Name/Title
Aug 26 ? Bull Picnic articlesEntry/Object ID
000467Tags
Bull PicnicScope and Content
Bull Family Reunion Is Set For August 26
The board of managers of the William Bull and Sarah Wells Family Association voted on Saturday evening in Goshen to cancel the pageant planned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the reunion. Instead, the picnic will be held as usual at the Bull stone house in Hamptonburgh on August 26. Attending the board meeting were Amy Bull Crist, president; Hamlet S. Roe, vice-president; Ernest M. Bull, treasurer; Robert McLeod Jackson, secretary; Charles W. Slaughter of Warwick, Henry P. Bull of Middletown, and Mrs. R. A. Zabriskie of Hackensack, N. J. Plans were made for barn dancing, pony rides, and games for children. A blue ribbon will be given the family which comes the greatest distance. The luncheon will start at noon. The annual business meeting of the family association will take place at 1:30 p. m. Managers will be elected to succeed Hamlet S. Roe, Charles Slaughter, and Margaret Cocks Harlow, whose terms expire. No appeal for funds will be made at the picnic. Donations, however, will be received by the treasurer, Ernest M. Bull, 115 Broad Street, New York. The war is taking scores of members and the association wants to keep as complete a record of them as possible. It is therefore requested that names, addresses, and positions in the armed forces of Bull descendants be sent to Jean S. Hoeller, of Goshen, who will compile the records.
________________________________________
[Column 2: Center]
Mrs. Amy Bull Crist To Head Bull Family; Elected at Reunion
Goshen, Aug. 27 — Mrs. Amy Bull Crist, of Montgomery, was named as president of the Bull Family Association by the organization's board of managers Saturday after her election had been recommended by approximately 200 members of the family present at the 69th annual picnic and reunion on the lawn of the Hamptonburgh Stone House.
The Association also re-established the last Wednesday of August instead of the day following as the day of the annual gathering.
Although most of the 300 members, guests and children present were residents of Orange county, there were, as usual, a number of visitors from more distant points. A family "blue ribbon for greatest distance traveled to the meeting went to Mrs. Anna Booth Williams, of Houston, Texas. Also present was Mrs. Mary Ackerly Holt, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Hamlet S. Roe, Chester; Jesse F. Zabriskie, of Hackensack, N. J., and Mrs. Vertrees L. Ackerly, of Crystal Run, plans were re-elected to the Board of Managers. Mr. Roe and Mr. Zabriskie were re-elected. Mrs. Ackerly was elected when Mrs. Booth declined re-election. Dolly Booth, who term of the late Albert C. Bull, president of the association, who died January 6th. Miss Eleanor Van Keuren, of Warwick, was elected for one year to fill the vacancy created on the board by resignation of Miss Cornelia Williams. Tellers for the election were Pierson Booth, C. B. Howell and Clarence Knight.
The board of managers, convening after the general business session, named Mrs. Crist as president and designated Hamlet S. Roe, of Chester, as vice-president, Robert McLeod Jackson, of Hamptonburgh and New York, and Ernest M. Bull, of Blooming Grove, were re-elected secretary and treasurer, respectively.
Miss Dolly Booth reported realization by the family of $100 as its share of profits from an antique sale held in conjunction with the Hamptonburgh Presbyterian church at Campbell Hall. Mr. Jackson reported gift of three shares of Chester National Bank stock worth $450 by the late Albert C. Bull and $100 by Theodore D. Moore, of Yonkers.
Mrs. Crist informed the group that a set of brass andirons formerly owned by Miss Rachel Ward Farrington had been presented to the Stone House by Mr. Jackson.
The members reported receipt of a telegram from William P. Bull, of Charleston, S. C. Mr. Bull is 80, and had been unable to attend recent picnics. A resolution commending Mr. Bull's advocacy was adopted.
Communications from Mr. and Mrs. James Bull, of Buffalo; William R. Bull, of New York and Andrew S. Beyea, of Smithtown, New Brunswick, members of the family also unable to attend the meeting, were read by Mr. Jackson.
A resolution also was passed, commending service of Mrs. Margaret Dill Halligan as secretary of the family for a number of years.
________________________________________
[Column 3: Right]
Bull Family Holds Annual Reunion, Blooming Grove
Mrs. Amy Bull Crist, of Montgomery, Named as Head of Group—Barlow W. Bull Chairman of Next Year's Meeting
Montgomery — Mrs. Amy Bull Crist, of Montgomery, was elected president of the Bull Family Association at its 69th annual reunion on Saturday at the "Old Stone House" in Hamptonburgh. Other officers named were: Vice-president, Hamlet S. Roe, Chester; treasurer, Ernest M. Bull, Blooming Grove; secretary, Robert McLeod Jackson, town of Hamptonburgh; assistant secretary, Margaret Dill Halligan of Campbell Hall.
Board of managers: Hamlet S. Roe, Chester; Jesse F. Zabriskie, Hackensack, N. J. and Mrs. Ackerly, Crystal Run, re-elected for three years; Charles W. Thew, Hamptonburgh, elected for two years; Pierson Booth, elected for one one year. Holding over: Amy Bull Crist, Ernest Bull, Robert L. McLeod Jackson and Harry Bull.
More than 250 members attended.
B. W. Bull Named Chairman A basket lunch was served with the Rev. Forrest Edwards of Monroe, a guest, imparting the blessing. Barlow W. Bull, was picnic committee for next year's reunion on the last Wednesday in August as Barlow W. Bull. Dolly Booth is chairman of the reception committee.
The board of managers is endeavoring to find an occupant for the stone house, for which no rent will be asked and also no salary will be paid. A Bull descendant is preferred.
Gifts Announced Gifts to the Bull Family Association were announced: Three shares of capital stock of the Chester National Bank, valued at about $450, under the will of the late president of the Association, Albert C. Bull of Chester, who died in office on Jan. 6, $100 under the will of the late Theodore Dewitt Moore of Yonkers; a pair of brass andirons belonging to the late Rachel Ward Farrington of New York City; a quilt, made in 1823 by Mrs. Elizabeth Eager of wool from her own sheep. Mrs. Anna Booth Williams of Houston, Texas, attended from the longest distance.
Newburghers Present Present from Newburgh were: Dr. and Mrs. Wesley Wait, Col. and Mrs. Monell, Dr. and Mrs. William M. Stanbrough, Misses Effie W. and Frances E. Kidd, T. V. W. Anthony, Mrs. Anna L. Jorden, H. C. Jorden, Mrs. George Shaw, Miss Adela McKinney, Fred McKinney, Mr. and Mrs. Amy Bull Crist, Alfred Decker, Miller Van Keuren, Mary Van Keuren and Miss Eleanor Van Keuren, and Everitt B. Hawkins.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Bull Picnic