tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065934900202092582024-02-19T05:05:34.106-08:00Welsh SocietyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-50015719659198881442023-08-25T08:57:00.002-07:002023-08-25T08:58:15.000-07:00Come 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. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-42191404375162536212021-09-11T12:40:00.001-07:002021-09-12T12:42:01.359-07:00Meeting cancelledSadly the meeting has been cancelled again for this year. More news to come. Thank you for understanding!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-15091245062845246422021-07-21T15:59:00.003-07:002021-11-03T12:35:35.673-07:002021 Meeting announcementThis 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. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-49012447192574620142018-07-11T07:55:00.000-07:002019-08-26T10:20:02.935-07:00A great 2019 service at the Welsh SocietyThe 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.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-75810665301312725772017-09-20T08:43:00.000-07:002019-06-30T14:14:18.683-07:00Our 2017 service: another beautiful day in the North Country! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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photo provided by Rachel HunterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-77703107599654356922013-08-19T13:20:00.004-07:002013-08-26T13:36:05.716-07:00Welsh Society Meeting 2013This 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. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-17339468838807184332012-08-27T07:40:00.003-07:002012-08-27T07:56:19.808-07:002012 Welsh Society Service <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-75848405318296639062011-09-06T11:37:00.000-07:002011-09-06T11:37:21.140-07:00Another great year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmtJCDbDz5Gzi-oMt2VXmvcJYSxz9K-rCUsdtZxrWWvkFLmhTzJZ6YxJ9N8ijQrlW6HnTSq3xD_3meNeOIZPdhYVENNdr0EkBcUdoRwxFl9cStJShNk08H1rG_Yny1YYMKyW-uFGHxHQ/s1600/Welsh+Society+group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmtJCDbDz5Gzi-oMt2VXmvcJYSxz9K-rCUsdtZxrWWvkFLmhTzJZ6YxJ9N8ijQrlW6HnTSq3xD_3meNeOIZPdhYVENNdr0EkBcUdoRwxFl9cStJShNk08H1rG_Yny1YYMKyW-uFGHxHQ/s320/Welsh+Society+group.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806593490020209258.post-83953316407221512502011-08-02T07:40:00.000-07:002013-08-19T13:51:24.416-07:00Every August: Annual Welsh Church Service Article from the Gouvernuer Tribune Press September 2, 2011: <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Richville’s Welsh Society created to preserve historic building from being paved over.</span></strong> <br />
By Rachel Riley<br />
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A small gathering of Welsh-rooted patrons congregated at the Welsh Society in Richville on Sunday August 28th for the annual service honoring Welsh ancestors and Welsh-American heritage. <br />
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Pastor Ford Reynolds presided, and Tribune Press reporter Sandy Wyman was guest speaker for the afternoon. Here is what she spoke of: <br />
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“I am most humbled in light of your consideration of honoring me as guest speaker once again. What feelings arise when we meet to worship on this special Sunday. <br />
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Fellowship far beyond the familiar greetings of handshakes, pleasant words of welcome and comforting hugs…how does one put into words the sense of family ties to long ago? Something special resides in this little white church and in our hearts…the light of faith. That faith was set forth from our ancestral land to take root in a new country and with Welsh faithfulness passed down through the generations, we will always endure. Just take a look around, how happy we are and ever so grateful. <br />
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So much happens from one gathering to the next. Some no longer with us, others newly born…life cycles on…however our Welsh heritage remains steadfast so rejoice today. A program’s signoff from a childhood memory…. “Happy trails to you until we meet again”. <br />
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Some historical information was also available: <br />
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Richville was really a Welsh settlement. The first Welshman to come here from the old country was James Griffis who arrived here in 1850 with his wife and seven children. He was soon followed by others. They organized a religion body in the spring of 1858 and for some years were affiliated with the First Congregational Church. The Welsh church was eventually built in 1859 and it grew and prospered until 1919 when regular services were discontinued. <br />
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In 1925, seeing the church falling into disrepair, Webster Griffith, grandson of the original builder of the church, Eben Griffith, undertook renovations of the structure. It was then that the stone tablet in the front was erected. <br />
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Not much happened with the little church until the early 70’s when the State proposed to build 11 bypassing downtown Richville. In Route 11’s path stood the Welsh Church, which the State’s records listed as abandoned. <br />
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The Welsh Society of Richville was incorporated on October 10, 1974 in order to get the money and to halt the State’s plans. The church building was thus spared and the bequest released to the Society. <br />
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A service is held once a year when a few Welsh and other interested persons get together to remember and sing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0