HomeMy WebLinkAboutschool dist 9 florence updike bulllivantMrs. Bullivant Taught
Estimated 1,500 Pupils,
TRUMANSBURG—Mrs. Florence
Updike Bullivant of Christian Hill,
Trumansburg, estimates she has
taught more than 1,500 pupils over
the years.
She has found time for that feat
of addition after 41 years of teach-
ing, nearly all of it in Trumans-
burg and nearby schools.
Mrs. Bullivant retired last week.
She was feted earlier this month.
by the faculty, students and friends
at Trumansburg Central School.
Her teaching career began in a
one -room school in old District 9
in the Town of Enfield. The next
year she was principal of a two -
room school at Mecklenburg.
After continuing her schooling
at Cortland State Teachers College,
Mrs. Bullivant returned to her
home District 13 in Enfield where
she taught five years.
The remainder of her teaching
was done in' Trumansburg, first
at the old school and later at the
centralized school which opened
in 1928.
At Trumansburg she has taught
the social studies on the junior
high level.
"Without discipline there would
be no education. I don't mean that
to sound harsh, says Mrs. Bulli-
vant.
She has been outstanding in at
least three other areas in the com-
munity. She has held high offices
in both the Eastern Star - and
—Journal Staff Photo
MRS. FLORENCE U. BULLIVANT
Grange and for 20 years was com-
mittee woman for the Republican
Party in the Town of Enfield.
Mrs. Bullivant and her husband,
Fred C. Bullivant, live on the
farm where she was born.
She intends to st4y there —with
the _ hope of some Florida sun•
shine to lighten the winters.