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Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 11:26:04 -0400
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Just wanted to let you know how very much I continue to enjoy your posts. I love your teaching!
My grandfather was in the New York Juvenile Asylum until he was sent to Illinois on one of the "orphan trains" in 1895. The rest of his family stayed in the New York area. From what I can tell, there were many BULLWINKLEs (BULLWINKELs) all over Manhattan and Brooklyn. I've never been to New York and probably never will but you help me picture what it must be like.
Thanks,
Bev Nohr - Minnesota

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On 10/9/05 (7:36:37 AM MDT), as part of a posting to
, Kim () wrote,

"I dont know if this is your william but I found on the 1920 census a William
Enright in the US Army. White, male age 39, single, parents both b. in
Ireland, He is in the Army Company K 42nd infantry. He is stationed in
Brookhaven, Suffolk co. Unfortunately I cant read the name of the camp he is
stationed
at. He was b. in NY."


That would be Camp Upton of WWI fame in the Hamlet of Yaphank (Upton P.O.),
Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, I suspect, which is now the site of the
Brookhaven National Laboratory.

"Yip, Yip, Yaphank" was a Broadway musical show by then Sergeant Irving
Berlin based on his life at the camp. From this show came one of Berlin's most
famous songs, "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning". With the war's end in
November of 1918, Upton's use was limited. The camp served as a demobilization
site for returning veterans. The Army decided that Camp Upton was of no
further use, and it was deactivated. A public auction in August of 1921 saw
everything from stoves to complete structures bought up and removed from the
Yaphank
base.

For more about Camp Upton, please go to:
http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/camp_upton1.asp


The pertinent geography:

Yaphank is a hamlet (an unincorporated community) in the central part of the
Town of Brookhaven, in the central part of Suffolk County. There are 8
villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets all or partly in the Town of
Brookhaven. There are no cities and 10 towns in Suffolk County. There are 2
Indian
reservations in Suffolk County. (I'm including after my name a NYS
Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county, city, town, village,
hamlet and
postal zone.)

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of
Yaphank (including the Brookhaven National Laboratory) is bordered on the north
by the Hamlets of Gordon Heights, Middle Island and Ridge; on the east by the
Hamlet of Shirley; on the south by the Hamlets of Brookhaven and North
Bellport; and, on the west by the Hamlets of North Bellport and Medford.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Yaphank has a different border than
does the "Yaphank, NY 11980" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Yaphank
mailing address and not be in Yaphank and a place can have other than a Yaphank
mailing address and be in Yaphank). Those places that have a "Yaphank, NY"
mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Yaphank are in the Hamlet of
Medford and the Hamlet of Middle Island; and, at the same time, there are places
in
the Hamlet of Yaphank with an "Upton, NY 11973", a "Medford, NY 11763" and a
"Middle Island, NY 11953" mailing address.

For those who have their copy of the 2004 or earlier edition of the LI
Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island
Power
Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to access
and download the report), you'll find the Hamlet of Yaphank in the Town of
Brookhaven, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 24 (map) and 25 (population estimate).

I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5766,

Walter Greenspan

* L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH)
Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and
the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of "L'Shannah tovah tikatev v'taihatem"
(or, to women, "L'Shannah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means, "May you
be inscribed and sealed for a good year." This year, Rosh ha Shannah begins
at sunset on Monday, October 3 on the civil calendar.


. Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State

New York State is divided into counties.

County
A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to
perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided
into cities, towns and Indian reservations.

City
A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities
are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.

Town
A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the
state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be
sub-divided into villages and hamlets.

Village
A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by
the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with
municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of
a
city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.

Hamlet
A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed
at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which

are informal geographic areas.

Postal Zone "City" and "Town"
A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by
the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town"
may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders.
Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet
location.


Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of
non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places
have a
different community name in their mailing address than the community where that
place is actually located.


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