The History of Lewis County, Washington, Pt 4 of 10: PAGES 160 - 184 Submitted by: Wes , Feb. 2003 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************************************** Source material: Nix, Alma and John Nix, Eds. "The History of Lewis County, WA". Chehalis, Lewis County Historical Society, 1985. The genealogies and stories of pioneers found on pages 63 to 394 of the history were scanned to Word, and saved as .txt files without Photos. Photo captions with names remain. The scanned page with photos is available from Wes upon request. We thank the Lewis County Historical Museum (lchs@lewiscountymuseum.org) for generously granting permission to post this file to the Digital Archives. Page numbers are at the bottom of each page. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pt 4 of 10: PAGES 160 - 184 MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHER FAMILY Michael Joseph Gallagher (born 1862) and Mary Robinson Gallagher (born 1869) came to Tacoma from Michigan shortly after their marriage. "Mike" worked in saw mills. They lived in a tenement while Mike built a house. He also built a house for some friends but, in doing so, he cut off nearly all of four fingers on his left hand. A daughter Marie was born January 12,1895, a son Ambrose July 10, 1898, and William Edward October 16, 1901. The job in Tacoma ended because the mill burned. They then moved to Rainier, Oregon where Mike worked as millwright in a saw mill. Susie was born September 15,1908, after Mike had finished the new six room house. Genevieve was born January 16, 1913. Marie returned to Tacoma and boarded with friends so she could graduate from Stadium High School. Ambrose did commercial fishing and then entered Mount Angel College. Edward also attended Mount Angel before going to work on river boats. Ambrose studied at several other colleges and then entered the seminary and became a Columban Father Catholic priest. Marie took the teachers' training course and attended normal school and taught. She returned to college at Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon. She resumed teaching in grade schools where she was principal. Susie and Genevieve attended grade school in Rainier and Susie had one year in high school before they moved to Littel, Washington. Susie attended Pacific University and trained for a while at St. Joseph Hospital in Tacoma. By this time Marie was married and living in Oregon. She was the mother of six children including a set of twins. She was interested in music and became a good pianist. Ambrose was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. Edward was making regular trips as an engineer on merchant ships to China. Mary Gallagher continued self education by reading, attending literary study clubs and taking correspondence courses from college. Michael also studied mathematics and wrote poetry. Ambrose returned as a priest for visits. He said Mass in the house for friends and family. James Sareault, a law student, acted as altar boy. Edward visited occasionally when he was in port. Marie was busy with her family and she was left a widow with young children. She continues with her music and entertains at hospitals, nursing homes and senior centers. Susie worked at practical nursing in Seattle and St. Helen Hospital. She is active in church work and sings on the choir which she has done for many years. Genevieve graduated from secretarial school and worked for the U.S. Department of Agricultural for thirty-five years. She is active in church and community projects and is volunteer secretary for Community Concerts which she has done for many years. Michael died in 1940 and Mary died in 1947. Ambrose died in 1966 and Edward died in 1977. ROSS GALVIN, M.D., FAMILY My grandfather, John Galvin, a pioneer and early developer of Centralia and the surrounding area was born May 1, 1858 in Vermont. He migrated West at the age of 16 and became manager of the Ezra Meeker hop farm in Puyallup. He came to Centralia in 1884 and was the first to raise hops in Lewis County on a 22 acre farm north of Centralia. He then started a real estate business in downtown Centralia when at that time there were only three stores in the town. John Galvin was the founder of the town of Lincoln, renamed Galvin later in his honor. He acquired the right of way for the railroad between Centralia and Grays Harbor, and he was the Lewis County Treasurer in 1892 and Mayor of Centralia at two different times. He and George Washington, another Centralia pioneer, were very good friends and after Washington's death, John became the guardian of his only child, Geo. Washington, Jr. In 1890 John Galvin and Rose Slack, daughter of George Slack, were married. They had 3 children, Lawrence F., Mary (Mrs. Ansel Poundstone) and, George Jay Galvin. My father George Jay Galvin was in the real estate and insurance business for 40 years. The tile inlay compass dial is still in the sidewalk in front of his office at 218 N. Tower Avenue. He was a member of the Centralia Rotary Club. A member and Sunday School Superintendent at the First Baptist Church for many years. He was a great believer in education, and in the 1920's he was on the school board and was one of the originators of the Centralia Junior College. He also gave land for one of the Centralia Grade Schools. His hobby was raising registered polled Herriford cattle which he did on three farms in the Grand Mound and Little Rock area. He married Emily Green of California in 1914. They had six children. Lee Morrison, Mary Jane (Mrs. Melvin Lightle) George Jay, Jr., Carlton Knight, Marsha Jeanette (Mrs. Dick Carrington) and Ross Mitchell. Dr. Ross Mitchell Galvin was born in Centralia Dec. 19, 1918. He attended local schools, the junior college and graduated from the Universityof Washington in 1940. He also graduated from the University of Louisville Medical School in 1943. Interned at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle and then spent 2 years as a medical officer in the Army. He was married to Patricia Gail Huber of Edmonds, Wn. in 1942. They moved back to Centralia in 1946 where Doctor Galvin was physician and surgeon for 35 years, retiring in December 1981. He is a past president of the Rotary Club and was on the Tumwater Boy Scout Council for over 20 years. He is a member of the First Methodist Church. He served as Chief of Staff at Centralia General Hospital two different terms and was an original partner and builder of the Centralia Medical Center. He is also a charter fellow of the American Board of Family Physicians. Dr. and Mrs. Galvin have three sons. John Ross, pharmacist, and owner in two drug stores in Tacoma, a graduate of the University of Washington. He is married to Janet Marie Kallio of Seattle and they have two daughters, Jeannie and Jennifer. The middle son, Dale Jay Galvin, is a graduate of the University of Washington and Willamette Law School, and is an attorney in Seattle. He is married to the former Mary C. Ross of Fargo, North Dakota. They have a son Bradley Ross and a daughter Lisa. The youngest son, Bruce Robert, is a graduate of Western Washington University and Master in business from Oregon State. He is an assistant treasurer in a Seattle firm. His wife, Robin Frisbie and he have one son, Matthew Robert. The Ross Galvins are enjoying a happy retirement, and feel that Centralia offers the good life for all. By Dr. Ross Galvin, M.D. 160 DAVE AND MARTHA GAROUTTE When Mom and Dad moved to Canada in 1956, we kids decided to go along for the adventure. Some adventure it was. All went well until we turned off at Williams Lake; that last 35 miles was like going back in time fifty years. No electricity, no running water, no plumbing regular pioneer stum Unfortunately for my older sister and me, no school either. For two years the postman doubled as the schoolmaster. Then my sister went back to the States for high school and marriage, while I boarded and went to school in Williams Lake. Since the ranch was leased without cattle, Dad became a "gyppo" logger. The timber was small, shaky from the cold winters, good for little except ties. We horse logged until Dad bought an old cat. Times when logging wasn't even marginally profitable, Dad tried the more exotic trades of trapper and big game guide. Summers I worked as a ranch hand, haying mostly, for the sum of 50 cents an hour. The country up there was beautiful. Spacious. And lonesome. But the northern lights - golly! One winter it got down to 52 below too. After four years, however, we could no longer afford the luxury of pioneering. We packed what remained and returned to Pe Ell. I finished high school in Pe Ell, tried a bit of college and a bit of the Navy before coming back home. By then the folks had moved to Glenoma; Dad was working for Elmer Davis and building a house near Randle. They moved there in 1963, while I went on to Packwood, where I had found a job with the Forest Service. The next year, I brought home a new bride, Martha Conlee of Pe Ell. Two local moves and two children (Laurie, 1965 and Todd, 1967) later, we purchased a home in High Valley. Melody was born in 1972, the year after we bought the house. About 1975 Jean Harder, Hazel Meyer apd some other women pursued the idea of an advertising paper for Packwood. Jean moved away, and Martha became involved with the paper The White Pass Shoppers Wants - which advertises businesses from Yakima to Centralia. When the paper outgrew its quarters, Hazel and Martha bought a trailer. They started a "This and That" shop to fill the extra room, and have operated it since, selling ceramics, sewing supplies, some plants, and whatever. Hazel moved to Yakima in 1984, and turned over much of the operation of the business to Martha. Today, they have the distinction of being the longest-running singleowner retail business in Packwood. Laurie, our eldest, just turned 20. She and our exchange student of one year, Nadien Raskin, graduated from White Pass High in 1984. After Nadien returned to Belgium, Laurie joined the Navy Reserve, and is presently enlisted. Todd has also joined the Navy, but hopes to go to college after he graduates in 1985, and become an officer. Melody is now in junior high at White Pass, and has just become a teenager. JEAN AND JUNE GAROUTTE The prosperity of the Roaring Twenties did not reach all parts of the Missouri Ozarks. After the death of his father, Huston Fredrick (Henry) Garoutte vowed to give his family a better life than that he could scratch out of a hardscrabble farm near Union City. Following the lead of adventurous friends, he packed up the family - wife Pearl (Guthrie) and five children, Logie, Lea, Jean E., Ruth, and Wanda - and headed west to new opportunities. These he found at Pe Ell in 1924. He took a job at Yeoman's Mill and began the slow climb from "dirt poor" to "making a living." He was but a few rungs up the ladder when Yeoman's shut down, putting him out of work. He was able to find another job, working at Walville Lumber company, until it too fell victim to the Depression. For a few years he worked for the WPA, until the woods opened up again and he went to work for Willapa Harbor Timber company. He worked there until July 16, 1948. He and a number of other men were working on a landing that day, when the spar tree broke. As the top fell, men scattered. Only Hus ran in the wrong direction. By then the children had all left home. The girls, except Wanda, married - Logie to DeIbert Perkins, Pe Ell; Lea to Burke Street, Pe Ell; and Ruth to Gerald Keeley, Seattle. Jean E. Garoutte married June Frye in 1940. After the birth of Sharon in 1941, they moved to Tacoma where .Jean worked in the shipyards during the War. Their second child, Dave, was born in Tacoma in 1943. After the War they moved back to Pe Ell where Jean began working for Weyerhaeuser. He purchased property up Marcuson Creek in Dryad, and built a home on the hill next to the Roland Zuccati's and Bud Carpenter's. Two of the more interesting happenings while the family lived at Dryad were the earthquake of April 13, 1949, and the "Blizzard of the Century," January 13, 1950. Another event occurred the next year, July 12, 1951, which was to profoundly affect the family. South of Randle, 5500 acres of timber burned on Huffaker Mountain. Weyerhaeuser rushed to salvage their timber. As a result, the family moved to Packwood in 1953, the year after Denise was born. The very next summer the family moved back to Dryad, then within another year to Glenoma. Mark was born while the family lived here. Six months later home was in Rainier. Moving a family so often soon grows tiresome. Pioneer fever set in during the summer of 1956, and Jean and June decided to move to British Columbia. They lived two years at Meldrum Creek, and two at Hanceville before moving back to Pe Ell. Jean got a construction job and the family moved to Glenoma, then to Randle in 1963. June went to work for Cowlitz Veneer in 1967. Jean retired in 1979, June in 1985. Life goes on. By Dave Garoutte CHARLES AND GRACE GATES FAMILY My parents, Charles Gates and Grace Green, were married in Akron, Colorado, one day after World War I ended. They met when father worked for mother's parents during harvest. Father often told how he almost missed getting the marriage license as the doors were closing early because of the news that the war had ended. To this union six children were born. Eldah, Leonard, Avery, Avalon, LaVonne and Ronald. Father was a farmer and leased land to raise crops. Once he worked for the County Road Dept. The Depression and "Dust Bowl" era forced him to move his family to Washington State in 1939. Eldah had married Dave Driver and they came too. Ronald was three years old. Father built a bunk house and put it on a flat bed trailer to move the family belongings. Later this was a playhouse for us three younger children. It was August when we arrived in Lewis County and the blackberries along side the road looked so good, but we wondered if we were allowed to pick them. The family worked in the blackberry fields near Puyallup. Then father purchased a home in Dryad for $150.00. He and the boys cut krapwood from the old Dryad Mill, which no longer operated. We lived one year near Manson at Lake Chelan and worked in the apple orchards. During this year, 1941, Leonard married Edith Davisson. Moving back to our home in Dryad, father worked in the woods and in Lloyd Owens' Mill up Hope Creek. Years later he worked at Rainbow Falls Park. . I attended a one room school in Colorado and was eight years old when my family moved west. I attended grades three through seven at Dryad Elementary except for one year at Manson. In 1944, the Dryad and Doty Grade Schools were consolidated with PeEll where the high school children already attended. During World War II, my brother Avery served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific as a parachute packer. For my eighth grade graduation, he sent parachute silk home and mother made a dress for me. In 1948, Avery married Frances Demarest. The summer after graduating from high school, in 1949, I was one of the first princesses for the Southwest' Washington Fair. I later became a clerk typist at Madigan Army Hospital. In 1954, I met and married M/Sgt. Robert E. Morris. One month after my wedding, La Vonne married Herbert Barr, from Boistfort, who was in the Air Force and had just returned from Libya, Africa. We both were married in the Dryad Church. Ronald served in the Marine Corps and married Lois Orloske from Adna in 1962. Growing up has its memories. Father played the violin and there were many "jam sessions." Mother was a homemaker, good cook, seamstress and handy at crafts. She always had a garden and loved fresh fruit. By Ava/on Morris BARBARA AND VERNON GEIST Vernon William Geist and Barbara Edith Webster were married January 25,1958. (photo): Vern and Barbara Geist Vern is the son of Henry Joseph Geist and Elma Geraldine (Widell). He was born September 25, 1935 in Everett, WA. His mother was born in Sebeka, Minnesota, October 25, 1899 to Leander and Mary Lydia (Ellison) Widell. She grew up on Lincoln Creek and moved to Seattle to work after graduating from Centralia High School. She met and married her husband while in Seattle. Vern's father was born in Montevideo, Minnesota, December 13, 1900 to William F. and Randa (Erickson) Geist. He worked in a fish cannery in Everett and at Todd Ship Yard. His mother worked for Boeing and at the Weyerhauser sawmill. After her husband died Elma moved back to Lincoln Creek with her two sons Robert William and Vern to keep house for her brothers Ed and Ivan Widell and to care for 161 (photo): Back: Avalon, Avery, Leonard, LaVonne Front: Eldah, Charles, Grace, Ronald. an aging mother. She raised chickens for an income. Elma was an excellent cook and housekeeper and enjoyed handcraft. She always had crocheting in her hands if she was sitting down. She died March 8, 1975. Barbara was born in Centralia on September 16, 1941 to Russell Grant and Edith Georgia (Mauermann) Webster. She grew up on Lincoln Creek. Vern and Barbara rented the Fred Mauermann home on Lincoln Creek the first two years they were married. They then purchased a home and property on Lincoln Creek from Barbara's grandparents, Otis and Bernice Webster. They lived there for five years. When their children started school they moved to the Sloan place on Fords Prairie. Their daughter Judith Ann was born August 13, 1958, their son James Vernon, July 30, 1959, and their son John Russell, July 9,1961. Vern worked for St. Regis Paper Company as a cutter for 15 years. In 1979 and 1980 he worked for Reid Logging Co. in Ketchikan, Alaska. Barbara worked in the printing department for Browning's Office Supply in 1977 and 1978. While she was in Alaska she worked at the Ketchikan Hospital and at Clover Pass Resort After she returned from Alaska she worked in the laboratory at Steck Clinic for two years and then returned to the printing department at Browning's. Judy is married to Lance Eugene Palmer and works at Browning's. Lance is a law student at UPS. Jim is married to Denise Marie (Mann). He is a mechanic. Denise is a secretary. They have a son Ryan James born March 13, 1982. John is married to Krista Jean (Piper). He has worked in the woods for several years. Krista works for her father as a dental assistant. By Barbara Geist GENGE AND HAGAN FAMILIES Felix Genge was born in Poland where as a young man, he learned the bakery trade. He came to America at the age of seventeen, and landed in Chicago, Illinois, where a sister had previously come. He could not speak a word of English. However, just by hearing the language spoken and by reading the newspapers, in a few years he spoke English fluently. Felix obtained work at a bakery in Chicago, and during the Chicago Worlds Fair, he met the young lady who was later to become his wife. She was Victoria Louise King, of Branitow, Ontario, (photo): Harold and Esther Genge Canada. In due time they became parents of four children, Harold was born in Chicago, Marian was born in Candada, Dorothy and Ethel were born in Everett. Then the family moved to Centralia where Felix owned and operated the, "Ideal Bakery and Restaurant.". During World War I, when many troop trains passed through Centralia, he would take trays of doughnuts, cookies, etc, and pass them out to the boys on the trains. His son Harold served in the war with Company M, from Lewis County. He remained a part of this group the rest of his life. During the early years, as a young man and baker, Felix designed and patented a line of a bakery and restaurant whips which he made by hand in the basement or kitchen of his home. The wooden handles were all cut and finished by hand. In later years, after the war ended, his son Harold Genge took over the manufacturing of the whips, added other items and established and operated the Genge Manufacturing Company for over forty years. He invented and made much of the machinery used, as it was not available on the market. Charles and Minnie Hagan were originally from Iowa, but went to North Dakota on a homestead soon after they were married. Their seven children, Esther, Arthur, Lyle, Ruth, Clair, Joy and Forrest were all born in North Dakota. Life was hard on the farm, very hot in the summer, and extremely cold in the winter. The children had a mile and a quarter to walk to school. Pleasant memories include the hills covered with snow, and the wild blue crocus coming up through the snow, for as far as one could sec. The hard life and crop failures became too much for the family. When a crop was destroyed by hail stones as large as hens eggs, it was enough to make Charlie Hagan cry. It was now time to leave North Dakota. Minnie Hagan had relatives in Centralia, so that is where they moved, arriving on Nov. 15, 1919,and within a few days a snowstorm arrived too. In Centralia, the children all finished their education through high school and all married here. As this is the story of Esther and Harold Genge, they were the first married, and we will pick up the rest of their story later. Arthur Hagan married Evelyn Agee from Idaho, Lyle married Vera Kent of Centralia, Ruth married James W. Barner of Centralia. Clair married Lucille Richardson of Tono, Joy married Harold Swensen, a partner of Jim Barner, later marrying Marvin Welcome. Forrest married Horatio Thomas of Centralia. Most all of the families remained here. The three Genge girls married and lived away from Centralia most of their lives. Marian married Clay Van Ronk, and lived in California Dorothy married Rex Ellis first, then Ira Overton, and lived in Calif. Ethel married Russel Romthun first and then Ralph Rydman, and lives in Olympia. Harold married Esther Hagan, and they remained in Centralia all of their married life. They had two daughters, Shirley Ruth and Esther Louise. Both girls married Centralia boys. Shirley married Lloyd Bevington and moved to Salem. They had three children, Terri, Michael and Cindy. Lloyd died in 1982. In 1985 Shirley married Robert Scott of Centralia. Shirley has two grandchildren. Louise married (James) LeRoy Backman and they had lived in Moses Lake, most of their married life. They have three children. Julie married Ruben Gonzales of Moses Lake, and they have two children and live in Tacoma. James Lee married Jill Bohne of Moses Lake, they live in Richland and have one son. Jeffrey is in college at this time, and lives with his family. They moved to Tacoma in 1982 where they have a store in the Tacoma Mall. They have just put a second store in the Columbia Center Mall in Richland. By Esther Hagan Genge JOHN AND JULIA GERSHICK FAMILY John and Julia Gershick with their two oldest children, Julia and John, came to Silver Creek by train from Calumet, Michigan in 1893. Little Julia was 3 1/2, and Little John was 1 1/2 years old. Trains were pretty slow in those days so it took a long time to arrive in Chehalis. John Gershick and Julia Secan came originally from Jugoslavia. They lived across the river from each other but did not know each other until they met in Calumet. John worked in the copper mines there. Julia's sister and her husband had a boarding house in Calumet. John lived there. Julia's sister asked her to come to help her at the boarding house. She was seventeen and was anxious to come to America. So that is how the two met. They married when Julia was eighteen. Their two oldest children were born in Calumet. 162 Friends who were in Washington state wrote them to come out and they decided they would. They thought they would make a fortune if they made this move. Of course, that didn't happen. They had to work real hard to keep food on the table. They bought 80 acres in Silver Creek for $500.00. It was covered with timber so they had to cut down some trees. They used the logs to build a small house. Years later they added on to the house and covered the logs with lumber. It was tough going but they managed to eat. John worked out and received 75 cents a day. There were seven children in the Gershick family. 1. Julia Frase, who is in a rest home in Centralia is 93. She was married to Carl Frase who is deceased. They had two sons. 2. John {Jack), married to Promise Carper. He died in 1968. 3. Anna Truesdell, 89, was married to Clay ton Truesdell, deceased. They had two sons. Lives in Centralia. 4. Anthony (Tony) passed away 1975. Mar ried to Marie Walker. They had two children. 5. Joe, 85, lives in Oakland, California. He has two children. 6. Rose Cook, 82, husband David passed away. She had a daughter. 7. Ruby Carew, 78, married to Mark Carew. Lives in Eatonville. They had a son. By Ruby Gershick Carew CLARK GARRISON FAMILY Clark, son of Clark A. and Lillian Huntington Garrison, was born in 1894, at Santa Rosa, CA. In 1906, he moved, by covered wagon, with his sister, Hazel, his father and his mother to Sulphur Springs (Packwood), WA. He went to a one-room, log school, along with eleven other pupils. The school was 16'x20'; heated by a big, wood stove; a pail with dipper, for drinking water; a long table, on one side, for the boys and hand-made desks, on the other side, for the girls. As with other pioneer boys, much of his time was spent helping to clear the homestead and build fences. His father had a large garden, which supplied vegetables for the 125 men working for the V.D. Construction Co. During this time, however, he found time to follow his favorite pastime, hunting and fishing, supplying his family with venison and fish. He and his father built several trappers' cabins in Clear Fork, Cortright areas. In 1919, he married Irma Lawson and, for a time, they lived in the Packwood area. A son, Clark L, was born in 1920. When he was about eighteen-months old, they moved to Peace River, Alberta, where they owned a candy store. Before their daughter, Irma I., was born, in 1922, they returned to Packwood. The year I was three and Clark was five, we spent the winter in a trapper's cabin at Mildridge Creek. Dad packed me in on his back in a packsack, while my mother pulled Clark on a sled; about sixteen miles. One time, it had rained hard all day and the creek was high, but it had turned cold during the night. My brother pushed me down the hill we usually played on but the sled didn't stop on the flat and went into the creek, where my mother rescued me, in the edge of the water. When I returned to the cabin site in 1975, the cabin had fallen in but, along the trail and creek, there were still signs of the old marten sets. We moved a lot as children, since Dad followed construction jobs, working on several dams. Sometimes, we returned to the Lawson homestead. While here, we either had to be paddled across the river in a dugout canoe to school or walk two miles. However, we never missed a day of school. The Indians used to trade blankets for furs and I can remember them on horses in the yard. We kids roamed the hills and went to the old, abandoned homesteads above our house. We fished the creeks, in the summers, and caught whitefish in the river, in the winters. When we caught extra fish, we fed them to the chickens, who laid extra well. G. GHOSN G. Ghosn immigrated to the United States around 1905 from Lebanon. He worked in New York and in Chicago before moving west to Tenino, Washington, where his brother Tom and other relatives lived. Here he worked at photography and tailoring. The Tenino group gradually shifted to central Lewis County. Here Ghosn began peddling and selling. He soon built a store at the Swofford, Richland Valley intersection. This area had no post office, so Ghosn applied for one in his store. The new post office needed a mailing address so Ghosn called it Ajlune after his home town in Lebanon. The name soon became official. Not long after the Ajlune store was built, another one was established in Mossyrock. Deliveries to the area were scarce, therefore, extra merchandise had to be hauled from Chehalis, involving a three day round trip by horse and buggy. Shortly before the 1920's, when the steel bridge was being built at Mayfield, another store was built there. Soon after, a fourth store was built in Salkum, where a large mill was thriving. Also during the early 1920's the vast abundance of wild blackberries which grew in the area, and went unused, provided Ghosn with still another opportunity. He built a cannery in the vicinity of Mayfield. Over the next forty years thousands of tons of the wild berries were purchased from local and outside residents and processed at the plant. The Tacoma dams eventually flooded the cannery and many of the berry patches. Near the end of the 1920's the Ajlune and Mayfield stores were sold and Ghosn moved to Salkum. In 1928 he made a trip back to Lebanon where he married Marie Shapki. They returned to reside in Salkum. Here their first son, Francois, was born. In 1931 they moved to Mossyrock and at this time a son, Paul, was born. A garage fire next to the home damaged both the house and the store. As a result, a larger store was built on the newly located mountain highway and a new home was built across the street. Here, two more sons, Michel and George, and a daughter, Therese, were born. In 1941, the lack of entertainment in the district prompted Ghosn to build a movie theater. After several years, two of his rental buildings next to the theater burned. In this location Ghosn built a hotel, including a restaurant. In 1959 Mrs. Ghosn, Marie, died of cancer. At this time, 81 year old Ghosn was still quite active with his businesses. Although between high school, college and the military, some of his children were home at one time or another and helped considerably. It wasn't long until the family began dispersing. Michel became an engineer and moved to LA., George became a dentist and settled in Puyallup and Francois later purchased a marina and moved to Bellevue. This left the operation of the businesses primarily up to Paul. In 1965,87 year old G. Ghosn and his daughter Therese, then a Seattle "u" sophomore and now a Seattle school teacher, took a four month trip to Lebanon and Egypt to visit family and old friends. Ghosn returned to the United States and remained quite alert and active until he died in 1968 at age 90. LAUREL GIBBS FAMILY Margaret Randt, daughter of Tenna Smith Randt and granddaughter of Rowland and Margaret Smith, married Laurel Cheney Gibbs in 1930. Laurel was the son of Judge Virgil and Marybelle Gibbs of St. Paris and later Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio State University as a civil engineer in 1922. Prior to graduation he served briefly in the army. He came west to Kelso in 1922, where work was available on a survey crew for Long Bell Lumber Company. The Company had started platting the new city to be named Longview. Later, he worked with a group of engineers taking out timber for Long Bell in an area that became the company town of Byderwood. Just before his marriage to Margaret Randt in 1930, he quit his position in Ryderwood. Being the depth of the Depression, a series of jobs followed his marriage. First with a sand and gravel company which took the newlyweds to Miles City, Montana for the summer. Jobs didn't last long in that era, so next was work with Lewis County Engineers, then the Bureau of Public Roads. While on a survey crew on M t. Hood Oregon, their first son Charles Virgil was born in 1931. He was named for his grandfather Charles Randt and Virgil Biggs, but always called "Tom," his mother's nickname for him. Later Laurel was employed as maintenance engineer by the State Highway Department, and the family lived in Chehalis. Janet Elizabeth was born in 1932. In 1938, the Laurel Gibbs family moved to Winlock into the old home, built by the family of Rowland Smith. A third child arrived in 1943, Robert Laurel "Bobby." Laurel and a friend established the engineering firm of Gibbs & Olson in Chehalis in 1945. Later a branch was located in Longview. Laurel was City Engineer for several communities. He served on the City Council for Winlock 27 years and one term as Mayor. After returning to Winlock, Margaret served the community in several ways, on the library board, P.T.A. and Com 163 (photo): L to R: Willard Adams, Margaret Gibbs, Elizabeth Adams, Laurel Gibbs, Janet Gibbs Adams, Charles "Tom" Gibbs, Jean Gibbs, and David Charles. Inset: Bob Gibbs munity Development Project. When Tom and Janet started college, she returned to teaching school, two years in Winlock, then 12 years in Castle Rock. Tom and Janet graduated from the University of Washington, Cum Laude. Bobby was a high school honor student and played football and basketball. During a basketball practice session in 1960, Bobby had a heart attack and died. He was not quite 17 years old. Tom, following his father's calling, became an engineer. He achieved national prominence in his field as Executive Director of Metro in Seattle. He later joined the staff as vice-president of CH2M Hill, an international engineering firm. He married Jean Eckstrom and they reside in Bellvue. They have two children, Claudia Jean and Todd Robert. Janet graduated from the U. of W. and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She married Willard Adams. They lived in Denver, Colo. where she taught in the high school. Later they moved to Seattle, where their daughter Elizabeth Ann was born and two years later Charles Gibbs Adams was added to their family. Laurel died Dec. 6, 1984 at age 86. Now I, Margaret Randt Gibbs, am sitting in the breakfast nook in this old home that has seen so much living. There have been three funerals conducted in this house and I, as a young girl, remember sitting in this same nook with the family during the services for first, my grandfather, then grandmother, then Aunt Jennie Sargent. There have been three weddings performed in this house. My sister Betty, daughter Janet and my brother Rowland, who married Kate Rose. One new baby, Bobby, arrived here. This nook with its big kitchen table has been the center of varied activities. When we butchered a hog, we kids cut up the fat while mother rendered the lard. We cut corn off the cob for canning, peeled apples, pears, or peaches for canning. Five generations of the Fowland Smith family have enjoyed good food, good conversation and togetherness in this nook. Memories that "bless and burn" as my mother Tenna would have said. By Margaret Randt Gibbs HENRY AND MABEL GIFFEY, LEE AND FRANCES GIFFEY Henry and Mabel (Lee) Giffey moved to Chehalis in 1942, having lived in Sunnyside and Ellensburg, after leaving Stanton, North Dakota, in 1936. They had a son, Lee, and a daughter, Gayle. Henry and Mabel owned and operated the Marshall-Wells Hardware Store for ten years. In 1952, the store was sold to their son and R.A. Sylvester at which time they retired. Henry died in 1970 after severa! years of poor health. Mabel moved to an apartment where she lived until her death in 1983. Lee Giffey was graduated from WSU in 1942 with a degree in Ag Econ. He then served four years in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. After being discharged in 1946, he joined his parents in the hardware business. In 1950 Lee married Frances Lawson. Frances grew up in Goldendale, Washington, and after graduating from WSU was a social worker for both Thurston and Lewis County Children Services. After her marriage she assisted her husband in the hardware business. They had two children. Carol Rae was born in 1953, and Mark Lee in 1956. Carol was graduated from U of W with a degree in Business Accounting and earned a CPA certificate. In 1977 she was married to Larry Haney, the son of T.J. and Vonda Haney. After Larry finished photography school at Brooks Institute they moved to Houston, Texas, where he was employed as a portrait photographer. Carol was a tax supervisor in an accounting firm. Mark Giffey earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from WSU in 1982. He later joined Dr. Galen Wedin at the ChehalisCentralia Veterinary Hospital. Gayle Giffey was graduated from CWCE in 1942 and taught grade school and P.E. for 30 years. She was married to Donn Keesler in 1958, for 14 years. After retiring from teaching she joined a Seattle realty firm and sold condominiums. WILLIAM GILK FAMILY On December 7,1926 a baby boy was born to Otto and Gertrude Gilk. He was named William Edward. He was born in Merrill, Wisconsin. Bill was the 10th of 13 children. He had 3 brothers and 9 sisters. When Bill was 9 years old his family moved from Wisconsin to Onalaska, WA. His father was a carpenter and had a job here. Bill started the 5th grade at Onalaska and graduated from there in 1944. After graduation he drove truck for G.R. Kirk Co. In February 1946 he met LaNell Neer. Then in May he went into the army. He was stationed at Fort Lewis, WA, where he took his basic training. On August 10, 1946 Bill and LaN ell were married. A week later Bill was on his way to Japan. He served there until June 1947. I, LaNell, was born to Ralph and Anna Neer on February 23, 1928 at Forest, WA. I had 2 brothers and 2 sisters and went to grade school at Forest and then went to Chehalis High School where I graduated in 1946. In February 1949 we bought a chicken farm at Marys Corner from Weldon Pascoe. We raised chickens for eggs for twelve years. Then Bill went to work in the woods as a timber faller. We also raised chickens but they were replacement pullets. On August 21, 1951, we had our first child, Walter Michael. William E. Jr. was born October 29,1957. Susan Marie was born December 2, 1958. Mike was graduated from W.F. West High School in 1970. He married Diana Olson April 3, 1971. He worked at the steam plant (WIDCO) for 7 years. Then they bought a chicken farm south of Napavine, WA. They have 2 children, Chad Michael was born September 12, 1975. Stefanie Lynn was born October 24, 1978. Bill Jr. graduated from Napavine High School in 1976 and is in the U.S. Air Force. Susan was graduated from Napavine High School in 1977 and from Central Wash. U. in 1981. She teaches History at Napavine High School. After 20 years in the woods and many an accident Bill now stays on the farm and raises chickens and beef cattle. We both bowl, hunt and fish. We just enjoy being out in nature. I belong to the Jackson Prairie Assembly. I teach children from four to six years old in Sunday School. By LaNell Gilk BILL GILLISPIE His church was the mountains and river that God created. Bill Gillispie, an accomplished hunter and fisherman, lived most of his life in Morton. He was but a lad of five, when his parents, O.J. and Lucinda Gillispie, moved to Glenoma from Hemlock, OH, in 1911. The first two years of his schooling was in Glenoma. In 1913, the family moved to Morton. When in the eleventh grade, Bill left school and, for over thirty years, spent his working days on the tie-docks of Morton, Lindberg, National, Carlsen, Mayfield or Onalaska. He was a contractor, tie loader and loaded ties for over sixty mill owners. During the depression years, when the tie loading was slow, Bill worked, at times, on the government CCC jobs, building roads in the Mt. Adams and Cispus country. It was in these mountains that Bill took his family for camping trips, fishing the lakes at the foot of Mt. Adams, during the summer, and, in the fall, picking hucklesberries and hunting the plentiful supply of grouse, pheasant, deer and elk. Bill, an avid hunter, was always watching for game. His eyes continually searching the alders and maples, as he traveled the highway. When 164 not hunting, he was usually reminiscing about the hunts he had been on. He knew, pretty well, where one could pick up a chinook or two in the Cowlitz or Cispus rivers, where he spent many hours fishing the holes that are now covered by the waters of Riffe Lake. One could nearly always find him on the banks of the Tilton River, when the steelhead were running. When the blackberries were just forming on the vines, one would meet Bill out scouting for the best berry patches. He then kept careful watch and, when ripe for picking, he was ready with buckets in hand. He was never impressed with formal occasions and, usually, headed for the rivers or mountains, when crowds began gathering. In 1930, he married Florence Cox Loomis. They lived in a number of different houses in town and, in 1944, moved to the little Aberdeen area. In 1962, they were divorced. Bill continued to live in the home, planting a large garden and giving a helping hand to all who asked. Bill and Florence had 3 children. Their first child was Elizabeth Jane (Betty) born January 26,1931, who married Albert Luond Jr. in September 1950. They had 2 boys who are William Albert born May 2, 1951 who married Susan Henry on May 30, 1974. Their second son is David William. Their second child is Mary Louise, born December 28, 1932 and married Gerald Swain on August 25,1951. They have 2 children, Vicki Lynn, born December 6, 1953 and married Jonathan Naslund May 31,1975. Two children were born to them. They are Keri Renee and Kelli Marie. The Swains second child is Teresa Ann, born August 19, 1955 and married Gordon Jensen, June 4, 1971. Their children are Christen Stanley and Jeri Lynn. The third child born to Bill and Florence is Donald William. He was born February 9,1934 and married Gaye Marie Mulligan on July 27, 1956. Their children are Kevin Donald, born August 5, 1959, Tony Lynn born October 25, 1961, and Kathy Marie, born November 16, 1969. Kathy married Jeff Pellitier and they had Christy Ann and Shawn. On November 1, 1979, Bill passed away. His last thoughts were of the hunting on Saturday, with Don and his boys. He is buried in the Morton Cemetery. By Mary Lou Swain GILLIS PIES OF WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINES Otey Jacob Gillispie was born 26 April 1879 in Crag, Greenbriar County, West Virginia. He was one of twelve children born to William and Frances Osborne Gillispie. When a young man he left for Perry County, Ohio, to work in the coal mines. It was here that Otey met, fell in love and married on July 11, 1905, Lucinda Snyder, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Snider) Snyder. Otey and Lucinda settled in Hemlock where three of their five children were born: William "Bill" on May 14, 1905, Ralph October 24, 1907 and Thelma August 27,1910. In 1911 O.J. moved his family from Hemlock to Glenoma, Washington near Sebastin and Annie Fisher's, a brother-in-law and sister of Lucinda's who had previously moved there in 1906. The Fisher's, living across from the Glenoma school, were owners of a general store. It was here that the Glenoma post office was first established on October 21, 1912. Sebastin was acting postmaster until 1935 at which time Anna Uden Fisher, wife of Clarence, a son, took over. O.J. worked as janitor for the school for a year or so and when Paul, a fourth child, born December 8,1912 was but a baby he moved his family to Morton. He then set about proving up on his 168 acre homestead site located on the Davis Lake road about two miles east of Morton. On November 29,1914, Harold, their last child, was born. In 1917 Otey was loading ties at the Chesser Mill. After retiring he spent many hours on the tie docks with sons, Bill and Ralph and grandson Don. At seventy years of age he was still pulling the ties. One day in the early 20's Bill and Ralph were amusing themselves by shooting sling shots at grouse and had put some red colored rocks on the porch. When Otey saw the rock he had the boys show him where they had gotten it. A very large vein of cinnebar ore was found and mined for a number of years. Otey was a man of large physique. Some say he had a fierce temper and one man you didn't want to fool with. One story is told of a time he wrestled a bear in Kosmos and won the bout. Both he and Lucinda had many friends and were well respected, by those of the community and surrounding area. Lucinda usually stayed close to home tending her home and family. She planted a large garden and raised chickens. She was active in Eastern Star and attended most meetings. Otey liked to hunt and camp and spent much of his time doing so. When hunting, he always told Don, his grandson, that he need only to carry two shells. One to scare the game up with and one to kill the game. He was an excellent shot and only shot at the head. An outdoors man true to his Appalachian heritage. Otey and Lucinda moved to the area known as "Old Town" during the late 20's. Here they lived until Lucinda passed away February 2, 1953. O.J. then moved to Elma, Washington, to live with his daughter, until his death April I, 1965. Both are buried in the Morton cemetery. By Don Gillispie RAY GLEASON Feb. 2, 1909 Ray and Alice Gleason came from Toledo to Morton for Ray to teach school. At the time Beatrice was four and Aubrey two. Their third child, Edna, was born August, 1910, in a log house rented from the Knittles. In 1889, the year Washington became a state, the B.P. Gleason family had emigrated from Indiana when Ray was six. Alice Ray came to Toledo from Missouri to live with an uncle, William Ray, in 1904 when she was twenty. There she met and married Ray Gleason in the Bill Ray house which still stands. In 1911 Ray and Alice purchased 30 acres of the Temple homestead in Davis Lake Valley. Lyle was born in 1912 and Verle in 1916 on this beginning of the Gleason 140 acre farm. In 1912 Alice's niece, Beulah Ray, came to live with Alice and Ray, and she became a member of the family. The 19 acre Woods property and home was purchased from Ed Barnum in 1919. Here Volana was born in 1921. Volana and her husband, Roscoe Gleason, now live in this house. Alice was living here at the time of her death in 1970. Dr. Harry Feagles delivered four of the Gleason children and was their family doctor for several years. On more than one occasion when Dr. Feagles was making house calls in the valley, he stopped at the Gleasons and had Alice go along to assist him. One such time was when he removed Mrs. Priest's appendix on the home kitchen table. We children were not permitted to use the multiparty telephone because of its need in such an emergency. Ray's seventeen years of teaching started at Toutle Lake, and included Salkum, Nesika, Cinebar, Shoestring, Morton, Kosmos, Glenoma and Davis Lake. In his last term (1919-1920) at Davis Lake he taught Beatrice, Aubrey, Edna, and Lyle. (See attached photo taken by Mrs. Fred Harper.) Ray quit teaching to become a full time farmer, but retained his desire to improve his standard of living. In 1925 he installed a 32 volt electric plant to have the first farm with electricity in Davis Lake Valley. Later, he organized the farmers in the valley to build an electric line to serve the valley from the service to Morton. Ray helped his son-in-law, Bert Corey, Beatrice's husband, establish the first bulk milk transfer from Eastern Lewis County to the Borden Company. This milk route later became the Darigold route, operated by Aubrey Gleason. Before Ray Gleason died he purchased the 160 acre Peter Anderson farm. This land was later sold by Ed Compton to U.S. Plywood Corpora (photo): Gleason Farm 1938 - Duane White (hired man), Ray Gleason, dog Ring. 165 (photo): Davis Lake Schoo1 1919-1920 First row (bottom): Lawrence Harper, Russell Davis, Leonard Edlund, Bruce Priest, Florence Dunaway, Mable Jobnson, Lyle Gleason, Conrad Edlund. Second row: Victor Edlund, Conrad Davis, Dendl Harper, Frank Dunaway, Myrtle Harper, Edna Gleason, Ethel Priest, Mabel Woods. Third row: Floyd Davis, Fannie Christian, Dulcie Edlund, Goldie Davis, Winnie Priest, Aubrey Gleason, Jack Dunaway. Fourth row (top): Willie Christian, Hansford Davis, Teddy Johnson, Lana Jobnson, Beatrice Gleason, Edith Dunaway, Teacher: Ray Gleason. tion, now the Champion Company. Verle Gleason, now retired from Champion, lives across the road from the mill on a piece of the earlier Gleason farm. Volana's son, Andrew Noel, lives on the one-acre plot of the Davis Lake School shown in the photo. RONALD HAROLD GLEASON FAMILY Ronald Gleason was born July 24, 1944, raised on the Core Place (later known as Gleason, Kennedy Ranches) at the Falls Road in the Randle area. He attended Randle schools, served in the U.S. Navy (Cuban Crisis, Vietnam War). Married Eloise Bloomstrom, had one child, a girl, Carmen Marie, born October 14, 1972 at Morton, Wa. Divorced, remarried Diana Lynn McCain Vinther. Diana was born June 27,1945 at Morton, Wa. attended Glenoma Grade School, White Pass High, Peterson Business College and Centralia College. First married to Bernard Russell Vinther, had one child, a girl Jennifer Jayne, born July 11, 1969 in Tacoma (Lakewood), Wa. Divorced, remarried Ronald December 23, 1975, had one child, a girl Heather Lynn, born February 17, 1976. Diana inherited 8 acres from Ballard and Jane Meade on which they built a home and farm along with the 40 acres of Helen McCain. Ronald inherited 2 acres of land on the Falls Road from Harold V. Gleason and Leona G. (Kercher) Gleason, his parents. Ronald and Diana added two children to their family on September 4, 1983. Twins, age 16, a boy Dennis Micheal Stamper; a girl Oelania Michelle Stamper. Ronald works for Champion Timberlands as a hook-tender, Diana is a homemaker. Memorable notes: that Diana charted and petitioned the first mail route delivery for Meade-Anderson Rd. Ballard Meade, grandfather took her for rides on a home sled pulled by a team of work horses in the snow. Ballard and neighbors had a private phone system, Wild Cat Line, years later, he received the first installed telephone of Meade Hill. Grandmother Jane Meade made beautiful clothing from home spun wool yarn she made from family farm sheep, also made good batches of homemade wine. Ronald notes his grandmother Alice Gleason (Ray) always had a beautiful flower and vegetable garden. Grandfather Ray Gleason was a teacher for Morton School District. GLEASON FAMILY In 1889 two brothers came to Washington from Indiana, Wakefield B. Gleason and Philetus Gleason. Wakefield came in 1887 and returned to Indiana two years later and came with his family and his brother's family. Both families rented a box car and each family had one end of the car with their possessions. Wakefield married Ellen Duke in 1880 in Jacksonville, Indiana. A son Grant Porter was born July 4, 1887. He died April 9, 1974. The family settled (photo): Olive Scherer Gleason and Grant Gleason in the Toledo area. Mr. Gleason worked in the woods and farmed. Grant attended Toledo schools and graduated from high school in Toledo. In 1909 the family moved to the Chehalis area. A farm was purchased on the Macomber road. In 1911 W.B. Gleason and wife sold the farm and bought 160 acres on the Newaukum Valley road. Another brother and sister came west, James Gleason and Ellen. James died in 1916 while visiting his brothers. Ellen taught school in the Chehalis area, and was married to a Mr. Rook. When he died, she married a Mr. Jones. They left the area and moved to Eureka, California where she is buried. The Grant Gleason family stayed on the Macomber area and worked in Macombers Mill. He married Olive Scherer Sept. 10, 1911. Olive was the youngest daughter of Emma and Daniel Scherer. She was born March 31, 1892, and died June 17,1976. This marriage produced 3 boys; Harry, Roscoe and Victor. Harry was born June 24,1912, Roscoe November 19, 1913 and Victor April 9, 1915. The Grant Gleason family moved in with his father and mother on the Newaukum Valley farm in 1914. The boys all attended Newaukum Valley Grade School and Napavine High School. Harry married Elsie Hinchliffe who lived in Puyallup. Elsie was born in England November 17, 1910. Elsie died June 27, 1984. Two boys in Harry Gleason's family are Gary, born August 5, 1940 and Wayne, August 28,1944. Both boys attended Chehalis Schools and both graduated from WSU. Gary married Karen Kure, a Chehalis girl on November 28, 1964. They had two boys. David, born July 18, 1968 and Brian, November 12,1971. Gary taught school in Port Angeles. Wayne was in the army during the Vietnam conflict. He later returned to the home place. Roscoe married Alice Holman on June 16, 1935. Three children, Janice, born June 3, 1936, Steve, born July 23, 1937 and Kay Joan, born May 9, 1939. Janice married Don Carlson in June 1962. Two boys from this marriage Ruston Dean Carlson was born November 26, 1963 and Douglas Lee Carlson was born February 17, 1966. Joan married Charles Budai Sept. 12, 1963. Three children: Mark, born October 24, 1966, Anna, born February 8, 1968 and Lydia, born January 17, 1971. Roscoe's first wife Alice died in November 1971. He then married Volana Gleason Noel on August 31, 1973. Roscoe's son Steve died December 2, 1983. Victor married Ruth Cook, a Pullman girl, on March 28, 1944. They had one girl Helen. She married Richard Scott Thompson, October 21, 1967. They had two children a boy and girl. Victor died in 1952. By Harry Gleason B.P. GLEASON FAMILY 1898 The Gleason family had its early beginnings in the Toledo area of Lewis county in April 1889, a few months before the territory became a state. Benona Philetus (BP) Gleason, his wife Martha Alice, twin boys, Delmer and Elmer, son, Ray, and daughter, Blanche arrived by immigrant train, moving livestock and household belongings from Angola, Indiana. Wakefield Benton Gleason, a brother, arrived with them. (Their story is written elsewhere.) The descendants of these children have married and produced many who still reside in Lewis County. Delmer married Olive, a young widow with a daughter; Pearl. Delmer and Olive had three daughters, Esther, Ethel, and Ruth. Esther (now deceased) married Leslie Pratt, having a large family and living entire life in Toledo com 166 (photo): Ray Gleason, Blanche Martin, C. Mildred Caldwell, F. Martha Alice Gleason, Rachel Reidt, Grace Larson. (photo): Benona Philetus and Martha Alice Gleason. munity. Ethel married George Layton, having several children, living many years in Olympia where she worked in the license department and George drove a Greyhound bus. Ruth married Clarence Allison and lived many years in Toledo area. She was widowed when her two children were young. She later moved to Eugene, Oregon. Jim Allison still lives on home place on Tucker Rd. (photo): Twins - Delmer J. and Elmer Gleason. After Olive's death, Delmer married Alice Mathews, a young widow with several children. They had two girls, Viola and Rieba. Viola lives in Seattle and Rieba in Texas. This marriage ended by divorce. Delmer later married Olive Caldwell, sister of Albert Caldwell who had married his sister, Mildred. Both Olive and Delmer are buried in the Toledo Cemetery. Elmer married Lottie Mehl, having three children, Bernice, Stanley, and Lawerance. Bernice married a Mathews and lives in Stevenson; Stanley died a young man; Lawerance married Iretha Hoeteling and lives in the Napavine area. Elmer lived many years in the Toledo and Centralia communities. Ray Gleason, the third child, received his teaching certificate at 18 and began a career of teaching which lasted 17 years. He then retired to a life of farming in the Morton area. He married Alice Ray, sister of Kestler and Arthur Ray, and niece of William Ray, early pioneer of the Toledo area. She arrived in Toledo in April 1905, visiting her uncle. By September 10, they were married, she being attracted to Ray's dark, curly, auburn hair and he being attracted to Alice's fair complexion and dark eyes. They had six children: Beatrice, Aubrey, Edna, Lyle, VerIe, and Volana. Beatrice married Herbert (Bert) Corey. They had four children - Betty, Willodine (Billie), Ray, and Herb. She now resides in Federal Way, being widowed in 1959. Aubrey, who lived many years in Morton area and later in Toledo, married Eileen Haskins Hobbs. He adopted her son James and had two more children, Wayne and Jennifer. Aubrey died in 1980 and is now interred in Toledo Cemetery. His widow, Eileen, and two children, James and Jennifer Ball still live in the Toledo area. Wayne, (Rusty) now lives in Colorado. Lyle attended Washington State University, becoming an electrical engineer. He married Nola Ball and resides in Seattle, now retired from Seattle City Light, after working there as Chief Supervising Electrical Engineer. They had two girls, Sandra and Trenna, who both are married and living In the' Seattle area. Verle married Leona Kercher and lived in Randle area many years before moving to Morton where he now resides. Their children are Gerald, Ronnie, Nancy, and Ray. All have married. Ronnie and Ray live at Randle, whereas Gerald lives in Centralia and Nancy (now Enger) lives in Olympia. Volana married Andrew Franklin Noel (Frank) and had three children - Lois, Smiles, and Andrew Franklin, Jr. Lois married Gerald Goble of Randle and had two children, Jodery, married to Sandra Goddard, and Melanie. Smiles married Ronald Pierce and has four children - Brendan, Ronda, Karma, and Amanda. Andy (Andrew, Jr.), married Charleen Hays and has three children, Frank (Andrew Franklin, III), Wesley, and Alice Volana. Andy now lives next door to his mother on Priest Rd. Volana Noel was widowed when her husband, Frank, died suddenly in 1959, leaving her with a 10 year old son and two teenage daughters. She attended college with her daughters, first at Centralia College, then at Western Washington "State University, leaving her son, Andy, with her mother, Alice Gleason. In 1964, she began teaching English at White Pass, Randle, moving to Morton High School three years later. She continued her education receiving her Master's Degree in 1971. She taught a total of 17 years, retiring in 1981 and now residing on Priest Rd. She married Roscoe Gleason in 1973 and lived for five years at Kelso and Salkum before returning to the home which was her birth place. Having changed her name back to her maiden name she now uses the full name Volana Noel Gleason. She and her husband Roscoe are raising beef cattle and horses on the farm her father and mother, Ray and Alice Gleason owned and operated until 1945. At that time Frank and Volana Noel bought the place from them as poor health kept them from operating it longer. Ray Gleason died in 1948 and Alice Gleason died in 1970. Both are buried in the Toledo Cemetery. But to get on with the other children of the B.P. Gleasons: Blanche, the first daughter, married George Noah, having one son, George who was killed at age 21 in a logging accident. They had moved to Ferndale, both George and George Jr. are buried in Ferndale Cemetery. Blanche remarried to Martin Warner and lived many years in Seattle and later moving to Tenino. Both Blanche and Martin are buried in Toledo Cemetery. The children born after they arrived in Oregon Territory as it was then, were Grace, Mildred, and Rachel. Grace married Walter Hill. They had three sons: Clyde was killed in World War II, Harold married Genevieve Merryman, having one son, Raymond. They live at Randle. Edgar married Geraldine Corea; they have two daughters - Leslie is married to Steve Hausserman, and residing in Randle. They have two children, Lisa and Elizabeth. Debbie is married to Jim O'Connor and residing in Centralia. They have one daughter, Julie. Grace was widowed when Edgar was a baby, Walt being killed in a logging accident. She later married Albert L. Larson. Both are now deceased and buried in Toledo Cemetery. Mildred married Albert Caldwell. He worked as a logger in the Toledo area for many years. They had two girls, Violet and Gilberta. Violet died as a small child and is buried in Fern Hill Cemetery in Chehalis. Gilberta married Shirley Smith and now resides in Toledo. Both Mildred and Albert Caldwell are buried near other brothers and sisters in the Toledo Cemetery. Rachel married Francis (Frank) Riedl and had two children, Frances and Harland. She still resides in the Curtis area, although being a widow for several years. Frances married Wayne Richardson and lives in Adna. They have two 167 children, Patricia and Ronnie. Pat married Roy Pratt and lives in Toledo. They have three children, Terry, Jeff, and Cheryl. Ronnie lives in the Chehalis area. Space does not permit further elaboration, but from that humble and difficult beginning of the B.P. Gleason family in the wooded area of Layton Prairie near Toledo, many self-respecting citizens were born and still call Lewis County their home. Both of those early pioneers are interred at the Lone Hill Cemetery on Layton Prairie near Toledo. GORDON FAMILY Russell and Jean (Kelley) Gordon arrived in Lewis county on the 7th of June 1963. Russell had a job with Taylor Drilling Co. which was drilling gas storage wells in the Mary's Corner area. A cousin, Robert (Tub) Patton and his wife, Helen, and daughter, Linda (Susie), followed a few days later. The Gordons lived for a short time in an apartment in Chehalis, later moving to Cabin 4 at the Mary's Corner Motel, next door to the Pattons. >From late in 1963 until the spring of 1964 Jean and Russell lived in the Myrtle Point, Oregon area, after which time they returned to Lewis county. While in Oregon, Russell worked for Georgia-Pacific, and Jean at the Mast Hospital in Myrtle Point. . On March 17, 1965 Russell went to work at the Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Project on Zandecki road where he still works as an operator. Jean worked at the McMillan Nursing Home south of Chehalis from 1965 until 1969, when she went to work at the St. Helens Hospital in Chehalis, continuing there until 1975. Russell J.R. Gordon was born 4 July 1927 in Jennings, Oklahoma to Floyd M. Gordon and Edith Lola Barnes. During World War II Russell served in the Navy, and on the 27th of September 1952 at Mt. Vernon, Illinois he and Jean were married. Imogene (Jean) Kelley Gordon was born 16 December 1921 at Wet Prairie, Arkansas. She was the daughter of James Douglas Kelley and Mary Ellen Holcomb. Jean was first married to John William Guest, Sr. who was killed 24 June 1945. They had two children, John William Guest, Jr. (John Bill), and Carolyn Jean Guest. John William Guest, Jr. was born 12 Aug. 1940 Jennings, Oklahoma, and married first Paulette Dean. They had two daughters, Kim Marie and Nannett Lynn. He married second Audra Scott. Presently he is married to the former Terri Stocking, they reside in Independence, Kansas. Carolyn Jean Guest was born 3 July 1943 in Oilton, Oklahoma, and married first Alvin Shields. They had two children, Karon Jean and Russell Allen. She married second Harry Hyde, and they have one son Walter Ellis. Carolyn and Harry now reside in Dallas, Oregon. In the last few years Jean has done some research on both her Kelley and Russell's Gordon families. She has found both early pioneers of the southern states, and midwest, plus tying some lines into the European Royalty. It has proven interesting to find their ancestors taking part in the building of this country, and the descendants are continuing in their footsteps. By Linda (Susie) Patton GORZELANCYK FAMILY Martin and Hedwig Gorzelancyk, with three children Bernice, Josephine and Stephen, migrated from Poland to America in May 1893. (photo): Helen Gorzelancyk Dierenger, Hedwig Gorzelancyk, Andrew Gorzelancyk, Josie Gorzelancyk Baxter, unknown, Agnes Gorzelancyk Ellis, Kluber Hopfield. Martin's brother, Michael, married Hedwig's sister, Katherine, who was already living near Ethel. Another sister, Marianne, married Anthony Zandecki. They rented a farm nearby where the three younger children Andrew, Helen and Agnes were born. Andrew was born in the woods while Hedwig was walking home from a visit with Katherine. Helen, at the age of four, had a near-fatal accident when an iron pot of boiled potatoes spilled, scalding her leg from knee to ankle. The removal of the long stocking brought flesh with it. After months of agony, a miracle in the form of an Indian woman came and showed the distraught parents how to cure the burn with dried puffball powder. In 1907 the family moved to the Curtis Hill Road onto the knoll farm 11/4 miles S.W. of Adna, overlooking the Chehalis River Valley with Mt. Rainier in the distance. It was at this time the family fanning mill, now resting on display in the Lewis County Museum, came into use. All children had conventional weddings except Bernice, who married a Polish man from Pe Ell, Antone Zaikowski. The wedding lasted three days until all the alcoholic refreshments and food dwindled as did the wedding guests. Helen wed Henry Daringer of the Toledo pioneer family and they resided in Portland, Oregon. Stephen married Edna Judkins of Bunker and Josephine married Howard Baxter of Indiana. Both couples lived in Lewis County. Agnes wed Jess Ellis of St. Helens, Oregon. Andrew, a veteran of World War I, wed Edith Winkler, daughter of John P. Winkler of Adna. They lived all their lives on the 165 acre farm which they eventually bought from Hedwig. Their daughter, Vivian, was born in the still standing old white farm house. >From the late 1920's through the 1960's strawberries, grain, chickens, pigs and cows were the largest source of income. Frank and Vivian Huckstep spent a portion of their married life on acreage across from the old house. Their only daughter, Vivianne born in 1957, along with her half-brother Frank G. Huckstep and mother and grandmother, Edith, all graduated from Adna Schools. The land was sold and divided into Sleepy Hollow and Curtis West additions around 1970. Presently Vivian, now married to Marion J. Stover of Onalaska, remains on a thirteen acre portion of the original farm, where Stover has a wood working shop in the old barn. By Vivial. Gorzelancyk Stover HOWARD AND ELIZABETH GRAUMAN'S FAMILY Howard Harvey Grauman was born in Centralia on July 22, 1915 at the home of his grandparents, Emery and Fannie Carver, on Alder Street. His parents were Gustav and Cora Grauman, and their home was on Borthwick Street at the time. He had four brothers: Alva, Earl, Emery and Loren. The only brother still living is the youngest, Loren. (photo): Howard and Elizabeth Grauman, Betty Ann and Gary Howard grew up in Centralia and attended school here. He went to work with his father cutting firewood for a number of years and then later made a living by picking ferns. In 1940 he married Elizabeth Olga Rudolph who was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, on May 12,1917. Her family came to the U.S.A. in 1921. They lived in Colgan, No. Dakota. Later they moved to Zahl, No. Dakota. While there, her mother, Olga Rudolph, corresponded with Mrs. Stephanie Leyman of Centralia for several years. The crops in No. Dakota had been a total failure for a number of years. Through this correspondence she learned things were much better in Washington, so she brought her family to Centralia in 1934. She also has a brother, Heinz, who lives in Centralia, and two sisters. Hilda lives in Reedsport, Oregon, and Helga lives in Kent, Washington. Our daughter, Betty Ann, was born on November 29, 1941. She is married to David Good and they live in Tumwater, Washington. They have two children: Neil is 15, and Emily is 13. Dave works for Capitol Business Machines in Olympia and Betty Ann for the state. Our son, Gary Howard, was born May 20, 1954. He is married to Betty Lou Townsend and they live at Cinebar, Washington. Their son, Craig, is 2 1/2 and they are expecting another in the fall. Gary is a planning engineer for WIDCO. In 1942 Howard went to work at McChord Air Force base and was there until the end of the war and then we returned to Centralia. Howard went to work for Kraft Foods in Chehalis and worked there for 22 years until they closed the plant. Later he worked for 6 1/2 years for the Centralia School District. I worked for Perry Brothers candling eggs for a number of years and then worked as a meat wrapper for Fullers and Safeway. In 1948 we bought my mother's home on Howard Street and she moved to town. We are now retired and still live at 2611 Howard Street. Howard has lived in Lewis County all of his life and I have lived here for 50 years. We enjoy our home and family and have made many friends over the years. By Elizabeth (Rudolph) Graumon 168 RUTH RAYTON GRAVES I, Ruth E. Rayton (Mrs. Rodney Graves) was born 3 Dec. 1915, Ceres, Washington. My parents: Le Roy Harison Rayton; b, Cowlitz Praire, WA, 16 Apr. 1890; d. Tacoma, WA, 5 Aug.1942; M. Sylvia Skien 12 Oct. 1915. (photo): Ruth, Neva, Irene, Sylvia and Roy Rayton Their first home was a log cabin (where I was born) on 240 acres of land owned by my grandmother near Ceres (Hopdale), WA. My father bought 40 acres from her for $500, hired released prisoners from the nearby prison at Meskill to help clear the land for farming, and built a house and barn. He shipped milk by train to Darigood in Chehalis and also worked days on the county road. I had three sisters: Ethel Bernice, b. 9 May 1917, Ceres, WA; Neva LaVerne, b. 27 Oct. 1918, Ceres, WA; and Irene Marie, b. 17 April 1924, Chehalis, WA. In the spring of 1922 the farm was sold and we moved to Onalaska. That fall we moved to PeEll where I went to first grade. My father and his stepbrother Earl Adams ran a garage there. The following spring we moved to Chehalis where I attended Cascade School. We had a special music teacher, exercises in the gym, a brand new slide, and access to the Chehalis Library. After finishing the fourth grade, we moved to Meskill, went to school there through the eighth grade, and on to Bostfort High School, graduating in 1934. I met Rodney Graves in high school. We married 20 Aug. 1938, in Centralia, WA. He was working for Weyerhaeuser at that time. November, 1941 he began work at Todd Shipyard in Tacoma, where we moved from Adna and have lived on 80th Street. After WW II, he worked at Hooker Chemical Co. until his retirement in 1978. Four children were born to us: Marilyn Anita, b. 23 Sept. 1940, Chehalis, WA, m. 12 Dec. 1964 to Laurence Clampith, Seattle, WA. She works as a bookkeeper/accountant. Larry Richard, b. 5 May, 1942, Tacoma, WA, m. 7 June 1964 to Sondra Sommers, Lacy, WA. Larry graduated from the University of Puget Sound June, 1965. He is now working as a chemist for Georgia Pacific in Tacoma. They have a daughter, Kelly Ann, Hercules, CA, b. 14 Jan. 1972. Barbara Jean, b. 29 June, 1946, m. 7 July 1968, to Edward Lockner, Seattle, WA. They both graduated from Ellensburg. Barbara has a degree in Education and taught 5 years in the Shoreline District. She also does volunteer work. They have a daughter, Sherri Marie, b. 21 April, 1974 in Seattle. Kathryn Elaine, b. 25 Nov. 1950, Tacoma, WA. She graduated from Washington State College, Pullman in 1972. She is selling for I.D.S., Lisle, IL near Chicago. CHILDREN OF HAMILTON GRAY - 1886/1887 While Hamilton Gray never travelled farther west than Tennessee, he saw the lush Cowlitz Prairie and the majesty of the Cascades, crowned by Mt. St. Helens, through the eyes of his children and grandchildren. In 1886 and 1887, five of his eight children and their families came to the northern bank of the Cowlitz River, above what is now Toledo, from their homes in Roane and Loudon Counties of eastern Tennessee. Headed by the eldest son, Thomas A. Gray, but pushed by the younger son, William A. Gray, Hamilton's progeny arrived in hope of finding a new life, one not built on the ashes of the Civil War. Thomas A. Gray arrived with his children Edward, Mary Catherine, Samuel E., and Noah by his first wife, Edna C. Sams. Family tradition has it that he was widowed, shortly before leaving Tennessee, under questionable circumstances. He soon married again and had four more children: William H., John, Maude A., and Tenna, all of whom were born in Washington. Thomas is credited with having the first threshing machine with a traction engine in Lewis County. It is said that he purchased it in the east, brought it via rail to Winlock, and spent two days moving it to the prairie where the first threshing was to be done. Thomas was president of the St. Helens mining company at the time of his death in 1907. William Gray married Elizabeth Nancy Staley in 1868 and had nine children, the last of whom were born in Washington: Thomas Henry, James Martin (Bart), Henderson Burt, Raymond Scott, Viola, Mary Susan, Daisey Lilly May, George Shannon, and Nellie Louise Belle. His wife died in 1891 and he later married Lois Harrington of Win lock by whom daughter Olive was born. It is said that during the Civil War, William A. Gray operated as a Confederate saboteur, disabling rail lines, blowing bridges and destroying military supplies. Perhaps it was as a result of that railroad experience that during the 1870's and early 1880's, he was employed as a land agent for a railroad company, signing settlers for the move west and, incidentally, making sure that they not only traveled by rail but purchased land from the railroad upon their arrival. William took up land across from what is now the Toledo airport. While it was a working farm, however, his interests lay in the vast timber and mineral wealth of the Cascade Mountains to the east. During the next thirty years, William owned a lumber mill on the prairie; bought and sold farmland, timber rights, and mineral claims. It was he who opened many of the mines near the foot of Mt. St. Helens including the Black Prince, Minnie Lee, Polar Star and, nearer Mossyrock, Soda Springs. It has been said that the copper from which the statue of Sacajewea (in Longview) was made, came from one of his mines. At the exposition in Portland in 1907, he distributed a prospectus for his Cascadia Mining & Development Company and displayed samples of ore taken from claims held by the company. In August of 1918, Bill Gray died while showing one claim to prospective investors and was carried out of the Cascade wilderness on the back of a pack mule. This Gray family was the first on the prairie to have carbide lamps and, shortly thereafter, electric lights. They owned one of the first three automobiles in the county and as serving as county commissioner, William's son Thomas Henry Gray was credited with being responsible for laying the first paved road in the region. Louisa Jane, eldest daughter of Hamilton Gray, arrived in Lewis County in 1886 with the daughter of her first marriage, Louella Heilands, and her second husband, William Hendrix. They took charge of the farm purchased by her brother, William A. Gray, until he moved his family there the following year. They then moved to Winlock where William was an engineer at a sawmill. Louisa's obituary, written by". . . her pastor of five years. . ." made the following claims, "Her parents' uncle carried the first American flag across the ocean. Four lawyers and five preachers were blood relatives of hers, while a few generations back Alexander Hamilton of America (sic) fame is found in the family chain." Hamilton Gray's other two daughters also arrived in Lewis County in 1886. Nancy M. Gray had married T.J. Carmichael and Isabella had married Thomas Wright in Tennessee a few years earlier. Both families settled in the "Big Bottom" country near what is now Randle. The descendants of Hamilton Gray's children, who trace their heritage to Cowlitz Prairie, now number in the hundreds. While many still live on or near the prairie or in other Lewis County towns, they are also now found from Connecticut to California as well as throughout all of the Western States. Their stories and a detailed account of their heritage may be found in "The Gray Family of Cowlitz Prairie" (1981), by Robert W. Layton, available in private collections throughout western Washington. Additional information relating to portions of the Gray Family may be found under the biographies of other early Lewis County settlers including (among others) Contois. By Robert W. Layton WILLIAM ALLYN GREEAR William Allyn Greear was born May 7,1942, in Ryderwood, Washington. He attended schools in Ryderwood, Vader and Toledo, Washington, where he graduated from Toledo High School in 1960. He then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served in Connecticut, Korea, and Texas until 1964. During this time he met Ina Jeanette Aust (born August 29, 1943 in Chehalis). Bill's Grandmother was sending him the home town paper. Ina was pictured in the "Chronicle" as Lewis County Dairy Princess. She had graduated from Boistfort High School. Bill remarked to friends that she lived only a few miles from Ryderwood and they jested over his stopping to see her. Bill drove through Wildwood at Boistfort, saw the name on the mailbox and dropped in just to say he had met the lady. Ina became Bill's wife on May 7,1962. (photo): William and Ina Greear They moved to Del Rio, Texas when be returned from Korea. It was Ina's first trip outside Washington. The desert country seemed flat 169 (photo): Effie Jergens Vernon and Marguerite Greear and barren. They came to appreciate the animals and cacti of the South, but were happy to return to Boistfort two years later. Michael Allyn, born December 9, 1962, had become a tanned, Texas baby, complete with cowboy hat and a toy jumping horse. His horse rode home on the top of the pickup and was the first thing to be unloaded each evening. Mike, like Bill, showed the Cherokee heritage with his dark brown hair and eyes. (photo): Allyn and Cecelia Neely and Cecelia Bill's family settled into a home at Boistfort and he worked as a surveyor for Weyerhaeuser. Michelle (Missy) Alene joined them on August 3, 1965. She was blonde and green-eyed. The family moved to Adna when she was 1 month old. They began attending Adna Evangelical Church. A 10 acre home became available 10 miles from Adna up the Bunker Creek Road. The family moved there and enjoyed the trees, the creek, a little log cabin playhouse and country living. The place became really pretty as Mike and Missy grew to be great helpers for their parents. When Missy was going into third grade, and Mike into fifth grade; the family moved to Jennings Lodge, Oregon, where Bill began attending Western Evangelical Seminary, in 1973. Bill's credits from Yale, University of Washington, Centralia College and USAFI were accepted and he worked towards a Master's with a double major in Christian Education and Theology. After several adventurous years, the family returned to Adna and Boistfort. On July 9, 1978, Mark Aaron joined them. No baby was ever more loved as he had 4 adults doting over him! He looked so much like Mike with his dark hair and eyes that it made Bill and Ina feel extreme joy. The family moved to Chehalis, Washington, where Bill was working as a Title Examiner and Plant Manager, for Title Guaranty Company of Lewis County. Mary Anna came to bless them on August 10, 1982. She was a much welcomed blonde, with brown eyes. Mike and Missy graduated from Napavine Christian School. During their schooling, they learned to play musical instruments. Mike played the guitar in a quartet that won the National ACE School Award. He also played the accordian, bells, harmonica, violin and piano. Missy won several state awards on the organ. She also played the bells and piano. Both sang with several music groups. Michael and Michelle moved to Nampa, Idaho to attend Northwest Nazarene College. They are both English majors looking toward Master's degrees. The family enjoys the summers when we are six together bonded with love for one another. By Ina J. Greear ISAAC GREEAR Isaac Greear (born in 1789) was a farmer in Scott County, Virginia, with real estate holdings valued at $3,500, according to the 1850 Scott County census. His wife's name was Polly (born in 1793). He had a son, William H.F.? (born in 1824) who was a farmhand, and a daughter, Susan (born in 1828) who was a weaver. Isaac appears in the 1850 census as a head of household contemporary with Noah Greear (born in 1791), either of whom could have been the father of Thompson Greear. Isaac appears the most likely to have been Thompson's father, according to census data. ISAAC ELBERT GREEAR Isaac Elbert Greear was born on February 17, 1859 in Ft. Blackmore, Virginia. On April 15, 1879, he married Elvira Tibitha A. Banner (born January 22, 1864) in Pound, Virginia. Elvira's great-grandmother was Tabitha Dickenson (born in Tennessee in 1804) who married William Gibson (born in 1795 in Washington County, Virginia) on July 6, 1820 in Castlewood, Virginia. William Gibson was a Colonel in the war of 1812 and was honorably discharged at Fort Barbour in December, 1814. William and Tabitha parented Margaret Maria Gibson on April 28, 1829. William died August 27, 1865 and Tabitha passed away January 28, 188,8. On March 18, 1857 in Russell County, Virginia, Margaret married Charles Henderson H. Banner. He was born January 17, 1829, in Scott County, Virginia. Their children were Harriet V.L. Banner, (born January 31, 1858), Martha C.M. Banner (born December 4, 1859), Edwin J.T. Banner, (born December 1, 1869) and Elvira T.A. Banner (born January 22, 1864). Charles died in Wise County, Virginia, on October 1, 1864, soon after Elvira Tibitha was born. Margaret Gibson Banner served as a doctor's assistant during the Civil War and continued to help ailing people during the remainder of her life. The number of babies she delivered in her mountainous section of Virginia, if known, probably would astound the imagination. Margaret passed away on September 18, 1915. Isaac and Elvira welcomed a son, William Freeland who was born in Pound on the 5th day of March, 1886. The family (Isaac and Elvira and their 12 children) moved to Chehalis, Washington in March, 1903. One of the children, Emmett, died enroute to Chehalis and was buried on the Greenwood Cemetery in Chehalis. THOMPSON GREEAR Thompson Greear was born in 1819 in Virginia. On March 12, 1850, in Scott County Virginia, he married Sarah B. Frazier, who was a Virginia girl born in 1832. Their children were Mary (born in 1852), James (born in 1854), Rebecca (born in 1856) and Isaac Elbert (born in 1859). VERNON WELDON GREEAR Vernon Weldon Greear began working as a logger for Long Bell in 1934 in Ryderwood, Washington. He had attended Onalaska schools, as had a lass of Irish descent named "Peggy." Peggy Neely saw 3 of her grandparents live most of their lives at Roy, Washington. Peggy's mother's parents, Franz Josef Jergens and Effie Barton Jergens were in Chicago, Illinois on March 22, 1900. A daughter Cecelia Frances was born. Later her brother, George, came along. They moved to Kansas, but times were very hard. Frank decided to leave them and travel west. Effie and the children were obliged to become "poor relation" who worked and stayed with other families for room and board. They often moved every month, and had almost given up hearing from Frank after 2 1/2 years of silence. Then a letter came! He owned a tie mill at Roy, Washington. Would they come? Yes, responded Effie, who thought neckties must be in demand. 170 As it turned out, railroad ties were being made from lumber cut from Frank's farm. Some of the lumber for Franz Jergen's ties was supplied by Milford Neely. Milford's family had come from County Galway, Ireland, where the Neely name was derived from MacGonghaile (in Antrim County-MacNeilly). He had married Sarah Adelaide Lane and moved west from Rock Hill, Missouri. Their sons were Allyn Milford (born July 12, 1892) and Owen Lane (born December 4, 1894). Allyn worked for Franz Jergens. Allyn married Frank's daughter Cecelia. In 1917 their daughter Cecelia Anne Adelaide was born. The death of twin boys brought Allyn and Cecelia sorrow. Marguerite Allene was born on August 24, 1920 in Tacoma, Washington and Edna Evelyn (who married Donald Mills and is mother of John, Brad, Jack and Dawn) was born in October 29, 1922. In 1927, Allyn married Leota Dell Reynolds and the addition of two halfsisters, Leota May (who married Donald Littleton and is mother of Marian and Donna) and Charlotte Arlene (who married Richard McGee and is mother of Gary, Allison and Stanley) gave Allyn a total of 5 smiling daughters. At high noon on Saturday, March 22, 1941, Vern married Marguerite Allene ("Peggy") Neely in Chehalis, Washington. They went to Vader for a weekend honeymoon and stayed there 6 years. During this time, William, Judith, Larry and Jeanette were born at the Ryderwood First Aid Station. The family eventually moved to Ryderwood. When the opportunity came for Vern to manage the Abernathy Forest Association holdings (later International Paper Company) in 1953, they moved into the company's Ryderwood home. Annual Greear picnics were held on the wooded grounds. Vern's mother, Eddie Eileen Smothers Greear, left her restaurant and traveled from Onalaska for these reunions. Other great uncles, Walter Greear, Edward Greear, Arthur (Jack) Greear, John Wesley Greear, and great aunts, Mona Greear Desjardin, Etta Greear Young, Margaret Greear Adams and Lilly Greear Phillips were usually in attendance. Another great aunt Freida Smothers Jobe, lived in Aberdeen. Vern's father, William Freeland Greear had died when Vern was only 14. Eddie was usually accompanied by Vern's sister Wilma (who married Tom Hindman and is the mother of Delbert) or Vern's brother David (who married Margaret Richard and is the father of Laurie, Toni, Julie and David Jr.). A younger brother, Delbert was a victim of World War II. WILLIAM FREELAND GREEAR William married Eddie Eileen Smothers in Montesano, Washington on July 1, 1913. Eddie had been born November 29,1894, in Winoma, Missouri, and had two brothers and two sisters (Harry Smothers, Clyde Smithers, Floy Smithers Davis and Freida Smothers Jobe). A son, Vernon Weldon was born February 5, 1915 at Doty, Washington. ELMER AND ANNA (HINES) GREELEY Elmer Greeley came to Centralia in 1895 from Tippewa Falls, Wisconsin, following the death of his wife bringing with him his three children: Alice, Emory and Violet. In 1896 he met Anna Hines whose family had come from Texas to homestead at North River. Their home was destroyed by fire. The family moved to Centralia to a home on West Locust where the main building of the college now stands. (photo): Rev. Elmer Greeley Elmer and Anna married in 1897 soon after Anna completed her schooling at the U. of W. They moved to California in 1901 returning to Centralia in 1904 and both became ordained ministers in the Church of God. Wishing to pursue their Christian work, they returned to California where Elmer worked as a carpenter and ministered on Sundays. In 1917, Elmer and Anna adopted Harold (Bud) from a California orphanage. In 1919, they adopted Lorene. In 1930, the family returned to Washington where they farmed. By this time, the older children were grown. Elmer served as pastor of the Centralia church alternating with Edward Amondson. The church was located on Oak and Walnut. Later moved to Alder and Cherry to provide room for the college. The church has since built a new structure on Borst Avenue. Elmer died in 1947 at 83. Anna died in 1974at 96. Harold (Bud) married Dorothy Bradford. They had one daughter, Judy, born in 1940. Harold was a journeyman electrician, avid rose grower, past president of the Lewis County Rose Society, member of Royal National Rose Society of England, an accredited rose judge and consulting rosarian. He was past president of the local unit of IBEW and active in union causes. A former state committeeman of the Democrats and a member of Afifi Shrine and other Masonic orders. He died in 1973 at 55. He left a strong imprint on the history of Lewis County. Lorene married Henry Reese and lives in Hemet, California. They have two daughters. Lorene is a talented artist, past matron of Eastern Star and Amaranth. Also past president of Business and Professional Women in that city. The Greeley and Hines family histories are a rich heritage. The Hines family came from Texas . . . true pioneers. Grandpa Hines was a colorful figure in Centralia riding his bicycle with his long white beard flowing. Anna's attending college was an indication of her desire for knowledge. Elmer Greeley was a man of great character. Those who knew him said if ever there was a saint on earth, it was Elmer. He was a self-taught man. When Elmer and Anna adopted the two children, it was truly out of love. They had little worldly goods to share but whatever sacrifices they made were never regretted. They wanted to provide a loving home. They were successful. No children were ever loved more. JOHN AND BETTY (BORDEN) GREEN FAMILY John Green moved to the Adna area in the summer of 1975 to become principal of Adna High School. They bought a house with small acreage on Curtis Hill from Mrs. Mary Backer. In the family were their three children: Lori, 14; Jeanine, 11; and Michael, 9. John, son of James M.and Helene (Price) Green, was born in Portland, Oregon, on 6 May, 1939, and grew up in Oregon, graduating from Siuslaw High School, Florence, Oregon, in 1957. That fall he enrolled in the University of Oregon, and graduated in 1961 with Bachelor of Science degree in History. He was commissioned into the United States Army following graduation. Betty, daughter of Willard and Loris (Miller) Borden, was born 13 October, 1939, in Wenatchee, Washington, but was raised in Oregon. She, too, graduated from Siuslaw High School in 1957. She attended the University of Oregon, studying business courses before she and John were married 21 June, 1958. She did secretarial ,,:ork in Eugene until John was called into service. After being commissioned, John was sent to Army locations including Fort Rucker, Alabama, and Fort Wolters, Texas, for training in fixed wing and helicopter flying. In 1965, they went to Germany where John flew helicopters until the fall of 1966 when he was sent to Vietnam. He spent all of 1967 in Vietnam, returning to the United States in 1968 and was released from the Army. Fall term of 1968, John enrolled at Oregon State University majoring in counseling. He received his Master's Degree in 1969. That fall he worked in the Coupeville schools on Whidbey Island, teaching and counselling, and remained teaching there until moving to Adna. He supports school and community affairs, is Past President of the Lewis County Mental Health Association and is Secretary of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Betty Green is secretary to the Assistant Superintendent of the Chehalis School District, Robert Close, and is active in the Adna School affairs. Lori was born in Eugene, Oregon, 20 December 1961. She was educated in Coupeville and Adna Schools, graduating valedictorian from Adna High School in 1980. College work was done in Washington and Arizona State University where she graduated in 1984. She is working for the State of Arizona in purchasing. In 1982, she married Robert Le Veaux, who is graduating 1985 from De Vry Institute of Technology. Jeaninewas born 23 April, 1964 at Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Her schooling was in Coupeville and Adna where she was valedictorian in 1982. There, she was active in music and sports. She is finishing her junior year in the nursing program and Air Force ROTC at the University of Portland. Michael was born 26 October, 1966, at Fort Riley, Kansas. He started school in Coupeville and is graduating from Adna High School in June 1985. He has been active in music and sports. He plays trombone and has lettered in 171 (photo): John and Betty Borden Green Family football all four years. He has enlisted in the Air Force and will report in November. HELENE (PRICE) GREEN Helene (Price) Green moved to Adna in March of 1980, after the death of her husband. She was born 8 December, 1907, in Green River, Utah. Her parents were Walter Samuel and Esta (Harper) Price. She lived in Grand Junction, Colorado from 1912 until 1925 when the family moved to La Grande, Oregon. (photo): Helene Price Green Helene graduated from La Grande High School and, that fall, enrolled at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She earned her B.A. Degree in 1930 with a music major and specializing in piano and Public School Music. Helene and James Myron Green were married after he passed the Oregon State Bar Exam in 1935. James, son of James S. and Anna (Hill) Green, was born in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, 16 February 1907. He was educated in Oregon public schools and graduated in Law from Willamette University Law School. James and Helene had two sons, James Walter and John Richard. They were educated in Oregon schools and both graduated from Siuslaw High School in Florence, Oregon. Both earned Master's Degrees in counseling at Oregon State University and both taught in high schools and are counselors. James W. has lived in Ketchikan, Alaska, since 1963 and John is currently teaching in Adna High School. When the serious state of her husband's health became known, Helene renewed her Oregon Teacher's Certificate, earned her Master's of Education Degree and taught in Oregon High Schools for 22 years until retiring in 1970. The final 10 years of teaching were done at David Douglas High School, Portland, Oregon. (James M. Green died in 1978). In Lewis County, Helene has been associated as a volunteer at the Historical Society Museum and in the HOSTS reading program at the Adna Grade School. She is currently Worthy Matron of Centralia Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star and is working in Rainbow Assembly affairs. She eagerly supports the local musical activities. Helene is very interested in family history and in patriotic organizations. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, Daughters of 1812, and numerous genealogical research groups throughout the United States. VIOLA (COLLINS) GREEAR FAMILY My father, Lee Roy Collins, came to Lewis County from West Virginia in 1903, one of 13 children of James and Melinda Collins. My mother, Lillie Short, came in 1906 from Virginia, being one of ten children of James and Florence Short. My parents were married in June, 1908, at Chehalis. We three children were born in Lewis County, McCormick, Doty and Coal Creek. My brothers are deceased. They served in U.S. Navy and U.S. Army during W.W. II. At the time my grandparents came to Lewis County, logging and sawmill work was the main source of income. Grandpa Short lost his life in the "woods" at Walville. He is buried at Pe Ell along with Grandma Short and an uncle I never knew. My father followed "logging" up and down the South Bend Line - later having his (photo): Viola, Mom, Sharon, Marvin, Reda Collins - 1956. own "gypo" company. During our earlier school years my parents worked for J.P. Guerrier Logging Co. of Onalaska. My mother cooked for 4050 men and my father worked in the "rigging" and on "locomotive". We children walked 2 1/2 miles through a "stand" of young timber carrying "tin" lunchpails to school at Onalaska. After school, we swept the dining room, set up tables and pumped water into an elevated tank, close to the cookhouse alongside the South Fork of the Newaukum River. We lived in one end of the cookhouse and "rain" on the "tin" roof put us "fast" to sleep at night. Our few trips to Chehalis-Centralia over the "puncheon" road between the towns in the Ford Touring car with the "isinglass" curtains is recalled. Our last move was to Centralia. Completing high school in 1928, I was very "active" in sports and was honored in senior year for same, as well as being on honor roll all four years. That winter I entered Centralia Business College and Mr. Fletcher referred me to the Surety Finance Co. where I worked for six years, when they decided to liquidate. In September, 1936 I began work at National Re-Employment Service. I completed American Red Cross Nurses Aide course and worked evenings at old Centralia General Hospital as a volunteer. Early in 1945, I transferred to Bremerton Office as my husband was employed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. While in Bremerton, I completed Olympic College by evening courses. I retired in 1975 as a counselor. Our family has maintained residence on Bridge St. since 1937. I have an Aunt, Mrs. Susan Buren, Chehalis; an Uncle, Harvey Short, Tacoma; several cousins in Washington, one Charles Kilbury, Pasco, who served two terms in State Legislature in Olympia. I have two nieces, Mrs. Samuel (Sharon) Kochrian and three children, Raymond; Mrs. Jim (Bonnie) Scoggins and three children of Yakima. Submitted by Viola (Collins) Greear JOHN VICTOR AND BERNIECE ELIZABETH (STOWELL) GRIEL FAMILY Paternal Grandparents: Michael Peter Griel (Greil), 1824-1900, Bloss, Bavaria, 1852. Katherina Shranner, 1847-1925, Ingolstadt, Bavaria, 1847. Maternal Grandparents: Patrick Allen Dingus, 1849-1935. Margaret J. Cupp Dingus, 1863-1921. Married March 17, 1885. Parents: Michael Griel, 1880-1950, Effie Dingus, 1890-1963. I was born April 2, 1917, in Chehalis. To age four, my family lived above their general store on Alpha Prairie. An eighty-acre farm, nearby, was home until graduation from Onalaska High in 172 1935. College: AS, Centralia Jr. College, 1937; BS in Chemistry, U.W, 1939; Teaching Certificate, U W, 1946; MS, U W, 1950. WW II: Drafted seventh, nationally; inducted February, 1941. Served as dental and pharmacy technician Commissioned Communications Officer, Army Airways Communications System, December, 1943. Discharged 1st Lt., September, 1945. Family: Berniece, daughter of Ollie and Sam Stowell, and I met in Cashmere in 1939, while I was on my first job out of college, I testing for spray residue on apples. We were married in March, 1942. Marilyn Lorraine Monfort was born in April, 1943. She and David have three children - Brandt, Monique and Trent. Yvonne Anity Harder, born 1946, has three children - Diana and Derek McGill and Gregory Harder. Marvin Lynn, 1948, was killed in an auto accident, January, 1947. Cynthia died, shortly after birth, of a heart infection. Barrx Allen, 1960; married Elaine Carlson, 1981. They have two children, Anne and Vicktor. Barry and family live on the family homestead (1884), which we purchased, from Uncle Louis Griel, and developed into a Christmas tree and timber farm. Teaching: Onalaska High, 1946-1947; Centralia, where I taught Chemistry in both high school and junior college for ten years and Centralia Community College chemistry until retirement in 1976. Incidentals: I was employed by the Longview Fibre Co., as a pulp and paper tester, from January 1940 until draft time in February, 1941. Several summers were spent in building four houses in Centralia. The Griels lived in two of them. The Newaukum Heignts Subdivision was developed by a corporation of 14 Centralia College Teachers. As president, I supervised the project, which included the formation of the NewaukuIl Hill Water Association. Berniece and I had a home built there in 1972. Berniece and I have traveled extensively in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. By John Victor Griel SIGRID GRIFFITHS My parents, Gust and Maria Hakola, came to America in 1900 and settled in Hoquiam, WA. My mother's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Talso, and two sisters and a brother were already here. Dad worked in a mill and mother ran a boarding house. So many Finnish people were up in the Independence Valley and a few were on Lincoln Creek. My grandfather bought 40 acres on Lincoln Creek. He raised a few cows and sold cream. He was clever as a woodcrafter and made some of their furniture. My folks bought their farm from the Ingalls in 1905 or 1906. They tore the old house down and built a new house. The house still stands and my brother's wife, Ginger, lives there. My brother passed away a few years ago. My folks raised pigs at first and milked cows to sell cream. They later raised chickens and turkeys. In 1913 a fire destroyed a new barn. My brother only 3 years old was playing with matches. The volunteer fire department, which was all the neighbors, saved the other buildings. To send out a call, one rang four long rings on the phone. The turnouts were always good. My brothers, Oliver and Allan, were born up on Lincoln Creek. Allan lives at Lakewood. He is a retired Lt. Colonel from the Air Corps. My other brother, John, was born in Hoquiam as was I in 1902. John was killed in a car accident in 1929 on Ford Prairie. My brother had two children, a daughter, Gail Hakola, living in Centralia, and a son Glen Hakola, living in Chehalis. Gail is divorced and works at the Mt. St. Helens Tourist Center. Glen's wife, Joanne works at the city hall and he works for a diesel equipment company on Waunches Prairie. Allan and his wife, Jeanette, have two children; a daughter, Janiee, is a buyer for a firm in Seattle. Their son, Allan, is attending Washington State University in Pullman to get a degree in computer science. I am a retired RN. I was registered in three states. My first husband, Garold Lanphear, a welder, was killed at the PSNY on the Lex. in 1942. In 1945 I married Thomas Griffiths, a welder. He died in 1976 of cardiac arrest. Several of the family have graduated from Centralia High. Myself in 1920, Allan, Glen, Gail, Chris, and Wade Moore. Because there were no school buses, we walked to school from the farm. To go to high school one had to make arrangements to batch with a. group or board out. Consequently, many couldn't afford the expense. The first phones were a problem - fourteen or so on one line. It was hard to get a call in sometimes, and then there were listeners (we called them rubber heels). The cellar on the farm is built with hand-hewn logs and made up in the Finland style - the corners are even. One thing that all the Finnish families had was a sauna. It was always heated on a Saturday. The threshing was done by a steam engine. Farmers always had the fuel on hand. The neighbors all got together and exchanged labor. The reward was the delicious meals prepared by the housewife. It took much labor and dynamite to clear the fields of stumps. Folks hired extra help at times. In the summertime baseball was a Sunday pastime. The last day of school was a picnic with homemade ice cream and other goodies. The roads up Lincoln Creek were called puncheon roads. I know they were rough. My brother and I are the only survivors of the Hakola family. The ones living now are nephews and grandchildren. By Sigrid (Hakola) Griffiths CYRIL AND DOROTHY GROSE FAMILY Cyril Grose came to eastern Lewis County with his family (Frank and Alice Grose) as a small boy of seven in December 1939. He graduated from Mossyrock High School in 1951 and attended some college classes at W.S.C. and later at Centralia Junior College. In June, 1952, Dorothy Knittle and Cyril were married in the bride's parents (Otis and Margaret Knittle) farm home just east of Morton. Dorothy's grandparents the Knittles and Perigos were homesteaders and early settlers in the Morton area. On Christmas Eve, 1952, the young Groses moved into the house just west of Morton where Dorothy had grown up. Both of them grew to love this eighty acre piece of ground as they lived, worked and raised their family there. Everything they owned they moved into their house that day with just one trip with a 1947 Chev. coupe. Friends, neighbors, and relatives were generous and soon they had plenty of furnishings. They raised cattle and shipped milk for several years. A few chickens and a garden helped keep food on the table. Cyril worked in the woods and the saw mills in the area until about 1959. At that time he started building houses and other building and structures in the area. Cyril built the bleachers for Jubilee Park and the football field. He also worked on the Catholic Church, the Methodist Church annex, the Packwood hydro-electric, the Mossyrock Dam, the high bridge at Mossyrock, and the trout hatchery at Ethel. He later bought heavy equipment and started building and rocking logging roads in the area. He became licensed by the county to install sewage disposal systems and did this in conjunction with his other work. In 1976 the Groses started raising Noble Fir Christmas trees and still do today. The Grose boys were a lot of help in getting this tree farm started and into production. The Groses were blessed with four children. Janet Elaine Grose married Rick Dresher and now lives at Mineral where they are raising their two daughters, Jessica and Stephanie; Danny Arnold Grose married Loriann Norris, they live here in Morton and have no children. Derald Lin Grose lives in Mossyrock after having attended two years of college at Grays Harbor Community College. Dale Cyril Grose is enrolled at Centralia Junior College. Dorothy and Cyril Grose and their children make and sell Christmas decorations along with their V-Cut operation during December. They enjoy this a great deal as it gives them an opportunity to meet and re-meet a lot of friends. In 1980 Cyril and Dorothy purchased the place at Mossyrock where Cyril had grown up. They proceeded to clear the back half and plant the whole place in Christmas trees. This place will probably be planted into blueberries in tlie future as it is better suited to that. The Groses love living in Eastern Lewis County and wouldn't consider living anywhere else. It has to be the next thing to heaven. FRANK GROSE FAMILY In 1928 Frank and Alice Grose started out from Nebraska where we were both born. We had hail, drought, and dry winds for three years, so we knew we couldn't make it there with four children to support. We had a sale, paid up our debts and had very little money to goon, but we started West with all of our belongings, and we got as far as New Plymouth, Idaho, when our money ran out, so we went to work in the fruit. We stayed there for six years, but land was high, and we knew work was getting scarce, so we hit the trail again. After living in Oregon and other parts of Washington, we settled in Mossyrock in the winter of 1939. In 1941 the war was declared, and our oldest son, Arnold, was drafted, and he joined the Air Corps. He was a pilot on a B 17 plane, which was shot down over Holland, and he lost his life and is buried in Holland. The other children include Charles, married the former Martha Schwartz. They live in Packwood, and have 7 children and 7 grandchildren. Dwain married the former Doris Marks and lives in Newberg, Oregon. They have 4 children and 10 grandchildren. Doris married Alfred Myers and lives in Mossyrock. They have 2 children and 7 grandchildren. Cyril married Dorothy Knittle. They live in Morton and have 4 children and 7 grandchildren. Gordon, married to Lois, lives in Centralia. They have 3 boys and I grandchild. Audrey married George Rhodes, lives in Chehalis, and they have 2 children and 4 grandchildren. Alma married Ernest Cole, has 1 daughter. 173 (photo): Front row, Left to Right: Janet, Dorothy, Cyril. Back Row, left to Right: Dale, Derald, Danny Frank passed away in 1960, and Alice died in 1983. This was written by Alice in 1976, then updated by daughter Doris Myers in 1985. GROVES Wesley Dean Groves and Neva Eloise Brunton were married in Napavine, Washington on September 23, 1978. They had gone through high school together and were high school sweethearts from the 10th grade. (photo): Dean Groves, Neva Brunton-Groves, Leslie Brunton-Groves, Lucas Brunton-Groves (Baby). Prior to her marriage, Neva Brunton-Groves attended Centralia College one year, transferring to Olympia Tech where she received her A.T.A. as Medical Assistant and Secretary. Dean worked for the city of Winlock for the first couple of years after high school graduation, also spent some time working in the woods. Dean and Eloise lived in Olympia for the first few months of their marriage, then moved back to Napavine into the house they had purchased near the Mayme Shaddock Park, where they still reside. He worked for the Hemphill-O'Neill Lumber Company for eight years, until the closure of the Holman division in Napavine. Neva is a Pharmacy Assistant "Level A" and has worked for the local hospitals, as well as St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. Leslie Lysle Brunton-Groves was born in Olympia, Washington, on February 29, 1980. He was a "Leap Year" baby. A second son, Lucas Orrin Brunton-Groves was born in Olympia, Washington, on April 5, 1983. Luke had a rare genetic disorder called metabolic acidosis, which is an intolerance to carbohydrates or sugars. They poison the system, causing the acidosis. Medical staff could not find a cure for this disorder and he died October 27, 1983, at the age of 6 months, 23 days. He is buried in the Napavine Cemetery. He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at the time of his death. . Dean and Neva gave birth to twin girls on June 6, 1985, Kyla Diree and Kimberly DelRae Brunton-Groves. In the index, Neva's name is Neva Brunton-Groves, not Neva Groves. All of her children's names are also Brunton-Groves, not Groves. It's one of those 'new names' you know where they combine the Woman's maiden name with their husband's name, so they don't have to go "seek their identities later" type of thing. The index should reflect these things. W. Dean Groves was born in Chehalis on February 21,1955, to John Loren Groves and Gloria Evelyn (Smith) Groves. His parents are natives of Napavine, both going to Napavine schools. They have lived on the Haywire Road for over twenty years. Dean has one brother, Larry La Roy Groves, and two sisters, Judy Diane Watkins and Myrna Marie Blum, all of Lewis County. Neva E. Brunton-Groves is the daughter of the late Clarence Lysle Brunton and Marguerite Rae (Barton) Brunton. She was born in Auburn, Washington on October 31,1956. Neva's mom, Marguerite McConnell, moved to Winlock in 1966, buying the Highland Tavern, later turning it into a cocktail lounge. She also opened the Highland II (now the Branding Iron) in Napavine. Neva has two brothers, Harold Lloyd Banks and the late Timmy Duane Banks of the Auburn area. There are five sisters: Loretta Elizabeth Smith, Lake Tapps; Ada Vera Bernard, Winlock; Sandy Martha Eastman, Napavine; Nina Lea Hicks, Enumcla w; Carmen Clair Werner, Napavine. Dean and Neva are both the youngest children in their families. By Neva Brunton-Groves GUIBERSON FAMILY Sylvester Edwin (Ves) Guiberson, his wife Lucy Maude (Maude) and children Walter, Alice, Edward and Stella moved to rural Winlock in August 1920. Ethel was born the following January. Yes was born in Kent, Territory of Washington, in 1886. His family homesteaded on the upper Clearwater River on the Olympic Peninsula about 1900. Maude was born in Kansas and. met Ves while visiting her sister at Clearwater. They married in 1909 and settled on the lower Clearwater. About 1920 Maude's health failed and Ves moved his family to Winlock to be nearer doctors. The neglected house on the 70-acre farm in the Ainslie district needed extensive cleaning and repair. There was no electricity or plumbing. Water was drawn by rope and bucket from dug wells which often ran dry in the summertime. Small fields were covered with hay which hid many old-growth stumps. Transportation was by horse and wagon. The children walked one mile to the one-room Ainslie Grade School. High school was three and one. half miles away in Winlock. The Ainslie school consolidated with the Winlock district about 1932 and a bus transported the students to town. The neighbors helped each other with the summer haying, crew and equipment going from farm to farm until the harvesting was completed. Each child had to do chores before and after school. The boys seldom helped with the inside work which included cooking three meals a day, washing dishes and clothes (with water heated on the wood range), ironing, baking, sewing, canning food, etc., but the girls had to help with outside work such as gardening, milking, feeding animals, chopping wood and harvesting. With much hard work a diversified farm developed. Fields were cleared. Jersey cows produced rich milk. A manually operated separator removed the cream which was sold to Winlock Cooperative Creamery. White leghorn hens produced eggs to be marketed by Washington Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association. Large fields were planted to strawberries. Yes helped organize a cooperative to market the berries. As the children matured Ves worked as a bucker for Long-Bell at its Ryderwood logging operation. Walter, who left school at 16 and never married, worked hard on the family farm. He purchased the adjoining Schleif and Burns farms which were included in the farm operation. World War II (WWII) construction work took Ves to Vancouver. This left Walter with more responsibility. Farm work changed over the years with the use of tractors and new equipment. Beef cattle replaced the dairy, strawberry fields became hay fields and timber and Christmas trees became farm crops. Power lines were extended to the farm after WWII. Maude died of a heart attack in 1956, and Yes of cancer in 1977. Walter now lives on the Jones Road west of Winlock. He enjoys gardening and raising Angora rabbits. After combing the fur from his rabbits, Walter spins it into Angora yarn. Walter is also active in organizations helpful to the elderly and disabled. Alice married Roy Burns in 1929. Their daughter, Mary Louise, was born the following fall. For many years they lived on the old Burns farm immediately west of her parents' farm. Their house had water piped from a spring in the hillside. Water was heated by coils in the kitchen range. Lacking electricity their home was lighted by kerosene or gasoline lamps. A washing machine was powered by a gasoline motor. Roy worked as a choker setter in the woods. With the advent of WWII they moved to Longview where Alice and Roy worked in the Long Bell mill. Later they divorced and Alice married Charles Hill. Alice and Charles are spending their retirement years in their home on Silver Lake near Castle Rock, Washington. Ed spent most of his life in the forest industry. As a young man he worked as a choker setter in various logging operations in western Washington. In 1940 he married Dorothy Lindeman of 174 Ethel. Their son Gerald Edward was born in 1943 and daughter Janet in 1946. Ed served in the Amphibious Engineers during WWII, spending time in Europe and Africa. After the war Ed and his family lived on a small farm near Onalaska. After their children were grown Ed and Dorothy lived several years in Pe Ell and Ed logged alder west of there. Later they moved to Centralia where Ed worked at Northwest Hardwood and Dorothy at Bankcheck Corporation. Now retired, Ed and Dorothy live in the Tumwater area. Their son Gerald works in the electronics industry in Texas and Janet and her children live at Lacey, Washington. After Stella graduated from Winlock High School and a Seattle business school she worked for civil service in Washington, D.C. There she met Lindell Sowers, another federal employee. They married in 1941. After Lindell's stint in the Army during WWII they moved to the west coast and lived in the Seattle area. They had a son Tom born in 1943 and a daughter Pam in 1949. After retirement Lindell and Stella lived on a farm in the Adna area where he raised a few beef cattle. They now live in Centralia. Their son Tom lives in Washington, D.C., with his family. He works in the electronics industry. Pam works as an announcer at a local radio station. Ethel graduated from Winlock High School. She married Arvid Asplund in 1940. They lived at Ryderwood where he worked in the woods. Later they lived near Winlock. Their children included Richard, Ronald and Carolyne. Two younger daughters were let out for adoption when the marriage broke up. After divorcing Arvid, Ethel married Elvie Fegles of Vader. Ethel and Elvie lived in Vader until Ethel's death of cancer in 1963. They had four children: Raymond (who died in an accident in 1982), Jim, Laura and Phillip. SYLVESTER GUENTHER Born 1903 on Cowlitz Prairie to Jacob Philip and Carrie A. Guenther, I was the youngest boy of a family of nine children. I am the only survivor. My father was born in Clarmont County, OH, 1865, and married Carrie A. Spindle in 1887 in Cincinnati, OH. My brothers were Frank, Edward, Jacob, and Albert. My sisters were Helen, Bertha, and Louise. I attended Lacamas School and graduated from the eighth-grade at Jackson Prairie School, and attended Toledo High School 1921-1922. In 1919, I purchased 160 acres of land on the Zandecki Rd. south of Chehalis, where I have resided since. I married Olive L. Castillion in 1927. Born to us were five children. James V., the oldest, died in 1980. Richard and Norman of Napavine are my surviving sons, and my daughters, Bette Jo Blaser and Mary Ann Hassler, are identical twins. I have fifteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. I have farmed for these many years raising cattle for meat and chickens for egg production but have also held my job with Darigold as a truck driver for thirty-five years. This was during the time when milk was carried in ten-gallon cans to the plant to be processed. My wage in in those early days was $.35 an hour. When the EI Paso Company decided they wanted to explore for oil in 1958, they chose my property for a well that went 8000 feet into the ground. No oil was found, but an underground cavity was found. I worked to help lease several thousand acres for the beginning of an underground gas storage facility, which today holds over 30 billion cubic feet of natural gas for use by (photo): Sylvester and Olive Guenther and children Norman. Richard, James, Mary Anne and Bette Jo – twins. consumers during the winter months. For a number of years, I worked for Washington Water Power, EI Paso Gas, and Northwest Pipeline Co., building roads and clearing right-of-ways for the installation of seventy-five wells to be used to remove water and insert and withdraw gas. My wife, Olive, passed away in 1970. Later the next year, I married her sister, Vivian Briem. I was active as a School Board member for many years for the now-abandoned Jackson Prairie School, and I have been a member of Cowlitz Prairie Grange for over fifty years. My grandchildren's names are Diane Lipinski, Donna Kohler, Darryl Hassler, James Guenther, Brian Guenther, Karen Bryan, Vicki Kennedy, Douglas Blaser, Joe Blaser, Don Blaseer, Julie Blaser, Jerry Guenther, Daniel Guenther, Ronald Guenther, Scott Guenther - all of whom live in the State of Washington. By Sylvester Guenther WILLIAM GUTSCHOW FAMILY This is the story about a railroad family in a railroad town. That is what Centralia was in 1910 when Jack and Ella Gutschow arrived. He went to work as a brakeman on the O.W.R. & N. These letters stood for Oregon, Washington Railroad and Navigation Co., later to be part of the Union Pacific system. I was born in 1912 to be followed in the next five years by my brother Robert (Bob) and my sister Alta. At the time I was born, my grandfather Bill was staying with us, also my Uncle Bill. We didn't need another "Bill" around and that is how I came to be called "Buster." I started to school at the Edison school. When I was seven years old, a bunch of us kids went to the Armistice Day Parade and we walked along beside the marchers. The other kids followed the parade when it turned at North Tower avenue and First street but I stayed with the soldiers who had continued on up Tower avenue. I stopped at the next corner and saw the massacre, the whole thing. I was a scared kid and headed for home and as I went by the alley behind the I.W.W. Hall, I saw one of the men who had done the shooting leave the building and being closely chased by soldiers and civilians. He was caught and eventually hanged on what became known as the "Hang Man's Bridge." It is a memory that I will never, never forget. I have always liked cars and liked to work on them. To support this hobby I had a Chronicle paper route. First a bicycle route on Waunches Prairie and then a car route to Bucoda, Tono and Hanaford Valley. I drove a Chevrolet coupe. Part of the road between Tono and Hanaford Valley was made of planks. In the summer time the planks were often on fire caused by fires in the coal mine shafts underneath the road. After graduation from Centralia High School, I worked as an auto mechanic. I married my High School sweetheart, Doris Taylor in 1936. After our son Donald was born, I hired out as a brakeman on the Union Pacific Railroad between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. These were still depression times and I was on the extra board, sometimes working once in two weeks. To help support the family, we had a small service station in Centralia. When I worked on the railroad, Doris ran the station and Grandma cared for Donald. In 1944 a daughter, Karen, joined our family. Both of our children attended the Edison school and graduated from Centralia High School and attended Centralia College. In 1942 I was promoted to conductor. I worked most of my railroad career on freight trains but my Dad liked passenger work. He was a conductor on the Union Pacific passenger train that ran between Seattle and Portland for a good many years. I especially remember the dining cars on the passenger trains and the good food they served. I worked during the steam engine era and I remember well when the change was made to diesel engines. I railroaded for nearly 40 years and enjoyed all of them. I retired in 1975. Actually, retirement has been the best "job" I've ever had. My wife and I have made many trips, but it has always been great to come home "to Centralia." By W.L. "Buster" Gutschow ONNI H. AND SYLVIA (BERLIN) HAAPALA Parents of Onni Haapala were Lydia Rautio born May 18, 1879, in Jurva, Finland, and Herman Victor Haapala, also of Jurva, born in 1879. They were married in Jurva in 1899. Their first child, Toivo Walter, known as Hap, was born in Finland on February 17, 1900. His father came to America to seek work. He was 'working at Roslyn, Washington, in the mines when his wife and son came to America to join 175 (photo): Herman Haapala Family 1905 - Roslyn, Wash. Katarina, Lydia, Herman, Vanti, Toivo. (photo): Onni Haapala, Sylvia Berlin, Aug. 4, 1940. him. A daughter was born to them at Roslyn, Katarina Aleksanterin,in 1903, and a son, Vanti Theodore, on July 22,1905. The parents and three small children returned to Finland to live. Their daughter died in Finland in 1906. A third son, Onni Herman Haapala, was born in Vahakyro, Finland, on December 20, 1906. Later the father went alone to America again to work. In 1912 he bought the farm at Winlock from Nick Kolanen. On July 4, 1914, when seven and a half years old, Onni arrived in Winlock directly from Finland with his mother and brothers to the farm and home built for them by his father. (photo): Sylvia and Onni 1980 Onni started his first schooling at Veness Grade School south of Winlock and graduated from the 8th grade there. In 1928, he graduated from Winlock High School, where he was the first to receive the Otis Roundtree Football Inspirational Award. Football remained Onni's hobby and interest all his life. He attended Centralia College for one year, and also took short courses at Washington State University at Pullman and at Arizona State University at Tempe, Arizona. With his family Onni was engaged in poultry farming many years. His father built a commercial baby chicks hatchery on the farm about 1929 and operated it with his three sons. In 1935, Onni's father died of cancer at the age of fifty-six. The boys continued with the hatchery work and then converted to a fryer plant, which they operated many years. On August 4, 1940, Onni was married to Miss Sylvia Berlin, Toledo High School Home Economics teacher, and they made their home on the farm at Winlock for forty-four years. Onni wanted to join the Navy, but, due to the war, could not get a birth certificate out of Finland. He contributed to the war effort in the area of chicken, beef, and milk production. After 1952, Onni owned and operated the Farm Service and Supply store and shop in Winlock for eight years and also did backhoe work, installed water pumps, and septic tanks. He did the backhoe work for the city of Winlock for eighteen years. Onni served as the first Zone Chairman ever from the Winlock Lions Club and was the first runner up out of 41 for the Dist. 19 award. He was a 100% President of his club and also a 100% Secretary in 1973-74. He attended four International Conventions, Tokyo, Las Vegas, Mexico City, and Miami Beach in his 23 years of Lionism. He was a member of the Winlock I.O.O.F. for 57 years, a 42-year and a life member of the Centralia-Chehalis Elks, and a charter member and past president of the Centralia-Chehalis Vintage Auto Club. He was a member of the Winlock Finnish Lodge No. 19 for 48 years and served twice as its president for 25 of those years. Onni originated the idea of the Winlock Mural, which hangs in the Bank today. He was director of the lodge drill team for 8 years. He was a six-year director of the Lewis County Historical Society from 1975-81, an honorary member of the Winlock Chapter of Future Homemakers of America, Cougar Flat Grange, Winlock Senior Citizens, and Lewis County Rose Society. Some of his travels took him to Hawaii seven times; Mexico four times; Arizona eight time; Finland and six other countries twice; Australia; Caribbean cruise; people to people tour of Europe; 38-day bus tour of Canada and U.S.; Spain and Morocco; Switzerland twice; and other trips. Onni H. Haapala passed away on May 13,1984, at a Chehalis hospital from strokes and pneumonia, leaving his Winlock home and farm in America where he had resided continuously for seventy years, and his beloved wife, Sylvia, of forty-four years. PAUL AND ANNA WASSMANNI HAASE FAMILY EDWIN (ED) HAASE When the Haase family moved from Seattle to Lewis County in January, 1916, Lydia (Siefke) was 13,Clara (Morton) 12, Edwin 10 and Frieda (McDonald) was 8. Farming was a new experience for our mother, although she braved the hardships of living on the homestead near Mattawa, in Grant County, when the first Priest Rapids Dam project was discarded and no water was available for the homesteaders. We moved back to Seattle by 1910, so Lydia and Clara could start school. Mother and father both left Germany at an early age and came to America; Mother 14, from Bremen and Father 17, from Berlin. They did not meet and get acquainted until years later in Seattle. They were married May 2, 1902 in the German church on Queen Ann Hill, where they first met. Lydia, Clara, and Ed were born in Seattle, Frieda was born on the homestead (the first white child in that area). We were excited about moving to Lewis County. We had to walk 2 miles to the 1 room school in pleasant Valley. Later, when attending high school, it was a 4-mile trip one way. We walked or rode horseback. Lydia married Louis Siefke in 1921. She had a stepson Merrill and a stepdaughter Wilma Siefke Clark -later 2 sons of their own, LeRoy and Bill. Lydia passed away May 4, 1976. Clara married Russell Morton June 23,1929. They had 3 sons, Robert, Paul, and Delbert and 1 daughter, Patti. Russell passed away November 16, 1965. Ed married Olive Deeds Sept. 19, 1936. Frieda married Douglas McDonald July 21,1929. They had 5 sons (2 are deceased). After Ed finished school he worked at several different jobs and helped with the farm work at home. He was offered employment with the Olympic National Forest Service working under Sanford Floe, the district supervisor. Later he worked with the Lewis County forest crew and then for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Ed purchased the home farm from our mother after our father passed away October 12, 1929. He has added many acres of timber to the original 80 acres. They raised beef cattle for years while Ed worked for the state. He and Olive continued to host the "School Conservation Tours" for all Lewis County schools at their Fir Crest Tree Farm, totaling 25 years in all. After 35 years, Ed retired from the position of Area Supervisor of the Southwest District. He and Olive were busy with all phases of grange work, being master at Hope Grange for 4 years. 176 (photo): Clara Haase Morton, Edwin F. Haase, Anna Wassmann Haase with baby – Frieda Haase McDonald, Lydia Haase Siefke, Paul Haase 1910. He was superintendent of the grange booths at the S. W. Wash. Fair for 5 years and a fair director for years. After Olive's death March 22, 1976 and being alone for years, Ed married Virginia Schwenk, a lady he met in Hawaii. They enjoy traveling and visiting friends and family. By Edwin Haase ANTON HADALLER FAMILY The Hadaller family have a history dating back to the 12th century. However, little is known until the 18th century. In 1890, persuaded by a cousin, Anton Hadaller, with family, immigrated to Illinois. Life was hard. His wife died. He then went back to Germany but found no new wife. Disappointed, he returned to Illinois. Still unsettled the next year, he went back to Germany to another locality and found a "neat" woman. They soon married and bought a small farm there. There were problems with protected wild life coming and eating his crops so they decided to move to Illinois once more. (photo): The Hadallers They had a baby already and four children from his first wife. He worked in a hide tannery for two years. It was hard work and very cold in winters. When the Government offered an excursion ticket for $40 to go West, they boxed their belongings and got on the train. It was the end of February with four feet of snow and 40 d. below zero. They arrived in Bellingham after three days. He immediately found a job in the saw mill. The cherry trees were in bloom. He became sick with the spring fever. They saved enough money to buy a farm near Winlock in Lewis County. He found the land poor and water scarce. He went to work in the sawmill for $1.50 for a ten hour day. It was 1908. His oldest son went deer hunting in the Tilton hills. While on the trip, they camped on a vacant homestead going and coming. There was a log house with a split-board added kitchen and fruit trees with ripe prunes, pears, and apples, but best of all, a spring of pure cold water. When he heard the story, he decided to go and see. It was in May, 1910, when the family moved to that place. It was called Harmony and lay between the Cowlitz and Tilton rivers. I was now three years old. The family of Anton and Maria consisted of Tony, Mat, Walley, Louie, Bill, Paul, Otto, Mary, Joe (myself), and Laurence who was born in the log house. I can remember arriving with my mother on a light wagon. It was almost dark, and the herd of cows, perhaps seven head, had just got there too and grazed among the big trees. We were happy. There were rabbits, grouse, and a creek full of fish. There was a small field, and a garden spot, and good water. There were about 50 homesteads in this Harmony area. Some were farms. Mail came once a week to a post office. A new two-room school was built, and I started to go to school there. In 1912 a church was built. People started to sell cream. Then came the war. After that, farming went ahead fast. In 1929 I took over dad's farm. My dad died at the age of 83. My mother at 93. All the big old trees are gone now. My farm has grown to 400 acres where I am raising Angus cattle. My wife and I raised nine children who come to see us once in a while. JOSEPH HADALLER FAMILY It was May, 1910, when my parents, Antone and Marie Hadaller, moved from Winlock, WA, to Harmony north of Mossyrock, between the Cowlitz and Tilton Rivers. I was three-years old at the time, and remember arriving as darkness fell on the big, fir trees and log house. Growing up gave me plenty of excitement, with six brothers and two sisters. I would trail along wherever they went. There was an abundance of fish in the creeks, rabbits, grouse, an orchard and, best of all, a big cold spring. The years went by. Soon I was seven-years old and went to school in the new, two-room school house. My dad was instrumental in getting a small Catholic church built, in 1912, to serve about six families. At the age of fifteen, I quit school and worked in a sawmill near Morton. The following year, my brothers went out to work. I stayed home. I built a 14' x 26' log house at age sixteen. I drove eight miles one way to a mill. I had a good team of horses but the lumber was too heavy so had to make several trips. I did the cutting of the rafters. I was always a willing worker, helping dad cut grain with the scythe and thrashing with the flail. As the years went by, we got new machinery and a Model T car. In 1929 I married Sophie Rank, who came from Germany. I took over dad's farm. The Depression of the thirties followed. We raised nine children. In 1940 I included logging in my farming, employing about ten men. In 1952, I decided to take the year off from logging to build an addition to our church. The Bishop of Seattle accepted my plan. It seats 130 and also has a balcony. With the influx of people in the park nearby, it will be necessary, soon, to make more room. At present I am farming 400-acres which I have cleared, and raising some 400 angus livestock. At 78-years of age, I feel fortunate to have good health, so can do nearly all the work. Work was always fun for me. Also, dancing was my hobby. My wife, Janet, and I are enjoying our golden years. GENETT ERMINE (WEBSTER) HAGEN I am the daughter of Frank E. Webster, born 1888 died 1978, of Lincoln Creek and Elizabeth A. Sawtell of Independence, born 1894 died 1969. (photo): L to R: Nancy, Bob (Dad), Genett (Mom), and Judy, in front. Webster Family Reunion, Borst Park, 1952. I was born December 20, 1919, and raised in Lincoln Creek and attended Lincoln Creek 177 (photo): Joseph Hadaller Family School (a one room school) until the age of eight. Our home was next door to the Lincoln Creek Grange Hall. I remember many nights going to sleep on a bench watching my parents and others dancing. We moved to Centralia and I attended Lincoln Grade School and Centralia High School. My hobby was tap dancing. I went to beauty college in Chehalis and graduated in 1937. After graduating I moved to Sitka, Alaska, and opened the first beauty shop. I met and married H. Robert Hagen in Sitka in 1938 by Rev. Webster (no relation). During the years we spent in Sitka, I was active in the Ladies of the Moose, Beta Sigma Phi, the Moose Drill Team, and the U.S.O. Bob was born in Milton, Washington, May 15, 1917, to Harry Hagen and Myrtle (Vetter) Hagen. He went to Fife Grade School and Fife High School, graduated in 1935. Bob joined his folks in Sitka, Alaska, after graduation, and a year later went to Western Washington College in Bellingham. He attended college for a year then returned to Sitka to work in the only bakery. He worked for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in the Sitka Magnetic Observatory as assistant observer. He later worked as chief steward of the Moose Club. Then purchased the bakery which he operated until he sold and moved back to Washington. We moved South in 1949 with our two daughters, Nancy Jean born April 13, 1940, and Judith Ann born July 22, 1943. Bob went to work for Providence Hospital in Seattle for about five years. He then worked at Doctor's Hospital for 19 years as the Director of General Services. When Doctors Hospital merged with Swedish Hospital Bob worked there about one year and retired in the spring of 1981. We have five grandchildren and one great-grandson. I had one brother Elmer F. Webster. Bob has two brothers, Miland and Glenn Hagen. Our daughter Nancy married Toney Dumas, Seattle, and Judy married James Grout, Seattle. EDWARD R. HAGWELL I was born the second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hagwell in 1913. I can remember back to when a big evening was going to my grandparents, the (photo): Edward R. Hagwell Hultbergs, to hear Amos and Andy on the radio. Radios were still a rarity. Noah, my uncle, (1893-1983) was an early time electronic bug as well as a mechanic and a jack of all trades. I can remember building my first radio, with his help, a crystal set and listening, with earphones, to some of the old programs such as Lum and Abner. Evidently he helped shape my future forever since I have been involved with electronics. I passed the usual school years at the Napavine Schools graduating in 1930. I then went to work for Weyerhaeuser LBR. Co., building and maintaining telephone lines from Longview up the Spirit Lake highway to Camp Baker, near Mt. St. Helens, as well as to their other camps. In 1939 I married Maxine McCown a school teacher from Waits burg and we built ourselves a home near Castle Rock. In 1942 I made a move to the Pacific Northwest Bell Company in Longview, staying there until I transferred to Olympia in 1968, where I remained after retiring in 1977. We have two sons, Dick, the eldest, attended Oregon State U. where he graduated with a degree in Engineering. He married Jane Lommen of Nehalem, Oregon. She keeps busy teaching school as well as raising two children, Kristin age 13, and Kevin 11'/2. Dick is now the chief Maintenance Engineer for Reynolds, in Longview. Don, the younger son, graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Chemistry. He now is the Industrial Marketing Manager for Mogul Corporation International, a water treatment chemical co., located in Solon, Ohio. He is about to receive a Master's Degree in Business Administration, which will entail a short course in Europe on doing business with the common market. In 1970. Don married Susan Kuroski of Cleveland and they now have two sons, Tim age 10 and Scott 8. Susan is still another teacher in the family. I have spent my retirement years with a hobby that I take a great deal of pride in, working with the handicapped. I have invented a Telephone Training device that many Schools are using to teach retarded students proper usage of the telephone. It is marketed under the name of, Instructo-phone, and in use from Coast to Coast on a limited scale. I still have high hopes that the usage will expand greatly. My second project is a telephone designed for the quadriplegics. With this phone, they can answer and place telephone calls even though they have no hand movement whatsoever. This is accomplished by merely puffing into a plastic tube that is in a position near their mouth. Naturally, this is a Puff-a-phone. Communication is carried on by the use of a speaker phone that is placed by their bed or wheelchair. The latest version allows the patient to operate their own television set, including the selection of their own channels. They can turn on lights as well as perform other functions. While I spend many hours on these projects it all seems very worthwhile when I see the elation on the faces of the participants of the programs. CARL A. HAGWELL August O. and Hulda M. Hagwell, born in Stenkyrka (Stonechurch) on the Island of Gotland off the coast of Sweden, emigrated to the U.S. where they spent some time in Seattle before buying six lots in the Park Addition to the City of Napavine. These lots were offered in Seattle at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition held in 1909. Arriving in Napavine it must have been surprising to find the land entirely wooded. Never-the-less enough ground was soon cleared and a small house was built. This was done while Dad worked for Emery and Nelson, a lumber operation that was located about a mile east of town. The logging was being done a few miles to the east near the old highway 99. Walking the two miles to the mill and riding a train to the woods, working a ten hour day and returning home didn't leave much time for one's personal affairs but somehow this was all accomplished. It was here that I, Carl was born in 1910, followed by Ed in 1913 and Gilbert in 1918. I spent a normal childhood going to school in the old brick grade school while helping Mother tend the cows and chickens that were ever present. Delivering milk in Napavine as well as a morning and evening paper route helped fill up my spare time. I delivered papers for Roy H. Ward, the local druggist for a sum of $14 per month. In the early 1920's Dad bought another 7 acres from Noble Urquhart, a Napavine pioneer. He cleared this land with some help from us boys and moved the house out to what is now Highway 603, where it stands today after many alterations and additions. After Emery and Nelsons ceased operations in 1928, the last logging operation in the area for many years, Dad found work for Long Bell in 178 Ryderwood. After several years he moved to Weyerhaeuser's, near Mt. St. Helens and finished his career there. As his work entailed staying in camp, it was Mother's responsibility to manage the farm while following her own career of dressmaking which she had learned in Sweden. Many times, I went to bed knowing that Mother would be up most of the night finishing a gown for one of the ladies of the area who needed it the next day. She was a good customer of Nuce Nathan and Proffits department stores, for they specialized in material and dressmaking supplies. Dad passed away in 1949 and Mother in 1968. Graduating from High School in 1928 I tried other jobs before deciding that I preferred carpentering. I worked locally.as well as in Seattle until 1942 when I joined the Army, was assigned to the Infantry and spent some time in various camps in the U.S. before being sent to the South Pacific. Taking part in several Island Campaigns, we were preparing for the invasion of Japan when the war ended. I feel fortunate in that I was able to spend some time seeing Japan before returning home. Back home I spent about 25 years working at West Coast Mills in Chehalis. I also spent more than 23 years as a Volunteer Fireman in Napavine. I still reside in the house that I was born in. By Carl A. Hagwell GILBERT C. HAGWELL My first memories of life in the Napavine Park Addition include two that will remain with me forever. First was when Dad and neighbors, W.R. Brown, and W. Robbins, built a plank road into the Park to accommodate the Model T's of that era. In those days you didn't wait for the County to do everything, as you might have a very long wait. The second memory was when the Puget Sound Power and Light extended their power lines into the Park. The first night we all had free electricity. The lights stayed on late that night. It was very exciting. I, too, spent my school years in the old buildings. Graduating from High School in 1936, I immediately went to work for Weyerhaeuser as a telephone man with my brother Ed. After five years of building and maintaining telephone lines in the Toutle and Green river country, lines that would eventually be destroyed by the eruption, I left to join the U.S. Air Force. After two years spent on McChord Field, Scott Field, Pendleton and Pocatello I transferred to the Signal Corps, going to the Officer Candidate School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. From there to Africa for a month, and Italy for almost three years, helping provide communications for the Divisions of the Fifth Army under command of General Mark Clark. This tour, took me to most points of Italy including the Appenine Mountains where I spent two winters. After preparing to go to the Pacific Operations the War was at last over and I returned to my old job with my wife Alma, whom I had met in Pendleton. I spent six months there before leaving for employment with Pacific Tel and Tel Co. in Centralia. On New Years Day, in 1949 Kathie was born. She spent 12 years in the Centralia school system before leaving for her College Education in Bellingham, preparing to be a primary teacher. She was hired to teach in the Bellingham School System where she remains to this day, never having married. Cindy came to us early in 1964 and also was schooled in Centralia. As this is being written she is preparing to graduate from Western Washington University with a degree in Interior Design. (photo): Back Row: Hulda (mother), Carl. Front: Edward, Augusto, Gilbert. At this time, she is also preparing for her wedding to Jeff Greear, a native of Ridgefield. After 27 years with Pacific Northwest Bell I retired in 1972. I spent a few years operating my small Apartment Complex as well as my Miniature Golf Course. I retired a second time in 1976. The past 9 years have been spent helping Ed, in my spare time, with a couple of his inventions. They are aids to the handicapped. This gives both of us a great deal of satisfaction. The latest one is a telephone for quadriplegics that allows them to place and answer calls without assistance. We believe this is a worthwhile hobby. By Gilbert G. Hagwell HAKOLA The Hakola family history centers on the 165.57-acre Lincoln Creek farm, a land grant under President U.S. Grant in 1876. Gust and Maria purchased this wooded land on the confluence of the north and south forks in January 1905 from Charles G. and Lulu M. Ingalls. Four Hakola children enjoyed the bountiful fruits of this property, diptheria having claimed the eldest daughter while they operated a boarding house in Hoquiam. Sigrid became a trained registered nurse; John, in his early 20's, was killed in an automobile accident on the Lincoln Creek Road; Oliver, nicknamed "Fat," stayed on the farm; and Allan graduated from Washington State University to join the military during World War II. He retired, obtained more education and has since retired from the Weyerhaeuser Company. During the 80-year tenure a variety of activities produced revenue for the family: Dairy cows, first Jerseys and Guernseys and then Holsteins; chickens and turkeys; pigs in the early days; oats, wheat, barley and peas. Oliver grew flax one year, several acres of beautiful blue flowers! Oliver married a spunky gal, Regina, "Ginger," from Gate, Washington. "Fat" and "Ginger" had two children, Gail and Glen, in 1937 and 1942, respectively. I am Gail and now that you have been introduced to the family, I will proceed with a tale or two. One of my earliest memories is a story told by my grandfather (Gust) about my father ("Fat") when he was a boy. On this rare occasion he was privileged to accompany his father to Centralia by horse and buggy, an all-day journey over plank road. Grandpa bought bananas, a real treat. Before they arrived home, the bananas had been devoured and little Oliver was sound asleep! My children, Chris, Pamela and Wade Moore, delighted in walking across the field from the old log house on the former Stinchcomb place, where we lived for nearly ten years. They would coerce "Grandma Ginger" into cooking breakfast for them while I rested after a week's commute to Olympia, where I worked for the State of Washington. Glen's children, Julie and Jeff, visited frequently as we all enjoyed being "on the farm." We've all been refreshed by the cool waters of Lincoln Creek on a hot summer day and have delighted in catching that first trout from its pools or ripples. Connections in the family are strong. Oliver was born on his father's October 22 birthday, when grandpa was 33. On Glen's 38th birthday on May 5,1980, Oliver passed away following a year-long bout with cancer. At this writing, I live in Centralia and Glen works at Emerson diesel while his wife JoAnn is employed by the City of Chehalis. My eldest son, Chris Moore, works periodically at the steam plant and Pamela lives in Chehalis with her husband, Guy, who is employed by Northwest Hardwoods as a millwright. Wade is enjoying his stint in the Army where he is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Surely, he, too, will return to "The Farm." J.D. HALE FAMILY The family of James Dickinson Hale was raised in Mineral, Washington. He was born August 4, 1876, near Hindman, Kentucky, and married Eliza Jane Caudill who was born April 14, 1883, near Cornettsville, Kentucky. They were married in Knott County, Kentucky, on January 9, 1902. He was the son of Noah and Rebecca (Amburgey) Hale, and Eliza was the daughter of John Marion and Polly Ann (Morgan) Caudill. They left Kentucky in 1905 and settled in Bradleyville, Missouri. There two children were born: Marcus William Hale on April 17, 1906, and Verna Ethel Hale (Bevan) on February 16, 1908. 179 (photo): James Dickinson and Eliza June Hale They came to Matlock, Washington by train on October 28, 1908. He worked for Simpson Logging Co. for two years. Then, along with several relatives and friends from Kentucky, they moved to a small community near Ladd Coal Mine called Lockhart Spur, which is two miles SW of Mineral, Washington. Here he worked at making railroad - ties from small trees, hewing them by hand with an ax and adz. He received 12 cents a tie. That was in 1911. After working at several logging camps around Mineral, he bought 40 acres of logged off land and built a house 3 miles NE of Mineral near a small flag station on the Milwaukee Railroad called Flynn, named for a homesteader who lived there. He cleared fields by hand and a horse, and purchased a milk cow. He slowly increased his herd to 10 or 12 cows. He separated milk and sold 5 gallon cans of cream, which he hauled by hand to the flag station and shipped to Morton to a cheese factory. He used the skim milk to feed pigs which were sold to butchers. He still continued to work in the logging industry and also found time to drive a Model T school bus. He retired to the farm about 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Hale were both members of the Old Regular Baptist Church at Morton. Children born to this union in Mineral were: Mabel Alice Compton, Morton, July 7, 1914; James Robert Hale, Mineral, September 2, 1918; Marie Norma Sherard, Seattle, April II, 1922; Anna Lee Hale, Federal Way, September 11,1924. All six children graduated from Morton High School, from 1924 to 1943. They had 17 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. James D. Hale died in 19-60 at age 83. Eliza Jane Hale died in 1980 at age 97. HALL FAMILY In 1890 the Hall family, Charles and Mary, plus 5 little Halls, Laura, Charles Jr., Ethel, George and Fred, moved into a 1-room log cabin on a 160-acre homestead between Cowlitz River and Hall Ridge covering both banks of Hall Creek. They joined the other 20 families who had established homesteads from Randle to Packwood (then known as Lewis). In 1893 the 4th white child born in this area, arrived in the little cabin when Harold joined the family. The little cabin and all possessions burned to the ground in 1898. A large log house was built soon after, with scalloped paper valances at the windows and magazine pictures for wallpaper. Charles Jr. planted a small maple tree to commemorate Harold's birth and it still stands today. School was conducted only during the summer months for all ages in a one room cabin on the old Brook Haynes property. Laura married Syrenus Davis in 1901. A daughter, Berneice, arrived in 1903. Syrenus died in 1928, Laura in 1971. Berneice Wilkerson resides on Whidbey Island. Her daughter Joanne, 3 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren also live there. Charles, Jr. married Millie Meyers, school teacher, in 1912. Their son Charles J. arrived in 1914. He fathered I son and 2 daughters. He was killed by a falling tree limb in 1947. Five grandchildren survive. Charles Jr. died in 1956. Ethel married Herman Barnett, trapper and great nephew of Billy Packwood in 1906. A son, Hollis, and a daughter, Zelma, added 7 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. Herman died in Puyallup in 1970. Ethel, now 99 years old, resides in Puyallup Manor Nursing Home. George, a surveyor, who married Clara Fredericks, a school teacher, in 1917, served overseas in World War I. A son was born in 1925. Three grandchildren now live in the Seattle vicinity. George Sr. died in 1963 and Clara in 1981. Fred, a packer, served in World War I after prior Forest Service work. While on pass from the Army, he married Elizabeth Higgins. They had no children. Fred died in 1978, Elizabeth in 1985. . Harold drove freight prior to becoming a ranger in Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park, 1918-1950. He married Alice Nettnin, a Puyallup secretary in 1932. A son, Richard, and a daughter, Jeanette, were born while living in the park. They moved to Ohanapecosh in 1937 and in 1950 bought the old Smith ranch near Packwood, now owned by Robert Baker. Harold died in 1978 in Hesperia, California, and Alice still lives there with daughter Jeanette Powell and family, Michael, Tracy, and Kelly. Richard and wife, formerly Carole Fuchs, live near the ranch at Packwood. Their children are Vicki Lawrence, Packwood, Cindy Davis, of Pacific and Patrick now in the Air Force in Texas. They have one great-grandchild and another is coming. The senior Halls, Charles L. and Mary, passed away in 1917 and 1950 respectively. Mrs. Richard Hall, Carole, owns and operates the Packwood Beauty Shoppe. Richard retired from the State Highway Dept. and is now employed by the Forest Service at Randle. MABEL AND DEWEY HALL FAMILY I, Mable Hall, came from a family of ten children, six boys and four girls. We grew up in Minnesota where we attended School in a one-room schoolhouse, going through the eighth grade. We walked three miles to school, going through as much as five feet of snow in the winter. In the winter, we would hang overcoats on pegs on the walls and place our boots on the floor around the potbelly stove so they would be dry in time to go home. In 1921, I met Dewey Hall and, two years later, we were married. We lived in Jasper, MN, for two years, where I worked at "The Beanery," a restaurant, and Dewey worked for a local telephone company as a lineman, starting at the age of thirteen. In the evenings, he operated "Silent Movies" at the local theatre for several years. Dewey was from a family of five children, four boys and one girl. Charlie, who was next to the youngest brother, worked at a lumber company in Jasper. The owner of the lumber company moved to Chehalis to start a new lumber company and to get away from the cold winters of Minnesota. Charles moved to Chehalis to manage this lumber company. In 1926 Dewey, myself, and Gladys, our first born, and Dewey's father moved to Chehalis. It took us two weeks in our Model T car to get from Jasper to Chehalis. The roads were under construction and, in a lot of places, were mud. At times, we had to push the car up the hills. That's why, on one particular day, we only traveled eight miles. After arriving in Chehalis, we rented for five years. Then purchased two lots on Johnson Ave. and built a home, where we resided until 1965. When we bought, there were but a few homes in the neighborhood. Our pasture would become the future site of the W.F. West High School. In those days, we were not even inside-the city limits. For several years, Dewey worked for O.K. Rubber Welders and then at a feed store. The Chehalis Grain Co. as a truck driver. Over the same period of time, I worked for Rector's Cafe and a couple of other restaurants. >From 1961-1964, we operated tile Lake Mayfield Restaurant, Silver Creek, WA. This was at the same time the Mayfield Dam was being constructed. Upon leaving the restaurant, we returned to our home on Johnson Ave., Chehalis, where we lived until 1965. We then moved to a 10-acre farm near Napavine, where we raised a garden and a few chickens and worked on the 10acres. After Dewey's death in 1982, I sold the farm and moved to Mossyrock to be near my daughter. We have four children, three girls and a son. Gladys resides in Olympia, June in Vancouver, Dallie in Mossyrock and. Donald in California. We have five grandchildren. PHIL HALL FAMILY The Phil Hall family of Hall's Drug Stores came to Centralia in 1956. Phil was born in Tacoma and his wife, Grace, came to Longview in 1927. They met in 1936 in Kelso where they both attended school. After high school, Phil joined the Marines in 1943. He married his high school sweetheart in 1944 in Beverly Hills, California. After the war, Phil was a timber faller for three years before going back to school to major in pharmacy. By that time Phil and Grace had two sons, Ronald and Douglas. After struggling through college and with various stops along the way, they arrived in Centralia in 1956. By this time they had added two daughters to the family. After arriving in Centralia, Phil went to work at Doyle Drug. A year later the store became Pickett Drug Center, and in 1959 the Halls bought the store. It has been Hall's Drug Center since. In 1974 the store moved from 217 North Tower to 505 South Tower in the Fuller Market Basket Store building where it remains today. In 1959, the year they bought the drug store, they were also blessed with another son, Steven. All of the children went through Centralia schools and completed two years at Centralia College. Grace's mother, Effie Hanks, lived with the family during the years the children were growing up, about 1963 to 1976, when she died at almost 90 years of age. 180 Phil Hall Family 1982. Back row, left to right: Mahlon and Patty (Hall) Hazelwood, Steve and Lori Hall, Ronald and Donna Hall, Dennis Thornton and Threse Thornton. Sitting: Douglas Hall, Adrian, Meredith, Scott and Andrea Hall (children of Ron and Donna Hall), Kathleen (Hall) Thornton and Tethany Thornton. All of the Hall children attended college. The oldest, Ronald, is a certified public accountant. He and his wife, Donna, have an accounting business in Lakewood and also a shoe store in Gig Harbor. They have four children: Scott, 17; Adrian, 13; Andrea, 10; and Meredith who is 5. Douglas, the second oldest, manages the Hall's Drug Center and resides in Centralia. He is unmarried. Kathleen, the oldest daughter, and her husband, Dennis Thornton, live in Yakima with their four girls: Bethany, 6; Trese, 4; Katie Jo, 2; and Holly, 7 months. Dennis is an auditor for the State and Kathy, besides taking care of her own children, has a day care center and also a "Little Red Riding Hood" business. Patricia, the next daughter, married a Canadian. They live in Chillowack, B.C. where she is a teacher in special education and he owns and operates Apple Auto Glass. They have one son, Lucas Philip, named after Grandpa. Steven, the youngest of the children, graduated in pharmacy in 1982. He married Lori Nelson of Monroe, WA in March of 1982. Lori graduated in pharmacy shortly after Steve. They are both on the staff at Hall's Drug Center stores. Steven, however, will soon leave for graduate school. Lori will remain at the drug center. When Steve and Lori arrived we began to look for a second location, and in May, 1984, we opened Hall's Medical Center Pharmacy across from the Centralia Medical Center and the Centralia General Hospital. The Halls have always been glad they settled in Centralia with its many benefits, especially the fine school system that gave all the Hall children a good start. The Hall children and their spouses gave Phil and Grace a family 40th anniversary dinner celebration last year. Phil and Grace are now looking forward to retirement in two years. By Phil Hall HANF AND FREDERICK FAMILIES People who lived in Chehalis thirty-five years ago or more will remember the building which is now the Lewis County Historical Museum as a busy railroad station. In the south end of the station was The Railway Express Agency where Joe Hanf worked as clerk, cashier, driver and finally as agent over a period of about forty years. He was well known and liked by people throughout the county for his cheerful manner and helpfulness. At Christmas time he was recognized by children about town who, when they saw him coming in the Express truck said "Here comes the Santa Claus man." His somewhat portly size and pleasant greeting added to the illusion. Railway Express was an interesting business. They shipped a wide variety of items. There were small parcels for individuals, merchandise for local stores, tons of ferns from Callison's, baby chicks and once even some miniature cattle who took up temporary residence in the stock room. There was a dispute as to who was to pay the shipping charges and Joe was caught in the middle. He had to feed and care for the cattle until delivered. The Hanf family came from Iowa to Chehalis in 1908. The father, John Hanf was born 5 December 1858 in Illinois. The mother, Mary Ann Elizabeth Kading was born on a ship coming from Germany 20 May 1867. John and Elizabeth were married 8 February 1887 in the Catholic Church at St. Marys, Iowa. They had six children all of whom were born in St. Marys, Iowa. The children were Joseph Henry born 30 March 1888, William George born 6 December 1889, the twins Carl and Juliana born 12 January 1892, Frances Agnes born 21 September 1897 and Martha Anna born 20 February 1902. Joseph Henry (Joe) and William George (Bill) soon found work in the door factory which was located between Pennsylvania Avenue and State Street and north of Middle St. The family lived at Riverside and the boys having no other transportation, walked to work. The work week then was six days and ten to twelve hours a day. Joe had always been interested in music and soon started taking violin lessons. Within a few years, he formed a dance orchestra and played for dances in Napavine, Winlock, Pe Ell, Dryad, Forest and other neighboring communities as well as at the Liederkranz Hall and the hall above the Hartman Nathan store on Market Street. Joe's sister Martha played piano. Some other members of the orchestra were "Shorty" Reynolds, Jake Huber, and Thorn Rice. At that (photo): Hanf Family 1916. Standing: Carl, Martha, William, Frances, Joseph. Seated: Julia, John and Elizabeth. 181 (photo): Fredericks 1908. Elizabeth, Alice, Harold, Clara, William. time the Saturday night dance was the main entertainment, there being no television, radio or talking pictures. After several years at the door factory, Joe went to work for the railroad in 1911. After a time he transferred to the Railway Express Agency where he worked until his retirement in 1953. Bill also worked for Railway Express for a few years before going to work for the City of Chehalis. He retired as Superintendent of the Water Department. In May 1916 Joseph H. Hanf and Alice Agusta Frederick were married. Alice had come to Lewis County in about 1890 with her parents and sister Clara. Her parents William H. Frederick and Elizabeth Frances Myers were married 31 March 1883 in Stocton, Rooks County, Kansas. Alice was born in Cloud County, Kansas 7 March 1885. Clara was born 12 December 1886 in Cloud County Kansas. Harold William was born in Chehalis 4 November 1901. The Frederick family came from Kansas to Portland, Oregon by train. From there they traveled by water to Toledo and then by wagon to their new home near Onalaska. I believe it was located between Onalaska and Alpha. The two girls attended the Burnt Ridge School. In 1900 they moved to Chehalis where Harold was born in 1901. Alice and Clara both graduated from Chehalis High School. Clara became a teacher and Alice worked for many years at the Hartman & Nathan Department Store. This store, located on Market Street later became Nuce Nathan's. Joe and Alice' Hanf had two daughters, Dorothy Marie and Lois Elizabeth. In the 1930s Joe and family built their home at 614 Pennsylvania Ave. They had help from Joe's brother Carl and Alice's brother Harold. The girls spent many hours nailing the wooden lathe which were used in those days. It was a proud day for all when that house was finally finished. Dorothy and Lois both graduated from Chehalis High School and Central Washington College. Dorothy's first teaching job was in Centralia. Lois started her teaching career in Mossyrock. Both girls received master's degrees from Columbia University Teachers' College in New York. This was accomplished by attending summer schools. Both girls taught in Portland, Oregon for many years. It was there that Lois met and married Robert K. Crandall. After retiring, the Crandalls returned to their native state of Washington and now live in Longbranch. Members of the families who have found their last resting place in the Claquato Cemetery are: John Hanf, 24 January 1929; Elizabeth Hanf, 14 March 1930; Joseph Hanf, 17 September 1972; William Hanf; Julia (Hanf) Kitchel; Frances (Hanf) Good, 11 July 1981; William Frederick, 14 February 1927; Elizabeth Frederick, 10 October 1952; Alice (Frederick) Hanf, 30 May 1959; Clara (Frederick) Hall, 1980; Harold Frederick, 1961. HANSEN FAMILY James David "J.D." Hansen was oldest of eleven children. Born in Minnesota, 1882; died in Chehalis, 1960. His parents, August Hansen, 1856-1936, and Carrie (Knudsen), 1862-1954, migrated to America from Denmark. James came west to Tacoma in 1905, working as a traveling salesman for a farm-implement wholesaler. In 1909, he sent for, and married Lydia Peterson, 1876-1954, his girlfriend from Minnesota. She was one of twelve children born to John Peterson, 1838-1912, and Marie Jensen, 1848-1932, who migrated from Denmark in 1857. Two boys were born in Tacoma, Melvin J., 1913; Lynwood J., 1915. The Hansen Family moved to Chehalis in 1917, when J.D. started his "Hansen-Scott Implement Co." (Scott was a partner for a short time), a retail, farm-implement business located in the three-story building, on Pacific Ave., back of 1st Interstate Bank drive-in until the Great Depression hit in 1929. In 1930, when farmers could not pay their bills, J.D. went out of business, paying his bills by selling the building and mortgaging his home. With $500 he started the Chehalis Music Co., a retail music store, which he operated until his death. Melvin started school in the West Side Grade School but, in his junior and senior year, he attended Lincoln High School, Seattle, to receive a better music education. He graduated in 1932. Mel married Eleanor Young from Portland, OR, in 1935. They have two children, Janice and Melvin J., and three grandchildren, all in the Portland area. Mel Hansen and family moved to Longview in 1943 for two years; then to Portland, where he was staff pianist-organist and arranger for radio station KOIN, until 1956. He gradually went into real-estate business; started his own company "Mel Hansen Real Estate" in 1957; and operated, successfully, until he retired in 1979. Mel Hansen is residing in S.E. Portland in 1985. Lyn Hansen graduated from Chehalis High School in 1933. Married Eula Olson, from Iowa, in 1954. They have two children, Nancy, who presently working for the State Social and Health Services, Tacoma, and Patty, who is employed at the Security State Bank. Lyn worked in a service station and insurance business until 1954 (except for three years in the service), when he went into the music-store business with his dad. He retired in 1980; is still residing in Chehalis in 1985. OTTO FREDERICK HANSEN Otto Frederick Hansen was born in Heletoft, Longeland Island, Denmark on November 14, 1865. He came from a family of merchant marines who had traveled to the Orient and brought back fine china and art works. He lived by the ocean and watched the ships come and go to foreign ports. He wished for adventure also but was discouraged by his family who thought that age sixteen was too young to leave home. He seized the chance when an older brother began making plans to come to the United States and accompanied him on the trip. The sailing vessel nearly foundered in a bad storm and many passengers were injured and ill. It was with great relief that they saw the New World and set foot on land again. They were encouraged to go to Black Hawk, Colorado, where other Scandinavians had found work in the gold mine. Otto enrolled in the local schools to perfect his English and to study at mining school. In 1890 he married Sorena Catherine Sorenson who was from his island home in Denmark. Their three older children, Lillie, Julia and Walter were born in Black Hawk. They built a new home and the older children spent a few years in local schools. The mines were dangerous places for workers and Mr. Hansen at times had to return to a flooded mine to help bring out the injured and the dead. After hearing from friends of the mild climate, beauty and abundance of wild animals and berry food available in Washington state, they decided to come. In 1901 they came to Lewis County and bought acreage from Mr. Adams who had purchased hundreds of acres of land years before. It is described as SE1I4 of SE_ of Section 9 T 12 R 2 Wand lies halfway between Napavine and Winlock. Part of the low land grew a grove of oak trees. Mr. Hansen cleared the trees from the land but left one tree standing in the middle of a field, that was later to bear potatoes, corn and grains. During summer vacations the children spent hours each day herding the cattle in that field. Their task was to watch the cattle and see that they did not eat the corn or potatoes. On hot days they sat in the shade of the old oak tree. Today, the farm buildings are gone; most of the family is deceased or moved away, but the old oak tree still stands as a reminder of bygone days. As was true of most rural settlements around 1900, there were few roads for transportation and most of them were nearly impassable when the rainy season started. Children walked miles to school in mud and snow with gunny sacks 182 wrapped around their feet and legs to keep out the wet and cold. In 1883, District #36 was chartered and started as a one-room school. It stood in a small clearing surrounded by a forest. The teacher called the children into school by standing in the open doorway and ringing a small bell in her hands. The children did not always hear it. They wrote their lessons on homemade desks which were deeply carved by boys' jack knives. Otto Hansen served on the school board in order to improve conditions for the children. He helped in the purchase of a belfrey bell and "store bought" desks for better penmanship. The Hansen family did not fare very well financially as the well-preserved record books of Mr. Hansen show. Some years the profit, after expenses, amounted to only $200 for the year. Two more daughters, Edna and Alma, were born at Evaline and attended the local school which in their school years was a modern four classroom building. It contained modern heating and plumbing. They completed two years of high school at Evaline. On March 18, 1904, Hope Grange was chartered at Evaline. Otto Hansen served many years as its Master. Today, a plaque hangs in this same building honoring the original charter members. Mr. Hansen donated land adjoining the grange hall. This became a Lewis County road and made available to interior settlers access to the community. In their later years, when their children were working elsewhere, they bought a home in Centralia, 14 miles north of them. Their final years were spent in Glendale, California, with children. Mr. Hansen passed away in 1933 and his wife, Sorena in 1965. They are in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, which is the home of the famous "Resurrection" painting by the Polish artist, Jan Styka and the marble statue of Christ by Thorveldson. By Alma Hansen Winter JOHN A. AND REBECCA COLEMAN HARALSON John A. Haralson was born July 17, 1880 in Gadsen, Alabama. He moved west with his parents, James Fletcher and Sarah Culpepper Haralson. They settled in the "Big Bottom" area of Lewis County in 1886. In 1906 he and Rebecca Coleman were married. Rebecca was born May 8,1888 in Greenbriar County, West Virginia. She moved west with her parents, Wilburn and Annie Coleman in 1893. They homesteaded 160 acres of land in Verndale and lived in the Glenoma area until their deaths. Wilburn died in 1928 and Annie in 1947. They had a General Merchandise store in Glenoma for several years. Johnnie and Rebecca lived in Randle where Johnnie had the mail, freight, and passenger service from Morton to Packwood. He was a co-owner with Bill Davis in one of the first grocery stores in Packwood. He also had a sawmill in Randle. They moved to Glenoma in 1928 after their home was destroyed by fire. He was a logger and farmer. They had five children, Willie and Douglas deceased, Wesley, Elsie, and Audrey. Wesley and Audrey live on land homesteaded by their grandparents. Elsie also lives in Glenoma. Rebecca died in 1931 and Johnnie in 1950. Wesley married Berniece Blake, and they have a son, Duane. Elsie married John Dodrill, and they had three children, Ronald, Linda, and Debra. Audrey married William Lawson, and they have three children, Linda, Janet, and Douglas. CLAUDE AND GERTRUDE HARMS Claude A.S. Harms, the tenth child of Theodore and Mary C. (Kinsey) Harms, was born August 30, 1905 at Salkum. His family moved from Indiana to Puyallup in 1887 where his father trained horses and worked for Ezra Meeker. The family moved from Puyallup to Salkum in 1899. (photo): John and Rebecca Haralson Gertrude O. Hardy, the seventh child of Linioel D. and Nora E. (Filhard) Hardy, was born December 13, 1912 in Dupont, Washington. Her family moved from Michigan to Gold Bar about (photo): Claude and Gertrude Harms 1902/03. From there they moved to Dupont and then to Jackson Prairie. Claude and Gertrude met when the Salkum Church and the Jackson Prairie Church held Sunday School picnics simultaneously at Lewis and Clark State Park. Elmer, Tim and Blanche, Gertrude's sister, arranged for Claude to take Gertrude home so that Elmer could escort Blanche. Claude and Gertrude were married at a small family wedding by Reverend Whisler on June 7,1930. After marrying they lived in Chehalis, moving to Westport in 1932 where Claude worked on his brother Harry's ranch. Gertrude attended Ocosta High School for one semester and returned to Napavine High School for her last semester, graduating in 1933. Claude fished in Alaska during the 1935 and 1936 seasons. In 1941, he spent two months fishing in Alaska and returned to start working on September 16 with Otto Hardy, his brother-in-law, falling timber with a power saw. In 1948 he went to work for Weyerhauser as a faller and retired on August 30, 1970. In 1962, Gertrude went back to school at Centralia College and completed the Licensed Practical Nurse's course in 1963. She retired from nursing in 1974. Their first child, Claudette Estel, was born January 17, 1934 in Westport. She graduated from Toledo High School in 1952. Later that summer she married Donald Doyle Graham. Their two children are Anna Estel, born.March 27, 1953, and Donald Doyle Graham, Jr., born June 9, 1954. Anna's two children are Corey and David. Their second child, Susan Kay, was born January 15, 1945 in Chehalis. Susan graduated from W.F. West High School in 1963. She attended Centralia College and Central Washington, graduating in 1967. She married Gregory Lathan Pattillo in Winlock on June 8,1974. Claude and Gertrude still live on Jackson Prairie. THEODORE SPENCER HARRINGTON Theodore Spencer Harrington was born in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois on May 5, 1844, the son of Leonard Ellsworth and Lois (Russell) Harrington. He was the oldest of six children by the first marriage. His parents were converts to "Mormonism" and moved to Nauvoo in the sum (photo): Martha Elizabeth Harrington Leonard 183 mer of 1842. In 1846, they migrated west, crossing the plains with the Edward Hunter Company, and arrived in Salt Lake Valley on October 1, 1847, where they made their home until 1850 when the family moved to Utah County and were among the first settlers of American Fork. It was here that Theodore met Martha Elizabeth Chipman. Martha Elizabeth, the youngest child of Stephen and Amanda (Washburn) Chipman, was born at Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa, November 27, 1844. Her parents crossed the plains to Utah in the Abraham Owen Smoot's hundred, arriving in the Salt Lake Valley on September 25, 1847, first settling at Millcreek, then moving to American Fork, Utah the summer of 1850 and were the first to make their homes there. Theodore and Martha were married in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 13, 1863. They made their home in American Fork and Merced County, California, Grangerville, Tulare County, California and Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, and to Winlock, Lewis County, Washington. Here they built the Winlock Hotel and ran it for about twenty-five years. Martha, his wife, died September 24, 1907 and he retired from the hotel business at age sixty-three. To indicate the esteem in which the Harringtons were held, the traveling trade, "The Traveling Men's Association," had Theodore as guest of honor. They outfitted him with top hat, duster and cane to lead their national associating parade in Portland, Oregon. Children: Lois Harrington, md. William A. Gray; Martha Elizabeth Harrington, md. Charles E. Leonard; Amanda Harrington, md. Benjamin Baily Colbath; Leonard Stephen Harrington b. December 9, 1872, d. November 8, 1874; Zina Harrington b. January 31, 1875, Grangeville, CA, d. 1941; Olive Harrington b. July 7, 1879, Thurston Co., WA, d. 1944. Theodore lived for fifteen years after his wife's passing to enjoy the association with his children and their posterity. He died on October 18, 1922 in Winlock, Washington, where he and his wife are buried.