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August 9, 1966 Evening News Article of Sarah Wells Day by Girl ScoutsEntry/Object ID
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THE EVENING NEWS Tues., Aug. 9, 1966
Girl Scouts Mark Sarah Wells Day
BEAR MOUNTAIN-Girl
Scouts of the Sarah Wells Council entertained council officials
and their guests at Camp Wakoda, Sunday, with tableaux celebrating Sarah Wells Day.
The five tableaux depicted the voyage of Sarah Wells from
Staten Island to New Windsor where she settled the Wawayanda Patent in 1712. It concluded with her marriage to William Bull.
The cast included a descendant of Sarah and William Bull,
Rosalind Eager, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Eager Jr.,
of Middletown. The cast also included Sara Anderson, Leah Delauri, Heather Hugh, Ivy Kohler, Lori Schillinger, Donna Greenblatt, Sandy Reisenberg and
Evelyn Poore.
The readers were Michele Brandt, Donna Fletcher, Lorraine Klein, Dorothy Convery, Roxanne Satterly, Susan Gillender, Linda Walton, Jane Donovan and Bonnie Levine. The chorus included Lisa Klatt, Colleen Molloy, Denise Raymond, Jean Satterly, Bobbie Allees, Laurie Burkheimer, Cathy Congelosi and Nathaline Holms. The tableaux were directed by Mrs. Becky Stacey, West Point. Mrs. Dorothy Nott of Newburgh was advisor.
Among the guests were Mrs. Amy Bull Crist of Montgomery,
superintendent of the county's sole supervisory school district,
who is a member of the Sarah Wells Council board of directors,
and Mrs. Corinna Bull Brown who lives in a house which was
built by William Bull in 1727.
Also present were Supreme Court Justice and Mrs. Samuel
W. Eager; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Eager Jr., and daughters,
and Mrs. Genevive Nave.
Also Mrs. Robert Oliver, president of the Sarah Wells Council,
and Mr. Oliver; Mrs. Irving Anderman, board member and public relations chairman, and Dr. Anderman; Miss Doris Hait, camps chairman and board
member; Mrs. Victor O. Smith, executive director of Sarah Wells
Council and Mr. Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn M. Hale, members of Camp Wakoda committee and their daughter, Miss Diane Hale.
[Photo Caption 1]
DIRECT LINE - Supreme Court Justice Samuel W. Eager of Middletown, and his granddaughter, Rosalind, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W.
Eager Jr., are on sidelines at Girl Scout pageant recalling lives of their first American ancestors, Sarah Wells and William Bull. Miss Eager played
the part of Sarah in tableau.
[Photo Caption 2]
CONGRATULATIONS - Two descendants of Sarah Wells meet an "Indian"
at Sarah Wells Girl Scout Council tableau tracing Miss Wells' arrival in Or-
ange County in 1712 and eventual marriage to William Bull. Seated (left to
right) are Mrs. Corinna Bull Brown, Hamptonburgh, and Mrs. Amy Bull Crist,
Montgomery, county school superintendent. The Indian is Miss Sue Mummey, Cornwall.