Jefferson County Herald
MOVIUS FAMILY HOLDS HOLIDAY GET-TOGETHER
1955 or 1956
By Mrs. Peter Jorgensen
(submitted by Diane Movius-Martin )
Seemingly, we did not report all the Fourth of July activities at Gardiner.
The Movius clan, in almost full force, met at the family home of Mrs. Louise
Movius. Those attending the potluck picnic lunch were Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Movius and boys from Port Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Movius and Mrs. Wallace
Brown and family from Eugene, Ore. Mrs. Brown is the twin sister of Mrs. E. R.
Movius. It was a fun day for all with fireworks in the evening.
The Movius family
has been in and around Gardiner for many years. The late Mr. Movius
and Mrs. Movius purchased their property in Gardiner in 1928 and he and his sons
cleared the property and built the house which has been their home for many
years. The family was living in Port Townsend while the house was being
built. On one day of the Christmas week of 1930, Mr. Movius had gone to
the new house to build fires to dry out the plaster when, much to his surprise,
his family arrived on a truck with all the household goods. Totally
unbeknown to him, they had rented and packed a truck and the oldest Movius son
drove it. (Truck was rented from Mr. Tooker). They were determined
to spend Christmas in their new home.
Mr. Movius was employed
for many years at Fort Worden. His hobby was fishing, and he was indeed a
successful fisherman, for he kept the neighborhood supplied with fish. Mr.
and Mrs. Movius had six stalwart sons and one daughter, and too, we mean
stalwart, since the son, shortest in stature, is an even six feet. They
are: Lawrence, of Alaska; Leonard and Brendon of California; Ervin, of
Port Townsend; William of Tacoma, and Jack, of Port Angeles, and Mrs. Louise
King of California. Bill Movius, the “No. 5” son, and his wife Florence
spent last week at his mother’s. Bill and Florence have such a nice
family, consisting of three lovely little blonde girls, Pamela aged 7 ½, Diane 5
½, Debbie Jo 3 ½, and a young son, Bill, 2 ½ years. Bill took his entire
family fishing with him, including the dog. The”Miss-M” a new boat which
Bill built, proved to be a lucky one, for their catch for the week was 4 salmon
weighing 13, 6, 5, and 2 lbs. Poor Debbie Jo caught a small salmon trout
and was truly dismayed when told it was not large enough to keep. Mrs.
Movius can be duly proud of her large family.
