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Issue 1 Volume 1
The
Ties That Bind...
Kathy
Jaquet--Discovered
Moclips in 1982 when she and her husband purchased beach property here. By
train, her mother had visited Moclips in 1918 from Oregon. For
13 years Kathy had owned Falcon's Rest Gift Shop (now closed). The
building had at one time been rented by Christopher Boyce, the "Falcon" in The
Falcon and the Snowman. She displayed a picture
of the old Hotel for her customers but soon, her interest and photo
display multiplied. With Chuck and Eloise Hansen, they decided
to compile a history of Moclips. The research is never ending. With
each new piece of information, new questions open up.
Lee
Marriott--An
artist, he moved to Moclips from Mtn. Home, Id in 1999. It
was his lifelong dream to have a studio at the beach. For
years he visited his paternal grandparents in Ocean Shores, Red
and Marian Marriott. The property that he owns in Moclips
with his maternal grandfather, Guy Anderson, once belonged to
Dr. Lycan. The trees were harvested from this area to build
the Moclips Beach Hotel.
Kelly
Calhoun--Also
a resident since 1999 with his family ties that go back to the
1910's. He recently learned that he is related (by marriage)
to a photographer who took many of the old vintage Moclips photos-before
and after the storms that took out the hotel and other buildings. His
paternal grandmother came to Moclips from the Auburn area to
attend dances at the Breakers Pavilion in the early 1920's.
Why
Moclips?
Fascinated
with the old days here at the beach, we yearned for more photos and
information about the Moclips Beach Hotel, the canneries, the shingle
mills, the N.P. Railroad, the many other businesses that once lined
Pacific Avenue and the people that called Moclips their home.
To
look at Moclips today, you would never know how exciting this little
town used to be when 5,000 folks from Aberdeen and Hoquiam would
come out by train for a ONE day picnic. The stories of the
hardships, the disasters, the fun times and the everyday life are
treasures to keep.
We
intend to bring back those exciting years and preserve them in
a new book currently being written by Kathy Jaquet. Anyone
with stories or information are requested to send them to barnacle@olynet.com or
PO Box 44, Moclips, WA 98562. If you would like yo be on
the reserve list for this book, please let us know. A feature
edition of the MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE will
announce the book's completion.
How
to Contact Us
Mailing:PO
Box 231, Moclips, WA 98562
Email: kathy@moclips.org
Phone:
360-276-4826
This
newsletter is named after the first newspaper from Moclips, the MOCLIPS
OCEAN WAVE. Published in 1909 it only lasted a few issues. We
intend to be around a lot longer.
Membership
This
first MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE newsletter
is COMPLIMENTARY to all who have received it. Due to the expenses
of putting this together, future copies will only be sent to our
members. If you do not want this newsletter, please pass it
on to someone else. Our mission and goals are in sight and
we are determined to see them through. We cannot do it alone-we
need your assistance and financial support.
We
are in the process of applying for a nonprofit organization status
with the State of Washington. With this comes registering the
name we chose: MOCLIPS-BY-THE-SEA. We have discussed what would
be fair and appropriate for the dues structure and have come up with
the following:
Individual-$20.00
per year
Couples-$30.00 per year (one vote)
or-$40.00 per year (two votes)
Business/Corporation-$35.00 per year
Contributing Individual
or
Business-$40.00+
You
will receive the following:
1. Quarterly Moclips Ocean Wave Newsletter
2. 10% discount on items for sale
3. Free admission to the Museum
4. Laminated Mohawk Pacing label (bookmark)
5. Membership Card
A
Photographic Treasure
Jim
and Rita (Northrup) Evans have been kind enough to let us enlarge
numerous vintage Moclips photos taken by Rita's great uncle, Dale
Northrup. His photos capture the glamour, the hardship and
the unusual-from auto races on the beach to the vicious aftermath
of the storms that destroyed parts of Moclips. These great
photos will be on display in the museum. THANK YOU Jim and
Rita for your generosity.
Here
is an artists rendition of the 2nd Moclips Beach Hotel (1907-1911). You
may have seen this one before. It has been featured in the
Daily World more than once and was the first used as an advertisement
piece for the hotel corporation. The building was shaped like
the letter "E" and contained 270 "outside" rooms.
This
is the second of two hotels located on this spot. The first
was a 2-story affair built in 1905 and shortly thereafter destroyed
by fire. We will be featuring other vintage photos of Moclips
in future issues of the MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE.
A
Note of Thanks
We
want to thank the following for their help:
BEVERLY
(DYER) CALLOWAY
DORIS (NORSTAD) CASSERLY
THE DAILY WORLD
JIM & RITA EVANS
GREG GOODSON
MAYNARD JOHNS
J. WAYNE NELSON
NORTH COAST NEWS
VIRGINIA NORDMAN
OCEAN OBSERVER
DELBERT PRATT
WILMA SCOTT
STEVE THOMPSON
You
have made the Moclips past bright again!
Interviews
With
tape recorder in hand, we have had the great opportunity of talking
with several former and current residents of Moclips. They're
stories are varied and fascinating-adding a personal touch to those
memories. We have acquired an abundance of worthwhile information.
We
have had many facts verified which will help us to portray Moclips
exactly as it was. Some misconceptions have been corrected. We
have learned so much about what it was like to live in this wonderful
community.
The
following have been interviewed:
Keith
Armstrong, Beverly (Dyer) Calloway, Doris (Norstad) Casserly, Ed
Lycan & Family, Duffy & Ann Matson. Gene McKinney, Harold
Schmidtke, Harvey Scott, Jack Sleasman, Truman Tanner, Barbara Topete,
Roy Tottie, Maxine & Don Weese and and Les & Sylvia Winningham.
The
following have provided source material:
John
Boyle, Jerry & James Dunford and Laura Jacobson.
Our
deepest gratitude goes out to those (past and present) who have given
up their time to tell us about their Moclips life and experiences.
We
want to hear from you!! If you or someone you know camn offer
information about the past, please contact us. We'd love to
talk to you.
Centennial
Celebration
Although
Moclips was originally platted in 1902, we have documentation that
proves Moclips was established in 1905. This was the same year
that the first Moclips Beach Hotel was built and the Northern Pacific
completed its line at the beach.
With
this in mind, we need to come up with a date (perhaps a week) during
the year 2005 that will become known as the 'MOCLIPS-BY-THE-SEA
Centennial'. Some discussion has been hashed around
and one thought was possibly the first week in July (around the Fourth). This
was when the first Moclips Beach Hotel was opened to the public and
the Northern Pacific Railway had just recently been completed.
Your
input would be much appreciated! Give us your ideas on when
the celebration should take place. Also on the agenda are the
many ideas on what should be done. Here are a few:
Paint a mural depicting life in early
Moclips.
Build model of town from its heyday.
Produce maps of historical sites.
Markers for historical points of interest.
Museum ready for 2005
Vintage bathing suit contest.
Request the state add "CENTENNIAL" on all signs.
Have our story aired on "EVENING MAGAZINE"
Let
us know your thoughts and ideas. We'd love to hear from you.
Meetings
In
order for us to "get our act together", we need to have
a meeting of the minds-several of them!! We are discussing
how often these meeting should be and where. If you have an
idea, please let us know. We'd also want you to be a part of
this by attending and giving us your input.
Museum
We
have a tentative location for the Historical Museum. We are
not sure how long it will be available but for now the donated space
is much appreciated. For the big centennial celebration in
2005, the museum will be a central part of the facilities. At
some time after the 100th birthday bash, we have discussed turning
into a NORTH BEACH museum to include artifacts, photos and the like
from Ocean Shores to Taholah including Aloha and Carlisle. One
central museum for all of the North Beach communities. Already
we have collected items from the North Beach including vintage Taholah
photos, a Copalis Beach camping permit from the 1930's, tokens from
Carlisle Lumber Company, a book of matches from Ginny Sim's Restaurant
in Ocean Shores and her record albulm recorded there in 1962.
Let
us know what you think.
Moclips
Artifacts
Two
souvenir plates made in Germany are the latest Moclips treasures
to come back home. These small (6") Wheelock plates were
made for the E.E. Sutherland Company in Moclips around 1910 or so. Both
of these images are portrayed on vintage hand-tinted postcards of
the same era (also made in Germany). Speaking of postcards,
we have about 20 old Moclips images from 1906 to the 1920's. We
also have an old Razor Clam can (Quinhalt brand)
from Moclips, a souvenir spoon from the Moclips Beach Hotel and 40
years of yearbooks from Moclips schools! All these items will
be on display at the museum.
Note:
The yearbooks were donated to us and will always be a part of the
collection. The other items will be on loan to the museum indefinitely.
If
you have an item to donate/loan, let us know.
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