Hi Carroll and all, I agree, we do need a good book on Snohomish History. I collect books on the Olympic's, History, Natural History, Trail Guides, Animals and Plants. There are several good writers around that could do the book justice. I will bet we all know a few. I don't have any information on Snohomish to add, I am still looking for my relatives and there history in the Arlington and Snohomish areas. Do we have some one who really wants to head up a literary pursuit? I have some names and contacts I could throw into the bag with samples of there works. Kit

THANK YOU, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO VOTED YOUR HEART. YOU AND THE OTHERS ALL OVER OUR NATION SPOKE UP IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT DETERMINATION AND THE WILL TO BE REPRESENTED, DESPITE THE OPPOSITION, ARE HEALTHY DESPITE THE BLIGHT THAT WAS HEAPED UPON US! 1. After the results of the Snohomish Cemetery defeat at the decision of Judge Charles French in Superior Court, Everett, WA., SCW, the thoughts among those who upheld the Cem. has been exceedingly grim. To see a Pioneer cemetery die, or put to death, is deploring to say the least. 2. The good news is the results of the voice of the People to come out and vote, and despite all the negativeness that was expounded, and will continue to be expounded, the People prevailed with a resounding retort! 3. The various networks, CNN for one, and the various "talk shows", the inuendo and the smear have all resulted in a "resounding retort" as in #2; "cynicism is dead"! Oh, it will continue to rear its ugly neck, but the People have learned to read between the lines, and will continue to do so, as SUCCESS builds upon SUCCESS! We have a lot of PROBLEMS to solve, but isn't PROBLEM SOLVING the going thing among us? ( we GENEALOGISTS, good and poor,for example! I am one of the POORER ones, but I desire to do better. CC.). 4. Jeffersonian Democracy - these words ring in the annals of our history books and heritage. Today, dna adds to the legacy, thanks to a man of science who on his own proved as well as anyone can prove a fact of history, and of Life. Cynicism has no niche here, though there may be those who would not agree. 5. May we tackle the PROBLEMS of our day with a clear vision, rather than an aberrated one, and not let propaganda divert us from our own rational judgements. The "talk", "follow up" and "interpretation" after every major utterances of importance may be interesting to "listen to" but it most often turns out to be a persuasive device or media to "channel" your thinking in another direction - one that fit "their" case. Let this historic voting event be a lesson to us all that the "hoodwinking" is not going to GO! 6. History "will out" and it will continue to "will out" . It seems that Snohomish Cemetery "died" at the hand of Judge French and his decision Mon. Oct 26, 1998, but the Legacy of that Cemetery will live on, just as assuredly as "matter is neither created nor destroyed, but only changed in form" and energy is one of the ingredients in the formulae. Diligence and forthright prevail, and will continue to prevail as long as we VOTE to be heard, and to build upon the Legacy: the Living AND the "DEAD"! Carroll in Snohomish. $ $ $ 30 $ $ $ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I'd be happy to collaborate on a history book, especially because it might help to repay all the work that the Moore's and Crawford's put out to try to save the cemetery. Evelyn

Interesting, CC - I have been thinking Carolynn should use all that info she gathered in a book in an effort to recoup some of the money they spent for the court action. It seems there should be a lot of interest in this area of WA as it was somewhat different than Seattle and the initial discovery of Chehalis and Tumwater - and the coastal area. A lot has been written about Fort Walla Walla too which was a point on the original Oregon Trail. I think a Northwest publisher might be interested in such a book - Evelyn Huff and Patrice Shinabarger have a lot of info about that area too. I think it could be a book - I would hope they would include Pilchuck Julia and Jack. Norma Carroll H Clark wrote: > > Dear Mike & Carolynn, et al: > John Sloniker always come up with some real gems - sources of information > for us all. As I was reading through this material, I was thinking: > Wouldn't it be great if a fine writer such as these mentioned below could > be inspired somehow to find enough material of interest to write about > Old Snohomish, its pioneers, Indians, and its colorful history in such a > way that it would capture the minds of many people, not only of the area, > but in such a way that it would be interesting reading to anyone > interested in the old northwest and what these little towns were like and > how they grew. Chuck Rice captured much of those times in his writings > and he left us a Legacy of account of our early history. Carolynn and > her family gathered tons of material during their research. I have seen > samples of what Al Cooper has in his files on the Snohomish and > neighboring Indians of this area. > It just seems that all this material around us and now more concentrated > than ever should be the bases for a book that would be very well planned > and written and published for all to enjoy - one that any historian of NW > History would love to have among their collection. > I don't know what it would take to inspire such a competent writer to > tackle this job but > - though River Reflections by the Snoh. Hist. Society was an attempt, and > there is in the mill one that is supposed to be out by 2K or before about > Snohomish County as a sort of project history to supplement or "correct" > the Whitfield History of Snohomish County into "current thinking", there > is more out there re Snohomish! > There are writers around as we can see from the List below - a writer > that can write other than cold facts, or myths that have been handed > down, but material which has been researched and can be written in a > palatable form - one that really spurns the interest and flavor of the > place and times, and bring out the life blood of the characters and their > environment. > This is a dream I have, but wouldn't it be great if a dream such as this > were to come true! It could be done but it takes the right person with > the right kind of verve for writing and the ability to blow life into it. > The late Bob Humphreys, and his friend the late Loren Baker could do it > as they were historians of Everett. Where is someone who would do > Snohomish and make it live again? Writers like the ones listed below, > for example. > > Thanks a meg to John Sloniker for the information he brought to our > attention. > > Carroll, Snohomish. > > * * * 30 * * * > On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:57:19 -0800 (PST) PSRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com > writes: > > #4 Writers & NW History [John Wm Sloniker > ><johnwms@serv.net] > >X-Message: #4 > >Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:30:58 -0800 (PST) > >From: John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> > >To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811041027170.14220-100000@itchy.serv.net> > >Subject: Writers & NW History > >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > >Sorry I forgot to pass this on while fresh. -- jws > > > >Small-press publisher tops Governor's Writers Award list > > > >http://www.seattletimes.com/news/entertainment/html98/govs_090198.html > > > > by Donn Fry <dfry-new@seatimes.com> > > Seattle Times book editor > > > > Posted at 06:13 a.m. PDT; Tuesday, September 1, 1998 > > > > An 86-year-old small-press publisher who has kept alive the history > >of > >the Pacific Northwest through more than 60 years and 600 books heads > >the > >list of winners of the 1998 Governor's Writers Awards. > > > > Glen C. Adams has managed to do that while battling multiple > >sclerosis > >for more than half a century - the last 16 years from a wheelchair. > > > > "Well, I feel pretty flattered," Adams said of winning the Nancy > >Blankenship Pryor Award, a career-achievement honor for contributions > >to > >the literary culture of Washington state. "I knew Nancy Pryor, and she > > > >was sufficiently interested to stop by twice over the years and see > >what > >I was doing." > > > > A longtime librarian at the State Library in Olympia, Pryor was > >founder and developer of of the Washington/Northwest Room and the > >Washington authors' collection, and in 1966 she helped create the > >Governor's Writers Awards. She died in 1991, and the career award was > >named in her memory in 1992. > > > > Ten other Washington residents were named winners of the 32nd > >annual > >Governor's Writers Awards, which were announced today in Olympia by > >the > >co-sponsoring Washington State Library and the Washington Commission > >for > >the Humanities. Chosen from among the authors of more than 400 books > >published by Washington state writers during 1997, the winning writers > > > >are: > > > > -- Peter Bacho of Seattle for "Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories" > > (University of Washington Press), a short-story collection > >about > > Seattle's Filipino immigrant community. > > > > -- Bruce Barcott, a writer and editor for Seattle Weekly, for his > > book, "The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount > > Rainier" (Sasquatch). > > > > -- Teresa Bateman of Tacoma for "The Ring of Truth: An Original > > Irish Tale" (Holiday House). > > > > -- Linda Bierds, a poet who teaches at the University of > >Washington, > > for her collection, "The Profile Makers: Poems" (Henry Holt). > > > > -- Chief Lelooska, who died in 1996, an expert on Northwest Coast > > Indian art from Ariel, Cowlitz County, for "Echoes of the > >Elders: > > The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska" (DK Ink). > > > > -- George B. Dyson of Bellingham for "Darwin Among the Machines: > >The > > Evolution of Global Intelligence" (Addison-Wesley). > > > > -- Edward J. Larson, a University of Georgia historian who also > >lives > > at Stanwood, for his Pulitzer Prize-winning study, "Summer for > >the > > Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over > > Science and Religion" (Basic Books). > > > > -- Nancy Rawles, the Seattle author of the novel "Love Like Gumbo" > > > > (Fjord Press). > > > > -- Shelby Scates, a Seattle journalist, for his biographical > >study, > > "Warren G. Magnuson and the Making of the Twentieth Century" > > (University of Washington Press). > > > > -- J. William T. Youngs, an Eastern Washington University > >historian > > and author of "The Fair and the Falls: Spokane's Expo '74: > > Transforming an American Environment" (Eastern Washington > > University Press). > > > > The awards will be presented Oct. 25 during the annual Northwest > >Bookfest at Pier 48 on the Seattle waterfront. The noon ceremony will > >feature readings and comments from most of the winners, though Adams > >said > >his infirmities will likely keep him home. > > > > Adams operates Ye Galleon Press in Fairfield, a Spokane County > >community where he also farmed for a number of years. The press > >publishes > >a combination of reprints and original works that chronicle Pacific > >Northwest history. Just yesterday, Adams was binding a new paperback > >edition of "Fire Lookouts of the Northwest," a history of lookout > >stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana by Ray Kresek, a > >retired firefighter who lives in Spokane. > > > > Adams has been at it since 1937, when he founded the press while > >still > >a student at Eastern Washington University. He began by handsetting > >type > >and printing his books on an old letterpress machine. > > > > "That's for the birds now," he said. "We do everything almost > >exclusively by offset press, after setting it by computer." > > > > Adams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 51 years ago, he said, > >and > >has never had a remission - "just a slow, steady, progressive > >paralysis." > >Though he began using the wheelchair in 1982, he still helps care for > >his > >wife, Jean, who has been an invalid for a number of years. > > > > "I'm still working five days a week and still getting out books," > >he > >said. "I'm into this up to my ears." > > > > The largest market for Ye Galleon Press books is university and > >college libraries, Adams said, noting that in addition to the U.S. > >Library of Congress, his books are included in the national libraries > >of Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Vatican. > > > > "I think the standing order I'm most proud of," he added, "is Yale > >University." The Ivy League school's library has a contract to receive > > > >every book that Adams publishes - which now total 676, though that > >figure > >includes separate hardcover and paperback editions of some titles. > > > > The veteran publisher is not without other honors. In 1990, he was > >awarded an honorary doctorate by Spokane's Gonzaga University, and the > > > >previous year he was one of the original inductees into the Washington > > > >State Historical Society's Centennial Hall of Honor. > > > > Despite Ye Galleon Press' importance to historians, librarians and > >universities, Adams admitted that his little company typically runs at > > > >a loss. > > > > "We've been in the black three times, but usually it's a sad > >story," > >he said. "But I love making books, and at my age, I might as well keep > > > >on doing it." > > > > E-mail Comments to Editor : Comments@seatimes.com > > > > The Seattle Times home page > > http://www.seattletimes.com/ > > > > Seattle Times: Table of Content > > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/ > > > > The Seattle Times: Search Archive > > http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/search.html > > > > The Seattle Times: Browse by date > > http://www.seattletimes.com/todaysnews/browse.html > > > > Permission requests and information > > http://www/seatimes.com/general/info.html > > > > Copyright (c) 1998 The Seattle Times Company > > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/general/copyright.html > > > >-------------------------------- > >End of PSRoots-D Digest V98 Issue #359 > >************************************** > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Ken: Here's what I found on a quick search for St. Martin College. Try to reach the college. They may have a history of their Catholic staff. Norma http://www.osb.org/osb/acad/benchaps.html http://www.catholic.org/colweb/links.shtml Kenneth Breau wrote: > > Hi ... > First, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Kenn Breau > and am > the archivist for the Université de Moncton, in New Brunswick, Canada. I > am originally from Neguac, NB the birthplace of a person who spent a few > years in the state of Washington - Father Luc Allain, who died and is > buried in Saint Martin's Abbey Cemetery, Lacey. > For those interested... here are a few biographical notes : > Luc Allain, (1848-1929), priest, son of Michel Allain and Esther > Robichaud of Neguac. > Born in Neguac on January 17th 1848, he made his classical > studies at > Saint-Joseph College in Memramcook, NB. In 1877, he entered the order of > the Holy Cross Fathers in Montreal. The next year, he was accepted in > the diocese of Chatham, NB and was ordained on Spetember 21st at the age > of 32 in the chapel of the Sister of Hotel-Dieu by Bishop James Rogers. > The following day he celebrated his first mass in his native parish, > Neguac. The 23rd, he went to Petit Rocher, NB, where he had been named > vicar. > On February 12th 1880 he obtained his «exeat» authorizing him to > leave > for another parish. In the diocese of Toronto, Ontario, he was named, > that same year, chapelin and professor of the Pentanguishine Reform > School, then in 1881, curate at Caldwell. That same year he became > curate for Uxbridge and Markham, in Ontario, and remained there until > October 17th 1886, when he then became curate in Merriton. In 1892, we > find him in the Star of the Sea parish at Port Dalhousie, town of > St-Catherine. He leaves there January 16th 1902. > NOTE: Transferred to the diocese of Seattle, in the state of > Washington, he became, in 1903, curate of Bremerton which he left > January 5th 1908 for an extended tour around the world. On June 25th > 1909, he arrived back home in Neguac, NB, his native village which he > had not seen in over 8 years. He left again for Seattle on July 6th. > On May 4th 1909, aged 80, he died at St Antony's hospital in > Pendleton, > Oregon. After his funeral in the chapel of the St. Joseph Hospital in > Tacoma, where he was residing, he was buried on May 9th in Saint > Martin's Abbey Cemetery, Lacey, Washington. > > Here is a picture of Luc (Luke) Allain, sitting and of his brother > Jacques (James) who was known as Brother Paesidius of Mary. > http://www.umoncton.ca/csjm/la.gif > I hope this may be of some interest to the list .... I was wondering if > there might just be someone out there who may be able to furnish me with > a bit more information ... especially I would like to know how I could > obtain a photo of his tombstone ... any little tidbit would be > appreciated ... mention in a census ... newspaper clipping ... letter .. > In the meantime I would wish you all a great day from New Brunswick, > Canada .... small world when we begin to think how peoples lives > intertwine ... > Kenneth Breau > breauk@umoncton.ca > Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Hi ... First, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Kenn Breau and am the archivist for the Université de Moncton, in New Brunswick, Canada. I am originally from Neguac, NB the birthplace of a person who spent a few years in the state of Washington - Father Luc Allain, who died and is buried in Saint Martin's Abbey Cemetery, Lacey. For those interested... here are a few biographical notes : Luc Allain, (1848-1929), priest, son of Michel Allain and Esther Robichaud of Neguac. Born in Neguac on January 17th 1848, he made his classical studies at Saint-Joseph College in Memramcook, NB. In 1877, he entered the order of the Holy Cross Fathers in Montreal. The next year, he was accepted in the diocese of Chatham, NB and was ordained on Spetember 21st at the age of 32 in the chapel of the Sister of Hotel-Dieu by Bishop James Rogers. The following day he celebrated his first mass in his native parish, Neguac. The 23rd, he went to Petit Rocher, NB, where he had been named vicar. On February 12th 1880 he obtained his «exeat» authorizing him to leave for another parish. In the diocese of Toronto, Ontario, he was named, that same year, chapelin and professor of the Pentanguishine Reform School, then in 1881, curate at Caldwell. That same year he became curate for Uxbridge and Markham, in Ontario, and remained there until October 17th 1886, when he then became curate in Merriton. In 1892, we find him in the Star of the Sea parish at Port Dalhousie, town of St-Catherine. He leaves there January 16th 1902. NOTE: Transferred to the diocese of Seattle, in the state of Washington, he became, in 1903, curate of Bremerton which he left January 5th 1908 for an extended tour around the world. On June 25th 1909, he arrived back home in Neguac, NB, his native village which he had not seen in over 8 years. He left again for Seattle on July 6th. On May 4th 1909, aged 80, he died at St Antony's hospital in Pendleton, Oregon. After his funeral in the chapel of the St. Joseph Hospital in Tacoma, where he was residing, he was buried on May 9th in Saint Martin's Abbey Cemetery, Lacey, Washington. Here is a picture of Luc (Luke) Allain, sitting and of his brother Jacques (James) who was known as Brother Paesidius of Mary. http://www.umoncton.ca/csjm/la.gif I hope this may be of some interest to the list .... I was wondering if there might just be someone out there who may be able to furnish me with a bit more information ... especially I would like to know how I could obtain a photo of his tombstone ... any little tidbit would be appreciated ... mention in a census ... newspaper clipping ... letter .. In the meantime I would wish you all a great day from New Brunswick, Canada .... small world when we begin to think how peoples lives intertwine ... Kenneth Breau breauk@umoncton.ca Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

And another book he printed was SCIPIO, INDIANA: THREADS FROM THE PAST by Margaret Read MacDonald which has little tidbits of my great grandfather John WAUGHTEL and other members of my ancestry. Antoinette waughtel@oz.net http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/savannah/252/homepage.htm John Wm Sloniker wrote: > Sorry I forgot to pass this on while fresh. -- jws > > Small-press publisher tops Governor's Writers Award list > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/entertainment/html98/govs_090198.html > > by Donn Fry <dfry-new@seatimes.com> > Seattle Times book editor > > Posted at 06:13 a.m. PDT; Tuesday, September 1, 1998 > > An 86-year-old small-press publisher who has kept alive the history of > the Pacific Northwest through more than 60 years and 600 books heads the > list of winners of the 1998 Governor's Writers Awards. > > Glen C. Adams has managed to do that while battling multiple sclerosis > for more than half a century - the last 16 years from a wheelchair. > > "Well, I feel pretty flattered," Adams said of winning the Nancy > Blankenship Pryor Award, a career-achievement honor for contributions to > the literary culture of Washington state. "I knew Nancy Pryor, and she > was sufficiently interested to stop by twice over the years and see what > I was doing." > > A longtime librarian at the State Library in Olympia, Pryor was > founder and developer of of the Washington/Northwest Room and the > Washington authors' collection, and in 1966 she helped create the > Governor's Writers Awards. She died in 1991, and the career award was > named in her memory in 1992. > > Ten other Washington residents were named winners of the 32nd annual > Governor's Writers Awards, which were announced today in Olympia by the > co-sponsoring Washington State Library and the Washington Commission for > the Humanities. Chosen from among the authors of more than 400 books > published by Washington state writers during 1997, the winning writers > are: > > -- Peter Bacho of Seattle for "Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories" > (University of Washington Press), a short-story collection about > Seattle's Filipino immigrant community. > > -- Bruce Barcott, a writer and editor for Seattle Weekly, for his > book, "The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount > Rainier" (Sasquatch). > > -- Teresa Bateman of Tacoma for "The Ring of Truth: An Original > Irish Tale" (Holiday House). > > -- Linda Bierds, a poet who teaches at the University of Washington, > for her collection, "The Profile Makers: Poems" (Henry Holt). > > -- Chief Lelooska, who died in 1996, an expert on Northwest Coast > Indian art from Ariel, Cowlitz County, for "Echoes of the Elders: > The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska" (DK Ink). > > -- George B. Dyson of Bellingham for "Darwin Among the Machines: The > Evolution of Global Intelligence" (Addison-Wesley). > > -- Edward J. Larson, a University of Georgia historian who also lives > at Stanwood, for his Pulitzer Prize-winning study, "Summer for the > Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over > Science and Religion" (Basic Books). > > -- Nancy Rawles, the Seattle author of the novel "Love Like Gumbo" > (Fjord Press). > > -- Shelby Scates, a Seattle journalist, for his biographical study, > "Warren G. Magnuson and the Making of the Twentieth Century" > (University of Washington Press). > > -- J. William T. Youngs, an Eastern Washington University historian > and author of "The Fair and the Falls: Spokane's Expo '74: > Transforming an American Environment" (Eastern Washington > University Press). > > The awards will be presented Oct. 25 during the annual Northwest > Bookfest at Pier 48 on the Seattle waterfront. The noon ceremony will > feature readings and comments from most of the winners, though Adams said > his infirmities will likely keep him home. > > Adams operates Ye Galleon Press in Fairfield, a Spokane County > community where he also farmed for a number of years. The press publishes > a combination of reprints and original works that chronicle Pacific > Northwest history. Just yesterday, Adams was binding a new paperback > edition of "Fire Lookouts of the Northwest," a history of lookout > stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana by Ray Kresek, a > retired firefighter who lives in Spokane. > > Adams has been at it since 1937, when he founded the press while still > a student at Eastern Washington University. He began by handsetting type > and printing his books on an old letterpress machine. > > "That's for the birds now," he said. "We do everything almost > exclusively by offset press, after setting it by computer." > > Adams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 51 years ago, he said, and > has never had a remission - "just a slow, steady, progressive paralysis." > Though he began using the wheelchair in 1982, he still helps care for his > wife, Jean, who has been an invalid for a number of years. > > "I'm still working five days a week and still getting out books," he > said. "I'm into this up to my ears." > > The largest market for Ye Galleon Press books is university and > college libraries, Adams said, noting that in addition to the U.S. > Library of Congress, his books are included in the national libraries > of Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Vatican. > > "I think the standing order I'm most proud of," he added, "is Yale > University." The Ivy League school's library has a contract to receive > every book that Adams publishes - which now total 676, though that figure > includes separate hardcover and paperback editions of some titles. > > The veteran publisher is not without other honors. In 1990, he was > awarded an honorary doctorate by Spokane's Gonzaga University, and the > previous year he was one of the original inductees into the Washington > State Historical Society's Centennial Hall of Honor. > > Despite Ye Galleon Press' importance to historians, librarians and > universities, Adams admitted that his little company typically runs at > a loss. > > "We've been in the black three times, but usually it's a sad story," > he said. "But I love making books, and at my age, I might as well keep > on doing it." > > E-mail Comments to Editor : Comments@seatimes.com > > The Seattle Times home page > http://www.seattletimes.com/ > > Seattle Times: Table of Content > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/ > > The Seattle Times: Search Archive > http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/search.html > > The Seattle Times: Browse by date > http://www.seattletimes.com/todaysnews/browse.html > > Permission requests and information > http://www/seatimes.com/general/info.html > > Copyright (c) 1998 The Seattle Times Company > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/general/copyright.html

Sorry I forgot to pass this on while fresh. -- jws Small-press publisher tops Governor's Writers Award list http://www.seattletimes.com/news/entertainment/html98/govs_090198.html by Donn Fry <dfry-new@seatimes.com> Seattle Times book editor Posted at 06:13 a.m. PDT; Tuesday, September 1, 1998 An 86-year-old small-press publisher who has kept alive the history of the Pacific Northwest through more than 60 years and 600 books heads the list of winners of the 1998 Governor's Writers Awards. Glen C. Adams has managed to do that while battling multiple sclerosis for more than half a century - the last 16 years from a wheelchair. "Well, I feel pretty flattered," Adams said of winning the Nancy Blankenship Pryor Award, a career-achievement honor for contributions to the literary culture of Washington state. "I knew Nancy Pryor, and she was sufficiently interested to stop by twice over the years and see what I was doing." A longtime librarian at the State Library in Olympia, Pryor was founder and developer of of the Washington/Northwest Room and the Washington authors' collection, and in 1966 she helped create the Governor's Writers Awards. She died in 1991, and the career award was named in her memory in 1992. Ten other Washington residents were named winners of the 32nd annual Governor's Writers Awards, which were announced today in Olympia by the co-sponsoring Washington State Library and the Washington Commission for the Humanities. Chosen from among the authors of more than 400 books published by Washington state writers during 1997, the winning writers are: -- Peter Bacho of Seattle for "Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories" (University of Washington Press), a short-story collection about Seattle's Filipino immigrant community. -- Bruce Barcott, a writer and editor for Seattle Weekly, for his book, "The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier" (Sasquatch). -- Teresa Bateman of Tacoma for "The Ring of Truth: An Original Irish Tale" (Holiday House). -- Linda Bierds, a poet who teaches at the University of Washington, for her collection, "The Profile Makers: Poems" (Henry Holt). -- Chief Lelooska, who died in 1996, an expert on Northwest Coast Indian art from Ariel, Cowlitz County, for "Echoes of the Elders: The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska" (DK Ink). -- George B. Dyson of Bellingham for "Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence" (Addison-Wesley). -- Edward J. Larson, a University of Georgia historian who also lives at Stanwood, for his Pulitzer Prize-winning study, "Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion" (Basic Books). -- Nancy Rawles, the Seattle author of the novel "Love Like Gumbo" (Fjord Press). -- Shelby Scates, a Seattle journalist, for his biographical study, "Warren G. Magnuson and the Making of the Twentieth Century" (University of Washington Press). -- J. William T. Youngs, an Eastern Washington University historian and author of "The Fair and the Falls: Spokane's Expo '74: Transforming an American Environment" (Eastern Washington University Press). The awards will be presented Oct. 25 during the annual Northwest Bookfest at Pier 48 on the Seattle waterfront. The noon ceremony will feature readings and comments from most of the winners, though Adams said his infirmities will likely keep him home. Adams operates Ye Galleon Press in Fairfield, a Spokane County community where he also farmed for a number of years. The press publishes a combination of reprints and original works that chronicle Pacific Northwest history. Just yesterday, Adams was binding a new paperback edition of "Fire Lookouts of the Northwest," a history of lookout stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana by Ray Kresek, a retired firefighter who lives in Spokane. Adams has been at it since 1937, when he founded the press while still a student at Eastern Washington University. He began by handsetting type and printing his books on an old letterpress machine. "That's for the birds now," he said. "We do everything almost exclusively by offset press, after setting it by computer." Adams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 51 years ago, he said, and has never had a remission - "just a slow, steady, progressive paralysis." Though he began using the wheelchair in 1982, he still helps care for his wife, Jean, who has been an invalid for a number of years. "I'm still working five days a week and still getting out books," he said. "I'm into this up to my ears." The largest market for Ye Galleon Press books is university and college libraries, Adams said, noting that in addition to the U.S. Library of Congress, his books are included in the national libraries of Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Vatican. "I think the standing order I'm most proud of," he added, "is Yale University." The Ivy League school's library has a contract to receive every book that Adams publishes - which now total 676, though that figure includes separate hardcover and paperback editions of some titles. The veteran publisher is not without other honors. In 1990, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Spokane's Gonzaga University, and the previous year he was one of the original inductees into the Washington State Historical Society's Centennial Hall of Honor. Despite Ye Galleon Press' importance to historians, librarians and universities, Adams admitted that his little company typically runs at a loss. "We've been in the black three times, but usually it's a sad story," he said. "But I love making books, and at my age, I might as well keep on doing it." 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That was one great site to give us. I had just finished deciphering a name that a cousin researcher thought to be Horace (Horras) and making a copy of it, tracing over it, I found to be Thomas. It's amazing what a little thing like this can mean. Thanks again for sharing. It is definitely a bookmark for me. Antoinette waughtel@oz.net http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/savannah/252/homepage.htm bookstorelady wrote: > This came from another list... but I spent a good half hour reading and > messing with this site. so am passing it on to you. > > <snip>, this site has examples of old handwriting ...perhaps this would > > help? > > > > http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html > > > > Rose-Anne <the submitter> > > Darilee < the forwarder>

Ok, Ok, I voted... (Washington State, 9th District Congress, 27th Precinct, 1st District Court, School District 3, 9th Fire District-----Tacoma/Puyallup-Pierce Country). Of all the people I truly supported, the races were to close to call as of 1:00 a.m. and they were running unopposed. Of all the candidates I liked, none returned my calls of congratulations. Of all the campaign ads I listened to, voters pamphlets read, offices I visited, support I gave; it's business as usual. I voted my heart and mind. Now, I turn my attention to the REAL IMPORTANT issues in my life.............Dead ancestors. . Ron -- Engång skall du vara en av dem som levat för längesen. - Pär Lagerkvist, Aftonland (Some day you shall be among those who lived long ago.)

This came from another list... but I spent a good half hour reading and messing with this site. so am passing it on to you. <snip>, this site has examples of old handwriting ...perhaps this would > help? > > http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html > > Rose-Anne <the submitter> Darilee < the forwarder>

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I'd vote if I had to crawl the six miles to do it on my hands and knees.

I'm posting this again. I posted it this morning but not sure if it got posted. Trying to find record Leslie Carpenter Games. Born in Centralia, WA Jan 13 1918.Died in Puyallup,WA. May 1 1993. Buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, in Tacoma,WA. His wife was Izola Evelyn Shannon who was born in Nebr in Jan 13 1918. No marriage date or where. They had Tree children Thelma Evelyn Games born in 1937,Alice Louise Games born 1940, Leslie E Games born in 1942. Would like all the help for these Names The thanking you D.W.Shannon

The following appeared on another list I subscribe to -- thought you guys might get a chuckle or two from it. Kitty - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: "ROBERT G. WILSON"<wilsonr@songs.sce.com> The Future Family Tree: A modern mother is explaining to her little girl about pictures in the family photo album. "This is the geneticist with your surrogate mother and here's your sperm donor and your father's clone. This is me holding you when you were just a frozen embryo. The lady with the very troubled look on her face is your aunt, a genealogist." This "joke" was sent to me, but I wonder how close this may turn out to be. - Bob Wilson -------- tjswift@ucdavis.edu "In this life we cannot do great things. We can Hydrologic Sciences, UCD only do small things with great love." (530)752-2913, 2-3350 fax -Mother Theresa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOLTON-L List Owner The Rootbound Researcher * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ^ ^ Kitty (CURTIS) Martin Kent, Washington - - k9504m@aol.com Researching: CURTIS, GATES, HENSLEY, HOL(E)TON, JAMES; ZIEGLER, SWIFT, POLK, GREGORY, GRACE (etc.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/8946/index.htm

In a message dated 11/3/98 8:02:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, andimac@oz.net writes: << I have only received one PSRoots message to my visnet address in the past several days and was wondering if rootsweb is having e-mail problems? I'm on a few other rootsweb maillists also and have received nothing from them either. Just checking ... Andi >> - - - - - - - - - - My lists are working fine, Andi. Strange. Do you have multiple email addresses? Maybe RootsWeb has something different from what you are currently using for email. Am sure Cyndi will check your account and make sure everything is working. HOLTON-L List Owner The Rootbound Researcher * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ^ ^ Kitty (CURTIS) Martin Kent, Washington - - k9504m@aol.com Researching: CURTIS, GATES, HENSLEY, HOL(E)TON, JAMES; ZIEGLER, SWIFT, POLK, GREGORY, GRACE (etc.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/8946/index.htm

D. W. Shannon: You might like to check Cyndi's list at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/famline.htm This is a service that Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogy Society provides.

On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Andrea D. MacDonald wrote: > I have only received one PSRoots message to my visnet address in the > past several days and was wondering if rootsweb is having e-mail > problems? I'm on a few other rootsweb maillists also and have received > nothing from them either. Just checking ... > > Andi Maybe it's the Election Day blues, or just the weather change. All my lists are slow, even the ones @ listserv.indiana.edu John You wanna discuss it? Try: INDIAN-HERITAGE discussion list *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====* # John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> Seattle, WA # # (206) 789-6663 7323 - 19th Ave NW 98117-5612 # *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*

I have only received one PSRoots message to my visnet address in the past several days and was wondering if rootsweb is having e-mail problems? I'm on a few other rootsweb maillists also and have received nothing from them either. Just checking ... Andi

I did. I voted, just after my 3 mile run this morning. I was #3 at my polling place. Evelyn