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Issue 1 Volume 3
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 Worlds 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
WebMaster
Note--We have a new page with regard to re-building the old Depot
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:
noomolapctcu
"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 Worlds Fair and was
brought to Ocean Shores in 1963 for use as a base for the Ocean Shores
Charter Fleet. New ears 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 Paddies 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 weve 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 thats 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 1930s 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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