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Cl at sop County H istorical Society Quarterly Voi . 3- No. 3 Si M \l I K 201 / 9 0 / 6 1 0 2 / m o c ger. ML g T o H nbl WER. w O o T pt D- m R u A t U s G w. E F w LI w E- / D ttp:/ EASI h S The Seaside lifeguard tower and turn-a-round. ca. 1940s In This Issue... ' Mob violence occurs in Portland and other places around the world, but in Clatsop County - never. Well, almost never. In 1962, vacationing students rioted in Seaside on Labor Day and again the next two years. Hugh McKenna’s first-hand account appears in this issue, provided by his son, also named Hugh. It reveals how a mild-mannered man pelted with rocks and bricks can respond with so much anger that he looks forward to the next confrontation. McKenna put the blame for the riot on Seaside’s mayor Pysher as does the 1965 government paper assessing the causes (in the CCHS archives). A different view of the riot from a high school student Stew Dodge is in the next story. Also in this issue are some of the many photos Sam Foster, former CCHS President, took of Tony Moreno’s treasure hunt on the beach at Manzanita. Stan Simson sent us a humorous story of his experience working at Zero Zone Lockers for Don Jossy. Martha McKeown’s book Alaska Silver (the reminiscences of Mont Hawthorne) has been abridged for Cumtuxby Bruce Berney, former CCHS director, in the hope that readers will search out libraries that will have copies that can be checked out. —The Editor Clatsop County Historical Society ( i a i sop County Ills I OKtt'AI Soi l l I Y 714 1 xchange St. P.O. Box 88 Astoria, Oregon 9"movoo88 (sot) us aiot cchs(2lc umtux.org Clatsop County Historical Society www.iumtux.org Quarterly Heritage Museum Vol. 37, No. 3 — Summer 2017 iftth aiui Exchange St., Astoria Copyright © 2017 Clatsop County Historical Society I lavel House Museum (ISSN 1083-9216) 8th and Duane St., Astoria Oregon Film Museum 7th and Duane St., Astoria Contents: Uppertown Firelighters Museum toth and Marine Drive, Astoria 2 The 1962 Seaside Labor Day Riot by Hugh McKenna BOARD 01 DIRECTORS Andrew Bornstein, Astoria 1 2 The Louie Files: 62 Seaside Riot I’resiilenl by David Craig Kent Easom, Astoria Vice-/’resident 20 Zero Zone Lockers I like (iolvin, Astoria Secretary by Sian Sitnson Kent IvanolF, Astoria Treasurer 23 Alaska Silver Jim Aalberg, Portland Abridged far Cumtux by Brett I stes, Astoria Paul Mitihell, Warrenton Bruce Berney David Reid, Astoria Patricia Roberts, Gearhart J I odd Scott, Seattle 32 Some Traditional History Randy Stempcr, Astoria 36 The Search tor the STAFF Neah ka h n ie Treas u re Ms Andrew Burns / even fire Dim tor 43 Servant forCieneral Housework Sam Rascoe Dire 1 tor 0/ Marketing 47 A poem tor summer 1 nsa I’enner Archivist <'• ( UM TUX / dif.ir 4S A Gandy dancer remembers Chelsea Vaughn Corator Anna leadtke Front Cover: Business Al 11 linger "YOU MOVE ANP IT I Kill Ya": Fills IMAGE Malt Powers I ROM FHE 196.1 Si ASID1 RIOT WAS AN AWARP Tacilities Alunuger WINNER FOR I'llF OREGONIAN PHOTOGRAPHER Carol lamhert Chuck Von Wald. Hugh McKenna is the Karen l.eedom subduer. Sheila Nolan Michael Wentworth Cumfux Support CUMTUX: Chinook jargon: "To know... to inform" n a i n o g e r O e h T Seaside riot 1962: Young