Nany Evans oral history.indd - Washington Secretary of State

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I remember I was standing in the front hall just sort of looking around, trying to plant it in my memory, that I would always remember what it looked like. Hughes: You spent 12 of the most memorable years of your life — Evans: To that point. Hughes: You were 31 years old when you arrived, and left with three pretty well grown up sons. Evans: It was a wonderful life, and I always say that to people. As difficult as it could be at times, and as busy as it could be at times, and Dan was often times stretched thin, and on and on and on, I still thought it was just a great existence for us. But we had a hiatus of six months before Evergreen. Hughes: What did you do for six months? Evans: Well, we did what we had done shortly after we were married. We took a trip to Europe. Dan said, “Why don’t repeat our trip?” So we did with the three boys. And that was great. We went all around, skied for several weeks again, and drove around. We went down into Kenya, too. We’ve been back several times. Hughes: To Kenya? Evans: Well, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. It’s amazing country. The lighting there is just very different. And you can understand why artists like it so much. Hughes: What a treat. You and your family really deserved that trip. Evans: Well, we did. And we have wonderful films that we took and we put those on movies for the kids. It was a good age because they were 10, 13, and 16. So Dan, our oldest son, could drive, and that helped. We picked up a Volvo station wagon after skiing and we drove all over. We rented a house in Surrey, south of London, for six weeks. And my mother came over to stay with us. And we toured around Wales where the Evans came from. And, as I mentioned earlier, we went to Haltwhistle, where the Bells came from in north England. Hughes: Right up on the Scotland border. Was it a little bit warmer this time? Evans: No, it was cold. But it was really a wonderful trip. When Mother was with us there were six of us. So Bruce got stuck in the back of the station wagon, at age 10, with the luggage. I think our son Dan had finally had enough of being with the family, 148
understandable you know. So at one point in time he said, “What if I went home a week early? I would like to go to graduation at my high school,” where he was a junior and he knew a lot of the seniors. “And then I could get the car and meet you.” So we said, “OK.” He went home and stayed with friends. Hughes: Where did he go to high school? Evans: Charles Wright. Hughes: Well, what a cool thing to know that you’ve got a job and time for another trip of a lifetime. Evans: So, that’s what we did. Then we came home and went to Evergreen, which was great. I remember – probably in November or December – the provost at Evergreen had invited Dan and me to dinner at their home. They were very nice people. And it was fun because we played some games. And I remember going home that night and saying, “You know what? Not once did we discuss politics tonight. Isn’t that great?” Because politics always sort of dominated conversation somewhere along the line, no matter who we were with. So that was a complete change for us, and I think it was a very healthy change. We moved into their president’s house – they’ve since sold it – out on Cooper Point. It was just a rambler house, nothing wonderful about it, except that it had space for us all and it had the most glorious view looking out on the very high waterfront over to Mt. Rainier. It was interesting because Evergreen was sort of casual about things. I don’t know if that’s changed, but at that time it was a pretty casual place and they were great for potlucks. I remember one potluck we were having that included students. A big gathering. That’s always a little scary. You don’t know what to have out and what all to provide because you’ve got a large crowd and you’ve got to have a lot of serving dishes. And one of the students brought a big pot of soup. I enjoyed the people that were there, and the people I worked with. I joined ECCO, which is their community college group, Evergreen College & Community Organization. We would meet and do things, try and promote cooperation and connections with the community. We enjoyed our time there a lot. Hughes: So the boys are still at home. And Dan Jr. is thinking about college. Evans: It was a change in schools for the younger boys. You asked me earlier if I get up 149
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Nancy Evans Research by John C. Hug
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certificate says Nancy Ann Bell, wh
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England family. There were a lot of
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Evans: Yes. My father’s mother wa
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Evans: Well, I was a spoiled brat.
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wartime. So that was a severe blow
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Madrigal Singers. I played the pian
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ecause she could say no. So I think
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had two grand pianos as well as the
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ecause he wasn’t waiting for me.
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and then I came. When I competed fo
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out of college, living with all the
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Christmas program. That was just a
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Hughes: What was your first impress
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in Vancouver. They were very Britis
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Evans: Dan tells this story wonderf
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Hughes: I’ve never met Sally Gort
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number of times but it’s still so
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SAS nonstop. You could have 40 poun
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Evans: No. I can’t. I think he wo
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Evans: Uh-huh. Hughes: Is that the
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Evans: That’s right. And lost. Bu
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Hughes: As things went along, were
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Hughes: Barry Goldwater may have be
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Hughes: Did you really find that pe
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Hughes: That’s funny. And then th
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Evans: Well, I used to always say t
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Evans: Yes, pronounced “Poe-gi.
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we’re sitting in the drawing room
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cabinet wives - the wives of the ca
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Evans: Well, Elsie was one. She was
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Evans: Yes. And in fact I remember
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governor was supposed to arrive at
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pointed two pillows for us that are
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dog, “Peggy! Peggy! Come here, Pe
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een assassinated. So there was a ne
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Hughes: I’m told that the chief h
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Hughes: Was Neil McReynolds the gov
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carpet layer. I was standing there,
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just all the time because we were l
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Nelsen was his name. We hired him a
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Hughes: Nancy didn’t go along? Ev
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The Governor’s Foundation wanted
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ecome “senior” now to separate
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a trundle underneath, so three bunk
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sort of stabbed at it and tried to
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whole thing. I remember I was very
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Hughes: I bet that made a big hit.
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Page 114 and 115: Evans: And we don’t carry that ma
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Page 128 and 129: Evans: No. But we met her and Princ
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Page 138 and 139: Evans: A bit out of the norm. So I
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Evans: So they didn’t have to wor
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Hughes: You have always been pretty
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that he’s always easy, but he is
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