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This was the Clayton School until 1915 when the beautiful brick building opened.

This is the old school as a private home. Is this building the present Brickyard Tavern?

The interior of the Westby Mercantile in about 1915. Kap Westby is on the left. A Susan Wind Simpson photo.

We recently boarded a tour bus from a retirement home in Spokane, Washington, and headed for the Clayton Burger Drive In. Upon our arrival and placing our orders we took our seats around a large table. All of us but with one exception. One gentleman took his seat across the room by a large window. He gazed out this window with a rather pensive look on his face. He soon got up and walked over to our table and begged our forgiveness for not joining us. He explained that not far to the north of us he had spent many many years. It was his desire just to spend some time reflecting. With that he went back to his table and sat down. This man's name is Ralph Reynolds, he is now 92 years old and this is the story related to us during the course of the day. Mr. Reynolds spent several years in World War II and his story differs immensely from most of our gallant soldiers in those troubled times. He has a Doctorate of Law and two seperate degrees. He was assigned as an Intelligence officer under General George Patton. He officiated at the war crimes trial under the direction of General Patton. When he got out of the service he spent 55 years in a summer cabin at Granite Point on Loon Lake, Washington. He was an ordained minister by this time with his doctorate. He spent 25 years conducting summer services at the Granite Point Beach Sanctuary. This sanctuary is referred to even to this day as the Reynolds' Church. Now this service is conducted by a cousin of my sons. Furthermore the Biddle family who have owned Granite Point since the early 1920s are related to the Reynolds in some manner. During this explanation Mr. Reynolds mentioned Linda Hailey's husband Joe who often took Mr. Reynolds to his hunting lodge. This very same hunting lodge many years ago was the home and the farm of Darrell and Elsie Gibson. The grandparents whose son now officiates at the Granite Point Sanctuary. Our family and the Gibson family had close ties, and we also spent many hours a day soon at this same farm. In addition to the 25 years spent as pastor at Granite PointS sanctuary Ralph was pastor for seven years at the Wild Rose United Methodist Church on Wild Rose Prairie. As we pulled into this little churchyard which sits all alone with beautiful surroundings so serene and secluded, Mr. Reynolds said, "Do you see that lighted cross up there? I personally built and installed that cross myself." We have barely scratched the surface of this man's life. Rest assured there is much more to follow.

Lorraine Milner Ball is on the left, Betty Jean Krick, Keeva Rupp Clyburn and Luella Milner Dow is on the right. Thanks to Lorraine Ball for the photo.

Wally Parker started school in Clayton in 1951. He has retired after working many years at Holy Family Hospital. Most important to us, he is the editor and chief author of The Reports to the Clayton Historical Society. The Third Volume is now in distribution.

This house was built in the 1920's to house the Superintendent of the Washington Brick and Lime Company. The Schwargs lived here until the 1980s and had it placed on the Washington State Register of Historical Places. Kelly and Heather Boswell and family live here at the present time. The house is located just east of The Clayton School. A Bill Sebright photo.

Bill Sebright as an early teenager with the biggest brook trout his family took out of Beaver Creek. He still lives on the banks of Beaver Creek. His Dad bought the old Maclin place in 1947.

Prior to the devestating fires, Clayton was quite the little metropolis. The fire took every business, the train depot and the Brick plant. The Terra Cotta and the residetial area was spared due to a change in the wind direction. Also left standing was the Protestant Church in the upper left which still stands today.

Building a log addition to the Williams Valley farm - 1948. Left to right, Mattie Canfield, Lillie Mae Parker, Wallace Lee Parker, and in the shadows, Wanda Joyce Parker. This picture and caption are from CHS's Book 3 in the article entitled "In Search of Mattie Canfield."

Mr. and Scrivens, Clarence and Wilda Nord in the early 50s. Thanks to Warren and Rainy Nord for the picture. Clarence Nord was the janitor at Clayton Grade School for many years. He pampered all of us little rug rats tirelessly. Mr. and Mrs. Scrivens had a son named Ray. He and Carl Lindh ran the gas station for a few years. When Ray left it became Carl and Don's for many years.

This is Hazel Renner by the Veterans' Memorial in 2000. The Memorial has two more has the Veterans from 2 more wars now.

This Hazel Schonfeld in Grand Fork, British Columbia, 1930. She is standing in front of the World War I Veterans' Memorial. It is thought that she was there to watch the Clayton Town Baseball Team.

From a 1908 postcard this view of Clayton probably taken from a smoke stack. As you can see from the piles of cord wood the Brick Plant was once powered by wood from the surrounding area. My people like Eddie Oslen made a living, at least for a while, cutting cord wood. The building with the "X" on it was the store owned by Joe Huffman, Mae Huffman Fischbach's uncle.

Rose and Fred Schonfeld at their 50th Wedding Anniversary party.

Fred and Rosina Catherine (Schmidt) Schonfeld on their wedding day.

Rare to say the least. There may be some with the WBL on them but a brick with "CLAYTON"!!! Ben Renner started working at the Brick Plant in 1920. He had never seen a "CLAYTON" brick produced. So they have to be close to 100 years old.

A few of our Clayton Deer Park Historical Society group. L. to R. Wallace Parker, Managing Editor of our publicatons, Duane Costa, ( who along with his Cousin Bruno donated an original Leno Prestini painting to the CDPHS. It was delivered to us by Mr. Bruno Costa.), Warren Nord, along with his wife Rainy are the proud owners of the farm depicted in Clayton Page 6, and Bob Gibson, (He and his wife Lily Mae Lowery Gibson were born and raised in the area. He is a walking historian.)

Now under the proud ownership of Allen and Sharon ( Jarrett) Olson, located on the very eastern part of Clayton. Originaly built by the Michaels family in 1926 as a chicken coup. A Bob Clouse photo.

The AB Pit of Washington Brick and Lime Company in 1939.

Mae Huffman Fischbach Class of 1932, Clayton High School in her Spokane home. Her father was the rural mail carrier for many years. There is a picture of her father in his mail buggy on Clayton Page 2. Her brother Bob built the Roman brick house across the railroad tracks west of the old Brick Plant. Leno Prestini did the brick work. He put an "H" in the fireplace on the west side of the house. The Loren Hubbard family now lives there. So the "H" still works! A Bill Sebright photo.

This is the graduating class of 1932 from Clayton High School. Front row L to R Mae Huffman Fischbach, Francis Wind, Marie Loomis, Ruth Hanson, Back row L to R. Forrest Biddle, Glen Herr, Milton Carr, Bob Sater. Not in picture, Arnold Johnson.

There are a total of 21 life sized figures on the Exterior Facade of the Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington thanks to the mastery, Inspiration and thought of renowned artist Allan Clark. 18 of which were carved, fired and shipped from the terra cotta plant at Clayton WA. However the three statues shown here are of different material as disscribed below. This figure represents "THOUGHT"

The Owen Parker family about the winter of 1952-53. On their Williams Valley farm. L to R Daughters Lillie Mae, Faril Fay, Wanda Joyce., Mother and Father Lillie Ada and Owen Lee Parker and Son Wallace Lee, Photo taken most likely with a Kodak Box camera. Notice the girls look like carbon copies of their Mother..

These are Allan Clarks work but were Commissioned and finished at least a year prior to the Clayton Terra Cotta statues. These were made of "cast stone" A material man made by unknown measures. They were cast about 1926 and have retained a certain pleasant gleam to this day. The Statues are allegoric but were modeled by real people in Allan Clarks studio in Tacoma WA. This figure represents "Inspiration"

Another shot of the AB Pit in1940. Is that Ben or Richard Renner on the loader?

While representatve of Allan Clarks craftsmanship, these three statues had nothing to do with Clayton.This figure justifiably represents " Mastery"

Compliments to Susan And Bob Simpson. Back row, Stump Wind with his arm around Helen (Olds) Wind, Mike and Toots Cowan, Olga (Westby) Wind, Middle row, Fred Wind Sr., Emma (Cowan) Melander. Front row, Ole Wind, Christina Cowan. Crouching in front, Rose (Grant) Cowan holding Susan's older Sister Karen (Francis) Wind.

The Suzzallo Library is renowned as one of the top Architectual designs in the world. This is an overall view of the main entrance. Photos by Hector Auffant, Floral designer, Seattlle WA. at the request of Robert A. Clouse

This photo, taken in 1948, is of Wally Lee Parker sitting atop the Parker family horse, Shelia. The late afternoon photograph was taken on the family's Williams Valley farm. On the far right is the back end of a Model A sedan - soon to be cut down into a pickup. The hands and cane in front of the Ford belonged to next-door neighbor - and local legend - Mattie Canfield.