***L U M M I I S LAN D COM M U NIT Y C L U B N E W S L ET T E R***
September 20, 1978
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COMMJN ITY CLUB MEET I NG WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER’ 27th
POTLUCK DINNER — 6:30 PM
GENERAL MEET I NG — 7: 30 PM . PROGRAM: HOME RULE CHARTER
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ISLAND CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE
TUESDAY, OCT. 10, 1:30 PM CIVIC’CLUB – EVELYN COOPER’S
TUESDAY; OCT. 10, 7:30 PM P. T .A.. – BEACH SCHOOL
THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 7:00 FERRY ROLLER SKATING PARTY
SATURDAY, OCT. 14, ALL DAY WORKDAY & BEACH SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
SATURDAY, OCT. 28 ALL-ISLAND HALLOWEEN PARTY, BEACH SCHOOL
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Former Freeholders, Hal Reimer and Cathy Luke, will .be presenting a short program on the proposed Home Rule Charter which will appear on the November 7th ballot. This is the most major issue to face Whatcom County voters in many years, and the speakers will be available to answer any and all questions. You are urged to attend so you will have the opportunity to hear, first-hand, what the Home Rule’wi11 provide for Whatcom County.
FREE CASH DRAWINGS FOR CLUB MEMBERS
Almost everybody on Lummi Island contributes to the Lummi Island Community Club in one way or several ways, and everything you do to help fatten our treasury improves life on the Rock in some way. But when it comes time to spend the money, the decisions are always made by the “faithful dozen” – the small number of people who regularly attend our pot-luck dinner meetings. It would be good if more people would come to the meetings to vote on our expenditures and other .decisions, (It would be even better to have more variety at the potluck serving table!).
In an effort to increase member participation, the Board of Directors has, instituted two cash door prizes. The first, for $2, will be a drawing from names of those attending and will be paid at every regular meeting. The second will be a cumulative pot and the drawing will be made from all paid-up member households, but at least one adult from the winning family must be present at the meeting to collect. If:-the pot is, not claimed, another $5 will be added to the pot for the next meeting. ‘The starting cumulative pot at the September meeting next Wednesday will be $20. So make a pie or a stew or a salad or something and come to the meeting to take your chance on getting rich! The winners-to-be are reading this RIGHT NOW! It’s going to hurt to read in next month’s Newsletter that your name was drawn, but you weren’t there. Paul Davis. Treas.
CHURCH NEWS
Taxes and rent!—that’s what it is all about on October 7, 10:30 – 4:00 in the Church basement. Church members will be holding a Rummage Sale then to raise money to help pay an unexpected property tax, and the Pre-School mothers will be selling coffee and cookies to raise money to help pay their rent.
If you haven’t met Lee Taylor yet, either on the tennis court, jogging, exercising his Gordon Setters; or just admiring Lummi Island scenery, you can make his acquaintance any Sunday at 10:30 at the church. He is living for the winter in the Henry Roberts house on N. Nugent, and according to his own words, the coffee pot is almost always at the ready.
According to the Bellingham Herald, the 75th Anniversary of the founding of our church was celebrated with a “candle lighting service” recognizing all present who are 75 this year. Actually, it was more like a “candle extinguishing” as the 3 people who admitted to being 75 blew out the birthday candles while everyone joined in singing to them. The church was filled to capacity, and it was a time of renewing old friendships with guests who came from Bellingham, Blaine, Seattle, Port Angeles and Oregon.
October 1st is World Communion Sunday and our Island church will be participating with a Communion Service to be held at the regular meeting time (10:30 AM).
Action at the latest Church Board meeting included a decision to put all Memorial
money given to the church in a fund for drilling a well. – – Beth Hudson
IT HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER
1874—-0n September 24th the first Land Patent on Lummi Island was recorded by Thomas E. Barrett and covered NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 32 38.IE.
1890…..September 22nd Oscar Brown became the Island’s third postmaster and served until February 23, 1891. He was preceded by Wade H. Beach and Frederick F. Lane.
1891…..A 12 pound son was born to Capt. and Mrs. J.W. Tarte.
1892…..School was open under the supervision of Miss Lawrise Smith of Mt. View.
1893 The Brick arrived in Whatcom from Lummi Island with a load of produce.
1896 The Steamer Rapid Transit cleared for Victoria with canned salmon from the Lummi Island cannery (By the end of June, 1896, the new Lummi Island Packing Co. fish cannery at Village Point was ready for business. In 1897, it was bought by Carlisle Canning Co., a B.C. company with headquarters at Victoria, B.C. In 1902, It was purchased by ,Charles & Frank Wright, but continued operations as Carl isle Canning.)
1897 September 8th a Whatcom paper described the wedding of Miss Josie Gawley to Wm. Patch of Idaho on August 31st at the new residence of M/M Chamberlain . of Lummi Island. On October 6th Josephine Gawley of Beach (Josie’s mother, aged 60) married Henry D. Marshall of Bellingham (aged 72).
1905 Marriage License was issued to John S. Chappell, aged 30 of Beach, and Miss Ethel Strickland, aged 21 of Bellingham.
1906…..Arthur H. Granger surprised his friends by bringing home a bride:, nee Miss Janet McMiIlan of Ballard.
Walter Austin of Bellingham and Miss Lulu May Payne of Lummi Island married September 17th
A.F. Bowden was in Bellingham purchasing stock. (This was apparently for his store at Village Point near Carlisle Cannery. C.R. Norman built the store in 1896 to accommodate the fishermen. He moved to Fairhaven in 1898 and A.F. Bowden in 1899 put a general stock of merchandise in the same building.)
40 new electric lights were installed in Rambeaus’ mill and Wm. Corcoran took his place as engineer. (This was the Lummi Island Shingle Co. owned by J.G. Chappell and Sons, who sold it to Rambeau in 1906 and resold it to J.E. Rice. in 1909 who formed the Beach Shingle Co. with 2 men from Seattle).
1908 …Marriage License was issued to Edward Granger and Martha Martin, both of Beach.
1909 A heavy shipment of fertilizer was unloaded at the Bellingham dock from the Japanese-American Fertilizing and Fisheries ‘Co. of Lummi Island. (This was in Smugglers Cove). The fertilizer was manufactured from the remains of salmon thrown out as refuse by the various Sound canneries. It was consigned to the Hawaiian Islands. Price was about $30.00 a ton – – Peggy Aiston
Years ago, all correspondence coming to the Island was addressed to Beach instead of
Lummi I s land.
NOTE FROM LUMMI ISLAND HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETY
There is not much change to report from last month. Memberships are still needed, and the fee is $10 annually per person, and $20 annually per family. Anyone interested can pick up an application at either the Islander, Village Point Marina or the Post Office. Our next planned meeting will .be at Polly Hanson’s home, 2781 West Shore Drive on Tuesday, September 26, at 7:30 PM. – – Polly Hanson
CIVIC CLUB NEWS
The Lummi Island Civic Club will start their Fall season by holding its meeting at the home of Evelyn Cooper on Thursday, October 12th at 1:30 PM. This will be a dessert meeting and all interested ladles on the Island are urged to come and enjoy a social afternoon with friends. – – Marion Weston
BEACH SCHOOL NEWS
PTA – & FRIENDS OF BEACH SCHOOL MEET TUESDAY, OCT. 10, 7: 30 PM WELCOME
ROLLER SKATING PARTY, THURS., OCT. 12, FERNDALE ROLLER RINK. SHARE A RIDE ON THE 7 FERRY, EVERYONE WELCOME ONLY 80¢- FOR EVERYTHING!
JOIN THE BEACH SCHOOL “ARM” OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, SAT., OCT. 14, ALL DAY TO FINISH BUILDING THE PLAYGROUND BOAT AND SOCCER FIELD!
ALL-I SLAND HALLOWEEN PARTY … SATURDAY. OCT. 28 … EVERYONE WELCOME!
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The biggest news at school so far is that we opened on time! We have so far 5 Kinder’s, 4 in 1st, 3 in 2nd, 4 in 3rd, 5 in 4th, 6 in 5th, and 1 in 6th, for a total of 28 young scholars! A special welcome to the new families.
The next biggest news is our latest. building project for the playground, and believe me, it’s BIG! JEANNE FINNEY has ‘mothered’ this project from infancy, but without the pulling together of many, many others it just couldn’t be! JIM HANRAHAN did many hours work at the drawing beard designing and figuring lists of materials, RICK FINNEY and TYKE STANOVICH hauled telephone poles many a mile, SI ELDRED hauled almost all of the cedar poles from town with Jim bringing the rest in his van, PAUL
DAVIS and MIKE and PETE ANDERSON worked literally night after night for hour after hour after school and weekends to get the poles all dipped in PENTA .. with MIKE MOY
STONEY BURKE and RICK FINNEY. helping on the Penta detail too. And still. before the ARMY could do ‘their thing’ CHARLIE NIELSON had to come and get the ground ready for them .. and he did quite a few hours of it as his contribution to Beach School and our Community .. GRATIS! When the 286th Engineer Company of the ARMY NATIONAL GUARD under Major BILL MARKLEY arrived on the 9th and l0th, they could really get right down to work, thanks to many Islanders mentioned and some we dare not mention for one reason or another! Almost every single family came by to bring some hot food or dessert or such to feed the workers for 2 days .. and, as usual, workers never ate so well anywhere else! JEANNE FINNEY and SALLY HUDSON ran the “ga1ley’ and organized things with many of our mothers staying to help. MIKE McRORY and MAURINE MELCHER and numerous kids spent some sweaty hours working on the grounds pruning, cleaning flower beds, and hauling debris until when finished M II(E became so engrossed j n the building project and soccer field he ended up going home and returning with his tractor and post hole digger and working thru rain and mud ‘til late, late, late! Many Islanders have stopped to watch, help, talk, etc. KATHY SCOTT sat on. the steps looking real positive and came up with $5 for coffee for everyone for the weekend … and was that appreciated! HARRIS PURVIS, JOHN and MAUDE BROWN, & lots of others were seen with secret little smiles …. wonder if that means they can barely wait till it’s finished, filled with sand, and can be used? I. recall LLOYD DAVIS was first to slide down the new slide and I think VERN HAWLEY was next … anyway … it won’t be long.,. and EVERYONE ON LUMM I CAN COME AND BR I NG THEIR PLAYMATES AND HAVE A GRAND TIME ON THE BIGGEST LITTLE BOAT ON THE ISLAND! IF YOU HAVEN’T FOUND IT YET … LOOK BEHIND THE SCHOOL!
Every vital and viable group needs leaders … we’re fortunate this year to have as ‘co-chairpeople SALLY HUDSON-FALL, PATTY JOHNSON-WINTER, and CATHY LUKE-SPRING with SUSIE TYLER as Secretary, and JUDY ELDRED as Treasurer. Our most worrisome Item at our first P.T.A. meeting was how badly w’e’d “qoofed” on prices of materials for our ‘boat’ project. We got cost estimates in February, but did not take delivery until August and prices had DOUBLED! This means we have to raise more capital to pay for what we got … so watch that feller at the door at the HALLOWEEN party … ’cause he’s gonna ask you for a donation … and if you can do it … thanks from the bottom of our boat!! If YOU have any other ideas for money raisers that are fun … let us know (758-2366). We are counting on finishing up that project come …. whatever!!!
More thanks to many …. to JIM & DEBBIE HANRAHAN & family for the warm, lovely carpeting in the Library area so cozy to curl up with a good book … kids get to take turns … ADDA & HENRY ROBERTS gave us a book, “Lives of the Presidents”, written in single syllables so even the littles ones can read it … also an inspirational patriotic poem ADDA wrote about America (many of the kids want to know if she’s famous) … and a miniature bale of cotton! RAY & FRONA O’BRINE came thru with computer paper again just as we needed it for Math. dittos. And then there was the little Kinder girl who looked sadly at teacher’s lunch salad containing purple cabbage and patted her tenderly and whispered, “It’s too bad you have to eat rotten cabbage, teacher!” HAVE A CRISP, INVIGORATING FALL … AND WATCH OUT FOR THOSE RUNNERS ALONG THE ROAD WHO ARE TRAINING FOR THE BEACH SCHOOL ROAD RUN IN NOVEMBER .. ARE YOU GOING TO COME RUN WITH US? HOPE SO! SEE YOU ROLLER SKATING IN OCTOBER! – – Patty Gregory
OPINIONS OF INVIVIVUAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS NEWSLETTER DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF THE OFFICERS. DIRECTORS OR MEMBERS OF THE LUMMI ISLANV COMMUNITY CLUB.
GERRI NEUAMN, EDITOR
GRANGE NEWS
We have started our regular schedule for meetings held every 1st and 3rd Wednesday
in the Grange Hall at 8:00 PM. On Saturday. October 7th, we will be having a Booster
Night with potluck dinner at 6:30 PM. Everyone on Lummi is invited and welcome. Our
regular scheduled meeting for October 4th will be forfeited in lieu of our Booster night.
– – Edith Granger
PRE-SCHOOL NEWS
The Lummi Island Co-operative has started with our meeting every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 9:00 AM until 11:30 AM in the basement of the Island church. The first week was a busy one celebrating Kristin Bartlett’s birthday and making butter from cream! We want to thank the Beach School for their donation of the many building blocks …. we are really having fun with them. If anyone wishes to stop in for a visit, please remember you are always welcome. Anyone with preschool children wishing information about our co-operative, please contact either Susie Tyler (758-2658), Karen Reynolds (758-2513) or Cathy Luke (758-2688). – – Susie Tyler
NEXT NEWSLETTER DEADLINE WILL BE MONDAY OCTOBER 16TH. ALL ARTICLES, NEWS ITEMS, ADS, EDITORIALS, CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS ETC. SHOULD BE LEFT AT THE ISLANDER (THEY NOW HAVE AN ENVELOPE ON THEIR BULLETIN BOARD SO NOTHING WILL BE MISPLACED), POST OFFICE OR WITH GERRI NEUMAN AT 2850 N. NUGENT. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS YOUR NEWSLETTER ~ AND WITHOUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORIES IN WRITING~ THERE CAN BE NO PUBLICATION.
FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS
As this Newsletter goes to press. the Election Committee informs us that the special levy for a new fire truck passed by a good majority. The Commissioners and members of the Fire Department are most grateful to the voters of the community for their strong support of this measure, which will improve fire protection services for all Islanders.
The Dept. is pleased to announce that Walter R. Anderson is a new Volunteer Fireman.
Since the August Newsletter, there have been no fire calls; there have been two aid calls, both cases transported by private car.
The Dept. extends thanks for recent contributions as well as the donations in memory of Bert Nelson, Frank Martina and Joe Belanger.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary adds a reminder that stickers for your telephones, printed with the Sheriff. Fire or Emergency Numbers, are available by request at the Islander and the Post Office. Please ask for them. – – Jackie Gaines, Secretary
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