"J.P. Patches Place" - Street Naming Event in Fremont, Sunday - June 1, 2013History House of Greater Seattle is pleased to invite you to the J.P. Patches Place street naming event. Sunday, June 1st (10am to 1pm–ish… final details pending from the City). History House of Greater Seattle On this day, folks will gather to celebrate the renaming of the section of N 34th St between Fremont Ave N and Troll Way N to "J.P. Patches Place". This section runs directly in front of the J.P. Patches and Gertrude "Late for the Interurban" statue in Fremont. Join Us!!! Speakers will include Mayor Michael McGinn and representatives from SDOT, Fremont, History House and the family of Chris Wedes (J.P.). This event is free and open to the public. Tell everyone you know. If you’d like to help with this event or for more information contact: John Nordstrand |
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A Celebration of J.P. Patches (SEATTLE) A public celebration of the life and legacy of J.P. Patches (played for more than 50 years by Chris Wedes) took place on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 11:00 am at McCaw Hall (the Opera House) at the Seattle Center. Wedes passed away on July 22 after a long illness. Emcee for A Celebration of J.P. Patches was Chris's good friend Pat Cashman, who was joined onstage by family members and other notable Patches Pals for a fond look at what Chris Wedes and J.P. Patches will always mean to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. A Celebration of J.P. Patches was presented by the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), with support from the Seattle Center, History House and many, many Patches Pals too numerous to mention. A Celebration of J.P. Patches was streamed LIVE and rebroadcast on KIRO channel 7 at 8 pm September 8th, 2012. Below is the entire program courtesy KIRO TV. |
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"Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless mass would turn into smething useful like a glass? Neat huh? I mean without glasses we couldn't see or have anything to put Kool-Aid in!
