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Issue 1 Volume 2

Back to the Future

By now you have received your membership materials. Included was the ambitious idea of rebuilding the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot. This plot of land is currently owned by the State Parks department. Hopefully, we will be able to contact the right person to see about leasing this section between 4th and 5th off Railroad Avenue. One dollar per year sounds good!

If you can help us with information on how to proceed or if you have the time and resources to assist in contacting the state, please let us know.


Did you know?
The first known footprints imprinted upon the sands of Moclips were those of the Quinault Indians. While their main village was farther north, they maintained a small settlement along the Moclips River. Indeed the Moclips name can be traced to this origin. Hunting and fishing being so abundant in the Quinault territory there was no need to travel far to obtain food. They did not need the travel quality that tee-pees offered. Instead they built wooden
structures commonly referred to as long houses. While early information written by outsiders were generally negative in their rendering, not so the reports in the original Moclips Wave. Editor, Charley Gant praised the natives as industrious individuals.
Celebrations put on by the merchants of Moclips included the Quinaults. Their skills in canoe racing and canoe surfing were highly appreciated. -Kathy Jaquet

Moclips, The Book

Kathy Jaquet, our resident artist/author, is hard at work on her book. Member generated interest has expressed extending the timeline from the 1920’s up to the present (originally, the book was to end in the 1920’s). There are a lot of stories in newspapers up to about 1915 - information after this time is coming by word of mouth.

We have heard some interesting and colorful incidents that occurred after the 1920’s and want to include those stories from those times as well. We need to talk to those folks who can relate to events from this time period to the present. Anyone with stories or information are requested to send them to barnacle@olynet.com or PO Box 231, Moclips, WA 98562. If you would like to be on the reserve list for this book, please let us know. A future edition of the MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE will announce the books’ completion.

Kelper's Festival

Thanks to the North Beach Business Association and the Sand Dollar Inn, we were able to have a display at the Kelper’s Festival on Labor Day weekend. They generously offered space in their booth where we handed out our June newsletter and displayed vintage photographs. THANKS!

How To Contact Us

We have a NEW mailing address:

MOCLIPS-BY-THE-SEA
PO Box 231, Moclips, WA 98562
Email: barnacle@olynet.com
Phone: 360/276-4826


This newsletter is named after the first newspaper from Moclips, the MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE. Published in 1909 it only lasted a few issues. We intend to be around a lot longer!

Membership

This edition of the MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE has been sent to members only. Our mission is to preserve the rich and fascinating past of Moclips and eventually all of the North Beach for present and future generations to come.

New Members

As of this printing, we have 63 members!
The following joined in July and August:


CHARLENE & BOB ADAMSEN
HARRIET BALLER
JERRY & CHRIS CALHOUN
KELLY CALHOUN
EVERETT & BEVERLY (DYER) CALLAWAY
MARILYN (TURNER) CARDOZA
DORIS CASSERLY
GARY & HENRYETTA CASTELLANO
KATHRYN CAUGHEY
PATTI & JIM COURTRIGHT
JACKIE DAVIS
CHARLES & ENID DEMPSTER
KATIE DETRICK
OLIVE DZIUBAK
RUTH FARLINE
CHUCK FINK
JIM & GAIL GAGE
ROBERT & LLOYDINE GRAHAM
ELOISE HANSON
PEGGY HARRINGTON
KATHY JAQUET
NORA JOHNSON
YVONNE KNUDSON
EDWARD & MARGE LYCAN
LEE MARRIOTT
ELAINE (LYCAN) MCDONALD
FLORENCE MILES
VERA MILES
CHRIS & BOB MURPHY
VIRGINIA & ARVID NORDMAN
STEVE POMEROY
RICHARD RHEINSCHMEIDT
HAROLD & MARY SCHMIDTKE
LINDA SCOTT
RUBEN & BARBARA TOPETE
ROY TOTTIE
WOLTER & ANNEKA VANDOORNINCK
MARIAN VIDONIS
BILL & ELEANOR (LYCAN) WARD
Thank you ALL for your support!

A Note of Thanks

We want to thank the following for their help:

BANK OF GRAYS HARBOR
BEVERLY CALLAWAY
KELLY CLINE
GAIL GAGE
HI-TIDES RESORT
MERMAID COVE
VIRGINIA NORDMAN
PHOTO LAB EXPRESS
LEE PICKETT


You have made the Moclips past bright again!

Business Support

The following businesses have joined us:
BEACH AVE BED/BREAKFAST - Pacific Beach
DOLORES’ ANTIQUES - Ocean Shores
HI-TIDE OCEAN BEACH RESORT - Moclips
OCEAN CREST RESORT - Moclips
PADDIE’S PERCH - Pacific Beach
SAND DOLLAR INN - Pacific Beach
TRUCKIN’ EXPRESS - Pacific Beach
WACKY WAREHOUSE - Pacific Beach
ZANY ZEBRA - Pacific Beach
Thank you very much for your support!

Interviews

Virginia Nordman has volunteered her time to transcribe seven hours of interview tapes. This is a time-consuming project. We gratefully appreciate Virginia’s willingness to work on this major and important job! THANK YOU!

We want to hear from you! If you or someone you know can offer information about the past, please contact us - we’d love to talk to you!

General Donations

In addition to the donated Moclips and North Beach items listed on the back page of this newsletter, Moclips-By-The-Sea has received other donations to assist the organization. Those include office supplies, postage and the use of an HP Deskjet printer. We want to thank the BARNACLE MOTEL and SYNCHRONICITY STAINED GLASS for the above donations!

If you have similar items to donate or services to offer, we won’t turn you down!
THANKS!

Ooops!
Where would a newsletter be without a CORRECTION section? We misspelled the following names in the first edition of the MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE:

VIRGINIA NORDMAN
BEVERLY (DYER) CALLAWAY

PLEASE accept our sincere apologies.

Cyber-Space

Kelly Cline, the superb webmaster at ww.pacificbeachwa.com, has done an AWESOME job for MOCLIPS-BY-THE-SEA! In addition to several vintage Moclips photos, he has uploaded our newsletter and application form. Considering what he had to work with, he was able to put these items on the website and make them all look good! We have already received “hits” from as far away as Florida!

Thank you Kelly for an outstanding job!

Go to: http://www.pacificbeachwa.com/

Centennial Celebration

Linda Scott provided the following ideas on how to celebrate the 100th birthday of Moclips:

Display of carriages, horse & buggy rides, serve lunch from the original hotel menu, everyone dress in appropriate attire, host an evening costume ball, use old barbershop
as photo backdrop. Other ideas: Surf riders from the Quinault Indian Nation, dugout canoe demonstrations.

We need to determine when the celebration should be. Do we tie it in with another North Beach function or select a time just for Moclips? Either way, the entire North Beach will benefit. Your input is appreciated! Give us your opinion.

Meetings

We have had several executive board meetings to discuss pressing, time-sensitive issues. We feel that our general meetings should be twice a year, but when? Would evenings be better? Weekends or weekdays? In the middle of the month? Please let us know what is best for you by calling, writing or sending an email. Current topics for discussion:

Drafting by-laws, incorporation, officer term limits, bank account balance & forming
committees.

Committees

The following members have offered to help:

HISTORY & RESEARCH - Harold & Mary Schmidtke, Florence Miles
MURAL & MODEL - Lee Marriott, Kathy Jaquet
WRITING - Bev Callaway, Virginia Nordman
PLANNING - Jim & Gail Gage, Harold & Mary Schmidtke, Edward & Marge Lycan,
Sand Dollar Inn, Virginia & Arvid Nordman, Katie Detrick, Bill & Eleanor Ward, Kelly
Calhoun, Ocean Crest Resort, Marilyn Cardoza, Steve Pomeroy, Patti & Jim Courtright
INTERVIEWS - Gail Gage, Edward & Marge Lycan, Kathy Jaquet, Roy Tottie, Katie
Detrick, Marilyn Cardoza, Patti & Jim Courtright
MISC ASSISTANCE: Gail Gage, Katie Detrick


We will get everyone together by committee whether in person, phone or email to establish a plan of attack. THANK YOU!

Museum

The temporary location for the Moclips (North Beach) Museum is in what used to be an office in a large building near the beach. It is on private property owned by Kathy Jaquet. Work will begin in September to improve access and make this area secure.

We still feel that wherever the museum winds up permanently, that it should be a NORTH BEACH museum to include all artifacts, photos and such from all communities on the North Beach including: Ocean Shores, Ocean City, Copalis Beach, Copalis Crossing, Carlisle, Aloha, Pacific Beach, and Taholah.

In addition to the North Beach items acquired (as mentioned in the last newsletter), there are salt & pepper shakers from the Ocean Shores Inn, a mid-sixties souvenir plate from Ocean Shores, a canning label from Ocean City, a brochure from the Pacific
Beach Hotel, and LOTS of photos and postcards from all these communities.

Moclips Artifacts

In July, we received several strainers and a wood fish box from the Mohawk Packing
Company. They were donated by the family of Clarence and Lee Pickett. THANK YOU!

We also received copies of the first MOCLIPS OCEAN WAVE newspaper from 1909 (6 pages). These copies were donated by Joy & Lila Brown of the Hi-Tides Resort. THANK YOU!

Mermaid Cove in Ocean Shores did an excellent job of mounting and laminating them. THANK YOU!

Beverly Callaway donated several newspaper articles from World War II, 1964 and 1976. Also an Ellis aerial view postcard of Moclips from the late 1940’s or early 1950’s. THANK YOU!

In August, Kathryn Caughey donated many pieces of railroad memorabilia including an
explanation of the wonderful Northern Pacific logo (see next newsletter). THANK YOU!

These items will be on display at the museum. If you have an item to donate/loan let us know!

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