Trees for McCleary

from recent McCleary City Council packet 

2012 Council agendas

 

Water, with a side of Salamander

More choice excerpts from the four volume set of books Proceedings: McCleary Community Study, McCleary, Washington, 1955-1956:

In 1944 the City's water supply came from the Simpson Logging Co. dam on Wild Cat Creek. The water was stored in an open reservoir on the hill east of town. Most of the town was served by small pipes 1 inch and smaller. Customers in many localities had to alternate their use or they would not get any water. The pond at the creek from which water and the reservoir were hard to keep sanitary. Large amounts of chlorine had to be put in the water to make it safe for domestic use and weekly samples had to be sent to the state board of health to be tested for harmful bacteria. The discovery of a part of fish, frog, or salamander coming out of a sink facet was not uncommon.

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Water Analysis April 17, 1952 Water Classification - Medium Hard

McCleary WA Water history

Long, long ago

McCleary, you already had your canal

Imagine a Canal via McCleary

In 1936 the State Canal Commission was appointed to further plans for a canal from this inlet [Budd Inlet, Olympia] to the Columbia River, through McCleary and by way of Grays and Willapa harbors. (pg 390)

Washington, a guide to the Evergreen state, compiled by workers of the Writers' program of the Work projects administration in the state of Washington. Portland, Or., Binfords & Mort [1941]

 Skookum Inlet to Elma via Summit. This route would follow a valley they has been eroded in certain low lying masses of rock that occur between the Black Hills and the Olympics. The highest point on the line as surveyed  is 420 feet above tide. For at least five miles the excavation for a canal would be in basalt. (pg 26)

One of these alternate possibilities is a line running from Elma approximately up the Cloquallum River, crossing a divide at the head of that stream, thence down the easterly slope of the divide, and entering Puget Sound through Hammersly Inlet. Another possible alternative is a line running from Elma through McCleary, thence down the Kamilche into Skookum Inlet, or from McCleary crossing over to Kennedy Creek and thence into Totten Inlet on Puget Sound.  (pg 32)

Report on proposed canals connecting Puget Sound--Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor--Willapa Bay and Willapa Bay--Columbia River, by the Canal Commission of the state of Washington, June 7, 1933 .. [Olympia, 1933]

Although these alternative routes would have been shorter than the main proposed route of Chehalis - Black River, studies determined that a McCleary route would require tons more excavation and water - plus it would destroy the oyster industry at Skookum Inlet.

More on the main canal route proposed - Olympia, Black River, Chehalis River

Where is that Relay for Life outhouse now?

Steve Willis addition to outhouse

Circa 1910 McCleary Postcard

Tacoma Public Library Northwest Postcards

Hydrant flushing April 16 - 20 McCleary

April 1956 Clean-up Week

McCleary WA 1956

Spring Clean Up Day April 28, 2012

McCleary Churches 1955

I'm enjoying paging through the four volume set of books Proceedings: McCleary Community Study, McCleary, Washington, 1955-1956. I'd love to have a set of my own to work with but for now I'm borrowing the McCleary Museum set. I hope to occasionally scan or transcribe various fascinating bits. Here is an example from Part 1:

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McCleary Churches

Methodist, 3rd Street - Rev. S. Christian Thele
Christian & Missionary Alliance - Rev. Chas. F Gillies
Assembly of God, 5th Street - Rev. H.N. Murphy
United Pentacostal, 9th Street - Rev. J.V. Nicholson
Latter Day Saints, KP Hall, Main St. - Elder C.O. Davis
"World Wide Group taking No Name" - Harold Kirby Home on Mommsen Road and Alfred Eygabroad, Olympia Highway - No Resident Minister

The following are some of the churches attended by the residents of the McCleary area:

St. Joseph's Catholic - Elma
Christian - Elma
Episcophal - Elma
Church of God - Elma
Assembly of God - Elma
Seventh-Day Adventist - Elma

Lutheran - Olympia
Free Methodist - Olympia
Christian Scientist - Olympia
Church of Christ - Olympia

Church of Christ - Porter

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1936 "small sized riot" McCleary

November 1936 Labor McCleary WA labor McCleary WA labor research

Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Strikes and riots.

 

Arkansas Hill

The 1940 federal census is available to the public now. Indexers are working away so that eventually we can search the census for specific names.

I looked over some of the 1940 McCleary census and was surprised to see that the census taker wrote "Arkansas Hill" along with the actual street locations for that specific area. Very cool to see the local name for that hill immortalized by the census.

Here are a few examples, "Arkansas Hill" is written along the left side under Location.

Arkansas Hill, McCleary WA 1940 Census

1941 idea for McCleary

From the book The Elma Survey (covering Elma region including McCleary) by Washington State Planning Council December 1941, page 133:

A small lake and park on Wildcat Creek, somewhere close to McCleary, should be developed for people in that area. A picnic grounds and a little natural woods would add materially to the lives of those who live in the mill town. 

Comix

Morty Comix # 2337 somewhere in McCleary 

  More Morty Comix released to the wild

Lindsey's Tree of Hope

After a long cold winter, Lindsey Baum's Tree of Hope has beautiful new buds of life.

Find Lindsey Baum

Celebrating McCleary

The Vidette newspaper Thursday April 5th, 2012 has a great cover story "Celebrating McCleary", it is not available online, so you should definitely buy a copy.

Easter Egg Hunt at Park

Easter Egg Hunt and lunch at Beerbower Park on Saturday, April 7, 11:30 a.m.; Easter Service on Sunday April 8, 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome and all the events are free.

McCleary Community Church

 

Anti-Bullying Campaign

Paint McCleary Pink

Congrats McCleary Teachers! - Tech Grants Awarded

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction announced yesterday that a total of nine Washington state educators will each receive $10,000 technology grants, including Antha Holt and Jennifer Monroe of the McCleary School District.

Teacher Tech Grants Awarded

Wifi-connected tablets will enable students to extract water quality data related to Wildcat Creek, which runs through McCleary, and compare the creek’s health to freshwater waterways worldwide. They will capture their findings and analysis — creating line plots, histograms, stem-and-leaf and box-and-whisker plots along the way — in presentations, and on blogs and classroom Web sites.

Teaching & Technology Grants