THE NEWSLETTER OF THE WASHINGTON STATE SOCIETY

OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS

VOLUME 32 Issue III Fall 2019

Why Americans Love Their Apple PieBY Gabriella Petrick

Smithsonian Magazine - September 2019

How did a humble dessert become a recipe for democracy?

In the early 1900s, the United States was at war—over pie. On one side were the traditionalists, who saw pie as “an article of necessity in every household as much as the bed and cook stove,” according to a Chicago Daily Tribune report in 1899. On the other side were the food reformers, who wanted to break this unhealthy and corrupting habit. “Pie really is an American evil,” Kate Masterson wrote in the New York Times in 1902. It is an “unmoral food,” she warned, offering advice for spotting pie eaters: They have “sallow complexions” and “lusterless or unnaturally bright eyes” and, of course, they “are all dyspeptic.” “No great man,” she wrote, “was ever fond of pie.”

Those were fighting words. Pie eaters traced their love of the dish back to the founding fathers—a particular pumpkin pie recipe credited to the Adams family was said by the Kansas City Star to have “raised a well-fed race of jurists, scholars, orators and Presidents”—and still further back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The pie tradition of the New England colonies had come from old England with the settlers, who transformed the savory kidney and mincemeat pies of the British Isles into sweet pies filled with fruits that grew well along the Atlantic Coast. The crusts changed, too. They were lighter and flakier because lard from pigs was more abundant in the Colonies than tallow from cows. (Sugar and spices were imported to the Colonies from Britain, which controlled most trade.) In 1892, Rudyard Kipling

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described the Northeast as “the great American pie belt,” a title that traditionalists claimed proudly. As the population moved west, the pie recipes did, too.

By the turn of the century, Americans were eating more apple pie than any other variety. Apples, first brought to the continent by the colonists, grew well across large swaths of the country and could be stored through the winter, unlike most other fresh fruits. The phrase “as American as apple pie” would not be coined until a 1924 advertisement in the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Times for men’s suits that bucked English fashion trends. But the idea was already so deeply ingrained that pie eating became a way for the country’s newest arrivals—now mainly from Central, Southern and Eastern Europe—to assimilate. “Every American is born with an appetite for pie,” a New York newspaper opined in 1895.As for the immigrant, the paper wrote, “his Americanism, in fact, may be tested in his taste for pie. The reformers might have won the battle, too, if not for the outbreak of World War I. Now pie eating was patriotic. “As soon as an American boy goes to any foreign country he at once begins to languish for American pie,” a Boston Daily Globe editorial professed in 1918. The craving, the Globe wrote, was a hunger for democracy itself: “Patrick Henry might as well have said ‘Give me pie or give me death’ because what is liberty without pie?”

It maintained its symbolic significance into the Cold War. When Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited New York City in the fall of 1960 to address the United Nations, a woman named Virginia McCleary sent a package from her Texas home to Khrushchev’s residence on Park Avenue.

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Apple Pie RecipeFilling3 pounds apples2 teaspoon fresh lemon zest3/4 cup white sugarsufficient quantity rose waterpinch of salt

Directions1. Prepare the pastry: Roll the pastry and line a 9-inch pie plate with the bottom crust. Roll out the remaining dough for the top crust. Chill the pastry.2. Preheat the oven to 400° F.3. Prepare the filling: Add your lemon zest and lime juice to the bowl. Peel, halve and core the apples. Be sure to remove seeds. Stew apples.4. In a separate bowl, mix together the sugar and rose water. Add them to the apples just before you want to bake the pie, mix gently. Adjust sugar to taste as needed.5. Scrape the filling into the bottom crust, dot with butter and cover it with the second crust. Trim and crimp the crust; chill the pie for about 10 minutes in the refrigerator. Cut vent slits in the top crust. It is your option to sprinkle it with sugar or brush the top with egg wash.

Apple pie is ready

6. Bake the pie on a baking sheet for 10 minutes at 400° F or until the crust looks dry, blistered, and blonde. Turn the oven down to 375°F, and bake for at least 45 minutes more or until the crust is golden brown, and visible juices are thickened and bubble slowly through the slits in the top crust. Check if the bottom crust has darkened. If not bake a little more and cover the top crust, so it does not burn.7. Cool the pie completely before cutting at least a few hours or warm in an hour. Store the pie uncovered in a cool place up to three days.

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The bomb squad was called to examine the five-pound delivery. Inside was an apple pie. The pastry, McCleary said, would introduce Khrushchev to American values: “The Communist pie is nothing but crust. In America we have an upper crust and a lower crust but it’s what’s between—the middle class—that gives the real flavor.”

Today apple pie tastes like nostalgia, as in the unforgettable (try as one might) 1974 General Motors jingle “Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet, they go together in the good ol’ USA.” The company revived it in 2012 as the nation emerged from the financial crisis and the lingering menace of 9/11.

Despite the current fad for locally grown fresh foods that are low carb, keto-friendly and gluten-free, we still have a soft spot for this classic dessert: About 186 million pies of all sorts are purchased every year at the nation’s grocery stores alone. The ingredients have evolved over the years in step with waves of immigrants—think mango, Asian pear and banana split—but America’s undisputed favorite is still apple pie.

Apple Pie Cont. From Page 2 The Treasurer’s NoteAnnual members ~ Be on the look out for an invoice for 2020 dues either emailed or mailed to you depending on your preferred delivery method around December 15th. Payment is due by January 15th. You are more than welcome to mail your dues now. Please make your check payable to WA Mayflower Society in the amount of $29.

Life members ~ Remember “to remain a Life Member the Society must be informed annually of the member’s current contact information.” (ByLaws Article III Sec. 3c) By the society having your current contact info, you are able to receive the latest Mayflower Quarterly, Evergreen Log, etc. Please contact the treasurer, Martha Music by one of the following methods ~

Martha Music (aka Martha, Washington)Mail ~ PO Box 394, Allyn, WA 98524 Email ~ treasurer@washingtonmayflower.orgPhone ~ 360-275-3457

Illuminate Thanksgiving will be held this year at dusk on Saturday, November 23rd. Getting its name from the quote by Governor William Bradford, One Small Light will be read at the Plymouth waterfront at dusk, when candles will be lit. Mayflower Descendants are asked to light a candle or lantern in honor of your Pilgrim ancestor. Illuminate Thanksgiving is an opportunity to pause and GIVE THANKS, while having an opportunity to GIVE BACK. Share your photos on our Facebook page #IlluminateThanksgiving.

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“As one small candle may light a thousand,so the light here kindled has shown unto many.”

Governor William Bradford, Of Plimoth Plantation

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Two years ago, when I first assumed the role as Governor, I said now was the time to honor your heritage, show your Pilgrim Pride, and get your ‘Pilgrim’ on. At that time, the 400th Commemoration was more than 1000 days away. Today, as I write this, we are less than three months … 90 days … from the start of the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California featuring our GSMD float entitled A Voyage of Hope, commencing our 400th year! It is unbelievable how quickly the time has flown.Like the other membership Societies within the GSMD, your Washington Society has been making plans for our big commemoration year! The Washington Society partnered with the Oregon Society to bring a bit of Plimoth to the Pacific Northwest! Arrangements have been made for Plimoth Plantation reenactor Vicki Oman to be the keynote speaker at our 2020 WASMD Annual Meeting at the Tacoma Yacht Club on Sunday, April 26th 2020. She will visit classrooms, both in Washington and Oregon, presenting what life was like in a 17th century colonial village during the school week, and then she will be Oregon’s keynote at their Annual meeting the following weekend. This great partnership benefits both our Societies as we forge new ways to be ‘The Society’ in the 21st Century. This is not your grandmother’s Mayflower Society! Meet ups …Hiking … River Cruise … ideas are always welcome!2020 is the year WASMD will finally launch its Scholarship program ‘A Letter Home’. Reviewing our previous BOA meeting minutes, this idea has been on the back burner since the mid-80’s! ‘A Letter Home’ is an opportunity to support our Junior members in their future educational endeavors, while increasing their knowledge of our Pilgrim past. More information about this

scholarship can be found in a separate article.Technology - and how we interact with it – is constantly changing. A new website will be launched Compact Day 2019 – updated, streamlined, and user friendly. Applications to WASMD have increased 4-fold over previous years in anticipation of 2020 events. This new website will provide current members with better access to Society news & events, project a clear image of who we are to prospective members, and allow the Society to meet the needs of our members in our ever changing world.So now’s the time! Find a way to celebrate your heritage – help plan an event, invite some ‘cousins’ out for coffee, take a hike, light a candle! There will be more news forthcoming on other WASMD events planned this year. Our new website – and emails will keep you informed!

Time to get your Pilgrim on!

Governor’s Message

31st Governor

Anyone attending Plymouth 2020 please communicate with Governor Harrington AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. You could serve as a delegate to WASMD for Congress 2020.

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5General Board of Assistants (GBOA) ConferenceEyes of a Newbie

Representing our state at the GBOA meeting held in Denver in September was Judy Arnold, our Deputy Governor General and me, our acting Assistant General. Jane Hurt, the Secretary General invited me to speak about using Quickbooks to track our membership. There was so much to take in for my first time as being a representative of our state.

For genealogy buffs names can be very fascinating. The first introduction went like this. “Hi I am Judy, Arizona.” My reply was “Martha, Washington.” Of course that left everyone chuckling. Our state society has two Martha Washingtons. Jane Ritchie who portrays Martha Washington and Martha Music aka Martha, Washington.I recently had to contact the co-historian for Texas. While looking on their website, I came across someone on the board named Prairie and had wondered is this person a guy or gal. Sure enough I met Prairie at the conference. Prairie is a gal. That question has been solved.

GSMD now has its own color guard, Mayflower Guard. One guard member’s name is Myles Standish. The Mayflower Guard was formed by James B. Battles. The guard members are appropriately dressed and equipped like the Mayflower passengers who formed the militia in 1620-1621. If you are interested in joining the Mayflower Guard, you can contact James Battles at battles.mayflowerguard@gmail.com. The guard is always looking for a few good men and women.

Pink is the color of the mayflower. When I walked into the breakfast room, there was a sea of pink purses. Now I know why I was drawn to buy a pink purse. People were proudly wearing pink in different forms and shades. So much pink could be seen that a bystander wanted to know if we were all attending a Mary Kay convention.

Lots of talk about the 2020 Celebration. If you had any questions about it, all you had to do was look for a person wearing a pink sash because that person was on the 2020 Committee. Various states had set up tables to sell commemorative items like pins, drinking glasses, license plate holders, books, etc. GSMD is selling a beautiful bowl and matching candle sticks as a set. Louisiana is hosting a Mayflower Cotillion and Heritage Ball to celebrate their 75th anniversary as well as 2020. Massachusetts is looking for 102 people dressed in Pilgrim Propriate Attire (PPA) to stand next to 102 immigrants being sworn in as US Citizens. California is selling wine labelled in honor of 2020 to help defray the cost of building a float for the Rose Bowl parade. You can believe people on the float will be dressed in PPA.

Regarding my presentation what I thought and reality were at the opposite of ends of the spectrum. Thought the presentation would be in a small room with 20 or 30 people. It was in a huge conference room in front of 250 people. Yikes! Thought I would be able to place the laptop on the podium and use the microphone to present my power point presentation. Anybody who knows me knows that I am on the short side. Governor General George Garmany was very kind to hold up the laptop so I could speak into the microphone. During the presentation people were taking pictures of the slides with their phones. This let me know that people appreciated my presentation.

On a closing note, if you ever get to Denver for any reason remember to drink lots of water and use eye drops because of the dry air. I am eternally grateful for Judy Arnold for picking up eye drops for me.Thank you, Judy!

Submitted by Martha, Washington aka Martha Music

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New MembersWelcome Aboard!

Washington SocietyBoard Members

Congratulations on tracing your family’s history to a 1620 passenger of the ship Mayflower emigrants from England and Holland, Signers of America’s first self-governance agreement (the Mayflower Compact) and present at America’s first Thanksgiving!

New supplementals:Society Member Ancestor (gen#)David Raese Mrs. James Chilton (14)

Governor – Bruce D. Harrington Governor@WashingtonMayflower.orgDeputy Governor – Jocelyn Paulson DeputyGovernor@WashingtonMayflower.orgRecording Secretary – Marilynn Sabo RecordingSecretary@WashingtonMayflower.orgCorresponding Secretary – Luanne Green CorrespondingSec@WashingtonMayflower.orgTreasurer – Martha Music Treasurer@WashingtonMayflower.orgHistorian – Jerri McCoy Historian@WashingtonMayflower.orgAssistant Historian – Katherine Gaffney AssistantHistorian-Jrs@WashingtonMayflower.orgElder – Carol Jean Gaffney Elder@WashingtonMayflower.orgCaptain – Jeffry Doughty Captain@WashingtonMayflower.orgEvergreen Editor– Barb Doughty Maghirang logeditor@WashingtonMayflower.org

Assistants:Barb Doughty Maghirang, Federal Way

Dorothy Hull, University PlaceCheryl Eastwood, Redmond

Kathleen Quickstad, SammamishDavid Raese, Mukilteo

Jane Ritchey, Kitsap CountyAllen Gray, Issaquah

General Society OfficersDeputy Governor General (DGG) – Judith A. Arnold

Assistant General (AG) – Jocelyn Paulson

Immediate Past GovernorJudith A. Arnold

WA# First Last Ancestor(gen#) City1841 Christina J. Byrd Richard Warren (12) Malaga, WA1842 Hannah R. Victor George Soule (13) Spokane Vly, WA1843 Jessica C. Haselby John Howland (12) Seattle, WA1844 Jenifer K. Parsons William Bradford (11) Yakima, WA1845 Randal L. Roach George Soule (11) Pasco, WA1846 Thomas S. Brown Francis Cooke (13) Seattle, WA1847 Thomas J. Martin Richard Warren (12) Gig Harbor, WA1848 Valerie (Szabanowski) Suttle Edward Doty (12) Renton, WA1849 Daniel E. Hults William Bradford (12) Everett, WA1850 Teresa (Davison) O’Sullivan Richard Warren (12) Seattle, WA1851 Samantha (Cushman) Werner Stephen Hopkins (14) Lake Stevens, WA1852 Mary (Chapman) Cole John Alden (11) Seattle, WA1853 Kenneth D. Roberts Edward Fuller (11) Gig Harbor, WA

Junior Members Welcomed:

Sponsor Junior Member Ancestor

A great gift for newborns and juniors (in and out of state.) Junior members receive a birthday card annually through their 18th birthday. Birthday cards are mailed first class, with “Return Receipt Requested,” to ensure addresses are updated. Sponsors may request application forms and send address changes to this email address: AsstHistorian-jrs@WashingtonMayflower.org

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William Bradford’s Copy of the Compact

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As I headed off to my family’s annual family picnic this summer, I passed by the Neely Mansion. I pass this mansion just off of Highway 18 many times throughout the year on my travels to soccer games or cemetery visits and I always think to myself, “What’s its story?”

I thought maybe it was just a regular old farmhouse, until I googled it. I found their website and was surprised to find out it actually has a preservation association and the mansion is open to tours and events. Wow! It’s not just a regular old farmhouse! Unfortunately the summer tours ended in August so I’ll have to wait till next summer to actually go in and explore.

While reading about the home on their website, I learned that the Neely family came from Tennessee and were among the early settlers of the Kent/Auburn area. (I wonder if they knew Mary Olson and her family just a ways up the Green River?) By 1891, son Aaron (1849-1931) was a prominent landowner in Auburn and began construction on the two-story Victorian classic revival farmhouse, completing it in 1894. The Neely farm consisted of 284 acres with a dairy, potatoes and other crops and orchards with apple, pear, and cherry trees. After living in the mansion less than 15 years, the Neely family moved into the city of Auburn and they leased the farm to several different families over the years.

In the 1940’s, some Neely family members lived in the mansion while leasing part of the farm to Pete Acosta (1910-2006), a Filipino migrant worker. He and his family lived in a small house nearby. When the last of the Neely family moved out of the mansion, single Filipino farm workers lived there. Pete farmed the land for many years, finally retiring in the late 1980’s.

By the 1970’s the Auburn Arts Council acted to save and restore the building. The Neely Mansion Association merged with the Auburn Arts Council in 1985 to take over ownership of the mansion and has been working to restore the mansion to its former glory. The Neely Mansion is listed on the National Register for Historic Places, the Washington State Register, and is a designated King County Landmark.

I “googled” around for more Neely family information, and since I have Filipino in-laws, I googled the Pete Acosta family as well. The Auburn Reporter published an article about the Neely mansion’s 125th anniversary celebration, in June 2019 and a Filipino Heritage Day in August. Darn - I’m too late again!

I also checked out Find A Grave for the Neelys and although there’s not much family history posted about them they do have some pictures, which are always neat to see. Sadly there’s very little posted on Pete Acosta’s page. And he and his wife’s pages aren’t even linked yet. Hopefully someone will take on the task of making sure his family stories are not lost!Do you have a place in your neighborhood that you’ve always been meaning to check out? Next time you pass

WashingtonWanderings

By Barb Doughty Maghirang

Neely Mansion - Auburn - Gateway to the Green River Valley

Photo Credit Barb Maghirang

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that place, take a few minutes out of your errand to check it out! It may have some fascinating history!

Happy Wanderings!For more information, directions and visiting hours, check the Neely Mansion Association website at: http://www.neelymansion.org.

Do you have any family stories to share with us, your cousins? Is there a historic place in our great state that you stumbled upon and can share your visit with us? Don’t hesitate to forward your stories to me at:logeditor@WashingtonMayflower.org There’s a lot of stories out there just waiting to be heard!

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Neely MansionPhoto Credit Barb Maghirang 12303 SE Auburn-Black Diamond Road Auburn WA 98092

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On the HorizonI’ll make this short and sweet (hmmm, apple pie anyone?) since we have a lot of news to share. Fall is here and the holidays are bearing down on us quickly. We had a fun summer picnic with Martha Washington and some delicious

BBQ, we’re welcoming a lot of new members, a new website is pending, and our Scholarship is gearing up.

We have several opportunities for our members to help run our Society such as the Scholarship Committee, the 2020 Committee and two openings on the Board. We could also use someone (or someones) to help out at the Welcome desk for our meetings. Any help is appreciated, even if you can only pitch in once in awhile. To the first one who steps up and volunteers, I’ll treat you to an apple pie at the Fall meeting! And don’t forget to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and update your computer passwords.

Cousin Barb Doughty MaghirangYour newsletter editor

Welcome Cousins!2019

Fall Meeting 2019 - Mayflower Compact DayNov. 16, 2019, 11:30 AM @ Basil’s Kitchen Publish 2020 Website - More than a boat! Scholarship - present and raise funds 2020 Membership Dues deadline

#IlluminateThansgiving Nov. 23, 2019 - Dusk (Social Media Event)

2020A Letter Home Scholarship Deadline Jan. 15, 2020

Plimouth Plantations Vickie OmanPresented by WA/OR Mayflower SocietiesApr. 25 - May 1, 2020 - School Presentations

Annual Spring Meeting & 400th CommemorationWith Vickie OmanApr. 26, 2020 - Tacoma Yacht Club

Summer Picnic & BBQSummer, 2020

The Washington Mayflower Society donates to the Seattle Public Library in memoriam of deceased members. These funds are intended to be used for books and materials in the Genealogy Collection.

Robert Allen GreeneOctober 05, 1927 - September 18, 2019

(For full obituary, visit website: https://www.hillfuneralhome.com/obituary/robert-greene)

ROBERT ALLEN GREENE, 91 of East Greenwich, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Marilyn R. (Felthousen) Greene for sixty-one years.He was the past Governor of the RI Mayflower Society and the former Governor General of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Donations in his memory may be made to First Baptist Church Endowment Fund, PO Box 551, East Greenwich, RI 02818 or Hope Hospice and Palliative Care, 1085 Main Street, Providence, RI 02904.

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Compact Day Luncheon 2019Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019

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Governor Harrington’s Message

Dead Men Do Tell Tales! What We Can Learn the from the Archaeology of Early Colonial America

Deanna Heikkinen received her Doctorate of Education from California Lutheran University and also holds a Master’s of Art in both History and in Anthropology. She taught at the community college level for over ten years before leaving to start the Pisan Academy, an education company devoted to reintroducing the Great Books. She has taught Anthropology, History, and Humanities. Deanna has a background in historic and prehistoric American archaeology, Egyptian archaeology, and archaeological textile analysis. Her research interests also include historic architecture, early Christianity, and art history.

Darci Heikkinen received her Master’s of Arts degree in Anthropology and has a minor in history. She has taught on the college level for over ten years in math, English, and History. Darci has experience in California prehistoric and historic archaeology with a focus on bioarchaeology and fauna analysis. Her research interests also includes genealogy, Colonial America, and Medieval through Renaissance history. Darci currently works for the Pisan Academy developing curriculum and serving as the Director of Operations.

Darci Heikkenen, M.A. ANDeanna Heikkenen, Ed.D.

In this presentation, sister archaeologists, Darci and Deanna Heikkinen, will discuss how the archaeological

record can add to, verify, or even dispute the written historical record. Through summaries of some of the

more noted excavations of the Plymouth Colony and surrounding areas, insights into these early settlers will

be provided, including what can be learned from their material culture. Following this, information on how

bioarchaeological research, including DNA and bone analysis, is used to determine the settlers’ diet, health, and

even familial relationships.

Compact Day Luncheon Presentation

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A Scholarship Program Comes Home

The Washington Society of Mayflower Descendants (WASMD) invites its Junior members, 9th through 12th grades, interested in the lives of their Mayflower ancestors, to assume the life of a young person living at Plimoth. It is 1626; the Colony is five years old. You are going to write a letter to a friend or family member telling them about your life at Plimoth. Your letter home must be from 500 to 800 words in length and based upon any aspect of life in Plimoth during its first five years. Topics might include food, clothing, housing, health problems, relationships among the Pilgrims, relationships with Native Americans, religious observances – anything of interest to you. It is your letter home. Each ‘Letter Home’ will be judged based upon its historical accuracy, clarity, organization, grammar and spelling, and documentation. The deadline for submission is January 15th, 2020. The winning ‘Letter’ will be published in the Spring Edition of our Evergreen Log, and the $500 scholarship will be presented at our Annual Spring Meeting on April 26th, 2020 at the Tacoma Yacht Club. Much discussion was given to the creation of this scholarship, and that there are many paths to education in today’s world, both formal full-time classes as well as part-time online learning. It was recognized that a scholarship ‘supporting education’ could mean support for the cost of classes (i.e. tuition, books, supplies) or support for living expenses (i.e. gas, food, rent) while getting an education. It is hoped that the flexibility of this Scholarship Program will meet the needs of our Junior members, expanding in the future as we increase our Scholarship Funds. The BOA is looking for members to serve on the Scholarship Committee, helping to administer this program and foster its growth in the future.

A Letter Home

Society of Mayflower Descendantsin the State of Washington8621 John Dower Rd SW, Lakewood, WA 98499Return Receipt Requested