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Further readings:
The Welsh Hills, the story of a pioneer community by William Harvey Jones; Raymond Evans, editor
The History of Granville, Licking County, Ohio by Henry Bushnell
Granville, the story of an Ohio village by William T. Utter
Granville, Massachusetts to Ohio: a story of migration and settlement by Horace King
--Resources compiled by Ken Evans
All of the above titles are available at the State Library of Ohio (http://slonet.state.oh.us/), the Ohioana Library Collection, in-library use only.
You will also find information about this part of Licking County at http://ohio.llgc.org.uk on the Wales-Ohio Project website.
For more information about Mr. and Mrs. Davis, the Wales-Ohio Project, or more web links for information about the Welsh Hills area, see two articles in Dragon Tales, the Jan.-May 2007 and July-Sept. 2007 issues, both on the bottom of page 9 – in this site’s newsletter archives.
WSCO members on the trip were Joan Bash, Gwen Baxter, Gene Beard, Donna Boyce, Kay Caudy, Myron Cherry, Helen Davis, Bob Donaldson, Cheryl & Stacy Evans, Ken Evans, Tamara Evans, Carole Edwards Haley, Evan & Pam Jones, Tegwyn Lantz, Mary Ellen Morgan, Tom Philipps, Stanton Prior, Beth Ransopher, and Bob & Sue Ranck. Additional trippers included Cherie Alidon, John Gabriel, Luanne & Tom Gabriel, Jeane Haynes, Mary Ann Haynes, Marti Lipe, and Mary Ellen Marker, and Menna Morgan who was here from The National Library of Wales, working on the Wales-Ohio Project.
Photographs: Oldest stone house; Welsh Hills Baptist Church; Philipps Cemetery sign; Ken Evans at Welsh Hills Cemetery; Wooden bench in small public garden in Granville. Photographs were contributed by Tegwyn Lantz.
Tegwyn took some lovely pictures that would not look good in gray tones, cropped and sized to fit in this newsletter and she is willing to share them via email. If you want to know what she has, contact her via dragontalesnews[at]sbcglobal[dot]net.
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Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.
-Welsh proverb
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Looks like we’ve started a new WSCO tradition – first a requested recipe from the picnic in the last issue of DT and now one from the bus trip – enjoy!
Carole Edwards Haley’s Oklahoma Caviar (bean salad)
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2 cans (15 oz.) black-eyed peas or black beans or kidney beans or combination, drained and rinsed |
˝ cup purple onion, chopped 4 green onions, chopped |
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1 can (15.5 oz.) corn, drained |
2 garlic cloves, minced |
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1 can (14 oz,) diced tomatoes, drained |
1 jalapeno, chopped |
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1 green sweet pepper, chopped |
1 cup Kroger fat-free zesty Italian salad dressing |
Mix together all ingredients. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Serve undrained, as a salad, or drained as a dip with scooper corn chips.
WSCO is proposing two trips for autumn, 2008, and the board needs to know in the near future if there is enough interest from the membership to go forward with plans.
5th Annual Bus Tour – initial plans for this day-trip are for Sunday, Aug. 31, and include as the main events the wonderful Venedocia, Ohio, Gymanfa and a visit to the Welsh museum in Gomer. We will be scheduling a “late start” leaving Columbus – noon or 1 pm -- since we will be returning after the evening Gymanfa. The cost would be around $40 plus meals, with dinner at the church supper in Venedocia.
Custom Two Week Tour of Wales from the north to the south – private motor coach, medieval banquet, Welsh Folk Museum, Welsh National Gallery, a male voice chorus practice, church service in Welsh, visit a working farm, see the new waterfront development in Cardiff, special accommodations, and the treasures of Wales. Cost will be no more than $4,000 per person for a 2-week trip, including airfare, lodging, tour bus, guide, breakfasts, and some dinners.
Indicating your interest in either or both trips at this time carries no commitment, but we must know how many people have a strong interest in order to make a decision at the March board meeting.
Please contact us by phone or email – (614) 470-4999 or centralohiowelsh[at]aol[dot]com – if you are interested and do not plan on attending the St. David’s Day celebration on March 1st where more details will be available for the Wales trip.