Welsh Society

Come to our Service 2023!

Everyone welcome to attend our annual service Sunday August 27th at 2p.m. The Historical Association will provide refreshments afterwards. See you soon.

Meeting cancelled

Sadly the meeting has been cancelled again for this year. More news to come. Thank you for understanding!

This year’s meeting of the officers took place via phone due to COVID case concerns. Our projects will be gathering material for a cook book/memory book that should include recipes, pictures, song lyrics, stories and anything else pertaining to the Welsh Society and Welsh-American culture. We are also hoping to get the building painted in the spring. Please call Rachel Riley at 315-287-2976 if you have items to include. Rachel is working on a newsletter as well, so please contact her with an updated address.

A great 2019 service at the Welsh Society

The Welsh Society of Richville held its annual service on Sunday, August 25th 2019 at 2pm. at the historic church, corner of Main street and St. Hwy 11. Guest speaker was Bryan Thompson, Town of DeKalb historian. He presented an in depth look at where the Richville Welsh settlers came from in Wales and some the the troubles they were escaping by immigrating to America. Holly and Brooke Goddard played some amazing Celtic music with their fiddle and bodhran and the congragation gave it a try with some traditional Welsh songs and hymns. Refreshments were served afterwards courtesy of Richville Historical Association.

Our 2017 service: another beautiful day in the North Country!

photo provided by Rachel Hunter

Welsh Society Meeting 2013

This year's Welsh Society service was on August 25th, 2013 at 2p.m, as usual. We had a great showing this year. Reverend Dr. Richard Mayforth was the guest speaker, Sandy Wyman opened the meeting by providing some historical data. Ford Reynolds, descendant of the Welsh settlers in Richville, led the group in a hymn. The quaint little church on the hill was beautifully decorated with flowers provided by the Blooming Idiot on the Rock Island Road in Gouverneur. Refreshments followed at the Richville Historical Association. Thank you to everyone. We hope you enjoyed our yearly get together! God bless.

2012 Welsh Society Service

The yearly meeting and church service at the Welsh Society on August 26, 2012, was well attended by both those with Welsh heritage and those just appreciative of the preservation of this area's history. Repeat visitor, Elenore Jones, was kind enough to donate a pair of dolls to the Richville Museum wearing traditional Welsh outfits: black with white buttons. She wasn't sure how she knew they were Welsh, but actually informed the antique dealer she bought them from. And during the Queen of England's 60th celebration, she noticed performers wearing similar costumes.