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KENMORE
HERITAGE SOCIETY GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP
MEETINGS EVENTS
Wednesday, April 3rd,
2013, 7pm
The
American Civil War, 1861-1865, and
the Territory of Washington.Wednesday, May 1st,
2013, 7pm
We now have
a program arranged for May 1st, courtesy
of the Pacific Northwest Railroad
Archive. It will cover the Seattle,
Lakeshore and Eastern Railroad, the
tracks of which first came through
Kenmore in 1887. Railroads also played a
key role in transporting logs in in the
early days of Kenmore.2013 Founder's Day
Celebration
The 2013
McMaster Heritage Award was given
to Harrold Thompson on February 6,
2013. In the
nearly forty years since Harrold and
Cleda Thompson established Mr. T's
Trophies, Kenmore has experienced
numerous positive changes. For many
of those years, Harrold has played a
prominent role in these efforts.
He served as president of the Kenmore Chamber of Commerce, was instrumental in organizing the Kenmore Lions, and helped spearhead the vote for a new fire station. He worked on the effort to raise $25,000 for the purchase of a new aid car. He and his wife were original organizers of the Gunslinger's Drill Team, with 55 girls ranging in age from 9 to17. The team is still in existence. To help fund the drill team they revived Kenmore's Frontier Days festival, featuring a parade, art show, crafts fair, tepee village and carnival. Harrold created a 32-page festival program, selling advertizing which funded the festival for five years. Frontier Days continued through 1986. Harrold was a founder of the Kenmore Businessmen's association, was involved in a NW Art program at Bastyr University, and worked tirelessly to enhance cooperation among Kenmore Businesses. He and his wife ran their trophy business 33 years, retiring in 2007. Please click here to view a slide show of the presentation. Prior award recipients are listed below. PREVIOUS
McMASTER HERITAGE AWARDS
 2012: Staci
Adman EAGLE
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PHOTOS
Philip Krebs has submitted 26 photos of Kenmore restaurant Eagle Inn, which later became the Porterhouse, at the current location of a Starbuck's cafe on Bothell Way. Click here to view these photos. Page 4 of our 2005 Newsletter has a very fascinating historical article about the Krebs family and the Eagle Inn. Photo submitted by Kenmore
resident Steve Prestek Shown is an old picture I
scanned that was hanging on an older Kenmore
resident's wall. The road is 200th at the 6100
block, The small shed in the field is actually still
there (in a field) but the house and flat garage
have been replaced by a yellow split level. Looking
at the cars, this was probably shot around 1957 or
'59. I believe that these buildings were the
remnants of a truck farm operated by a Japanese
gentleman that was interned in WWII. The people
shown in the photo purchased the property sometime
after WWII. The area across the street from the
house used to be called "The Goat Farm". The small
creek is now gone. The photo was taken from a Navy
helicopter by John Yeaman. SEARCH THE WEB Site
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Kenmore Heritage Society By-Laws Collections Policy click here PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE for Fall, 2012 Greetings from the Kenmore Heritage Society. You will notice that this Fall Newsletter includes an enclosure — a ballot with a list of nominees for the positions of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. Their term of service is for the calendar year 2013. There are nominations, also, for three of the seven trustees, all of whom serve alternative two year terms. Election for officers and trustees will take place at our November 7 Harvest Celebration meeting. The three trustees elected will serve for 2013-14, to December 31, 2014. Seasonal pies with toppings will be served at 7pm prior to the meeting. Also, within this newsletter is a nomination form for the annual McMaster Heritage Award, given each year to someone who has provided exemplary service to the City of Kenmore. Completed forms are due by December 15, 2012, and can be mailed to our P O Box 82027 or returned to any Board member. Another special notice is an announcement (on page 8 of the Fall 2012 Newsletter) of our Harvest Celebration meeting on November 7 at 7 pm. The program will include historic pictures of Kenmore, resulting from the digitization project funded by the sale of our book and by the grant from 4Culture. Special thanks go to Bud and Annette Eaton, Jo Ann Evans, and Matt Martin for their work on this project. I look forward to seeing you all at one or more of our upcoming meetings. . Best regards, Elmer Skold, President. THE
KENMORE HISTORY PATH
 The KENMORE HISTORY PATH Dedication was held Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Log Boom Park in Kenmore The Kenmore History Path features a number of panels depicting significant events in Kenmore's history.
awarded a $7500 grant for the Kenmore History Walk at Logboom Park . The grant application was written by project co-chairs Tom and Bobbi Traeger and committee members Char Crawford, Fran Owen and Elmer Skold. The grant supplements funds already committed by the City of Kenmore and the Kenmore Heritage Society toward the project. "KENMORE
BY THE LAKE, A Community History" Award-winning Books are for sale at $25 per copy at the Kenmore City Hall, Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, and Ostrom's Drug and Gift in Kenmore. CLICK
HERE to view and print the brochure and order
form for Kenmore's new History Book, Kenmore By The
Lake, A Community History. (
Acrobat Reader needs to be on your computer
for this. Your computer may already have it; if not,
you can download and install it from here,
at no cost.) Awards for our History Book NATIONAL
AWARD
FOR KENMORE  AWARD OF PUBLICATION EXCELLENCE The Washington Museum Association Excellence committee has chosen the book Kenmore by the Lake, A Community History as a recipient of the Award of Publication Excellence. Research for the book was funded in part by a Special Projects Grant from Heritage 4Culture.
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