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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 3133934, member: 12007&quot;]I think you might have quite a good score there - I only have one measly piece!</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess my filing system is still operational because I found the entry!</p><p><br /></p><p>here you go:</p><p><br /></p><p>The pot is by Janetta L. Nelson. She was an early female Washington potter.</p><p><br /></p><p>from my files:</p><blockquote><p><i>Janetta L. Nelson, 80, of Olalla died Jan. 31, 1999.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>She was born Aug. 22, 1918, in Puyallup to Charles and Cora Lawson. She was raised and educated in Orting. She later attended Washington State University , majoring in fine arts and graduating Phi Kappa Phi in 1939.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>In 1941, she married Carl Nelson and they moved to Port Orchard. He preceded her in death.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Mrs. Nelson worked as an art teacher in South Kitsap and Bremerton school districts, and was art coordinator for the Bremerton School District at the end of her career. She retired from teaching in the late 1970s after an illness.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>She assembled and prepared the Olalla portion of the &quot;History of Kitsap County&quot; published by the Kitsap County Historical Society in 1977, and was active in the Sydney Historical Association.</i></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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