Name/Title
Bull Picnic August 26, 1970 Warwick Valley DispatchEntry/Object ID
00545Tags
Bull Picnic, George Ackerly, Jenny YoungScope and Content
Left Article Transcription:
OLDSTER WINS RIBBON-George Ackerly, 93, of Middletown holds his chin up as Emma McWhorter of Highland Mills, secretary, pins on ribbon in honor of the oldest member attending the Bull family reunion picnic. Photo by Davis. Bull Family Reunion Held. CAMPBELL HALL - Officers were elected at the 103rd annual Bull Family Reunion in the Town of Hamptonburgh Saturday. Mrs. Emma J. McWhorter of Highland Mills, renamed secretary, said nearly 300 persons attended. Andrew Wilson of Scarsdale was re-elected president after being renamed a member of the Board of Managers along with Mrs. McWhorter and Henry P. Bull of Middletown. Mark S. Roe of Chester was named to the board to succeed his uncle, Chester Roe. Named vice presidents were Dr. Frederick Bement of Pine Bush and John Sanford III of Warwick. Bull was elected treasurer and John Luft of Goshen, assistant treasurer. Mrs. Dorothy Radzinski of Middletown and Mrs. Eleanor Hopenstedt of Gardiner were named recording secretaries. The two oldest persons at the reunion were given ribbons. They were Mrs. Jennie Ostrom Young of the State of Florida and George Ackerly of Middletown, who are 92 and 93 respectively. The youngest to attend was Scott Edward Euvrard, two months of Tuxedo. Guests of the Bull Family were from far away places like Gates Head, England, and Cali, South America.
Right Article Transcription:
WARWICK Valley DISPATCH AUGUST 26, 1970. BULL FAMILY held their annual picnic and reunion on the Bull homestead in Hamptonburgh last Saturday afternoon with 300 descendants of William Bull and Sarah Wells, attending, including many from Warwick. Among the highlights of the affair was the introduction of the youngest, 10 weeks old Scott E. Eubard and the senior members George Ackerly and Jenny Young, both over 90. DISPATCH PHOTOS.