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65th Annual Bull Picnic Bi-CentennialEntry/Object ID
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Bull PicnicScope and Content
65th ANNUAL BULL PICNIC
Colonial Pageant Lent Color to Affair Held Last Wednesday
Colonial times were called to mind at this year's Picnic, in honor of George Washington's Bi-centennial. Samuel W. Eager, the historian of Orange County, impersonated by An- drew Wilson VII, dressed in old style black clothes and a stove pipe hat, read a paper in which General Washington's visits to Campbell Hall were described. One of these occasions was said to have been a dance, which may, however, not have been historical.
In 1783 Generals Washington, Lafayette and Knox came to Campbell Hall to view the bones of the mastodon which had been dug up on what is now the Church farm. While here they visited the Rev. Robert Annan, the first minister of the Neelytown Church, at his house on what is now the Melvin Teed farm on the Goshen State Road, about three miles south of Montgomery.
Then William Bull and Sarah Wells, his wife, appeared and seated them- selves before the gathering. There- upon, their twelve children filed past, accompanied by their respective husbands and wives and such of the grandchildren as are known to have taken part in the Revolution. While the historian read a brief record of its members, each of the 12 groups stood, then passed on and sat down. Some, of course, were Loyalists, and some on the side of the Revolution. The former wore the British redcoats and the latter our uniforms of the day. The women's colonial costumes and powdered hair were most effective. The older women had a matronly charm, and the younger ones a sweet expression which could not be put on, as one observer phrased it. The whole formed a colorful scene.
William Bull's part was taken by Howard Wallace Connelly and Sarah Wells' by Mrs. Mark Roe. The latter wore the dress which Sarah Wells herself had woven of linen and made and embroidered in color for her daughter Margaret to wear at her wedding to Silas Horton. The dress is owned by Mrs. Julia Tuthill of Craigville, who kindly loaned it.
The parts of the various characters were taken as follows:
John Bull and his wife, Hannah Holly, by their descendants, Albert C. Bull and Amy Bull Johnson, both of Chester; that of their son, William, the Loyalist, by John Bull of Stony Ford; William Bull II, and his wife, Ann Booth, by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Slaughter; their son, Capt. William Bull, who was with Washington at Valley Forge, by his descendant, William Bull VII, of Stony Ford; Sarah Bull and George Booth by Antoinette Ackery and George Ackerly of Crystal Run; Thomas Bull and Mary Kerr by their descendant, Bartow Wright Bull and his wife; their Loyalist son, Capt. George Bull, by Mark Roe of Chester, and their Patriot son, Daniel, by Philip Mapes Crist of Campbell Hall; Isaac Bull and Sarah Mulliner by Thompson Hawkins of Goodwill and Lillian Bull Wait of Newburgh; Esther Bull and John Miller, by Eleanor Van Keuren of Montgomery and Harry C. Bull of Chester; their Loyalist son, Johannes by William Dickerson of Thompson Ridge; Mary Bull and Benjamin Booth by Helen Elizabeth Booth and her husband, Pierson Booth of War- wick, their descendant; Margaret Bull and Silas Horton by their descendants, Jean Gerow Deyo and Clarence Gerow, Jr.; Catherine Bull and James Faulkner by Dorothy Ackerly of Crystal Run and Vernon Hawkins of Goodwill; Ann Bull and William Eager by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ackerly of Crystal Run; Richard Bull and Jemima Budd by Charles B. Howell of Washingtonville and Marjory Bull of Hamptonburgh, and Elinor Bull and William Weller by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pierson Bull of Middletown, N. Y.
Pictures were taken of the Colonial characters as well as of the whole gathering by W. P. Doremus of Goshen, from whom copies can be had on application.
The committee in charge of the affair were Amy Bull Crist, Dolly Wat- kins Booth, Susan B. Howell and Edna Twamley, and commendation of their work was heard on every hand.
A new and attractive touch was added this year for the first by Edna Beakes Dickerson of Middletown, who brought with her ribbons of twelve colors, one for each of the original children. These Mrs. Dickerson used to decorate each comer, if he knew his colors, one for which many did not. She had dark colors for the sons: John, red; William, dark blue; Thomas, orange; Isaac, dark green; Richard, purple. The daughters' colors were light: Sarah, light green; Esther, rose; Mary, yellow; Margaret, lavender; Catherine, pink; Ann, tan, and Elea- nor, cream. There were descendants of each line present except of Richard, who went to New Brunswick. Some sported three colors. We hope that Mrs. Dickerson's innovation will become a regular feature.
Soon after the little pageant was over, the eclipse came on and proved almost too strong a competitor of the necessary business meeting. How-
ever, that meeting was held with difficulty. Robert McLeod Jackson, Bartow W. Thew and Harry C. Bull were elected managers for three years.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Hamlet S. Roe, President; Harry Bull of Hamptonburgh, Vice-Presi- dent; Ernest M. Bull, Treasurer; Robert McLeod Jackson, Secretary.
The following were elected as Picnic Committee for 1933: Bartow Wright Bull, chairman; William Bull VII; John Bull; George Howard Crist; Philip Mapes Crist; James A. McClung; Thompson Haw- kins and Vernon Hawkins.
The following reception committee for 1933 was elected: Dolly Watkins Booth, chairman; Jane H. Bull; Edna Beakes Dicker- son; Amy Bull Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Crist; Margaret Dill Hal- lagan; Jeanie M. Jackson and Eleanor Van Keuren.
Greetings were received from the following: William Edgar Bull of Charleston, S. C.; Andrew S. Beyea, of Smith- town, N. B.; Dorothy A. Bull, of Harrison, N. Y.; Phebe Bull of West Palm Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Anna Fuller Bennett of Cheshire, Mass.; Mrs. Minnie Bull Blandin of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Bartow Wright of Goshen; Mrs. Hannah W. Senior of Montgomery, and Mrs. C. Josephine Bull Shaw of Toronto, Canada.
The blue ribbon for coming the greatest distance was awarded to Mrs. Elizabeth Bull Post Walker of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Mr. W. Jesse Booth, 88 years old, and his wife, were driven for the occasion from Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mrs. Phoebe Miller Edsall of War- wick, N. Y., in her 94th year, was present. Miss Mary Ophelia Houston of Newburgh, also of great age, came, but had to sit in her car.
Mrs. John Bull of Woodstock, New Brunswick, was the only representa- tive of the Canadian branch of the family present.
The Union Jack was displayed, as well as the Stars and Stripes.
The following births, marriages and deaths have come to the secretary's knowledge since the last Picnic:
Births 1929 May 30-Bull, Ralph Eugene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard C. Bull of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. Dec. 31-Conrad-Eberlin, Joel, daughter of Elizabeth Lambrecht and Walter Conrad-Eberlin of Kenmore, N. Y. 1930 July 24-Bull, Cora Eileen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Allen Bull of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. Sept. 10-Broas, Eleanor May, daughter of Dorothy Emily Blake and Ralph Broas of Montgomery, N. Y. Nov. 29-Bull, Warren Collingwood, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard C. Bull of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. 1931 March 7-Matthews, Donald William, son of Gladys May Blake and George Matthews of Walden, N. Y. March 9-Minnerly, Mina Elizabeth, daughter of Ruth Bull and Walter Francis Minnerly of Portchester, N. Y. March 21-Miller, James, Jr., son of Grace Watson and James Miller of the Town of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. May 19-Hunter, Nancy Louise, daughter of Hazel Wood and Harold A. Hunter of Matamoras, Pa. June 12-Wooten, [handwritten: Arthur?], son of Winifred Weston and Capt. Patrick Wooten, of London, England. Aug. 30-Smith, Edgar Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Smith of Lakeside, New Brunswick. Sept. 17-Beyea, Evylen Viola, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Beyea of Lakeside, New Brunswick. Oct. 1-Smith, Melva Pauline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Smith of Titusville, New Brunswick. Nov. 12-Smith, George Hazen, son of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Smith of Hampton, New Brunswick. Nov. 15-Gullage, Beryl Eileen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gullage of French Village, New Bruns- wick. Dec. 4-Roe, Marjorie, daughter of Dorothea Conklin and Seely Roe of Chester, N. Y. Dec. 8-Beyea, Henry Githens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hanford B. Beyea of Smithtown, New Brunswick, Canada. Dec. 24-Slaughter, Geo. Wellington, Jr., and John Alfred, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Slaughter of Baldwin, L. I. Dec. 29-Clarke, John Westervelt, Jr., son of J. Westervelt and Olive Har- court Clarke, of Milton, N. Y. Dec. 30-Clarke, Janet Catherine Susan, daughter of W. Irving and Vera Clarke of Milton, N. Y. 1932 Jan. 22-Bull, Charles Peter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard C. Bull of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. Feb. 6 - Conrad-Eberlin, Elspeth, daughter of Elizabeth Lambrecht and Walter Conrad-Eberlin of Kenmore, New York.
Feb. 24-Smith, Harry Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Smith of Lakeside, New Brunswick. March 21-Hopper, Joyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eber H. Hopper of Nauwigewauk, New Brunswick. March 31-Warner, Stephen Taber, son of Gladys Taber and James Warner, Jr., of ——. May 6-Lodge, Mary Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lodge of Glen Rock, New Jersey. May -Mills, Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mills of Scotchtown, N. Y. July 15-Conklin, William Roe, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Roe Conklin, Jr., of Chester, New York. Aug. 5-Hunter, Lois Catherine, daughter of Hazel Wood and Har- old A. Hunter, of Matamoras, Pa. Aug. 17-Greer, Bertha Isabel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Greer of French Village, New Brunswick. Aug. 27-Brush, Jean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Brush of Hemp- stead, N. Y. Aug. 30-Hill, ——, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hill of the Town of Crawford, Orange Co., N. Y.
Marriages 1931 Sept. 1-Dickerson, Frank, of Thompson Ridge, to Mrs. Frances McKenna of Middletown, New York. Sept. 26-Nison, Kenneth Duncan, to Evelyn Albonesi, both of Monti- cello, N. Y. Nov. 24-Blake, Theodore Stanley, to Miss Ruth Fay, both of Maybrook, N. Y. Nov. 26-Gerow, Jean L., of Washingtonville, N. Y., to Thomas J. Deyo, of Wallkill, New York. Dec. 22-Boughner, Genevieve Jack- son, of Manhattan, Kansas, to William Hammond Pryor of Duluth, Minn. Dec. 25-Wheeler, Juliet Van Duzer of Warwick, N. Y., to Samuel Eurich of Edenville, New York. Dec. 25-Williams, Helen Booth, to LeRoy J. Wheeler, both of Houston, Texas. 1932 Jan. 2-Bull, Miss Sarah R., of Mon- roe, New York, to John Freese of New York City. Feb. 20-Jex, Muriel, of Somerville, Mass, to Stuart Garland of Boston, Mass. July 23-Alexander, Dorothy Josephine, of Leonia, N. J., to Dr. Donald J. Presler, of Prattsburg, N. Y. July 23-Bull, Katherine Weller and George Haney, of New York City. Aug. 23-Zabriskie, Frederick Nathaniel, of North Hackensack, N. J., to Naomi Wortendyke of Oradell, N. J.
Deaths 1931 Aug. 27-Smith, Albert R., of French Village, New Brunswick, Canada, aged 67 years. Sept. 8-Bull, Miss Mary R., of Harrison, New York. Sept. 16-Galloway, Mrs. E. Clyne, of Howell, Mich. Sept. 19-Chamberlin, Julia Baird, wife of G. Howard Chamberlin of Yonkers, New York. Sept. 25-Beyea, James A., of Gondola Point, New Brunswick, Canada, aged 66 years. Oct. 26-Roe, Alfred Booth, of Ches- ter, New York. Oct. 29-Beyea, Arthur S., of Lake- side, New Brunswick, Canada, aged 25 years. Nov. 27-Thompson, Harry, of Akron, Ohio. Dec. -Forbes, Miller, of Philadelphia, Pa. 1932 Feb. 17-Tupper, Mrs. Bertha Bull, of Toronto, Canada, daughter of Abner Bull, late of Woodstock, N. B., in her 73rd year. March 4-Gardner, Mrs. Catherine, of Middletown, New York, aged 95 years. March 20-Valentine, Charles Augustus, Jr., son of Mary Sands and Charles A. Valentine, Sr., of ——. March 28-Smith, Joseph E., of ——- von, New Brunswick, Canada, aged 81 years. April 13-Clarke, Mary Merritt, widow of George Sands Clark of ——, aged 87 years. April 18-Smith, William B., of Smith- town, New Brunswick, Canada, aged 80 years. May 25-Hepburn, Samuel Boyd, of New York City. June 2-Clark, John Miller, of New York City. June 8-Schriver, Douglas Allison, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schriver, of Smithtown, New Bruns- wick, Canada. June 16-Gray, Mrs. Anna A., of Burnside, New York. Aug. 8-Bull, Dr. George, of Bloomingburgh, N. Y. Mrs. Bull of the Stone House, who had been ill, was able to sit on the lawn among her guests.
The attendance was very large, perhaps in the neighborhood of 400. There were many newcomers and others who had not been present for many years. The day was a great success and will be long remembered by those present.
From the Independent Republican, Goshen, N. Y., September 6, 1932.Relationships
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