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Two days after the September big winds blew through central Ohio, Charlotte Prior flew off to California to visit her sister for a week. The Priors were in and out of town so much between Spring and Autumn that Stanton said they hadn’t been able to put the suitcases away!
Your Absent-minded Editor overlooked one of her notes last issue and forgot to congratulate Dianne Williams on the article about her and her “foodie friends”, The Spice Ladies, in the July 2008 edition of Ohiomag.com. WSCO picnic attendees for the past two years have had a chance to bid on a copy of the Spice Ladies’ cookbook, Living in Cin-namon, during the WSCO auction. The article was still online at the time this newsletter went tothe printer --http://ohiomag.com/magazine/home&garden/article.asp?id=7BD926376C3046BC8C553C42BE6BD94B&page=1.
In the last issue, in the Member Highlights paragraph listing the WSCO members and friends who went on the bus trip to Venedocia, I identified the attendees who had “roots” in the area. I mentioned that Marian Davis was at the gymanfa (although not on the bus trip with us), but I did not know at the time that she also has strong ties to Venedocia.
Marian wrote to say: “Half of my family -- the Thomas side -- is from the Venedocia area, and our 150-year-old family homestead, Mill Pond Farms, is still in existence just outside of town (photo featured on venedocia.org website). And in the Venedocia cemetery are the graves of my great-grandparents, Anna Morris Thomas and Robert Richards Thomas, who was a very famous choral director in the area "back in the day." My 82-year-old cousin, David Hugh Evans, lives just down the street from the church and always hosts an "afterglow" party immediately following the Gymanfa, which is always so much fun.”
Members needing phone, address, or email information can contact the WSCO corresponding secretary – info(at)welshsocietyofcentralohio(dot)org or (614) 470-4999. (Personal information is not published because the membership roster is shared with only Life and paid Annual WSCO members – our mailing list is larger. Also, DT is published on the WSCO website and it is our policy to not submit personal information to the web without permission.)
Changes/corrections
Allison, Janet – new address and phone number
Cherry, Myron – email address change – add “1” between his name and “@”
Cooper, Jackie – new member
Davis, Marian -- correction -- phone number ends -7440
Philipps, Tom – new email address
Correction to last issue – DAVID Ireland, not Craig, moved to Boardman with Christina -- wrong name inserted!! Hope we haven’t started any marital difficulties between David and Christina or caused major confusion among their friends and family.
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If you pay dues annually, your dues expired Dec. 31st.
To help eliminate confusion regarding WSCO’s membership “year” for those who pay annual dues, the Board switched to a calendar year from the long-standing March 1st through the end-of-the-next February timeframe. This practice started in 2008.
Annual members are kept on our mailing list for one year past their dues expiration date and continue to receive Dragon Tales during that year.
A membership form can be found on the WSCO website, http://www.welshsocietyofcentralohio.org.
If your dues for next year are received by February 15th, you will be included in the membership roster which will be distributed the day of our St. David’s Day luncheon. Those not attending will be sent their copy of the roster.
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4/7/1984 -- rugby's new National Stadium was finished on the site of the Arms Park in 1984, but demolition began less than 13 years later on 3/16/1997 to make way for the Millennium Stadium
6/26/1999 – the Millennium Stadium was opened and Wales beat South Africa, the world champions, for the first time
10/1/1999 – the first match at the Millennium Stadium in the Rugby World Cup saw Wales beat Argentina in their group