July 22, 2016 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A
Honey Perkel shares ‘Where the Plum Trees Grow’
Life as a homesteader
chronicled in new book
letters and see it through to
fruition.
Perkel pens eighth novel
A family’s story
James was a dream-
er who always wanted to
come to America. James
Seaside’s Honey Perkel met a friend the year be-
was on hand July 12 at fore, Luther Stokes, who
Beach Books to read from worked for the railroad in
her newest book “Where Oregon City. Stokes was a
the Plum Trees Grow.” railroad engineer and of-
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the story was based on a man for the railroad, which
friend’s family history.
he accepted. It required
The friend, Gloria constant fueling of the fur-
Linkey, attended Perkel’s nace on the train and was
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this story of settlers to the
James
made
the
Oregon coast in 1874 was trans-Atlantic trip ahead of
based on her own family’s his family, who set off to
experiences. While she is join him a year later. But
an experienced historian during the course of their
and writer, writing exten- voyage, cholera broke out
sively about Lewis and on their ship and Sarah
Clark, she did not want to Clark, the couple’s three
attempt a novel.
daughters, and James’s
Linkey had a collection younger brother, Charlie
of historic letters telling the were redirected to Halifax,
story of her great-grandfa- Nova Scotia. They were put
ther James and Sarah Clark, on another ship and even-
a Norwich, England couple tually sailed around Cape
who relocated to Oregon in Horn to San Francisco.
the 1860s.
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Linkey asked Perkel to with James in Oregon City.
undertake the project of
The family received a
writing a book based on the homestead lot of 15 acres
By Susan Romersa
For Seaside Signal
SUSAN ROMERSA/FOR SEASIDE SIGNAL
Honey Perkel reads from “Where the Plum Tree Grows”
at Beach Books in Seaside.
from the U.S. government.
But when James was dis-
charged from the railroad,
he was forced to leave his
wife, brother and three
children to go to work in
Arkansas.
This was a bittersweet
time and the book covers
the hardships experienced
by Sarah as she raises her
family in the Oregon wil-
derness. James and Sar-
ah share a romantic love
OBITUARIES
Hubert Elmer Hendrickson
Nov. 27, 1925 — July 3, 2016
Surrounded by family,
Hubert (Hugh) Hendrickson
died peacefully in Seaside,
Oregon, on July 3. Hugh’s
life was a witness to his
deep faith in God. Through
his example, he inspired his
family and all who knew
him to look for good in oth-
ers, love unconditionally,
make a priority to serve and
pray regularly for family and
friends, and volunteer in the
community.
Born in Astoria on Nov.
27, 1925, Hubert was the
only child of Sylvia Ander-
son and Carl Elmer Hen-
drickson. Carl died from a
residual war injury before
Hubert was born, so Sylvia
moved with Hubert to Fern
Hill to live with her parents.
When Hubert was 7, Sylvia
married Cameron Larson,
a local business owner, and
moved to Seaside.
In 1943, Hubert graduated
from Seaside High School,
and would later be inducted
into the Seaside High School
Hall of Fame in recognition
of his high school and career
accomplishments. After high
school, Hubert attended Or-
egon State College before
joining the Navy. He was se-
lected for electronics school,
and at age 19 was assigned
to maintain the electronic
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ing World War II, Hubert re-
turned to OSC, graduating in
1950 with a degree in chem-
ical engineering.
On Sept. 2, 1950, Hubert
married Mae Eileen Hill in
Astoria. They raised their
three children in Longview,
Washington, and then in
Federal Way, Washington,
following a move in 1973.
During his 38-year career
at Weyerhaeuser, Hubert
obtained a patent for using
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tics, and helped develop
new business and energy
technologies based on wood
by-products.
In 2001, Hubert and Mae
lived out their dream of re-
tiring to Arch Cape, became
active at St. Catherine’s
Episcopal Church in Man-
zanita, volunteered in the
Hubert Hendrickson
community, enjoyed gather-
ings with neighbors and gra-
ciously hosted friends and
family at their home. Hu-
bert was an active Rotarian
for more than 50 years and
loved to travel, visiting more
than 40 countries with his
wife and close friends.
Hubert was preceded in
death by his dear wife of 64
years. He is survived by his
children, Mark (Mary) of
Bellevue, Washington, John
of Los Angeles, California,
and Leslie (Greg) Copeland
of McMinnville, Oregon;
and his grandchildren, Ste-
phen and David Hendrick-
son, Kelly (Josh) Merrick
and Corey and Kacie Cope-
land.
A memorial service will
be held on July 30, at 2 p.m.
at St. Catherine’s Episcopal
Church in Manzanita.
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family requests that memo-
rial donations be made to
Rotary International Foun-
dation,
(www.rotary.org/
en/give) or SMART (Start
Making A Reader Today)
of Cannon Beach (www.
getsmartoregon.org), or mail
donations to SMART, 101
S.W. Market St., Portland
OR 97201 with “In memory
of Hubert E. Hendrickson/
Clatsop County SMART” in
the check memo.
Arrangements are en-
trusted to Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary in Seaside. Visit
www.hughes-ransom.com to
leave condolences and sign
the guest book.
DEATHS
July 9, 2016
WINLUND,
Sandra
“Sandie,” 69, of Astoria,
died in Seaside. Ocean View
Seaside
library
receives
grant
Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vice of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
story through their letters.
In one, James reminds his
wife to remember to water
the plum trees that stand
up on the hill. He tells her
to wait for him in the plum
orchard once he is able to
return.
Perkel asks us to refrain
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so you will have to read the
book, available at Beach
Books and bookstores
along the coast.
Honey Perkel is self-published
and a full-time Seaside resident
with her husband Bob. She has
been writing since she was 7.
“Where
the Plum
Trees Grow”
is Perkel’s
eighth novel.
She started
with a trilogy,
“A Thousand
Summers,”
“Secrets at the
Cove” and “A
Place Called
Paradise,” all touching on Seaside
in their subject matter. Her fourth
book, “Just Breathe,” is about her
son, who battled with chemical
dependency and mental instabili-
ty. He died at 31.
Perkel’s fi fth book “The Faithful
Daughter,” is based on her own fam-
ily history and shines light on the
subject of rebellious children and
parental expectations. Book number
six, “The House of Sand,” is a mystery
that takes place in Seaside.
And book number seven, “Be-
tween Two Shores” tells a tale that
takes place between Seaside and
the Pacifi c Ocean — and Ireland
and the Irish sea — where Perkel
and her husband stayed in a
300-year-old house to do research
for her book.
The Oregon Communi-
ty Foundation awarded in
$20 million in spring grants
around the state. In Seaside,
Friends of the Seaside Public
Library received a $10,000
grant from the foundation
to improve services for chil-
dren from birth to age 19 in
rural areas of Clatsop Coun-
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school districts, three cities
and the County. These part-
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and strong collaboration of
libraries in Seaside, Warren-
ton and Astoria.
The Oregon Community
Foundation Education Pro-
gram is a key initiative of
the organization and spans
the birth to post-secondary
spectrum. Each year, mil-
lions of dollars are invested
by the foundation in early
childhood, the K-12 system
and access to post-second-
ary education and training,
places where the foundation
understands they can have
the most leverage.
LETTERS
Right to bear arms
Too many shootings
I am not well educated
and not too smart. I learned
two things reading Mr. Mur-
ray E. Stanley Jr’s. letter in
The Daily Astorian (“In the
dark,” July 1). First, I learned
that democracy is a system by
which the majority can tell
the minority what to do, and
to make their lives miserable.
Second, I learned that the Sec-
ond Amendment is a lie.
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are a vast minority. There are
reasons for that. Firearms are
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expensive to buy and keep.
There is a lot of responsibility
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and a lot of red tape to get
through if one wishes to buy,
sell, keep or carry them around.
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away for no reason by the au-
thorities … without compensa-
tion, or adequate explanation.
Isn’t it funny that nice safe
places like “gun free” schools
are the places where these sad
massacres — committed by
little, cowardly, psychological
basket-cases — commonly
occur?
Many more folks than ever
before are arming themselves.
They perceive that the world
today is a dangerous place,
even here in the U.S. Because
the world is what it is, it is
bound to be more dangerous
in the future. More and more
people are going to have to
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want to remain safe.
If you haven’t noticed, it is
the poorer people who are ex-
posed to the gravest dangers.
They are the people who need
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ownership always have the
greatest impact on the poor and
needy.
Meanwhile, crooks, mal-
contents, professional killers
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arms on the black market, and
in some cases from certain po-
lice departments. Or, for that
matter, they can make their
own, for a fraction of the price
charged by legitimate outlets.
In some cases, it seems
that those who supposedly
are there to guard our safe-
ty— from the local police to
a certain U.S. attorney gen-
eral — have been anxious to
arm criminals in order to give
the Second Amendment a bad
name. They have even armed
criminals outside the borders
of the U.S., where there is no
Second Amendment.
Benjamin A. Greaves
Seaside
There have been too many
recent shootings. The com-
mon response by the media is
that we need more gun con-
trol and/or more police in the
streets.
It’s time to wake up,
America. What we need is
more family values, more
people who know the differ-
ence between right and wrong
and more people taking re-
sponsibility for their own
actions. We have become so
politically correct that we
have banished God from our
classrooms and have driven
patriotism from our schools
and public places.
Many of our young people
are totally adrift, with no di-
rection in their lives. We need
to put parents back in charge,
and allow them to teach right
and wrong, respect for oth-
er people and other peoples’
rights and property.
Cleve Rolfe
Seaside
Slow down speeders
Mayor Larson, you said
you thought 30 mph on Neca-
nicum wasn’t right. This is the
same thought two years ago at
a City Council meeting before
the city lowered the speed lim-
it on Wahanna Road.
I’ve asked the council to
enforce the posted speed limit
because the vehicles still do 50
to 60 mph on Wahanna Road.
Your response was, “We are
doing what the law requires.”
The former police chief also
gave the same answer.
What has to happen to
curb the speeders on Wahan-
na Road?
Tim Flynn
Seaside
Traf¿ c impact
study needed
The donation of land for a
new combined school for the
Seaside School District is just
great. The district will be de-
veloping site plans and cost
estimates over the next few
months and all should con-
tribute their ideas and issues
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vote is positive.
The school district, and
possibly the city, too, has ev-
idently decided that Spruce
St. and its intersection with
Wahanna Road will be the
single access point for the
combined school. The Insti-
tute of Transportation Engi-
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impact study is necessary
when a project creates 100 or
more peak hour trips. Using
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numbers, it appears that the
combined schools projects
will generate at least 250
more peak hour trips thus
triggering the need for a traf-
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appear to me that the City of
Seaside residents on Spruce
and Wahanna and student’s
safety would be much better
served by extending Avenue
F from its planned signaled
intersection on Highway 101
over the creek and up past the
hospital to the new combined
school site. Furthermore, if
designed to meet Cascadia
earthquake requirements, this
bridge would provide a true
tsunami evacuation route for
central Seaside.
John Dunzer
Seaside
Art Walk
kicks off
Aug. 6
The Seaside First Satur-
day Art Walk on Aug. 6 is
all about visual arts.
From 5-7 p.m. visitors
meet artists, sip wine or
snag the better appetizers
by favorite restaurants or
personal chefs, view an
artist demonstration, listen
to an art lecture or enjoy
live performances in mu-
sic.
The Art Walk, in its
14th year, is a walk in the
historic Gilbert District
located between Holladay
and Broadway.
Dedicated parking is to
be found on the corner of
Oceanway and Holladay.
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