
extensively in the Pacific and Atlantic as especially to Bob Ross who carefully
preserved Port Madison reminiscences.”
a machinist and marine engineer. He
These “reminiscences “include a
spent a lot of time in the local tugboat
number of significant and unique artifacts
trade. In 1888 he helped construct the
that are cornerstones of our Museum’s
largest sawmill in the world at Port
collection. For instance, the set of six
Blakely. [More of his personal legacy,
daguerreotype photographs of the young
including a large collection of marine
Meigs family, depicting the early
photography, is housed at MOHAI childhood of the first non-native born on
collection #1984.81]
By Rick Chandler
The Ross family, early pioneers in Port
Madison, originally hailed from Rosshire,
Scotland. Thomas Ross married Ann
Ross there in 1854 and they relocated to
Australia where Thomas worked as a
ship’s carpenter until 1870. While in
Australia they gave birth to their four
children; Thomas Jr. in 1858, Alexander
in 1861, Elizabeth in 1863, and Robert
Bruce in 1867. Their young family
arrived in Port Madison in 1871, their
sailing vessel towed in by the famous old
side-wheel steamer “Politkofsky.”
Thomas Jr. enjoyed a successful life in
the political arena serving as Kitsap
County Auditor and Treasurer. He
married Celia Ellen George and they
were the parents of Thomas A. and
Robert E. Ross.
Their daughter Elizabeth married
Daniel McNeill and lived her adult life in
San Francisco. She and her son Gilbert
are buried at Kane Cemetery, as are most
Ross family members.
Etta Beaton Ross
BIHM Archives
Bainbridge Island, Lillian Meigs. These
may be the oldest primary images in our
collection. Bob Ross gave them to us
shortly before his death in 1984. Also,
new to our collection this year, is the crib
that the infant Lillian Meigs slept in!
Bob Ross donated this well preserved
“Jenny Lind” spool bed to the Museum of
History and Industry in 1962. When
MOHAI offered it to us this July we were
happy to bring it home and tell its story.
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September 2013
Summary of the Washington
Museum Association’s Award
Program 1992-2013
Since 1992 WMA has given 146
awards in 10 categories to 83 different
institutions. Fifty-three of these
institutions were one-time winners. Of
the multiple award recipients Bainbridge
Island Historical Museum leads the list
with 9 awards followed by the
New Virtual Exhibit Monthly—We are working to make the history of
Bainbridge Island as accessible as possible. A generous grant from the Fletcher Bay
Foundation offered an opportunity to employ new online tools to enhance our
website.
Bainbridge Island 1973—looking toward the Southeast
Washington State Historical Society
with 8, and the Museum of History and
Industry with 5. Clark County
Historical Society and Museum, Nordic
Heritage Museum, Yakima Valley
Museum, White River Valley Historical
Society and Museum, and the
Washington Museum Association all
have received 4.
Exhibits, Publications, and Projects
are the award categories that deal with
core museum deliverables. A combined
tabulation of these three award
categories puts Bainbridge Island
Historical Museum at the top of the list
with 7, followed by MOHAI with 5, and
five other institutions with 3 awards
each.
BIHM #534
The BIHM website currently has fifteen
online exhibits from our “PastPerfect”
database that can be viewed by anyone
with an internet connection. A variety of
subjects are represented. You can enjoy
these collections from the comfort of your
home and you can share them with your
friends and family. Check it out by going
to bainbridgehistory.org, click on
Exhibits and then click on Virtual
Exhibits.
Fort Ward 1932
Yeomalt Point 1965
BIHM #1555.2
BIHM #3750
We plan to add at least one additional
Virtual Exhibit each month and the
newest will usually be at the top of the
page.
For September, we assembled aerial
photographs of Bainbridge that offer an
assortment of perspectives on different
areas of the Island at different points in
time. Please take a look and let us know
what you think.
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BIHM #1092 Eagle Harbor patrons of the new steamer
Bainbridge grumbled mightily because
their brand new vessel was pulled off the
Winslow run nearly every Sunday for
special excursion trips to Fletcher Bay.
This was a bonanza for the Eagle Harbor
Transportation Co., owner of the
Bainbridge. The steamer could make two
or more round trips from Seattle loaded
with fare-paying passengers.
‘Kitsap County A History’ reports
that in 1908 there were just eight
automobiles on Bainbridge Island.
During the 1920’s, there was a rapid
increase in the number of autos which
necessitated road building. Because
there was a shortage of gravel deposits
on the island, the county dredged away a
large portion of the Fletcher Bay spit
which almost closed off the bay at that
time. The county and Peter Erlandson
owned the spit.
A scheduled ferry service was
started between Fletcher Bay and
BIHM #721 Brownsville on the Kitsap Peninsula
across Orchard Passage. The ferryboat
built for this run was the Hiyu built in
1924 and in service until 1941. The
name Hiyu comes from a Chinook
jargon word meaning big, large, huge,
enormous. This ferry was actually a
small vessel; capacity six Model T-size
cars.
In 1927 the Fosters moved back
from the waterfront and built a large
dance pavilion, landscaped the grounds
and built a small store on the road
opposite the pavilion. The dance
pavilion became known for the
Schottische, the Svenska Polka, the
Rhinelander, and the Hambone. The
museum has a sign that once was at the
pavilion that states “NO SMOKING ON
escaped with their lives. The loss
amounted to approximately $30,000.
Everything was rebuilt with the addition
of a bowling alley at Hamilton’s.
In 1878, Ida Anderson and her
husband homesteaded about a mile south
of Fletcher Bay at what would become
known as Island Center. Ida was the
daughter of the Hoskinsons of Winslow.
In 1879, Samuel Sutter, a lath-mill
foreman at Meig’s Port Madison mill
took a quarter section a quarter of a mile
closer to Fletcher Bay.
Mr. Samuel Sutter donated a portion
of his land for a school. District 15 was
established on April 26, 1888. This was
just north of the corner of what is now
High School Road and Fletcher Bay
Road. It was behind and just north of
the present day Island Center
Community Hall. The first teacher was
BIHM #1952 hired for three months at a salary of $40
per month. There were 12 boys and 8
girls in the school. In 1891 the teacher
was hired for a twelve week period for
$45 per month. The increase was
because she had done such an excellent
job. In May 1906, there was a petition
from families further north near the Tolo
area to split the district. This was denied
because the superintendent felt the
BIHM #940 numbers of students would be too small.
Two years later, after a petition from the
THE FLOOR PLEASE”.
Island Center District, District 18
The Hamiltons moved to the
Manzanita was formed. The school was
previous Foster’s waterfront location.
located just west of what is now Miller
Road and South of Battle Point Road.
BIHM #1991‐40041 The second Island Center School was
built in 1908 at the same location as the
first school. This school closed in 1923
when the school was consolidated and
the students were bused to West Port
They also built a pavilion as well as
cottages and, on the opposite side of
the road, a gas station. They attempted
to carry out the night-club form of
entertainment. Peter Erlandson
established a store near the approach
to the Ferry landing.
The Hamilton Pavilion, three
cottages, and Erlandson’s store burned
and were completely destroyed on
July 18, 1932. The Hamiltons barely
BIHM #1962 September 2013
Blakely.
The community center which is now
Island Center Hall was built because
there was no venue except the school
house for social functions. The women
of the community called a meeting and
trustees were elected to obtain land.
Monthly socials, bazaars, raffles, and
dinners and coffee klatches were held to
raise money. Warren Gazzam donated
land next to the school house for a
community center building. The women
borrowed $165 at 20% interest from
“Gib” Gabrielson. A committee was
formed to canvas for labor and materials.
When the building was ready for use,
dances were held and it was used as a
roller skating rink. The hall was rented
by Mrs. Foster for dances for her cabin
patrons. When Mr. Peterson thought
BIHM #478 they got careless, he stopped the dances
and that was when the Fosters built their
pavilion in 1927.
In 1912, Bainbridge Gardens
opened, on land apparently obtained
from the Ed Olson homestead. At first
just a produce stand,
it later grew to
become a destination
nursery. It closed
during World War II
because of the
internment. It
reopened as a nursery
following the war for
several years before
closing. In 1947, Mo
Harui Collec on Nakata and Ed
Loverich opened a
grocery store and gas station. They
continued there until 1957 when they
joined with John Nakata and opened
Town and Country Markets in Winslow.
Junko Hauri reopened the nursery in
1958 and it has once again become a
destination nursery.
In 1921 land was obtained from
George Olson for a cemetery which is
still used for longtime residents of
Fletcher Bay/Island Center. George
Olson was a nephew and heir of Ed
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Olson noted above.
In about 1930, the Island Center
School was moved to the high school to
be used for a music room. It remained
there until 1971, when it was given to
the Historical Society and was moved to
Strawberry Hill park to become our
museum. It remained there until 2004
when it was moved to its present
location on Ericksen Avenue in
Winslow.
Sources: Museum subject files,
“Battened Buildings and Dipper Days,”
“The Way it Was in Kitsap Schools,”
“Kitsap County A History,” “Picture
Bainbridge,” maps in the museum
collection, “Fox Cove History,” and
“Bainbridge Landings.”
“Doggie Diner” July 3, 2013
Museum serving Hot Dogs
at the Street Fair and Dance.
Fourth of July Booth 2013
Education display
Virginia V Cruise
Around Bainbridge
2013. Agate Passage
Bridge in background
Virginia V Cruise
Around Bainbridge
2013: Steamer on the
Sound.
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September 2013
Education and Outreach Pleasantly surprised and honored, in
May this year we received special
recognition for our contributions to
education in our community. Bainbridge
Island School District (BISD)
Superintendent, Faith Chapel nominated
us for the 2013 Washington Association
of School Administrators (WASA)
Community Recognition Awards. The
association annually holds awards
ceremonies to honor organizations,
businesses or individuals who partner
with schools in support of students. At
the May 17th WASA awards luncheon we
were featured in a brief video, which you
can find as one of the “Showcase” articles
on the BISD homepage (http://
www.bisd303.org). Congratulations to
our creative, dedicated and enthusiastic
Teacher Docent team and educators.
Summer Camps for Kids
Our first 2-day Friendship Camp for
8 - 10 yr. olds took place Jun. 25th and
26th. In partnership with the Suquamish
Museum, we had an unprecedented
educational program where we invited six
Bainbridge children and six Suquamish
Tribal children to get together in a casual
summer camp setting to learn their
Katy Curtis
of the camp was a very special traditional transportation, we easily transformed our
canoeing experience. The children
half-day camp to a full-day camp this
year Jul. 29th – Aug. 2nd. The extended
hours enabled campers to enjoy longer
day trips visiting historic sites in
Suquamish and on Bainbridge. In
addition to the curriculum developed by
museum counselors over the past four
years, IslandWood counselors provided
complimentary learning activities. As
they do each year, campers enjoy
discovering what it might have been like
Friendship Campers in Suquamish Canoe
as a Suquamish child pre-contact, learn
tasks children did on farms, and learn
worked together and pulled together in
how to operate contraptions that were
unison thanks to engaging instructions
effective around a mill-worker's home
given by experts with many years of
participating in Canoe Journeys. The kids before electronic gadgets. New this year,
IslandWood counselors led an exciting
from different backgrounds immersed
kayaking trip in Blakely Harbor that
themselves in the camp experiences.
They enjoyed each other's company and followed the path taken long ago by a
we were moved by the way the children newly felled Cedar, floating the tides as a
log did back when the Blakely Mill was
worked together. Gliding through clear
in operation. Another very successful
waters, their backdrop our familiar
History Camp! Thanks to everyone who
shoreline, we sensed history in the
contributed.
making. We felt our dream of Island
children and Tribal children walking
School Programs
hand in hand as life-long friends coming
All three of our Blakely 2nd grade
true. classes studied the origins of our many
Our 5th annual History Camp,
History’s Mysteries for 10 - 12 yr. olds,
benefited this year from a partnership
with IslandWood. By sharing counselors,
and providing flexibility with
Mr. Read’s 4th Graders Working in Museum Retort
Friendship Campers & Staff
history. Museum educators Katy Curtis
and Barbara Lawrence-Piecuch found
that there has never been an opportunity
for the children from both communities to
welcome each other and learn about the
history of where they live. The highlight
History’s Mysteries Campers
neighborhoods for their lessons about
local communities on Bainbridge.
As is tradition, all the Wilkes 4th grade
teachers brought their classes to visit.
One of Mr. Covert’s students shared that
she had never thought of a typewriter
actually being used, she pondered, “they
did really use them, I think, like, way
back in 1999.”
Four innovative 4th grade teachers at
Ordway collaborated with us again this
year for “A Picture of Island History.”
In this project, each pair of students
September 2013
Education and Outreach chooses a historically significant location
on Bainbridge. Sites range from past
shipyards in Eagle Harbor to the many
changes over the years at Bainbridge
Gardens. Student pairs are given time at
BIHM to research the history of their
location. Students return a second time to
the museum to create an actual museum
exhibit. Jenny Han, BHS class of ’13,
deserves special thanks as this year’s
project lead; she did an excellent job!
First time BISD class visits included
Sakai 5th grade and MOSAIC students
from this year’s Spanish Immersion
Pilot Program.
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Katy Curtis
Notable excitement was generated by
finding old team photos of the docents.
BHS alum and head coach Andy
Grimm said, “Visiting the museum makes
a difference in team spirit. They feel a
responsibility to live up to the spirit of
Bainbridge, especially when they meet
the former BHS football players.”
Special Tours
Saturday, Apr. 27th, we needed docents
with French speaking skills for the
Moroccan and Tunisian members of the
Global Municipal Leaders Fellowship
program sponsored by the US State
Department. Elise Ran, Jacques Alloin
and new docent, Silvia Torres, shared our
story with this group of government
administrators studying governments “in
post-revolution countries.”
Thirty-five UW English Language
students visited May 22nd. The group
KiDiMu and BIHM Super Heroes
On Aug. 5th KiDiMu Super Hero
campers brought an orange cape for
Docent Hero, Hisa Matsudaira..
Go Spartans! The Bainbridge High
JANM Group at Suyematsu Farm
On July 7th we hosted three large tour
buses for a full day of programming as
they visited five historic Island locations.
On each bus BIHM docents shared Island
history. Each site had mini-tours,
storytellers and/or presentations. Many
participants shared that their visit was
deeply moving. The months of hard work
by so many provided a memorable day
for us all.
July 30th—for the 5th year in a row!—
Tamami Eggers of Tokyo Express
International Co., Ltd. brought the Fussa
City Youth Group (8th graders) from
UW English Language Students
Spartan Football Team At Museum
School Football team visited BIHM on
their way back to campus as part of their
morning run on Aug. 26th at 6:45a.m.
Representatives from classes of ’48, ’57,
’62, and ‘74 came in to docent at the
crack of dawn. Given a fast paced tour,
the football players were doused with
local history. Of great interest were past
rules and historical gear. Old yearbooks
were displayed on the library table.
prepared interview questions about
Bainbridge after finishing Hotel on the
Corner of Bitter and Sweet. From Ms.
Cheney, “…we were just super
impressed…it was a great visit and you
all did a wonderful job!!...We really
appreciate it.”
The Japanese American National
Museum (JANM)’s 2013 Conference—
Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice,
Dignity was held in Seattle from July 4-7.
In early 2012, JANM contacted our
community hoping we could offer
participants a custom tour of Bainbridge
Island highlighting Japanese American
history. A partnership between many
Island organizations went to work
coordinating an intensive one-day tour.
Fussa City Youth Group—Tokyo
Tokyo to visit the Museum.
DukeEngage, a summer ServiceLearning program for Duke University
students, visited on Aug. 10th. Helene
Ducros, the group’s leader said, “I
seldom see the students so taken and
attentive. The story of the Island and its
community connected them to the history
of their country in a way that was
tangible and meaningful. The day was
simply magical!”
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September 2013
THANK YOU GENEROUS DONORS & VOLUNTEERS!
SPECIAL GIFTS
In Memory of Clarence
Englund:
Englund, Bernice
Honoring the artistry and
humanity of Joe Kodama:
Hobart, Jean
Celebrating the marriage of
Carol King and Barb Carvalho:
King, Edgar and Iris
In Memory of Helene June
Malbon:
Munro, Ralph
ONE CALL FOR ALL
Hartmann, Svend
Heglund, Russell
Kushner, Karen
And another round of applause
for the other 188 donors who
designated BIHM (previously
listed in our May newsletter)!
ANNUAL APPEAL
Since 4/31/2013
Albrecht, Richard and Constance
Baker, Bernie and Ray, Linda
Barnett, Cornelius
Buehner, Josephine
Bussell, George and Delores
Campbell, Patricia and Robert
Coleman, Fern
Covert, William
Crosley, Britt and Carolyn
Donahue, Arlene and Michael
Egashira, Tomi and Henry
Emby, Cheryl
Flodin, Roger
Fowler, Daniel and Patricia
Furlong, Constance and Clement
Greiner, Albert and Jola
Halvorsen, M. C.
Kilbane, Thomas and Marcia
Kitayama, Ted
Lenard, Carlene and Chuck
Little, Joanne and Chuck
Mattson, Vince
Montgomery, Alison
Moseley, Jacki
Munro, Karen and Ellick, Tom
Nakao, William and Harrison,
Pamela
Okada, Eileen
Ota, Lucy
Paup, Everett and Andrea
Pelto, Mauri & Anderson,
Marjorie
Peratrovich, Evelyn
Ruttner, Jim
Sakuma, Gary
Sjolseth, Jack and Karen
Stege, George & Evelyn
Tjossem, Donald
Treanor, Edward and Peg
Wade, Abigail
Walton, Stuart and Mary Jane
Williams, David and Nancy
Winslow, Robert and Diane
IN KIND DONATIONS
Brunton, Bruce
Reliable Storage
Helm, Hank
Candy Merifield
Bainbridge Self Storage
Alphagraphics—Tom Lamping
Town & Country Markets
Harbor Square Wine Shop
Bennie’s Jets
Chris Merifield
GENERAL DONATIONS
Fujita, Susan and Mel
Riha, Pat
Hafer, Roth and Maily
Curtis, Kathy and Schabert, Brad
Merifield, Chris
HISTORY CAMP
SCHOLARSHIPS
Fenwick, Deborah
Gale, Maradel
Croker, Thomas and Luanne
Curtis, Katy & Schabert, Brad
Donegan, Barbara and Hal
Fowler, Daniel and Patricia
Graban, Brenda
Grant, Grace & Tierney, Dennis
Lhamon, Joyce and Tad
Loverich, Gary and Betty
McCarthy, Carol and Ron
Nakao, Kazuko
Nakao, William & Harrison,
Pamela
Oliver, Robert and Laurel
Sjolseth, Jack and Karen
Thiele, Cynthia and Terry
Thompson, Erika
Thorne, David and Kathleen
Walton, Stuart and Mary Jane
Ticket Donations
Anderson, Barbara
Dubois, Everett and Bernetta
Hallett, Nina
Mercado, Andrea
Sakuma, Gary
Thorne, Dave and Kathleen
Wilson, Karen
VOLUNTEERS
Can’t do it without them!
HISTORY CAMP SUPPORT
Alloin, Jacques L.
Fowler, Daniel and Patricia
Anderson, Barbara
Burke, Helen
Aoyama, Lillian Sakuma
Baillargeon, Patricia
Armstrong, Patricia
Curtis, Stan and Mary
Baillargeon, Patricia
Baker, Bernie
SEATTLE FOUNDATION
Batali, Clio
GIVE BIG DAY
Beierle, Karen
Isonaka, Diane and Galas, David Berg, Richard
Kane, Tom and Marge
Bonifield, Emma
Jacqueline A Lott Ashwell
Boyce, Kay
Frasene, Robert
Braun, Charlene
Hanna, Jewell
Bussell, George E.
Stollar, Leonel and Ilse
Bussell, Delores
Whalley, Doug & Janet
Callaham, Chuck
Olson, Eileen
Combs, Ann Gowen
Seattle Foundation
Covert, William
Curwen, Sheila
MATCHING CORPORATE
Daugherty, Kathleen
CONTRIBUTIONS
de la Vergne, David
Boeing - Tom Kane
Dettman, Mark
Microsoft - Johnson, William
Donahue, Michael
Donahue, Arlene
LIVES & LIES FUNDRAISER
Drew, Peggy E.
Thanks to everyone who bought
DuBois, Everett
tickets and helped to make this
Duffy, Christopher
event a great success—and
Duffy, Judy
special thanks to the following:
Egaas, Pat
Paddle Call
Egashira, Tomi
Anderson, Barbara
Elfendahl, Gerald
Baker, Bernie and Ray, Linda
Engelbrecht, Eric
Baker, John
Eshom, Sharon
Chapel, Faith and Jim
Evans, Anita
Flaherty, Hiroko
Flood, Debbie
Fowler, Daniel
Garfunkel, Jon
Garrison, Allison
Gartrell, Jim
Gaulding, Cookie
Gilbert, Georgia
Grice, Emily
Grimm, DDS, Fred
Grindeland, Debra
Hafer, Roth M.
Han, Jenny
Hansen, Reid
Hansen, Barbara
Harrison, Cindy
Harui, Donna
Hempelmann, Ashley
Hwang, Vivian
Hwang, Cho
Ikegami, Frances
Jacobs, Margot
Johnston, Stan
Johnston, Linda
Joyce, Kathy Katayama
Kennedy, Jack
Kitamoto, DDS, Frank Y.
Klein, William
Knapp, Barbara
Kodama, Lilly Kitamoto
Kodama, Joe
Kojima, Yuri Lily
Kulfan, Riley
Laughbon, David
Lawrence-Piecuch, Barbara
Lehman, Leslie D.
Leik, Robert K.
Lewis, Wynne
Lhamon, Joyce C.
Loverich, Betty
Loverich, Gary
Lundgren, Bud
Marshall, Kathleen
Matland, Patrice L.
Matsudaira, Hisa
McCarthy, Ron
McCarthy, Carol
McCarthy, Karen
McCormick, Joanna
Meader, Tami
Mercado, Andrea
Merifield, Kate
Miranda, Havier
Mitchell, Becky
Montaperto, Eleanor
Moriwaki, Clarence
Mueller, Tom
Mumpower, Amy
Munro, Ralph
Murphy, Marilyn T.
Nakao, Kazuko "Kay"
Nakata, Wayne
Nakata, Yoshi Kitayama
Nakata, Judith
Nakata, Vern
Nishimura, Joyce
O'Brien, Makaila
Okada, Eileen
Oliver, Robert C.
Penninger, Monica
Penninger, David
Piper, Joan
Poole, Deena
Price, Jr., Andrew
Ran, Frances
Ran, Elise
Rapada, Doreen
Rapada, Dan
Rawlins, Michael
Reed, Evellyn
Rekow, Nancy
Ribeiro, Olaf
Riha, Pat
Ringland, Elinor
Rowe, Rita
Rowe, Adrian
Rudoff, Marcia
Sackett, Michiko
Sakuma, Gary
Schlosser, Patricia
Schwalbach, Winsome
Scott, Lorraine
Scott, Adelaide
Seed, Margaret A.
Selvar, Cheryl
Shibayama, Eiko Suyematsu
Shopes, William
Shryock, Richard
Sinclair, Libby
Sjolseth, Jack
Spiro, April
Stallworthy, Emma
Stone, Katherine
Sutliff, Joan
Takemoto, Victor
Thatcher, Thomas
Thatcher, Susan
Thompson, Everett
Thorne, Kathleen
Thorne, David
Tollefson, G. Val
Walton, Janie
Watanabe, Matsue
Watanabe, Samuel
Whalley, Doug
Whiteman, Alison
Wilson, Karen
Wilton, Marcia
Winston, Curtis
Winther, Barbara
Woodman, Robert
The donations above were recorded from our last newsletter through August 31, 2013. If we have
inadvertently omitted any donors or volunteers, we sincerely apologize, and please let us know.
September 2013
NEW
DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS
If you have not yet met our new
volunteers, you are in for a treat! Please
welcome Sharon Eshom, Evellyn Reed,
Alison Whiteman, and freshly retired
Eagle Harbor BHS teacher, Emily Grice.
They bring many talents and great
passion to our museum family.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
With the increase in visitors and student
groups, many jobs would go undone if it
were not for our very bright and
hardworking students spending many
hours this summer. Impressed with the
Clio Batali
level of professionalism and passion for
their local history, we give all our thanks
to BHS Freshman, Clio Batali; BHS
Sophomore, Kate Merifield and University
of Washington Junior, Georgia Gilbert.
ARCHAEOLOGY INTERN
We are fortunate to have Erika Najarro
working at the Yama site. She has
accompanied Rick Chandler to Yama
weekly since July collecting artifacts from
two dumpsites. She is a graduate of the
UW with a BA in Anthropology.
Thank you to our volunteers. We are
inspired and grateful for all your hard
work. Thank you for being the heart of
our museum and the friendly face that
keeps visitors recommending us and
teachers returning each year with their
new students!
Katy Curtis
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Storytelling Under The BigTop
Upcoming BIHM Events
September to January
September 14 Raffle ticket sales begin.
• Grand Prize up to $5000
• 2nd Prize Dell Laptop Computer
• 3rd Prize X Box One
October 19 6:00 p.m. to ?? Sock Hop
Fundraiser at The Island School. Food,
wine, beer, live music and dancing! Call
the Museum for reservations or go to our
website at:
www.bainbridgehistory.org/events
The Bennie’s Jets tent filled the Winslow Green
for our Historic Winslow—Lives & Lies
fundraising event in August. Recollections of
Winslow history and hundreds of historic photos
entertained a very generous audience. Thanks to
everyone who played a part in making the event a
success!
September 29 Harvest Fair At
Johnson Farm 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
December 8 Volunteer Holiday Party
Venue to be announced. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
December 16 Raffle Drawing at
museum.
Photo at right: Members of the 2013 Spartan
football team prepare to raise the tent with help
from Bennie Armstrong and Gary Sakuma.
Museum News © 2013 - BIHM. Editor: Hank Helm. Contributors: Katy Curtis, Dan Fowler, Rick Chandler, Dan Groff
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include BIHM when
you return this
year’s red envelope.