Bull Picnic Independent Republican Births/Deaths/Marriages

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Bull Picnic "Independent Republican" Births/Deaths/Marriages

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(Note: This page contains the report for the 61st Picnic and Vital Statistics.) PAGE SIX THE INDEPENDENT 61st ANNUAL BULL FAMILY PICNIC President Hamlet S. Roe’s successful raising of the last $1,000 unpaid on the mortgage on the "Stone House" was the outstanding feature of Wednesday’s Picnic. Since the property was bought in 1921, $12,000 in cash had been raised and paid on account of the purchase price, leaving $1,000 due. The Treasurer, Ernest M. Bull, who is usually present in person, was absent this year, but sent a letter suggesting that an effort be made to wipe out this last $1,000. He suggested that if 40 people subscribed $25 each, the debt would be paid. President Roe, who told the family that they would never again have the opportunity to help pay off a mortgage on the "Stone House." He seemed to know just how to appeal to his audience for he got the first $700 in a very few minutes and quickly the rest followed. At once the gathering broke out into the doxology, which was sung just as it might have been by our grandparents. Next year we anticipate a glorious time burning the mortgage. Another outstanding feature of the day was the presence of Sheldon Bull, of Buffalo, who had not attended a Picnic for over 50 years. He is a son of the late Dr. Alexander Thompson Bull, of Buffalo, and grandson of Milton Bull, deceased, of Bullville. Mr. Bull addressed his kin and kept them in gales of laughter with amusing family anecdotes of prominent members of the family long since gone to their reward, but well remembered by many present. He spoke of Ebenezer Bull, father of the late William Bull, of the "Stone House," of the "late Captain George," and of Turah Bull, mother of the Rev. Dr. Bull, of Stony Ford, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Newburgh for 48 years, and of his wife, Mary Bull, of Christopher Mould, of Montgomery, and his wife, Martha Bull, of D. Kerr Bull, of Middletown. These were all outstanding figures in their generation and the happy and familiar summoning of them to memory by Mr. Bull’s words touching on their sterling integrity or whimsical spirit of fun gave great pleasure to his hearers. Notwithstanding his 50 years of absence, Mr. Bull found himself thoroughly at home and in fact with boyhood friends, notably James W. Bull, of Easton and Howard W. Connelly, of Brooklyn. As always there were those who had never come before; among them, Mrs. Pembroke W. Pitt, of Washing- ton, D. C., and her brother, Harry Beardsley Allen, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. James F. Jeffers, of War- wick R. D. 1, and Mr. and Mrs. Motheral, of Westfield, N. J. Mrs. S. D. Goetchious of Staunton, Va., received the blue ribbon for coming the greatest distance. Mrs. C. D. Gardner, of Middletown, in her 90th year, was the oldest present. Mrs. Roma L. Zahreisen, daughter [...cut off...] [Center Column] daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt W. Hill, of Lakeside, New Brunswick, Canada. October 4, 1927-Christie, Audrey Adele, daughter of Mary Felicie Lally and C. Wells Christie, of Yonkers, N. Y. October 10, 1927-Rowe, Donald William, son of Cornelia E. Kane and William S. Rowe, of Montgomery, N. Y. November 11, 1927-Seaman, Theodore Wells, son of Gertrude Wells and Raymond Seaman, of Gilbertville, N. Y. December 10, 1927-Smith, Arthur Everett, son of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Smith, of Lakeside, New Bruns- wick, Canada. December 1927-Schriver, Martha Alida, daughter of Ruth Conklin and Franklin A. Schriver of Chester, N. Y. December 1927-Conklin, Phoebe Ann, daughter of Hattie Dietrich and Walter J. Conklin, of Chester, N. Y. December 17, 1927-Wilson, Patricia, daughter of Louise Landon and Edward W. Wilson of Carberry Hill, Cheswick, Penna. December 21, 1927-Fish, Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., son of Alice Miller and Franklin Roosevelt Fish, of Middle- town, N. Y. January 19, 1928-Huise, Harold Everett, son of Dorothy Thew and Everett H. Hulse, of Lincolndale. February 13, 1928-Beyea, Greta Jean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. W. Beyea, of Nauwigewauk, New Brunswick, Canada. March 5, 1928-Ringehan, Margaret daughter of Alma McBride and William Ringehan, of Campbell Hall, N. Y. April 22, 1928-Garrigus, Mary Bull, daughter of Dorothy Bull and William Garrigus, of New London, Connecticut. May 8, 1928-Wheeler, Chester Roe, son of Etta White and the late Ralph Wheeler, of Warwick, N. Y. May 12, 1928-McBride, Natalie Georgette, daughter of Christine Frechem and George McBride of Wal- den, N. Y. June 2, 1928-Eager, Samuel W., Jr., son of Muriel Whigham and Samuel W. Eager, of Middletown, N. Y. June 16, 1928-Smith, Herbert Hor- ton, Jr., son of Claire Lucile Stage and Herbert Horton Smith, of Goshen, N. Y. June 26, 1928-Clinch, William Bogert, son of Frances Bogert and Doug- las W. Clinch, of Upper Montclair, N. J. July 3, 1928-Patch, Mary Jane, daughter of Elizabeth Landon and Robert B. Patch of Philadelphia, Pa. July 4, 1928-Taylor, Joan Leveritt, daughter of Fidelia Moore and Charles Holt Taylor, of Cambridge, Mass. July 9, 1928-Carpenter, Martha Jane, daughter of Margaret Roe and Russell Carpenter, of Chester, N. Y. August 12, 1928-Brooks, Edith Jane, daughter of Edna Brooks and J. Kenneth Coulter, of Washingtonville, N. Y. August 18, 1928-Bull, William Jack- son, son of Howard Jackman and ele- [...cut off...] n, N. Y. [...cut off...] t gathering took place at the August 26, 1928-Bull, Corinna, of Stony Ford, to Louis E. Brown, of Montgomery, N. Y. August 21, 1928-Hewitt, Howard Benton, of Montgomery, N. Y., to Hazel Slawson Reeve, of Newburgh, N. Y. Deaths September 26, 1927-Seaman, Margaret B. Horton, wife of William V. Seaman, Washingtonville, N. Y. November 10, 1927-Clark, Annie Miller, of Westfield, N. J., only daughter of the late Matthias and Mary Ann Clark, in her 89th year. November 22, 1927-Niven, Kenneth D. L., of Monticello, N. Y., in his 65th year. December 29, 1927-Van Alst, Daniel Bull, of Montgomery, N. Y. December 1927-Cooper, William F., of Coltenham, N. Y., son of the late Shadrach and Frances Hawkins Cooper. December 29, 1927-Bull, Mrs. Jas. H., of Monroe, N. Y. January 26, 1928-Wheeler, Ralph, of Warwick, N. Y. February 12, 1928-Dickerson, George Waldo, Thompson Ridge, N. Y. February 27, Hurin, Abel Bull, of Middletown, N. Y. March 10, 1928-Smith, Abner G., of New York, N. Y. March 12, 1928-Stearns, Rev. Raymond Hoyt, of Campbell Hall, N. Y., in the 69th year of his age. (Honorary member). March 22, 1928-Jordan, Isabella, of Thompson Ridge, N. Y. May 9, 1928-Hawkins, Agnes B., of Coldenham, N. Y., daughter of the late Jonas Hawkins and Agnes Bowne Hawkins. May 12, 1928-Strong, William H., of Goshen, N. Y. May 15, 1928-Jackson, Margaret Craeford Wilson, of the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, N. Y., widow of Robert McDowell Jackson, in her 76th year. June 4, 1928-Harlow, Charles Wellington, of Crystal Run, N. Y., on his 77th birthday. June 17, 1928-Coonley, Carl Dur- land, of New York City. June 25, 1928-Clark, Mathias, of Westfield, N. J. June 27, 1928-Gibson, Frances Amelia Bull, of Racine, Wis., widow of Dr. P. D. Gibson, in her 95th year. July 24, 1928-Smith, Manzer D., of Nauwigewauk, N. B., at St. John, N. B., aged 66 years. August 19, 1928-Morgan, John, son of Marian Wilson and Harry Morgan, of Denver, Colo. 1928-Horton, Miss Elizabeth E., of New York City. 1928-Bull, Dr. Alexander, of Meadville, Pa. After the Picnic the Board of Man- agers met and re-elected H. S. Roe as President, Ernest M. Bull as Treasurer and Robert McLeod Jackson as Secretary. ________________________________________ [Inset Newspaper Clippings - Top Center/Right] Marriages September 3, 1927-Coleman, Carolyn Kniffin, to George Lutt, Jr., both of Goshen, N. Y. September 7, 1927-Betts, Jean, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, to Wilder Spaulding. September 29, 1927-Roe, A. Russell, to Florence C. Stevens, both of Rus- ter, N. Y. October 2, 1927-Blake, Gladys, to George Heller Matthews, both of May- brook, N. Y. October 11, 1927-Booth, Pierson, to Elizabeth Sherwood, to George Henry Wilson, both of Ridgewood, N. J. October 11, 1927-Booth, Pierson, of Campbell Hall, N. Y., to Helen Elizabeth Collier, of Corinth, Mississippi. November 22, 1927-Chandler, Dorothy Howell, to Ellison Hoover, both of New York City. December , 1927-Chamberlain, Henry, to Gladys Wagner, both of Yonkers, N. Y. January 16, 1928-Bull, Carrie May, to James S. Kerr, both of Monroe, N. Y. January 20, 1928-Drewson, Edmond Titus, of New York City, to Dorothy MacDonald, of Brooklyn, N. Y. February 22, 1928-Mills, Cora, to Roy D. Parker, both of Middletown, N. Y. March 10, 1928-Brooks, Alice of Monroe, N. Y., to Thomas Birring- ham. April 14, 1928-Lodge, William H., of Montgomery, N. Y., to Lilla Humphreys Richman, of Sharptown, N. J. May 15, 1928-Bevier, Kenneth Miller, to Margery Wells, both of Brooklyn, N. Y. May 19, 1928-Jamison, Hilda C., to Walter Schauer, both of Pine Bush, N. Y. June 6, 1928-Bull, Harry, of Hamptonburgh, N. Y., to Harriet Elizabeth Culver, of Amenia, N. Y. June 9, 1928-Booth, Jesse Welling- ton, of Campbell Hall, N. Y., to Freda Alberta Brown, of Tunkhannock, Penna. June 16, 1928-Eager, Katrina, of Middletown, N. Y., to Clarence K. Burneely, of Montgomery, N. Y. June 23, 1928-Coleman, Charlotte Boeringer, of Goshen, N. Y., to Charles W. Carman, of Chester, N. Y. July 18, 1928-Beyea, Karl W., of Lakeside, N. B., son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Beyea, of Smithtown, N. B., to Phoebe M. Hopper, of Nauwigewauk, N. B., daughter of Robert and the late Mrs. Hopper. (Both bride and groom are Great-Great-Great- Grandchildren of Wm. Bull and Sarah Wells). July 21, 1928-Bull, Helen Manning, [...cut off...] Births Omitted Last Year June 1, 1927-Crist, John Deming, son of Charles A. Crist and M. Deming Crist of Maybrook, N. Y. July 9, 1927-Bull, Douglas S., son of Walter D. Bull and Bessie Reis- berg, now of Cambridge, Mass. Births September 30, 1927-Hill, Evva Mae, [...cut off...] .

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