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Bull Homestead, Bullville, NY "Middletown Times Herald" Bull Picnic NoticeEntry/Object ID
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67TH BULL FAMILY PICNIC Held Saturday When 60-Year-Old Custom Is Departed From (By R. McIeod. Jackson)
A custom of 60 years' standing was departed from this year when a resolution was passed changing the Picnic date to the fourth Saturday of August in each year. The first six picnics were held on varying dates but from 1873 to 1933 inclusive, the last Wednesday in August was always devoted to this occasion. The lifelong habit thus formed by many has not been broken without a wrench, but it was felt that many young people especially could not get away from their employment in the mid-week. Last year Saturday was chosen as an experiment and a decision was then made for a permanent change. The meeting this year was made by Mrs. James Royal White of Pittsfield, Mass., and by Louis Thompson Brush of Brooklyn. This year Mr. and Mrs. White drove over and Mr. Brush came accompanied by his son, John Ireland Brush, with the latter's wife and one of their children, Harriet, and also by his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Pelham Darlington of Fanwood, N. J., who had never been present before.
It was remarked how many young married couples were in attendance, often bringing their children. Indeed the new generation was greatly in evidence. Among those young people who come to mind are the following: Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Ketchum of Elizabeth, N. J., the former coming from Thomas Bull's son, George, the Loyalist, who fought for the Crown, and was rewarded by a captaincy and grant of land in New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Lionel E. Faulkner, also of Elizabeth, who brought one of their children, the little Priscilla; Mr. and Mrs. J. Kennedy Sinclaire, Mr. and Mrs. Barton L. Jenks, all of Rutherford, N. J., and children; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Booth Slaughter and son of Darien, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. Pierson Booth and their daughters; Mr. and Mrs. John Vandervort and their little children, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Van Keuren and also "Sonny" Whitaker spoke well for the vigor of the McBride clan. Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Mills of Scotchtown brought four children, as likewise did Dorothy Thew Hulse of Lincolndale.
One young mother said to the writer that there should be someone to make the children acquainted and at home and to get them started with their games. This want has been felt for many years. The elder members of the family are all having a good time visiting and the children are left to their own devices. While they are all cousins yet in fact they largely do not know each other. Altho the Bull Picnic is intended to be an intimate family affair it is hoped that in 1935 someone from outside the family can be secured, whose sole activity it will be to see that the children have as good a time as their elders. It is our desire that the children so enjoy themselves that the Picnic will be a red letter day in their lives. In that event the institution's future is assured.
Each year we have attendants who never came before and others who have not come for many years. Such were some of the Teed family present this year. There were Mrs. A. E. Teed of Montgomery, her daughters, the Misses Marion and Olive Teed, and Mrs. Lord of Newburgh, town and Noah C. Teed of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess county, N. Y., who brought his wife. This large family comes from the tribe of Ann Bull, who married William Eager. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hawkins of Goodwill; Mr. and Mrs. H. Clinton Hawkins of Walden; Mr. J. Frederick Twamley and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dill of New York city, likewise of the tribe of Ann, have been seldom with us before.
Those from Hardenburgh, Mrs. Gertrude Beakes Bentley and Mrs. D. Dill Cranston, all of Middletown, were in attendance this year.
Ira Bull and wife of State College, Penn., were present. He is a descendant of Henry Bull who came from England and settled in Rhode Island toward the end of the 1600's and became Governor of Rhode Island.
The business meeting was called to order by President H. S. Roe at about 12:30 o'clock. It was a special pleasure to have Ernest M. Bull, the Treasurer, with us as he has been unable to attend for several years.
Greetings were received from Miss Rachel Ward Farrington of Lakewood, N. J.; Mrs. Minnie Bull Blandin of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Harriet R. Mitchell of Detroit, Mich.
Announcement was made of the mounting and framing thro' the kindness of Miss Dollie B. Hepburn of New York city, of a quaint letter addressed to Peter Bull of Hamptonburgh, given to the Association some years ago by Mrs. D. Dill Cranston of Middletown. The letter was dated at New York city, October 5, 1783, and signed by the Loyalists, William Bull (son of John Bull I), William Welling and Peter Welling. They wrote: "We have embark'd on Board the ship Sally & do expect to sail within a few days to St. Johns River in Noviscotia, that most Loyal & Happy government, as they say." The framed letter now hangs in the hallway of the Stone House.
Mr. Edwin C. Miles of New Rochester, N. Y., presented to the Association a copy of an interesting letter written in 1850 by his grandfather, Alpheus Bull to his sister, Mary E. Bull of Bullville, describing his experiences prospecting in the California gold fields.
The Rev. Edward Corning, President of the Temple Hill Association, spoke by invitation of the plans to make Temple Hill a national shrine. The blue ribbon for coming the greatest distance was awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Draper of Thonotosassa, Fla.
The following committees for 1935 were elected:
Picnic Committee—Bartow W. Bull, chairman; John G. Thew, William Bull, John Bull, Henry Andrews, chairman; Catherine Parry, Jane H. Bull, Margaret Cocks Harris, Henry A. Sinclaire, Mary Hawkins Taft, Barton L. Jenks, Jr.
Luncheon was then served after invocation of divine blessing by the Rev. Robert Longaker of the First Presbyterian church of Hamptonburgh, who with his young bride, were guests of the family.
The Secretary read the Board of Managers' organized and elected officers: H. S. Roe, President; Harry C. Bull of Chester, Vice President; Jesse F. Zabriskie, Vice President; Ernest M. Bull, Treasurer, and Robert McLeod Jackson, Secretary.
Miss Julia Muirheid and Miss Hawkins, the new manager, advocated making a beginning toward restoring the furnishing of the house to a true Colonial style, so far as might be done without conflict with the convenience of modern occupants.
The vital family statistics which have come to the Secretary's knowledge since the 66th picnic follows:
Births June 13, 1934—Russell, Jr., son of Russell and Florence Arnold of Goshen, N. Y. April 9, 1934—Bement, Frederick son of Olive Evelyn Dickerson and Norwood Bement of Pine Bush, N. Y. July 7, 1934—Bruyn, Donald Clarence, son of Doris Ida Dickerson and Cornelius Raymond Bruyn of Pine Bush, N. Y. July 9, 1933—Eurich, Julia Ann, daughter of Juliet Wheeler and Louis Eurich, Jr., son of Florence Youngs and Louis Eugene Burvand of Tuxedo, N. Y. June 28, 1934—Burvard, Louis Eugene, Jr., son of Florence Youngs and Louis Eugene Burvand of Tuxedo, N. Y. Feb. 21, 1933—Hathaway, Sabra, daughter of Odell S. and Constance Tichenor Hathaway of Middletown, N. Y. Sept. 8, 1933—Jamison, Alice Hill, daughter of Vira Hill and William Baird Jamison. Feb. 20, 1934—Johnson, Sallie Edrie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jan. 14, 1932—Seagears, Murray Wisner and Malcolm Thomas, twin sons of Clayton Beakes and Ethel Perfield Seagears of Middletown, N. Y. Feb. 27, 1934—Seaman, Phillip Horton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Seaman of Gilbertsville, N. Y. Dec. 9, 1933—Wheeler, Cynthia Ann, daughter of Helen Booth Williams and Ray Wheeler of Houston, Tex. Dec. 28, 1933—Wooten, Linda Jane, daughter of Winifred Weston and Lieut. Patrick Wooten of the Royal British Naval Air Force.
Marriages April 2, 1934—Ackertly, Dorothy Booth of Crystal Run, N. Y., to John Wheeler Sanford, Jr., of Warwick, N. Y. June 24, 1933—Babcock, Charles Kenneth of Washingtonville, N. Y., to Thelma Cahoon. June 24, 1933—Buel, Thomas, to Mrs. Dorothy Baldwin Walsh, both of New York City. Sept. 20, 1933—Buel, Victoria of New York City, and Dr. Hugh Currie Thompson, Jr. of Albany, N. Y. Mar. 31, 1934—Clarke, Albert G., son of Foster Hallock and Susie Clarke of Milton, N. Y., to Edna Florence Anderson of Easton, N. Y. Aug. 25, 1934—Clarke, Gerald H., son of J. Harold and Lena Clarke of Milton, N. Y., to Martha Cummings of Clemson College, S. C. July 16, 1934—Collier, Clara Cox of Corinth, Miss., to Wilson Newman of Clemson College, S. C. April 11, 1934—Hepburn, Anna Bayard of New York City to John Louis Smith of Jamestown, N. Y. Dec. 23, 1933—Holt, Helen Jessie of Jacksonville, Fla., to William Curtis Vaughn of the same place. May 23, 1934—Sanders, Harold A. Jr., son of Edith Ball Sanders of Pasadena, Calif., to Elizabeth P. Stanton of South Pasadena, Calif. Mar. 31, 1934—Taber, Charles Kenneth, son of Charles and Helen Edna May Vossle of East Aurora, N. Y. Oct. 7, 1933—Whitaker, Clara of Campbell Hall, N. Y., to Levere K. McCully of Maybrook, N. Y. June 4, 1934—Woolsey, Leon H. to Florence H. Heintz, both of Phoenix, Arizona.
Deaths Sept. 1, 1932—Booth, Winifred Brown, wife of Jesse Wellington Booth, of Scranton, Pa. Mar. 4, 1934—Beakes, George Dimmet, of Middletown, N. Y., aged 91 years. Sept. 18, 1933—Bull, Mary Wakeman, wife of James R. Bull, of Milford, Pa. Mar. 26, 1934—Bull, John Stitt, of Middletown, N. Y., in his 85th year. June 21, 1934—Bull, Dr. Heman R., of Grand Junction, Colorado. Dec. 17, 1933—Conklin, Wm. Roe, of Chester, N. Y., aged 74 years. Aug. 18, 1933—Cox, Clara Connelly, of Elizabeth, N. J. July 31, 1934—Eager, Miss Ella M., of Montgomery, N. Y. May 7, 1933—Hathaway, Sabra, daughter of Odell S. and Constance Tichenor Hathaway of Middletown, N. Y. Oct. 19, 1933—Hawkins, Frank J., of Binghamton, N. Y. July 29, 1934—Miles, Mrs. Esther Bull of New Rochelle, N. Y. Feb. —-, 1933—Mills, Mrs. J. Erskine of Sidney, N. Y., in her 80th year. Feb. 1, 1934—Mould, Christopher D., of Sidney, N. Y., aged 80th year. Nov. 30, 1933—Smith, Reuben, Jr., of Goshen, N. Y., aged 16 years. —-, 1932—Stanbrough, John, of Lansing, Mich. July 21, 1934—Stevens, Anna Belie Crist, of Montgomery, N. Y., widow of the late Joseph Stevens of Bullville. Feb. 10, 1934—Strong, Frank B., of Blooming Grove, N. Y., aged 63 years, son of the late Selah H. and Mary Booth Strong. Feb. 25 or 26, 1934—Thompson, Blanche, wife of Geo. Hunter Thompson, Thompson Ridge, N. Y. June 23, 1934—Wright, Mary E., of Goshen, N. Y., daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine Conklin Walsh, and widow of Barlow Wright in her 85th year. And so, another link has been forged in this happy chain of events which binds many hundreds of kin together in understanding and friendship. Printed in the Goshen Independent Republican August 23, 1934.Relationships
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