The Cornish Crier, Volume 15, Number 3 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter September 2009 NEXT MEETING Sunday, September 13, 2009, at 12:30 p.m. Hugh Force Park, Wharton, NJ 170 West Central Ave. Program: Field Trip Meeting with pastys from Rockys Walk and Talk the Historic Morris Canal at Port Oram. Hear about the historical significance of this early transport. Walk the “best watered section” of the old Morris CanalDirections to the Hugh Force Park, Wharton: US 80 west to exit 34A; merge into traffic; drive 0.2 of a mile and turn right onto East Dewey Ave; cross over Main St; drive on West Dewey Ave to West Central Ave. Turn left on West Central Ave, drive 0.3 of a mile to the Wharton Department of Public Works, turn right and drive behind the building. Park alongside the park or keep driving turning right and right again around the park and up to the upper parking lot. US 80 east to Wharton exit 34; turn left to the first traffic light; turn right onto West Dewey Ave; follow directions above. If coming from Rt. 46, turn onto Main Street and drive through to the center of town; turn left on West Central Ave and drive on to the park. It will be on your left as you go down a little hill. CHSE’s own Honorary Member, Nancy O. Heydt attended this gathering at Grass Valley and sent us these three photos. Here are 19 of the bards posed for a great photo. Yes, there are 19, count them. CORNISH bards from around the world descended on California on July 21 for the first gathering of its type in the US for around 50 years. Grand Bard Vanessa Beeman lead a group of more than 100 Cornish men and women, together with a dozen bards, to Grass Valley - a former gold mining area where Cousin Jacks came from Cornwall to work the precious metal ore than 150 years ago. The gathering also featured bards from Australia, New Zealand and Canada as well as the US. Gage McKinney, a bard who lives in Grass Valley, said: “For the Cornish and all who prize their culture will be an unforgettable week.” The event, which ended on Sunday, featured events celebrating the spread of Cornish culture around the globe. More than 30 voices from the Marazion Apollo Male Voice Choir led a pub night sing along with the men of the Grass Valley Choir, while Professor Philip Payton, director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, lectured on the Cornish on the Pacific Rim. Cornish Canadian singer-songwriter Heather Dale headlined the gathering concert. President’s Message: Joan Iva Wheeler Hope everyone has had a great summer. As we begin to move into the fall season, we have a great day planned for September 13th. Pastys from Rockys at Hugh Force Park in Wharton, then on to visit Smith Cottage in Mine Hill and the Randolph Meeting House. It promises to be an interesting day of exploration at local historical sites. As previously mentioned, let’s not keep CHSE a secret; please plan to bring a guest or two to the meeting. Our cousins from across the sea certainly do know of CHSE. Several articles and notices have been received from them. They will be available for your review at the meeting. Membership renewal is on-going, if you haven’t forwarded your dues it is not too late. As the postage continues to increase every membership dollar becomes even more important. Enjoy the rest of the summer; see you on the 13th of September. From: wilfred.t.phillips [mailto:wtp27sba@ntlworld.com] Sent: Friday, 07 August, 2009 06:55 To: info@cornishfest.org Subject: Request for help Hello I wonder if you could help in my search for my uncle Henry Archibald Phillips born at Boscundle St. Austell Cornwall on 31st March 1885 He left the UK sometime after 1901 and via family history went to the USA where he lived and died. My efforts to date have failed to find any record of him ( I am a CFHS member ) I wonder if perhaps a mention of his details in your newsletter could find a relative. Thank you for your help wilfred Phillips Are you planning to visit London? Don’t forget to contact the London Cornish Association and let us know when you are coming. If possible, we would love to meet you. Contact Publicity Officer, Lizzy Broughton Email: publicity@londoncornish.co.uk A warm welcome awaits you at the London Cornish Association CORNISH FESTIVAL & CELTIC CELEBRATION September 25-27. 2009 Mineral Point,WI Music Alan and Lynda Jewell From Cornwall will perform with wit and gusto Food Taste of Mineral Point! Crafts and workshops Parade and Historic Homes ORCHARD STREET CEMETERY DOVER, NEW JERSEY The Dover Cemetery Association was organized in 1854 under the Act of 1851. William Young, the baker of Dickerson Street, had acquired a garden plot at the end of Orchard Street. When the Cemetery Association wished to acquire his garden plot to be a part of the new cemetery, he relinquished it in exchange for two lots on Orchard Street. During the latter half of the 19th century and on into the 20th century, many of our immigrant Cornish ancestors and their families from the wide Dover area were buried there. CHSE has a special relationship with the OSC. During Jim Littlle’s tenure as OSC Director, the CHSE made two field trips, a monetary donation and two work sessions there. Over the years, most of the cemetery records were lost. To recompile individual records Jim and his staff and volunteers made many trips to Trenton to the State Vital Statistics Department to search for records of death certificates. Jim then donated to the CHSE copies of 474 individual death certificates of Cornish people buried there. Ginny Richmond, one of our past presidents, compiled these records and placed them into two large notebooks. They are now in the CHSE library. At our June 2009 meeting Russ Reed, one of our CHSE Charter Members, donated a file of OSC records to the CHSE library. These are primarily of names and information taken from monuments and tombstones. As you can imagine, the two lists are not exactly the same. Some names are on the death certificate list, some on the tombstone list and some are on both. This information is especially important to those of us doing family genealogy. I personally found six great-grandparents on the death certificate list. One set of great-grandparents are on both lists. I found a great-uncle on the death certificate list; he died at the Richard Mine in 1894 in a ‘fall in of ground.’ To make this information more available to our members and others working on their genealogy, we have compiled this information in a set of a three CD pack. These packs will be available at our meetings for a nominal fee. We can also send them through the mail. (USPS). For more information on the CDs email: Anne Stephens annestephens@optonline.net SURNAME LIST AINGE ALLMAN ANDREW(S) ANGWIN ARMITAGE BALL BARITO BARONET BECK BENJAMIN BENNETTS BERRYMAN BEYER BICE BINNEY BIRD BISHOP BLACKLEN BLENDELL BODINE BOHENNA BONDS BONNELL BORLASE BOWDEN BRANCH BRAY BROKENSHIRE BUCKLEY BRUSE (BRUSI) BUDDLE BURR CHAGWIDDEN CHAMPION CHAPPELL CHEGWIDDEN CHIRGWIN CHURM CLEAVE/CLEVE COCKING COLLINS COOK COONEY CORNISH COSLETT CRASE CROSMAN CURTIS DABB/DABBS DAHLMAN DAVIS DAWE DEACON DONEY DORMAN DOWNING DRUMMER ELLIS ERICSON EUSTICE EVA EVANS EVERETT FIELDING FIRSTBROOK FLARTEY FLOYD FOX FRANCIS FREELEY FURLONG GALL GATES GEORGE GILL GLASSEN GOODMAN GREENE GRIESER GUSCOTT HAM HARRIS HARVEY HAVERS HAZEN HEADLAND HELLSTROM HICKS HILL HITCHENS HOCKIN HOCKING HONEYCHURCH HOOPER HOSKEN HOSKING HOTTEN HUGHES HUMMER HUMPHRIES HURD IVEY JAMES JANKINS JENKINS JEWELL JOHNS LANG LAW LECHER LINCOCK LOBB LOCEY LOTT LOWERY MALPAS MALSON MANKEE MARTIN MATTHEWS MILL/MILLS MILLER MINDERMANN MIRAFIELD MITCHELL MOYSE MULLIGAN NANCARROW NEAL NICHOLS NOEL NUCKEY OATS OLIVER OPIE ORAM PALMER PASCOE PAYNE PEARCE PEDRICK PENBERTHA PENBERTHY PENNA PENNA PHILLIPS POPE PRAED (E) PRISK RHODA RICHARDS ROBERTS RODDA ROGERS ROSEWALL RASKROW ROSKROW ROUNDS ROWE RULE SAMPSON SAUNDRY SCANLAN SCOBLE SEALE SEARLE SHARPLES SIBLEY SIMMONS SINCOCK SLACK SMITH SNELL SPICER STACY STEPHENS STEVENS SUNDER SUTTON TEAGUE THOMAS THORNE TONKING TRELEASE TOY TREGANZA TREGENZA TREMBATH TREVAIL TREVARROW TREVARTHA TREVETHAN TREWECKE TREVORRO TRUSCOTT TUCKER TUMMEY TYACKE UREN VEAL VEALE VICKERY WALTERS WARD WEARNE WEBB WEBBER WELLER WELLS WHITEHEAD WHITFORD WHITHAM WICKS WILCOX WILLIAMS WILLS WILTON Cornish World magazine has a typically jam-packed issue ready to hit the shelves for August/September. Discover the rugged coastlines and beautiful moorland that make up the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, now celebrating its 50th anniversary. We also take a look at the unique collection of museums in Cornwall, featuring the historically rare, fascinating and downright weird and wonderful. Have you heard of the Battle of Hehil? Most haven’t. We piece together the fragments of fact surrounding this Celtic victory of 722AD. Also not to be missed are an exploration of St Keverne, a steadfastly independent community; the reasons why Newquay airport is only heading up the popularity of classic car motoring in Cornwall, and a special retro-themed issue of Inspire, Cornish World’s arts and lifestyle supplement. Don’t miss out – Cornish World hits the shelves at the beginning of August. If you simply can’t wait to get your Cornish World fix, visit the website at: www.cornishworldmagazine.co.uk for all things Kernow. Have you heard? myCornwall.tv has embarked on a global charitable adventure? On July 17th the myCornwall.tv sponsored rally team, the Penzance Pirates, left the safe shores of Land's End as they began their drive to the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar as part of the 2009 Mongol Rally. Two Penzance boys, Paul Brown and Robert Eddy, are joined by lingerie model Lauren Ridealgh, to make this mind-boggling 10,000 mile journey, all in aid of charity and undertaken in a £350 W Reg Ford Fiesta. It should take the team 5 weeks to get there but in a car like this, anything’s possible.There are sure to be hair raising moments, with a severe lack of space and a distinct need for a roof rack, so stay tuned to follow the team as they make their way to the exotic east. To show you what life on the road is like, myCornwall.tv are filming from within the car and all being well, from the nerve centre back in Cornwall that controls this complex and daring operation! Each team participating in the rally is required to raise a minimum of £1,000 for Mercy Corps, a non-profit organisation supporting grass roots community based projects in Mongolia. Team Penzance Pirates aims, however, to raise a good deal more on behalf of a local Cornish Charity too, with their support of CLIC Sargeant, the Cornish children's cancer charity. Follow the intrepid team's progress at: www.mycornwall.tv/mongolrally, where regular video bulletins, updates and a live GPS Map of locating the team will be available. Mailing address for Cornish World: Cornish World Media, P.O. Box 71, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2ZR, UK. pirit of Mystery Arrives! Courtesy of Tom Luke After four and a half months at sea the “Spirit of Mystery” sailed into Hobsons Bay on March 8th and docked at Williamstown just 154 years after seven intrepid Cornishmen made the journey from Newlyn in Cornwall to the Goldfields of Victoria in a 37 ft. fishing Lugger “Mystery”. The four man crew of Pete Goss, his brother Andy, son Elliot and brother-in-law Mark Maidment are to be admired for their tenacity in completing this momentous reenactment voyage over 11,800 nautical miles in a 37 foot fishing lugger. They were greeted by a huge crowd of Cornish descendants and a sea of Cornish Flags on a beautiful sunny Melbourne Public Holiday. The crew came ashore with Mark in a wheelchair after breaking his leg just a few days before when a rogue wave hit the boat on the Australian coast. All enjoyed refreshments of Cornish pasties and good Aussie beer. The “Spirit of Mystery” lay at rest at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria with a number of Flags of St. Piran flying proudly on her rigging. “I am sure the number of flags waving as the “Spirit of Mystery” approached the dock would have rivaled the number of dunes of Perranporth on Sunday last (St. Piran’s Day),” said Tom. Reprinted from the CAHS Summer 2009 newsletter, Tam Kernewek. Vol. 27, Issue 2. DVD REVIEW The CELTS: Rich Traditions and Ancient Myths Volume 1 The Man with the Golden Shoes Writer and narrator Frank Delancy takes us from the earliest remains of Celtic salt miner in Austria, 2500 years ago, through the spread of their empire from Ireland to Hungary. Although the Celts were courageous, ruthless warriors armed with iron and mounted on horseback, their proud independence kept them from winning against the disciplined military might of Rome. The Birth of Nations The eventual fall of the Roman Empire left a vacuum in what is now the British Isles that was gradually filled as nations emerged and fought for power. England, in the south absorbed successive waves of invasions by Ango-Saxons, Picts, Vikings and Normans. Thus began a long and bloody struggle for the survival of the remaining Celtic strongholds - Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A Pagan Trinity The Celtic world was one of legend and mystery, a mythology based on the magical powers of nature - the sacred groves of oak, ash and yew, speaking stones, healing waters and holy animals, the mystical significance of the severed head of an enemy. With the passage of time, Druid priests gave way to Christian missionaries, whose teachings could not escape the influence of the rich cultural heritage of the Celts. Volume 2 The Open-Ended Curve In their art, literature and music from the Gunderstrup Caldrun in the Book of Kells in the ancient bardic traditions, the Celts wove together the beautiful and the practical with their own bold, colorful and innovative style. The Final Conflict The heroic Celts of old are a memory, part legend, part myth. But who are they today? The most precise definition of a Celt is one who speaks a Celtic language - Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Breton or the almost extinct Manx and Cornish. Since Roman times, these unique languages have been eroded by other dialects, the most influential being the general Anglicization of the western isles. The Legacy Recently, various campaigns to revive Celtic languages have met with great success. The ancient civilization of the Celts may have diminished, but their legacy to Western culture has been profound in terms of their bold, proud approach to life, their wit and merriment - and their richly evocative music, poetry, art, mythlogy and literature. This is a BBC documentary released in 1987, has been released as a DVD, and can be purchased at Amazon.com. Enya, formerly a member of the Celtic band, Clannad, was commissioned to compose the score for this series. She performs the theme song: The Celts throughout the DVD. This DVD is also available at the Morris County Library and other public libraries. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser Friday, 23rd July, 1847 West Briton newspaper transcripts at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/intro.html Transcribed by: Julia Symons Mosman, OPC for St Austell and Rita Bone Kopp, OPC for St Stephen In Brannel, along with Isabel Harris, William Kemp and numerous other dedicated volunteers MINUTES OF A RECENT VISIT TO THE FLEMINGTON, NASHANIC, ALLEGHENY AND SCHUYLER COPPER MINES IN NEW JERSEY In company with others, I left Philadelphia some days since in the New York line, and after arriving at Trenton and dining, we hired a conveyance and proceeded by the way of Penington, Suidertown, Rochtown, and Ringoes to Flemington, a distance of twenty-three miles, where we arrived at early tea time, having passed through a hilly and well cultivated country, and remarked nothing peculiar but wretched oat crops, indifferent wheat crops, and the plain effects of an unusually cold and dry season upon vegetation generally. We stopped at "Hart's" Hotel, and soon had the pleasure of an introduction to Messrs. GAY and OSBORNE, the superintendent and chemist of the Flemington Mines, from whom we learned many agreeable details respecting them. We found Flemington an attractive looking town of about 500 inhabitants, with several handsome churches, an academy, public library, handsome stone cart house, &c., which with the private dwellings are built mostly upon one main street. It is forty-five miles from Philadelphia, with which it has a daily communication by stages. The next morning we went to the mines with Mr. Gay, which are close upon the road leading over to the Delaware, and about half a mile from the town. Here we found a cluster of frame buildings, sheds, &c., consisting of an engine house, smelting house, laboratory, store house, office, smith's shop, horse whim, &c., and between them various large heaps of ore and rock. After examining some rare specimens and a correct map of the mines at Mr. Gay's office, we were provided with candles, and went down the "new shaft," and were taken in succession through the various drifts or cuttings, to where the miners were busy getting out the ore, which for the last forty days, has amounted to over two hundred tons, containing twenty-five per cent of copper. Emerging from this interesting but somewhat dismal place, we visited the engine house, assorting sheds, and roasting heaps, and finished with pocketing specimens of ore, from the huge piles which now amount to near eight hundred tons, judged to contain an average of eighteen per cent of copper. Six hundred tons of this ore have been valued since the 1st of January, with an average of eighteen hands. The present force is about thirty men who take out five tons a day, which if continued, will add 925 tons to the 800 new mined, or 1,725 tons total for the year. This at 18 per cent would yield three hundred and ten tons of copper, which can be sold for 350 to 400 dollars. This grand result is based upon the idea of the company's entire success in smelting - of which there seems to be little doubt. Two new furnaces will be shortly erected at a very moderate cost, when the smelting will go on in a regular way. Besides the veins now being worked, there are others upon contiguous property - which have been secured. The capital stock consists of 10,000 shares - the par value of which is 20 dollars, these have rapidly risen to 31, and if the operation continue according to present prospects, by the end of the year they will be worth three times this price. The Nashanic Mine - The present association who are about to re-open this mine under the charter of the former company, have scarcely completed their organization. The old shaft is upon a farm of about sixty acres, contiguous to the Flemington property. A small steam engine is upon the ground, and about to be erected, to free it from water preparatory to mining. There are no buildings yet erected. This company are said to own about two hundred acres of land near Somerville, containing ore. The stock contains fifteen thousand shares, which have recently sold as high as eight and a half dollars. The Allegheny Mine - Is upon the northern side of the Blue Mountain, seven miles above the Delaware Water Gap, in Warren county. Taking a private conveyance, we passed from Flemington over a very hilly yet well cultivated country, through Clinton, Mansfield, Oxford, and Belvidere, to Columbia, a distance of forty-one miles. Here we spent the night and leaving at eight o'clock next morning, went through the "Water Gap," and arrived at "Shoemaker's," a substantial tavern on the edge of the river, within three-quarters of a mile of the mine. Leaving our horses and refreshing the "inward man," we walked to the ruins of an old sawmill, where the company's property begins, and by a rugged path ascended several hundred feet to where the men were at work. Here we were met by Captain EWING, the superintendent who conducted us still higher and along the edge of the mountain to the various diggings, giving us every opportunity to judge of the quality of the ore and extent of the vein, which has been traced for more than a mile, dipping towards the river at an angle of about fifty-five degrees. The average opinion is, that the ore will yield from seven to ten per cent; but the large quantity, favourable position for working with its close proximity to the river and great abundance of wood for mining purposes and smelting, go towards placing it upon an equality with richer ores less favourably circumstanced. There are two old shafts in the mountain, out of which, according to tradition, ore was taken by the Germans before the Revolution. There are no buildings yet erected. We were told the property was bought for about 20,000 dollars. The stock consists of 10,000 shares, and was recently run up to 22 dollars a share, but has since receded to 16 dollars, or eight times the purchase money. It must necessarily be some time before this concern can get into operation and pay a dividend upon the stock. On our return we crossed the river at "Shoemaker's," and passed down the west bank to Mrs. Broadhead's Mountain House, at the "Gap," certainly one of the most attractive of places, the views of the hill above the house being unequalled for grandeur, beauty, and extent. From here we passed on to Easton, and then across to Flemington, greatly preferring this to the route we went. The Schuyler Mines - Are about one mile from Belleville, in Essex county, on the borders of the wide marshy valley of the Hackensack, and may be readily visited from New York City, by the Newark trains which leave several times a day. These mines and beds were very extensively and profitably worked many years since. There are some eight or ten men now at work, the most of them in cleaning out the old shafts and drifts. There were no buildings erected but a small stone office. The ore is of rich quality, and ten or fifteen tons already mined. We were told the present company are to pay seventy-five thousand dollars purchase money for their concern. The stock consists of thirty thousand shares, and has recently sold at thirteen dollars, but can now be bought for less. This, like the Allegheny, must be in successful operation for some time before the stockholders can hope for a dividend. The writer is disposed to believe that the time is not far distant when a vast return will result from the mining of copper ores in New Jersey. The indications are already so numerous, and increasing every day, and the ore so valuable when mined, that this would seem to be an inevitable consequence. Philadelphia, May 1847. E. In the same way as English orders in council and the corn-laws made the United States a manufacturing people, so the high duties in England on foreign copper ore are making them a smelting one. The British government and others were warned of this several years ago, but it was of no use. The Boston and Baltimore furnaces are in successful operation. This article was forwarded to the Cornish Crier by our own Nancy O. Heydt. Some Cornish superstitions... These superstitions come from: http://www.gandolf.com/cornwall/superstitions * Cornishmen of the west are born with tails; they drop off when the River Tamar is crossed. * It is unlucky to see a clergyman by the boats before setting off to sea. If they do, the men might grumble “No fish for we tonight.” * Touching cold iron averts bad luck when seeing a clergyman on the street. * Animal names are taboo in mines. The owl was referred to as ‘braced farcer’, the fox as the ’ long tayl’, the cat as a ‘rooker’, and the rat as a ‘peep’. The fine for faililng to observe these taboos could be a gallon of ale. * A cake called a ‘groaning cake’ is made in some Cornish houses after the birth of a child and every caller is expected to have some. The new mother often carries a groaning cake when she is going to be ‘upraised’ (churched). She gives this to the first person she meets on her way. * It was considered very unlucky if a robin gained entrance to a house. * When someone dies, the old people drape flowers with mourning and tell the news to the bees. What others do you know? These were sent to the Crier by: Ann Dalrymple LONDON CORNISH ASSOCIATION While we at CHSE are proud of our 14 years of organization, the London Cornish Association is the oldest of the Cornish societies. Following several years of annual Cornish dinners, the LCA was founded in 1898. Today the Association meets in central London for social events when there is time to welcome new members, renew old acquaintances, catch up on the gossip and discuss the latest news from Conwall. Their newsletter is full of Cornish news, from London, Cornwall and from all over the world. Very often they report on our own CHSE meetings and activities. For a treat, check their website at: www.londoncornish.co.uk. Below is an email from Liz Broekmann, from the LCA with some interesting new Cornish news. Email from Liz Broekmann, from the London Cornish Society I thought this might interest some of you. Liz ----Original Message---- From: dorian@mycornwall.tv Date: 02/07/2009 10:34 To: Subj: Something VERY special is happening in Cornwall - this is your invite to be part of it Dear friends I am delighted to be able to announce that today sees the launch of mycornwall.tv, Cornwall's own television station on the internet. mycornwall.tv brings together all that is great about Cornwall into a set of television channels that show the world just what Cornwall's got. From the beaches and the cafes to the surf and our new ways of living, mycornwall.tv brings the sights, the sounds and the characters of Cornwall to life through the magic of online television. We have enlisted the help of some pretty cool friends in Cornwall, iconic companies from the Eden Project to Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Cornwall and The Hotel and Extreme Academy, Watgergate Bay. There are some iconic Cornish companies coming on board too, from Sharp's Brewery to Cornish World Magazine to a few of the newer names in Cornwall - more are coming in the very near future. Please go and have a look at www.mycornwall.tv, please tell your friends about the launch of mycornwall.tv and register for your chance at CornwallTV to win cool Cornish prizes! Thanks for reading and we hope to see you at mycornwall.tv! Dorian Dorian Spackman Managing Director Insider Knowledge - mycornwall.tv dorian@mycornwall.tv +44 (0)7802 796468 Here is our 1st vice president Margaret Carne holding the beautiful St.Piran’s flag that she brought home from her recent visit to Cornwall, her homeland and donated to CHSE. Ingrid Sceusi of the HIstorical Society of Rockaway Township was our guest at the June meeting. June 2009 quarterly meeting Report by: Margaret Carne Rockys Pasty Shop in Wharton did a booming business on June 6th when 20 members of the Cornish Heritage Society East gathered to enjoy pasties and talk about pasties with two very special guests, Ingrid Sceusi of the Rockaway Township Historical Society and Phil Reynolds, photographer extraordinaire and our new web master. Ms. Sceusi has a special interest in the history of food as it pertains to the Cornish mining family immigrants who settled in the Wharton/Rockaway area. She is the Program Chairperson for the Rockaway Township Historical Society’s Ford-Faesch House, which was once the home of the superintendent of the Mt. Hope Mine. A great influx of Cornish miners immigrated there during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The rest of us have a very special interest in the foods of our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, so we made the perfect match as we shared our fondest memories with her and she filled us in with some of her own specialized knowledge. We discussed ways in which CHSE and the Historical Society might combine interests around food of our forefathers and mothers. Teatreat buns, seedy cake, and hogs pudding were not on our menu this time, but perhaps at a future meeting... SPOTLIGHT ON MEMBERS This issue’s spotlight is on: SYLVIA STEPHENS HADOWANETZ She is a charter member who has been our secretary for 10 of our 14 years. She has taken on the responsiblilty of making our lunch supplies are there for us. She and her husband, Wasco have hosted three CHSE meetings at their house. She has contributed at least 3 articles and many recipies to the Crier. And she and Wasco have missed very few of our quarterly meetings. Photos by Phil Reynolds,www historyguild.org The replica of the nineteenth century 37 ft. fishing Lugger that sailed from Newlyn, Cornwall to Victoria, Australia 154 years ago. Turn to page 6, for the story of the recent journey of Pete Goss and his crew of three.