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From the Wheelhouse Afterguard Robley Mangold, President Jim McClaskey, Vice Pres.

W. Louis Larson, Secretary Don Magnusen, Treasurer

Ted Natt,Immediate Past Pres.

Jerry L. Ostermiller,

Executive Director

Board of Trustees: Graham Barbey Peter Brix* Richard T. Carruthers * Ronald Collman WardVCook DanDutton JackR. Dant-in memoriam JonFnglund Cheri Folk J.W. 'Bud' Forrester, Jr. * Walter Gadsby, Jr. Dr. James H. Gilbaugh, Jr. Alan C. Goudy Don M. Haskell Senator Mark Hatfield S. Kenneth Kirn Captain Rod Leland Chet Makinster ChrisMaletis Duane McDougall John McGowan* KenM.Novack Scott Palmquist Larry Perkins Jack Schiffer HughSeppa Charles Shea Senator Sid Snyder JuneSpence Herbert N. Steinmeyer Joseph Tennant Willis Van Dusen Samuel C. Wheeler Harold Wilde Ted Zell

* Trustee Emeritus

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While speaking at a community meeting the other day, I was asked to go over the details of our Museum's expansion plans.

About a third of the way through a highly technical description, it occurred to me that what the audience really wanted to know were not blueprints, but how the visitor experience would be enhanced or expanded.

As I shifted my presentation toward function and away from walls, floor plans and windows, I could clearly see the audience becoming more engaged and excited. This is precisely what one of our trustees meant when he suggested that we consciously use the phrase "so that ... " as we share the museum expansion project with others. I believe his point has merit. Therefore, let me use this phrase as I share with you what the Museum expansion project is really about.

So that we can host more people and increase the community's use of our facilities, we are doubling our meeting room spaces.

We are adding an orientation theatre so that each and every visitor can quickly gain an understanding of what they will see during their visit, and how our outstanding collections and exciting exhibits fit into the maritime history of the Great River of the West. We are opening up the north walls by installing large windows so that the best exhibit we could ever have, the Columbia River itself, will become the dominant feature of the Museum experience.

We are also creating a strong and expansive lobby so that our entrance is both obvious and attractive, and those busloads of

people can be gathered and organized for special tours. We are quadrupling the floor space of our Museum Store and adding a snack bar so that visitors will be better served and our retail income will increase. We are completely revising our use of the Great Hall so that strong, interactive exhibits will engage every visitor with clear, accurate and compelling storytelling.

Finally, we are relocating staff offices and our research library to the east end of the Museum so that we can utilize every square foot of space near the entrance for the enhanced visitor experiences described above. This relocation will also add flexibility and increased capacity for staff and research operations.

When I have shared these enhancements with various audiences the response has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic. The notion of "breaking out of the box" and "awaking the sleeping giant" has been quickly embraced as critical to maintain the Museums vitality and effectiveness.

As you read this issue of the Quarterdeck and learn more about this project, I invite you to imagine a first time visit to the newly expanded Museum. Imagine visiting an outstanding national maritime museum that has an international reputation for excellence, historical accuracy and quality that is also a fun and exciting learning center. Imagine a modem facility where entire families will enjoy a unique, meaningful and stimulating experience - an experience so memorable that their visit will forever enhance their concept of what the Great River of the West is all about. I imagine that moving the Museum forward in this manner would make Rolf Klep mighty proud.

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Charting a New Course

For centuries the Columbia River has oriented our culture, shaped our industries, enriched our lives, and served as the defining element of our region. From the River we have fed many nations, built and powered great cities, helped arm and win a World War, and created one of the nation's most complex hydropower systems, a system that even today drives our region's economy.

The River is also the source of a rich and diverse maritime history. It has witnessed the rise of the trade routes of the region's first inhabitants, the exploratory voyages of Lewis and Clark, Robert Gray, and Captain James Cook, and the development of an intricate and highly developed system of navigation and transportation that is unrivaled in the West.

Since 1962, the Columbia River Maritime Museum has developed collections that reflect and speak of this diverse history, and has shared the history of the River with some 3,000,000 visitors. As the first accredited museum in Oregon, and with recognition nationally as one of the best in its field, the Museum seeks to build on its existing strengths. At the same time, the Museum seeks to offer new exhibits and programs that will excite and educate a rising generation.

Charting a New Course will bring to life the story of our great river, and will serve as a guiding force as our Museum meets the corning millennium. We invite everyone to learn about our plans, and to share in the excitement of our future.

Robley L. Mangold President Board of Trustees Columbia River Maritime Museum

Senator Mark 0. Hatfield, retired Trustee Board of Trustees Columbia River Maritime Museum

For centuries the Columbia River has oriented our culture, shaped our industries, enriched our lives, and served as the defining element of our region.

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Charting a New Course at the Columbia River Maritime Museum Charting a New Course will literally help the Museum "break out of the box" and will change the way in which the Museum relates to its visitors and to its location on the banks of the Great River of the West.

Features of the new Museum will include a prominent entrance facing Highway 30, a warm and welcoming lobby, a new Discovery Theater, a new cafe and bookstore, four new exhibits and a new traveling exhibit gallery. An expanded multi-purpose room will provide space for temporary exhibits, community events, educational lectures and symposia, and events designed to attract newer and younger audiences to the Museum.

Windows on the south side of the building will provide passers-by with a glimpse of the Museum's exciting new exhibits, while windows on the north side of the building will place the Museum's large boat collection in the context of the Columbia River. In addition, a new library and

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research center, and new staff work areas will provide more space for exhibits and visitors.

At night, dramatic lighting will illuminate the Museum and the Lightship Columbia. In addition, benches and lighting will make the Museum's entry plaza the setting for summer concerts, educational programs, and public events. A riverfront walk will also connect the Museum to Astoria's downtown, and will include educational graphics focusing on the history of Astoria's fascinating waterfront.

Throughout the Museum and its grounds, visitors will enjoy an environment that is decidedly nautical. In addition to changes in the Museum itself, the Museum's grounds will be attractively landscaped, and will include maritime artifacts such as anchors, buoys, and signal flags. A new and dramatic Museum Lobby will welcome visitors from around the world and offer glimpses of the exciting things to come on a Museum visit. A newly expanded bookstore and cafe will serve visitors of all ages. Expanded galleries for changing exhibits, an education classroom, and a Quarterdeck, Vol. 25 No. 3

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catering kitchen will all be added. In the Discovery Theater, visitors will be thrilled by two exciting movies about the River and its history, culture and commerce. Additional flexible space will provide room for community events and educational programs.

The Columbia River Maritime Museum enjoys a unique financial position brought about by conservative and prudent trustees and by careful planning and management by the Museum's staff. Highlights include: The Columbia River Maritime Museum has never operated at a deficit The Maritime Museum has never borrowed money.

The Maritime Museum is a 501 (c)(3) organization, and is not dependent on government support of any kind.

The Maritime Museum has never spent principal from its endowment The Maritime Museum's fundraising costs have never exceeded eight percent of the Museum's budget.

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The Museum's Great Hall will come alive with a scene from Astoria's salmon fishing heyday. In addition to exploring the Museum's bowpicker gillnet boat, sailing gillnet boat, and the newly-acquired troller Darle, visitors will learn about the region's canning operations and the diverse peoples who came to work in the Lower Columbia's seafood industry. Throughout the exhibit, visitors will share interpretive displays, and will be surrounded by the sights and sounds ofAstoria's historic waterfront. Thanks to new large windows, all three of the Museum's fishing boats will be set against the drama of the Columbia River.

The Columbia River Bar is without equal: Lloyds of London now considers it to be the most dangerous bar crossing in the world. Each year, the United States Coast Guard rescues hundreds of fisherman, mariners and tourists who find the Bar's waters beyond their abilities. A new exhibit, Semper Paratus, will tell the story of the brave men and women who risk their lives

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every day in the service of the U.S. Coast Guard. The centerpiece of this exhibit will be the Museum's newly acquired 44-foot motor lifeboat, the first of its kind built, and one of the last 44-footers to serve on the Columbia River Bar. The Museum's 36-foot wooden motor lifeboat will also be on display. The exhibit will be complemented by videos, fascinating artifacts, and hands-on activities for visitors of all ages. In addition to learning about the U.S. Coast Guard, visitors will suit up and travel along on a series of actual life-and-death rescues, an experience that many will remember forever.

The Museum's new River View Vista will open the Museum and its exhibits to the power and majesty of the Columbia River, and provide a dramatic background for its many boats and artifacts. The Great River of the West gallery will include an exact replica of a towboat wheelhouse, a modem day shipping exhibit, and hands-on activities for children and adults alike. A weather station and nautical skills exhibit will round out the activities.

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Visitors will also learn about modem-day shipping on the River, and the role of commercial shipping in the economy of the West. In addition to video displays of traffic on the entire Columbia, visitors will learn about the Columbia's role in serving the Pacific Rim. A display on the River's towboats and grain barges will tell the story of this important and historic industry.

You are invited to join in Charting a New Course for the Columbia River Maritime Museum. To learn more about the campaign, call the Museum at (503) 325-2323, or ask any of the Museum's trustees , volunteers or staff for more information. To arrange a tour, or to discuss the many donor recognition opportunities available, call the Museum's Development Department at (503) 325-2323.

Gifts to the campaign can take many forms.

Pledges may be paid over three years, beginning in 1999. Gifts may be made with cash, securities, stock, or real property. Gifts may also be made in memory orin honor of a family member or friend.

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The Columbia River Maritime Museum believes that every visitor should leave the Museum with a sense of the scale and history of the River. It is our goal to impart to visitors that: The Columbia River is both a gateway and a barrier to the Pacific Northwest.

Though jetties and dredging have tamed the River, it can still be a treacherous and dangerous place.

The Columbia River is a unique watercourse that has played, and continues to play, a central role as a highway for commerce and cultural exchange within the Pacific Northwest, and for ocean-going trade.

Many occupations and cultures are associated with the Lower Columbia and the Pacific Ocean, historically and today.

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COLUMBIA Museum Staff: Russ Bean Celerino Bebeloni Chris Bennett Nikki Bryan Patricia Turner Custard John Davis Mary Davis Charlotte Jackson Lynne Leland Jim Nyberg Jerry Ostermiller David Pearson Sheila Radich Gail Rogers Rob Rudd Elaine Rusinovich Arline Schmidt W. Hampton Scudder Rachel Wynne Christina Young

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News & Notes

• Hawaiian shirts, tropical skirts, sunglasses, and leis were all in evidence at CRMM's Volunteer Appreciation Luau on the evening of April 20. In the spirit of the South Pacific a hundred volunteers, families, guests, and staff gathered to enjoy a reception and celebrate their achievements for the year.

And what achievements there were: our dedicated volunteers contributed 6,059 hours of valuable time and talent to the Museum in 1998.

Awards for donating more than 100 hours were presented to Dave Bennett, Ben Cadman, Bob Chamberlin, Gordon Childs, Jeanne Clifford, John Gaw, Kenny Ginn, Jonathan Harms, Lynne Johnson, Dr. Bud McKinney, Walt McManis, Gurie O'Connor, Dick Olsen, Peggy Roeser, Pat Samuelson, Matt Weidman, and Bill Williams.

Special pins of recognition were given to volunteers for accumulated hours assisting in all departments of the Museum. Director Jerry Ostermiller presented awards for 300 hours to Dave Bennett and Matt Weidman.

Bob Peterson and Bill Williams received pins for donating 500 hours. Four new names were added to the permanent plaque of honor. John Gaw, Lynne Johnson, Dr. Bud McKinney, and Jean McKinney each have contributed more than 1,000 hours, and we applaud them for their commitment to the Museum. Concluding the awards portion of the evening,

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Rachel Wynne presented new volunteer Charles Ray with an award of appreciation for his organizational help in the Museum Store.

Aftertheceremonies,newcomerswere welcomed by veterans, acquaintances were renewed, and all enjoyed the camaraderie of the evening. Many well-deserved thanks to all our volunteers for doing a great job!

• This spring the Museum hosted a two-day Exhibit Evaluation Workshop conducted by Alice Parman of Formations Inc. and Margie Marino, Design and Development Manager at the Denver Museum of Natural History. The workshop trained staff and volunteers on how to write and administer visitor surveys. Since the workshop, a dedicated crew of volunteers has administered surveys to Museum visitors and local residents. Visitors were asked about their expectations of the Museum. The surveys will be used to help the Museum design the new exhibits in the Great Hall.

• Curator David Pearson and Education Director Patricia Turner Custard were presenters at a session entitled "Linking to Learning" at the Oregon Heritage Conference held in June at The Dalles. The In Their Footsteps Program was used as a case study of a successful collaboration between a cultural institution and schoolchildren. The conference was sponsored by the Oregon Heritage Commission and the Oregon Museums Association.

• In June, a lecture series by Byron D. Ruppel explored the life, voyages, and legacy of Captain James Cook. The series was a part of the Museum's preparation for the arrival of HM Bark Endeavour.

• SeahomeHigh School from Bellingham, WA plays at the museum as part of their spring tour.

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• International maritime photographer Thad Kma presented a lunchtime slide show June 28th • Mr. Koza has spent the last 20 years photographing tall ships at sailing events throughout the world He is the author of several books and recently published Tall Ships 2000, a calendar of his photos.

• May 28th was a record day for ''research" queries at the Museum. To the smprise of Patricia Turner Custard, Education Director, when she logged on to the Museum's Internet e-mail there were 20 messages to CG Bear- the Education Department's mascot Students from Astor School were using the ''Ask CG Bear'' web page on the Museum's site to sharpen their internet and e-mail skills.

• We bid farewell to Stephanie Kiander, our Membership Officer. Stephanie is making the big move across the street to the Clatsop County Historical Society where she will be their Director of Development. We wish her the best ofluck and much success in her new job.

• A day earlier than expected, the USCG Barque Eagle arrived as she honored Astoria and the Columbia River Maritime Museum with a grand visit. On June 22, Eagle was open for nine hours of continuous deck tours and 3,753 people toured the ship. Thousands of others were on hand to celebrate the visit.

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Adopt-A-Ship • The first year of the Adopt-A-Ship/ Adopt-A-Class Program came to an exciting end with the classes spending a day aboard their adopted cutters. The Steadfast crew led their students through fire fighting drills, a navigation exercise on the bridge, a knot-tying course and a look at law enforcement techniques. A highlight was a ride in the Rigid Hulled Inflatables for a view of Astoria from the River.

The Quarterdeck Volume 25, No. 3 The Quarterdeck is published four times a year by the Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon 97103.

Telephone: (503)325-2323 Fax: (503)325-2331 E-mail us at: columbia@seasurf com www.crmm.org Editors: Mary Davis, David Pearson Editorial Staff Jerry Ostermiller, Rob Rudd, Patricia Turner Custard Nikki Bryan. ' Printed at: Printing Arts Center, Longview, Washington

The Alert got underway for a mini-patrol with their class. The students watched a helicopter operation, a rescue swimmer demonstration, and learned more about the Missions of the Coast Guard.

The Adopt-A-Ship Program has been deemed a big success by teachers, students, and Coasties alike. It has received much attention from the Commandant's Office in Washington D.C., and is being used as a model for educational programs Coast Guard-wide.

The Steadfast, Alert, and Museum look forward to the next school year and the start of the program with a new batch of junior shipmates.

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Curatorial The Museum's collections continue to grow through the generosity of our donors.

The past few months we have seen some exceptional objects added to our collection.

A few of these items are featured below.

Here are three great reasons to visit the museum again this summer!

The ship model, Emily F. Whitney, was the first prize winner for the scratch-built class at the Columbia River Maritime Museum's 7th Annual Ship Model Competition in 1980.

Built by Robert Lacalli, who was no stranger to the model competition at the Museum, this was the 4th year in a row he had won honors for his model building skills.

The Emily F. Whitney is a full-rigged Downeaster, built in 1879 by Abiel Grove at East Boston, Massachusetts. The first 17 years of her career she was managed by J.H. Flitner and Co. of Boston. The ship later served in the Hawaiian Island sugar and export lumber trades, then served as a salmon packer under the Alaska Salmon Co. house flag. After a long career and attempts to save the vessel, which was laid up in San Francisco Bay, the vessel was burned for her metal in 1941.

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Mr. Lacalli started building the Emily F Whitney model in 1976 and completed it in

about two years. The Model is 1/4" to 1' scale, which gives its main mast an incredible 49" in height. The model is in excellent condition, and presents one of the finest examples of model building skills in the Museum's collection.

This model will go on display in our sailing gallery later this summer. It will be worth the trip to see this spectacular model in person.

The Museum recently received a violin.

This is an artifact that would normally be deferred to another museum collection, but in this case the story makes the object. The violin belonged to Tillamook Rock Lighthouse Keeper William Dahlgren. Playing music was Mr. Dahlgren's way of passing the time on his lonely post as keeper of the light.

The third donation to the Museum's collection is from a very contemporary

shipwreck. Oregon's own New Carissa. The museum was given the builders plaque from the vessel, a gyro-repeater compass, the port and starboard running lights, and the scarred and severely burned nameboard from the vessel. All of these items are on display in the Great Hall this summer, in an exhibit on the Salvage of the New Carissa.

Readers may contact the curatorial department with possible donations. For more information, call David Pearson .

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Education Colorful balloons, sparkling cider, popcorn, cake, and an appreciative audience celebrated the world premiere of In Their Footsteps. Nine months in the making, the program's debut marked the culmination of much hard work and effort on the part of the Museum's Education and Curatorial Departments and Astoria High School. of speaking time. The final program was to It all began a year ago when Scott be no more than 20 minutes in length, so Holmstedt, Astoria School District's Technolserious editing was called for. Help came in ogy Director, approached Trish Turner Custard the form of a television professional. Project with what he thought was a great idea. High team member Chris Holmstedt had been school students would use the latest in comassigned the task of creating a soundtrack puter technology to develop a multi-media for the project. He enlisted KATU-TV presentation the Museum could show its personality Grant McOmie to serve as In Their Footsteps visitors that told Astoria's story through the narrator. Grant spent a morning with the Creators: Museum's artifacts and extensive photo team filming the students at work and Amor Estandian collection. The school district would provide all providing advice on script writing. Soon the Kirk Wintermute the equipment, Scott's expertise, and the script was under the time limit and Grant Ryan Holmstedt students. The Museum would provide a space returned for his recording session.

Chris Holmstedt for the students to work, access to the library,

By Spring, work on the program was Jenny Stanton and serve as advisors for the project. progressing rapidly. A storyboard was Faith Harris In October, eight students and their equipdesigned and images were selected for use.

Willis Van Dusen, Jr. ment- four computers and two scanners - set At the beginning of May a rough draft of the Sash Rappaport up shop in the back hall of the Museum and the program was presented and critiqued by the project was underway. Dave Pearson spent a project team. Final tweaking of the program morning with the students explaining the imporcontinued right up to the premiere. tance of proper photo handling procedures, Invitations were sent out. The day had documentation, and giving an orientation to the come to show off the students' work. Grant library. A program outline was created and McOmie and a film crew arrived to film the research topics were divided among the team. premiere. An audience of school board Two or three mornings each week students, members, students' families and friends, and carefully attired in white curatorial gloves, became Museum supporters anxiously awaited the a common sight walking between the library and start of the program. their back hall classroom. By Christmas break As the music and images faded at the over 600 images had been scanned into the end of the program, appreciative and enthucomputers. siastic applause filled the Kem Room. The As part of their research, oral history presentation was a resounding success. candidates were identified, invited to the Coverage of the program and premiere were Museum and interviewed by the students. featured on Portland TV and the project has Their stories of shipwrecks, shanghaiing, and received much interest in the museum seining would form the basis of the scriptwriting. community (see News and Notes). The After the New Year, work began on the Museum thanks Scott Holmstedt and the script and soundtrack of the program. The first 11 students for all their efforts and talents. draft of the script came in at over 45 minutes Quarterdeck, Vol. 25 No. 3

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Museum Store The reproductions described below are echoes of a time so exciting in concept and daring in execution that today we still marvel at the men responsible. One item belonged to a man gifted with great foresight and the curiosity of a man of science. The other item guided two courageous captains on a journey of discovery still unparalleled in American history.

Thomas Jefferson's Telescope Throughout his life, Thomas Jefferson amassed an impressive collection of scientific instruments. This 18X, 3-draw telescope is a museum reproduction of one of the few surviving instruments that belonged to Jefferson. The original, made by Jesse Ramsden, one of the leading instrument makers of the time, is in the collection at Monticello, Jefferson's plantation home, now a museum.

Like the original, the reproduction is made out of mahogany and silver plate over brass. It exhibits a modem five-element magnesium fluoride coated lens assembly for high resolution. An additional lens cover protects the acromatic objective when not in use. The smallest details including the knurls, wood finish, wall finish, and wall thickness of the tubing, have been reproduced with accuracy.

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Lewis & Clark's Compass President Thomas Jefferson had strict instructions for the pair of explorers at the onset: to find "the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent for the purposes of commerce." To accomplish this, it was critical that careful notation be made oflatitude and longitude of all "remarkable points" between the mouth of the Missouri River and the Pacific Coast.

Merriwether Lewis, Jefferson's secretary from 1801 to 1803, was charged with anticipating and acquiring all material requirements for the expedition. Surveying equipment was a top priority, including a sextant and a pocket compass. This he purchased in Philadelphia for$5.00.

The same compass used on the expedition is in the collections of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.

This compass is manufactured from mahogany and incorporates a folding hinged cover, brass slit and peep sights, 1" high and a silver plated chapter ring marked in single degrees, 0 to 90 degrees every quarter. The engraved paper compass dial is complete with fleur-de-lis point north and is decorated on seven point directions in block. Signed on the innermost ring is the signature, T. Whitney, Philad. The steel compass needle measures 2" and is crowned with a brass turning. Closing the lid activates the internal brass plunger and paddle locking mechanisms. $ 130.00/117 .00 mem.

These fine reproductions are entirely made in America by Van Cort Instruments of South Deerfield, Massachusetts. They are the licensed manufacturers for the Smithsonian Institute and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.

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Ensign/Individual Ms. Alice Bear Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gearin Ms. Bernadine Hall Mr. Robert McNeil Ms. Lois Pierro Crew/Family Mrs. C.J. Campbell-Gillies Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Culhane Mr. Errol Eshaia Mr.Leo Hall Miss Kelly Horton Mr. Melvin Kayser Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Leback and Elliott Leback Mr. Robert Neuberger and Ms. Mary Ann McDowell Mr. Bernard Rate and Ms. Betsey Haydock Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schoning Mr. Henry Steinbrugge Helmsman Mr. Thomas Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Glen Swift Boatswain Ms. Joan Gamble Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Malone Mr. and Mrs. John McCormac Dr. Robert Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray

Increased Memberships March 13, 1999-June 7,1999

Crew/Family Gary and Violet Ewing Mr. Edward Morris Mr. Earl Twietmeyer Helmsman Mr. and Mrs. Ken Austin Charles and Diane Awalt William Burget and Beryl Scoggin Mr. and Mrs. Bob Canessa Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connolly Bill Coons and Lynne Hacklin-Coons Arthur and Laurie Dolan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Dulcich Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foster Ms. Margery P. Gray Quarterdeck, Vol. 25 No. 3

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Ms. Mimi Groom Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hidden Dr. and Mrs. Paul W. Lemley Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. McCall Mr. and Mrs. Irwin McFadden Mr. and Mrs. William McGregor Mr. and Mrs. Grant Orr Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Snow Mr. Guy Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Weakley Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Welshans Boatswain Mr. and Mrs. Herman G. Bender Ms. Kathleen Brady Mr. and Mrs. Thome Hilts Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Kunz

Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Lilley Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lively Mr. Michael E. Lynch Dr. and Mrs. Niclaus H. Marineau Mr. Marshall D. McCollum Mrs. Henry E. Nilsen Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilkins Pilot Rev. Edgar G. Bletcher Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Borland Mr. and Mrs. Bob Finzer Mr. and Mrs. Robb C. Locke Ms. Dorothy L. Millikan Mr. L.F. Van Dusen Captain Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chopping

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Statesman Mr. William R. Schultz Ensign/Individual Mr. and Mrs. H. A. O'Bryant Mr. Douglas Parker Mr. Mike Schacher Ms. Sandra Lee Swain Crew/Family Mr. Kirk Hanna Mr. and Mrs. George Moskovita Mr. and Mrs. Norman Saarheim

Helmsman Ms. Mimi Groom Ms. Joyce Mccorkle

Memorial Donations March 13, 1999-June 7, 1999

Benny Angus Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Larson Mr. Curtis Olson Harold K. Arnold Mr. George Blinco Vera Craig Mr. and Mrs. Max Bigby Gladys Haglund Duncan Mrs. Dorothy Labiske Helen Gillard Mrs. Mary B. Hoffman Reid Grasle Mr. Phil Nock

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Mr. and Mrs. David Hill Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Knutsen Mr. Berger Rorvik and Mrs .

Kathleen Kulland Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Paulsen Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Wyatt .Tames L. Welch Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Anastasiadis Mrs. Anna Basel Mrs. Beatrice W. Bergey Mr. and Mrs. Max Bigby Mr. and Mrs. Brian Borton Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chapman Mr. and Mrs. David D. Corkill Ms. Barbara A. Engbretson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Folk Rev. and Mrs. John Goodenberger

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert V. Kamara Mr. and Mrs. Rich Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Landwehr Capt. & Mrs. Mike Leback Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Lindeman Mr. and Mrs. Perry Nordmark Mr. and Mrs. FrankJ. O'Leary Mr. and Mrs. Grant Orr Mr. and Mrs. Larry Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Scheele Mr. and Mrs. Bob Scheve Dr. and Mrs. Leroy W. Steinmann Mr. and Mrs. Ron Stidham Mr. and Mrs. Alex R. Toth, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Welch Ms. Mary Fem Welch Mr. and Mrs. Ron Westerlund Mr. Leland Westley Kermit White Mr. and Mrs. David Hallin

MARITIME Gifts to the

1998 Annual Fund Mrs. ViolaAbrahamson Mr. and Mrs. Jack Acton Mr. and Mrs. R. Keith Allen Mr. and Mrs. RexAnderson Mr. Wesley J. Anderson Mrs. Beverly Aspmo Governor and Mrs. Victor Atiyeh Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Atkinson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. KenAustin Charles and Diane Awalt Mr. Hal Ayotte Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Bacigalupi

Mr. andMrs. FredL. Barnum Capt. and Mrs. Barry Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Battuello Mr. and Mrs. Ike Bay Mr. and Mrs. David E. Becker Mr. and Mrs. Geary T. Becker Ms. Diane Beeston Mrs. Barbara Jean Begleries Mr. and Mrs. Herman G. Bender Mr. Chris Benke Mr. and Mrs. Norman Benke Mrs. Ernestine Bennett Miss Barbara E. Bent Mr. Richard L. Bergeron Mrs. Beatrice W. Bergey Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Berney Mrs. Holt W. Berni Mr. and Mrs. Max Bigby Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bishop Rev. Edgar G. Bletcher

MUSEUM Capt. and Mrs. Gary T. Blore, USCG Mr. Ronald J. Bolin Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Borland Mrs. Margaret Bowerman Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Boyle Ms. Kathleen Brady Mr. and Mrs. John C. Braestrup Mr. Jim H. Branson Mr. and Mrs. Byron Broms Capt. and Mrs. Nicholas Brower, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Brown Mr. Norman W. Brown Ms. Muriel Bruning Mrs. Nora Bue Mr. Gene Buell Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Bulletset Ms. Sharon Burnside Mrs. Dorothy Butler Mrs. Mary C. Butler Dr. and Mrs. Michael Carlson Mr. and Mrs. James H. Carmel Mr. and Mrs. Wade Carter Mr. Arthur Chan Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Childs Mr. and Mrs. John L. Christie, Jr. Mr. Maurie D. Clark Capt. and Mrs. Raymond Collins Mrs. Sasha Cook Mr. and Mrs. Ward V. Cook Mr. and Mrs. William Cook & Family Bill Coons and Lynne Hacklin-Coons Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Craig Mr. Harry Czyzewski Mr. and Mrs. Walter Daggatt Mr. Daniel N. David Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. Davis Mr. John G. Davis Dr. and Mrs. Robert William Davis Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Desler Capt. and Mrs. Dale A. Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Franklin G. Drake Mr. Robert Drucker Mrs. Donna Mary Dukich Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Dukich Mr. and Mrs. James Durkheimer Judge Thomas E. Edison Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Emrick Dr. and Mrs. Erik P. Eselius Mr. and Mrs. John E. Espey Mrs. Betty Farmer Quarterdeck, Vol. 25 No. 3

COLUMBIA Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Fields Mr. Terry Finklein Mr. and Mrs. Bob Finzer Mr. and Mrs. Carl 0. Fisher Mr. Russ Fluhrer Mr. and Mrs. Del Folk Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Forrester, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foster Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwin Francis Mr. and Mrs. David Fry Mr. and Mrs. Hal E. Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Sidney 0. Gaustad Mr. and Mrs. William A. Gavin, Jr. Mr.John Gaw Frank and Roberta Glenn Mr. and Mrs. Mike Godsil Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Goudy Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Goudy Mrs. Leonora Dart Graham Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Greenough Mrs. Nancy L. Grimberg Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Haggard Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Hammond Mr. Craig Harris Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Harrison Mr. Edmund Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hedrick Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Heinz Mr. and Mrs. Garry Helmer Mrs. Patricia P. Hemingway Mrs. Elnora Hertig Mr. and Mrs. Thorne Hilts Mr. ElmerT. Hjorten Mrs. Mary B. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. James Porter Holtz Mr. Roy C. Hopgood Carrie Hovey Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Art Huebner Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Huff, III Capt. Donald E. Hughes Mrs. Margaret I. Hughes Ms. Mary 'Molly' E. Hunter Mr. and Mrs. James Jarvis, Jr. Mr. James H. Jensen Captain Fred Jerrell Captain and Mrs. Bob Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Loren K. Johnson Troy and Lori Johnson Mrs. Frances M. Johnsrud Mr. Jerry Jonasson Mr. and Mrs. Waring Jones Lt. and Mrs. Donald Keigher,

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Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. Kelley Mr. George Kerr Mr. John Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Herb Kottler Mrs. Mary Laird Mr. Joseph H. Langjahr Mrs. Janice G. Langley Ms. Charlotte Langsev Mrs. Mary L. Larpenteur Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Larsen Mr. and Mrs. Vern 0. Larson Capt. and Mrs. Mike Leback Captain and Mrs. Warren G. Leback Mrs. Edith Leslie Mr. and Mrs. Jon Levy Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Lilley Mrs. Florence Lindgren

Mr. Bob Moyer Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mulvey Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Murdoch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Toivo Mustonen Mr. and Mrs. Bob Myers Ms. Libby Myers Mr. Clayton Naset Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nelson Mr. John E. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Kurt R. Nelson Mrs. Henry E. Nilsen Mr. Phil Nock Ms. Sara-Jane Babbitt Norwood Mr. WalterB. Novak Mr. and Mrs. E. Orwick COL. and Mrs. Jack A. Osborne Ms. Mary Owens

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lively Mrs. Doris Lofgren Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. James Maggert Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Maltman Mr. Philip R. Mason Mr. Eugene Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Eino Mattson Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Maveety Capt. and Mrs. James McAvoy Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCracken Lady McDonald Mr. Keith V. McDonald Mr. Robert E. McN annay Mr. Ken McRae Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Merritt Mrs. Dorothy R. Mickelson Mr. and Mrs. Don Miller Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller Dr. Rodney Miller Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Moore

Mr. Edwin K. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Paulsen Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Perkins Mr. James Pilgreen Mr. Larry Popkin Capt. John C. Porter Mr. and Mrs. John L. Price LTCL & Mrs. Paul L. Purvine Mr. Howard Ragan Ms. Shirley Randles Jay Raskin and Elizabeth Serreau Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Rice Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Richrod Mr. Donald V. Riswick Mrs. Elli Riutta Mrs. Roberta Riutta Mr. and Mrs. Lee Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Robinson Mr. Lee Roehrdanz Mr. and Mrs. WilliamA. Rouzie Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Salo Mrs. Pat Samuelson

MUSEUM Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Sarpola Mr. and Mrs. David M. Schmelzer Mr. and Mrs. James C. Sharp Mr. George H. Shaver Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Sherriffs Mr. and Mrs. John Shipley Mr. and Mrs. George E. Siverson Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Smith Mrs. Ruby Smith Mr. LeRoy Staver Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Steinmeyer Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Stevens Mr. Peter Stott Ms. Frances Straumfjord Dr. & Mrs. Paul D. Stull, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sullivan Mr. Charles Swindells Mr. and Mrs. George H. Talbott Mr. Robert Teagle Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Tevis Mr. and Mrs. Ken Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Scott Throm Capt. and Mrs. James R. Tompkins Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Turner Mrs. Marie J. Vandewater Mr. James Vranizan Ms. Margo Grant Walsh Ms. Margery Warila Capt. and Mrs. C. S. Wetherell Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wideman Mr. Frank M. Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. David Wood Mr. and Mrs. James Young Mr. MarkYoutsler Mr. Jay Zidell Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Zielske Mrs. Susanna von Reibold

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Endeavour Arrives!

H.M. Bark Endeavour will cross the

Columbia River Bar July 23rd to a flotilla of welcoming vessels and begin her eleven day visit to Astoria. This exclusive visit to the Museum will be the ship's only port of call on the Columbia River.

Tours will begin on July 24th and run through August 1st. The ship is open to the public from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM daily.

Don't miss the chance to enjoy this world class sailing-replica.

COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM 1792 MARINE DRIVE ASTORIA, OREGON 97103 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED

BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Longview, Washington Permit No. 167