V26 N3 Columbia River: Gateway to the West by Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes

A review and newsletter ji·om the Columbia River Maritime Museum at 1792 Marine Drive in Astoria, Oregon

Afterguard

Robley Mangold, President

Jim McClaskey, Vice Pres. W Louis Larson , Secretary

Don Magnusen, Treasurer

Ted Natt in memoriam

Jerry L. Ostermiller, Executive Director

Board of Trustees:

Graham Barbey

Dennis Bjork

Peter Brix*

Richard T. Carruthers *

Ronald Collman

Ward V. Cook

Dan Dutton

Jon Englund

Fred Fields

Cheri Folk

J.W. 'Bud' Forrester, Jr.*in memoriam

Walter Gadsby, Jr

Alan C. Goudy

E H. (Ted) Halton, Jr

Don M. Haskell

Senator Mark Hatfield

S Kenneth Kirn

Captain Rod Leland

Chris Maletis

Thomas F. Martin

Duane McDougall

John McGowan *

Ken M Novack

Larry Perkins

Jack Schiffer

Hugh Seppa

Charles Shea

Senator Sid Snyder

June Spence

Joseph Tennant

Willis Van Dusen

Bruce Ward

Samuel C. Wheeler

Harold Wilde

Ted Zell

* Trustee Emeritus

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From the Wheelhouse

We should have little doubt that Rolf Klep's spirit will be present as we begin our longawaited Museum remodeling and expansion program with a

groundbreaking ceremony November 17 at 4:00 PM in conjunction with the Annual Meeting.

In the five years we have been planning this expansion, we have systematically reviewed Rolf's sketches, concepts, and his hopes for the Museum. For example, Rolf always wanted spectacular views of the Columbia River as part of the Museum experience, yet budget constraints resulted in few windows. Our plans incorporating wonderful views of the Columbia River will now make the "Great River of the West" a connected part of our new exhibits.

In addition to his vision for the facility, Rolf had a clear financial philosophy. He believed in moving ahead with construction forcefully, but never over-extending the organization financially. Clearly defined units of construction proceeded only when they were funded; at the same time, subsequent units were held in check, serving as targets for continued fundraising efforts.

The brilliance of Rolf's approach accomplished multiple objectives. As his Museum took shape, everyone involved watched excitedly The construction project raised the Museum's visibility, which helped fundraising. And, best of all, Rolf's sound fiscal policy prevented the Museum from ever going into debt.

Taking a lesson from Rolf, we have divided our Capital Campaign into two

parts. The first part, physical remodeling of the building, is beginning now. The timing couldn't be better. This is our slow season for visitors and our schedule matched that of our construction firm.

While construction goes on, we are moving ahead to raise funds for phase two of the Campaign to construct the new exhibits. They have been carefully designed to be more educational and far more engaging and energizing for all ages, thus broadening the Museum's audiences. This second phase, the opening to the public of these powerful new exhibits, will no doubt prove far more invigorating to future generations.

It is our goal to aggressively continue to raise the remaining funds necessary to build and install these world-class exhibits so that they will be ready when the building is complete one year from now.

It is appropriate then that we should celebrate as we approach the new year. With only ten percent of the funds yet to be raised to complete the entire project, it is exciting to realize that Rolf's greater vision is about to become a reality. I know he must be smiling.

Executive Director

On the Cover: Along the Columbia River near The Dalles, Oregon, is where dense forests west of the Cascades give way to dry grasslands that typify the landscape east of the range.

Columbia River: Gateway to the West

The Columbia River Maritime Museum is proud to feature a preview of a selection ofphotographs and writings from the new publication Columbia River: Gateway to the West. The following is a short section of the many interesting chapters and topics explored. We wish to thank Carlos Schwante s for all his efforts in producing the book and for the exclusive reprint presented in this issue of the Quarterdeck.

A River Landscape in Transition

Visitors new to the Columbia River often find it hard to sleep during their first night aboard one of the several cruise boats that regularly ply the waterway between Portland, Lewiston, and Astoria. Perhaps they need time to get used to unfamiliar sounds, like the sometimes noisy bollards that float up or down as the water level rises or falls in a lock chamber, affording a vessel a safe place to tie up. More often, though, they are excited by this chance to see for themselves the Great River of the West and the scenic wonders they could scarcely imagine For travelers with an engineering interest, the huge dams and locks are objects of great fascination; others are drawn to the Blalock Islands near Umatilla in hopes of seeing unfamiliar species of birds that regularly migrate along one of North America's major flyways .

Once people become entranced by the waterway's visible landscapes, they almost always want to know more about the invisible ones that consist of important historical events, places, people, and processes no longer discernible. The more conscientious voyageurs will study various maps to compare then and now, ask many questions, and upon encountering some prominent landmark like Beacon Rock, an eight hundred-foot tall volcanic remnant that looms high in the mist below Bonneville Dam, hurry to the ship's

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Don ' t miss the opportunity to add one of these beautifully printed, full color books to your own collection. The books are available through the Museum Store , for $22.45 with your Museum membership discount.

library to read what Lewis and Clark wrote about it in 1805 or 1806. Even the several bridges that span the modem river relate to its historic landscape .

As much as we might wish it, we cannot travel back in time, yet through visiting landscapes of historical significance we can go back to experience a place and make emotional connections between ourselves and the past. One of the enduring appeals of leisure travel along the river, either by boat or automobile, is learning about and exploring the Columbia's historic landscape, which includes not only Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea, but also Gray, Vancouver, and a host of other interesting characters.

Like Sam Hill, for instance, a prominent but eccentric businessman who erected his Maryhill mansion on a high and treeless promontory overlooking the Columbia River opposite what is now the town of Biggs, Oregon. At this place where "the sunshine of the East meets the rain of the West," he purchased seven thousand acres of land in 1907, hoping to build a Quaker agricultural community that would mature into a large city. Little came of his dream except Hill's "ranch house," a large building in the style of

The rain-washed waterfront of Astoria. Looking up from the 14th Street Docks.

poured concrete for fire protection. Nearby, he also erected a concrete replica of England's Stonehenge as a World War I memorial. In 191 7 Hill began the process of converting his mansion into a museum: he filled it with Rodin sculptures, which became the centerpiece of a massive collection of nineteenth century French Art. He even persuaded Queen Marie of Romania, the granddaughter of both Queen Victoria of England and Czar Alexander II of Russia, to travel to remote Maryhill in 1926 to dedicate his still unfinished museum. Today it is open to the public as the Maryhill Museum of Art. Anyone who takes time to study the Columbia firsthand realizes that every portion of the river landscape is in transition. Abandoned sawmills and forsaken fish canneries have become increasingly common features along the waterway during the latter half of the twentieth century; each one of these industrial ruins testifies to massive economic change and dislocation. Consider too the fate of the mighty and

picturesque cataracts at Celilo, east of The Dalles, where voyageurs of the Hudson's Bay Company once labored to portage their heavy bundles of furs and trade goods. All the white water is gone now. The falls, and a way of life for Indian tribes that fished there for millennia, disappeared in 1957 beneath the forty feet of slack water created by The Dalles Dam.

From the 1930s through the 1970s, dams were widely viewed as good and useful legacies bequeathed to future generations. Young men in the 1930s dropped out of college for a year or two to join in the important and thrilling work of building Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams. During the Great Depression, both of these dams seemed to symbolize the triumph of engineering technology over wild and unpredictable nature. But by the 1980s and 1990s many Pacific Northwestemers would condemn these and other dams on the Columbia because of rapidly declining fish runs and the inadequacy of their supposedly limitless supply of electricity. In April 1992, the conservation group American Rivers

placed the Columbia-Snake River system at the top of its list of the twenty-five most endangered rivers in the United States, mainly because of the hydroelectric dams widely believed to have caused a massive decline in the river's population of wild sockeye salmon .

Just below McNary Dam is a maze of sluiceways and multicolored pipes, some of which loop high into the air and to the untutored eye look suspiciously like an amusement park for fish This is one highly visible part of a federally funded salmon recovery plan: the purpose of the complex is to collect and load fish aboard barges that will take them past the dangers posed by dams. At one time it was believed that hatcheries alone would solve the problem of declining salmon runs . But during the last fifty years, even with hatcheries pumping millions of fish into the Columbia River system, salmon runs have continued to decline dramatically.

Once renowned mainly for the pears and apples that grew in a scenic valley in the shadow of Mount Hood, Hood River suffered

a major economic setback in 1984 when the Diamond Fruit Cannery closed with a loss of more than three hundred jobs. Then the local timber industry slumped, causing a loss of still more jobs. But with the new sport of windsurfing came an unusual form of economic windfall.

For years the settlers in The Dalles and Hood River areas had cursed the winds that howled through the Gorge. Although gusts of wind can still flip a semi-truck on nearby Interstate 84, sailboarders love the wind and waves on the river, and their dollars contribute to a robust new economy in the Hood River area

The transformation of Hood River offers a vivid example of how important tourism and outdoor recreation have become to the Pacific Northwest, helping replace dollars lost when the once basic extractive industries-the sawmills, mines, and canneriesshut down Another good example of a long-term transformation can be seen at Paterson , Washington , on the Columbia

The Columbia River at Umatilla where the river widens until it seems to merge with the sky.

Going through the locks at the McNary Dam on a sunny October morning.

River west of McNary Dam, where Columbia Crest's 2,100 acres of vineyards have emerged from the sagebrush covered hills of southeastern Washington. Wine, in fact, is one of the Pacific Northwest's newest industries, and numerous wineries have opened in the region. During the last three decades of the twentieth century, the wineries of Washington grew from a mere handful to more than seventy, and vintners now brag that they produce more premium wine than any other state except California, which remains far ahead. Much the same transition occurred in Oregon.

Regardless of the many changes occurring along the Columbia, as long as there is a Pacific Northwest, the Great River of the West will form one of its important landscapes-perhaps the defining one. In the Pacific Northwest, as in few other parts of the United States, regional identity is almost wholly linked to natural setting. Thus the Pacific Northwest without its mountains, rugged coastline, evergreen forests, and vast

interior of sagebrush, rimrock, and big skyand especially its Columbia River to link all these natural features together is as unthinkable as New England without its Revolutionary War heritage, the South without its lost Cause, the Midwest without its agricultural cornucopia, or California without its gold rush.

Regional symbol, scenic wonder, natural resource, recreation getaway, transportation corridor, and object of environmental concern. The river is every one of those and so much more. Study the Columbia River in all its facets-read about it, explore along its banks, or visit a treasure of historical information like the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria-and you will soon discover a gateway that leads to greater understanding of what the Pacific Northwest is today, how the region evolved in times past, and some of the major challenges its people face in the years ahead. Indeed, Roll On, Columbia!

Museum Matches Meyer Challenge Grant

In July of 1999, the Charting a New Course expansion project garnered the support of the Meyer Memorial Trust, one of the region's largest private foundations . The Trust, a general-purpose charitable foundation based in Portland, Oregon, approved this $1.2 million challenge grant for the Columbia River Maritime Museum. The Museum had only 12 months to match the Trust's funds dollar-for-dollar in new pledges that could only be donated by individuals. With the support of you, the members of the Columbia River Maritime Museum, this challenge was achieved

With 11 days left to match the Meyer Memorial Trust's Challenge grant, the Museum announced to the press that we had gone over the top with the challenge matching funds. The Museum has raised $1,220,784 to match the foundation's $1,200,000 challenge.

Board president Robley Mangold stated that there is one thing to remember about the Columbia River Maritime Museum : "this Museum is on the move " And move ahead it has. The Columbia River Maritime Museum has raised approximately $4,450,000 of $5,000,000 total project dollars. Mangold notes, "Museum staff and trustees will continue to work tirelessly to solicit donations until our entire campaign goal is met."

With the generous support of our members we are now moving forward with this innovative and exciting campaign. Our special thanks go out to all of our contributors to the Meyer Matching Challenge . See the full listing on page 12!

The Quarterdeck

Volume 26, 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: information@crmm.org website: www.crmm.org

Editor: Zoe Ulshen Editorial Staff: Betsey Ellerbroek, Jerry Ostermiller, David Pearson , Silver Fox, Jeff Smith

Printed at: Pacific Design Team Corvallis, Oregon

News and N ates

• The Museum was one of the first in town to have a new trolley stop installed. The good-looking design is a welcome addition to Astoria's waterfront, and is a great hit with visitors and residents alike. Over 14,000 people rode the trolley this past year.

• The Museum was proud to host the christening of the new 75-foot pilot boat Chinook for the Columbia River Bar Pilots This bright yellow vessel was designed from the start to work the rough bar conditions of the Columbia. With a top speed of over 30 knots, it will be hard to catch heading out to sea! The Chinook is the largest boat in the world designed to be self-righting.

• What's a maritime museum without a large propeller? Thanks to the generous assistance of the Navy, the Museum received a 14-foot diameter propeller from a Charles Adams Class destroyer. Weighing in at 12 tons, the prop will be featured outside the new expanded entrance to the Museum.

• The Norwegian Wind, a premier cruise ship, made a call at the Port of Astoria this September. With almost 1,800 passengers in all, she was welcomed into port by the fire boat and Coast Guard helicopter. Many passengers took the opportunity to explore the Museum.

• The Museum's Research library and archives are officially closed in preparation for the expansion project. This will be an inconvenience for many researchers during the next year, but when completed, the library will be double in size and have many new upgrades, making it one of the best maritime libraries on the west coast.

Fall is our cruise ship season. The Museum will host an amazing 68 visits by area cruise ships. The cruise ship industry on the Columbia has been a success for all involved and continues to grow.

• We are proud to announce our Capital Campaign Raffle Winners Winners were drawn by Captain Jay Wiek of the Queen of the West. The raffle was a huge success, with all proceeds going to support our expansion project. And the winners are

The Grand Prize of a 5-day cruise aboard the Queen of the West: Julie Werner of Astoria

First Prize: Chris Maletis, Jr., of Portland

Second Prize: Alice Wood of Astoria

Third Prize: Chris Graeff of Portland

Fourth Prize: Bob Wells of West Linn

Fifth Prize: Katherine Holtz of Portland

Hail and Farewell

• We bid farewell to Patricia Turner Custard, Director of Education and Visitor Services Manager for the past seven years. Trish has produced numerous award-winning programs that now link the Museum with school children locally and across the country. Trish and her Coast Guard husband, Buddy, now live in Annapolis where she is a senior associate at the Institute for Leaming Innovation.We will miss her and wish her the best of luck!

• We are happy to announce one promotion and three new additions to our crew. Betsey Ellerbroek, Museum Education Assistant, was promoted to Director of Education and Visitor Services Manager. Betsey comes to the Museum with many years of teaching experience, most recently in Nehalem where she served as a CRMM Ambassador.

• Karen Custer has joined the staff as Museum Education Assistant. Karen has years of experience teaching first grade through adults She recently developed and coordinated a structured mentoring program in California.

• Julie Broughton has come on board to help out in Visitor Services. She has worked at the Museum of Western Colorado and will be a nice addition to the staff.

• Mary Davis , Media Relations Manager, also left our ranks. Mary has been instrumental in elevating the visibility and reputation of the Museum through her energetic work with the media, the local community, and tourism groups statewide. She is now working for the Oregon Wine Advisory Board in Portland promoting all of the wineries of Oregon Best of luck, Mary!

• We welcome Zoe Ulshen as the new Director of Marketing and Public Relations. A recent transplant from North Carolina, she has experience in sales and marketing in for-profit and non-profit organizations with a focus on university communications

• We bid farewell to Rob Rudd , Director of Development. It was through Rob's expertise and dedication that the Museum ra ised

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$4,400,000 of the targeted Capital Campaign's goal of $5 million. Rob will pursue a Master's degree in the Winterthur Museum program at the University of Delaware.

In Mem oriam

It is with sadness we note the passing of Museum Trustee and master model maker Dr. Niclaus H Marineau. A leader in Oregon dentistry, Dr. Marineau was also an avid builder of museum-quality models of Navy ships. Four of his award-winning models have become cornerstones of the Museum's permanent galleries. These include USS Reuben James, USS Oregon, SS Star of Oregon, and escort carrier USS Gambier Bay.

Applying his great skill in dentistry to model-making, Dr. Marineau added amazing detail and accuracy to his scale models.

He was a dedicated Museum Trustee from 1983 to 1990, and was active in the development of the Museum. Dr. Marineau will be best remembered for bringing history alive for thousands of visitors each year at the Museum with his scale models.

Museum Staff: Russ Bean

Celerino Bebeloni

Chris Bennett

Julie Broughton

Frances Burham

Karen Custer

Betsey Ellerbroek

Silver Fox

Josh Gianuario Charlotte Jackson

Jim Nyberg

Jerry Ostermiller

David Pearson

Sheila Radich

Arline LaMear

Hampton Scudder

Jeff Smith

Zoe Ulshen

Patric Valade

Rachel Wynne

Christina Young

Crew members of Gambier Bay tell stories around the model of their ship

Curatorial

A storia 's Maritime Past

and crew assignments. When the work was approved by the Navy, the ship was commissioned into the active US Navy fleet.

From Astoria the ships were immediately sent into the ongoing battle in the Pacific with the Japanese. Of these 50 ships, six would be lost at sea.

Fifty-seven years ago the Navy Air Station commissioned its first Escort Carriers into the US Navy fleet for the war effort in the Pacific theater. Between July 8, 1943 and July 8, 1944 fifty Escort Carriers, all built by the Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington, were commissioned by the Navy in Astoria. Commissioning a ship is a long-standing naval tradition. Once the new ship has a full compliment of officers and crew, the ship is put into active service and officially taken under command by the Navy.

The ships were the smallest aircraft carriers in the Navy, and were essentially a cargo ship (Victory class) with a flight deck welded on top. Known as the Casablanca class, they had a top speed of 18 knots and a crew of 900 men. The ships were the first all-welded aircraft carriers and were assembled at an incredible pace using all prefabricated parts. They were commissioned for duty on an average of one every seven days.

Once the vessels were launched from the Kaiser yards in Vancouver, they were brought to Astoria for their final outfitting

For the crew of these ships, Astoria would be the last stop before heading out to sea. Astoria almost tripled in size during the early 40s with all the servicemen in town, and there was a craze of activity. The U.S.O. was the center of this activity, and when the weather was right, they would sponsor great dances on the decks of these new aircraft carriers. For the servicemen that passed through Astoria, this town is still remembered with great fondness, even 57 years later. As a testament to these memories, the USS Gambier Bay Reunion Association recently visited Astoria and the Maritime Museum to relive some of those experiences, and to hold a memorial on the Museum's plaza. Gambier Bay

was lost October 25, 1944 during fierce fighting at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines. Of the 860 crew onboard, over 200 were lost.

The Columbia River Maritime Museum was proud to be one of seven sites in the country chosen by the Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association to display a set of three plaques that tell the story of these brave sailors and their contribution to the war. The plaques are currently on display in the Naval History Gallery in the Museum.

Education

The three fourth-grade classes from Warrenton Grade School visited the USCG Cutter STEADFAST on June 8 as the culmination of this year's Adopt-A-Ship/Adopt-AClass Program. On this special day the students participated in many learning stations that the crew had set up for them . The students learned how to make rope and tie knots. At another station students practiced man overboard drills. Law enforcement was covered, and the finale was trying their hand at using pepper spray and handcuffs. The fourth graders also learned about fire fighting. The last activity involved boating safety.

pirates in many activities throughout the morning . They learned about some famous pirates, where pirates sailed, and some pirate phrases. The children divided into teams and then looked for items in the exhibit galleries pertaining to their "pillage" list. When they located the item, all the members stood in front of the exhibit and the first mate took the group's picture.

A table was set up in the Great Hall during Regatta week for children to make sailboats. This activity was very popular with children and parents alike.

Students were taken out on the river in the rigid hull inflatable boat. Crew and students alike enjoyed this end of-the-year event. Look on C.G. Bear's web-site through the Scuttlebutt link to see pictures of this exciting day!

Membership and the Education Department teamed together and sponsored a contest for six through 12-year olds this summer. The subject was "What the Columbia River Means to Me" All of the entries were printed in the Coast Weekend All contestants were given a "Welcome Aboard" gift and a free family pass to the Museum. Winners of each age level also won a night aboard the Lightship Columbia for themselves and their fam ily.

Pirate School was offered in August as part of Scuttlebutt Saturday. Run-EmThrough Rachel and Beastly Betsey led the

Karen Custer, our new Education Assistant, has already begun Museum in the Schools programs. This summer she went to Lewis and Clark Elementary for their SMART program. She is presenting programs on tugboats, the South Jetty, and ships in the river. We receive phone calls daily requesting the programs that she is offering this fall.

An educational resource, Nicholas Finch on the Trail of Discovery, will be available for teachers this fall. The booklet targets grades 4-6. It is a workbook about a young boy visiting 15 sites along the Lewis and Clark Trail in Oregon and Washington Students will compare Nicholas' journal entries with those of Lewis and Clark, learn more about the expedition, and participate in many hands-on activities. This project was funded by a Challenge Cost Share Program from the National Park Service.

-Betsey Ellerbroek

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Kalbach Mr. & Mrs. Paul

Nunenkamp

Arthur Smith

Harold & Jeanyse Snow Jack & Jane Keeler

John Karamanos & Family McCracken Martin Nygaard

Donald & Edith McDaniel Charles & Susan O'Neil Mrs. Harvey Somers R.B. Keller Anne McDonald

Mr. & Mrs. Erling Orwick June Spence Norman & Alice Kelley Duane & Barbara Jerry Ostermiller & Lynne James Spencer Florence Kelly McDougall Johnson

Henry Steinbrugge Dean & Aase Kendall Patricia McGill-Reese Shirley Parker-Randles Peter Stott Karen Kenyon & Ralph Wirfs Mr. & Mrs John McGowan Timothy Patrick

John Supple Donald & Marilyn Kessler Mr. & Mrs. George Samuel & Myrna Patrick John & Jan Swanson Fred & Christine King McKelvey Bob & Sandy Patterson Lloyd & Patricia William & Helen King Velma McKelvey Richard & Myrtle Paulsen Swearingen James Kirker Dr. Bud & Jean McKinney David & Kathryn Pedegana Glen & & Judith Swift Ken & Dean Kim Robert McNannay Ruth Peets

George Swindells Mr. & Mrs. Knutsen Ken McRae Larry Perkins George Talbott Richard Kohnstamm Roger Meier Bob Peterson

Joseph Tennant Eldon & Betty Korpela Raymond & Kathleen Jean Peterson

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tevis Leroy & Margaret Koski Merritt Earl Philpott

Captain & Mrs. J.R. Robert & Donna Kuske Steve Merryman John Porter Thomkins

Arline & Cliff LaMear William & Mary Merzke John Power Ken & Alice Thompson Kenneth Lampi Dorothy Mickelson Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Prebel Helen Malarkey Thompson Shirley Landwehr-Wiley Don Miller Mark & Shelia Radich Scott Throm Gary & Donna Larsen James Miller Shirley Randles Debra Twombly Vern & Gloria Larson Annabell Miller Patricia Reese Warren & Elinor Ulrich H. Kirke Lathrop Clarke & Susan Miller Mr. & Mrs. Paul Reiser Marie Vandewater Mr. & Mrs. Richard Laurion Miller Family Dan Richard John Vitas Captain & Mrs. Mike Leback Dr. Rodney Miller Clarence & Jean Richrod Susanna Von Reibold Richard Lee Edith Miller Don Riswick Margaret Waisanene Rod & Lynne Leland Bill & Wanda Milwee Anthony & Helen Robnett Margo Grant Walsh Edith Leslie Gainor Minott Doug & Denise Ross John Warren Florence Lindgren Jan Mitchell Philip Ross Frank Warren Roy & Bonnie Little Robert & Kathleen Mitchell J.N. Rouzie Theodore Weller Doris Logren John & Lucille Mitchem Bob & Grace Rudd Sion & Eleanor Wentworth Robert Lovell Mr. & Mrs. Molnau Thelma Rudel Dana Weston Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Lowe R.P. & Carol Moore Roderick Sarpola Bob & Aklha Westerberg Lee Lowenson Don & Anne Morden Doug & Fran Schlieski Captain & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Davi Dum Duffy Morgan Jordan & Mina Schnitzer C.S.Wetherell Chris & Cleo Maletis Ellison Mrogan Richard & Kathy Schroeder Jerry & Alica Whalen Michael & Sharon Gary Muehlberg Herbert & Barbara Schwab Mr. Samuel Wheeler John & Joan Mann Thomas Murray Hampton Scudder & Pam Mrs. Coleman Wheeler Sally & Tom Mannex Libby Myers Trenary

Norman & Becky Whitten

Diane Natt COL Arnold Seeborg Thomas & Nancy Wilcox Jack & Georgia

Donald Manzer

David Natt Jim & Carol Servino Harold Wilde

Marincovich Hester Nau Waldemar Seton III

Mr. & Mrs. Kent Martin Harold & Virginia Nelson Ruth Shaner

Irene Martin

Dorothy Mathiot

John & Susan Nelson James & Dolores Sharp

Walter & Eleanor Newbert James Shaw

Eugene Matthew Max Nicolai

Dr. David Williams

Anne Witty

Frank Wolfe

Daniel Yates

Charles Shea James & Karen Young

P.J . & Darle Maveety Phil Nock Ron & Mary Sherriffs Donald & Molly Ziessler

Ernest McCall

Leys McCarter

Tod McClaskey

Ronald Nordtrom

Alan Skille

Ken Novack Jack & Gladys Smethurst

Walter Noak

Dorothy May Smith

Marshall McCollum Mr. & Mrs. Victor Barry & Sally Smith

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New Members

Brenda VanKunegan & Jon Mr. Jerry Jonasson

Mr & Mrs. Michael Jacobi

April 1, 2000 Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Dick Keller Captain Fred Jerrell September 30 , 2000 Ramon & Mary Vose Mrs Louise Larson Elizabeth Johnson Mrs Sharon Wong Mr. & Mrs . Michael P. Dr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Patrick Statesman Mr. Dean Anderson Lemeshko Dr. & Mrs. Jukka Perkiomaki

Mr Richard R. Ballweber Boatswain

Mrs. Edith Leslie Mr. Henry T. Swigert Mrs. Arline Genis Dr. Stan Barnwen Mr & Mrs Don MacRae Capt. & Mrs. James R. Mr & Mrs. Erhart Gress

Mr & Mrs Lawrence Black Ms. Kay Malmberg & Mr. Bill Tompkins Mrs. Marilyn Gudmundsen Mr. Marcus Lester Kyker Mr Robert J. Wilhelm Mr Charles W. Morbey S Meyer & Associates Mr. & Mrs . Michael Mathers Dr. & Mrs. David I. Williams

Ms. Winnie Speas

Mr. & Mrs. George McKelvey Captain Mr. Donald Wright

Increased Memberships Mr. & Mrs. William R. Meyer Mr. Robert Drucker Ensign/Individual

April 1, 2000 Mrs . Dana Nason Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Ziessler Mr Tom Carter

September 30, 2000 Mr. & Mrs . Robert J. Nicklaus Ms. Maeve Doolittle Mr. H.A. O'Bryant Welcome Back Mr Ralph Hawes, Jr.

Ensign/Individual Mr. & Mrs Chuck Pattishall

Memberships

April 1, 2000 Crew/Family Mr. David Riswick Ms. Audrey Pricher September 30, 2000 Mr & Mrs. Frank Brehm Mr. & Mrs. David Wood Mr. & Mrs. Bob Reiter Mr Victor Corders Crew /Family M r. Alan D. Robitsch Statesman Mr. Art Detmar

Mr E.M. Jones Ms. Carolyn J. Homme Bill & Madonna Pitman

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Benson Mr. & Mrs. Bob Schoning Mrs. Ernestine Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Barry Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Max Bigby Jr. Mr & Mrs. Truman E. Slotte Mr. and Mrs. Leroy C. Heinse Mr. & Mrs. Howard Grafton Mr. & Mrs Pe t er Gearin Mrs. Ju lie Sterling

Ensign/Individual Dr. Gayle Harrison C .C. Leone Mr. & Mrs. R.W. Stevens Mr. Del Heiner Mr D av id Houck J e rry & Gene Mill e r Mr & Mrs. Robert Wilson Robert Jarrard & Merianne Mr. & Mrs. John Inman & Lucille & James Scarborough Boatswain Myers David Inman Helmsman Dr. H . Victor Adix, Jr. & Ms . Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. Ms. M a ry Ann Jesse Mrs. Alice Ala Jean A. Fogg Murdoch Mr. D B. Lewis & Mrs Cindy Mr. & Mrs. Donald M Mr. & Mrs. Michael Aho Mr. Russell D. Wood Yin gst Bertucci Mr. Darryl Bergerson Crew/ Family Mr & Mrs. Bill Lund Mr. Robert W. Blake Mr. & Mrs . Byron Broms Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Chown Mrs Colleen Moore Mr. C. Delmer Boman P.M. Buff Mr. and Mrs. Blaine N. Mr. & Mrs . Charles M urphy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brandt Mr. & Mrs Theodore T. Bugas Dymock Mr. & Mrs. Jim Nieland Mr. & Mrs. Bob Brumm Mr. & Mrs Ray Daniels Helmsman Mr. & Mr s William Perkins Mr. Marvin Chapman Mr. Norman D Davis Mr. Henry A. Pyzdrowski Mr. & Mrs. Gary Randles Mr. & Mrs Michael D. Mr & Mrs. Stev e Drage Mr. and Mrs David W. Yotter Mr. & Mrs Dick Sheldon Chinakos Mr. & Mrs. Trygve Duoos Boatswain Mr. & Mrs. Marc Skogmo Mr. & Mrs . Kenton Cruzan Mr William Einzig Mr. and Mrs . Rolf Bremer Captain & Mrs. Tom Sparks Dr. & Mrs. Robert William Vernon & Nancy Fowler Mr. Bud Carpenter Mr. & Mrs. John Spring Davis Mrs. Leonora Dart Graham Pilot Mr. Craig Strong & Mrs. Mr. Raymond A. Dodge Mr Dinesh R. Hajari Elizabeth Johnson De borah Jaques Mrs Phyllis Edy Mrs. Patricia P. Hemingway Ms Loretta R. Maxwell Mrs. Freda Englund

Ms. Gwen Wagner

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Wall

Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Hjorten

Mr. & Mrs Jerome Erickson- Mr William H. Krohn

Memorial Donations

April 1, 2000 Smith

Mr Matthew Farrenkopf Mrs. & Mr Cliff LaMear

September 30, 2000 Mr & Mrs. Norman C.

Mr. & Mrs . James Maggert Whitten

Capt. & Mrs. Mark Freeman

Mr & Mrs. G. Joseph Gregory

Rev & Mrs. Stephen G. Maling Frank & Lucy Arnold Helmsman Dr & Mrs Dale McGinty

Laurence Gellerman & Patricia

Mr. Elmer T. Hjorten Mr. Scott Carpenter

Ms. Ruth M. Peets

Kay Autio Mr. & Mrs Michael Glick

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Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Reiser

Mr. Michael E. Lynch Mr. Terry Hahn

Mr. Don Gustafson

Mr. Kirk Hanna

Mr. & Mrs. Fenton Stokeld

Mr. Henry Steinbrugge Evelyn Baird Mr. & Mrs. William Supak Ms . Gretchen Harvey

Mr. Arthur O. Heckard Pilot

Mr & Mrs. Donald Helligso Capt. James Clune

Mr. James Ochal

Mr. & Mrs David R. Brooks

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Carter

Dr. & Mrs . Erik P. Eselius Mrs. Mildred Doran 14 Mr & Mrs Irv Iver son

Mr. & Mrs. Marsh Hoffman

Mr. Louis Huff, III Michal Barendse Mrs. Hester H. Nau Mr Curtis Olson

RIVER MARITIME

William Barney

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M Oja Elinor K Steward

Mrs. June Spence Mr. Louise Krager Mrs. Gertrude M. Oja Mr. & Mrs. George E . Siverson Mrs. Laura Reith Ted Bellingham Mrs. Sylvia Rainey Mr & Mrs. Jack G. Mrs. Mabel Herold Mr. Arthur Chan Ms. Esther Walman Marincovich Mrs. Paula T. Morrow Mr. & Mrs Donald A. Kessler Rick Adams Cagtain Ed Quinn Ms. Judie Dreyer Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Barrows Thelma Johnson Capt. & Mrs Joseph Bruneau Signe Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas D. Mr. & Mrs. Fred Leslie Ervin Rinell

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Chopping Zafiratos Mary Anne Lancaster Mr & Mrs. Joseph E. Ronald Trout Mrs. Donna M. Gustafson Mrs. Patricia Eskola Bakkensen Mr & Mrs George P. Ducich Stewart Camgbell Roland 'Dodo' Larson Cagtain Stanley Sayer Mr. & Mrs. Hugh A. Seppa

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Knutsen Mr. & Mrs Bob Canessa In honor of ... Vieno Canessa Inga Larson Mr & Mrs. George Moskovita Captain & Mrs. Dan Lake Mr. & Mrs. William R. King Hortense Seabold

50lh Wedding Anniversary of Mr Gerry Chogging Mrs. Beverly Aspmo Mrs. Carroll Seabold Dr. Bud & Jean McKinney and Mr. & Mrs Clifford Hargand William Loomis Donald Sterling, Jr. Bill & Mary Williams Mrs. Jeanne Clifford Mr. Ron Hoxie Mrs Thomas E. Edison Betsey Ellerbroek & Thron Juue Daggall-Yuuug CliIT Magnuson Prank Thomcss Riggs Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Tevis Mr Allan J. Bernhoff Mr. & Mrs. Herman M . Jerry Ostermiller & Lynne Wilma Dedo Mr. Fred Antilla Haggren Johnson Mrs. Ruby Smith Mr. & Mrs . Henry N. Capt. & Mrs Dale A. Mr David A. Pearson Mrs. Gladys Haglund Duncan Heilmann Dickinson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Smith Mrs. Dorothy Labiske Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Hughes Dick & Betty Huckestein Mr. & Mrs. Ron Rehn Olga Forbes

Mr & Mrs. Roderick Sarpola Mr. Floyd A. Wright Mrs. & Mr. CliffLaMear Lila Olsen Mrs. Mary Laird Mr. Tommy Coleman Ms. Mary Davis & Mr. Jim Mrs Lucille Perkins Frances "Mike" McKillig Mr. & Mrs. Alan Ahola Closson Ronald Gjovik Mr. George Blinco Mr. & Mrs Arthur E Johanson Trish & Buddy Custard Anonymous Steven McSwain Mr. & Mrs Arthur I. Stromsness 50lh Wedding Anniversary of Mr & Mrs Charles W. Mr Allan Maki Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mestrich Ernest & Ebba Brown Haglund Mrs. Carol Welch Mr. & Mrs Clarence 0. Dreyer Mr. & Mrs. Marvin A Fausett Mr. & Mrs Ernest Kairala Mr. Ed Lundholm Mr. & Mrs. Dave Lum 85lh Birthday of Mr. & Mrs. James O'Connor Kenneth Middleton Mr. & Mrs . David Crawford Arnold 'Chink' Curtis Mr. & Mrs Michael Aho Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert V. Kamara Mr. & Mrs. Dick Keller

Mr & Mrs. Edward Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Paul Phillips Louise K. Mittet Mr & Mrs. Ed G. Fearey Jr. Mrs. Elsie Gjovik Lance Cole & Shannon Brown Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Hauke Sr. George A. Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Patrick McKay Mr. & Mrs F. Lewis Wright Marilyn J. Anderson Mrs. Phyllis Mittet Mr. & Mrs. Fleming Wilson Mr. Henry J. Herlin Ms. Frances Straumfjord Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Wolfgram

Hazel Yeager

Whitney Dillard Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Hyde Mr. & Mrs Jim Wilkins Lawrence W. Morris Mr & Mrs. John E Hill Mr. & Mrs Robert E. Frame Mr. Donald V. Riswick Mr & Mrs. Jon A. Englund Mrs. Florence Kelly Lemgi Nieme Mr & Mrs Melvin Hjorten Mrs. Helen Johnson Ms. Sylvia Mowrey Mr & Mrs. Norman Saarheim Esther Jerrell David & Susan Romppanen Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Paulsen Ms Estelle Duggan Dr. & Mrs. Jukka Perkiomaki Mr. & Mrs. Robert Roeser Glifford Johns Mr. & Mrs. Bob Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Roger Shannon Mr. & Mrs Howard Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Story Mr. & Mrs. Sion Wentworth Henningsen

Mr. & Mrs . John S . McGowan Mr & Mrs Theodore T Bugas Raymond Johnson Mr. & Mrs Ron Chaloux Mr. & Mrs . Ward Paldanius Mr Kenneth Lampi Mrs Dorothy R Mickelson Mr & Mrs William R Orr Mr. Robert Oja Mrs. Ella P. Hill Mrs. Barbara Parpala Mr. & Mrs. Bill Vaughn Mrs. Margaret Waisanen Mrs. Bernice Paschall Mr. & Mrs. Dale Howe Mrs. Sylvia Koskela Mrs. Betty Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Rinell Mrs. Viola Abrahamson Mrs. Carol Nygaard Mr & Mrs. Fred W. Korhonen Clifford E. Pearson Mrs Charlotte Hallaux Mr & Mrs. Harold A. Johnson Mr & Mrs Arvid North Mrs . Dorothy Johnson Mr & Mrs. Lance Freeman Eleanor Peterson Mrs. Freda Englund

Mr & Mrs. Orvo Piippo Dorothy Messenger Mrs. Helen Ryan

Charting a New Course

Friday, November 17, 2000

Elks Lodge Ballroom, 453 11th Street, Astoria No-host Cocktail Hour 5:30 PM Membership Meeting 6:30 PM Dinner 7:00 PM

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