An Krier Kernewek: lyther nowodhow Kowethas Ertach Kernewek rag an gernowyon a Bow Sows Nowyth, Evrek Nowyth ha Jersi Nowyth: Cornish Crier Newsletter of the Cornish Heritage Society East for the Cornish of New England, New York and New Jersey VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 Almost back at Coombe -- Courtesy: Charles Winpenny Website: www.cornwallcam.co.uk Next CHSE Regular Meeting Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 12:00 Noon Wharton United Community Church at St. John's, 20 Church Street, Wharton NJ 07849 Participate in the global celebration of St. Piran's Day, and filling out MIGRATION FORMS to be registered with the CORNISH GLOBAL MIGRATION PROGRAM [details on page 9] VISIT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.cornishcrier.org Webmaster: Phil Reynolds CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST Fred Varker, Len Williams, Lew Bird, Margaret Carne, Edith Trengove, Joan Wheeler, Anne Stephens, Sally Sayle, Gerry DeLazier Fred also showed this Davy Miner's Lamp. They were used in coal mines to determine the presence of dangerous gases - blackdamp (carbon dioxide, suffocating) near the floor and firedamp (methane, explosive) near the ceiling. PHOTOS FROM OUR DECEMBER 3, 2011 MEETING IN WHARTON, NJ (courtesy: Phil Reynolds) VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 2 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: LEWIS PENHALL BIRD  CORNWALL - THE LAND OF THE SAINTS    Patron Saint of Tin Miners         St. Piran - March 5   At least one wag has suggested that for every Cornishman there seems to be a saint.  Another has opined that there are more saints in Cornwall than in Heaven.  A perusal of a map of Cornwall gives the impression that a meteor shower of saints fell upon this "delectable duchy" centuries ago.  (For fun, check your Cornish map.)  Actually, they sailed across the Celtic Sea, establishing settlements along the southern coast of Wales as well as all across the Cornish peninsula.  While southern Wales harbours about a dozen locations bearing the names of saints, across Cornwall over forty such parishes survive.   Given all the dangers of mining, it is no wonder that a patron saint would be sought, thus St. Piran.  To quote Maurice Smelt (101 Cornish Lives):  "roughly when he may have lived is anyone's guess - some time before the tenth century when St, Piran's Oratory, the little ruin on Gear Sands, Perranporth, was finally buried by blowing sand."  His influence may be felt still in three parishes along the north coast where he is the patron saint - Perranzabuloe, Perranarworthal, and Perranuthnoe.  To cite Smelt again:  "In the eighteenth century he became the tinner's saint, and miners had the day off on 5 March to celebrate.  Now he is the unofficial patron saint of Cornwall, St. Michael being the official one."   Of particular interest to me - almost a curiosity having grown up in the St. Mary's section of Wharton (Irish Catholic parish) - Ireland herself is almost totally devoid  of saint place names, much to my surprise.  It is in Cornwall where the roll call resounds with a holy aura.  This part of our heritage can be rather thought provoking.  Whether through parish life or village chapels, most of our ancestors found spiritual comfort therein.  Isn't that what saints are for?   I wonder how many virtues of this squadron of saints penetrated the local population.  Are the Cornish more saintly then the rest of the British tribes?  What are the characteristics of a saint anyway?  All good questions for further research.                                                                     Cordially,                                                                   Lew VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 3 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST THE CORNISH IN THREE PARTS: REVIEWS OF BOOKS IN WHICH THE CORNISH ARE INCLUDED Reviewed by Barry E. TRACY The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World by: Ian Barnes New York: Chartwell Books (2009) This is a lovely addition to any library for those interested in the Celts. It is nicely illustrated, well-organized and covers the Celts from the ancient period to the modern times. Since it covers so much material of all six of the Celtic Nations, it does, unfortunately, not give much coverage to the Cornish. However, what is included is well worth the reader’s time. “Tintagel” on pages 136-137 introduces the reader to the Arthurian legends and Cornwall’s claim on being the birthplace of King Arthur. The various ruins at Tintagel have been mystified with the aura of Arthur, but archeologists contend that the majority of what may be seen today actually dates to the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. There are much earlier layers, but their connections to Arthur remain weak. There is debate if some of the earliest remains may date back to the times of the kings of ancient Celtic Kingdom of Dumnonia. [By the way, this is the origin of the nearby county of Devon, which now has a strong interest in its own Celtic heritage.] “Cornish Emigration to Canada, Mexico, and Around the World,” on pages 314-315, only covers the mass migrations of the Nineteenth Century, and does not mention the earlier Cornish settlements in North America from the early 1600s. It is claimed that that are six million Cornish descendants across the globe today, and that between 1861-1901 about 250,000, or 20 % of the Cornish left for work elsewhere. These tight-knit Cornish communities took with them there passion for Methodism, wrestling, pasties, and yet so many of them readily assimilated. The author claims on page 314 that the Cornish have “virtually reinvented their culture with a whole series of Cornish societies world-wide.” The author does not neglect the contribution of Cornish miners to Latin America as well. “Celtic Flags and Symbols,” on page 355 reviews the legend of Saint Piran, who has been claimed as a tin miner himself, as the inventor of the Cornish flag, which shares similarities with the flag of St. David and the Breton flag. It is noted that Cornish soldiers carried this same banner at the Battle of Agincourt in the wars with medieval France. An earlier Duke of Cornwall also had a black banner with an inverted pyramid with 15 golden bezants, still a popular Cornish symbol. The famous Cornish Chough is also mentioned. “Celtic Traditional Dress,” on page 362, describes the Cornish garb as varied, yet generally drab, and conforming to general Victorian era styles. “Separatists,” on page 372-373, includes a handsome and proud flag of St. Piran. The author discuses Mebyon Kernow, “Sons of Cornwall,” the Cornish nationalist party founded in 1951, which seeks a legislative assembly similar to Scotland and Wales, and claims they have had mixed successes in other areas. However, on page 372, he states that the party virtually fails to use Cornwall’s constitutional status or Celticity.” In this, I would not fully agree. “Cornish Stanneries: the Past and the Dream,” on pages 378-379, describes the ancient Stannary Parliaments and Courts of Cornwall, which only covered tin mining and related interests. These rights were confirmed by King John in 1201, which united the Cornish and Devon miners, and were reaffirmed by King Edward III in 1337 when he created the Duchy of Cornwall. The last parliament sat in Truro in 1752, and since then these rights have been highly contested and controversial. VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 4 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST THE CORNISH IN THREE PARTS: REVIEWS OF BOOKS IN WHICH THE CORNISH ARE INCLUDED [cont.] The Last of the Celts by Marcus Tanner New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (2004) Again, this work covers the Cornish in part, and there are other interesting chapters on the Scottish Highlands, Connemara, Belfast, the Isle of Man, Wales, Brittany, and even Cape Breton and Patagonia, where Scots Gaelic and Welsh culture was transplanted in each place respectively. The overall impression of the author is that we ARE the LAST of the Celts, and we are headed for either some dull twilight or perhaps worse, fossilization. This is not a very pleasant prospective. This is not a cheerful book, but it is very interesting. Cornwall and the Cornish are covered on pages 219-249, and basic narration of history and impressions are interspersed between his interviews with various notables of the Cornish present. His Cornish chapter begins with a quote from A. S. D. Smith, noted pioneer Cornish language revivalist: “Without the language, Cornwall is just another English county.” This already puts the Cornish on the defensive, and the reader rightly suspects that we are in for a challenge to all we hold dear. His first interview is with Lord St. Levin at St. Michael’s Mount, who is very pessimistic about the success for a Cornish Assembly, and quotes him as saying that he “feared that Cornishness was dying.” The author makes a telling observation on page 221: “No land has surrendered so much of its cultural identity in terms of language, among other things, and retained so much of its separateness in appearance.” One the next page, his negativity is further elaborated: “Cornwall has rarely inspired artists or writers with warm and sunny thoughts,” and he names these culprits: D. H. Lawrence, D. M. Thomas and John Heath Stubbs. If this is the case, how does this answer his quote of the Grand Bard John Bolitho: “The Cornish are always homesick. We have a hankering to get back.”? The author describes the decline of the Cornish language, the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, and how long-lingering customs and beliefs persisted much longer in Cornwall’s isolation. He discusses the revival of the Cornish language, and how competing versions of which Cornish should be used have created a reign of confusion! He was impressed by the release of some Cornish language videos in 2002. Another jab at the Cornish is written on page 247, in which Cornish nationalism is called “nationalism on the cheap.” He goes on to lament that the Cornish can no longer live in their ancestral villages, which have been bought up by wealthy owners from the outside. Also, “fishing has long been in decline,” and that “agriculture is in depression.” [page 248] On the next page he asserts that “it is economic resentment that is fuelling the revival of interest in Cornwall’s own identity…” Really? That may be a problem, but Cornish pride and self-assertion can stand on their own two feet! On page 249 he quotes Jojn Bolitho: “The Cornish are a committed people.” The negative impressions throughout have greatly disturbed me, and I hope our readers will agree. If anything, the renewal of Cornish pride and consciousness is quite admirable, and all this doom and gloom can be overcome with the sunny bright side of Cornwall. VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 5 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST THE CORNISH IN THREE PARTS: REVIEWS OF BOOKS IN WHICH THE CORNISH ARE INCLUDED [concl.] The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks, from the 18th Century to the Present Day by Bella Bathurst New York: Houghton Mifflin Company (2005) Combining interviews and research, the author, who also wrote The Lighthouse Stevensons, who were the ancestors of the famous author of Kidnapped, seeks to uncover the truth of wrecking along the shores of Britain, and she presents chapters on False Lights, the Goodwin Sands off the shores of Kent, the Pentland Firth and western coasts of Scotland, the Scilly Isles, as well as Cornwall, the section which we are reviewing. To our horror, read the excerpts from the introduction and on page 217: The “Cornish were supposed to be such accomplished wreckers that they regarded it not as a crime but as a profession“ … and that “the only people who did not know this were the Cornish themselves … victims of a terrible slander.” “No other part of Britain comes close to Cornwall’s infamy … it is unquestionably Cornwall which stands out.” In part, she blames this on Daphne DuMaurier in her 1935 novel Jamaica Inn. The Cornish come to their own defense on page 221, as the Cornish definition of a wrecker is subtly different, and that there is no truth that they ever deliberately caused a wreck, indeed, “wreckers” are only salvagers. The Cornish attribute wrecking to other parts of Britain. Also, they argue, why would one cause wrecks when nature provides such occurrences along the treacherously rugged Cornish coasts? As to the notions of “false lights,” one can only imagine the terror of a cow or horse allowing some foolish human attaching a lit lantern around its neck or above its horns. Can anyone believe the poor beast would enjoy fire so close to its body? Only one instance regarding such false lights was reported in the records, and that was in Wales in 1774. She interviews Cornish local Joe Mills, who basically refutes these scandalous notions of portraying the Cornish in such lurid lights. By sifting through the magistrates’ records, one concludes that the Cornish were in reality “opportunists” who took advantage of nature’s harsh bounty of the sea, but surely they were not the cold blooded thieving brutes that fiction and myth have portrayed them to be. The author also admits that her style of seeking local information about wreckers was often confrontational, and she often set herself up for hostility. For example, she would often enter a pub, with her bag and Dictaphone, and nonchalantly inquire whether or not anyone could tell her about the local wreckers and how they plied their trade! [There is nothing like the gall of an intrepid outsider trying to ingratiate himself by rubbing salt in your eyes while greeting you with a smile!] However, in the author’s defense, she does conclude that the Cornish have been given a bad rap, and that other regions seem to enjoy pointing the finger of blame on some different location other than at home. Still, she appears reluctant to totally give up the notion that some Cornish may have been guilty at some time, but she just cannot prove it yet. This is a good read, and one that pulls no punches in sorting fact from fiction about this notorious subject. VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 6 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST Cornish in Michigan by Russell M. Magnagi East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press (2007) [Part of the Discovering the Peoples of Michigan Series] Reviewed by Barry E. TRACY Hurray! The Cornish get their own duly deserved credits as one of many nationalities in the commendable series of the various peoples of the State of Michigan. The Cornish have been overlooked in other publications of contributors who helped build other regions as well. Of this, I refer to two books of ethnic groups which overlooked the Cornish in New Jersey: The People of New Jersey, by Rudolph J. Vecoli and The New Jersey Ethnic Experience, by Barbara Cunningham. But not in Michigan, where the Cornish left an impact that cannot be missed. The author notes that there are references that as early as the 1770s Cornish miners were brought to the Ontonagon region by Alexander Henry to determine the possibilities of mining copper ore there, but no hard evidence has yet been found to prove this assertion. Other early definite Cornish settlers were one Robert Treblecock, who came from New York State in 1856 and became a farmer in Monroe County. The Rules family, also farmers, was in the Thumb area in the 1860s, and Richard Trevidick was in East Saginaw by 1860. Many Cornish had applied themselves in various occupations in the Detroit area at this time as well. However, the Upper Peninsula became the magnet of Cornish miners by the 1840s, and the Cornish were the leading managers and mine captains, bringing their skills and expertise from Cornwall, which few others could offer. The Cornish were noted for their engineering techniques and innovations. Here the Cornish flourished, and left a lasting imprint in the region, where even today there is a “Pasty Shop” category in the local Yellow Pages. After the strike of 1895 and closure of some of the mines, Cornish dominance diminished at the turn of the century, but many stayed, and also many left for bigger bonanzas elsewhere. The Cornish were noted for their sports: wrestling, cricket and hammer-and-drill contests. They became involved in politics, and served in various capacities. We all know how devoted they were to Methodism, and many a Cornishman went on to lead in denominational affairs. The Cornish were involved with the Masons, and founded many a chapter of the Order of St. George. Christmas was celebrated for three days, and caroling, bands, and choirs added to the festivities. We have already mentioned the continued popularity of the pasty, and the Cornish enjoyed other delicacies as well. Unfortunately, the Cornish did not get along well with everybody all the time. The author notes the tragic rioting, burning and looting committed by the Cornish and the Irish on Easter Sunday of 1857 in Rockland. This, however, was not the norm, but leave it to Celts to display their feistiness. In all, there is much nostalgia noted throughout, and the appendices list favorite Cornish recipes, home remedies, and interviews of older people who reminisce about the “good old days.” This is a delightful book, and all interested in the best selections for their Cornish library should add this to it for both reference and enjoyment. VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 7 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST MEBYON KERNOW – THE CORNISH NATIONALIST PARTY Cornish party Mebyon Kernow sees the future in black and white When Loveday Jenkin was growing up, the Cornish flag was rarely seen. Now the white cross on a black background is ubiquitous, fluttering outside county hall in Truro and printed on everything from souvenir boxes of fudge to pasty packaging and car bumper stickers. "I think it shows what a long way we've come in just a few years," says Dr Jenkin, the latest member of ‘Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall’ (MK) – to be elected to Cornwall Council. "Everyone is so much more aware that we are separate, different, not a part of England and should have the right to govern ourselves." Scotland has its own parliament, while the assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland are maturing nicely. And in the far south-west MK is leading the campaign or a referendum on a Cornish assembly. It is demanding a meeting with David Cameron and Nick Clegg to ask why a petition of 50,000 names, the equivalent of a tenth of the Cornish adult population, appears to have been ignored. The Welsh nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, has laid down an ‘early-day motion in the Commons’ supporting the call for devolution. MK, which has just celebrated its 60th birthday, is beginning to do well in local elections, holding five seats on Konsel Kernow / Cornwall Council – four more than the British Labour Party. "Being Cornish is about belonging to the place of Cornwall but also having a particular way of thinking about things," says Dr Jenkin, a biochemist. "We do things differently. Our culture is different, we have our own language. People ask why I identify myself as Cornish. It's simply because I am Cornish. We have more in common with Brittany and Wales than the south-east of England but we're subsumed into English decision-making." Cornwall Council has discussed ideas that would help set it apart from the rest of the UK. It has approved the idea of having a Cornish bank holiday at a different time to England. It has moved to stop people who have second homes in Cornwall voting there rather than where they live permanently. The possibility of setting its own tax on visitors has also been floated. But MK wants to go much further. It does not want full independence but a Legislative Assembly responsible for: health, education, training, local government, housing, economic development, transport, energy, law and home affairs, environment, agriculture, forestry and fishing, sports and the arts. When the Guardian ran a series of articles about devolution, it asked readers to say how they defined themselves in terms of nationality. The Cornish results were dominated by people who preferred to call themselves "Other", rather than English or British. They had not been given the option of describing themselves as ‘Cornish’. Both Cole and Jenkin say they are Cornish first but British second. "If you do the history, the Celts are the ancient Britons. Being Cornish and British is completely logical," says Cole. Jenkin points out that there had never been an Act of union between Cornwall and England, as there was between England and Scotland, and England and Wales. She thinks of the monarch as "the queen" rather than "her queen", though MK would be prepared to let her open an assembly building if they get one. Jenkin also believes Prince Charles, the Duke of Cornwall, and true head of the realm, could do more to help champion the cause. Founded in 1951 at the Oates temperance hotel in Redruth, Mebyon Kernow's seven original aims included to "study local conditions and attempt to remedy any that may be prejudicial to the best interest of Cornwall", to "foster the Cornish language and literature" and "by self-knowledge to further the acceptance of the idea of the Celtic character of Cornwall, one of the six Celtic nations". From its beginnings MK had a strong focus on Cornish identity and culture but was also openly political, and by September 1951 the party had officially committed itself to Cornwall's "right to self-government in domestic affairs in a federated United Kingdom". It now has five seats on the Tory-controlled Unitary Authority, four more than Labour, and has more than 25 town or parish councilors. MK remains a minority but, it likes to think, one with a big and growing voice. Reprinted with permission from the CANSW newsletter (extract article above appeared in the UK Guardian of January 26, 2012, by Steven Morris) -- Chris Dunkerley, Editor, Cornish Association of New South Wales Newsletter. VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 8 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR December 21, 2011 Dear Barry, With sincere gratitude for your stellar work on the Crier, let me quote from the June 2011 CHSE minutes: “The president recommended that we send a note of appreciation to Barry, thanking him for his efforts in preparing and mailing the Crier each quarter. This elicited a great deal of discussion of Barry’s merits by those who work closely with him.” And, I might add, many others expressed their enjoyment in reading the Crier each quarter. Since we only see you once a year, I thought it would be most fitting to encourage you in the “off season.” All one has to do is imagine the loss, the gap in our society’s activities, if you were unable to fulfill this crucial service to the rest of us! Kudos, Barry, on work always very well done! With sincere appreciation, Lew *************************************************************************************************************************************************** Friday, November 11, 2011 1:46 PM Thank you for the recent magazine. Your readers may be interested in my Nick Leverton website www.nickleverton.com. Nick had an amazing life, as I have alluded before in a previous issue. If you can produce a review, that could interest many people. Alternatively let me know if you wish me to write another article, it will be very much like the previous one though! Regards, Tony Laverton Note: I have seen Mr. Leverton’s webpage and recommend it highly for its thorough content about the Rev. Nicholas Leverton, who was the subject of an earlier article. -- Ed. ************************************************************************************************************************************************ Program for March 3, 2012: Participate in the global celebration of St. Piran's Day weekend as we join with Cornish Cousins everywhere, singing, waving the Cross of St. Piran, indulging in some good Cornish food, and filling out MIGRATION FORMS to be registered with the CORNISH GLOBAL MIGRATION PROGRAM at Murdoch House, Redruth. During my recent visit to Redruth I met with the Cornish Global Migration Programme folks. They are doing a wonderful job, archiving the global movement of the Cornish. So let's help them! Bring your family's emigration data, copies of fotos, documents, anything you are willing to share. I will return all to Redruth. Pasties can be ordered from Rockies, or bring your own diet food! I will bring a dessert - treacle tart, saffron buns or jam tarts & cream, depending on whispers from the Cornish Piskies. -- Margaret Carne VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 9 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST Gerry is holding one of her treasures, a historic milk jug from the Seton Pottery in Scorrier (near Redruth). A two-man crosscut saw nearly dwarfs Fred. This saw was used by his grandfather in the Alden Coal Mine, near Nanticoke in NE Pennsylvania, to cut the oak timbers that shored up the roofs of the mines. Anne is holding a book on Cornish bal maidens by Lynne Mayers (women who worked above ground at the mines). Lynne has included a few histories of the life of a bal maiden. Anne's great-grandmother, Caroline Riddle Rodda, was a bal maiden in 1851. Her history and her photo are in this book. Caroline later worked at the Seton Pottery in Scorrier where Gerry's milk jug was made. Margaret is wearing a Cornish fisherman's smock. The smock is made of tough cotton twill with 2 pockets and 3/4 sleeves and is worn over a fisherman's jumper made of tightly knit 5-ply wool. PHOTOS FROM OUR DECEMBER 3, 2011 MEETING (courtesy: Phil Reynolds) VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 10 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 CORNISH CRIER: NEWSLETTER OF THE CORNISH HERITAGE SOCIETY EAST Woman celebrates 105th birthday at Heath Village in Hackettstown WWW.NJ.COM Published: Monday, October 24, 2011, 12:50 PM     Updated: Monday, October 24, 2011, 4:00 PM Mary Toye recently celebrated her 105th birthday in the Clarence W. Sickles Health Care Center at Heath Village in Hackettstown.Toye graduated Dover High School in 1925. After graduating she received a degree in French from the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown in 1929. She taught for a year in Patterson, and then returned to Dover and took a position at the Academy Street School.In 1936, Toye began her career as a French teacher at Dover High School and went on to receive a Masters Degree at Seton Hall. Toye taught French at Dover High for 27 years, until 1963, when she became a guidance counselor for 12 more years, finally retiring in 1975.Toye has kept in touch with past students and fellow teachers over the years and she receives plenty of cards, letters and visits from former students throughout the year, especially around the holidays, said Maggie Garatty, the public relations coordinator at Heath Village.Toye has lived at Heath Village since 1996 and lived independently up until April 2009. She is an icon at Heath Village and is loved by staff and residents alike, Garatty says. [Mary is a member of our Cornish Society.] MARY TOYE RECENTLY CELEBRATED HER 105TH BIRTHDAY AT HEATH VILLAGE IN MANSFIELD Interested in joining CHSE? A single membership is just $15 per year. Name: ___________________________________________ Phone: __________________________ Street: ___________________________________________ E-mail: __________________________ Town: ___________________________________________ State:____________ Zip: ___________ Cornish ancestors: Names and parishes, if known: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Send to: Joan Wheeler, 471 South Avenue, Fanwood, NJ 07023 VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 Page 11 MEURTH/MARCH 2012 Cornish Heritage Society East Formed to unite descendants of Cornish immigrants: to promote the study of the ancient culture of Cornwall; to forge and maintain bonds with Cornish around the world. We meet four times a year with an Annual Meeting on the Saturday nearest to St. Piran’s Day (March 5th). President –Lewis Penhall Bird 1st VP –Margaret Carne 2nd VP –to be announced Secretary – Sylvia Stephens Hadowanetz Treasurer – Fred Varker Historian – Art Smith Membership : Individual $15. Student: $5. Family, within the same house is $20. Sponsor $30. Patron $50. Make checks payable to CHSE, send to: Cornish Heritage Society East Joan Wheeler 471 South Avenue Fanwood, NJ 07023 908-654-5245 Our society’s banner ISSN 1083-1576 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Editor, Cornish Crier Barry E. Tracy PO Box 1335 New York, NY 10274-1335 (718) 337-5948 Email: cornishcriereditor@yahoo.com Editorial Associates Margaret Carne Anne Stephens MEURTH/MARCH 2012