The History of Lewis County, Washington, Pt 5 of 10: PAGES 184 - 218 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 5 of 10: PAGES 184 - 218 HARTLINGS OF CENTRALIA Harvey C. Hartling and Ruth Sylvester Hartling live in Centralia, Washington, where Harvey is a retired clergyman of First Christian Church of Centralia. Eldest of the two daughters in the family is Irene Compton, whose husband William is an English teacher at Timberline High School in Lacey. There are two children in the Compton family, Laura and Sarah. Second daughter, Meredith, is married to Jan Clements, a Lieutenant on the police force of Eugene, Oregon, where they make their home. Their daughter is named Hillary. Harvey's first pastorate was at Deer Lodge, Montana following graduation from Spokane University, a church related college. During his nine year pastorate there he continued his ministerial education in five summer terms at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. After a short pastorate in Butte, Montana he was married to Ruth Sylvester, a member of that congregation. The couple moved to Bozeman, and during his eight year pastorate their two daughters were born. The next move was to Seattle, Washington where he served nine years at Northwest Christian Church. When the family moved to Centralia in 1959 Harvey soon learned what was expected of him. On his first Sunday in Centralia a young lady in the Youth Meeting asked him "When are we going to have our new church?" Of course he had no definite answer to that question. However, it turned out that seven years and five months later the first service was held in a new sanctuary on a site approximately one mile distant from the previous fifty year location of the church. The cost of the new site and the building amounted to approximately $230,000.00. When Harvey retired from the Centralia ministry of more than ten years the building indebtedness was $85,000.00. Nine days before his retirement as pastor of Centralia Christian Church, Harvey presided in a ceremony marking the 100th Anniversary of the church organization. The Reverend Marion McQuary, former pastor, was guest speaker. Friends from near and far joined in the celebration. Six months after retirement Harvey became part time chaplain at Maple Lane School for delinquent teenage girls. His work at the school involved one full day during the week, and chapel services on Sundays. During Harvey's first pastorate in Deer Lodge he became interested in the history of the Christian Churches in Montana and started collecting historical material. Fifty years later, in 1978, assisted by Dr. Merrill G. Burlingame, of Bozeman, he started writing the book, "Big Sky Disciples, a History of the Christian Churches in Montana, Disciples of Christ," which was published in 1984. Ruth Hartling was born in St. Francis, Missouri. She grew up in Butte, Montana, and was graduated from Butte High School and the Butte Business College. She was working as Secretary to one of the executives of the Montana Power Company previous to her marriage. In Centralia she did secretarial work for three years at the Bonney Walker Nursing Home, and later became a real estate salesman for Kline-Thomas Realtors. Her next interest was as a volunteer with the Lewis County Literacy Council, and later served as its President. She was a member of the Green Thumb Garden Club of Centralia, and after serving a number of years on election boards of this city became an election inspector. She also typed the entire manuscript of the "Big Sky Disciples Book." HASKIN FAMILY From stories I am told, my grandfather, Andrew Haskin, emigrated from Ireland in the 1850's. He ran away from home at the age of 14 and became a drummer boy in the Civil War. A large picture, "Marching Through Georgia," always hung on their living room wall. The ten children he had are all deceased. The four by his first wife were Phoebe (Housh), Laura (Merrill Albert), Arthur Haskin and William Haskin. On the death of his first wife, he married my grandmother, Matilda L. Granger. They had six boys; Roy, Dick, Bruce, George, Ralph and Rhody. In 1906 the family moved here from Greeley, Colorado and purchased 400 acres of what is now Galvin. My grandparents lived there until 1917, then moved to Portland, Oregon. The first gasoline motor in the state of Washington was brought here by my grandfather and used as a boat motor on the Chehalis River. It was a two-cycle, similar to a dragsaw engine. Most of the boys married local people. Roy married Lois Harris, had four children and owned most of Pacific Beach in the thirties and forties. They owned the garage, store, and theatre in which Lois always played the organ. The store was owned by my cousin, Fred Haskin until 1976. Dick married Ruth Hilpert. They had two children, still living in Portland. He homesteaded in southern Oregon, wheat ranched in Idaho in War I, and was a contractor in Seattle and Portland many years. Bruce, my father, married Myrtle Loomis of Ford's Prairie. They had three boys, three girls and one baby stillborn. Four of us are still living. My dad helped install the smokestack at Maple Lane School before 1915, wheat ranched in Idaho in World War I, painted smokestacks all over Lewis County, carried mail on Ford's Prairie and worked in Foron's mine. We lived in Portland in the middle twenties and moved up on the North Fork in 1928. In 1929 we moved to Newaukum Hill on what is now named the Haskin road. George married Annie? who died in childbirth in southern Oregon. My cousin Neal survived and two other children were born to his second wife. He owned the La Center Garage for many years and also a garage in Woodland. Ralph married Kathleen Balch from Grand Mound and had three children. Kathleen lives near Hillsboro and is the last surviving one of that generation. Rhody died at the age of 14 of pneumonia either in Colorado or shortly after moving here. The house in which I was born nearly 70 years ago still stands on Ford's Prairie, about three miles from town. It has been cut down from three stories to one, but still has the original stone porch build by my grandfather, Henry Loomis. He planted the maple trees that line old 99 on the prairie and there are now over fifty places on the original tract. One of my sisters, Alice Van Wechel, was born in the little grey house still standing about 2 1/2 miles north of Centralia, owned then by the Butler Bros. By Britten Haskin RAY HASKIN FAMILY Ray Alton Haskin and Doris Jean Miller were married October 17, 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Ray was the son of Bruce and Myrtle Haskin. He was born at the home of his grandparents, William and Capitola Loomis, on Fords Prairie, July 29,1918. He moved with his parents to Idaho, then to Portland, Oregon near his paternal grandparents, Andrew and Mattie Haskin. In 1928 the family moved to Newaukum Hill where he lived until entering the army in 1942, having graduated from Adna High School in 1936. In the service, Ray attended school in Missouri and Florida graduating as a Radar Technician, and was stationed at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. After his discharge, the Haskins moved back to Chehalis where Ray worked as a truck driver for Quick Service, P.H.T., Chehalis Brick and Tile, and National Fruit Canning Company. He retired in 1980 to spend more time at his avocation, farming, which almost came to an end when his own tractor ran over him. Luckily he survived with only a broken leg and an interesting tale to tell! Doris was born to Clarence and Gladys Miller, March 21,1925 at the home of her grandparents, Howard and Jessie Mooberry. Her family lived near Forest and later moved to Newaukum Valley near her father's parents, Albert and Calista Miller. Doris attended first grade in Newaukum Valley, graduated from Onalaska High School, and completed one year at Western Washington College of Education. Her father being a logger, she attended nine different schools. Church, 4-H, and P.T.A. kept Doris busy when the children were young. She was a 4-H leader for 28 years, and held many offices, including district president in P.T.A. and county and district offices in 4-H. She was an Avon representative and later associated with Stanley 184 (photo): The Ray Haskin Family. Back row: Ellen. Russell. Donald, Linda. Front row: Doris, Scott, Ray. Home Products, jobs which made it possible for her to be home with the children. The five Haskin children all graduated from Chehalis High School. Russell was born July 19, 1944 in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated from Centralia College, and is a laboratory technician for Longview Fiber. He is married to JoAnne Foster and has two sons. Linda, born October 10, 1946, graduated from Washington State University, and has taught home economics and preschool. She married Richard Detering and they have one son. Ellen was born January 29, 1948. Upon graduation from Washington State University she accepted a home economics teaching position in Nome, Alaska, where she still teaches. She married Ken Kristenson and they have two sons. Donald, born June 27,1954 attended Lakewood Technical School. He married Peggy Morris, they have two daughters, and farm in Eastern Idaho. Scott was born October 4, 1962. He attended ITT Electronics school in Seattle, where he now works for an electronics firm. Ray and Doris live in Newaukum Valley. They are still very active in the Methodist Church, Newaukum Valley Community Club, and Newaukum Grange where Ray is a Gold Star (50 years) member. Doris is volunteer coordinator of the Lewis County clothing bank. They enjoy retirement and opportunities to visit their children. WILLIAM L. HASSLER Born February 12, 1933 in Tacoma, Washington I have lived in the Lewis County area most of my adult life. I attended Bates Vocational School in Tacoma and in 1951 I became a painter and decorator working in Lewis County. I recall a number of homes and businesses which I have decorated including St. Helens Hospital, W.F. West High School, J .C. Penney Co., Brown Mortuary, Bennett School, many homes and even the governor's mansion in Olympia. In 1956 I gave my heart to the Lord and in 1960 God called me into the ministry. After attending Bible School in Springfield, Missouri I became a pastor and eventually moved back to Lewis County where I now pastor Jackson Prairie Gospel Assembly south of Chehalis. In 1953 I married Mary Ann Guenther and we have three children. Diane, our oldest is married to David Lipinski and has two children, Kyle and Kara, ages 2 and 6 months. Darryl is married to Joyce Russell. Donna married Brian Kohler on March 2, 1985. RALPH AND HELEN HEARN The family of W.E. Hearn, came to Washington from Ohio in 1925, settling in and around Chehalis. From a total of 11 children Ralph, the youngest, was born in Chehalis in 1926. During the depression of the 1930's, Ralph's folks lost their 40 acre farm on the Napavine-Forest Road, (photo): The Ralph Hearn Family the current location of Bode's Restaurant near the I-5 Freeway. At that time only a gravel road existed between Napavine and Forest. This was the time when the Hearn, Norris, Moravec and Anderson families lived in the area. As the Hearn family moved from house to house in those tough days, Ralph managed to attend nearly every school in the area: Napavine, Dillenbaugh, Newaukum Valley, West Side, Cascade and Chehalis Junior and Senior high schools. Many of these schools are no longer in existence. After being drafted, Ralph spent two years with the U.S. Army where he was stationed at Fort Worth, Texas and the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico developing the German V-2 rockets. This was also where the pioneer space work was begun. At the end of World War II, Ralph returned to Chehalis where most of his brothers and sisters still resided. His folks moved to California for a time before returning to Chehalis. In 1949 Ralph met his wife to be, Helen Hansen of Napavine who coincidentally lived on the Napavine-Forest Road. They were married in 1950 and settled on a small 13-acre farm on the banks of the Newaukum River. Four children were born here, all attending our local schools and graduating from W.F. West in Chehalis. Ralph Jr., the oldest, traveled and attended colleges in the U.S. and Copenhagen, Denmark, the native land of his maternal grandparents. He is graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Vicki Penny attended colleges in Centralia, Vancouver and Ellensburg and is presently employed as a laboratory technician for National Fruit Canning Company in Chehalis. Her husband John, is employed by the State Department of Fisheries at the Mossyrock Hatchery on Riffe Lake. He graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Biology. Susan attended college at Western Washington University at Bellingham, majoring in Psychology and Education. She has the only grandchild, Steven. Laurie Hearn Dowell graduated from the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, with a degree in Business Administration and Marketing. Her husband Bruce also graduated from U.S.C. and is a Financial Planner and Stock Broker for The Bank of America by whom they are both employed. Having always enjoyed hunting and fishing, it was no surprise when Ralph took a job with the State Department of Natural Resources. Enjoying the outdoors to the fullest, as a Recreation Technician in the Capitol Forest near Olympia. This is one of the most beautiful parks in our area. Here you can enjoy the activities you love, be it walking the quiet nature trails with its hand made bridges, camping overnight, horseback riding or motorcycle riding where the sights can be fantastic. The sight at the top of Capitol Peak is breathtaking. Public Relations are very much a part of his work as many volunteer groups donate their time to help keep this area beautiful. Ralph's wife Helen graduated from Napavine High School where she was always involved in school activities and offices. She is presently employed by National Fruit Canning Company as Quality Control Manager responsible for all facets of quality involved in the many frozen vegetables packaged by N.F.C. The main vegetables being peas, corn, and carrots grown by our local farmers. Because the Chehalis area has offered them all the things they have wanted out of life, in 1985, Helen and Ralph are still located on the banks of the Newaukum River on their farm. 185 SAMUEL CARA HERREN My grandfather Samuel Cara Herren, was born February 14, 1856, in Waynesville, North Carolina. He was the son of Eli B. Herren and Susan Jane Yarborough Herren of pioneer North Carolina families. His wife, Laura Anne Teague, was the daughter of Wilson Teague and Adeline Kirkpatrick Teague of North Carolina. My mother, Edna Herren Frazier (1886-1969) was born at the home of Hattie Siler of Grandfather Herren's family in Waynesville. Later, they all moved west. Grandfather and several of Hattie Siler's descendants were members of the State Legislature in Olympia. Mother, after childhood in Washington State and elsewhere, returned to Lewis County and to Centralia to teach there and in Olympia for many years. She raised four girls, was a fine painter and talented in other ways. Great Uncle "Judd" Herren, (Adonirum Judson Herren), Grandfather Samuel's oldest brother followed Grandfather to Winlock in 1887 and purchased the lovely Cowlitz Prairie land, near Toledo, of the Hudson Bay's former English fort. He raised several children, including Susan Herren Cochran, Samuel L. Herren (named after Grandfather), Benjamin and Hugh Herren. Hugh was a member of the State Legislature in the 40's and 50's as was Harry Siler, a nephew, from Randle in the 70's. Mattie Teague Johnson followed Grandmother to Winlock in the early days marrying Andrew Johnson there. He was kiddingly known as "Ship Knee Johnson" because of his early lumbering, apparently building ship knees for vessels. After the family got off the new train running only to Winlock (1886) they remained only a few years conducting a law practice, running a newspaper, a store and whatever pioneers did to start. They moved to Chehalis when Mother (Edna Herren) was still a toddler. Chehalis had grown and had some comfortable homes. Centralia had a road with a store on one side and a saloon on the other, according to Grandfather, but later the first Legislature considered a seminary for the budding community. The roads were terrible, if there were any, and Grandfather rode down to the Jackson County "Courthouse" for one trial only. He and a gentleman both ran for judge in Chehalis and his good friend Mr. Langhorne beat him by one vote. They pounded each other on the back delightedly years later during a visit and relived old times. From Chehalis, Grandfather became a member of the first Washington Legislature in 1889. Grandma told of some rough rides with howling babies trying to nap on the way to sessions in Olympia. Grandfather and others of early legislators were very proud of setting up forest lands for school support, for the Seattle property set aside for the University of Washington financing, for locating the Normal Schools, etc. Grandfather had someone run a store for him in Seattle. It didn't burn in the big fire fortunately. At that time he was an early University regent and could visit yet another brother (Archibald Lafayette Herren) who had moved west. Grandfather was a good trial attorney trying cases in Idaho and Montana in the rough early Butte, Montana, days. He ended up moving to Chicago around the turn of the century and practiced there participating in the campaign for Woodrow Wilson, whom he greatly admired. He died there in the late twenties or thereabouts. By Marjorie Frazier Co/well ' THE HERREN FAMILY ON COWLITZ PRAIRIE Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Herren and children, Harry, Hugh, Ben, Sam, Judd, and Susie came from North Carolina to Washington by train in 1885, making a home on a 308 acre farm on Cowlitz Prairie. The land was once part of the Hudson Bay Cowlitz Farm. At one time Mr. Herren ran a store and saw mill in Toledo. Judd died at age 16. Harry never married. Hugh Herren's children are: William, Seattle; Judd, Tacoma; Belle Stewart, Portland; Marjory Porterfield and Roderick, Puyallup; and Bertha Swinford, Tacoma. Children of Sam Herren are: Dr. Thomas, Kelso; George with his wife, Mae, lives on part of the home place; Archie who passed away; twin daughters Josephine Oglesby, Longview; and Pauline Sabin, Chehalis. Susie Cochran lived on part of the home place until her death in 1954. Ben also stayed on the home place until his death in 1919, leaving one son, Robert, who, with his wife, Ruth, also lives on part of the Herren estate. HENDERSON - BYONES FAMILIES Charles Henderson married Abby Bailey in Mass. in 1871. Two sons, Charles Chester and Joseph Avery, were born in Mass. They moved to Kansas, and Flora, Florence, Albert, and Carol were born there. Shortly after the birth of Carol, they joined a wagon train going West to Centralia, Washington. My mother remembered being in Centralia when the territory became a state on November 11, 1889. November 22,1890, her sister Neva was born, and her mother died February 1891. The baby was adopted by a couple who moved back East. Hard times hit the family, and their father left town seeking work. So Charlie, who was 18, was left in charge and kept the family together. It was a proud day when Albert graduated from Centralia High School. Charlie had a jewelry store and repaired watches. My mother, Flora Henderson, met my father, John G. Byones, at the Baptist Church. They were married October 30, 1904. I was born December 13, 1905, and my brother John, June 4, 1907. On a snowy February 8, 1921, our baby sister Catherine (Kay) was born in Chehalis. She was something special as we were so much older. For trips on Sunday my father would rent a carriage and drive the swamp road to Chehalis. This road is the present Gold Street. They never dreamed this swampy area would be expensive business property. I can remember as a child our family would go to the Southwest Washington Fair on the street car. I started school in the old Edison in Centralia. In 1914 we moved to Chehalis. My father worked for Mr. Sonnemann in the Chehalis City Laundry. He died in 1934; mother in 1936. John, Mary, and Catherine graduated from Chehalis High School and Bellingham Normal (now Western University). Catherine, or Kay as she was called, married Peter Ploeg man and lives in Kent. She has three sons, Tom, David, and Melvin. John worked and owned the Model Laundry in Centralia from 1946 to 1974. Mary married William Raupp. They farmed on Cowlitz Prairie. Their children are Margaret Habersetzer, Betty Gauvin, John, Jim, and Ken. William Raupp passed away December 13, 1980. By John Byones and Mary Raupp WILLIAM TREDWILL HERRIFORD William was born in Kansas, 1874. He was usually called Willie. His father, Alvis S. Herriford, Martha and family, of seven children, moved west in 1886. Alvis was a Civil War Veteran. They came by train to Portland; then, up the river by boat, to Edona. In 1891, Alvis bought 80-acres from the Northern Pacific Railroad, about three miles south of Toledo. Willie worked for farmers and often bought a sack of flour and carried it home, on his back, to his mother. Meat was obtained by hunting; dogs (photo): Henderson Family - Back Row: Albert, Flora, Florence. Front Row: Charles, Carl and Joe. 186 (photo): William T. Herriford, Minnie E. Moore were used to help. One hunting place was Kid Valley. In November, 1903, he married Minnie Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Dorsey B. Moore, who had a hop field at Olequa. One of his farms was three miles below Toledo, near the River. The house wasn't much and, the first winter, snow blew in around the door onto the stove. A new house, with inside plumbing and hot and cold water, was built; also, a new barn. He cleared land by burning and using dynamite. All the farm work was done with a team of horses, cows were milked by hand. He had two teams, one a work team, the other Percheron, to raise horses to sell. He raised pheasants, both silver, golden and china. Some were skinned and mounted. Camping at the beach was enjoyed. Minnie cooked food late the night before, to take. A tent was set up in the campground, for sleeping. All the cooking was done outside. Swim suits were an old dress or pants. After clam digging, Willie liked to fish for perch. The ginger cookies, that Elsie had baked, were soon gone. The O.K. School was at the top of the hill. Willie had donated the land for this school. In the winter, the parents took turns making hot soup, for the children at noon. Box socials were held in the school. Seeking better schools for their children, they moved to Chehalis; then to the Hanaford Valley; and, in 1929,a farm on the Scheuber Road, south of Centralia. He still had a team but, now, also a tractor. Crops he raised were hay and grain. A threshing machine came to the farm and the crew was fed two meals a day. Cows were milked by hand. Now, he had some pea fowls, also some coon, in pens. One coon without fur on its tail. A bald headed uncle said, "When Willie grew hair on the coon's tail, he could try it on his head." The surprise was he did get fur to grow on the coon's tail. These coon, along with his many pheasants, brought many visitors. He and his sons hunted on the hill for deer. One bear they killed weighed 318 pounds. The barn and grainery burned down in 1932. The insurance money was banked just before the bank went broke. A make-do was made for the cows and a new barn was started in the spring. Willie was a member of the Masonic Orders. They attended The First Christian Church in Centralia. One of Minnie's hobbies was raising canaries. In the spring she would make a nest, using a padded, shot-gun shell box and part of an old, wool sox for the top. She had several kinds of canaries. She made quilts by hand, crocheted and tatted. Willie and Minnie had six children: Elsie, Agnes, Sadie, Orville, Harold and Minnie. They also raised two grandchildren. Willie lived to be 94-years, 3Y2-months old. His advice to his children was "If you cannot say something good about a person, say nothing." At this date, 1985, Elsie lives in California; Minnie in Longview; Orville at Scott Lake, south of Olympia; and Harold and Sadie on South Scheuber Road, south of Centralia. LLOYD HILDESHEIM I was born on Johnson Creek near Tenino September 30, 1903. My folks were Fred and Ella Hildesheim. Dad was working for Herb Turney who was logging for the Mutual Mill in Bucoda. In those days it was horse logging, only the best timber cut, any defects or large knots in logs were left in the woods. The logs were cut 16 or 18 feet long and floated down the river to the mill. My dad worked ten-hour days for two dollars a day. Before I was two years old we moved to Wildwood and bought my grandfather's homestead, which he, Tom Naylor, homesteaded in 1882. My granddad was a Civil War veteran. He and my grandmother were married in Pennsylvania. He worked in the oil fields for a while and then came to Oregon and then to Washington. He passed away August 1904. My grandmother passed away May 2, 1921. His first home was built of split cedar boards on one side and tongue and grooved by hand, stood on end. I can remember being in that house when we first came to Wildwood, a new home had been built in 1904. Tom Naylor started the first Post Office and it was always in the Naylor or Hildesheim names until it was discontinued and the rural route took over. The folks sold out in 1939 and moved to Richmond Beach, where mother passed away December 9,1941 and dad died March 12; 1948. I had a sister and brother younger than I. They are both deceased. We all went to school in a one-room school at Wildwood and to high school at Boistfort. We farmed the home place, milked cows and raised hogs. In 1929 Dad sold the timber and got $4.00 per thousand. In 1932 I went to work for my uncle up near Seattle firing a steam engine in a mill, then after that I had a mill of my own and then to a logging truck which I drove 214,000 miles, then sold it and did custom farm work during the war. I married in 1937. I have a daughter Faye in Longview and a son Delbert in Sutherland, Oregon. That marriage lasted ten years and she took off. In 1952 I married a nice quiet lady from North Dakota. We had a nice family life until January 23, 1980 when she died of Alzheimer's Disease. Soon after that I remarried. She was a lady I had known from high school days. She had lost her husband and we were both lonely. On May 12,1980 Agnes Rayton Wisner and I were married at her home in Centralia. We had a lot of good times together visiting relatives in Idaho and Montana. Her health wasn't too good, she had worked too hard and I lost her January 15, 1983. I now live on my place on Lucas Creek that I have owned since 1939. ARNOLD McCARTHY (MACK) HILTS Arnold McCarthy (Mack) Hilts was born March 29, 1899 in Sunnidale Twp., Sincoe County, Ontario, Canada. In 1916 his parents, the Jacob Hilts family came to western Washington. Jacob, impressed with the lush beauty of Lewis County, bought 4 lots in the Borst Park Cemetery where he, his wife Kathryn, and his parents Hiram and Melissa Hilts are buried. Mack started eastward. He was a pastry cook in the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, WA; worked in the mines in Kellogg, Idaho, and finally farmed and ran a small store in Spiritwood, North Dakota. There he met and married Alice Gray. He worked for the North Dakota Highway Dept. many years and she taught in the Ritchie School in Valley City, North Dakota. Later she had a position in the rural schools that trained teachers under the supervision of the State Teacher's College. They moved to Napavine, WA in 1945, where Alice taught until she retired in 1970. Mack worked in the woods and was the custodian at Napavine High School. Alice remembers the day the earthquake struck and the children were at lunch. No one was ever sure how everyone got out safely, but not one was even scratched. Then came the difficult times of teaching in the Oddfellows Hall and the joy of a new building. The community has been a friendly, helpful one. Mack died in 1954. They had 2 daughters; Jean Hilts Bluhm, who has 3 children; and Shirley Hilts Valeos, who has 2 children. Shirley has her master's degree and teaches in Vancouver. DAVID LOWELL HINES David Lowell Hines, son of Dr. Wayne Lowell and Elizabeth (Allison) Hines, was born in Chehalis, July 22, 1939. He graduated from Chehalis High School in 1957. He received his B.A. from the University of Washington in 1961 and an M.A. degree in Library Science in 1962, also from the University of Washington. David worked as assistant librarian at West High School in Bremerton, Washington 1962-3 and became the assistant librarian at Olympic College, also in Bremerton 1963-4. Wishing to further his education, David went to the University of California at Berkeley for post-graduate work in 1964-67 where he was a teaching assistant. In 1967 he started work as a librarian with the IBM Company in Rochester, Minnesota, where he remained for several years. He became the senior librar.ian there from 197279 and advanced to the position of Technical Librarian 1979-80. David Hines was selected to oversee the installation of a new library at the IBM Company's plant at Irving, Texas 1980-84 where he now lives. Continuing study and research resulted in his advancement to the position of Development Analyst at Irving in 1984. While in Minnesota, David sang in the Civic Symphony Chorale 1978-80. He is a member of the Greater North Texas Orchid Society (Dallas) and of the Elks Club. He belongs to Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Phi Alpha and Beta Phi Mu Honor Societies. 187 (photo): Heather Michelle, Shirley Hilts Valeos, Dick Valeos, Shawn David Dr. Wayne L. and Elizabeth A. Hines David was the co-recipient with A.A. Pastuszak, IBM Director's Award for TELCLIB, the Technical Library Information Facility, 1982. He is a consultant in the field, has contributed to professional journals and papers at local, regional and national conferences. His biography appeared in Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 19th edition, 1984-1985. DR. WAYNE L. AND ELIZABETH A. HINES Dr. Wayne Lowell Hines has been a student and teacher in the field of the relationship between nutrition and vision for many years, and has published in educational and other professional journals. He is a member of the American Optometric Association, Washington State Optometric Association, Iridology Fellowship and International Optometric Fellowship, and his research interests include analysis of reading problems arising from psychological, physiological and organic eye disorders, and iris diagnosis using techniques of iridology. He was born at West Salem, Ohio, son of William H. and Mary C. Hines in 1914. Elizabeth Allison, sixth child of Thomas B. and Mary W. Allison, born in 1912, also in Ohio. After high school she attended Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio. Wayne and Elizabeth were married in her sister's home in West Salem, Ohio, May 26, 1935. They drove a Ford Car across the country to Yakima, Washington, where Wayne worked as a practicing optometrist with Dr. George B. Stoddard from 1935-36. Since November 1936, Dr. Hines has had his own private practice in Chehalis, Washington. Wayne and Elizabeth became very active in community activities. Each worked in the Scouting movement - both Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of America. Both were involved in church activities. Elizabeth worked with Brownies and 4-H girls also. At different times she was president of the Cascade Parent-Teachers Association; president of the Women's Society of the Methodist Church; and president of the St. Helens Club. After the children finished school, Elizabeth became a part-time worker in her husband's office. (photo): Dr. Wayne Lowell Hines. Elizabeth Hines, David Lowell Hines, John B. Morgan, Lorraine Hines-Morgan, Phillip Allison Hines. Ph.D. Since 1936 Dr. Hines' specialty areas have included research into phorias, remedial reading, and new diagnostic techniques and phosphenes. In 1975-76 he served as Adjunct Professor of Iridology at Western States Chiropractic College, Portland, Oregon, and provided instruction in applied techniques of diagnosis with iridology. He was president of the Olympic Society, 195961, is an Honorary Associate Member of Iridologists International, and received a Humanitarian Award from the International Optometric Fellowship in 1974. His biography also appears in "Who's Who in the West," 1973, "Who's Who in America," 1974, "Dictionary of International Biography," 1975, and "Who's Who Honorary Society of America," 1975. His articles include "Phosphene Phenomena" in American Chiropractic Association Journal of Chiropractic," 1976, "Report on Exophoria Research," in "Optometric Weekly," November 1959, and "Your Pet Cannot Speak But the Eyes Tell," Volume II, Issue 7, Iridologists International," 1979. Wayne Hines served as a member of the Chehalis Planning Commission, 1956-59, and is the recipient of a Certificate of Appreciation from Chehalis Lions Club, 1974, in which year he was also named to the World Iridology Hall of Fame. Dr. Hines is also an Elk, a member of the Chehalis Chamber of Commerce, the Lewis County Rose Society and the Lewis County Historical Society. Dr. Hines has completed fifty years of active practice, has no plans to retire. In this year of 1985 he and Elizabeth are celebrating fifty years of marriage. They have three children. David Lowell Hines, the eldest, has a master's degree from the University of Washington, graduate study at Berkeley, is a research analyst with the IBM company at Irving, Texas. Phillip Allison Hines, Ph.D. from Cornell University, is the Regional Director of Management and Development - Asia, for Citicorp, is based in Manila, Philippine Is. Their daughter, Lorraine Allison Hines-Morgan, a graduate of Linfield College, married John Blagdon Morgan in 1972. They have two children - Brooke Alissa, born in 1980 and Brian Blagdon, born in 1983. 188 CHARLES JOHN HITCH Charlie was born on Dec. 19, 1882 in Audubon, Iowa. He married Rosa Henrietta Victoria (Brynoff) Hitch on June 5,1913 in Benke1man, Neb. Rosa was born on June 5, 1895 in Muddy Creek, Neb. (photo): Rosa and Charles Hitch Charlie worked at odd jobs when he first came to Lewis County in Sept. 1934. For several years he was a watchman and did the cleaning up at the Kostick Mill. Before coming to Lewis County, he ran threshing machines and grain separators. He was also a blacksmith in Max, Neb., Dundy County. Rosa was a beautiful seamstress, sewing nearly all clothes the family wore. She had big gardens and did all the canning for the family. Rosa's father had changed tlie family name in New York, from Anderson to Brynoff since there were so many Andersons who were coming here from Sweden at the same time as he did. To Charles and Rosa were bom 4 children. Laura Alice who married John Wickliffe Bogar on Dec. 24, 1935. They had 5 children: Evelyn Jean, Mrs. Duane LaFrombois; Ella Irene, Mrs. Anthony Sandoval; Elizabeth Elaine (Betty) Hitt; John Dallas Bogar; and Ethel Marie, Mrs.. Len Rutherford. Evelyn has 4 children Diana, Mrs. Ron Froemke with three children, Crystal, Brandon, and Justin; Donna with three girls, Jamie, Tressa, and Melissa, Rick Walker with two children, Jennifer, and Jerrad; and Darlene {Mrs. Gene Locken) with two children, Joshua, and Laureasa. Ella Irene has two children, David and Shirley. Elizabeth has five children and one grandchild, who are Bob Dupree (deceased); Steve Dupree with one child, Jason; John W. Dupree (deceased); Jerry Dupree and Danny Hitt. John D. Senior has three children and one grandchild. They are Linda, Mrs. Jamie Yearian, who has one child Treasa; John D., Junior; and Jill. Ethel Marie with three children, Tammy, Tonya, and Traci. Blanche Ellen Nelson had three children, they are Ruth Ellen (Mrs. Jerry Glaze), Margaret Rose (Mrs. Joe Barnes), and Roger Edmund, m. Roberta Bradley. Ruth had four children, and one grandchild, Kelly; Kirk with one child, Sara Nicole, Tracy (deceased), and Jeri Kay. Margaret had three children, Kathy, Krystal, and Bryan. Roger had five children, Pam, Lisa, Tim (adopted), Celeste, and Daphanie. Mardelle Hadaller (Mrs. John Hadaller) had one son John Jr. Ralph Ernest Hitch had three children, Gayle Ann (Mrs. Steve Millett), Jean, and Randy. All of the Hitch children lived in Lewis County until the second World War, but only Laura and Blanche continue to live there. Both have small farms, and continue to garden, can foods, and live productive lives. Mardelle and Ralph both graduated from Mossyrock High School. Ralph served in the Army Air Corps in World War II, and went to work at Boeing after the war, and married, and lives in Seattle. Mardelle married John (then a Sailor) during World War II, and after the war, he also worked for Boeing. They have since moved to Graham, Washington. Charles passed away September 28, 1969 and Rosa died Feb. 22,1976. They both are buried in Toledo, Washington. RONALD D. AND ALICE A. HJELMSTAD Alice Ann Orloske, daughter of Max and Dora Orloske, was born March 30,1935 and graduated from Adna School in 1953. She attended Centralia Jr. College and worked for F.G. Foster Co. in Chehalis. In 1955 she went to work for United Pacific Insurance Co. in Tacoma. She met Ronald Duane Hjelmstad who was stationed at Fort Lewis. He is the son of Paul and Ida Hjelmstad of Grand Forks, N.D., who were of Norwegian ancestry. He, and Alice were married July 21, 1956, and in August moved to Alaska where Ron was stationed at Ft. Richardson. Alice immediately went to work for Hillstrand and Crusey Ins. Agency. They were unable to find good housing and rented a small one room cabin that was heated with an oil cook stove. As winter came the walls would form solid ice inside and melt on the floor during the day. It had no ceiling, only rafters. They had to bang Ron's military clothes from the rafters to dry. Before their first child, Karen Lynne, was born they found a better apartment. She was born 9-26-57 at Elmendorf A.F.B. Hospital. Alaska was still a territory at that time. Shortly they were able to move to military housing on the base. (photo): Alice and Ronald HjeImstad Statehood came to Alaska while Alice was expecting their second child. What a wild day, with bells ringing and the entire population in the small downtown area of Anchorage. All the military persons celebrated as if it were their own home state. Debra Ann was born July 31, 1959 in the State of Alaska. By that time Ron had orders for Fort Lewis and they returned and purchased a home in Lakewood, near Tacoma. Their son Larry was born at Madigan Hospital April 27, 1962. Ronald was sent to Korea in 1963 and, then again in 1967. The family remained at the Lakewood home during that time. In 1967 the family moved with him to Ft. Huachucha, Arizona. Shortly after he received his 15 G Promotion he was ordered to Vietnam. The family returned to the Lakewood home during this time. Twelve months later he was stationed at Fort Ord, Calif. In 1973 he had completed enough service years to retire and return to the Tacoma home and went to work for General Plastics. The children all attended and graduated from Clover Piuk Schools. Karen attended Ft. Steilcoom Junior College and has worked in an insurance office. March 6, 1982 she married Douglas McCabe of PlainsvilIe, Mass. He had graduated from Southeastern Mass. U. Their son Ryan Douglas was born December 22, 1983. Debra works for Nalleys, Inc. in Tacoma and married a fellow worker, William Edward Durance, in August 1981. Their daughter, Jennifer Dean, was born July 1, 1985. She was named after her greatgrandmother, Dora Dean Orloske. Larry Duane Hjelmstad joined the Navy and served on USS Pyro for four years and saw a lot of the world before getting out in November 1984. He is employed by Globe Machinery in Tacoma. Alice and Ron met many people during their military life and enjoy traveling with their trailer and camping. They have a lot at Ocean Shores and enjoy spending much leisure time there. BENJAMIN HORATIO HODGE My father, William H. Hodge, brought us to Centralia in 1906 when I was four. My parents had come from Arcade, N.Y., living for a while in Minnesota and South Dakota where some of us children were born. Bernice was the oldest child born in 1894 and her brothers, Grant, Russell, Osman, myself, and Paul, were born every two years following. My grandmother, Eunice Woodward, from Nova Scotia, came with us on the train and remained with us as our mother had died in Sioux Falls. My grandmother stayed with us until her death in 1914. Grant was killed in action in France in World War I and the local American Legion post was named after him. The rest of us married and remained in the area. My father worked as a city clerk and at the county courthouse and as a notary public. He was "Mr. Elk" and even spent the last year of his life as a tenant at the Elks Club. Instead of cruising on Main Street, we met everybody as we went for our daily roller skate in City Park. Our gang, called the Boar's Nest, met in a barn behind our place, squeezing through the holes between the bales and climbing up to the top where we built a slide and a rope swing. Saturday afternoons usually found us at the white fronted theater on N. Tower. We also swam at the sandy beach at the mouth of the Skookumchuck where we had to look out for intrusions from the nearby garbage dump. Once, while we were there, we experienced an eclipse of the sun. We all became very quiet with deep thoughts. In the 1930's and 1940's my brother Paul and I worked at and then ran a gas station on Main St. While there we had a dog named Pelox, who was so popular with the town that when he died the paper ran his obituary. In 1945 I went to work at the post office until 1964 when I retired and spent time with my wife Erma who had worked as a telephone operator for 31 years. We had been married for 43 years when she died in 1973. I like to remember the town as it used to be and to keep track of the new building, the renovations, and the changes. 189 (photo): Osman, Bernice, Ben, Paul, Grant, Russell Hodge LS. HODGES FAMILY Lovell S. Hodges, born 1874, married Margaret May DeBord, born 1875, both born in Kahoka, Missouri. They had eight children. One died in infancy, and the oldest stayed in Iowa. (photo): LS. Hodges and wife Margaret LS. Hodges, wife and family came to the state of Washington in the spring of 1930. He bought a farm, on Brim Creek at Vader, Washington through a Real Estate Agency, sight unseen. They left Iowa on March 1, 1930. They came in a 1926 Nash Sedan, with a carrier on the top, and pulling a trailer with tent and sleeping bags. The car had running board carriers to hold more needed supplies. They stopped along the way for work. When they reached the farm in Vader, they found a house not fit for human occupancy, hardly fit for animals, and no water. The agent must have meant Brim Creek running by, when he wrote running water. Margaret and Lovell entered school in Vader, walking three miles each way. They found the same conditions existed here as in Iowa; no work. The older boys found day work in Centralia, and found a market for picking ferns. The first trip out for fern picking was hilarious. They picked each fern and layered them in the back seat of the old sedan. The men at Callisons Fernery are probably laughing yet when they think of it. The instructions were then learned, as to bunches secured by a wire around the butt of the ferns; fifty-two fern to a bunch. This kept groceries on the table. They also picked strawberries for William Reed on Grand Mound Prairie. They sold the place at Vader and moved to Napavine. Lovell and Margaret went to school there for part of a year. Work was the reason for moving as it always was. They ended up in Centralia, Washington. Work was opening up. The older boys got lineman jobs. LS. Hodges was a carpenter by trade. He found work as a carpenter, and had a woodcutting business. He bought stumpage at Klaber, Washington, and cut and sold wood. He tore down the old Fords Prairie School for salvage, in later years. They lived one mile north of Centralia on old Highway 99. LS. Hodges died in 1948. Mrs. Margaret Hodges died in 1956. Their children were: Charles Arthur Hodges, James Hodges, both deceased, Vivian Hodges married Robert Kearns. He is a brick contractor. They were married in Iowa and came out to Washington with the Hodges family. She had a decorating service. They live in Centralia. Alice Hodges married Roscoe Clark. She was an antique dealer, both deceased. Margaret Hodges married George Hopp. He was a brick mason. She is a beautician. They live in Centralia. Lovell 'Al' Hodges married Edith Felker. He was a deputy sheriff and a Centralia Police Officer. He is a brick contractor and lives in Centralia. By Margaret Hodges Hopp CHAS. M. AND GRACE HOFFMAN I, Grace Hoffman, have been a resident of Chehalis since November 1940. I was born in Kellogg, Idaho, Dec. 3, 1913, where my parents ran a boarding house and my father worked in the Bunker Hill mine. We moved to Malden, WA in the Palouse Country in 1916 and father went to work as a brakeman on the Milwaukee Railroad, from which he retired in 1942. (photo): Roy, Charles, Janice, Grace, Delphine My husband was born in Lidgerwood, N.D. Aug. 1, 1905, and lived in many areas of the midwest in his growing up years, finally migrating to California and Seattle, where we met in 1932. His father was a Federal Narcotics Agent there for many years. Chas. and I were married in 1933 and when we moved to Chehalis our family included son Roy and daughter Delphine. Daughter Janice joined us 2 months later and all three began their education at the West Side School which was destroyed in the 1949 quake. 190 Chas. Hoffman was employed here by the Bonneville Power Administration as a lineman. Our early years here during World War II were somewhat like an extension of the worst Depression times. Although there was a steady paycheck, many things were scarce or impossible to buy. Rationing severely challenged a homemaker's ingenuity and much time was spent standing in line at stores to obtain a few necessities, Helping roll bandages for the Red Cross and preparing food for the USO gatherings was usual too. We purchased Pantorium Cleaners and Clothiers on North Market in 1946 and I operated it until 1954. From then on I worked for several other cleaners in the area while my husband worked around the northwest area for Electrical Construction Companies, finally being employed by Puget Sound Power until his death in an accident in Olympia in 1966. During my working and family raising years, we were pretty well confined to home. But during my retirement time I've traveled extensively in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. A high point of my tour through Canada was a memorable visit to Quebec. My maternal grandparents originated there and the old part of the city was fascinating to me. Wash. D.C. is also vastly interesting although it would take months to really see all that is interesting and unique. However, it is always great to be home again and it's a place I love to be. Here lives all of the most precious memories of such events as the children's graduations, their weddings and lately, the great-grandchildren. HOLLINGER-JOHNSON Homer (Red) Hollinger came to Winlock with his family in 1939. The family included his parents, Homer and Erma, two brothers Steve and Dick, and sister Shirley. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and served as a blacksmith apprentice at the Cispus Camp at Randle. After working as a blacksmith in a logging camp he went to work on the construction of the Reynolds plant in Longview. Red operated his own blacksmith and welding shop in Winlock from 1945 to 1953. Returning to construction work he worked until 1974 when he retired due to illness. He served for a number of years as Vader city councilman and Fire District Commissioner. He is a Past Master of Little Falls Lodge #176 F&AM. He married Edna Johnson in 1941. She was active in Scouts, P.T.A., Eastern Star, 4H, Vader Garden Club, and served as secretary for the Vader Fire District. Their children are: Dennis (married Quaker Heagle), Carla. (married Harlan Merchant), (George Lott), and Michael (married Grace Lumsden). By Edna Hollinger FRED AND VELMA H OLTMAN Fred James Holtman was born March 5,1907, Sunset, to Peter and Leila (Woodward) Holtman. Brothers and sisters were Charles, Ida, Olive, Myrtle, Lottie, Cora, a twin brother Roy, and Bertha. Fred grew up on a 500-acre Whitman County farm where they raised wheat, oats and barley. It was a 7-mile horse ride to school each day, and Fred made a second trip after chores during basketball season. All the children graduated from high school and most attended college. This was unusual for this time period. When Fred and Roy went away to college it was really the first time they were off the farm. They were raised to be polite and courteous to women. For three days they tried to register for (photo): Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holtman college, each day allowing all the women to go first! Finally two bold young ladies escorted them to the front of the line so they could get in! After graduation, at 18 years, Fred began his teaching career in a one-room school house. Velma Fiske, November 9,1906, Harrington, was born to Ella May (Phillips) and Claude Fiske. She had a sister, Jeanette Jean. These two met at a school Christmas program at 10 years and didn't meet again until Velma's sister began dating Fred's twin brother, Roy. After dating a year, Velma graduated from college and they made a two-day trip to Libby, Montana with friends to get married. The Model T Ford broke down and often they had to go in reverse to get up some of the hills on the mountain road that was not more than a trail. After returning home, they separated, she to summer school and Fred to work. They worked apart the next year as well, many times meeting in the middle for a quick visit. After a year with Fred's folks, they moved to the Spokane Indian Reservation. They stayed for 12 years. During the Great Depression, government checks were one of the few that came on time and you knew they were good. There was plenty to eat and they had a garden. They milked 6 cows and separated the cream. They were paid $1.98-$2.98 for 5 gallons of cream. In turn, shoes cost $1.98. At that time, you could fill a Model T with groceries for $8. During this time, their children were born: Harriett Claudine, June 3, 1927,Oaksdale, WA; Gwendolyn Joydine, February 27, 1930, Thornton, WA; Fred Jay, December 27,1932, Miles, WA; and Royce Eldon, May 12, 1935, Spokane. While teaching, they spent 4 years at Hunters and 6 at Marcus and Velma worked for the welfare office for 3 1/2 years. They moved to Chehalis in 1946 as Fred became Deputy County Superintendent for two years before returning to teaching. Velma taught Centralia 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades from January, 1946 until 1972. Fred taught Centralia 7th and 8th grades from 1948 until his retirement in 1972. By that time, Fred had taught 47 years, and Velma 26Vz. They finally had their honeymoon in Hawaii on their 50th anniversary with their children in 1976. Today they are actively involved with their children and their grandchildren as they enjoy their golden years. By Jill Kangas HENRY HOPP Henry Hopp came to Washington as a young man in 1901. He came from Minnesota with his parents, who were from good hardy German stock. He was always a hard worker and soon found work in the logging industry. During slack periods she was also employed on the old Chester steamboat, making its run from Portland to Toledo, and return. He also worked in the hop fields, in addition to farming. (photo): Henry and Minnie Hopp In 1909 he went to Auburn, then to Lake Forest Park, where he was employed by the company to build roads. He spent several years doing this kind of work, but also found time to meet and court Minnie Louise Hollingsworth. He met her in Pacific in 1913 and the following year of 1914 they were married. He had several years previously, acquired land in Toledo, so they decided to go back there to homestead. They arrived in Toledo on the first Sunday of October, 1915. They moved from Lake Forest Park, taking five days and nights to make the trip by horse and wagon, camping out along the way at Puyallup and McKenna, and spending Saturday night in a hotel in Chehalis. They arrived Sunday afternoon at 6:30. Even though he had had the land for several years, some eighty acres were yet to be cleared. So they spent several years as a stump farmer. The acreage was cleared by horse, dynamite, block and tackle, and downright hard elbow grease. Eventually he gave a corner of the farm to be used for a school, as long as a school was needed. The school was consolidated with the Toledo School District in 1922, so then this corner of his farm went back into production. Their first house was built from lumber that came from a sawmill in Vader. Because the price was right, the inside of the house was sealed with flooring. They moved in, but the rest of the house was finished as they found time during that winter. Five children were born to Henry and Minnie, all attending and graduating from Toledo. Henry served nearly ten years on the Toledo School Board. Henry and Minnie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 27, 1964. Henry lived to be nearly 88 years old. 191 JULIUS HOPP FAMILY Julius Hopp was born in 1852 in Friedrichsdoff, Prussia. He came to America as a boy of 15, with his older sister. He worked in the farming community of Nicollet County in Minnesota, to bring his family to Minnesota. They came in 1872. The conditions in Prussia about 1867-1870 were hectic, causing people to migrate to America by the thousands. One reason was a big change in the service of the German Army. The term of service lasted from the twentieth year to the thirty-sixth year. Of those sixteen years, seven were to be spent in the regular army, three in active service, and four in reserve. The rest of the term would be spent in the King's Army; the Landwehr. This was the reason for coming to America. Julius would soon come under the threat of conscription, and he had a younger brother. Part of the school years for boys were spent in military training. Julius married Marie Graffenberger in 1877 in Minnesota. She was born in 1854 in Polzein, Prussia. They had ten children. She was the daughter of Heinrick Graffenberger, who also settled in Toledo, after coming from Minnesota. They were farmers in Minnesota and Julius owned a feed and hay store in Morgan, Minnesota. With bad weather there for farmers and hordes of locusts eating the harvest, times were bad. Julius came by train from Minnesota in 1900. He found 160 acres, three miles east of Toledo, on the Salmon Creek Road. He bought from Barsh Evans in 1901. They lived in the old log house while the new house was being built. Julius and his boys logged part of the farm. The skid road was behind the barn. In those days very little machinery was used, just horses and sheer manpower. They would cut the timber in the summer, then wait for the rainy season. The creeks rose, then they dumped the logs into the creeks and followed them down to market. This was called a log drive or shingle-bolt drive. A shingle-bolt is a cedar tree cut into 6 ft. lengths and split into two or three pieces, making it small enough for one man to handle it off shallow bars and rocks. These were of course, split after they were dried into shingles for roofs. They also farmed the rest of the land. Marie was a tiny woman. She worked in the fields in harvest time beside the men. She ruled her household with an iron but gentle hand. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1927. Marie died in 1931. Julius died in 1946. Their children are: Max Hopp, Charley Hopp, Emil Hopp, Henry Hopp, Louis Hopp, Elsa Hopp Patten, William Hopp, Julius 'Pete' Hopp, Matilda Hopp Penney living in Seattle, age 94. By George Hopp SAM HORNER FAMILY How it happened, according to Sam, is that he lured Eileen away from the big city (Olympia) to live in God's Country (Rochester), in 1946. He was fresh out of the Navy and had started a little gyppo sawmill there. He is the son of Clarence and Clara (James) Horner; born in his grandparents' home on Jamestown Road in Rochester. His great great grandparents came from Cornwall, England, to Wisconsin and then, by wagon train, west in 1852. The following is taken from the autobiography of John Rogers James: "We came to anchor on Grand Mound Prairie October 12, 1852. Yoking up the cattle this morning at Mr. Joe Borst's place, we leisurely drove through two miles of (photo): Henry, Tillie, Pete, Julius, Louis, Elsa, Emil Hopp (photo): Sam and Eileen Horner wood separating Ford's Prairie from the big prairie with the big mound upon it. There we saw a little log cabin, looking lonely and forsaken, with big tall timbers all around. An Indian village was on the bank of the Chehalis River nearby." The James donation claim included land from the Mound to the Chehalis River, on both sides of the Jamestown Road which still exists today. Eileen is the daughter of Major and Mrs. Fred Kraus. Major Kraus served in the Army for 36 years and was in Washington D.C. in the Quartermaster Corps during World War I. Her mother, Victoria Lindor Kraus, was a Red Cross nurse during that war, stationed in a hospital in France. Sam and Eileen moved to Centralia in 1948. He, along with twenty-nine others, started Centralia Plywood in 1950. To do her share, Eileen advertised to do typing in their home. This led to a 34 year working-friendship with John Markham who was a long time timber cruiser and lumberman. They were able to purchase the original Waunch homesite on Waunch's Prairie, north of Centralia, on which to build their home. George Waunch, first settler in this area, was the first man to break the sod and grow wheat to provide the early settlers with flour. He was a fine gunsmith and smithy as well. When Sam and Eileen moved into their home, there stood a locust tree down in their field that had been planted by Mary Waunch. This tree survived about 100 years, until it was struck down by a bad storm in the fall of 1962. During these years, Susan Eileen, born in 1948, and Samuel Scott, born in 1950, made their appearance. Today Susan has a fifteen year old daughter, Gina. Scott and his wife, Sharon, have Sammy, age 5, and Sarah, age 3. And the years roll away. After Centralia Plywood came Cardinal Doors, Inc. for Sam. When that was sold he decided to try his hand at real estate; his grandfather, Sam James, had done some of that. At this point they are looking forward to what future years might hold in store for them. JAKE AND FLORENCE HUBER The Huber family goes back to the 1890's when Jacob H. Huber built the house in which I still live. Jacob A. Huber (Jake) was the third of five boys and was born in the original house. Jake and I (Florence) met through the First Baptist Church of Chehalis, Wash., then on Cascade Ave., at a party of Bill Luebke's Sunday School class which was meeting at the Mulford home on Averil. We were married in 1935 and had five children: Jeanette, Jack, Richard and the twins, Kenneth and Kathryn. In the first two years of our marriage we used an icebox which we had to keep filled with ice, a wood cookstove and a wood heater which meant supplying tons of coal and cords of wood each year. Now that everything is electric it's hard to remember all the work that had to be done, and it seems so long ago. Jake worked at Darigold for thirty-seven years as an accountant and office manager. He retired in 1969. Both Jake and I have been active in the First Baptist Church of Chehalis, holding many offices and singing in the choir. Jeanette is a housewife and her husband a pharmacist in Aberdeen. Jack is married and living in Mount Vernon, where he has a business that sells office equipment and supplies. Richard (Dick) and his wife live in New Jersey and is a minister in New York serving as Director of Field Services and Northeast Representative of Ministers and Missionary Benefit Board of the American Baptist Convention. Kenneth was in the service in Viet Nam and Germany. He now lives in Bothell, and works for the Seattle office 192 of the N.D.A. (Darigold) as an accounting supervisor. Kathryn and her husband live in Mission Viejo, CA, where she is a housewife, and her husband Larry is a wholesale grocery manager. Jake enjoyed working in the yard and also built model ships. Myself, I collect things such as elephants and pencils, as well as other things. I also like to paint, knit and crochet. Together, Jake and I have enjoyed travelling, and have gotten much satisfaction from our involvement with the church. Four generations of Hubers were baptized in the Baptist Church. By Florence D. Huber LENNART HUHTA Lennart Huhta came to the United States in 1906 at the age of 22. He first lived in the Raymond-Hoquiam area with relatives and worked in a lumber mill. He enjoyed playing the violin with his friends and later for his family entertaining them many at night with his beautiful music. (photo): Lennart and Senia Huhta On September 26, 1911, he married Senia Maria Jylha and purchased 40 acres of her father, Johan Jylha's, farm in Independence Valley in Lewis County. At the time of their marriage he was going by the name Johnson, because it was easier to say than Huhta. When he moved to Independence Valley there were too many people named Johnson, so he changed his name back to Huhta. Lennart was born on November 22, 1884 in Gamlakarleby, Vassa, Finland and died September 22,1945 in Chehalis, Wash. Lennart's father was Johan Huhta, a shoemaker, born November 4,1852 in Finland and died January 25, 1923 in Korplaxiley, Finland. His mother, Johanna Pietila was born June 13, 1859 in Kalriia, Suonpera, Finland and died June 1930, in Rochester, IWash. Lennart and Senia cleared the land and built their house on the farm. They had six children all born on the farm in Independence Valley. They were: (1) Martin John Lennart, born February 21, 1913. He married ZelIa Goode in 1964. (2) Max Eli, born December 12, 1914. He married Marge Adolphsen in 1947. (3) Sylvia Maria, born December 27,1916. She married Carl Erstrom in 1937. (4) Elmer Edward, born November 23, 1918. He married Myrtle Shaughnessy in 1951. (5) Andrew William, born June 6, 1920. He married Mary Hull in 1951. (6) Viola Senia Johanna, born August 27, 1921. She married Stanley Rowe in 1943. Senia died in 1923 leaving Lennart with the six children to raise. He was a very good father taking care of the children and the farm at the same time. He baked bread and biscuits in round pans so that all six children could have the heals of the bread, which was their favorite. Lennart's sister, Emma Johanna Huhta, lived close to him in Independence Valley at the time of Senia's death and helped him with the children. She sewed all their clothes and made new dresses for the girls each Christmas. Emma Johanna was born July 3, 1892 in Finland. She came to the United States in 1913 and married Mathew Johnson in 1915. They had one child, Levi Mathew. When her first husband died she married Fred Fagerness and they had a daughter, Evelyn Emma. Lennart's mother and his other sister, Signe Maria, came to the United States to aid with the raising of the children. Signe, born January 21, 1903, married Elmer Jylha, whose family history is listed in this book. Lennart lived on the farm for the rest of his life. He enjoyed the outdoors and lived for his children and grandchildren. By Charlotte (Rowe) Crimmins HULL FAMILY OF PE ELL Alvin Lawrence Hull, age 27, married Ruth Elizabeth Harlan 18, Sept. 27, 1898, in Centralia, Washington. Alvin and his family came to this state from Dakota Territory in 1876 over the Oregon Trail by covered wagon. Ruth and her family left Iowa 1895 by train. The couple made their home in Pe Ell and their first child, Loren Meredith Hull was born May 23, 1899, and the second Lindley Alvin, September 1, 1900. Loren used to tell of his bicycle without any brakes but his most prized possession was his horse and buggy. In 1918 he joined the U.S. Army, 4th Engineers, and was overseas in time for 5 major engagements. Returning to finish high school he met a pretty girl, Florence Kelly. They were married Nov. 9, 1920, in Centralia. Florence was daughter of John Alonzo Kelly and Elizabeth (Lizzie Green). Both of their families had come from Kentucky in 1900 by train. The first child, John Meredith, was born Dec. 30, 1921. Oct. 5, 1926, Garry Wayne completed the family. Loren finally settled into a timekeeping job with the Walville Lumber Co. This job terminated with the Great Depression of 1929. I remember a shiny new Model A Ford in tan with a brown trim that had to go. With reopening of mills Loren was a timekeeper again by 1935, for Willapa Harbor Lumber Mills. In 1954 Loren keeled over with a heart attack and thus ended his employment. He could not walk far and his doctor gave him five years. He died in Olympia, Dec. 4, 1970 of a massive coronary failure. In May 1976 Florence collapsed and entered a nursing home by way of a short hospital stay. She recovered sufficiently to return home. But she could not handle her affairs. With no family responsibilities, and retired, John moved from Vancouver to take care of her. Florence continued to decline and returned to the nursing home in the spring of 1982. She died Aug. 1, 1984. . John Hull graduated from Pe Ell High in 1939. The U.S. Army came next in 1940 with meteorology the choice. This direction held throughout World War II and service with U.S. Weather Bureau until retirement 1976. Brother Garry also grew up in Pe Ell, graduating into the U.S. Army, 1943. After Army schooling at University of Washington, Pullman and Stanford he went west to the Philippines and then to Tokyo. After discharge he returned to U. of Washington and degree in psychology. While there he met a young lady Olive I. Dickson and they were married in 1951. A son, Joseph Michael, was born in 1951 and a daughter, Mary Louise, in 1956. Garry worked in the grocery business for several years until 1960. He then went into the personnel section, Olympia, for State of Washington. His last position was that of labor mediator before his retirement 1985. Olive is a school teacher in Olympia. This family has followed the usual trend with the younger generation now in New Jersey and Maryland. Mary married Loren Ericson and a daughter, Del Nora, arrived in 1981. JOHN JACOB HUMMEL "We choose our friends but fate chooses our relatives. I'm happy to have inherited the character trait of perseverance that has enabled me to be a survivor and a winner so far in life." (photo): John Jacob Hummel, Evelyn Nell Geisler, 1941 John Jacob Hummel's great-grandfather John W. Hummel (1819-1899) emmigrated from Germany. He and his wife, Irene A. Lowe, had two children: Ida Hummel (1858-1946) and John William Hummel, b. 04 Nov. 1864, d. 20 Oct. 1930. John William's wife was Josephine Thompson (1870-1896). They had four children: Jasper Oliver (1889-1963) and Mina Viola (1890-1975) were born in Hamburg,lowa; Sylvia Leota (1893-1981) and Charles Winfred (18941966) were born in Atlanta, Kansas. Grandfather John William Hummel farmed near Atlanta, Kansas until drought and grasshoppers killed all vegetation and he migrated to the Northwest and Lewis County around 1903. Although he was a civil engineer he worked 193 (photo): Jasper Oliver and Sadie Ellen (Mayfield) Hummel mostly in Lewis County in logging camps as a cook and on log drives on the Cowlitz River. He settled on a small farm one mile north of Mayfield. For many years he was an Eastern Lewis County Road Supervisor surveying and building roads for County Commissioners RH. "Bud" Stacy and George Literal until his death in 1930. (photo): John William and Josephine Helen (Thompson) Hummel John Jacob Hummel was born 11 Dec. 1917 in an old parsonage near Mayfield, Lewis County, on Winston Creek Road to Jasper Oliver Hummel (b. 29 Jan. 1889, d. 6 Jun. 1963) and Sadie Ellen Mayfield (b. 5 Aug. 1898 in Mayfield, Lewis County, d. 23 Jul. 1967). Jasper was a logger by profession and spent most of his time in various logging camps in Lewis County. Before John was 5 years old he was taken to live with his Grandfather John William. John's sister, Alma Mae (B. 1 Feb. 1920) was adopted by Perry and Ollie J. Sherman of Harmony, WA. When John began school he walked 1 1/2 miles to the one-room schoolhouse on Winston Creek Road near Mayfield. He graduated from Mossyrock High School in 1936 and Alma Mae in 1938. His grandfather John William "Big Johnny," is best remembered by "Little Johnny" for the appropriate discipline he received when caught putting all the day's chicken eggs into mud pies! Other episodes also produced many hard-earned but well remembered lessons. In 1936 John took steerage-class passage to Alaska and joined his Uncle Benjamin H. Mayfield, a U.S. Marshall in the Talkeetna District north of Anchorage. Ben had forgotten to tell John not to come until the snow melted about the first of June - he arrived the first of March!! This didn't stop John as he borrowed Ben's parka and snowshoes and hiked 20 miles to a "road house" (freighters motel) where he got his first job as a cook. Even in Alaska jobs were not plentiful in 1936, but John always found work. The going rate of pay was $5.00 a day with board and room. The room, in most cases, was a tent or a board shack, dirt floor and pot-bellied stove. He worked as a carpenters' helper, ditch digger for the placer mines, pulling pine logs out of the woods with a team of horses, and hauling sawdust at a mill cutting barn lumber near Palmer, Alaska. The dust-bowl settlers had corneas far as Matanuska Valley to homestead near Palmer. This job he quit in late September and rode an empty rail gondola car from Anchorage to Seward to save $5.00 to help pay his first year of college at University of Washington in Seattle. With a confirmed reputation as a worker, his next summer's work was assured at Peters Creek Mining Co. on a gold washing plant near Mt. McKinley. March 1941 John received his commission as a 2nd Lt. Infantry, United States Army Reserve, from the U of W ROTC program. As Adolph Hitler expanded the war in Europe, President F.D. Roosevelt ordered the new graduates to active duty. On 8 August 1941 John was assigned duty with a light tank battalion at Ft. Lewis, WA. He married Evelyn Nell Geisler, an aeronautical engineering student at the U of W, 21 Aug 1941. September 8, 1941 he left San Francisco on the SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE for the Philippine Islands. Eight hours after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they bombed Clark Air Base where John's platoon was on parachute invasion alert. Many airmen, also some tankers, were killed and injured. The P40 fighters and B-17 bombers were strafed by Jap fighters and most were destroyed. While defending Lingayen Gulf in late December '41 against the major landing forces of the Japanese Army, John and his crew earned their Purple Hearts from machine gun fire. The next four months of fighting on Bataan Peninsula was a delaying tactic to slow the Japanese offensive. Many attacks were resisted until starvation and malaria crippled the entire force and Gen. King surrendered Bataan on April 9, 1942. As the "Death March" of the American and Philippine defenders was carried out, John swam 3 l/2 miles at night to Corregidor Island through shark and barracuda infested water. Gen. Wainwright surrendered May 5th, 1942 and all survivors became prisoners of war. For the next 31/2 years the treatment was continually life threatening, including starvation. For example, 10-man security groups were ordered and any man escaping or missing meant beating and execution for the rest. It really happened. Medical treatment did not exist and only the strongest survived the tropical diseases and starvation. About one-half of the POWs lived to return to the USA. John's family includes Douglas James, born 1947, died 1950; Katherine Jane, born 5 February 1949; and Gregory John, born 1 March 1955. Katherine is married to Larry D. Hester, IBM Plant Manager making computers in Austin, Texas. Gregory, a 1980 graduate of Washington State University with a BS in Computer Science, has his own computer consulting firm. After WW - II, John completed his studies and received a BA degree from the University of Washington. He remained in the US Army Reserve and completed many military schools including Finance, Intelligence, Supply, and Command and General Staff College. He retired December 11th, 1977 ending his military career in the Army of the United States as a Lt. Colonel. May 1, 1981 after 26 years of service, John also retired from the Johns-Manville Sales Corporation Regional Office in San Mateo, California. He was a Supervisor of Customer Services and Assistant to the Regional Office Manager. On 21 November 1975 John married Caroline (Hoger) Richter, the widow of a former POW defender of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippine Islands during World War II. JOHN AND NANCY HUNT John Hunt was born in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Later living in West Virginia and Oklahoma. He came to Lewis County in 1894. (photo): John and Nancy Hunt John was first married to Gerniah (Mary) McCoy and had 12 children. Those children were Joe, Julius, Sarah (Johnson), Monaville, Asa, Stephen, Noah, Grace, Morgan, Mack, and Annie. Then in 1888 he married Nancy Coleman in Greene Brier, Kentucky. They bought the old Shires place on Sulfur Creek west of Riffe and put in the first grist mill in the county. He made his Stone Burrs from rocks from Sulfur Creek by using wood ashes to chip the stones. The mill was run by water from Sulfur Creek. Nancy was born in 1852. Her parents were Isaac and Mary Coleman, and her half brother was Elexiuos (1839). Her children were Julia (married J.W. Phifer), Thomas (Dora), Mary (Lewis Lindberg), Mac, Mose, Rachel (Schoonover), Priece (Lee Hatfield - 2 m. Johnnie Cook), Della (John Bloomstrom), William (Minnie). John was a carpenter, shoemaker, and farmer besides running the grist mill. When he was up in years, he loved playing with his grandchildren. But when he got tired, he told them NO more. If they kept it up, he would spit tobacco juice in their eyes. (He was a good shot) Then they would quit! He died when he was 100 years and 3 weeks old. He is buried at Swofford Cemetery. CLARK ALLEN HUNTINGTON Clark Allen Huntington was born in Rhodes Valley, Utah, in 1860. After spending some years in California and Centralia he married Lillian Garrison in 1891. In 1906 he filed on 160 acres of land at then Sulphur Springs, later changed to Lewis in 1910, and still later Packwood in 1930. In 1907, with a covered wagon, assisted by Lillian's father and a wagon, they made their way to Sulphur Springs over a narrow road with notches cut for the wagon wheels to pass through. The first year they lived on the Hager homestead, raising a big garden and canning fruit and vegetables for winter. Grandpa built a house that I winter and in the spring the family moved in. Twin babies were born there, Leta and Lester, joining two older children, Clark G. and Hazel. During these early years most of their time was spent clearing land, building fences, and helping each other. Grandfather even delivered a baby one time. He was game warden for a while. They took time out to have dances, picnics and house raisings. 194 (photo): Clark Garrison, Lillian, Hazel, and Clark Allen Huntington. Bottom: Original house at Packwood 1906. They also did a lot of hunting and fishing. Grandpa wrote in his journal he went to Muddy Fork to Jim Yoke's place and watched him spear salmon, at which he was an expert. He fell into the river and got all wet, so they went back and roasted white fish on a stick. It was the best he'd ever eaten. When the Valley Development Company came to do some work building a road to Packwood Lake they employed about 125 men, and my grandfather helped supply the vegetables and meat for these men. It took a week with a wagon and team to go to Chehalis for supplies. Different men took turns going to Randle for the mail, picking up each family's mail along the way in sacks hung from posts along the road. The postmaster then put their return mail in them and they hung them from their saddle horns and hung them again on the posts. In October of 1911, he and his son, Clark, and a Mr. Swaggert went to Clear Fork region to build trapper's cabins. One note in his journal states he left on the 17th and by the 22nd they had raised the walls and had the roof on. He also noted that Clark G. had killed a large four-point buck on the way home. It was noted one time that a large bear they had killed yielded six gallons of bear grease, which was no doubt used to make soap. It also mentioned that they went to Tatoosh to pick huckleberries, got there at noon, quit the next day at 3:30 and had 33 gallons of berries. Grandpa Huntington died in 1981 and three years later Lillian married William A. Kirk. They remained on the homestead, improving the house. They were active in community affairs. He lived to be 88 years old and Lillian until she was 99 years old. HOWARD HAROLD HUTCHINS FAMILY Howard Harold Hutchins was born Jan. 17, 1917 to William H. and Pearl Beeler Hutchins at Wibaux, Montana. He was the fourth son of five boys and a girl. The Hutchins family moved to Billings, Montana, and Omak, Washington, where Howard attended schools. They moved to Centralia in 1933 and Howard graduated from Centralia High School in 1936. He began learning the auto body and fender trade while in high school and was a journeyman "Body Man" in his family's B&M Garage on North Tower soon after graduation. Howard met Lelia Margarete Thompson, daughter of John W. and Vera Ware Thompson, in Sept. 1936, when the Thompson family moved to Centralia from Pond Creek, Oklahoma. Lelia was the oldest of two girls and two boys in the Thompson family, and she graduated from Pond Creek High School. She worked in Linville's Corner Store on North Tower. Howard and Lelia were married Jan. 11, 1939. Their sons, Robert Howard, born June 17, 1941, and Dennis William, born June 17,1944, attended Centralia schools and competed in school and summer sports. The boys were active in Boy Scouts and their parents' church, First Christian. Howard worked as an "Auto Body Man" until April 1942, when he became a brakeman for Union Pacific Railroad and worked there for the duration of World War II. In Dec. 1946 he opened his first business, a body and fender shop, gas station and used cars on Highway 99, at the North entrance to Chehalis. On May 13, 1947 a fire caused by an employee laying down a welding torch, burned the entire building and its contents, housing the shop, gas station and the Hutchins home. The family moved back to Centralia where Howard opened a used car sales business at the corner of Summa and Gold Streets in July, 1947. He later obtained the "Nash Motor Co." franchise for that location. Nash later became American Motors. Howard sold new vehicles, Ramblers, Ambassadors, Pacers, Gremlins, G.M.C. line, and Jeep vehicles until 1977, when he became semi-retired. He sells used cars, and sells motor homes, and other recreational vehicles on consignment. Howard Hutchins has been in business on the Summa and Gold streets corner in Centralia for thirty-eight years. Howard's wife, Lelia has been a homemaker and active in church, school, and Scout affairs. Their son, Bob, attended Oregon State University and graduated from Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Oregon. He is married to Marilyn Clark of Bakersfield, California. Their children are: Robin, Bob, Jr., Heidi and Ricky. They live in Medford, Oregon, where Bob is a stock broker, Senior Vice-President of "Shearson Lehman/American Express" and active in church and community affairs. Hutchins' son, Denny, graduated from University of Wyoming, and was a U.S. Air Force Captain where he was C-141 airplane Commander at McChord Air Force Base 1969-1973. He is married to Theresa Boyce of Rancho Palos Verdes, California and has three children, Sara, Kristoffer, and Spencer. They live in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington and Denny commutes to San Francisco where he is a captain with Pacific Southwest Airlines. During his business years, Howard was active in and served as president of the Centralia Rotary Club. He was president of Lewis County Auto Dealers and served two years as president of Lincoln Grade School PT A. For fourteen years he (photo): Howard H. Hutchins and Family 195 was Building Funds Treasurer of Centralia First Christian Church. For three years of Howard's semi-retirement his project was completely rebuilding and restoring a very wrecked '67 Rolls Royce, which he drives. He enjoys his Senior Active status in the Rotary Club and he and Lelia have been active members of the First Presbyterian Church in Centralia since 1977. By Lelia (Thompson) Hutchins IMBODEN FAMILY Lewis Samual Imboden, born February 9, 1860, died in 1938. He was buried at Little Falls Cemetery. He homesteaded at Wildwood, Washington, close to what was known as Little Falls. Ike Imboden, his brother, homesteaded along the Cowlitz River on the Imboden Road which today is the line between Lewis and Cowlitz Counties. The family raised hops for brewing around the turn of the century. Roy Imboden, son of Lewis, was a Harley Davidson motorcycle dealer in Chehalis from the 1920s to the 1940s. His shop serviced Washington State Patrol motorcycles as they cruised early Lewis County. Roy pioneered motorcycling in Lewis County, being the first to take a motor vehicle into Packwood Lake. He was the youngest member of his class at the Harley-Davidson Service School. He is buried at Little Falls Cemetery in Vader, Washington. Leroy Imboden, son of Roy, was born in 1930 in the home of his aunt and uncle on Rose Street in Centralia. He attended school in Chehalis where he became a Bearcat graduate in 1947. While serving in the U.S. Navy, he met his future wife, Helen Litton, in Norfolk, Virginia. After his discharge from the Navy, Leroy brought his new wife and son, Michael Glenn, home to Chehalis in his new 50th anniversary 1953 Ford Convertible. Leroy purchased the Brooks place on Chilvers Road, across the street from Mr. and Mrs. John Peters. Leroy went to work for West Coast Grocery as a warehouseman. Leroy attended Washington State College at Pullman. The family was able to return home to Chilvers Road during the summer months. During early 1957, the family returned to Chehalis and Michael Glenn finished the first grade at Cascade Elementary School. Soon after, Leroy found employment at the Boeing Company and the Imbodens moved to Seattle. The family was able to return to the farm about once a month to keep things up. Micheal Glenn Imboden graduated from Seattle's Chief Sealth High School in 1968, where he met his future wife, Carol Ann Giffin. After working for Sears, Roebuck and the Seattle Police Department he entered the U.S. Navy. After being discharged in Seattle, he moved to Chehalis less than 24 hours later. Leroy beat his son home by about six months after completing his pet project at Boeing, the Lunar Rover Vehicle. A visit to the University of Washington Hospital in 1974 resulted in a daughter, Tammie Michelle, for Carol and Mike. While Mike was working at Ross Equipment in 1976, his son Patrick Leroy was born at Centralia General Hospital. Currently, Mike works for Pacific Power and Light as a plant equipment operator at the Centralia Steam Electric Power Plant. Mike's family resides in Rochester, where they bought their first home. Mike is scoutmaster of a local cub scout pack. Leroy and Helen Imboden still live on the farm on Chilvers Road. Leroy fills some of his time helping out at Lewis County Work Opportunities. (photo): Lewis Imboden (left) and Leroy Imboden Sr. c. 1927 INGRAHAM Henry Maturin Ingraham, at the age of 23 left his birthplace, Norwood, Mass. With his wife, Minnie (Hatchman) they first went to Kansas Territory, engaged in stock-raising for a time, then migrated to Washington in August 1882. The family, which now included two sons, George Lewis and Walter Herbert, first settled on a ranch on Lincoln Creek. At that time Centralia was a town of 200 people, but it gave promise of greater growth and importance. Henry, wishing to be a part of that growth, built a hotel, "The Arlington," on the corner of Locust and Tower. This was the first of several pieces of real estate he purchased at that time. Four years later, after selling the hotel, he was appointed Postmaster of Centralia by President Benjamin Harrison (May 1890). Newspaper accounts report that the post office showed noticeable growth, increasing the number of clerks from one to three, and number of boxes from 400 to 700. It became a second class post office with free delivery, during Henry's tenure. Henry also served a term in the legislature during the early years of Washington statehood. Two daughters, Evelyn and Mabel were born in Centralia. The family home is still on First St., between Pearl and Tower, having been moved from its original location on the 600 block of Pearl. In the early 1900's Henry with his wife and daughters moved to Seattle, where they remained until their deaths. George and Walter (better known as "Bud") stayed in Centralia, and both became involved in various enterprises. Bud bought a dry goods store, "The Fair Store." He married Bertha Cruttendon and they had one son, Walter Ronald. After owning a transfer business, a laundry, a tin shop, George and his father-in-law, L.G. Lyman bought a hardware business from FT. McNitt. The store was named "Standard Hardware Co., Inc". It remained in business for 50 years, passing from its original owners to George's son Russell. George married Gladys Lyman, a teacher at North School (now the Edison School). They became useful and caring citizens of Centralia, who gave much of their talent and fortune toward the growth of the city. An elder in the First Presbyterian Church, George became financial chairman of the building fund when the present church was erected in 1932. He was a charter member of Kiwanis, and at the time of his death in 1941 was president of the. Centralia Federal Savings & Loan Assn., and a director of Sunset Life Insurance Co. George and Gladys were parents of two sons, Eugene and Russell and later, an adopted daughter, Barbara. Sports, (principally baseball) was of great interest to the Ingraham men, and Gene played professionally for a short time. Gene married Myrtle Fyock and they had two children, Richard and Joyce. Gene served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Russell entered the hardware business in 1931, remained until 1962. He was an avid outdoorsman, hunting and fishing his favorite pastimes. He married Elaine Warren in 1933, they became parents of two sons and a daughter, Michael, Antony and Meredith. All took active parts in community life, continuing the Ingraham family tradition of service to Centralia for four generations. ROBERT AND VELMA JACOBSEN FAMILY Bob was one of seven children of Jacob Burton and Katie Ann (Phillips) Jacobsen, born November 20, 1917. They had a farm 5 miles east of (photo): Bob and Velma Jacobsen 196 Onalaska producing most of their food, which was very helpful during the depression years. His dad was a carpenter, logger and farmer. When nine years old, Bob began working on the farms of relatives doing chores while attending school and haying through the summers. He earned money to buy all of his clothes and some for spending, doing this until he was grown, when he went into woods work. In 1937 Bob started dating Velma Dickey, whom he had known for some years. They were married September 2, 1939. Velma was the daughter of Verne and Katherine (Mrachek) Dickey, born September 25, 1918. She lived some of her childhood on a farm 8 miles east of Onalaska, her dad being a beef cattle rancher. Velma's mother was a school teacher, teaching at Pleasant Valley, Eagleton, Salzer Valley and Pigeon Springs. She taught until she was married and some after. She was Velma's first grade teacher at Salzer Valley. When we were first married, we had a service station with some groceries on Highway 99 near the Onalaska turnoff. That was the WPA depression days. Bob sold used cars too, and after 1 1/2 years, we moved near Chehalis and went into the used car business. War was declared and we no longer could get cars so we moved to Glenoma where Bob went back into logging, then to Tillamook, Oregon, and from there to Silverton, Oregon, where our first daughter, Susan was born March 15, 1943. Three years later we moved back to Tillamook, Bob still in logging. The grass always appeared greener elsewhere. 1947 we ventured into the propane gas business at Astoria, Oregon, being there eight months when we came to Chehalis setting up another propane business. Our partner and wife stayed in Astoria operating the business there until we sold a few months later, joining us in Chehalis. Then our second daughter, Sherryl, was born December 11, 1948. We worked up a big business but became under-financed. We incorporated with another operator in Hillsboro, Oregon, later finding we trusted the wrong person and ending up with what you might say an education. November 1949 back to Tillamook, having a new home built and Bob doing mechanic work on power saws in woods work. In August 1953, we had the opportunity to go to Newport, Oregon, where Bob would have managed a propane gas business or return to Chehalis working for Carters Tire Service, the Goodyear store, the latter being the one we chose. In January 1954, Bob and two fellows purchased the shop, later changing the name to Tires, Inc. He operated this until 1970 ending up with a different partner. He decided to retire but found he was too young. Bob ran for county commissioner in 1972 and was elected. He ran in 1976 and was elected again. August 1979 he became ill so decided to resign February 1980. Our first daughter, Susan, married Glenn James February 20, 1965. Glenn is the son of Ronald and Inez James of Chehalis. They have two daughters, Renee born June 11, 1971, and Jennifer born January 25, 1975. Susan works part-time at Lewis Federal Savings & Loan as Insurance Clerk. Glenn owns and operates James Dental Lab as a dental technician. Sherryl, our other daughter, married Gerald A. "Jerry" Boes May 23, 1970. Jerry is the son of Gerald and Eileen Boes of Chehalis. They have two daughters, Amy born May 29, 1976. Mandy was born July 13, 1977. Sherryl is an elementary teacher at Adna. Jerry is a fireman for the city of Chehalis and does building construction in his spare time. After forty-five years of marriage, we don't have many regrets. We've done a lot of traveling and are very proud of our family. By Velma Jacobsen JARNOT PIONEER FAMILY Francis Marion Jarnot, a French immigrant, was born in 1846 in Renne, France. He died in 1926 in San Francisco. He was a veteran of the Franco-Prussian War and was lured to the new world by way of a sailing vessel around Cape Horn to San Francisco. He worked his way north on the building of the water towers along the railroad. He was the father of three children, Francis Marie, Vinnie La Verne, and Orie Jarnot. He took a homestead on some timberland at Silver Lake. He lived in Winlock from 1905 to 1912, then moved to Kelso in 1913. He became a successful commercial fisherman on the Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers. He owned the Cowlitz River Smelt Company across from the present depot, and had an interest in the Crescent Shingle Mill. Francis married Martha in 1882 at Salem, Oregon. (photo): Marie and Walt Edmunds with Bridesmaid Clara Edmunds and Best man Chet Studebager. Martha Jane Neal was born in 1884 and died in 1926. She was the daughter of Calvin and Aley Neal. Calvin served in the Revolutionary War, June 1777, with Morgans Special Rifle Regiment and was a pioneer to the great Oregon country. Martha was born in the second wagon crossing to the Oregon country. There were 250 wagons and 1000 people in the train. They were portaged by Indians down the Columbia. On arrival at Vancouver, Mother Aley and infant daughter, Martha, were weakened by exposure down the river and remained for six months in care of Dr. McLaughlin at Fort Vancouver. Great-grandfather Neal continued from Fort Vancouver up the Willamette River and located on his donation land claim of 640 acres near West Stayton, Oregon. Here Martha Jane, a widow, met Francis Marion Jarnot and they married and came north to Silver Lake. Our family is composed of many pioneers who have been in the United States for the past 348 years. During this time they have made contributions to the nation, the arts, business, education, law, and religion. Few could be called wealthy, and few were really poor. They are listed in the first United States Census in 1790 in the Vermont Volume. Walter Allen Edmunds was a descendant of James Edmunds I, an English immigrant and early settler of Rhode Island. The family farm has been built over by the city of Providence, Rhode Island. Walter was born August 12, 1877, in Prescott, Iowa. He died September 4, 1926. He was the father of four children: Arendell Rollin, Theodore Harold, Pearl Lela, and Mildred Martha. Walter came to Castle Rock with his father, James Rollin, about 1890. His father built, owned, and operated a meat market and slaughter house. Walter was an excellent judge of animal weight and was a buyer for the market. He rode horseback about the country, often encountering cougar and bear along the roads. He was strong and often acted as deputy sheriff. He was married on June 2, 1902, to Francis Marie Jarnot. They built their first home in south Castle Rock and later retired to a farm in Kelso. By Pearl Edmunds Leonard JAMES FAMILY In 1843 political, economic, and religious circumstances were not the best in Cornwall, England, so Anna Maria and Samuel James decided to come to Wisconsin where Mrs. James had relatives. With their four children, they sailed the Atlantic to America. After four more children were born, they were caught up in the Westward-ho fever and came West to Iowa in 1850. In 1850, in covered wagons drawn by oxen, the family started for Oregon. It was a good year as cholera was not rampant, the Indians were not hostile, and the travelers were few so grass was plentiful for the livestock. Even so, it was a rugged journey. They arrived at Milwaukee, Oregon, in the early fall but did not find a location to their liking. In the spring of 1852 Samuel and two sons came to the Grand mound area. When they saw the tall, abundant grass, they decided "This is the place." They returned with the family on October 12, 1852, too late for the crops. The Indians gave them food which sustained them through the winter. Thus, Grand Mound became their new home. Samuel James had some medical knowledge and did much to help the Chehalis Indians which was much appreciated. (photo): Orie Jarnot, Vinnie Jarnot Harper, Frances Marie Jarnot Edmunds, Martha Jane Jarnot, Francis Marion Jarnot. 197 One day Colonel Simmons rode up and announced to Mrs. James that her family must move so an Indian reservation could be set up there. She responded, "We've crossed an ocean and a continent to this place which we love. We will not move!" The Colonel doffed his hat and rode away. The reservation went to the Oakville area. The James family raised cattle and sheep which they sold in Victoria, B.C. In 1858 Mr. and Mrs. James and two sons, Samuel II and William, went by Indian dugouts via the Chehalis river to Grays Harbor and settled on the north shore near the James rock. There was no road as the "forest primeval" was too thick for the few settlers to build a road. About 7 years later, the James family returned to Grand Mound where Samuel died in 1866. He was among the first to be buried in the Grand Mound Cemetery. John R. James, another son, took out a homestead where Hoquiam is now located. He built the first house in Hoquiam. The house was later used as the city's first school. He sold his homestead of 400 acres in about 1880 for $4 an acre and returned to Grand Mound. Ten years later lots were selling for $10,000 each during the big logging boom. When teased about all the money he could have had he said, "All that money would have spoiled my children." He had twelve! Mrs. James was a staunch Methodist and on their trip across the continent, insisted on resting Sundays. (Many others didn't and suffered losses of stock, etc.) Her father, William Foxwell, was a Methodist minister who assisted John Wesley, Methodism's founder. Today in Rochester, near the Grand Mound, Brenda James, age 6 is an eighth generation Methodist in the Rochester United Methodist Church Sunday School. Brenda's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Dwight James, and Charles James, the model builder, is her grandfather. By Mariam H. James JENSEN FAMILY Mads Julius Jensen, an accomplished carpenter and farmer, was 35 years old when he decided that he and his family would head for the land of promise to start a new life. They left their native village of Ullerslev Lolland in Denmark. Their family and friends, Mads, his wife Nielsine, who was two years younger than he, and their little daughter, Anna Kristine aged nine, set sail and arrived in America in June of 1880. (photo): Reinhold, Julia and Vilma Jensen They moved to Alden, Freeborn County, Minnesota. On April 22nd, 1883, they were blessed with the arrival of a son, Reinhold Jensen. It was a quiet life for them, working hard to make a liv 198 (photo): Jensen Family Picnic, 1939 ing and becoming integrated into the American way of life. (photo): Reinhold and Julia Jensen, June 1918 In November 1889 fortune beckoned again and Mads, Nielsine, Kristine and little Reinhold set out, this time heading west to Portland, Oregon. Mads got a job working for the railroad, finishing the railroad cars with beautiful woodwork on the inside. While the children attended school, Nielsine spun her own wool, dyed it, and fashioned it into beautifully knitted and crocheted garments. Little Reinhold helped with carding the wool and Kristine knitted, crocheted scarfs and socks, etc. However, she loved to work with beading and made two beautiful purses which are still in the hands of the family. On May 4, 1894 the family moved to Winlock, Washington and settled on a 40-acre farm which Mads cleared and cultivated. He built the family home there and other outbuildings where they kept chickens and other livestock. It was a good life and they had a cat who was part of the family. Whenever Mads got through milking, he would dip a spoon into the milk and the cat would hold it between its paws until she licked up all the milk, then she would drop the spoon and take off. This was also the end of Reinholds formal schooling. At the age of 11 years he had to help his father on the farm. Yet, it was not the end of growing and learning. His father taught him well the trade of carpentry and all other skills so essential to the early way of life. Reinhold could use all of his father's tools as long as he was still living alone and at home. On March 17, 1908 Mads Jensen died at age 63. Reinhold now took care of his mother and sister. His early training came in handy, he could do most things and worked many jobs to provide. He worked for a time in Tenino, Washington in the stone quarry. He would ride his bicycle to Tenino along a road which was no more then a trail and came home at the weekends. Then, Reinhold formed a partnership with Charlie Lentz and they ran a confectionery store in the front and a bicycle repair shop in the back. Like his father, he wanted a better life, so he left his partner in charge of the shop in Winlock and went to work in Tacoma, Washington, at the Western Boat Company where he worked as a carpenter. In 1918, Reinhold returned home and on June 29 of the same year he married Julia Kristine Hansen of Evaline, Washington. He then returned to the Western Boat Company in Tacoma where they lived a few years. Julia's youngest sister Alma lived with them until she graduated from Stadium High School. In the early 1920s they moved to Evaline and built a home there. They had one daughter, Vilma Lillie Jensen, born December 31, 1924. Reinhold spent several years building bridges in Mount Rainier National Park, one of which was the Cartwright bridge 195 feet above the creek bed. After this, Reinhold joined the Carpenters Union and worked on the building of the post office in Chehalis and Centralia, Washington, as well as many other buildings. Reinhold was a very handy man. He could do almost anything and soon helped his neighbors repair their cars and farm equipment. He also took charge of the old telephone line. Whenever a limb would fall down on it and cut off communications, he would climb up and fix it. 1940 Julia, his wife died. Reinhold and Vilma moved to Tacoma and Vilma continued her education at Lincoln High School of Tacoma. It was not long thereafter that Vilma fell in love with a handsome local boy. On June 20, 1942, Vilma became the wife of Stanley Sandstrom, making Tacoma her home. To them were born two sons, Larry and Gordon. Reinhold Jensen died July 6, 1966 and was buried in the family plot in Winlock. By Vilma Jensen Sandstrom ANDREW JOHNSON FAMILY Being the youngest daughter, Vivian Victoria, born Feb. 23, 1925, of Myrtle May Deskins and Andrew Reinhold Johnson, has afforded me the opportunity to enjoy my years still on the North Fork with only a few disappointments. (photo): Andrew R. and Myrtle May Johnson 198 My mother, the oldest of 10 children, was born in 1888, in Mingo County, West Virginia. Her parents were Henry H. and Dixie Deely Deskins. My father, the oldest of 16 children was born on a farm at Perstrop, near Sjotofta, Sweden, July 17, 1887. He left Sweden at 16 and never returned. He worked his way across the United States doing construction and building which he continued all his life. In 1914, he worked on the Teitzel bridge and on the intake on the North Fork of the Newaukum River. He boarded with the Gottlieb Salzer family across from the Deskins. He met my mother and they were married August 6, 1917. Andrew divided an 80 acre farm with Fred Massingham and built the home in which I am still living. My father followed bridge building in eastern Washington and my mother stayed on the farm and raised us three children. My brother Ernest married Frances Alice, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Roberts Arthurs, and have three boys: Frank married Connie Adams and has a daughter Kim and two sons Craig and Trevor; Lynn married Janet Porter and have three sons, Michael, Matthew and Mark; and Gale married Sherrie Vencill and has Joshua and Callie. They remodeled and live in the Lucas Creek School house complete with original school bell. My sister Irene lives in Portland with husband Gordan Leal and have three children between them. Nancy married George Mattis and have Karen and Brian. Judith married Raymond Podmore from Wales and have Cheryl and Ronald. Janet married John Calhoon and has Denise and Michael. At one time there were five schools starting at Forest, Agate, Glenn Alder, Lucas Creek and Sinclair. I was the last pupil left in Lucas Creek School District in 1937 when they were consolidated. On June 15, 1946, I married Joe Norris, youngest one of eight born to George and Amelia Masshoff Norris, and we have three children: Mary Ann, married Monte Hooper June II, 1983 on the Norris' grandparents' anniversary and are buying the remaining part of their farm. She is a teacher. Our oldest son, Jerrold, has one daughter Angela Tanna, born Feb. 23,1976, on my birthdate. He married Karyn Pierson Howard with daughters Natalie, Tyanna and Shay. He is dairying on our farm originally owned by John Senn and was the hop yards and part of the Markland farm. Our youngest son Daniel married Karen Huether and has one son Steven. Dan is employed at the Centralia Steam plant and owns Moore's Nursery located on Koontz Road, Chehalis, Wash. Joe worked for Shakertown in Winlock for 23 years before becoming a full-time dairyman. We were fortunate to be able to square dance, travel some, and enjoy farming before Joe died of cancer January 17, 1984. The North Fork valley has changed. My mother told of the big trees from Chehalis to the intake. There were ruts, bumps and puncheons instead of oiled roads. There were seven or eight lumber mills employing many people. Almost all farms had chickens and cows. Today there is only one dairy and one chicken farm. There was a post office at Chris Tauscher's place and a rail rod depot planned. There were Tauschers, Jensens, Senns, Burris', Jacox's, Spitzners', McIntyre's and many others, as neighbors and friends. Names have changed but kindness and help have not. I still love the farm and valley and so you will probably see me there until I join Joe, my parents and the rest of the ancestors in the Deskins Cemetery. CARL JOHNSON FROM HOMESTEADING TO BUSINESSMAN WITHIN A CENTURY Carl Richard Johnson-what a handle for the first baby born to Carl Julius and Wanda Ora Northcutt Johnson of Ellensburg, Washington in 1939. Carl was followed 2 years later by a brother, Paul. History has shown that Carl did grow up into his name very well. A family man with wife, Pari Margaret Welch and daughters, Carla Marie and Julie Margaret, Carl became a successful businessman, sharing in the ownership of Browning's Office Supply, Inc., since 1969. Carl's family can be traced back to Sweden and England, with the Johnson grandparents being immigrants from their native country. The Townsend-Northcutt family came West from Oklahoma by covered wagons to homestead in Eastern Washington. The families' livelihood here in the states consisted of farming. Carl himself worked on several farms, as a teenager, while he attended school. His main duty was tending and milking the dairy herd, with other farming duties as well. After high school, Carl joined the Air Force, being trained as a Radarl Technician and serving in Korea during his tour of duty. He then lived in Seattle, working for Remmington Rand in the service department, later being transferred to Tacoma. During his Seattle days, Carl met Pari in Ellensburg. Pari had been attending Central Washington State College, now Central Washington University - and was at the time employed by the college on a full time basis. Pari began her life in Glendale - Los Angeles, California - the first born of Richard Dixon and Patricia Margaret Condron Welch in 1945. Pari's ancestors hail from Western Europe. Her dad was born in Seattle, Washington and her mother in Hollywood, California. Two brothers arrived over the next 8 years, then the family moved to Seattle and settled in the south end. After graduation from Cleveland High School, Pari went to Ellensburg for a year of college. Carl and Pari were married September 25, 1965 in Ellensburg and settled in Tacoma. Carl then had the opportunity to buy into an existing business, Browning's Typewriter Mart in 1969. The couple moved to Centralia, to their present home on Seminary Hill, the summer of 1969. Carla was born on July 2, 1970, followed by Julie some 3 years later, born April 2, 1973. Pari worked as a Laboratory Technician in Tacoma and Centralia, then was fully occupied with homemaking after 1975. Before this, Pari graduated from Centralia College with an Associated Degree, completing a goal begun 10 years previously. The family's special interests lie in helping each family member develop to their fullest potential what God has for each. Each member became a Christian and involved in a local Christian Fellowship, the Centralia Bible Chapel, for many years. Carl joined Kiwanis Club shortly after moving to Centralia and has kept up an active membership. Other family activities have included 4H clubs, music (piano for the girls) and gardening roses for Carl, and dahlias for Pari. One family activity has been traveling, including trips to Disneyland, Oregon, Canada and around Washington State, with future trips planned. The Carl Johnson family extends greetings and God's blessings to all the families of Lewis County and the World. COE W. AND SHARON L. JOHNSON Coe W. Johnson and Sharon L. Orloske were married on March 30, 1963, in Chehalis, Washington. Coe is the son of Coe G. and Dorothy Johnson of Centralia and the grandson of Coe W. and Pearl Johnson also of Centralia. Maternal grandparents were Julia and John Phillips. Coe's father passed away in 1978, and both sets of grandparents prior to that time. Coe is the youngest of four children. Judy (Gary) Jackson is the oldest sister and lives in Seattle. She has five children. Betsey (Leo) Volk is in Centralia and has four children; Dianne (Gordon) Young is living at Adna and has two children. Being the youngest and the only boy in the family, there is a story that says he was able to get away with several things his sisters could not. Sharon is the daughter of Max and Dora (Rayton) Orloske and the fourth born of five children. Her father passed away in 1972. Alice (Ronald) Hjelmstad is in Tacoma and has three children; Larry, the only brother, died in infancy; Lois (Chet) Keen is in Centralia and has three girls; and Maxine (Nels "Bill") Pedersen has four children and lives in Chehalis. Coe attended Centralia schools and graduated in 1961. He is the General Manager of the Chehalis National Fruit Canning Company. They are one of the largest employers in Lewis County and process peas, corn and carrots. They have plants in Burlington, Washington, and Albany, Oregon, with the corporate office in Seattle. They are the second largest pea processor in the United States. Coe has worked for them since he was sixteen, taking over as cold storage manager in 1964 and in 1966 became plant superintendent. In 1971 he was promoted to the plant manager's position. Sharon attended Adna schools, graduating in 1960. After marrying in 1963 she worked for three and one half years at Centralia City Hall until their first child, Breanna Dianne, was born in November 1966. Their second child, Coe G., was born on March 10, 1968. At that time she stayed home with the children and did all the motherly things such as helping at school, had Brownie and Girl Scout troops, Cub Scouts, taking kids to ball practice, dance lessons, making costumes and all things that happen when you become a parent. Since 1978 she has also been working outside the home in a local doctor's clinic. Both children have attended Centralia Schools and Breanna graduated in 1985. She will attend Western Washington University in Bellingham this fall. In high school, she was very active in music and drama, taking part in many school plays and musicals. Coe will graduate in 1986 and has been very active in wrestling and soccer. Both children spend summers working at National Fruit. By Coe Johnson JOHN AND RHODA (CHURCHILL) JOHNSTON David, b. 7/14/1910; Ellen LaVaun, b. 11/10, 1916; Laurence Edwin, b. 3/18/1919; Albert Eldon, b. 6/29/1923; Reca LaVerne, b. 9/28/1926. Our family moved to Filbert Heights (Starvation Peak) in Lewis County in 1923. We had ten acres, a small house, shed, and one of the finest wells around. We'd put our milk, butter, etc. in a sack and lower it into the well; it would stay as cold as any refrigerator. 199 (photo): Rhoda Ellen (Churchill) Johnston With no electricity, everything was hand-done. We drew water from the well; scrubbed laundry on a board; split wood for heating and cooking. Bread was homemade; we made toast on stovetop or in the oven. We had no radio or phonograph; evenings we played dominoes or checkers. After his heart attack, Dad could only do odd jobs and then only when one of us was with him, so at sixteen, Dave went to work, first on the railroad, then in the woods. I think a neighbor lied about his age. He turned his wages over to mother. She spent frugally, secretly saving for him. It was gravy and potatoes one meal, and potatoes and gravy the next. We seldom had eggs, chicken or meat, so when we did it was a feast! My friend Ervin Blankenship and Dave would hunt birds and rabbits. Blackie would say, "Mom I'll tend to the baby if you'll cook up the birds." Mom always cooked the birds with gravy. His mother dry-fried them; he liked mom's way! Dad gardened and mom canned for the winter. I'd ride the old horse, guiding him between the rows while dad cultivated. During the depression, everyone was unemployed. Finally the W.P.A. started, but jobs still weren't easy to get. One year the Cowlitz was open for netting so people would have food. My brother carried salmon to people from Olequa to Starvation Peak and Brim Creek Road. It was a 2 1/2 mile walk to school and two or three feet of snow were common. Dad wrapped my feet and legs in burlap to prevent freezing. Dad died in 1930, leaving mom to raise us alone. She went on Widows' Pension at $8.00/month. Life wasn't easy. We had no car for years. Once I heard a cougar scream as I walked home from town, and I saw it in the moonlight. I was sixteen in 1932 when I quit sixth grade. We went through some hard times. If my teacher had not been so good to me I wouldn't have gone as far as I have. Mrs. Hazel Brennamen made dresses for me. She'd send me to the store with a note that got shoes, stockings and, from the barber, a haircut. She was an angel to me and I will always remember her for that. Mom died in 1967. I'm still on the banks of the Cowlitz. Dave is on Brim Creek. My nephew is building on the old place. When I'm there, it brings back many memories. JOHNSON-KARLSON Frederick Johnson was born in Grythyttan, Sweden. He immigrated to America with his sister Carolina in 1882. His mother Lisa Larsdotter and brother Jan Petter followed the next year to Litchfield, Minnesota. Frederick married Louisa Karlson, who had also emigrated from Kalmar, Sweden in 1881. They moved to San Francisco in 1889 and then to Vader in 1892, where they purchased a farm. Their children were Frederick married Hey Anderson; William married Leona Johnson; Roy married Mary Terrence Olson; David married Mable Crawford; and Emma. By Edna Hollinger JOHNSON-LEATHERS William Johnson was born in San Francisco, Calif. August 7,1890, coming to Vader at the age of two with his parents Frederick and Louisa. He owned one of the first gas-powered threshing machines in the county. Gasoline had to be shipped in five-gallon cans on the train from Portland as it was not available locally. William married Leona Leathers, February 25, 1914. The wedding was delayed an hour when the minister became lost while walking through the woods. Four children were born to them. Will married Gertrude Munter, (2) Mary Feagen; Frances married Nelson Chrisman; Clyde married Lenora Kalista (2) Evelyn Whisenhunt; and Edna married Homer Hollinger. By Edna Hollinger RICHARD JOHNSON Richard M. Johnson, Boistfort, Washington Territory Postmaster from 1883 to December 1901 was also a Justice of the Peace. Before coming to Lewis County he invested money in a California gold mine and lost it. He then drove a 20-mule team for a salt mine in Death Valley. He married Susan (Eisle) Glahn, widow of Joseph Glahn. Susan Eisle and Joseph Glahn had married in 1860, and there was one son, Andrew. During the Civil war, Mrs. Glahn served as a nurse on the battlefield and after her husband was killed in that war she married Richard M. Johnson. Richard and Susan Johnson had four children: Rosy Johnson Carothers, Daisy Johnson Lane, Edgar Johnson, and Maud Johnson Capron. My mother, Maud, was born November 10, 1879, in Bakersfield. She was married to Ory Capron in 1903. Ory Capron was the son of Rhonda Phelps Capron and E.W. Capron, a carpenter. Ory Capron farmed and had 2 milk wagons to make the trip to a Chehalis plant every day after collecting the farmers milk in 10 gallon cans. There were three children: Ward, Hazel and Izetta. Hazel Capron McNiel, had one daughter Doris McNiel Sterling, who has two sons; Rodney and Keith and two grandchildren, Michael and Kelly Ann. Izetta Capron Roundtree has one son, Patrick Orin Roundtree. Patrick has two girls, Colleen Ann Roundtree and Leslie Michelle Roundtree, and one boy, Patrick Allen Roundtree. I was born at Curtis, Washington, and attended the first eight grades in a one-room school al Lake Creek (near Curtis). I then graduated from Boistfort High School. In high school we were bussed to school in a model T bus with side curtains. The top speed allowed was 15 miles per hour. I attended business college and worked as a bookkeeper for a creamery and later as a bank teller. During the depression, many of us were without work and we made our own entertainment, such as bonfires, roasted corn and potatoes. We also played a lot of games. In 1933 I married Walter Roundtree, son of Anna and William Roundtree. Walter taught school for thirty years. His first year's wage was $900. He retired in 1964 after 21 years with Adna school. We operated a beef ranch and did some travelling. He passed away in 1977. By Izetta Roundtree VERNON AND ALBERTA (NIX) JOHNSON TRUMAN AND DELIGHT (SHEETS) JOHNSON Vernon Johnson's parents were John August Johansson and Sofia (Andersdotter) Johansson of Nossebro, Vastergotland, Sweden. Sofia was born in Vanersborg nearby. After they were married, John came to America alone, about 1900, stopping in Chicago first, where he worked in a livery barn taking care of the horses that pulled the streetcars on Chicago's streets. His sister Betty had preceded him to Chicago. After a year or so he made his way to Winlock, where he stayed with the Rosanders while he built a house on the property he had purchased, 130 acres, on the Winlock-Toledo highway, which was one of the first cement roads in Lewis County. (photo): Standing: Katrina (Johnson) Larson, Donna (Johnson) Gennick, Delight Johnson (mother), Truman Johnson (father), Doreen Johnson. Seated: Vernn Johnson (grandfather), Alberta Johnson (grandmother), Jeffrey Gennick (on great grandmother's lap), Kelly and Wesley (seated on floor in front). Sofia then came to Winlock from Sweden and their first son, Evert, was born in 1902. Vernon was born in 1905, and the sisters Edith and Ellen followed. Vernon attended the Lower Cowlitz school near Toledo and later was graduated from the Auburn Adventist Academy in 1931. The 200 family were charter members of the Winlock SDA church. Alberta, the oldest daughter of William and Minna Nix, was born in Sumner, Washington, 1909. Later the family lived in Puyallup and she finished the sixth grade there at Spinning School. The William Nix family moved to a farm west of Adna in 1922 and Alberta, with her brothers and sisters, attended the Adventist school in Chehalis. She began high school by accompanying her teacher, Frankie Boothby, to Mt. Ellis Adventist Academy in Bozeman, Montana, where she had accepted a teaching position. She continued piano lessons with Miss Boothby, having been a pupil of Mrs. Sidney Rittenhouse in Tacoma before moving to Chehalis. In 1929 she was graduated from Columbia Adventist Academy near Battle Ground, Washington. A year of attendance at Walla Walla College included piano study with Irene Brown, pupil of Dent Mowry of Portland. In 1933 she married Vernon, the academy dormitory roommate of her brother, Peter. They lived on the Surprise Valley Dairy Farm near Chehalis where Vernon did creamery work. Their son, Truman, was born in Centralia in 1935. In 1941, their property, two houses and seven acres, was purchased on Riverside Road in Chehalis, near Alexander Park where they still live. Vernon began work with the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company where he continued for twenty years as a logger. Alberta continued her music study with Paul Pierre McNeeley of Seattle and gave piano lessons in her home and also at several Lewis County schools. Truman was graduated from Auburn Adventist Academy in 1953. He then attended Andrews University in Michigan where he met Delight Sheets of Angola, Indiana. While he was enlisted in the U.S. Army and stationed at the Walter Reed hospital in Washington D.C., they were married, in 1955. Their first daughter, Donna, was born in Washington D.C. After army service, Truman became a printer for Moore Business Forms in Angola, Indiana. Two more daughters arrived, Doreen and Katrina. In 1973 the Truman Johnson family moved to the Northwest, to Edmonds near Seattle, and Grandmother Alberta retired from her piano teaching. Truman sold insurance for the American National Insurance Company, and Dee worked in downtown Seattle for an importer of jewelry and giftware from the Orient. Donna married Eugene Gennick of Mio, Michigan, after being graduated from Columbia Adventist Academy and attending one semester at Walla Walla College. Doreen was graduated from Walla Walla College in 1982 and now works near Los Angeles. Katrina finished at Walla Walla Valley Academy and Walla Walla Community College as a cosmetologist and in the summer of 1983 she was married to Scott Larson of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, and their first home is in Walla Walla. Alberta and Vernon have been long-time active members of the Chehalis SDA church. They have traveled extensively before and after retiring. In 1969, they traveled to Europe and visited Vernon's ancestral home in Nossebro, Sweden, and found a cousin living nearby. They also visited on the Island of Gotland with another cousin, Bengt Goransson of Toftagarden near Visby. In 1976, they traveled throughout South America, and somewhat later to the Caribbean Islands. Alberta continues to travel with her sister Elizabeth, while Vernon prefers to remain at home to continue his gardening. They are the great-grandparents of three little blondes - Kelly, so feminine and dainty, and her two younger brothers, Wesley and Jeffrey. The Gennick family now live in Cleveland, Tennessee. Grandfather Truman now drives a North American Van Lines freight truck from coast to coast and is able to stop in Chehalis quite frequently. He and grandma Dee plan to move to Chehalis in the near future. GARY AND JILL (STEPP) JOHNSTON Our history is a bit unusual for this day and age: Gary and I have been remotely acquainted since early childhood due to our dads' (AI Johnston and Jim Stepp) longtime friendship, beginning I think, near Vader. We began dating the summer of 1966. Enroute to college in Ellensburg, I worked at a Chehalis cannery and lived in the Degeller Apartments on State Street. He was on leave from the Navy. Discharged in 1967, Gary worked in Longview while living with his folks in Kalama. I was student teaching in a central Seattle elementary school. We married in March of 1968, moving to Ellensburg so I could graduate in 1969. Gary's dad gave us the Starvation Peak property where Grandma/pa John and Rhoda Johnston began living with their six living children in the 1920's. When we lived in Renton, we ignored the old, neglected property. But in 1972 we brought our new son Lonnie to Rochester, near Gary's new job pulling green chain at Centralia's NW Hardwoods. Having nearer access to the place, we visited it periodically, but made few improvements. Expecting our son Jim, we moved to Fords Prairie in Centralia, only a short walk from the mill. During three years there, we began brushing out parts of the property. We loved its quiet beauty and wanted to share it, so we began having group campouts. Not all of our predecessors could join our get togethers: Grandpa Johnston had died on the place years before; Grandpas Stepp and Fahlstrom and Grandma Johnston were also gone. But Grandma Johnston left a wonderful legacy: her flowers brighten each spring, a reminder of her presence. (photo): Back: Lonnie, Gary. Front: Jim, Jill. Grandmas Fahlstrom and Stepp shared a number of visits, rekindling their friendship and enjoying their great grandchildren. Several times we've had three and four generations camping together! When the 4x4 groups came, we consumed hundreds of pounds of clams and oysters steamed open in skillets on the fire and, dipped in melted garlic butter! And we had barbecued salmon, cooked in a thirty-gallon drum-cooker. My mouth waters to think of it! But the memories we cherish most are of the people who made those times so special. After transferring to the Arlington mill, we decided we wanted to live on "the place" someday. Slowly we progress - septic system; generator; driveway; cutting timber, having it milled, stacked, and air-dried on-site. Summer of 1984 saw the first real construction! Grandma Stepp insisted on driving a nail, and many others helped with their labor and encouragement. It's exciting to see dreams materialize! Currently Gary is head sawyer in Arlington. He's conditioning for a triathlon (biking, running, swimming), and taking banjo lessons. I write, substitute teach, and study world religions. We all bicycle tour, camp, sail, and work on our place together. And Gary and I are active in our local Baha'i community. Lonnie and Jim enjoy BMX-type bicycling, motorcycles, sports, and people. They miss their Vader friends and look forward to our visits. So do we. By Jill Stepp Johnston GERRY E. AND CLARA (METZENBERG) JONES Gerry was born to Parter and Bertha Jones in Midvale, Idaho, February 1911, coming to Chehalis in 1921, making their home at Claquato. (photo): Clara and Gerry with children Clara was born to Chris and Anna Elizabeth Metzenberg on a hundred acre farm at Littell, Washington, March 1912, horse and buggy days. Littell was a very busy town when Clara was born. A large lumber mill, a shingle mill both running in full swing. There was a large grocery store, post office, church, a two-story 8 grade school, depot, cook and boarding house, also other businesses and many company houses. Gerry graduated from Claquato, Clara from Littell and Adna high school In 1932. In August 1933 Gerry and Clara were married in the house 201 her father built on the farm. The place now is an antique furnished home and dealers for antiques. After their marriage they moved to Chehalis. In 1935 Marian, a daughter was born to them, and in 1939 a son, Phillip, was born. They purchased the Kennicot residence on the corner of North and State Streets. Gerry built a barber shop on this corner lot known as the "Jones Trim Shop," which he operated many years prior to his death May 28,1972. Clara was employed seven years for Thompson Feed Company and twenty-three years for Enterprise Electric, owned by Art and Dorothy Cook; retiring in 1976. Marian married Gerald Macomber February 4, 1956. Both graduated from Chehalis High School. They have four children: Randall born August 11, 1958, Deborah, born February 16, 1960; Reginall born April 9, 1962 and Deanna, born June 27, 1964. Gerald has been in auto parts sales for approximately 30 years having worked at Morton Motor Parts, manager of National Auto Parts and recently purchased Irving's Auto Parts. Marian has worked several years for Virgil R. Lee & Sons, Insurance. Randall is a graduate of Chehalis High School and Centralia College. In 1983 he married Denise Wasson of Honolulu, Hawaii. He is employed by Blakely and Hout, and Denise is employed by Central Evergreen Federal Savings & Loan. Deborah graduated from Chehalis High School and is employed by Virgil R. Lee Insurance; she married Dennis Buss on October 23, 1982. Dennis is owner and operator of Chehalis Auto Detailing. They had a son Brandon, born August 19, 1983. Reginall graduated from Chehalis High School and was employed by Jims Paint Shop seven years. He is now a machinist at Irving's Auto Parts. Deanna Ray married May 14, 1983 to Timothy Mixer. She is employed by Lewis Savings and Timothy works at Irving's Auto Parts as counterman and salesman. Phillip Jones married Kathy Rediner, daughter of W.E. and Dortha Rediner, February 21, 1963. They both are graduates of Chehalis High School. Phillip also graduated from Centralia College. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force. He is now employed by U.S. Geological Survey, at the present working in Rolla, Missouri in map making. They have two sons, Douglas, born June 17, 1964, and Michael, born July 6, 1961. Douglas graduated from Freemont high school in Sunnyvale, California in 1982. He now lives in Santa Barbara and enjoys bakery work. Michael graduated from Rolla, Missouri high school in 1985. In high school he played a very important place in athletics. By Clara Jones ELEANOR (PONDER) JONES FAMILY Eleanor Fay was born April 1, 1902 in the Adna area of pioneer parentage. Her father was Edmund K. Fay, son of Joel Henry and Emily Maynard Fay, who arrived in Washington Territory October 20, 1863. Her mother was Wealthy Ashmore, daughter of R.N. Ashmore and Cynthia Annie Paine. They arrived in the Territory in 1884. The family home, a farm, was west of Adna. She had two brothers and a sister, Wm. Joel, Nelson Edmund, and Meriel Olive. School was a two mile walk to the big white wooden schoolhouse on the hill at Adna. A large bell hung in the steeple and rang out at 8:30 each (photo): L to R, Row 1: EleanorJo, Ed, Helen Jean. Row 2: Richard Fay, Thomas Lee, 1942. school day, letting children far and wide know that they had better hurry. Graduating from Adna High School in 1919, the summer was spent working in the fruit near Wapato in Eastern Washington. Young men received 39 cents hourly and young ladies 33 cents hourly, for a ten hour day. Education for teaching was obtained at "Washington State Normal School," Ellensburg. Twenty years of teaching was spent in Lewis County. The first two terms were at Fayette west of Adna, and now consolidated with Adna. While teaching in Chehalis in March 1925, Eleanor Fay and Russell Ponder, a young attorney, were married. This ended, for a time the teaching career, as only heads of families were given contracts to teach in Chehalis. A home was established in Chehalis on Ninth Street. They were as poor as church mice. Sometimes fearing there would be no money to make house payments. With a good garden, a small chicken pen back of the garage and the generosity of farm relatives, times grew better. When the family had grown to include two sons and a daughter; Thomas Lee, Richard Fay and Helen Jean. Russell Ponder had been appointed deputy prosecutor, the family moved to a home "on the hill" in Chehalis. Here the fourth child, Eleanor Jo, was born. December 27, 1940, returning from a day's business trip, Ponder's car collided with a loaded logging truck with failing lights stopped partially on the highway. From critically severe injuries suffered, death resulted January 2, 1941. Teaching again brought security to the family at third grade in Chehalis. Friends urged Eleanor Ponder to register as a candidate for the office of Lewis County Clerk. With the help of attorney friends, Mr. John Ponder's efforts and campaigning actively, she was elected and served two four-year terms. In December, 1951, Eleanor Ponder and Mr. Eddy P. Jones were married. His death came January 10, 1961. Twenty public school teaching years were completed in June, 1967, as she became 65. For two more years, share-teaching at St. Joseph's Parochial School completed her teaching career. Eleanor Ponder-Jones says, "There have been many changes during my lifetime. I have had many interesting trips and tours over the Unit'ed States, Europe and England - all of which I never dreamed would be - but best of all is Lewis County for me." FRANK M. JONES I, Frank M. Jones, was born December 2, 1888 in Winlock, Washington Territory. My father, Gabriel L. Jones was born January 29, 1837 in Paducah, Kentucky. He died November 3,1912 in Winlock, Wash. My mother, Julia A. Cramer, was born August 13, 1851 in Summit County, Ohio. She died November 22, 1934 in Winlock, Wash. Father and mother were married April 29, 1882. Their addresses listed Wynandotte, Kansas. They must have come to Washington Territory the same year. Settled on 70 acres of burned over hill land East of Winlock. No buildings. There they cleared, built, farmed and raised 7 children; Robert, Lottie, Jean, William, myself, Clara, and Edwin - all born at home. We walked 21/2 miles to Winlock school. I hated school, not because of classes, but because the town kids picked on us. I spent many noon hours fighting. I went through the 6th grade. At age 12 I went to work for a logging company that was logging near our home, greasing skids. At age 14 I was bucking saw logs. I took a correspondence course; worked up to Steam Engineer. Horses were used on the skid road, but the logs were brought in with the steam donkey. When I fired donkey, I walked 3 miles to and from work. I got up steam by 7:00 A.M. and worked 10 hour days, six days a week. The pay was $2.00 per day. We did a lot of hunting and fishing - partly to have something to eat, and some for market. Bear, deer, and birds were plentiful. We got 25 cents apiece for birds. The winter of 1907 I hunted bobcats on Green River near Enumclaw, Wash. with dogs. I killed fourteen. In 1909, brother Bill and I bought 70 acres in the Wildwood area on South Fork of the Chehalis River from Tom Whiteman. It was called "Starve-Out," as no one had been able to make a living on it. The buildings were gone; first winter we lived in a little shack. We built a post barn on the west side of the place. In 1912 we built the house we now live in on the east side of the place. The barn was too far away so we built a nice dairy barn nearer the house. We got a few Jersey cows and started shipping cream to the Lewis County Creamery in Chehalis and then to Turner & Pease Co. in Seattle. A few years later, we shipped milk to The Carnation Plant in Chehalis. Brother Bill married in 1916. I married Edna Detering in 1917. We then bought Bill's half of the place. I didn't always make a living on the farm; I worked for neighbors, did county road work, surveying, timber cruising and various jobs. In 1921, Lewis Pacific Dairymen's Association was formed. I was a charter member. Edna and I had 9 children; Harold, Gordon, Norman, Robert, Edgar, Ernest, Nellie, Steven, and Mary; 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Edgar now owns the place. He and his wife built a new home. We are still living in the original farm house in 1985. Seven of our children are still living. Harold is in Yakima; Gordon at Cine bar; Norman in Port Angeles; Nellie at Wapato; Steven in Tacoma; Mary in Federal Way and Edgar on the farm. Robert was killed in World War II and Ernest died at age 20 months. 202 (photo): Back Row: Steve, Robert, Gordon, Harold and Nellie Ann. Seated: Norman, Edna, Mary Lou, Frank and Edgar. JOHANN JYLHA Johann Jylha a native of Finland, was born at Kannus in the Province of Vaasa, on the 15th of I January 1856. He was the son of Anders Michelsson born the 22nd of August 1831, and Anna Lisa Isaacsdaughter born the 1st of February 1828. In 1890 Johann married Maria Huuki, who was born the 3rd of August 1869 in Kannus. Maria (Huuki) Jylha was the daughter of Johann Jakob Abramsson born the 12th of September 1833, and Maja Lisa Andersdaughter born the 12th of December 1838. Johann and Maria left their native Finland, and arrived in the United States in 1893. With their two daughters they traveled to Montana where the family settled at Sand Coulee. Here Johann worked as a miner for twelve years. To this couple were born eleven children, three died as infants. The surviving children were: Senia Maria 1891, Ida Josafina 1893, Johann Hjalmar 1895, Signe Elizabeth 1896, Anders Elie1 1898, Maimi Susanna 1900, Henry Elmer 1905, and Elsie Aliena 1909. In 1906 Johann and Maria brought their family to Independence Valley, Lewis County Washington. By this time they had Americanized their given names to John and Mary. They settled first on a farm of forty acres, which they leased from Warner Fiskal. In November of 1909 they purchased eighty acres of land in Section 20 Township 15, Range 4 from Matt Mattison. This property is located on the Jylha Road at Independence. Johann and Maria's only son to reach adulthood was Henry Elmer, known to everyone as Elmer. He was born on the 4th of February 1905 at Sand Coulee, Montana. His boyhood was spent working and playing on the family farm, fishing in the nearby creek, and attending the one room school house, (photo): Back, Standing: William, Lottie, Robert "Bud", Jean and Frank. Front: Gabriel, Clara, Julia. Front, Seated: Edwin "Ed". district #73. On the 9th of July 1927 he married Signe Marie Huhta. She was born in Vaasa Finland the 21st of January 1903, the daughter of Johann and Johanna (Pietila) Huhta. In the early days of their marriage Elmer worked in the woods for several logging companies in the Grays Harbor area. He worked many years for Darigold out of Chehalis, driving milk truck # 16. Elmer and Signe (Huhta) Jylha have three surviving children, William of Tacoma, Mrs. Ines Munsell of Rochester, and Mrs. Dennis Ruble of Centralia. Johann and Maria's daughter Senia Maria married Lennart Huhta. Their youngest daughter Elsie Aliena married John Laitinen. They continued living on the farm until the time of their deaths. John died the 18th of August 1921, and Mary the 17th of September 1928. Although only three of their children lived to adulthood and married, they have numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren who are proud to be descended from this kind loving couple. By Pat Thompson Jylha HARRY AND DAISY KALBUS Harry was born at Coal Creek near Chehalis March 21,1914. His name at birth was Thomas Nicoden. At age of 11 months he was adopted by Ernest and Ruth Kalbus. About four years after our marriage he found he had a brother, Richard Montgomery. He had been adopted out at the same time. Through him and his foster parents we located the adoption papers at the Lewis County Courthouse. Richard (now deceased) had one daughter, Carol, now living in California. I was born in Morton, Wash. November 12, 1918 to Anton and Estella Edlund, the youngest of five children. My sisters and brothers were Dulcie, Conrad, Alton and Maude. All living except Alton who died in a boating accident at Charleston Oregon in 1971. Father was born July 3, 1873 in Sweden. He came to the United States when he was 16 years old with his brothers Ed and Fred. Their parents came later. They were basically farmers. They homesteaded in the Glenoma area. Dad being the adventurous type did a lot of prospecting and hunting. He worked in the coal mines and fell timber also. They also carried mail on horseback. The brothers helped to build what is now known as "Old Seattle." After dad retired at 65 he went to Alaska. He homesteaded in the Matanuska Valley near Wasilla near his brother Fred's homestead. Fred went there in 1914 with his family. Mother was born April 1, 1893 in West Virginia. Her parents were Elige and Agatha (Powell) Christian. They settled in the Glenoma area when she was 10 years old. Her brothers and sisters were John, Mollie, Lucille, Irene and Frank. Mother and dad married June 22, 1908. They lived on the homestead about five years before buying the farm at Morton where I was born. They were divorced in 1927. Mother married Andrew Mork in later years. Dad never remarried. He passed away March 14, 1951 and mother passed away July 24, 1970. Harry and I were married November 8, 1936. We had three children, Karla was born in Morton December 15, 1937, Allen was born in Morton February 22, 1940 and Tom was born in Mt. Vernon April 5, 1944. Karla and husband James Weathers live in. Myrtle Point, Oregon. They had 3 children, David, Debra and Danny; plus 2 grandchildren. 203 (photo): Back Row: Senia Maria, Martin Lennart Huhta, Henry Elmer, Ted, and Ellen. Front Row: Johann Jylha, Elsie Aliena, Maria JyIha, Maimi Susanna. Allen and wife Joyce live in Sweet Home, Oregon. He has 2 children, Scott and Shannon by a former marriage. Tom and wife Linda live in Syracuse, New York. He has 2 children, Tom and Tina by a former marriage. Harry and I went to Myrtle Point, Oregon in 1946. We raised our family there. Later we went to Alaska. He was employed by Campbell Const. and Log Co. We lived in his logging camps at 12 Mile Arm Little Naukati on Prince of Wales Island. Harry retired December 1979. We did some commercial fishing around Ketchikan in 1980, have since been at home in Mineral, Wash. By Daisy Kalbus HERMAN KALBUS FAMILY The Kalbus family immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1887. They came by ship to New York; then by train to Chehalis. They homesteaded on Coal Creek, four miles east of Chehalis. A road existed to within l 1/2 miles of the homestead; from there they walked, carrying their possessions, consisting mainly of clothing and bedding. However, a spinning wheel was included which is now in the Lewis County Museum. The family consisted of Herman and Wilhemina, year old Ernest, a step-daughter Hilda Baker, 16. A two room log cabin was built. Later a lean-to was added. In the next four years Margaret, Helen, and Minnie were born. Land was cleared to sustain a team of horses, five or six cows, chickens, geese and pigs. Also, there were cats and a dog. The geese were plucked to make feather beds. An orchard and garden were planted. Firewood, which was cut with a cross-cut saw from the large Douglas fir trees, was sold for $4 a cord delivered, by horse and wagon to Chehalis, also, potatoes, eggs and butter. There was a demand for fresh butter and eggs due to lack of refrigeration. (photo): WiIhemina and Herman Kalbus After Ernest and Margaret finished the 8th grade on Coal Creek, they stayed at home and helped on the farm. Helen and Minnie attended high school in Chehalis. They both worked for their room and board as it was too far to go home each day. There was a trail over the hill from Chehalis which they used to walk home on weekends. On one of these trips, Minnie encountered a mother skunk and her babies. Minnie quietly stepped into the brush and the "family" passed by. After high school they both taught in rural one and two-room schools with all eight grades; Helen at Alpha and Minnie at Burnt Ridge and Briar Hill. Later they both graduated from college, working their way. Helen became principal of Doty High School where she earned the respect of the students. It was told, in later years, by one of her male students, who was much larger than she, that she spanked him for being unruly. Minnie worked as a Home Demonstration Agent for the Oregon Extension Service. Afterwards, they both married Oregon men. Ernest married Ruth Potter and became a logger. Some years after the Kalbus family settled on Coal Creek, they built a four bedroom house. The house and 80 acres were sold. After retirement they lived in a smaller house near the road. After her parents' passing, Margaret pursued a career as a cook in different situations in the San Francisco area. She later married Max Ogens of Randle. Social life for the parents centered around their neighbors and the Lutheran Church. For the youth there were dances, basket socials, and special programs at school. The unmarried teacher was a part of the community and highly respected. The Kalbus home was the teachers' home away from home, since Margaret was known as the "best cook" on Coal Creek. On summer afternoons there was homemade ice cream and cake for all who came by. Pioneer life was simple, but satisfying, for the young and old in different ways. The Kalbus family had no regrets about leaving their homeland. Their life was hard, but free. By Minnie Kalbus Locher GARY KALICH FAMILY Both Gary Kalich and his wife, Judy, were born in 1944 in the St. Helen Hospital in Chehalis. She grew up in Vader, the daughter of Floriene Nicewonger and Ivan "Bud" Wallace. Gary was reared in the Toledo area, the son of Mildred Taylor and Hugh "Bud" Kalich. Both were graduated from Toledo High School in 1962. Gary attended WSU, while Judy pursued her education at the University of Washington for a year before joining Gary in Pullman. They were married in August 1965. Gary was graduated with a degree in electrical engineering in 1966. He worked for Boeing in Seattle for a year before returning to Pullman for his master's degree. In September 1968, the couple moved to Chehalis and Gary began his career with the P.D.D. as their Chief Engineer. In 1969, their first child, Clint, was born soon to be followed in 1970 by their second son, Craig. Both boys are enrolled in the Chehalis school system. In 1978, the family built and moved into their current home in the country, shortly before Gary became the manager of the Lewis County P.D.D, HUGH "BUD" KALICH FAMILY Both Hugh Kalich and his wife, Mildred, were reared in the Toledo area and graduated from Toledo High School. Hugh's parents, Joseph and Annie Noble Kalich, moved from Seattle to Cedar Creek in 1911. Hugh was born, the youngest of seven children, in 1921. He spent his early years attending Windham School in the Cedar Creek area near Toledo. Mildred was born in 1923, the daughter of Zelma Unzelman and Norman Taylor. Her sister Bernice Taylor West Workman was born in 204 1926. They spent their early school years at Lacamas Prairie and Lower Cowlitz Schools north of Toledo before joining the Toledo School. Bud and Mildred were married in 1943. Gary was born in 1944 and his brother, Gordon, in 1948. Both boys were graduated from Toledo High School. Gary received his degree in engineering from Washington State University and Gordon earned his in political science from Western Washington State University. Mildred operated a beauty salon in Toledo for many years while the boys were growing up. Later she worked as a bookkeeper and accountant for the state, in Olympia, before retiring to their current home in Chehalis, where they moved in 1973. Bud began a political career in 1958 as Lewis County Commissioner. Between 1964 and 1976, he served five terms in the state House of Representatives. While in this position, Bud was one of our state's most colorful and hardworking lawmakers. In 1977, he became broker for Kalich and Maier Realty in Chehalis. Son, Gary, resides with his wife, Judy, and boys, Clint and Craig, in Chehalis, where he is the P.O.D. Manager; Gordon lives in Olympia and is employed by the Evergreen Christian Center. GEORGE(YRJO)KUSTAA KANGAS AND IDA MARIA LEHTO This is to honor two young Finnish immigrants whose families gave them greater opportunities in America than could be foreseen at home. Ida's father brought here, at age 14, to Stockett, Montana, and then died of "miner's consumption" before he arrived at his home. (photo): George and Ida Kangas Ida began work as a chambermaid in a rooming house. George worked in the coal mines, but the tunnels were not made for his six foot two inches, so he headed West to explore and work in logging for a time. But there was that slim young lady who drew him back to Stockett. At meetings they heard of an idealistic colony (commune) on Malcolm Island, B.C. This was the one of many communes that they had heard about and was their choice. So they were married and began their life together under very pioneering conditions. Like many, that colony failed, but George and Ida stayed with others to build a home each on their own acreage. George worked in logging and fishing, cleared land, and built necessary buildings. Ida tended their cow and chickens, a garden, and the children. The house and other buildings are still there, but now there is a road and cars as well as boats. Ida's Sunday outing was often a row boat ride with all of the children. . The first child was Eric (Eero) Everett, b. 1903; then Esther Regina, b. 1905 - both born in Vancouver; Aura Alice, b. 1908; Suoma Viola, b. 1912; and Aune Elvira, 1914 were born at home. . When Eric was nearing high school age, it was time for a change because there was no high school on the island. Friends in Winlock drew them to Lewis County, and then they found the McLaughlin place east of Toledo. Years later the Kangas Road was built along its fence line. Helen.Urania, b. 1916 and Ida Aili, b. 1918 were born on the farm. And then we were seven. The new house has a view of the fields and the Willapa mountains. It was a joy to watch the sunsets and from that, to predict the weather. The barn, chicken house, brooder house, woodshed, and cellar were added as soon as possible. But first the sauna was needed! All of the family shared in all of the work. Baby chicks every year were mainly Ida's. Milking the cows, tending the garden, picking and canning hundreds of jars of fruit and vegetables were Ida's and girls' tasks. Each was taught to sew her own clothes, to knit, crochet, mend, and cook. Aune and Viola worked with the horses whenever possible. Over the years, the white clay became rich, black soil as the land was cleared and ditched and tilted and fertilized; the crops improved. One year the county agent came to see what had been done to make the oats grow to a height of six feet and produce such a heavy yield. It was a proud day! And those seven children? Eric began as an auto mechanic in Moffatt's Garage, then moved to Portland and was a musician, mechanic, and finally a boat builder. Esther almost completed nurses training before she died. Alice is a retired secretary and bookkeeper. Viola was a teacher and a social worker. Aune and Helen were egg candlers before they were married and had families. Aili was a beautician, wife, and mother. JILL KANGAS FAMILY I was born in Spokane, November 5, 1947. My family included my mother, Claudine Holtman Chindahl, my brother, Donald Jack Chindahl, Jr., and later a younger sister, Jayla Jean Chindahl. We moved to Centralia when my sister was born. Shortly thereafter we moved to Tacoma where I was raised. I graduated from Wilson High School and got married. My daughter Daphne Lynn Strassburg was born September 22, 1966 and my son, S. Steven Kangas September 24,1967. (photo): Jayla and Tom McGill, with children Toby, 51/2; Katy, 4; Rebecca, 11/2 (photo): Dale Wayne Kangas and Jill Kangas I moved to the Centralia area in March of 1968 to be near my grandparents, Velma and Fred Holtman. My very first paying job was to catch chickens for my aunt and uncle, Cora and Louis Urdahl. They had a large frying chicken ranch off Kresky Road, where the mobile home sales are now. They had 3 chicken barns with about 20,000 chickens in each one. Every 9 weeks we would wait until dark and the trucks would arrive. I was paid $2.00 an hour to carry three chickens in one hand and two in the other. Each weighed about three pounds. As I ran the length of the barn, the chicken's wings would flap and beat against my legs, and stir up quite a bunch of dust and chicken odor! I was the only girl on the crew, but that was part of my job - keeping the college boys working hard. They didn't want a girl to beat them! My next job was baking pies for the Rochester In & Out. I would bake 6 pies a day. I got up at 4:00 a.m. in order to deliver the fresh pies at 205 (photo): Daphne Strassburg 10:00. I was paid $1.25 for each pie. Of course the cost of ingredients came out of that price! I later became a waitress and then a cook, working in various restaurants in the area. After I went to work for Yard Birds, I transfered from the restaurant to cashiering. In 1972 I moved back to Tacoma for a year. I worked for West Coast Grocery, processing grocery orders for Alaska. Missing the clean country air and friendly people of the country, I returned to Lewis County and became a dental receptionist for Drs. John Hendricksen and Larry Wogman. With two children to raise, I realized the value of a good education and returned to school. I finished a 2-year secretarial course at Centralia College in one year. I was awarded grants and scholarships (including the Margaret Corbet Scholarship) for another year so I returned to acquire the necessary academic classes. My decision to go on to a four-year institution led me to take a position with the Lewis County Historical Museum as Registrar in 1977. I became the beloved wife of John Kangas on May 28, 1977. Our son, Dale Wayne, was born October 30,1978. I continued to work at the Museum, being promoted to Museum Director and planning the exhibit areas for the move from the Cory home to the Chehalis Depot facility. It was with great pride that I participated in the opening September 18, 1979. Many new programs have been begun in the years that followed, many new items acquired for the benefit of the citizens of Lewis County. I received my BA degree from Evergreen State College in 1982. After leaving school for a year, Daphne joined the Job Corps and was assigned to Tongue Point in Astoria, Oregon. After almost two years in the program she received her GED and graduated with honors. After leaving the Job Corps, she moved to Portland where she is now employed by Pre Loc as a secretary. My mother married Frank Veith December 31, 1959. My brother, Donald (Jack), married Margaret Adkerson. They have two daughters, Marcy and Kristi Chindahl, and still live in Tacoma. Jack has just completed 20 years in the Air Force. Jayla married Tom McGill and resides in Seattle with their children Tobias (Toby), Katie and Rebecca (Becca). Tom is a self-employed contractor/carpenter. Jayla is very active with a cooperative pre-school, the hospital volunteer organization, and various church groups. By Jill Kangas JOHN AND DONNA KARVIA FAMILY Nickoli and Maria Karvia each immigrated to the United States from Finland and were married in Seattle in 1900. Nickoli worked in the Carbonado mines until he was injured in a mine explosion. They then moved to Issaquah where their son Bill met Olive Wampole, whose parents, James and Adelia, had come to the Seattle area from Michigan in 1900. In 1934 Bill and Olive Karvia and their son John, who was three years old, moved to the farm near Adna where Maria Karvia's sister Wilhelmina and her husband William Davis lived. William, who had been in Lewis County since 1913, died in 1934 and Wilhelmina in 1935. Bill's sister Lambia had been a school teacher in the county but had died in 1925. John's brother Charles was born in 1940. (photo): John and Donna Karvia After attending grade and high school at Adna, John started to Centralia College, then enlisted in the Navy and was stationed at San Diego. After being discharged, he graduated from Centralia College and went to Pullman to Washington State University. He was then with the Pullman Police Department first as a patrolman, then as a sergeant. In 1956 John married Donna McEwen who came to Winlock High School from LaGrande, Oregon in 1952 with her parents, LR. (Jack) and Edna, sister Mildred and brothers Milford, Leroy, Melvin and Dale. John and Donna's sons, Michael and Jack were born in Pullman where Donna worked for the Agricultural Extension Service and Washington State University. In 1962 they moved to Chehalis where John joined the police department and where he is now a sergeant. Their son Patrick was born in 1963. The boys attended Chehalis schools and Mike lives at Napavine, Jack is in California and Patrick is in Alaska. John is a lifelong photography enthusiast, being responsible for the police department photography for crime scenes. He specializes in outdoor pictures but also takes many for weddings, reunions and family groups. The family has spent many vacations camping and he has numerous pictures taken at Mt. St. Helens before the volcano erupted. Other hobbies include gardening, landscaping and carpentry. Donna started work with the Lewis County District Court in 1969 and with the county clerk in 1967. She was appointed clerk in 1983 and was elected to that office in 1984. She has many interests including genealogy, county history and community service organizations. After four generations, Lewis County is truly "home." By Donna (McEwen) Karvia CHRISTIAN AND WILHELMINA KAWELMACHER By the time Christian Edward Kawelmacher came to Lewis County in 1919, he had traveled further than most pioneers. At age fourteen, this native of Liidershagen, Pommern (Prussia), had signed as a cabin boy aboard a Dutch merchant ship and his experiences would fill a book! He learned five languages and visited exciting places such as the Congo River, Bombay and Maui. (photo): Christian and Wilhelmina Kawelmacher In his twenties, Chris lived in Chicago, where he married Mary Brown of Mecklenburg, Germany. Their daughter, Clara, was three years old when Mary died. Later, Chris wed Mary's half sister, Wilhelmina Ludke. The family lived in Nebraska, for a while, where Chris became a citizen and where, at Long Pine, two small sons died. Deciding to move west, the family arrived by horse and buggy at Tacoma, August 1889, and Chris found farm work in the Roy area. Eventually, they owned 160 acres of farmland east of Roy, where they lived, and the children Clara, Henry, Frank, Inez, William, Edna and Almira participated in the social and church activities of the community. In 1914, Wilhelmina died. Three years later came the news that the citizens of Pierce County voted to bond themselves for $2,000,000 to purchase 70,000 acres of land to be presented to the government for a military base. Chris' farm was included in this land. So, not by choice, in January 1919, Chris loaded bulky household articles, farm tools, a few animals and himself into the largest railroad box car headed for Centralia, Almira, sixteen and the only daughter still at home, drove her father's Model- T roadster crammed with family momentoes, while Edna and her husband followed in their heavily laden car. The girls long remembered crossing the treacherous flooded Nisqually River. They were two days en route and Chris a week 206 Chris had purchased 80 acres on Lincoln Creek and there he built a house and cleared land for crops and his cattle. He sold cream in Centralia, trading there and at Galvin, thereby contributing to the economy of the area. Almira was his homemaker, doing everything from canning to churning butter, making soap and tending the chickens. Henry assisted his father. Until 1928, when Chris retired to Centralia, he knew some happy years on his farm. He had a fine orchard, garden and excellent grain crops. The farmers of the valley assisted each other at threshing time, their women folk preparing an abundance of good food. Dances at the Lincoln Creek Grange Hall meant friends and more good food. Hand-cranked telephones were the lifeline of the valley. Chris died in 1939, age 89. Two of his and Wilhelmina's grandsons became outstanding citizens of this area: Allan Schwiesow, city engineer for Centralia, and Earl Schwiesow, building contractor. Other descendants reside in this state, Oregon, California, Alaska and in Spain. Their careers vary from teaching to business, from an airline director of engineering to a foreign television artist. Some inherited Chris' penchant for travel and his love of music, some Wilhelmina's skill with a needle. By Kathryn E. Irwin CHET AND LOIS KEEN Chet and Lois Keen were married June 23, 1977 and reside on Davis Hill, Centralia, on a small five acre "city" farm. (photo): Chet and Lois Keen Chet was born Feb. 15, 1925 in Lebam, Wash. When he was 8 years old his parents, Wallace and Lula Keen, moved their family to Stacey, Virginia. He graduated from Grundy High School at the age of 16. He attended carpentry trade school in Manassa for several months, which was the beginning of his lifetime profession in the lumber industry. Chet and his brothers enjoyed hunting all types of game; squirrels, opossums, racoons, birds and later, larger game. As young boys, Chet, along with his brothers Jay and Ralph, pooled their hard earned finances and purchased by mail a registered black and tan hound costing $30.00. It was advertised "broke for fox." The hound arrived by railroad and was a big event. They had the dog about one week, fed it well, and had great expectations for their future hunts. The first hunt was the last. The dog took off on a fox scent, never to return again. When World War II broke out Chet volunteered for the U.S. Navy at age 17. He served three years in the Pacific; a part of the amphibious assault troops in Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Tarawa, Saipan; Tinian, Leyte and Okinawa. Meantime his parents returned to Washington State, and after discharge from the service, he joined them. Chet was employed seven years by two Chehalis lumber firms. In 1953 he went into business with Marvin and Norman Howard, establishing Keen and Howards, Inc., a lumber yard and combined hardware store. A second yard was operated at Mossyrock for 18 years and was sold in 1980. Chet has three children from his marriage to Thelma Ekblad: David, Linda and Rita. David married Pam Kure. They reside in Centralia and have a daughter Jennifer. Linda married Kris Clark. They reside in Rochester and have two sets of twins, Andy and Alan, Nicholas and Noel. Rita is single and resides in Kelso. Lois was born April 16, 1938 on her parents home place, and has been a lifetime resident of Lewis County. She graduated from Adna High School. Her parents, Max and Dora Orloske had four daughters. They lived on an 80 acre farm. With no brothers, Lois learned to drive tractor, help in the hay, raspberries and occasionally milked cows. There is a lot of education on a farm with animals. Separating the farm bull from his "harem," seldom goes smoothly. After an unsuccessful attempt to do this with some neighbor men, Lois' Dad, Max, was able to slip a rope around the bull's neck. He hollered for someone to bring the tractor to guide the bull to the barn. This story has been retold at many family gatherings. Lois ended up on the tractor towing the bull the bull towing Lois, and some scary hilarious moments in between! It was a wholesome environment growing up in a rural area, with many cousins, aunts and uncles and Ray ton grandparents living within a mile of each other on Twin Oaks Road. We all helped at harvest times in peas and hay. We also swam together in the Chehalis River, and winters went sledding on the big hill, behind Orloske's house. Lois has three children from her marriage to Ron Gates: Sharlynn, Jolene and Renell. They are all single. Together Lois and Chet garden, work up the winter's wood supply, refinish antiques, pick wild blackberries, fish and dig clams. We enjoy the outdoors, and hope to have more time for camping in the future. By Lois Aeen WALLACE AND LULA KEEN FAMILY I, Wallace Leonard Keen, was born April 22, 1895, in Buchanan County, VA, on what is known as "Keen Mountain," near Grundy, VA. The mountain was named in honor of my grandfather, John Keen, and his brother Oscar. They were given land grants of 250 acres each, adjoining each other, for payment of time served in the Civil War in the Confederate Army. The existing post office, today, still bears the "Keen Mountain" postmark with zip code 24624. John Keen, 1825, and Betsey (McGlothlin) Keen, 1826, my grandparents, had seven children. I did not know the two sisters, who were the oldest in the family, but Vicey married a Blankenship and Lizzy married and they lived in Russell County. There were five boys. Will lived in Garden and Alex on Horn Mountain. The remaining three, John, Patton and my father, Thomas, all built homes on sections of the original plot. Our house was on top of the mountain. (photo): Wallace and Lula Keen Keen Mountain, Va. My parents, Thomas and Ferby (Matney) Keen, had eleven children: Effie, Mary, Wallace, Patty, Reece, Stuart, Charles, Roy, Glen, Cora and Bessie. Effie and Bessie died as infants. Today, four of us remain: Wallace, Glen, Cora and Reece. My mother was known for always smoking a clay pipe and carried her tobacco in her apron pocket. We attended school about three miles from home, in a small, poplar, log cabin with just a couple of small windows. John Matney was my first teacher. When I was about 15, I was hired as water boy for Ritter Lumber Company, who had a crew of men (including my father) laying railroad track into Slate Creek. I worked from sun up to sun down for 75 cents a day, packing drinking water three miles for the workers. I first came west in 1918, to Vancouver, W A, in the U.S. Army, during World War I. I was in what was called Spruce Division, logging spruce lumber at Firdale, WA, between Raymond and Lebam. The spruce was used in the manufacture of airplanes for the war. After discharge from the Army in Virginia, I married Lula (Matney) Keen in 1922. She was the widow of my first cousin, Henry Keen, who had been killed in a railroad accident. Her daughter, Mildred, was about two-years old and I have always thought of her as my own daughter. Lula's parents were Daniel and Elizabeth (Ratliff) Matney. They had eleven children: Will, Charles, Julie, Lindy, Julius, Polly, Lula, Ferrell, Myrtle, Loretta and Cleve. Lula's birthdate was April 14, 1894. . Wallace and Lula's family include: Mildred, 6-11-19, Grundy, VA, Barnes Rife; Wallace (Jay), 3-17-23, Woodman, KY, Mildred Dollarhyde; William (Chet), 2-15-25, Lebam, WA, Thelma Ekblad (1), Lois Gates (2); Ralph, 11-18-26, Toledo, WA, Elsie Grant (1), Ethel 207 Elkins (2); Kemp, 4-21-34, Grundy, VA, Claudell Rich. When Jay was six-months old, I convinced Lula to come to Washington. I liked the woods, the wild game and the beauty of the state. We lived in Lebam, where.1 began the first of many jobs in the logging industry. At times, I operated a steam donkey, felled and bucked logs, and also had to move the family about to where work was available. While living at Toledo, on Cedar Creek, our rented home was totally destroyed by fire. We rented another house, for a time, but it was Depression and times were hard. We returned to Grundy, V A, where we still owned property, and remodeled the existing house. From 1933 to 1944, I worked in the coal mines. It was hard, dirty work and long days. My brother, Charlie, was killed in the 1936 disaster, "Red Jacket Mine explosion," which took the lives of over 40 workers. It was a sad period. I had had some close calls in the mines, also, and I made up my mind I did not want to see my boys spend their lives working in them. All three of the oldest boys were in the service during World War II. Jay and Chet, in the Navy, and Ralph, in the Merchant Marines. We decided to go back to Washington, knowing the boys would follow when they finished military duty. Shortly after our move, Mildred's husband, Barnes Rife, was injured in 1945 in the mines and Lula went to Virginia to help with the small children and to be with Mildred. Before returning to Washington, Lula sold the Virginia property and Lewis. County has been our permanent home. I worked in the woods for Agnew Lumber Company and, later, retired from Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, after 13 years of employment at Camp McDonald. After 38 years of marriage, I lost my wife, Lula, March 20, 1960. She was a fine person and mother. May 20, 1966, I married Pearl Sexton Lewis, daughter of James Sexton and Carrie Louis Cox. She was a longtime, family friend and the widow of Dan Lewis. We were married nearly 19 years. She died very recently, April, 1985, and was also a fine person. I have seen many changes in my time. I have been blessed with a good family and have lived, in good health, for 90 years. By Wallace Keen WALLACE (JAY) AND MILDRED KEEN Wallace (Jay) and Mildred (Midge) Keen were married October 9,1944, and reside at 744 S.W. 20th St. in Chehalis. Jay was born in Woodman, Kentucky, March 17, 1923, the eldest son of Wallace and Lula Keen. The Keens moved to Washington when Jay was one. He attended schools at Wayside, Cedar Creek, and Toledo before moving back to Virginia where he attended Stonecole, Matney and Grundy schools. He took a machinist shop course in Manassas, Va. for six months and then went to work in Norfolk Navy Yard in 1941-42. He then transferred to Pearl Harbor from 1942-44, and entered the Navy in Nov. 1944. He returned to the States to take basic training at Great Lakes Training Center in Michigan. Diesel school in San Diego, Calif. was next with P.T. boats in Rhode Island following close behind. Japan, Phillipines, Marshall Islands, Guam and Hawaii were his destinations during W.W. II. He was discharged in April 1946 in San Francisco and came to Chehalis. After his naval discharge, he worked as a logger, and then in a lumber yard, he worked as a carpenter and cabinet maker for 20 years before (photo): Mr. and Mrs. Wallace "Jay" Keen, Nancy and Richard Young, Sharon and Stephen Jensen and grandchildren, Dustin, Rayan, Russel, Angela, and Jodi. beginning his taxidermy business. In 1966 he opened his taxidermy shop, and has done work for federal and state agencies, as well as hundreds of private individuals across Lewis County and as far away as Alaska. His work has been exhibited at the Southwest Wash. Fair. Among his exotic animals have been a kangaroo, ringtailed cat,javalina, rattlesnake; among the usual are deer, moose, elk, bear, antelope, goats, bobcats, weasel and mink. Midge assists in many ways with the business. Mildred Dollarhyde was born Aug. 16, 1923 in Esserville, Va. She was the oldest of four children born to William (Willie) and Jane Dollarhyde. She attended schools in Pound and Wise Virginia. In 1940 she went to New York and stayed with a cousin and worked for a doctor, and later worked in an ammunition factory in Elkton, Maryland during the war, making 35 mm antiaircraft shells. Three children were born to Jay and Midge. Barry Leonard was born in Clintwood, Va., July 14,1945. Barry loved to play cowboys and Indians and naming all the different makes of cars and trucks was a favorite pastime. He was proud of his badge collection and could write his name and ABC's at 4 1/2 yrs. In 1951 Barry was killed in a tragic auto accident in Chehalis. Judy Sharon was born in 1950, and was married to Stephen Jensen in 1970. They reside in Chehalis. Steve is the principal at the Centralia Christian School, and Sharon owns and operates Creation Corner in Chehalis. They have two boys, Dustin and Ron, and a girl, Jodi. Nancy Lou was born in 1953, and married Richard Young in 1972. Rich has worked for the Dept. of Natural Resources and presently has a cabinet-making business and sells used cars. Nancy owns and operates the Uptown Floral Shop in Chehalis. They have three children, Angela, Ryan and Russell and they live in Chehalis. The Keens are members of the Bethel Assembly of God Church and have attended there for 30 yrs. Midge served as assistant Sundy School secretary for 14 years. They are very involved with their grandchildren and also love to travel and have made many memorable trips with family and friends. One special trip back east took place in 1964 when they saw many historical places such as Lincoln's and Washington's homes, Monticello, and toured Washington D.C. They went on to Grundy, Va. to visit family and friends, and then to Florida before returning to Washington. Their latest tour east in 1984 included a reunion with an old war buddy and Jay's sister, Mildred Rife in Florida. Among their unforgetable happenings is the following story that took place while milking the family cow which had a young calf. The calf was tied in the corner when the neighbor's pup came over as usual for his drink of warm milk. The cow, Bossy, was sure she had the pup in her range, kicked hard, and missed the pup but not Jay the milker. The milker, the milk stool and 2 1/2 gallons of milk wound up in the gutter. All were OK with the exception of Jay's pants that had somehow gotten a very large hole in the back side. BOOKER T. KEESEE, JR. Booker T. Keesee was born on Aug. 9,1864 in Right Fork, Pond Creek, Ky. He came to Washington State from Pike County, Ky. around 1907-1908. He buried his wife Caroline Evie (Maynard) Keesee in May 1905 and moved to Washington shortly thereafter with his six children. Caroline was born on Oct. 19, 1865 and 208 (photo): Booker and Sarah Keesee they were married on June 19, 1884 in PikeCounty, Ky. Of their union, they had six children. Ida, born April 30, 1885, Pike County, Ky married Dallas T. Bogar on April 28, 1910 in Chehalis, WA. She died April 11, 1974 and is buried in Claquato Cemetery, Chehalis. WA. George Wilby was born June 9,1887 in Piso, Ky. and married 1. Rosa Zettie Bevins June 15, 1907 in Meta, Ky; 2. Lucy Randle. He died on Oct. 27, 1964 and is buried in Rainey Valley Cemetery, Glenoma, WA. Margaret "Maggie" Jane was born Mar. 21, 1894 in Piso, Ky. She married Lawrence B. Tully on April 23, 1920. She died in 1970 and is buried in Sumner, WA. Everett was born Jan. 27, 1897 in Ky, and married Sarah Jane Music in June 1921. He died March 20, 1983 and is buried in Rainey Valley Cemetery, Glenoma, WA. Rebecca Elizabeth, "Lizzy," was botn June 9, 1899, in Ky. She married David F. Curry on Dec. 24,1917 and died Feb. 28, 1920. John Birdie was born Mar. 30, 1902 in Ky, and married Claire Morris in 1923. He died Jan. 5, 1983 and is buried at Mt. View Cemetery, Centralia, WA. After Booker came to Washington, he married Sarah Jane Scalf. He died on Dec. 13, 1939 and is buried in Rainey Valley Cemetery, Glenoma, WA. By Ethel Rutherford KELL FAMILY Mary Ellen Robbins and Jesse Lee Kell were married November 2,1951, in Vancouver, WA. Sons: Jonathan Lee Kell, married Linda Hicks (Poe); Thomas Nolan Kell, married Rita J. Van Fleet; Bruce James Kell; Kenneth Brian Kell. Daughter: Sharon Joyce Kell, married Bradley G. Ibarreta. Mary Ellen Robbins born March 27, 1932, in Napavine, WA. Her parents; Laura (Woodworth) and Robert Bruce Robbins were married December 18, 1913, in Chehalis. WA. Mary's brothers: Bruce M. (Bud) Robbins; William Wade Robbins; Arais Edwin Robbins, died August 14, 1965; Robert James Robbins; Jerry Woodworth Robbins. Maris sisters: Charlotte Faye Scaggs, Rimes, adopted; Thelma Thode, died November, 1975; Alice Novack, Karjola; Laura A. Allardin, Carroll, Gomez. Jesse Lee Kell born September 17, 1927, in Macon County, NC. His parents: Clara (Miller) and James F. Kell were married December 1, 1912, in North Carolina. Jesse's brothers: Arthur L. Kell; James Miller Kell; Julius Fred Kell; Carl Eugene Kell. Jesse's sisters: Annie Belle Warren; Bessie Trusty Hansen; Lassie Marie Anderson. Laura Woodworth born November 2, 1894, near Salem, OR. Her parents: Margaret (Thompson) Persell, Benedict, Woodworth and William Oscar Woodworth. Laura's half brothers: Charles W. Persell; Frank Woodworth. Full brother: Edwin Woodworth. Laura's halfsisters: Ora Woodworth Thyarks; Emma (Eva) Woodworth Carter; Lou Woodworth Basquez; Grace Alberetta Benedict Dunn. Robert Bruce Robbins born January 1, 1880, in Canada. His parents were Mary (Mayberry) and Henry Robbins. Robert's brothers: William Robbins; Steve Robbins. Robert's sisters: Charlotte; Hester; Mary. Clara Miller born February 2, 1893, in North Carolina. Her parents: Margaret (Watkins) and Ingram Miller. Clara's brothers: Henry Miller; Frank Miller; Noah Miller; Jesse Miller; Montgomery Miller; Charley Miller. Clara's sisters: Elisabeth Miller Kell; Addie Miller Rogers; Hattie Miller Chastain; Ellen. Miller Owens; Effie Miller Crane. James Festus Kell born October 2, 1889, in Rabun Gap, GA. His parents were Huldah (Talley) and John Kell. James' brother: Lester Kell. James' sisters: Ada Kell Holt; Ida Kell Carpenter. By Mary Ellen Kell THOMAS JOSEPH AND MARY KATE KELLY Tom was born September 30, 1880, in San Francisco, California, to Patrick and Winefred Kelly, immigrants from Ireland. Tom had two brothers Jack and Frank. Their mother and little sister died during child-birth. Patrick, unable to care for the children at this time, put them in a Catholic orphanage school. Patrick relocated near Randle, Washington, taking a timber claim. Tom joined his father in his sturdy log house and at the age of 21 took up a claim. 1907, Patrick sold his timber claim to Scottenhow Timber Company for $4000. He returned to Ireland, passed away at age 58, leaving the homestead as well as the property in Ireland to Tom. Tom met Mary Kate Kelly in Ireland and they were united in marriage on April 12, 1913. Mary Kate was born August 10, 1890, to Michael and Mary Kelly. Her four brothers also came to America working always for the railroad companies, never seeing their parents again. Mary Kate upon arriving in Morton received in dismay the muddy board sidewalks and a few frame buildings. Nearing the homestead her uneasiness grew. Tom didn't tell her of the treacherous Cowlitz River and the Indian canoe. Instead he said, "We have a little creek to cross." Upon setting eyes on the spring swollen river she refused to set foot in the canoe, and chose to coon a log set there by the high waters. Mary Kate said, and I quote, "She thought it was the last place God made and forgot to finish." To this union was born 14 children; John Francis, Mary Winifred, Agnes, Patrick, Kathleen, Bridie, Rose Ellen, Anna May, Kevin Michael, Francis Joseph, Ethel Eileen, Thomas Joseph, Lawrence Richard and Margaret Ann. All but three were born at home without a doctor attending. John drowned in 1934 when a foot bridge over the Cowlitz River gave way. Anna May died in 1927 of intestinal flu and pneumonia. Tom in early years drove shingle bolts down the river, raised beef cattle, hogs, turkeys, and sheep for wool. Later, the family picked greens from the forest. Large gardens were raised for canning, meats were cured and vegetables were pitted in the ground. As the children grew Tom tried unsuccessfully to get a school teacher to the homestead. Tom dug a drainage ditch ten feet deep, one-fourth of a mile long, with a hand shovel and and Irishman's battle wagon. Tom passed away in 1961. Mary Kate sold the ranch to son Franics in 1964. Mary Kate passed away in 1976. I am Mary (Kelly) Ray, married to Albert Ray, oldest son of Arthur and Bertha Ray of Randle. We have a daughter Margaret, married to Jesse Hull of Mossyrock. They have four children; Diane, Linda, Ronald, and Joy. Son, Paul James Ray of Mossyrock married Denise Corder of Mossyrock. They have a son Shane and a daughter Beth. By Mary (Kelly) Ray KENNICOTT FAMILY The pioneer doctor, Guy W. Kennicott (1859-1944), came to Chehalis and set up practice in 1895. He was a graduate of Rush Medical School in 1885. Historical files are full of stories of his experiences as "a doctor on horseback.' A call to the Eastern end of the county would keep him away for days and necessitated his fording rivers and performing operations by lantern. (photo): Bob and Florence Kennicott His wife, Harriet Black of New York State, came west to teach at Cheney Normal. As she was bouncing over the rails of the newly constructed trans-continental railroad, the school burned to the ground and she was sent to fill a 209 position in Union on Hoods Canal. Here she met and married young Dr. Kennicott in 1891. After moving to Chehalis she served at various times as high school teacher and principal. Dr. Kennicott was a pioneer also in the field of bone surgery. Up to that time the only treatment for a broken hip was to put the patient in a cast from foot to armpits, which usually resulted in death from pneumonia. So far as we know, he was the first doctor in medical history to nail the bones together. This operation he performed on Grandma Borst and "Old Lady Purcell" and others and they all recovered and walked again. In 1903 the Kennicotts built the first hospital in Lewis County. It was located next to their home on Prindle and State streets. Here they look after people who needed care regardless of their ability to pay. The Guy W. Kennicotts had two children. Frances Caroline (1893-1950) was among the first graduates of Reed College, Portland. She earned her Masters Degree from Columbia University, N.Y. She was for years on the faculty of Annie Wright Seminary, Tacoma, and St. Nicholas School, Seattle. In 1922 she went to China where she taught in a missionary school in Wu Chang, fifteen hundred miles up the Yangtze River. In 1925 they were driven out by the "aggrarian reformers" who ultimately became the Communist conquerors of China. Their son, Robert W., ran a 565 acre ranch south of Chehalis for over thirty years. He is the author of "Ignorance Abroad;" an entertaining account of his first trip around the world, and "Meet George," an anecdotal description of his Russian peasant neighbor. In 1935 he married Florence Day, an Assistant Professor at Eastern Oregon Normal School (now E.O.S.C.). In 1950 she was elected Lewis County Superintendent of Schools, a position she held until the couple's retirement in 1964. Thereafter they spent several years in world travels before coming back to Chehalis to live. The Robert Kennicotts have two children. Their daughter Dorothy Martinez (b. 1936), earned her Masters and Administrative Degrees in California. She is now In-Service Trainer for teachers in bi-lingual education in Yakima. Robert Day Kennicott (b. 1938) got his Masters from W.W.S.U. After eight years in Public school music, he is now a real estate salesman and broker on Bainbridge Island. KESTLER RAY Kestler Ray (3/13/1881 d. 4/1945) came west from Memphis; Mo. about 1903. His wife Julia Odel and small daughter Beaulah (6/1901) followed shortly. They lived with Uncle Will and Aunt Mede Ray at Toledo. Cous (photo): Kestler and Lucinda Ray (photo): Gleason, Ray Family ins John, Florence and Ira Ray were young children. It wasn't long until bad luck struck and Julia passed away from typhoid fever. She is buried at Toledo. Beulah was 3 years old. She went to live with her Aunt Alice and Uncle Ray Gleason of Morton, who raised her. Beaulah married Gus Thomen of Kosmos. They had one son Harold, who passed away. After divorcing Beulah, Gus married Yern Beadell and two children were born: July (died 1983) and Bruce who works for the U.S. Government in Florida. In May 1907, Lucinda Billings Aldrich (3/28/1881, d. 10/1972) came west from Minnesota to visit her Aunt Mary Lumus. Marvel (2/9/1902) her daughter was with her. Kit (11/30/1897) her son soon followed and Neil (10/11/1899 d 3/16/1983) came west much later. Kestler and Lucinda were married (718/1908) and lived in Little Kentucky, four miles south of Toledo on a homestead for nine years. They were married one day, the next he left to go on the cedar bolt drive on the Cowlitz River. It was at this time that Marvel got appendicitis and was in the hospital for 3 months. Kit was 12 years old and held down the homestead, as Lucinda had to stay with Marvel. Marvel soon contracted smallpox and was very sick again. >From Toledo they moved to Silver Creek, March 1919. Kestler worked on the cedar bolt drives, cleared land, worked in the woods, 10 hours a day for $2.00 running steam donkey. Kit was a young lad. He greased the skid road poles, peeled poles and blew whistle. They also farmed, milking cows by hand. At Silver Creek, Kestler and his brother Art hauled fill dirt for Highway 12, with their teams of horses and slip scrapers. Kit married Flora Hunting, daughter of E.T. Hunting. Kit was electrocuted at shipyard in Tacoma in 1944. Marvel tried her hand at homesteading in Packwood. She stayed 1 year, then sold her improvements. She married Clarence Neat at 19 in 1921. Second marriage was to Dick Marshall in 1933. Marvel still lives on the old home place at Silver Creek. Beaulah lives at Tonasket, Wash. By Marvel Marshall ANDREW KETO FAMILY In the fall of the year 1900, Andrew Keto, my father, boarded a train in Helena, Montana with five of his eight children, bound for Lewis County, Washington. My parents were from Finland and had quite a time with the English language. We landed in Centralia, Wash. where we were met by some friends dad had made in Montana, by the name of Peterson. They lived on Bunker Creek and let us live with them while our house was built. Our farm was about 1 1/2 miles from their place near the John Bunker farm. We children went to school in the Gleneden School, a one-room schoolhouse, until the new schoolhouse was built near the Peterson farm and the name was changed to Eagleton. We went to Chehalis for our staple groceries about twice a year (of course with horses and wagons). I lived there until I was through the 8th grade and then went to Chehalis to attend high school. A group of young people rented a house near the high school and "batched" as we called it. After graduating from high school my older sister and I went to Bellingham to study to become teachers, which we did, and also my younger sister Sadie became a teacher. I was walking home from Adna to Eagleton one day when a young man came by in his car and offered to take me home. On the way back to his home at Fayette, he had a wreck and broke his collar bone. He was to go in the service the next day and on to Europe, it was 1917 and the war was on. He wrote to me from France and I answered and thus began a courtship by mail until 1919 when he came home again. His name was Charles Rayton, son of Henry Rayton who at the time was a County Commissioner. We were married in the fall of 1920. Lived at Fayette for 16 years. We had 3 children: Ronald, who graduated from U. of W. as an electrical engineer and is now working in Mesa Arizona; Clarence, who became a fisherman and was drowned at Westport in 1959; Lorraine, who graduated from O.S.U. and is living in Corvallis. 210 Ronald and his wife Barbara have a son who lives in Seattle. Clarence and his wife Lois had no children. Lorraine and her husband Robert Garrison have 3 children, 2 girls and 1 boy, who are all graduated from college and working at different jobs in the Portland area. Father and mother left the farm in 1922 and moved to Centralia where they lived on South Gold until their deaths, Dad in 1948, and Mother in 1942.Charlie and I moved to Chehalis in 1937 and I've lived here alone since Charlie passed away in 1953. At this writing there is only one original Henry Rayton child left alive and that is Pearl Nelson. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren are in the area. Pearl is in a nursing home in Tacoma. Of the Keto family there are 2 of Andrew Keto's children, my sister Lydia Fulton of Vancouver and myself. I taught school on Beaver Creek near Boistfort at Eagleton, at Fayette, in Independence and in Chehalis. Several grandchildren and great-grandchildren however, live in Chehalis area and in Vancouver. By Jennie Keto Ray ton ED KINDELL FAMILY Edward Kindell was born in Doty on May 31, 1933 to James and Edna Larkin Kindell. While showing off her new brother, his older sister said, "That thing on the bed is my brother." (photo): Standing: John, Ramona, Mark. Seated: Grace and Ed. When Ed was 11, he tried to stop a team of horses from pulling up a load of hay. The team won the pull and Ed lost the end of a finger. Ed attended school at Doty until the sixth grade when the students went to PeEll. Ed was a paperboy for many years in Doty. Ed graduated from Pe Ell High School in 1951. He began working for Weyerhaeuser shortly after. In 1953, he was inducted into the Army and served in Korea. Grace Reck Kindell was born on a farm in North Dakota that her father had lived on since 1919. Grace was born September 3, 1934 to George and Marian Pettit Reck near Cavalier. She loved to climb trees and often had to be rescued when her dress would get caught on a limb. Grace's three older brothers gave her rides on a one-horse cart until she fell off and cut her face. Grace attended the State College at Mayville, North Dakota and received a degree in education. She taught two years in North Dakota before coming to PeEll High School to teach in 1958. Ed and Grace met on a blind date at a football game in October, 1958. They were married in Cavalier on July I, 1959. Grace taught until shortly before their daughter Ramona was born April 30, 1960. When Ramona was in junior high, she had half her room papered with pictures of pop singers. Ramona graduated from PeEll in May, 1978. She had been active in music and had taught a Sunday School class while in high school. Ramona was married to Marvin Keller on July 31, 1981. They live near Adna and have two sweet daughters, Denae and Tonya. John was born December I, 1962. He was always a builder and had many "houses" built in the back yard. John was in honor society and played football while in high school. He was chosen to "Who's Who in American High Schools" and graduated in 1981. He attended Clover Park Voc. Tech., where he studied carpentry. John is now living and working in Phoenix. Mark was born July 20, 1964. He was one of those boys that needed stitches periodically because of some accident. Mark enjoyed baseball each summer while growing up. He lettered in four sports in high school and graduated in 1982. When Mark graduated, he brought to an end the 34 consecutive years of Kindells in the PeEll Schools. At present, Mark is attending DeVry Institute in Phoenix. Ed and Grace have lived in Doty for 25 years and celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 1984. Ed works as a faller for Weyerhaeuser and enjoys working in his garden. Grace enjoys quilting, cooking and reading. GRANT KIRKENDOLL First records find Grant, at the age of 14, in the Cowlitz County census of 1880. He and his two brothers, James, age 21, and Simon, age nine, living with their divorced father, Simon Jacob, age sixty-nine. The boys were listed as being born in Minnesota, Simon, Sr. in Kentucky and his father in Pennsylvania. The boys' half-sisters, Minerva and Jane (Mrs. John Spangler), were said to have come west before them, in 1878. The Spanglers first settled on a homestead on Newaukum Prairie. No earlier records have been found. (photo): Grant, Simon, Fletcher Kirkendoll, c. 1901 Father Simon died and the boys stayed with the James Galloway family. By 1885, Grant was on his own. James left the area, leaving no trace. Grant and Simon, who never married, followed the logging profession in Cowlitz and southern Lewis Counties. An older brother, Fletcher, settled in southern Idaho. Grant married (Caroline) Carrie Etta Burbee, granddaughter of Jonathan Burbee, who was a first D.LC. settler at Monticello (Longview). Her father was Norman Burbee and her mother Amanda Jackson. The Jacksons were a prominent family west of, what is now, Castlerock, arriving there in the mid-1850's. They operated one of the nine stagecoach stops from Olympia to Monticello, the Jackson Inn, which still stands. Grant and Etta's children were: Essie, who married Otto Disque; Jen; Leo, who married Eva Layton; Lanna; Nina; Mark, who married Edith Layton; and Gladys, who married Leichardt Booth. All were born at Sandy Bend. Grant and Etta were separated in 1907. Grant moved to the Toledo area and, in 1912, bought the Charley Layton farm on the Cowlitz River, east of Toledo. Sons, Leo and Mark, lived with their father and went to school at Knab. Mark was a member of the Knab High Basketball Championship Team in 1919. Other team members were Kemp and Stan Olson, Oren Layton, Monte Bowen, and Paul Due. Leo married Eva Layton, daughter of Emmanuel and Lulu Omeg Layton. Their children were: Darrold, who married Loretta Swigert; Gwendolyn, who married LeRoy Reynolds; Phyllis, who married James John-Joe Vigil; Sharon, who married Glenn Brinson; and Marilyn, who married Bruce Coleman. Leo followed the logging and, in his retirement years, returned to the Prairie area, where he passed away in October, 1972. Mark married Edith Marie Layton, the daughter of Elias P. and Maggie E. (Shultz) Layton. Grant sold his farm in 1925 and moved to Kelso, where he passed away in August, 1929; Etta, November, 1946. Mark bought this same farm in 1945 and sold in 1967, when they moved to Layton Prairie to farm. Layton (Eden) Prairie consisted of three D.LC.'s taken up in 1850 by J.C. Davis, Samuel and son, Francis, Layton. Francis was the father of Emmanuel and Elias. Mark is an avid sports fan and was a long time participant in the Southwest Washington Baseball League. There is a tape of his reminiscences of the early days of this league at the Lewis County Historical Society. Mark and Edith have three children: M. Denzil (Mrs. Larry Cole); Marie Etta (Mrs. Glenn Thompson); and Gary, who married Barbara Collins-Beverly Moore-Labe. By M.D. Cole MARCELLA J. AND EDWARD W. (II) KLUDT Marcella Jean Kludt was born 12-13-1959 in Centralia, Washington to William E. Kludt (II) and Joycelyn B. (Keesee) Kludt. She attended Grand Mound Grade School, Oakview Elementary School, Centralia Junior High School, and Centralia Senior High School where she graduated with honors in 1978. Marcella received scholarships from Masonic Lodge Officers and Members Association for $306 and Pomona Grange for $100 for her first year in college. For her second year, she received a scholarship from Centralia Community College for $306. MarcelIa graduated from Centralia Community College in March 1982 with an Associate Degree in Business Administration. She transferred to St. Martin's College in Lacey graduating in May 1984 with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. Marcella started working with the State of Washington in August 1979 with the Department of Labor & Industries as a Clerk Steno 2 211 and is currently employed by the Employment Security Department as an Accountant 2. Marcella was involved with several organizations including Country Gals 4-H Club, Girl Scouts, and Lewis County Explorer Search & Rescue Post 771. She was also Worthy Advisor in Centralia Assembly #22 International Order of Rainbow for Girls. On 2-12-1985, Marcella became engaged to David James Belles of Tumwater, Washington. Edward William Kludt (II) was born 3-24-1964 in Centralia, Washington to William E. Kludt (II) and Joycelyn B. (Keesee) Kludt. He attended Logan School, Fords Prairie Elementary School, Oakview Middle School, Centralia Junior High, and Centralia Senior High School where he graduated in June 1982 with honors. While attending high school, he worked for Centralia Parks & Recreation. Edward received scholarships from Public School Employees Union for $500 and Oakview Grange for $150 for his first year in college. In his second year, he had received another $150 for his first year in college. In his second year, he had received another $150 scholarship from Oakview Grange. Edward used these scholarships to attend L H Bates Vocational-Technical Institute to earn a certificate in heavy diesel mechanics. He received his certificate in March, 1985 after completing six months probationary work at Ray Bock Equipment. Edward married Rose Ellen Tiller, daughter of Emery Tiller nad Mrs. Ray Smith, on 11-19-1983, in Centralia. Edward was in Boy Scouts and was an Eagle Scout. He was also a member of Lewis County Explorer Search & Rescue Post 771. Edward died in a car accident on 3-31-1985. WILLIAM E. KLUDT (II) AND WIFE William Edward Kludt (II) was born 2-91937 in Pendleton, Oregon to Edward W. Kludt and Bernice L. Swinehart. Most of his growing up years were spent in Galvin, Washington. He attended Galvin Grade School and graduated from Centralia High School in 1955. On 8-30-1957, he married Joycelyn Bea Keesee in Rochester, Washington. Joyce was born on 8-22-1938 in Glenoma, Washington to E.B. Keesee and Fern Reynoldson. Most of her school years were spent in Centralia. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1956. Before her marriage to William, she worked as a dental assistant for Dr. Richard Phillips. The first year of their marriage was spent in Seattle. They returned to Centralia taking over the family farm in Zenkner Valley. On 12-13-1959, their first child was born - Marcella Jean. On 32-1962, the family moved to Rochester, purchasing a dairy farm located on the Browne Road. On 3-24-1964, their second child, Edward William, was born in Centralia. In August 1967, the family returned to the farm in Zenkner Valley. In 1980, William and Joyce sold the farm and built themselves a home on the hillside across the road from the old house. William drives school bus for Centralia School District and has done so since 1964. He also worked for Boeings and was in the National Guard 7 1/2 years. He has been an advisor for the Lewis County Explorer Search and Rescue Post 771 since 1974. Joyce works as a meat wrapper on a part-time basis. She also belongs to several bowling leagues and represents Centralia Bowl in the Bi-County Travel League. She is a member of Mt. St. Helens Patchwork Quilters and is currently serving as chairman of Women Activities in the Oakview Grange. FRANK AND INGA KNAB FAMILY Frank John Knab was born in Knab, Washington August 21,1898 of German and English parents, John D. Knab and Esther (Etta) Bowen Knab. (photo): Inga and Frank Knab, 1926 Inga Elizabeth Berlin Knab was the second child born to Finnish parents, John and Liisa Berlin, in Telluride, Colorado. At the age of twelve, Inga moved with her family to Toledo, Washington. The family worked a 76 acre farm on the Cowlitz River. After completing the eighth grade, Inga was unable to continue her education because the high school had burned. Four years later, when a new school was built, she returned to school and graduated valedictorian in three years. Frank was raised on his parents farm on Cedar Creek on Layton Prairie, with his two brothers and four sisters. When he was 17, his folks bought a house in Toledo, Washington. Two years later they traded the Cedar Creek property, and the house in town, for 90 acres on Cowlitz Prairie. They farmed and raised chickens there. In 1924, Frank moved to Modesto, California. He worked in a creamery, then as a mechanic in a garage. He returned to Toledo and cut timber on the family farm, enabling him to marry Inga. They were married March 27, 1926 and lived in Modesto, then later Mountain View, California, returning to Washington two and one half years later. Between 1929 and 1935, with Frank's father and mother, they lived on a farm on Spurgeon Creek Road in Olympia. Here their four children Dwight, Homer, Arnold and Mildred were born. During the depression, they lost the Spurgeon Creek property. While Frank worked for the Works Progress Administration, the family rented a farm on the Yelm Highway for five years. The children attended the two room Hays School. In 1941 they traveled down the coast and moved back to Mountain View, California. Frank worked at the Chevrolet Garage, eventually buying a service station which he ran for six years, with the help of his three sons. Being in poor health for a number of years, Inga passed away May 1, 1956 at the age of 52. She is at the Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto, California. In November 1956 Frank was married to Helen Van Essen. They lived in Porterville, California, working on a farm where they practiced organic farming. Frank and Helen began a successful business selling Shaklee products and retired from farming. They now live in Grants Pass, Oregon operating their business from the Knab building. Frank is 86 years old and is planning to stay around until he has lived in three centuries. JOHN DONAS KNAB FAMILY J.D. Knab was born July 15, 1857 in Buffalo, New York to Elizabeth and Eigedius Knab. Of (photo): The Knab Family, March 1952. Back row: Homer, Dwight, Arnold. Front row: Mildred, Inga, Frank, granddaughter Jeanne. 212 (photo): John Donas Knab, Linda Messick's great-grandfather, Esther Milvina Bowen Knab, Linda Messick's greatgrandmother. German descent, he was the eldest of seven children. In 1880, when 23 years old, he left New York and traveled to Sacramento, California on the new transcontinental railroad. During the winter for several years he stayed on a farm and worked hauling grain to town for shipment to San Francisco. In the spring, he would get a job on a passenger ship in order to travel to Seattle, Washington. He worked for a hotel as a "runner," convincing passengers leaving ships to stay at their hotel. Later he bought some land and went into the business of hauling furniture and supplies. When the suppliers started to abbreviate labels, such as a box of axes as BA, he became disgusted and sold out. The post office on Layton Prairie, east of Toledo, Washington, was named Knab after him in 1888 and was in existence until July 1935. Finally he bought 160 acres from the Northern Pacific Railway Company south of Knab on Cedar Creek. Esther (Etta) Bowen Raney, born in 1870 at Ladbrook, Iowa of English parents, lived on the other side of Cedar Creek. They were married January 2, 1895. John cut logs from his property to build a home, selling 80 acres back to the railway to raise money to start farming. They raised cattle and chickens, producing butter, cream, and eggs to sell. John also worked in the woods near Shelton, Washington. . Their nine children were born here. The first child Mabel lived only six months, Frank was born three years later, then Ira, Daisy, Edna, her twin Edward was stillborn, Olive, Grace, and Leet. In 1915 the family moved to a house in Toledo across from the school. Two years later, they traded the farm on Cedar Creek and the house in town for 90 acres on Cowlitz Prairie and raised chickens on a larger scale. About 1925 they sold the farm and bought one half interest in a hotel that catered to mill workers in Kelso, Washington. . In 1929, John, Esther, their son Frank and his wife Inga bought a 219 acre farm on Spurgeon Creek Road near Olympia living there for six years. During this time John suffered a stroke. After losing the property on Spurgeon Creek Road due to the depression, he and Esther moved to Yelm where they had a home on their daughter Grace's chicken ranch. He passed away in June 1938 at the age of 81. John, better known as Jack, is best remembered around Toledo for the stories he loved to tell about things he had done and where he had been. Esther moved to Oakland, California and stayed for eight years. She then lived with her daughter Daisy in Palo Alto, California. Esther died at the age of 79 and is interred in Willows, California. EARL AND ELLEN (BUTLER) KNAPP AND SANDERSON'S October 24, 1935, Earl and Ellen Knapp were married in Chehalis, Washington. Earl was a plasterer and as a young man learned the trade from his father. Our son, Bob Knapp, also has followed the same trade. Bob is married to Patty (Hewlett) Knapp and they have two children, Scott and Brian. We are all members of Logan Hill Grange. We have always had a large garden so I always have done a lot of canning. When we had a cow we made our own butter and cheese. I belong to St. Joseph's Sewing Club and there we make quilts. (photo): Earl and Ellen Knapp My father, John Butler, was from Illinois and married my mother, Lillian Glen, in Chehalis. Lillian's father was the head of Glen's Publishing Paper in Chehalis. They had two daughters, Ellen born in 1903 and Elsie born in 1905. After John Butler died my mother married Joe Sanderson. They had three children, Georgia Ann, Luke, and Vincent. We all lived south of Chehalis on Sanderson Road. On March 8, 1922, Joe Sanderson married Mary Jenisch. (photo): Sanderson Place, Grandpa Jenisch, Uncle Vince I lived here all my life except for two years when I worked in California. As a girl I will always remember Grandpa Luther Sanderson who always cranked the old washing machine. Later years we had a washer powered by a gas engine and, still later, an electric washer with a ringer. This we still use. As a young girl I walked one-half mile to school every day to the Dillenbaugh School which was up on a hill. It was situated about 1,000 feet north of the Sanderson Road. All eight grades were taught by two teachers in two rooms. In the early 20's we had a phone, it was a hand cranked type, and we were on a partly line. We would pay our monthly bill at the foot of Sanderson Road across the highway where the Barr's home was. We always used a buggy until we got our first car around 1918. In the winter we would have to leave our car parked at the neighbors, and we would walk one-fourth mile home because the road was so muddy. In 1960 fire struck the house and Fire District 6 came, but with all the help, was unable to save the entire structure. The house was orginally built by Luther Sanderson and his son Joe as a young boy. It was a beautiful home in the early days. They always had a large garden and lots of flowers watered by the spring on the hill. Luther Sanderson bought the 160 acres from Conrad Harold of San Francisco who had purchased the homestead of Henry Blume. It was purchased for $700 in gold coins, October 26, 1882. Luther Sanderson was originally from Illinois. He met Lucy Sanderson, a girl from the South, while she was up North teaching school. Luther and Lucy Sanderson had two children, Joe and Loretta. The Sanderson's were farmers. The property had 5 acres of Italian prunes.They had a large dryer where they dried the prunes, and then they were shipped to Portland, Oregon. By Ellen Knapp EDWIN LEWIS AND NELLIE WARNKE KNITTLE Our grandfather Edwin Knittle was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania on April 20, 1855. After working out from the time he was a young boy, and traveling across the United States a couple times, he landed in the Chehalis area in 1885 and decided to homestead in what is now the Morton area. At that time, the trail ended in the Cinebar area. Beyond that point, he walked through the (photo): Standing in back: Nellie. Middle: Ervin, Lillie and Edwin. Front row: Alice and Otis Knittle. 213 woods with a pack on his back. He homesteaded 160 acres that now comprise the Collar- Wood addition to Morton, the site of the high school and about one hundred acres which the school district owns. It is the site of the Jubilee field and airport, the road and railroad and several other small sales. Grandpa was the second or third settler in the Morton area. He built a split cedar log cabin about 14 ft. x 18 ft., with a rock fireplace and a dirt floor, on a knoll that was the building site until the school district sold that land to Marenakas Logging Co. There were quite a few Indians in the area at the time he came. They used to camp there and also had several battles. There have been quite a few arrowheads found on the property. Grandpa got along very well with the Indians. At one time, they killed a bear and roasted it and invited him to feast with them. However, he had seen the bear hanging after it was skinned and, it looked so much like a human being, he was unable to eat any of it - so declined. The rocks, where they had the roast, still laid on the ground on the high ridge in 1948. He made his living the first several years cutting cedar shingle bolts. He branded his and put them in Lake Creek. Others cut them and put them in the Tilton river and other streams, that emptied into it. Then when the high waters came in the fall, they got together and had a drive on into the Cowlitz and down to Kelso. He also used to go out in the fall and pick hops in the Ethel area, to make his winter grubstake. He helped build the first bridge across Bear Canyon. They topped a big standing fir for the center pier. They spanned it with logs from the two banks to make the bridge. The first road was so narrow in that area that if two wagons met, one driver had to unload and dismantle his wagon and put it over the bank so the other could pass, then reassemble it and go on. Our grandpa met and married Nellie Warnke on February 28,1901. Four children were born to this marriage. Ervin in March 1902, Lillie on May 13, 1903, Otis - January 17, 1906 and Alice - April 1911. Ervin married Lucille Mitchener. They had three children. David, Carolyn and Arthur (now deceased). Ervin died in July 1936. Lillie married William Short and had two daughters. Ophelia (Mrs. Jack Pell) of Morton and myself, Esther (Mrs. Richard Hope, Jr.) also of Morton. Lillie died December 2, 1957. Otis married Margaret Perigo Adams and they had four children, Alfred who died in 1967, myself (one of the ones submitting this history), Dorothy (Mrs. Cyril Grose), Morton, Irene (Mrs. James Dean), Chehalis, and Melvin living in Arizona. (For further family information refer to Perigo article). Alice married John D. Sloan and they had two children. Roland of Chelan and Thelma (Mrs. George Stitham), Tenino. Alice died December 7,1969. In the early years of their marriage, many travelers made their home an overnight stopping place for food and lodging and also for accommodations for their stock, especially people from the Randle area. About the turn of the century, the need for a cemetery arose. Grandpa cleared the first half acre of what is the older part of the cemetery. As part of his payment, he received the Knittle family block of eight graves. While clearing, he found a tiny fir seedling and planted it by his lot saying it would make shade for his grave later. This is the large fir tree seen in the cemetery by the Knittle block. He brought his first cook stove in from Chehalis on a rack on two poles pulled behind a horse, like a travis used by Indians. In the first few years after homesteading, he cleared some land on the knoll and planted a young orchard around his building site. At that time, the fall salmon runs were so large in Lake Creek that he used to go down with a pitch fork and throw out a sled full, bring them up and put around young trees for fertilizer. All the early settlers had large barns. When one decided to build, they would have a barn raising and all the neighbors would come and help with the heavy framing. The person having the barn built would give a big dinner, making it sort of a social event for the pioneer families. About the turn of the century, they built their first school house and social hall on the Hopgood property. It is now Backstrom Park. They used to have dances there and families gathered before dark and danced until after daylight the next day so they would have light to go home by. There were no baby-sitters then and those with children brought them and bedded them down on the stage while they danced. It was mostly square dancing and our grandfather played his violin for part of it. He made his first violin out of local maple. About 1910 grandpa added to the cabin. He added a two story east wing, at the same time removing the roof from the original cabin and adding another story to it. He sided the outside of the cabin and sealed the inside, leaving the walls of the original split cedar log cabin intact for the kitchen walls of the new house. This house stood until destroyed by fire in the late '60's or early '70's. All the material for the house had to be hauled in from Chehalis by team and wagon. The trip he was bringing the windows, the team ran away coming down Bear Canyon hill and upset the wagon. When he picked the load up, he found to his surprise not one window had been broken. Grandpa founded the Elkmount Dairy and in 1925, he and his son, Ervin, applied for state inspection of their dairy plant and it was approved. This was the first dairy to meet the requirements of the State Dairy Department. The name Elkmount was derived from the fact that grandpa found a large set of elk horns when he was clearing the knoll for a building site. Thinking he would find others, he threw them in the fire at the time. No others were found however, much to his later disappointment. Grandpa Knittle passed away in April 1930 and Grandma on December 5, 1957. Both are buried in the Morton cemetery. This information was left to the family by Otis Knittle, who passed away on May 6, 1984. Myself, Dorothy, married Cyril Grose of Mossyrock on June 28, 1952 and we had four children: Janet - July 20, 1953, Danny - April 9,1962, Derald- November 18,1963 and Dale January 31,1966. Janet married Ernest R. Dresher on April 28, 1973 and live in Mineral. They have two daughters - Jessica Marie - March 10, 1980 and Stephanie Lynn-June 17,1983. Danny married Loriann Norris - June 26, 1982. Derald resides in Mossyrock and works for Grose Construction Co. And Dale attends Centralia Jr. College. By Esther Short Hope and Dorothy Knittle Grose MELVIN AND SHARON KNITTLE Melvin was born Oct. 30, 1941, one of four children of Otis and Margaret Knittle. Melvin was born at home in a house built by his dad in the early 1930's near Morton, WA. As a boy growing up he enjoyed fishing and hunting, in later years he liked to travel. Melvin attended school at Morton and graduated in 1959. In 1959 he married Diana McMurry of Mossyrock, WA. They had 3 children, a son Christopher Wayne on May 11, 1960, a daughter Cara Lee born on Nov. 18, 1961, and another son Steven Scott born Feb. 6, 1967. Chris now lives in California where he works at a winery in Monterey. Cara married Brian Barkis on June 26, 1982. They have one son, Brian Ellery, born June 10, 1983. Melvin and Diana were divorced in 1972. On Aug. 6, 1978 Melvin married Sharon Lee Brower. Sharon had two children by a previous marriage, Scott and Marie. Melvin helped build the smoke stack at the steam plant and also other carpenter work in the area. He worked setting chokers for a while until during a lightning storm a bolt hit the guy line on the wooden spar tree and threw him 10 feet over a hill. When his brother-in-law, James Dean, got to him he was trying to pick up the choker line so he could set it. It wasn't long after that that he quit the woods. Melvin lived in Chehalis from 1959 until 1964. He lived in Centralia for a short time until buying a farm east of Onalaska, WA., staying there until 1972. He later moved to California and settled in Modesto, working as a carpenter. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1984 and does carpenter work in the area. Chris and Cara graduated from W.F. West High School in Chehalis, and Steve attends school in Toledo, WA. Sharon is good at crafts. She is a very talented artist. Scott and Marie attend school in Phoenix. OTIS AND MARGARET (PERIGO) KNITTLE Otis Knittle was born on Jan. 17,1906, one of four children of Edwin and Nellie Knittle. He was born on the property his father homesteaded near Morton in 1885. (photo): Otis and Margaret Knittle Otis attended school in Morton, graduating from high school in 1925. He was active in basketball and track. 214 (photo): Back row: niece, Sonja Dean; sister, Dorothy Brose; Sharon and Melvin. Front row: Marie and Scott. Otis loved to dance and travel. In 1928 he took a trip, in a Model T Ford to Pennsylvania and back, to visit his father's relatives. Margaret Perigo was born in Williston, North Dakota, on July 12, 1910 to Peter and Annie Perigo, one of three children. Prior to moving to Morton in 1923, her family had homesteaded in North Dakota and Canada. Margaret attended the Morton schools. Both Otis and Margaret were baptized into the Morton Methodist Church. Otis was a charter member, being baptized on July 30,1916. The two families' farms were located across the road from each other, so Otis and Margaret had known each other from childhood. Otis and Margaret were married on Dec. 30, 1930. During the early years of their marriage, Otis worked in the woods, farmed and loaded ties into railroad cars. He also worked on the Courtright and Clearfork bridges on the White Pass Highway. While living east of Morton in a small cabin their first son, Alfred, was born on Dec. 3, 1931. They built a new larger house on this property and their first daughter, Dorothy, was born in this house on Nov. 23, 1933. In 1935 they sold this property and purchased 80 acres of logged off land west of Morton. They built a house and farm buildings on this land through the years. Their second daughter, Irene, was born in this house on Nov. 15, 1938 and a son, Melvin, on Oct. 30,1941. To support his family, Otis farmed and did plumbing in Eastern Lewis County. In 1949 they bought the remaining Knittle homestead from Nellie Knittle and moved back east of Morton, where they lived and farmed until 1959, when they sold to the Morton School District and moved to Chehalis. Otis worked for Western Farmers Co-op in Centralia, so they sold the Chehalis house and moved to the Logan District of Centralia. Upon retiring they bought a trailer house and traveled. They spent their winters in Arizona, and the summers near Onalaska, W A. on their sons's Melvin's, property. During their married years they traveled to every state in the union except Hawaii, and into Canada. The reason they did not go to Hawaii was Margaret wouldn't fly and Otis wouldn't sail. In 1973, due to Otis's ill health, they bought a 10'x30' mobile home and fixed a permanent residence on a portion of their original 80 acre farm west of Morton, now owned by their daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and Cyril Grose. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Dec. 1980. Margaret passed away on July 22, 1981 and Otis on May 6, 1984. They were preceded in death by their son, Alfred, on Sept. 23, 1967. PROKOP AND MARIA (JANOUSEK) KNIZEK FAMILY Prokop Knizek was born June 4, 1851 near the small town of Tr"zek (near Klatov) in Bohemia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), now part of Czechoslovakia. His parents were Prokop Knizek and Barbara Wiegart. In 1854 he married Marie Janousek, who was born July 5, 1854 in Tr"zek. Her parents were Jozef and Marketa (Jindra) Javorsky. Josers parents were Prokop Javorsky (born 1767) and Katerina Cihlarova (born 1793). (photo): Back row: Antone and Anna (Steeb) Knizek. Front row: Prokup G. and Bozena (Borovec) Knizek. The Prokop Knizek family came to America in 1888 from Bohemia via Germany and settled in the Doty, Washington area. Prokop declared his intent to become a citizen April 1, 1889 and applied for homestead land. His homestead was issued June 13, 1894 out of the Vancouver Land Office. He became a naturalized citizen of America on April 16, 1894. Prokop and Marie had seven children: Antone, Prokop G., Frank, Mike, Otto, Joseph and Marie, most of whom attended Elk Creek school, the first school bulit in the Elk Creek area, south of Doty, Washington. Antone, a farmer, born in Bohemia in 1874, married Anna Stech in 1901. They homesteaded in the Doty area and had three children: Madeline, Frances and Antone Jr. who was killed in a logging accident. Anton Sr., died in 1928. Prokop G., born in Bohemia in 1877, married Bozena ("Zane") Borovec in 1900. They homesteaded in the Deer Creek area and had four children: Lillian, Charlotte, Harvey and Elvy. "P.G." worked in the logging industry, was popular at local dances playing an accordian and reportedly owned the first automobile in southwest Washington, a 2 cylinder REO. They sold their homestead to a local timber firm and bought a saloon/hotel in Raymond. P.G. died in 1950. Zane married L.D. Scherer and died in 1977 at the age of 94. Frank, born in Germany in 1882, married Grace Stech in 1902. They homesteaded in the Deer Creek area and had six children: Frank Jr., Dorothy, Mamie, Gladys, Alice and Jurene. Frank was a farmer and saw-filer for the logging industry and was a noted inventor with several patents. He was quite a mechanic on the farm and it was common knowledge that he could "fix anything on the farm with a pair of pliers, a screwdriver and a piece of baling wire." Mathias (Mike), born in Germany in 1885, died at a young age. Otto, born in Doty in 1889, was the tall one. He was over 7 feet tall and wore a size 14 shoe. As a professional boxer he was called "the great white hope of the wooly west." He was also in real estate, but died at the age of 32. Joseph, born in Doty in 1893, first married Edith and had a son Harold. He later married Ann D.Uren. Joseph was active in many area: Chief of police, U.S. Marshall and finished his career in the Army, serving in both World Wars and the Korean Conflict; attaining the rank of Lt. Colonel. Marie, born in Doty in 1899, was the last of the seven children. She worked for a power company, was involved in real estate in Chehalis and was a reader for the Christian Science Church. ALFRED KOHER Alfred was born over on the Koher Homestead on the Cispus in 1906. And spent all his life in the valley. He owned tie mills throughout the area. Helped build the new highway between Savio Hill and Randle. Worked in logging as a whistle punk and chocker setter, plus fire watching in the summer months. Later he worked at the Cowlitz Veneer plant and was Cemetery Commissioner for Rainey Valley Cemetery. On April 15, 1939 he married Frances Aliene Donahue of Eatonville, in Tenino. She was born on March 4,1918 in Tacoma. While they lived in Fishville, she worked as a bookkeeper for the C.&E. Mill and in the Modern Food Store and Mt. Adam's Cafe in Randle. When they moved to Glenoma in 1957, they had a grocery store in Kosmos known as the Koher General Store. She also ran the drive-in for L.K. Cearley in Glenoma for a couple of years. In 1960 she became the Postmaster at 215 Glenoma and had it in their home, just like Grandma Koher did. In 1967 the post office was moved into its present location and, after 18 years of service, she retired on May 30, 1980. Their son, Dennis Fredrick, was born October 13, 1940 at Morton. He married Virginia Gail Harper of Kosmos on October 14, 1961 in Morton. They have one son, Kelly Dennis, who was born August 4, 1966 in Enumclaw. They've been living on Orcas Island for 15 years now, where Dennis is co-owner of Sea-Island Sand and Gravel and Construction Company. Gail works in a real estate office in Eastsound and Kelly graduates from high school this year and does many different jobs around the island. Gail's hobbies are china painting and yard selling. Dennis and Kelly enjoy working on cars. Alfred and Frances' daughter, Marjorie Ann, was born December 2, 1945 in Morton. She is married to Paul Anthony Lloyd of Glenoma and they were married in Morton on July 2, 1965. She enjoys sewing, camping, antiquing and genealogy. Margie is a member of the TacomaPierce County Genealogical Society and is very busy as Chairman of Cemetery Research for the society and also belongs to the Spanaway Historical Society and is busy helping get the museum set up. Frances and Margie enjoy much time together. They do a lot of yard selling, painting and dressing china dolls, and just doing most anything together. HENRY AND BERTHA KOHER Heinrick and Bertha Koher came from Germany. Heinrick (Henry) was born 12/12/1853 in Lobenstein; Bertha Machill was born 20/5/1864, i Koslin (Poland today). They were married 31/10/1885, Grand Forks, Dakota Terr.; while there Minnie Amilie (b:12/12/1886-d:24/10/1972, Richmond, Ca.) and William Rudolf (b:25/71888 d.16/11/1946, Randle) were born. (photo): Heinrick and Bertha Koher In 1888 grandpa had moved to Tacoma, WA. and was building a home (12th and Sheridan area). Grandma followed as soon as she was able to travel with the children. 1890 they had moved to Bremer where Walter Len (b: 7/2/1890-d: 1/3/1973-Morton), Rose Agusta (b:17 /8/1891-d:7 /3/1977-Eugene, Ore.), Hattie Mae (b:25/9/1893-d:6/2/1966 Morton) were born. Apparently, while at Bremer, grandpa belonged to the Modern Woodsman of America and played on their baseball team. By 1893 they had homesteaded 200 acres by the Cowlitz Falls. The rest of the children were born on the homestead. Clara Henrietta (b:31/7 /1895-d:15/7/1977-Randle), Ella Edith (b:29/17/1897), Charles Karl (b:18/5/1900-d:6/3/1932Elbe), Harry Dolar (b:9/7/1904-d:30/9/1924-Cispus), Alfred Harold (b:12/5/1906-d:9/2/1980Tacoma), Frances Bertha (b:17/2/1908), Lorena Beretta (b:29/4/1909). There also were two baby boys born and buried in the orchard. One was stillborn and the other lived 2 days. As the children grew so did the homestead. There were three different homes, large barn, machinery shed and a milk house. Atop the milk house, they started a school in 1910. Ola Jordan taught classes here from 1910-1912 and in 1915 she married one of the older sons, Walter. Grandma started the Cispus Post Office in 1908, in a corner of her kitchen and served as postmaster for 19 years. Her daughter, Rose, ran it for one month before it was discontinued in Feb., 1927, and moved to Randle. The mail was first delivered by horse and buggy. The Thomas Kellys and two Indian families were served from the house. In 1924 Harry, Alfred, and Dr. W.S. Skinner were gaffing for salmon at the Cowlitz Falls. Harry had gaffed a salmon but was pulled in and drowned. They found the salmon down stream with the gaff still in it and it weight 65 pounds. Charlie and William were both killed in gun accidents. Sept. 24, 1919, grandpa passed away from a diabetes attack while he and Alfred were in Vader. So around 1928 grandma sold the place to Alfred and bought a smaller home in Randle, where she lived until she passed away at her daughter Minnie's home, in 1944. She was laid to rest beside grandpa in their family plot in the Silver Creek Cemetery in Randle. MATT AND SUSANNA KOHTOLA My parents came from Finland to the United States in 1900. My father had been married before he and my mother were married. He had three children, Matt, Vester, and Hilda by this marriage and one daughter, Senia, by my mother. All four children were born in Finland and came to this country with them. My parents went to Michigan first, where my father worked in the coal mines. They then left Michigan and went to Carbonado, WA where he again worked in the coal mines. >From Carbanado they moved to Lincoln Creek in Lewis County where they bought a farm. Jack was born in Michigan and Lillie was born in Finland when my mother went there to visit. Martha was born in Carbonado while Eino, Laurie, and Vianna were born on Lincoln Creek. My father died in November 1922 and my mother on May 21, 1937. My mother donated the ground for the Sunnyside School. Senia married George Finni who worked in the logging camps and also at Vancouver, WA shipyards during the war. They had five children who are: Helen, who lives in Centralia with her husband, Bob Rycroft. They have three children. Dorothy Finni Amondson is widowed and works for the Liquor Control Board in Olympia. Elsie is married to Bill Mason who is a truck driver. She works for Jerry Moore. George Jr. and Dorothy live in Rochester, WA and he works for the railroad. Shirley and her husband, Mel Stone, own an optical company in Chehalis. Senia has 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. George Finni passed away in 1978. Lillie married E.J. Wedell who passed away in 1979. E.J. worked for logging companies. They had two children, Don who drives truck for Rainier Beer, and Janice who is married to Jim Shore. Lillie has seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Martha married Fred Widell and they had two children, Wesley is a butcher at Safeway, and Anita Berry lives in California where she is a registered nurse. Martha passed away May 22, 1971, and Fred in 1978. Jack passed away in 1980, Laurie in 1979, and Eino in 1984. These three brothers never married. I, Vianna, married Elmer Brunner and have lived in Tacoma for 45 years. I did market research work for 33 years. Elmer was a supervisor for Ohio Ferro Alloys. We have three children: Gary is a student at Clover Park Vocational School. He has one daughter. Dennis and his wife own their upholstery business. Lorena Tramontin is a senior loan officer for a bank in Tacoma. Her husband, Nick, is a carpenter. They have one daughter, Courtney. JOHANNA MARIE KOSTICK-BUSEK Johanna was born November 3, 1895 in the village of Paltinossa near Guro Humora in the Province of Bukovina in the old Austrian Empire. She was one of nine children of Antone Kostick and Katherine Pekar. The oldest were twin girls, Aurelia and Elizabeth. Aurelia stayed in Bukovina, married Antone lanz, and her son, Michael, survived the two World Wars. A brother, Joseph, was an Austrian soldier in WWI and was killed on the Italian front. Rosellia, who probably had polio as a child, was never strong so died in Europe. Another brother, Karl (Charlie) migrated to America with his father about 1905. Six of the nine children reached adulthood, but only three had children. (photo): Johanna The mother, Katherine Pekar Kostick, died in 1908 from a disease that was labeled tuberculosis of the bone and the children, who were not married, were distributed to relatives until their father could send for them. Johanna went to live with her strict German Lutheran Grandmother, Anna Kelsch, who could not understand why she should miss the companionship of her family and have only farm chores for recreation. So, Johanna, swiped eggs from her grandmother's hens - one at a time to buy the postage for an uncensored letter to her father in America. The lady at the store, where she sold the eggs, knew her intentions and must 216 have been sympathetic, because she never told her grandmother. Finally instructions and money arrived for the adventure of her lifetime. It was now two years since the death of her mother and she was fourteen years old. That was too young to travel alone, so her sister, Elizabeth Loy, was pressured to join her husband, Ralph, in Chehalis. The third person to make the trip was Elizabeth's nine-months old son, Fred Loy, who now lives in Centralia. The three of them traveled by train to Bremerhaven, Germany, and boarded the ship, Wilhelm der Grosse. The crossing took ten days, the stay at Ellis Island to clear for entry, took seven days and it took seven days by train to Chehalis. All their experiences were so numerous and were never to be forgotten. It was a wonder that they actually arrived at their destination, especially since they pronounced Chehalis, KA Y-Hawl-EEZ. It was a happy reunion that September 1910 for Antone Kostick with three of his children and his first grandson. Johanna was enrolled at Holy Rosary Academy on Prindle Street to attend the day school, and she also worked part time to help cover the cost of her board and room. She had completed the required six years of schooling of the Europe an Education Plan, so most of her efforts were in trying to learn English. Her father, Antone Kostick was a skilled shoemaker of women's and children's shoes and, she and Elizabeth, often helped him with making the buttonholes. He occupied a small shop located next to the old post office, when it was located on north Market Boulevard. Johanna married William Karl Busek January 17,1912 at St. John the Evangelist, which was located next to the Academy. They purchased a house with five acres overlooking Coal Creek January 10, 1912 for $825.00, from B.A. Bartholomew & Co. Four daughters were born, Matilda Kathryn, Olga Emily, Agnes Elizabeth, Rose Anita and one son, Joseph William, who died in 1922 of diphtheria at age five. Johanna was divorced from William in 1938, sold her property in 1950 and moved to the Seattle area where three of her children were living. Agnes Elizabeth, who still lives on Coal Creek, married Earl Brenneis. William Busek passed away October 14, 1962. Johanna returned to Europe to visit and locate family in 1958 on the SS United States, and noting the contrast with the first crossing: "We crossed in four days; the United States was as big as concrete block, and among the passengers was I, the returning immigrant, and the "Duke and Duchess of Windsor." JOHN LEE KOSTICK AND MARY ANN STEDHAM KOSTICK John Lee Kostick and Mary Ann Stedham Kostick were both born on Route 2, Chehalis and would be there still if the county had not changed the addressing system to road names. They have lived on the same farm at 851 North Fork Road for thirty years. John Kostick was born to Joseph J. Kostick and Frances Tauscher Kostick, April 5, 1931, in Chehalis. He lived with his parents, his brother Joe and sisters Pauline, Louise, and Katherine on Coal Creek. His first year of schooling was at St. Joseph Catholic School, then to West Side School, R.E. Bennett, graduating from Chehalis High School in 1950. In high school he worked for Fissell Mortuary, and at his uncle's sawmill and for his father who owned Kostick Machine Works. In June 1951 he married Mary Ann Stedham whom he had "gone with" all through high school. Mary Ann Stedham was born to John I. Stedham and Virginia Pinney Stedham, October 29, 1932, in Chehalis. She lived with her parents and sister, Virginia, and brother, Michael, on Kennicott Hill. She was educated in the Chehalis Schools, attending Cascade, R.E. Bennett, and Chehalis High School from which she graduated in 1950. John and Mary Ann lived on Coal Creek for the first four years of their marriage. During this period they had two daughters, Karen Lynn, born April 4, 1952, and Sandra Denise born February 20, 1955. A son, John Michael, born July 4,1953, died July 6,1953. In 1956 they moved to a home they had built on a 200 acre farm. A son, Benjamin Michael, was born April 24, 1958. Until 1959, John worked either at his father's machine shop or in his uncle's mill along with milking cows and farming the land. He and his brother started Kostick Brothers Steel and Supply, which he owned and operated with Joe until he sold his share to his brother in 1980. In 1978, he successfully ran for P.U.D. Commissioner from the 1st district. In 1978 he won an unopposed second term. During the childrens' school years Mary Ann was a homemaker and farmer. She started the North Fork Busy Belles 4-H Club and was an active 4-H leader for 20 years. She is now serving her 3rd three-year term on the Southwest Washington Fair Board. With the children grown and gone, she had more time to pursue her favorite hobby, growing chrysanthemums. She now has a small business selling mum plants and cut flowers. The children all graduated from W.F. West High School. Karen went on to Centralia College and married John Rupp from Olympia. They have two daughters, Leanne and Alissa, and live in Olympia. Sandra married John Grady from Centralia and has a daughter, Sarah, and a son, John, and they live in Chehalis. Ben graduated from Washington State University in accounting and married Cheryl Pehl from Chehalis. They have a daughter, Marylynne, and he works for the Cowlitz County P.U.D. By Mary Ann Kostick KOTULA John Kotula brought his family from Poland by way of New York, Chicago, Canada, and Chehalis to the Pe Ell, Washington area in 1889. There at the east end of the Pe Ell prairie he took up a homestead and timber claim. After some years of clearing work, a farm and sawmill were located on what is now labeled Kotula Road and Kotula Creek (sometimes misspelled as Katula) off Highway 6, approximately one miles east of PeEl1. With some prosperity Pe Ell town property was purchased, a generous house was built in town (six rooms with three porches on the ground floor), and also a large barn and many outbuildings, of which two are still standing. The Pe Ell town property is still held by the descendants in the name of Hudziak who presently reside in Willapa Valley at Lebam. The Kotula boys, there were eight, branched out and, besides farming and logging, went into the pool hall and saloon business in Pe Ell. The boys and their father, John, formed the Kotula Brother's baseball team, playing locally. The Kotula Lumber Company survived two depressions but went under during the 'big' depression. The family began to separate. Kotula son, Stanley, moved to Raymond, working in the sawmills and sometimes tending bar at one of the many Raymond taverns. Stanley was a long-time resident of Raymond, in later years moving to Anderson, California where he lived for years and was the last original Kotula family member to pass on. Kotula son, Frank, with wife Clara took up residence in Old Willapa where Frank became a well-known saw filer working at Camp One, Camp Five and others. Kotula daughter, Agnes, married John Kanick and, after residing at various places in the Willapa Valley, took up residence in Frances. The Kanick farm on the hill just at the west end of Frances exists today with Agnes' son Mike Kanick in residence. Kotula son, Steve, was the oldest of the boys. Steve helped his father, John, stake out the original homestead claim at Pe Ell. He stayed to live at Pe Ell and years later became the mayor of Pe Ell. In his last years Steve moved to Everett to be near a daughter, and there passed away. Kotula son, Martcil, the youngest of the family, graduated from Pe Ell High School, and from Washington State College. He taught coaching at Wenatchee, worked in various sawmills in Washington and Oregon, particularly in Vernonia, and played baseball in the Timber League. Martcill married Laura Thrash of Pe Ell, whose father was Doc Thrash of some Pe Ell fame and an original homesteader in the Pe Ell area, having Thrash Creek named after him. Doc Thrash received his title from having owned a livery stable in Pe Ell and for being able to treat the horses. Doc also opeerated a hotel in Pe Ell which was located almost next door to the railroad station. Martcil Eugene Kotula was born in Hoquiam, WA of Martcil Kotula (original Pe Ell family) and Laura (Thrash, original Pe Ell family). Through the years of primary and high school he spent much time, especially summers, traveling up and down Willapa Valley and to Pe Ell, staying with relatives in Willapa, Raymond, Frances, and Pe Ell. After completing Hoquiam High School and enrolling in Washington State College, Martcil E. married Dorothy Sue Gilbert whose family were original homesteaders in Missouri (#1) and whose immediate family had moved to Hoquiam in 1944 to aid the WW II production effort. After graduating from Washington State College, Martcil E. took a design engineering position with Bonneville Power Administration designing substations. One small design among many others was for the remodeling of the Willapa Valley Holcomb switch yard station and also a design for repair and an addition for the Raymond substation. After accepting a position with the Boeing Company of Seattle, Martcil and Sue moved to Seattle and raised a family of five: Jane, Martcil C., Peter, Dixie, and Jil. Through the 30 some career years Martcil and family were frequent visitors back to Willapa Valley. In 1972 events provided renewed and stronger ties with the Frances area, including joining the Lewis-Pacific Swiss Society. In 1974 Martcil and Sue purchased property from Hans Kaeck near the east end of Elk Prairie, Pacific County. After a medical set back and subsequent retirement from the Boeing Co., Martcil and Sue started construction in 1981 of the new home on the Elk Prairie property and now permanently enjoy all the attributes of a wonderful Willapa Valley, having traveled nearly full circle back home to Pe Ell. #1. A complete history of the Gilbert family is recorded by Mrs. Lester L. Gilbert Edlin (Billie Louise Gilbert Edlin) 3608 Maple St., Odessa, 217 Texas, published in 1980. Prolog: Son, Martcil C. (wife Diane) reside in Hoquiam, employed as a logger, and has a daughter, Christian and a son, Martcil Luke (the 4th Martcil since the Pe Ell original start). Son, Peter Kotula, resides in the South Fork area of the Willapa Valley and is employed with Don and Mac Auto Repair of Raymond. Daughter Jil married James Muller of the original Pe Ell Muller's, his father, Louie Muller is living at Pe Ell and is well known to the people of Willapa Valley. James and Jil reside at Littel near Chehalis. Daughter Jane married Dan Galloway and lives near Vancouver, WA. Daughter Dixie is living near Davenport, WA.