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69th Annual Bull Picnic August 22, 1936Entry/Object ID
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Bull PicnicScope and Content
69th ANNUAL BULL PICNIC
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1936
Date Restored to Last Wednesday
In August
By a large majority vote the experi-
ment of holding the Picnic on Satur-
day was abandoned and a return made
to the last Wednesday in August, a
day sacred to the Picnic for over 50
years prior to 1934. In the latter year
Saturday was chosen in a desire to
meet the convenience of business peo-
ple out of the county. It was hoped
that the change would not only bring
many newcomers but largely increase
the attendance. The three year Satur-
day experiment, however, was disap-
pointing. While some did come who
could not well attend on Wednesdays,
yet many of the family in business
here in the county found it quite im-
practicable to get away on Saturdays,
the Fair and the races also interfered,
and dissatisfaction was constantly
heard by the managers. Consequently
a lively interest was aroused when the
chairman Amy Bull Crist brought the
subject up last Saturday. Mrs. George
W. Ackerly of Crystal Run and Miss
Jane H. Bull of Brooklyn spoke in
favor of the last Wednesday; Mrs.
John I. Brush of Hempstead spoke
in favor of Saturday. Mrs. Hetzel of
Port Jervis suggested that in even
years Wednesday be chosen and in
odd years Saturday. Charles W. Thew
of Hamptonburgh moved the selection
of the last Wednesday of August; Wm.
H. Bull of Brooklyn seconded the mo-
tion and the chair asked for a rising
vote. Many abstained from voting,
but a goodly number arose for the
affirmative and only a very few for
the negative, and the motion was ac-
cordingly declared carried.
Perhaps the subject is not finally
settled even yet. It is evident that
no one day can suit everyone. In fact
unfortunately any one day will ex-
clude many and this is of course a
matter of sincere regret to the others.
Perhaps some day Mrs. Hetzel's pro-
posal of alternate days will prevail.
Of course that is the fairest solution
of the problem but the confusion of
two dates might be an even greater
evil.
Amy Bull Crist Chosen President
In the days of the informal associa-
tion prior to 1921, the president was
always elected from the floor and
represented the direct choice of the
family. Since incorporation, however,
it has been necessary for the Board
of Managers to elect the president
from its own members. A surprise
move was made this year by the sug-
gestion from the floor that in selecting
the president the Board give special
consideration to Amy Bull Crist, the
vice-president. General applause
greeted the suggestion and Mrs. Crist
was later in the day, duly chosen
president by the Board of Managers,
the first woman to occupy the office.
Other Proceedings
The remaining officers chosen were
as follows:
Hamlet S. Roe of Chester, vice-president.
Ernest M. Bull of Blooming Grove, treasurer.
Robert McLeod Jackson of Hamptonburgh, secretary, and
Margaret Dill Hallagan, of Campbell Hall, assistant secretary.
Mr. Roe and Jesse F. Zabriskie of
Hackensack, N. J., were elected mana-
gers to succeed themselves for a term
of three years each; Vertrees Ackerly
of Crystal Run was chosen for three
years; Charles W. Thew of Hamptonburgh was elected for
two years to fill the unexpired term of Albert C.
Bull, deceased, and Phebe Bull Slaugh-
ter of Warwick for one year to fill the
term of Cornelia Hawkins, resigned.
Bartow Wright Bull and Dolly W.
Booth were appointed as the respec-
tive chairmen of the Picnic and Re-
ception Committees for 1937.
The following resolution was adopt-
ed on the death of our late president,
Albert C. Bull:
RESOLVED: that we express our
sense of loss in the death of our
president, Albert C. Bull, on January
6, 1936, and that we record our ap-
preciation of Mr. Bull's unfailing in-
terest in the welfare of the Associa-
tion and of his whole hearted co-
operation in all its undertakings.
Mr. Bull was, throughout his life,
interested in the family picnics and
attended them whenever possible;
he was on one or more occasions
elected president of the informal
family association; he was a mem-
ber of the committee which in 1918
obtained title for the family of the
site on which the Sarah Wells
marker now stands on the Hamp-
tonburgh-Goshen road, and took an
active part in the selection and
erection of the marker.
After the incorporation of the
Association in 1920 Mr. Bull ever
stood ready to serve the Association
in any way possible. He was elect-
ed to the Board of Managers on
August 28, 1929, and served for the
term of three years; he was again
elected manager on August 24, 1935,
and on the same date chosen presi-
dent of the Association.
Mr. Bull took an active part in
the planning and carrying out of the
work done on the Stone House last
fall until stricken with the illness
of which he died.
Mr. Bull's kindly, tactful ways and
effective cooperation in the Associa-
tion's work will be greatly missed.
It was voted that in future luncheon
be had at 12 noon and that the busi-
ness meeting be held afterwards.
Communications and Gifts
Greetings were received from Wm.
Edgar Bull of Charleston, S. C., who
reached his 80th birthday on May 18,
1936; from Andrew S. Beyea of Smith-
town, New Brunswick, Canada; Mr.
and Mrs. James D. Bull of Buffalo;
Wm. R. Bull of New York; Letitia B.
M. Wallace of Toadlena, N. M., and
Jane Bull Pierson of Pasadena, Calif.
Gifts were announced as follows:
By will from the late Albert C. Bull
of Chester, 3 shares of the Chester
National Bank stock worth about $450;
and from the late Theodore DeWitt
Moore of Yonkers $100 to the Endow-
ment Fund; a pair of brass andirons,
which had belonged to the late Rachel
Ward Farrington, and a trundle-bed;
from Anne Forbes of Montgomery a
quilt made in 1823 by Ann Elizabeth
Eager from wool of her own sheep.
$100 was handed to Ernest M. Bull
the treasurer, as the Association's
half of the net proceeds of the Antique
Exhibit recently held for the joint
benefit of the Association and the
First Presbyterian Church of Hamp-
tonburgh.
Occupancy of "Stone House"
The Board of Managers is desirous
of finding a suitable occupant for the
house. A Bull descendant is desired,
if possible. No salary would be paid,
but no rent would be asked. Appli-
cants should see Hamlet S. Roe, Ches-
ter, N. Y.
Family Statistics
The following have come to the
knowledge of the secretary since the
1935 picnic:
Births
1933-Oct. 21-Youngblood, Philip
Harland, son of Joseph and Marie
Woodruff Youngblood of Circleville,
N. Y.
1934-April 7-Alloway, Faith, daugh-
ter of Grace Weyant and Charles
R. Alloway of Goshen, N. Y.
1935
Jan. 23-Sanders, Harold Armstrong
3rd, son of Harold A., Jr., and Eliza-
beth Stanton Sanders of South Pasa-
dena, Calif.
Sept. 6-Howell, Marcia Marion,
daughter of Pierson Beyea Howell
and Alice Hare Howell, of Denver,
Colo.
Oct. 22-Bull, Marlene, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bull of Circle-
ville, N. Y.
Nov. 15-Kernochan, Clifford Lewis
II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Lewis Kernochan of Port Washing-
ton, L. I.
Dec. 18-Seay, Mary Esther, daughter
of Anna Ruth Holt and William J.
Seay of Jacksonville, Fla.
1936
Jan. 1-Schuerholz, John Peter, son of
Elizabeth Greene Bull and Herman
H. Schuerholz of Middletown, N. Y.
Jan. 10-Galloway, Ezra Byron, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Byron Gal-
loway of Cleveland, O.
Jan. 22-Brown, Michael Knight, son
of Corinna A. Bull and Louis E.
Brown of Montgomery, N. Y.
Feb. 20-Hunter, Robert Donald, son
of Hazel M. L. Wood and Harold
Hunter of Matamoras, Pa.
Feb. 25-Lodge, Martin D., son of
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lodge of
Huntington, Pa.
Mar. -Thomas, Susanne, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Thomas of
Brewer, Maine.
April 3-Smith, Charlotte Effie, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith of
Crystal Run, N. Y.
April 3-Entenza, Virginia Lee, daugh-
ter of Virginia Holt and Manuel En-
tenza of Jacksonville, Fla.
April 9-Bull, Martha Carolyn, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Bull of
Middletown, N. Y.
April 16-Butt, Francis Daniel, son of
Alice Hermion Wheaton and Edwin
Alfred Butt of Melbourne, Australia.
April 22-Roe, Mark Sloan, son of
Mark and Hester Sloan Roe of Ches-
ter, N. Y.
May 30-Nozell, Edwin Bull, son of
Olive Bull and Edwin O. Nozell of
Monroe, N. Y.
Aug. 13-Miller, John W., son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Miller of Montgom-
ery, N. Y.
Marriages
1933
May -Holt, Anna Ruth, to Wm. J.
Seay, both of Jacksonville, Fla.
Oct. 12-Bull, Olive, to Edwin O. Noz-
ell, both of Monroe, N. Y.
Nov. -Holt, Virginia, to Manuel
Entenza, both of Jacksonville, Fla.
1934
Sept. 1-Mould, Letitia Bull to Ed-
mund Lynch Wallace, both of Gal-
lup, New Mexico.
1935
Feb. 20-McCoy, Newell Bull, to Pren-
tis E. Andrew, both of San Fran-
cisco, Calif.
June 29-Green, Marjorie, of Goshen,
N. Y., to Richard J. Relyea of Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Sept. 14-Bull, Irving Horton, of
Middletown, N. Y., to Elizabeth
Scofield Magnuson of New York
City.
Nov. 16-Knight, Mary Roe of Mon-
roe, N. Y., to John E. Reeves of
Georgetown, Ky.
Nov. 28-Freudenreich, Elizabeth, to
William Yonkers of Kenilworth, Ill.
1936
Feb 7-Gould, Gerald, to Mrs. Antoin-
ette Adams Fryer, both of Middle-
town, N. Y.
Mar. 28-Miles, Edwin C., of New
Rochelle, N. Y., to Marie Louise
Jeffery of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
April 14-Bailey, Mildred Phillips, of
Dansville, N. Y., to David Martin
Proudfoot of Boston, Mass.
May 1-Miles, Burtis D., of New Ro-
chelle, N. Y., to Lillian Erwin of
New York City.
June 22-Taylor, Emily R. D., to
George Raymond Kloppenburg, both
of New York City.
July 9-Thompson, George Hunter of
Thompson Ridge, N. Y., to Elise
Marguerite Coleman of Goshen,
N. Y.
July 25-Taber, Lois of Milton, N. Y.,
to Alexander Cochlo of New York
City.
Deaths
1935
Jan. 11-Earl, Cora B., daughter of
the late John Gilbert Earl, of Rich-
mond Hill, N. Y.
June -Hunter, Merrill of Roswell,
N. M., killed in an automobile acci-
dent.
July 10-Frost, John Lawrence, of Los
Angeles, Calif., at Florence, Italy,
aged 24 years.
Sept. 23-Wilson, Edmund Minor, at
Lewisburgh, W. Va., aged 38 years.
Nov. 3-Bennet, Gabriel H., of Goshen,
N. Y., aged 67 years.
Dec. 28-Beyea, John DeVoe, of Ham-
mond River, Canada, aged 76 years.
1936
Jan. 6-Bull, Albert C., of Chester,
N. Y., president of the William Bull
and Sarah Wells Family Associa-
tion, Inc.
Jan. 6-Breithaupt, Frederick, of
Washingtonville, N. Y.
Feb. 2-Hill, Robert B., of Walden,
N. Y., aged 76 years.
Feb. 19-Youngblood, Philip Harland,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Young-
blood of Middletown, N. Y., in his
third year.
Feb. 26-Bull, Spencer, aged 47, at
Paris, France. He was a son of
Dr. Louis Bull, late of Buffalo, N.
Y., deceased, and was married on his
deathbed to Jeanne d'Arfenville.
Feb. 29-Cooper, William John, of
Bullville, N. Y., aged 71 years, sur-
vived by his widow, Leila Bennett
Cooper, and by 13 children and 2
grandchildren.
Mar. 14-Edsall, Phoebe Miller, of
Warwick, N. Y., born May 19, 1839.
Mar. 17-Bull, Clotilda Lindeman, of
Goshen, N. Y., widow of the late
George E. Bull, formerly of Bull-
ville, N. Y., aged 84 years, 2 months
and 5 days.
Mar. 23-Booth, David, of Monroe, N.
Y., in his 74th year.
Mar. 27-Moore, Theodore DeWitt, of
Yonkers, N. Y., in his 71st year.
Apr. 21-Booth, Sallie Cravens, of
Houston, Texas, aged 83 years,
widow of the late Dr. Joseph A.
Booth.
Apr. 24-Seybolt, Mrs. E. F. of Wash-
ingtonville, N. Y., aged 80 years.
May 4-Strong, Mary B., of Goshen,
N. Y., in her 71st year, widow of
William H. Strong.
May 8-Robinson, Thew Corwin, of
Hamburg, N. J., aged 32 years.
May 12-Bull, George R., of Milford,
Pa.
June 19-Crist, Mrs. Frank, of Wal-
den, N. Y.
July 4-Beyea, J. Edwin of Wakefield,
Mass., aged 80 years.
July 9-Blake, William Culbert of New
Paltz, N. Y.
July 9-Boger, Frederick, of St.
George, S. I., N. Y.
Aug. 18-Brome, Mary Edsall, wife of
Denton E. Brome of Rutherford,
N. J.
It is particularly desired by the
secretary that a memorandum of all
births, marriages, deaths and changes
of address be sent to him.
Although the day was overcast,
there was no storm until after the
picnic and the occasion was a thor-
oughly delightful one. The intimate
friendliness of the day seems to in-
crease from year to year. Of course
the oftener one comes the more people
one knows and the better the day
seems to be. Strange as it may seem
every year people come for the first
time. This year there were perhaps
15 first comers. There is only one
person who may have the credit of
having attended every picnic, and that
is Joseph C. Eager of Hamptonburgh.
Mr. Eager said to us this year that
he believed he had come to every
Bull Picnic.
Miss Amy L. Hepburn of New York
City selected and sent us from Colum-
bia, Mrs. Sarah Brown to entertain the
children and from the gales of child-
ish laughter heard in the distance as
well as from such comment as we
have heard, Mrs. Brown was a great
success.
After singing of verses from "Amer-
ica" and "God Be With You Till We
Meet Again", led by Harry Bull of
Hamptonburgh and Miss Julia L. Muir-
heid of Coram, L. I., adjournment was
taken to the last Wednesday in
August, 1937.- Published in The In-
dependent Republican, Goshen, N. Y.,
September 1, 1936.