/ > ...-, I 'Ikil,r ./-~/ ,~ Volume 5 Number 2 Spring 2003 Harry Glasson Wows two crowds! <'~""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""~ ~ Harry Glasson, the bard from West Cornwall, brought his original ~ .~. Cornish music to two audiences of the Pacific Northwest Cornish Society ~, ~ in January. After three months, 12,544 miles, and 29 states, he and his ~ ~ longtime friend and road manager, Ken Goldsworthy, are back in Cornwall. ~ ~.. "We have seen some of America's most scenic ,$ ~ places in 29 states, '.but the thing that ~ ~ , ~ stands out most has been the people we have ~ .~. met," Harry writes. "Your willingness to ,~ ~ share, the kindness and thoughtfulness has ~ ~been our comfort along the way. We are ~ writing to say thank you for the way you re- ,$ ceived and revived us during our stay with $ you." ,~ About 25 people at- tended the Jan. 8 con- $ cert in Vancouver, and twice that heard $ Harry in Puyallup where Sadie Uglow was ,$ hostess of the con- cert at Merrill Gardens ~ retirement center. ,~ "Everyone really en- joyed the performance, ,~ ::~ ~~~c~u~~~~:ds~~~ ~~~iz:o~~~r~~y:~~u:i~~r_~, ~ formance. ,~ Harry and Ken camped out in their van, stay- ~ ing with Cornish folks along the road. ,$ Thanks to Yowann Byghan and Doug and ,~ Vicki Wolford for hosting them in the ~ Northwest. The Cornishmen spent at least two afternoons at the Ridge- $ field Wildlife Refuge, enjoying some Northwest bird watching. ,~ Many people purchased CDs so they could continue to enjoy Harry's music, ~ ~ filled with messages of his fierce love of Cornwall. $ ••~ Back hornewith his wife, Ann, Harry runs a tour company to share his be- r~ ~loved Cornwall with travelers. You can learn more on his web site, $ ~ Nww.harrysafari.com. If you should visit Cornwall, you can contact ,$ < Harry by phone at 01736-711427 or Ken at 01736-752438. ,$ ~ "This trip will be something we will treasure and remember for the rest $ ~ of our lives," Harry said. 1 i, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;;;;~;;;;~;~;;;~~~;;;;r;;~~;~;rrrr;rrrrr;rrrrrr~r;rrrrr~r~rr;;rrrr;rrr;;rrr;r;r;;r;rrr;;;r;r;r;;rr;;rrr;~~rJ • Message from our president ...Mary I'm loo•king forward to having all of you in Vancouveri right here in my own back yard, so to speak. While you're at the Clark Public Utilities building for the PNCS meeting March 8, you're just 'around the corner from some rich Northwest history. You can take a walk down Officers Row, where Gen. Ulysses Grant never lived, though a house is named for him, but Gen. George C. Mar- shall did live for a time. You can tour the 0.0. Howard House, named for the founder of Howard University who once soldiered in Vancouver. You can tour Fort Vancouver, the first British settlement in the Northwest and home of the Hudson's Bay Company. You can visit Pearson Air Museum at one of the oldest continuously operated airports in the country, where the first Soviet transpolar flight touched down in 1937. All this is within walking distance of our meeting place. They call the area "One Place Across Time," and indeed it is a slice of Van- couver - and Northwest - history. Whether any Cornish people worked for the Hudson's Bay Company or were stationed at Fort Vancouver, I don't know. One thing the area does not have is a mine. And I'm sure there were no Cornish people on that Soviet airplane. At the last meeting in October, members discussed revising-the-web site. It soon became apparent that none of us was young enough to know " how to do it. I have enlisted the help of a young man in a computer graphics course at Fort Vancouver High School. The new site is not up and running yet, but I will give a report at the March 8 meeting. Another thing to think about is officers. Don't duck when you hear the word! Bonnie LaDoe accepted the treasurer's post until the July elections, but prefers not to keep it as she's already treasurer of an organization that keeps her plenty busy. I also wouldn't mind pass- ing on the presidency after my two-year stint. When I said yes to being an elder at church, my clock and calendar filled up. Elections will be in July, so we will need to appoint a nominating committee at the March meeting. I know that everyone who ever accomplishes anything is busy, but we'd love to spread the joy around! It's not an elected position, but we do need a newsletter editor or someone who would share the job. Many thanks to Joan Tregarthen Huston for putting this issue to- gether when Marcie was unable to do it due to family responsibilities. See you March 8! With Gay Knutson in charge of the program, it's bound to be entertaining and enlightening. 2 PENPAL ANYONE? Jean suggested that someone might want to take this fellow on as a penpal. Anyone interested? .~ Here is a letter he sent to Yowann and was passed on to others. From: "Basher Jesse R CPT CENTAF-PSAB/C4 SOLE" [email protected] To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:11 PM Subject: Hello Hello, I have had a wonderful woman help me with researching my Cornish heritage. She referenced your email address to receive info. Any help to research the Basher family would be appreciated. Thank you again. Jesse Basher Captain, US Army Saudi Arabia, someday to return to the Puget Sound region San Franciscan seeks he1p with Cornish roots A name like Jose must be Hispanic, right? Wrong! If the name's pronounced JoZee, it's likely from Cornwall. Finding the Pacific Northwest Cornish Society on the Internet, Tom McAteer of San Francisco wrote to see if anyone could help him learn about the Jose name. "My great-grandmother mi- grated here from Redruth, Cornwall, in the late 1880s," he writes. "Her father's name was Rich- ard Jose. According to family records he was a wealthy cattle rancher in the Redruth area (I have no way to verify this)." McAteer hopes someone can help him learn more about the name Jose, which is found in lists of Cornish names despite its Spanish sound. If anyone can help Tom McAteer learn more about his Redruth Jose connection, please contact him at [email protected]. PNCS MEMBER #96 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS ELLEN HANKS (#103), 107 Doe Drive, Boerne, TX NELLIE BUEL 78006. passed away in November - condo- JACK WALLIS (#104), 5850 NE 32nd Avenue, Portland, lences to Bonnie OR 97211-6702, (503) 287-9343. Family connection: LaDoe and other Wallis. Place connections: St. Just, St. Ives, members of Hayle. Nellie's family. MARILYN BURWELL (#105), 2379 NW 6th Street, Bend, OR 97701, (541) 388-7593, [email protected]. Family connections: Hancock, Buckthought, Hodge, -- Henwood. Place connections: Liskeard, Menheniot, -- Quethiock, Callington. 3 March 8 meeting in Vancouver to celebrate St. Piran's Day For the first time in its history (which only dates back to 1998), the Pacific Northwest Cornish Society will meet in the Portland- Vancouver area on Saturday, March 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m .. The meet- ing will celebrate St. Piran's Day, the day honoring Cornwall's patron saint of miners. The meeting will be at Clark Public Utilities, 1200 Fort Vancouver Way. (See directions below). This is the same place Harry Glasson sang Jan. 8. Besides ti~e to visit and get to know Cornish friends, the meeting will include: • Pot luck lunch. Please bring a dish to share and your own tableware. Coffee and tea will be provided. • Business meeting. • Program, including an overview of St. Piran; the Celtic view of times, seasons and festivals; and singing Cornish songs. Some housing available Since some people will have to travel quite a distance to Vancouver, PNCS members in the area offer overnight hospitality to make the trip easier. So far we have offers of space for up to 10 people for Friday night, or 7 people for Saturday. If you would like to be matched to one of these homes, please contact Mary Sisson, [email protected] or (360) 695-9148. If you live in Portland or Vancouver and can offer to house PNCS members, please contact Mary. We can carryon where we left off last summer at the first PNCS "campout" at Gay Knutson's home. Directions to the meeting: From the south: Take 1-5 across the Interstate Bridge to Mill Plain, the second exit on the Washington side. Turn right onto Mill Plain Blvd., then take the first right onto Fort Vancouver Way. The building on the right is the Clark Public Utilities building, and the meeting will be in the community room on the south end of the building. From the north: Take 1-5 south to Mill Plain, the second to the last exit before crossing to Oregon. Turn left onto Mill Plain Blvd., go under the freeway, then take the first right onto Fort Vancouver Way. The building on the right is the Clark Public Utilities building, and the meeting will be in the community room on the south end of the building. , From I-205: Take 1-205 to SR 14, (first exit from the south or the last one in Washington from the north). Head west on SR 14, then exit onto 1-5. Turn right onto Mill Plain Blvd., then take the first right onto Fort Vancouver Way. The building on the right is the Clark Public Utilities building, and the meeting will be in the community room on the south end of the building.