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MONAD, the NP Logo

Ever wonder where that nice Northern Pacific logo came from or what it meant? Fellow member, Kathryn Caughey, brought us some information pertaining to this very subject.
There are numerous interpretations of this symbol but the most common is good luck. The two “commas” represent the “Yin” and “Yang”. These are the Two Principles of which the world descends: Light and Darkness, Force and Matter, Motion and Rest, Heaven and Earth, Male and Female and so on.

There are variations of the Monad in other countries including North America. It has been found on Pueblo Indian pottery and bead work of the Plains Indians. The Chinese used it as a charm to fend off evil influences.

E.H. McHenry, chief engineer of the Northern Pacific, saw the design on the Korean flag at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The Northern Pacific was searching for a trademark and McHenry realized this was it. After returning to St. Paul he and Charles Fee, general passenger agent for the NP, worked out the final design.

The Northern Pacific Railway used this symbol on passenger cars, freight cars, stationery, matchbooks and traffic office windows. It was recognizable as a “travelling billboard” in 48 states and Mexico.

- Kelly Calhoun

Going Once, Going Twice...

Many of you were contacted in September to decide if we should bid on a one-of-a-kind auto trophy from Moclips. The trophy was featured on eBay and was top prize for an auto race held in Moclips on July 4, 1910. The race was sponsored by the Seattle Auto Club. We have many photos from the same event which would have made a terrific display in the museum. Not only were we encouraged to bid on this item, we also received pledges from the membership totalling $1100.00 to pay for it!

Unfortunately, we were outbid even with our $1500.00 maximum. It went for $2275. We emailed the winning bidder to ask if they would loan us the trophy in 2005.

He told us he bid for a friend in Boston and has forwarded our email on to them.

We were overwhelmed by the positive response to this on such short notice.

Thank you to all who “voted” and gave pledges!

Membership

Our mission is to preserve the fascinating past of Moclips
(and the North Beach) for present and future generations to come.

New Members

September, October & November new members:
KEITH & GLADYS ARMSTRONG
CONRAD & BETTY ARONSON
GVIDO & TINA DURHAM-BARS
PAUL BILLY
ELWOOD & BARBARA BUDNIK
MARY CHRISTIANSEN
ADELINE CONNELLY
PAUL & GERRY DODSWORTH
JOE FRIBERG
GREEN LANTERN TAVERN & CAFE
LOUISE HAGEN
JERRY & DEE HARGITT
KEITH & ELOISE HOPKINS
CHERIE HULET
JUANITA JOHNSON
LINDA KELLEY
LORRAINE KRAMER
MERMAID COVE GALLERY & GIFTS
NB HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETY
O.S. VISITORS & CONVENTION BUREAU
QUINAULT BEACH RESORT AND CASINO
TERRY THOMPSON
KIMBERLY WEIDMAN

Total membership to date: 94

Contributing Members

We have our first contributing member:

PHIL H. WEBBER

Thank you very much!

Business Support

Moclips-By-The-Sea gratefully appreciates the support from our local businesses.
Their interest and caring concern are a big part of what makes the North Beach a great
place to live! We have included a list of those member businesses in a special insert
within this newsletter. Thank you for your support!

Did You Notice??

This edition of the MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE has a temporary name change. We found the original Quinault “spelling” of Moclips and thought it would be fun to include it.
Another variation:

no’omo’lapctcu
"little Moclips"

Polson Museum

In November, Moclips-By-The-Sea donated several yearbooks from Hoquiam High School and an OLD photographic plate of Robert Polson.

A Note of THANKS

We want to thank the following for their help:

MERMAID COVE GALLERY - Ocean Shores

Anita Preston has laminated over 100 of the Mohawk Packing Company labels for our members. At no charge! THANK YOU Anita!

Classified Information

In September, we placed an ad in the North Coast News in search of North Beach museum items. The ad ran for four weeks with one response.

Sandy Hermey and Patty Montague of Ocean Shores Upholstery and Collectibles donated the following items:

From Sandy: A large oil can from the shipwreck S.S. CATALA. This ship was used as a floating hotel during the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and was brought to Ocean Shores in 1963 for use as a base for the Ocean Shores Charter Fleet. New ear’s Day 1965, a major wind storm combined with a high tide grounded the ship. Over the years, parts of it rusted away and some of it was hauled away. Part of it is still buried in the sand.

From Patty: Several different Mohawk Packing labels, large placemats from the Ocean Shores Inn and photos of the S.S. Catala which will be enhanced and enlarged for the museum.

THANK YOU very much Sandy and Patty!!!

Read All About It!

This ad appeared in the April 19, 1906 edition of the Grays Harbor Washingtonian:

M o c l i p s, W a s h.
Pacific Coast Terminus of N.P. Ry., and
The Seaside Resort of the Northwest.

FOR THE BEST Real Estate Investment in which your money will more than double
within a year, buy at Moclips. FOR THE BEST Located Lots in Moclips, select lots in the
north end of town, west of the railroad where all of the stores, hotels, depot, school house,
mill, livery, etc., are now located and many more good buildings will be erected this season.

Lots will be sold on Monthly or Quarterly Payment Plan. We also have adjoining acreage
for sale.

NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO BUY. For further information call on A.S. Hodgdon, Hoquiam or
Thos. Foreman, Moclips.
Thanks to J. Wayne Nelson, Fremont, Ca

Centennial Celebration

Here is another idea: Hold a PARADE and “POTLATCH” - Perhaps the parade would end at the former NP Depot site where the potlatch would also be held. We hope that a NEW “depot” and museum will be in this location by then!

Your input would be appreciated! In addition to what should be done, we need to know when the celebration should be in 2005. Let us know.

Meeting Announcement

Our first general meeting of MOCLIPS-BY-THE-SEA has been scheduled for Saturday, January 19, 2002. This will be a dinner meeting at Paddie’s Perch in Pacific Beach;
time 6:00pm. Being this is a 3 day weekend for some, we are hoping for a good turnout. A separate mailer including menu will be sent separately. Please RSVP at that time. Our first priorities are: Outlining the various committees: ADVERTISING, CENTENNIAL, VENDOR, EVENT, DISPLAY, HISTORICAL and PLANNING. (If we’ve missed any, let us know) and establishing our by-laws. In addition, the Executive Committee has discussed holding our annual meetings in June of each year.

Oooops

We misspelled the following name:

HI-TIDE OCEAN BEACH RESORT (not HI-TIDES)
PLEASE accept our sincere apologies.

Did You Know?

In 1973, John Wayne and Eddie Albert filmed the movie “McQ” in Seattle, Moclips, Pacific Beach and Pt. Grenville. The final scene was on Pacific Ave at the Moclips beach approach. A car chase began at Analyde Gap between Pacific Beach and Moclips under the Northern Pacific railroad trestle (now gone) and subsequently ended at Pt. Grenville. A fake piling was placed where the remaining pilings were in front of the hotel and was hit in the car chase. Today, all that’s left of the original pilings is about 4 inches of ONE piling, the rest are buried in tons of sand. A video copy of the movie will be shown at the museum.

At the Ocean Shores Library, we saw one of the original scripts for “McQ”. Check it out!

THIS SPACE FOR RENT INQUIRE WITHIN

We are currently looking into bulk rate and non-profit status requirements from the post
office to save on our postage. In the meantime, it became obvious that this portion of
the newsletter needed to be used (since we cannot mail our newsletter through the
postal system stapled together and our budget does not allow it to be professionally
printed). So here goes:

Due to unavailable space in our previous newsletters, we did not give proper thanks to
the people who have helped us. We are now setting the record straight.

BANK OF THE PACIFIC - For our free checking account. DORIS (NORSTAD)
CASSERLY - For her fond memories of Moclips and childhood photos. THE DAILY
WORLD - For running the story of Moclips-By-The-Sea (on the front page). GAIL
GAGE - For giving us copies of her library research. GREG GOODSON - For
reproducing the MOCLIPS sign from the NP Depot. MAYNARD JOHNS - For
identifying several Quinaults in a 1930’s postcard of Pacific Beach. J. WAYNE
NELSON - For selling his large collection of Moclips and Pacific Beach postcards to
Kelly Calhoun & Lee Marriott. NORTH COAST NEWS - For the Moclips-By-The-Sea
press release. VIRGINIA NORDMAN - For allowing us to enlarge her photo of the
Moclips & Pacific Beach arch at Copalis Crossing. OCEAN OBSERVER - For running
our story. PHOTO LAB EXPRESS - For the excellent enlargements of our vintage
photos. STEVE THOMPSON - For sharing his Moclips-Northern Pacific photos on CD-
Rom.

Moclips Centennial 1905-2005

Museum

Here is the latest count of vintage NB photos:

MOCLIPS - 57
PACIFIC BEACH - 86
TAHOLAH/PT. GRENVILLE - 41
COPALIS BEACH - 27
OCEAN CITY - 8
OCEAN SHORES - 12
COPALIS CROSSING - 2

We have been busy searching the world (literally) for these old images. Most of these are old postcards have been enlarged to 8 x 10 photos. They will be mounted on mat board and displayed on the museum walls using velcro. This method gives a sort of “floating” perception and looks great!

While in Seattle recently, we found two more wonderful vintage brochures from the Pacific Beach Hotel - they are in perfect condition! That makes 3 total - they will be on display.

Moclips & NB Artifacts

In September, we received a stack of older paper items relating to all communities in the North Beach. They will help us in our research. Also donated was an empty shell casing found in front of the Navy Base. These donations were provided by the Wacky Warehouse. THANKS!

We also received several newspaper articles relating to Moclips and Pacific Beach. These were donated by Jackie Davis, postmaster of the Pacific Beach Post Office. THANK YOU!

On eBay, we acquired a 1908 Northern Pacific RR map & schedule (12 pages) which includes stops in Pacific Beach and Moclips, (6:35am departure from Moclips).

In October, member Kathryn Caughey came through again! She donated an original LARGE Northern Pacific Railroad sign! THANK YOU!

These items will be on permanent display at the museum. For other items donated, see page 3. If you have an item to donate/loan let us know!

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