*LOSCHO Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda* Monday January 21st, 2013, 10 am Stanwood Area Historical Society Meet in the 2nd floor museum or as otherwise directed when you get there. Please Join us for discussions of Heritage Day, the Malstrom Award Nominations (Due Feb 8) and elections of officers. If you have questions,
Karen Prasse
League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations
Vaughn Sherman has been re-scheduled to speak on his book on the unusual life story of his uncle J. Holger Christensen.
Feb. 24, 6 p.m. – Marysville Library
Sponsored by the Marysville Historical Society
http://www.marysvillehistory.
Sea Travels: Memoirs of a Twentieth Century Master Mariner follows Christensen as he works his way from family deckhand to master mariner — licensed to operate any merchant vessel worldwide. Using seed money earned gold mining in Alaska, a Danish couple, J.Holger Christensen, his wife and their two young boys make their way to Bainbridge Island, Washington, buy a workboat, and establish themselves among the Pacific Northwest’s most respected seafarers.
J. Holger Christensen “was literally raised for the sea, starting with those childhood days when Dad tethered me to the mast of La Blanca” as he ferried cargo — often berries from Bainbridge Island or dynamite from DuPont — throughout Puget Sound.
“Sea Travels” plays out in the first person as Christensen plies the Pacific and visits distant lands detailing everything among them deadly weather, labor strife, shady crew members, renegade cargo, and unusual international relations. It tracks two generations of the Christensen family from Puget Sound’s pioneer days, to the Alaskan Gold Rush and onto the world’s open oceans. Their saga includes hard times and history — taking President Truman salmon fishing on Puget Sound and La Blanca’s dynamite-fueled explosion on a Tacoma shore, one of the most dramatic Puget Sound maritime episodes to this day — as well as the high jinks and heroism of rootless and restless men of the sea.
For the sake of his wife, Christensen ends his career as a merchant mariner shortly after World War II. The couple went on to own a hardware store and construction company on Bainbridge, then a hotel in Port Townsend.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
J. Holger Christensen recorded his life story shortly before he died in 1988, at the request of his nephew, Vaughn Sherman of Edmonds.
Sherman transcribed the tapes, giving copies to family, as well as a few local libraries and museums. Nearly 3 decades later, Sherman decided his uncle’s tales merit publishing for their unique details of 20th century culture, business, family life, the Great Depression and
World Wars.
Vaughn Sherman spent time at sea as a Pacific Northwest fisheries biologist before he was recruited by the CIA. He is author of Sasha’s Plotkin’s Deceit, an espionage novel based on his CIA service and has published three books dealing with the management of non-profit organizations.
Web pages: http://patosislandpress.com & www.vaughnsherman.com
SEA TRAVELS: MEMOIRS OF A TWENTIETH CENTURY MASTER MARINER
September 2012, Patos Island Press
ISBN# 978-0-9847225-1-8~$15.95
208 pages/ 10 b&w photos/ 3 maps
CONTACT: Book It Northwest
Diane Duthweiler or Gail DiRe
dduthweiler@comcast.net gail@gaildire.com
(206) 375-0012 (206) 227-1866
Join Us –
League Quarterly Meeting
Monday July 9th, 2012
10 am
Snohomish County Administration Bldg
Robert J. Drewel Bldg
3000 Rockefeller Ave
Everett, WA 98201
Map
The League quarterly meetings are open to all members and heritage supporters. Please join us to help plan for next March’s Heritage Day 2013.
Bring workshop ideas, suggestions, presenters, and volunteers.
See you there!
Karen Prasse
President
League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations
Everyone is welcome to the Quarterly meeting of the League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations.
Monday, April 4th, 2011 at 10 am
6th floor in Room 6A02 of the Robert J. Drewel Building (Admin East) 3000 Rockefeller Ave
http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/county_information/countycampusmap.htm
Agenda the April 2011 Quarterly League Board
The League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations is established for the purpose of coordinating local organizations for mutual assistance in facilitating funds and grants for historical purposes, establishing and promoting minimum standards for the organization and operation of historical organizations, and conducting county wide heritage programming.*
Call to Order -
Minutes of January 2010 mtg– Kay Bishop/David Cameron (copies of the minutes were sent to Board members, if you are not a board member but would like to see them, email me at ——- info at snocoheritage.org)
Treasurer’s Report – LuAnne Fehrle
Next meeting – Monday July 10 am? Same Location?
—- Malstrom Award Banquet Report
—- Preservation week publicity final draft – to be explained.
—- Sesquicentennial report
—- Scanning and photo/publication projects/workshops
—- Activities Roundtable
Thanks — See you there!
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Karen Prasse
League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations
info@snocoheritage.org
www.snocoheritage.org
