Bowman Family Reunion
August 27, 1939
Stanfordville, Dutchess County, New York
Pine Plains Herald-Register article
dated August 31, 1939
Bowman Reunion Held Sunday at Clinton Corners
The third annual reunion of the descendants of Maltiah and Roba Arnold Bowman, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Budd, Clinton Corners, Sunday, August 27, with approximately 115 attending. The tables were set on the spacious lawn under spreading maples. Golden Rod, ferns and potted plants decorated the large porches. Luncheon was served at noon, and during the afternoon a program was presented under the direction of Clara Robinson.
Assisting the hostess with the serving of luncheon were: Mrs. George Bowman, Mrs. Fernando Wirehouse, Mrs. Ralph Perkins, Mrs. Mark Piester, Mrs. Ernest Croft, Mrs. J. V. Fowler, and Mrs. Rose Myers. Cakes were presented to I. J. Wirehouse, whose birthday was celebrated, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Croft, who celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Sunday.
Those participating in the program were: Helen Piester, George Bowman, William Evans, J. Virgil Fowler, Beulah and Thelma Budd, Mrs. Irene F. Croft, Edward Bowman Jr., Robert Bowman, William Sherow. Horace Bowman and Wilbur J. Bowman gave talks on the early family history of the Bowman family.
Wilbur J. Bowman, vice president of the family association presided for the election of officers. The following were named; president, Mrs. George Bowman; vice president, Mrs. Fred S. Barrett; secretary, Mrs. William Budd; historian, Horace Bowman. In connection with the reunion family portraits were displayed and a child's highchair was shown. The chair belonged to Macy Bowman, great grandfather of Mr. Budd and father of Mrs. Jenne (sic.) Eckert, who was one of a family of thirteen children, who used this chair also there were two other generations of smaller families in direct line who used this chair.
Snapshot of the oldest cousins. I wish one of us had the official one implied in the paragraph below.
Among the member of the family and guests attending the reunion were: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bowman, Ruth Bowman, Inez Bowman Floughton, Ruth Bowman (same person listed twice or two people named "Ruth Bowman"?), Clara Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. George Bowman, William Evans, Mr. and Mrs. J Virgil Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Croft, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Fowler, Charles Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. William Budd, Beulah Budd, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cramer, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lander, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bradley, Malcolm Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hevenor, Helen Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Byrne, Eleanor Byrne, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Bowman.
Lois Bowman, Shirley Bowman, Otis Bowman, Helen Herrick, Richard Coon, Muriel DuBois, Mrs. E DuBois, Ernestine BuBois, Edmund DuBois, Nancy Moore, Betty Moore, Merbeth Sleight, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bowman, Mrs. Ella P. Haight, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Wirehouse, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Fradenburg, Rose B. Ferris, Mrs. Elma Simmons, Mrs. Eliza Bowman, Mrs. Evelyn Wirehouse, Willett Sherow, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bowman, Helen Piester, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Robinson, Elsie Robinson, Angelene Houston, Alfred Houston, William M. Sherow, Rose B. Ferris.
Elma Simmons, Mrs. Eliza Bowman, Mrs. Evelyn Wirehouse, Mrs. Ralph Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Bowman (not sure whether two couples should have been named here and the first surname was left out, or "Mr. and Mrs." was put in twice by mistake), Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hicks, Charles Hicks Jr., Mr. and Mrs. William Budd, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bowman, Mrs. David Hicks, Diane Hicks, Mrs. Mary Dun- (sic. - clipping ends here. Name should read "Mrs. Mary Duncan").
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