Sept 52, 1930 The Independent Republican Bull Picnic - Births/Deaths/Marriages

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Sept 52, 1930 "The Independent Republican" Bull Picnic - Births/Deaths/Marriages

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1930 THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN BULL FAMILY PICNIC Sixty-Third Annual Reunion Held in Hamptonburgh Wednesday "A good time was had by all." Perhaps if William Bull and Sarah Wells, "loving subjects" of King George I, could look from their new home, away back in the year 1724, even before they built their stone house, they had a barn dance. If so, little could they have dreamed that over two centuries later those identical timbers and boards would resound to the merriment of their descendants. The dance in the old barn was the feature of the 1930 Picnic. In 1927 Bartow Wright Bull of Stony Ford had suggested that steps be taken to preserve the old barn and restore its usefulness to the family at large. Accordingly the managers had it re-roofed. Dancing at the Grange hall was first tried last year as an experiment, but it was too far from the Bull Stone House, the family party was divided. Mrs. Amy Bull Crist, who had the dancing in charge, hardly knew whether to continue it or not; then the idea struck her of trying it this year in the old barn. That meant a new floor. One was accordingly laid over the original planks, which were dreaded because of the holes. The result was just as its success has amply justified Mrs. Crist's suggestion. She was elated at the success. A much larger floor could have been used and doubtless in time to come the hay will be crowded out of the building which was intended for it and dance floors will usurp the mows. Amusing to relate, the floor Wednesday was a bit too slippery. Before the musicians had arrived, Masters Guy Slaughter, Bob Ackley and other boys had found the waxed floor a good place to slide. If a little more had been used, more would be the youthful logic, so the box was emptied. Another new feature of the day was a baby show. Owing to some mathematical law or equally harsh fate, babies named Bull are growing rare, as a glance at the goodly list of births appearing below will show, and when a boy of that name is born universal approval is caused in the family. President Hamlet S. Roe being aware of this situation, decided that Harry Bull, the young son of Harry and Mildred Bull, should be the first presented in person to the admiring gaze of this hundreds of his assembled cousins. The applause aroused by this procedure did not disturb the young man in the least. Even unprejudiced eyes would have pronounced him a handsome boy and he could not have surveyed the assemblage with more assurance if he had foreseen that in due course he would some day stand on the same spot, president himself. His mother thought this augured well for his behavior at his "first debut." The fashion was set and in quick succession Jane Bull Carpenter, Dixie Anne Booth, Franklin Fish, Jr., Margaret Miller Milford, Mary Roe Johnston, William Eager Burnett, Margaret Ringleran, were held up to the pleasurable view of all beholders. Other babies were present, but they were left in peace. The president called on the conductors for the long distance blue ribbon to present themselves. It was first thought that Minnie Bull Brooks, formerly of Los Angeles, Calif., now of Richardson, Tex., but she was outclassed by Ramona C. Decker of Chicago, daughter of the late David Bull Decker. On Mrs. Clarence Gerow's motion, the chair appointed as a committee to mark the Sarah Wells trail: Mrs. Gerow, Miss Cornelia Bull, Miss Dolly Booth, Miss Jane H. Bull, Mrs. George Ackery and Harry C. Bull. George Ebenezer Bull of the Stone House urged that more shade trees should be planted near the house. At the business meeting the following were re-elected as managers and trustees for the term of three years: Hamlet S. Roe, president; Lillian Bull Wait, vice-president; Ernest M. Bull, treasurer and Robert McLeod Jackson, secretary. The 1931 Picnic Committee was elected as follows: Barrow Wright Bull, chairman; Mrs. John G. Thew, Dolly Booth, Mary E. Bull, Mrs. Alfred Booth Bull, Mrs. Milton Bull, Mr. and Mrs. William Bull VII, Henry P. Bull, Mark Roe, William Bull Cooks, Chester Roe, James A. McClung, George Howard Bull and Phillip Mapes Crist. The last four as new men in the committee, service as new men in getting the grounds ready and making other preparations for the picnic. The following were elected as the 1931 Reception Committee: Jane H. Bull, chairman, Edna Beakes Dickerson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bull, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Crist, Mr. and Mrs. Pierson Bull. The Rev. J. H. McClung, minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Hamptonburgh and Mrs. Leiper were announced as honorary members of the Association. Greetings were announced from Wm. Edgar Bull of Charleston, S. C.; Andrew S. Beyea of Smithtown, New Brunswick, Canada; W. Sheldon Bull of Buffalo; Dr. Helen Slaughter Gibbes of Phoenix, Arizona; and the Misses Dolly and Amy Hepburn of New York city. Mrs. Sarah Gardner and Mary Jordan of Thompson Ridge had announced by white feathers star quilt in red and white their mother Elizabeth Bull, who was a beautiful piece of work and seemed as white and fresh as the day it was made. The following births, marriages and deaths were announced as having occurred to the knowledge of the secretary since the last picnic: Births Previous to Last Picnic Jan. 21, 1928-Mary Mildred, daughter of Ralph G. and Helen E. Etta Harland of Middletown, N. Y. Dec. 22, 1927-Clarke, Gloria Elizabeth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Clarke. Dec. 24, 1928-Franks, Russell M., Jr., son of Marjorie Brown and Russell M. Franks of Jackson Heights, L. I., N. Y. Jan. 17, 1929-Clarke, Marion Edith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Irving Clarke. April 27, 1929-Davis, Edward Seely, son of Thaddeus Seely Davis and Jean Porteous, of 106 Adamson avenue, Portchester, N. Y. Since 1929 Picnic Nov. 5, 1929-Bull, Harry Oliver, son of Harry Bull and Harriet Elizabeth Culver of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, N. Y. Nov. 1929-Wilkin, Theo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilkin of Scothland, New York. Dec. 10, 1929-Campbell, Jane, daughter of Thyrza Weston and Major Robin Hasluck Campbell of the South Command, Hongkong, China. Dec. 23, 1929-Beakane, son of Gertrude Lumit and Chauncey Belknap of Scarsdale, N. Y. Jan. 1, 1930-Helme, Joseph Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Helme of Chester, New York. March 21, 1930-Bull, Nancy, daughter of Walter D. Bull and Bessie Reisberg of Burlingame, Calif. April 5, 1930-Hulse, Harrison Thew, son of Dorothy Thew and Everett Hulse of Lincolndale. April 18, 1930-Beyea, Annie Laura, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Beyea, Lakeside, N. B., Canada. April 29, 1930-Taylor, Oliver Swain, son of Fidelia Moore and Charles Holt Taylor of Cambridge, Mass. May 3, 1930-Ivory, Mary Barbara, daughter of Forrest P. and Laura Ivory of Goshen, New York. May 14, 1930-Long, Florence Ethel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Long of Lakeside, N. B. June 22, 1930-Hill, Flora Elsie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt W. Hill, of Lakeside, N. B. July 23, 1930-Smith, James, Jr., son of James Warner and Gladys Margaret Tabor of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. July 23, 1930-Smith, Barbara Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Warren Smith of Smithtown, N. B. July 29, 1930-Smith, Cecil Kenneth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Smith, of Lakeside, N. B. August 6, 1930-Vandervort, Phoebe Bull, daughter of Helen M. Bull and John Vandervort of State College, Pa. August 7, 1930-Coulter, John Kay, daughter of Edna M. Brooks and John Kenneth Coulter, of Washingtonville, N. Y. Marriages Prior to 1929 Picnic August 17, 1928-Jenkins, Merwin S., of New York city and Helen Natalie Shaffer of St. Davids, Penna. Aug. 1928-Taber, Gladys Margaret, to James Warner of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sept. 3, 1929-Hawkins, Hester of Maplewood, N. J. to Prof. Charles Kirkland Cabeen of Easton, Pa. Sept. 29, 1929-Hewitt, Fred C., of Montgomery, N. Y. to Marion B. McCann, of Newburgh, N. Y. Oct. 5, 1929-Little, Marjorie Ruth, of Campbell Hall, N. Y. to Chas. Milton Wagner Lee of Little Falls, N. Y. Nov. 6, 1929-Smith, Delta to Oscar K. Smith, St. John, N. B. Nov. 28, 1929-Jenkins, John James of New York city, and Muriel Jean Drummond of Forest Hills, L. I. Nov. 29, 1929-Crist, Edith Hewitt of Campbell Hall, N. Y., to Frederick Kimmerle of Jersey City, N. J. Feb. 22, 1930-Greer, Wm. C., to Martha Feriseline. Apr. 25, 1930-Zackrison, Carrie Suzette to Harry Hanslee Cluckenbush of Oakland, N. J. May 18, 1930-Bull, Major E. Llewellyn to Georgette Haven Blandy, both of New York city. June 21, 1930-Miller, James E. and Grace N. Watson, both of Franklin Square, near Montgomery, N. Y. June 15, 1930-Clarke, Arthur Harrold of Milton, N. Y., to Alma Demorest of Patchogue, L. I., N. Y. Aug. 19, 1930-Farnham, Mrs. Martha to Rev. Mr. Allaby, Lakeside, N. B. Deaths Prior to 1929 Picnic Oct. 1, 1927-Valentine, Mary Lockwood Sands, wife of Charles A. Valentine, of Yonkers, N. Y. Mar. 9, 1928-Sanders, Dr. Harold A., husband of Edith Margaret Ball, of Pasadena, Calif. Aug. 26, 1929-Milliken, Margaret Smiley of Gelatt, Pa., wife of Geo. Milliken, aged 83 years. Aug. 27, 1929-Bull, Emma, of New York city, daughter of the late James Bull and Elizabeth Walsh. Sept. 5, 1929-Kierstead, Nina Kierstead, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl W. Beyea of Campbellton, N. B. Sept. 11, 1929-Boyea, Alice Hill, infant daughter of Col. Thomas Durland Adams, wife of James Miller. Oct. 31, 1929-Loudon, Margaret Sedonia, of Montgomery, N. Y. Dec. 8, 1929-Roe, Lona Otis, wife of Hamlet S. Roe of Chester, New York. Dec. 12, 1929-Van Alst, Mrs. Ann Bull of Montgomery, N. Y., in her 86th year. Jan. 1, 1930-Miller, Belle March, wife of Christopher D. Mould of Sydney, N. Y. Jan. 1930-Miller, Marianna of Brooklyn, New York. Feb. 4, 1930-Bowne, Nettie Youngs, of New York city, widow of Samuel M. Bowne. Feb. 21, 1930-Milliken, Geo. Bull, of Gelatt, Pa., aged 86. Feb. 21, 1930-Bogert, Wm. Bennett, Jr. of Kansas City. May 7, 1930-Bull, Margaret B. Clarke, wife of John B. Bull of Milton, N. Y. May 15, 1930-Beyea, Clyde, aged 18 years, son of Harry W. Beyea, of Lakeside, N. B. May 16, 1930-Moore, Alice Reamy, wife of Theo. DeWitt Moore, of Yonkers, New York. May 24, 1930-Bull, Charles Perley, of Northampton, near Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada, in his 93rd year. Grandson of Capt. George Bull, one of the original United Empire Loyalists. June 17, 1930-Kierstead, Wm. Allan of Waltham, Mass. June 27, 1930-Andrews, Geo. Rutledge, of New York city. June 27, 1930-Woodsharry, husband of Lena Mould of San Francisco, Calif., formerly of Stony Ford, N. Y. July 3, 1930-Sweet, Cornelia Thompson, wife of Donald C. Sweet, of Buffalo, N. Y., (granddaughter of Judge Absalom Bull, of Black Rock, N. Y., dec'd.). July 15, 1930-Eager, William, of Montgomery, N. Y. Aug. 3, 1930-Chamberlain, Jeanette Thompson, wife of Harry B. Chamberlain. Aug. 14, 1930-Jackson, Emma Lyon, widow of the Rev. Daniel Bull Jackson of Minneapolis, Minn. The day was perfect and it seemed as though there never had been a better picnic. Much thought and effort had been taken for the comfort of the family. There were many more tables and seats than we had had before. There were nine long tables, four of them, as well as benches, just made without cost to the association by Harry C. Bull of Chester. Then Mrs. Bull of the Stone House herself determined upon the correction of the errors of other years, when tables had been hastily set out in what at luncheon time proved to be sunny spots. Accordingly she actively oversaw the proper placing of the tables in the morning, hours before the arrival of the family. As in past years, the generosity of Messrs. Vail, Vail & Son provided camp chairs, but this year we had 100 comfortable, strong wooden chairs of our own. Amy Bull Crist was again to thank, both for the idea of having our own chairs and their selection. The result was that this year every one had a seat. Mrs. Alfred Booth Roe led the singing of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," in opening, and of "Auld Lang Syne," in closing. We have not attempted to name all who were present as is so often the case, for it is so hard to know where to stop; but we must mention Mrs. Gardner of Middletown, 92 years of age, who sat, happy in her car, as she witnessed the gaiety of those around her. With her were the Misses Sarah M. and Mary Jordan of Thompson Ridge, who had never come to the Picnic before. It was a great day for all of the family who could come; and we look forward to years of improvements. Our president, Mr. Roe, has visions of wide lawns and fine clad slopes, with the lake and the farm in the distance. With the fine spirit on the part of Mrs. Bull of the Stone House, and the cooperation of the Forestation Committee we feel sure that the hundred of his active supporters will make possible the carrying out of his ideas.

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