Ahoy
Mate, it's the Catala!
The
past has come alive at Damon Point in Ocean Shores. Around New Years,
the S.S. Catala emerged from its sandy grave. It seems fitting that
it happened at this particular time of year for it was New Year’s
Day 1965 that this 218 foot vessel sank in a major winter storm.
Thirty-seven years later, after being ransacked for its prize possessions,
after countless kids and adults climbed her rusting shell during
the sixties and seventies, and after the majority of it was removed
for scrap, the once majestic Catala has returned. Although only the
keel was left behind, she is letting us know that
she is still there.
For more info on the demise of the Catala, see the December, 2001 issue
of the Moclips Ocean Wave.
Meetings
Our
first general meeting was held on January 19 at Paddie’s
Perch Restaurant in Pacific Beach. Forty were in attendance for
this meeting
and dinner event! We were quite surprised at the turnout. We
kept the meeting to one hour with the dinner shortly
after. THANK YOU Ed & Patty for a great dinner!
The by-laws were approved with one additional statement regarding dates
of our meetings. It was motioned and approved that our general meetings
be the last Saturday of January & September and our annual meeting
be the first Saturday of June. Virginia Nordman, Linda Kelley and
Jackie Davis were nominated and elected for Vice President, and members
at large
respectively. Speaking of Virginia, it was announced that she had
completed her transcription of the 4 hour Roy Tottie interview.
Roy was a long time resident of Moclips. Sadly, his wife Evelyn passed
away on February 13, 2002. Our condolences to Roy and his family.
Several artifacts for the museum were on display including Kathy Jaquet’s
framed copy of the Moclips Beach Hotel poster and numerous items on loan
from Lee Marriott and Kelly Calhoun. An award of appreciation was given
to Dolores May of Dolores’ Antiques in Ocean Shores. She has
promoted our organization and has signed up new
members. We also held a raffle for 3 North Beach/Moclips related items.
A highlight of the evening was a computer presentation of numerous
historical North Beach photos. Several members signed up for various
committees
including assistance in remodeling the museum space. If you can help,
we would like to hear from you. Our
goal is to open the museum this summer.
To those of you who made it to the meeting on a stormy night in January......
THANK YOU!
Business
Support
Moclips-By-The-Sea
appreciates the support from our local businesses. Their interest
and 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!
A
Note of thanks
We want to thank John Larson of the POLSON MUSEUM in Hoquiam for his
help. He has been a wonderful source of information and assistance to
our museum goal! THANK YOU!
Will
you take a $1 for it?
On
Memorial Day weekend we plan on holding a garage sale to raise
extra funds for museum purchases. The sale will be held in Ocean
Shores.
If you have items to donate or if you can spare a couple hours
during the weekend to help out, we would appreciate hearing from
you! Hours
will be 10:00am to 4pm Saturday, Sunday and possibly Monday.
Please contact us at 360-276-4826 to arrange for pickup or drop-off
of garage
sale items or to schedule volunteer time. We need volunteers
to man the garage sale otherwise we won’t be able to hold
it. THANKS!
Internet Business
If
you haven’t seen the great website created by Kelly Cline of
Truckin’ Express, you should! This is the Pacific Beach/Moclips
site found at www.pacificbeachwa.com.
The webpages are user friendly and very creative!
In addition to interesting news, facts and figures, Kelly has added Moclips-By-The-Sea
to this site. As a result, we have acquired 7 memberships.
We thank Kelly again for a super job in helping promote our organization.
From
Rain Forest Country
Member Florence
Miles of Forks has been pouring over her father’s diary. Florence’s
maiden name is Northup, a very well-known family from the Clearwater-Forks
area and the eastside of Puget Sound. Northup Way in Bellevue is
named after her family. Her uncle was Dale Northup, one of the photographers
who took photos of the Moclips Beach Hotel before and after it was
destroyed.
In late November, Florence forwarded excerpts from Benson Northup’s
diary pertaining to Moclips and the Grays Harbor area.
Florence is the President of the West End Pioneers Club. She donated
the last copy of the book they published, “Memories of a Quillayute
and Sol Duc Pioneer” to us. The book makes mention of Moclips and
Pacific Beach several times. It will be in the museum as a reference
book. THANK YOU Florence!
Moonstones
We
mourn the recent loss of one of our charter members. Edward Lycan
of Tenino, Washington
passed away on December 16, 2001.
He served in the Air Force in Korea and married Marjorie Tibbets in Olympia
in 1956. He was
active in Lycans Fuel Service and Tenino True Value Hardware. He also
had served as chief of
the Tenino Fire Dept.
He and his sisters, Elaine McDonald, Enid Dempster and Eleanor Ward
were the grandchildren of Dr. Lycan who built the Moclips Beach Hotel.
Edward
Lycan’s passing is a great loss to Moclips. We extend our sympathies
to the family.
Gems
and Gemstones
Your membership dollars go into a general fund which helps pay for
printing our newsletter and
other mailings in addition to postage. We rely on donations to help
with museum costs and
acquisitions. Donors can specify where their money goes.
Recently, MOCLIPS-BY-THE-SEA received cash donations. Beverly & Everett
Callaway,
Marilyn Cardoza and Mary & Harold Schmidtke sent checks to help
us with postage, museum
acquisitions and museum remodeling costs. Synchronicity Stained Glass
in Ocean Shores
donated to the museum acquisition fund from percentages of their sales
of vintage photos.
THANK YOU all for your generous donations!
Ever
wonder about that little house at the “Y” on Ocean Beach
Road in Copalis Crossing? We sure have. It seemed to us that it
must have had something to do with
the railroad since it sits next to where the tracks used to be. We
finally found out the answer in an old newspaper article. It was
used to house
the railroad workers.
According to the article, once the rail was built at a certain distance,
the railroad house would be torn down and rebuilt at a new location.
This particular building was built in 1898. It is now for sale by the
current owners.
We wanted to talk to Larry and Ann Burgher about the history of the building
but unfortunately, Mr. Burgher passed away on January 6, 2002 - the same
day we were
given his name to contact.
Search
and Research
Here
is the question of the new millenium. What ever happened to the giant
wood carving of the razor clam in Ocean Shores? Some of us had our
picture taken with this wonderful North Beach icon back in the 1960’s.
Rumor has it that this big bi-valve was stolen. If so, by who?
Another
story says it is buried somewhere. Do you know the truth? We’d
LOVE to have it outside the museum - we promise we won’t tell
where we got it.
Search
and Research
We
have a very puzzling question for you. In a 1924 World Atlas, we
discovered on a map of the state of Washington, the name of GORDONVILLE
which seems to be located in the area between Copalis Crossing
and Carlisle. This name was also included in an 1895 Rand McNally
map of the same area but with an additional name we have not heard
of:
TUNNEL CITY. This one appears to be further south and east from GORDONVILLE.
At first we thought these were whistle stops along the Northern Pacific
Railroad route. The system did NOT exist between
Hoquiam and Moclips until 1904-1905. Logging trains were in the area
at the time however. So what were these names? If you know, please
tell us!
Museum:
Moclips & NB Artifacts
While in Seattle recently, Kelly & Lee found two more wonderful vintage
brochures from the Pacific Beach Hotel - they are in perfect condition!
We have a wooden chair that was used in the cardroom at the rear of Max’s
Cafe in Moclips. Edna & Max Matsen owned the cafe which was located
on the “bluff”. This information was supplied by Lee Pickett.
Thank You! NOTE: Edna, 87, passed away on February 16th, 2002. We extend
our sympathies to the family.
Katie Detrick donated the book, “Land of the Quinault” in late
November. It will be available in the museum as reference material. THANK
YOU!
In December, Kathy Jaquet donated a large 19” x 30” aerial
view of the old viaduct in Moclips. It is an awesome image! THANK YOU!
Also in December, we received a Minced Clam Mohawk canning label from
Wally Weidman of the North Beach Historical Society. THANKS!
On eBay, Kelly & Lee acquired another German made Wheelock souvenir
plate. This one features the Moclips Beach Hotel. There are now three
versions of this plate in their collection.
Mary & Harold Schmidtke sent us copies of the Moclips Beach Hotel
stationary, billing statement from Robert Chabot, and a photo of the
Moclips depot and horse & wagon team on the beach at Pt. Grenville.
THANK YOU!
At our general meeting in January, the Wacky Warehouse donated several
very nice vintage Pacific Beach and Moclips photos. THANK YOU!
Some of these items will be on permanent display. Others will be on loan
with proper credit given to the owner. If you have items to donate or
loan, please let us know!
This just in
Enclosed is a copy of a letter in response to our email regarding the
auto trophy. This artifact was listed on eBay back in September. We lost
it in a frenzied bidding war with several other bidders. THANK YOU Dolores
May of Dolores’ Antiques for making
copies at no charge to MBTS!
Our
First Board Meeting
Moclips-By-The-Sea Historical Society and Museum held
its first board meeting in Moclips on February 28, 2002. The primary
purpose was to sign the adopted Articles of Incorporation. Secretary
Lee Marriott will be forwarding this document along with our approved
by-laws to the State of Washington. We will then notify the Internal
Revenue Service. We hope to have some news regarding our non-profit
501(c)(3) status by the next newsletter in June.
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!
NOTE: If you would like a back issue of our quarterly newsletter, please
send $2.00 and the issue (month and year) you are ordering to the above
post office
box. Our first issue was JUNE 2001. Thank you!
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