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Document No. 347290ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
8/27/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: FRI. 8/28 2:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ST. ANN'S CHURCH CENTENNIAL
SUBJECT:
KENNEBUNKPORT - SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 10:00am
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
X MOORE
BAKER
MULLINS
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN N/C
PORTER
BRADY
X
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
X
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
HORNER
MCBRIDE
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 2:00 p.m., FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Askew/Bunton)
August 27, 1992
2:55 A.M.
CHURCH
2 AUG 27 P7: 17
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ST. ANN'S CHURCH CENTENNIAL
KENNEBUNKPORT, ME
AUGUST 30, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Thank you, and good morning, everyone.
As a member of the vestry council as one of five
generations of Bushes who've worshipped here
and as a grateful
son of this congregation
I'm delighted to be part of St. Ann's
Centennial celebration. This congregation means a lot to me.
To an unfamiliar eye, St. Ann's might look like just an old
rock church. Beautiful, of course. A graceful blend of sea-
washed walls and stained glass worn oak pews, smooth slate
floors
and those wonderful needlepoint kneelers.
But that sells it short. St. Ann's is much more than that.
To me, these walls sing. They transmit echoes of good
people, over the years with strong hearts and faith
and an
abiding sense of family.
And they flood me with memories
boyhood memories of
summers in Maine, with treasure hunts, bonfires and picnics on
the grounds. And memories of this church and its people: taking
up the offering with the other kids. Singing hymns and praying.
As long as I can remember, by the 10 a.m. family service,
these first three rows on the right were filled with Bushes and
Walkers. And by 10:40 we were all free to play. I grew up
half-believing St. Ann was the patron saint of fun.
1
Turns out she means a lot more than that. Today
to me
she might as well be the patron saint of family.
I remember my uncle Ray Walker saying that here in
Kennebunkport, family was church
and church was family.
That's the tie that binds me to this place.
The Bush-Walker clan helped build St. Ann's, 100 years ago.
My own parents were married by a bishop, here at this marble
altar, on Aug 6, 1921. I was baptized right here, too
exactly
68 years ago next week
by that same bishop.
And I've been coming back to Kennebunkport and St. Ann's for
as long as I can remember. I've never missed a summer except
one, when I was in the Navy and couldn't get home.
So I measured my journey from boyhood to manhood, summer by
summer, right here in this holy place.
And I'm lucky. I know I'm lucky.
Lately there's been a lot of talk in this country about
traditional values. Well
mine started right here. I thank
God I grew up in a family that loved and honored not only its
Creator
but its children as well.
And so this morning, I ask you to join me in praying for
this great country
that those of us who've been so blessed
see fit to extend the traditional gifts of care and hope and
love
to those who never had them.
That's what St. Ann's gave me, and I want to pass it on.
Thank you
God bless you
and God bless America.
2
Facts about St. Ann's and the Bushes' association with it:
*
Construction began in 1887. Finished in 1892.
*
Walkers/Bushes helped build the Church and have
worshipped there for five generations.
*
Built for use by the weary (vacationing) traveller.
*
Rocks composing Church are from the coast of Maine.
*
Dorothy Walker and Prescott Bush were married at St.
Ann's on August 6, 1921. The Right Rev. John Poyntz
Tyler, D.D., Bishop of North Dakota, performed the
ceremony.
*
President Bush was baptized, in the still-existing
marble font in the Church, on Sunday, September 7,
1924, at St. Ann's. Bishop Tyler performed this
ceremony as well.
*
No record of family burials at the Church.
*
Needlepoint kneelers were made, over the years, by
various women of the Church. No record if any were
made by Bushes or Walkers.
*
Young G.H.W. Bush took up offerings there.
*
Possibly apocryphal story about him dropping the
offering plate and sending coins and bills everywhere.
*
Bell in tower is Belgian and was purchased from Yale.
*
Chapel is unheated and used on a seasonal basis.
3
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
COPY
Date:
8-28-92
TO: Susan Portie Rose
FROM:
DRUCIE SCALING wd
Communications Administrative Officer
122 OEOB, EXt. 2930
The attached is for:
Per our conversation
Per your request
Information
Review & Comment
Direct Response
Appropriate Action
St ann's
Draft Reply
Signature
File
Other
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Comments: Dwill check next week
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the possibility that the President
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Thanks
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR BOB ZOELLICK
FROM:
Drucie Scaling
RE:
St. Ann's Church Centennial
Steve asked me to give you a copy of this address. The President
asked for background material only for this occasion.
FYI, we are asking for this to be staffed for 2 p.m. tomorrow.
If you have any questions, please call.
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(Askew/Bunton)
August 27, 1992
2:55 A.M.
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ST. ANN'S CHURCH CENTENNIAL
KENNEBUNKPORT, ME
AUGUST 30, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Thank you, and good morning, everyone.
As a member of the vestry council
as one of five
generations of Bushes who've worshipped here
and as a grateful
son of this congregation
I'm delighted to be part of St. Ann's
Centennial celebration. This congregation means a lot to me.
To an unfamiliar eye, St. Ann's might look like just an old
rock church. Beautiful, of course. A graceful blend of sea-
washed walls and stained glass worn oak pews, smooth slate
floors
and those wonderful needlepoint kneelers.
But that sells it short. St. Ann's is much more than that.
To me, these walls sing. They transmit echoes of good
people, over the years
with strong hearts and faith
and an
abiding sense of family.
And they flood me with memories
boyhood memories of
summers in Maine, with treasure hunts, bonfires and picnics on
the grounds. And memories of this church and its people: taking
up the offering with the other kids. Singing hymns and praying.
As long as I can remember, by the 10 a.m. family service,
these first three rows on the right were filled with Bushes and
Walkers. And by 10:40
we were all free to play. I grew up
half-believing St. Ann was the patron saint of fun.
1
Turns out she means a lot more than that. Today
to me
she might as well be the patron saint of family.
I remember my uncle Ray Walker saying that here in
Kennebunkport, family was church
and church was family.
That's the tie that binds me to this place.
The Bush-Walker clan helped build St. Ann's, 100 years ago.
My own parents were married by a bishop, here at this marble
altar, on Aug 6, 1921. I was baptized right here, too
exactly
68 years ago next week
by that same bishop.
And I've been coming back to Kennebunkport and St. Ann's for
as long as I can remember. I've never missed a summer except
one, when I was in the Navy and couldn't get home.
So I measured my journey from boyhood to manhood, summer by
summer, right here in this holy place.
And I'm lucky. I know I'm lucky.
Lately there's been a lot of talk in this country about
traditional values. Well
mine started right here. I thank
God I grew up in a family that loved and honored not only its
Creator
but its children as well.
And so this morning, I ask you to join me in praying for
this great country
that those of us who've been so blessed
see fit to extend the traditional gifts of care and hope and
love
to those who never had them.
That's what St. Ann's gave me, and I want to pass it on.
Thank you
God bless you
and God bless America.
2
Facts about St. Ann's and the Bushes' association with it:
Construction began in 1887. Finished in 1892.
Walkers/Bushes helped build the Church and have
worshipped there for five generations.
Built for use by the weary (vacationing) traveller.
Rocks composing Church are from the coast of Maine.
*
Dorothy Walker and Prescott Bush were married at St.
Ann's on August 6, 1921. The Right Rev. John Poyntz
Tyler, D.D., Bishop of North Dakota, performed the
ceremony.
President Bush was baptized, in the still-existing
marble font in the Church, on Sunday, September 7,
1924, at St. Ann's. Bishop Tyler performed this
ceremony as well.
No record of family burials at the Church.
Needlepoint kneelers were made, over the years, by
various women of the Church. No record if any were
made by Bushes or Walkers.
Young G.H.W. Bush took up offerings there.
Possibly apocryphal story about him dropping the
offering plate and sending coins and bills everywhere.
Bell in tower is Belgian and was purchased from Yale.
Chapel is unheated and used on a seasonal basis.
3
(Askew/Bunton)
August 27, 1992
2:55 A.M.
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ST. ANN'S CHURCH CENTENNIAL
KENNEBUNKPORT, ME
AUGUST 30, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Thank you, and good morning, everyone.
As a member of the vestry council
as one of five
generations of Bushes who've worshipped here
and as a grateful
son of this congregation
I'm delighted to be part of St. Ann's
Centennial celebration. This congregation means a lot to me.
To an unfamiliar eye, St. Ann's might look like just an old
rock church. Beautiful, of course. A graceful blend of sea-
washed walls and stained glass worn oak pews, smooth slate
floors
and those wonderful needlepoint kneelers.
But that sells it short. St. Ann's is much more than that.
To me, these walls sing. They transmit echoes of good
people, over the years
with strong hearts and faith
and an
abiding sense of family.
And they flood me with memories
boyhood memories of
summers in Maine, with treasure hunts, bonfires and picnics on
the grounds. And memories of this church and its people: taking
up the offering with the other kids. Singing hymns and praying.
As long as I can remember, by the 10 a.m. family service,
these first three rows on the right were filled with Bushes and
Walkers. And by 10:40 we were all free to play. I grew up
half-believing St. Ann was the patron saint of fun.
1
Turns out she means a lot more than that. Today
to me
she might as well be the patron saint of family.
I remember my uncle Ray Walker saying that here in
Kennebunkport, family was church
and church was family.
That's the tie that binds me to this place.
The Bush-Walker clan helped build St. Ann's, 100 years ago.
My own parents were married by a bishop, here at this marble
altar, on Aug 6, 1921. I was baptized right here, too
exactly
68 years ago next week
by that same bishop.
And I've been coming back to Kennebunkport and St. Ann's for
as long as I can remember. I've never missed a summer except
one, when I was in the Navy and couldn't get home.
So I measured my journey from boyhood to manhood, summer by
summer, right here in this holy place.
And I'm lucky. I know I'm lucky.
Lately there's been a lot of talk in this country about
traditional values. Well
mine started right here. I thank
God I grew up in a family that loved and honored not only its
Creator
but its children as well.
And so this morning, I ask you to join me in praying for
this great country
that those of us who've been so blessed
see fit to extend the traditional gifts of care and hope and
love
to those who never had them.
That's what St. Ann's gave me, and I want to pass it on.
Thank you
God bless you
and God bless America.
2
Facts about St. Ann's and the Bushes' association with it:
*
Construction began in 1887. Finished in 1892.
*
Walkers/Bushes helped build the Church and have
worshipped there for five generations.
*
Built for use by the weary (vacationing) traveller.
*
Rocks composing Church are from the coast of Maine.
*
Dorothy Walker and Prescott Bush were married at St.
Ann's on August 6, 1921. The Right Rev. John Poyntz
Tyler, D.D., Bishop of North Dakota, performed the
ceremony.
*
President Bush was baptized, in the still-existing
marble font in the Church, on Sunday, September 7,
1924, at St. Ann's. Bishop Tyler performed this
ceremony as well.
*
No record of family burials at the Church.
*
Needlepoint kneelers were made, over the years, by
various women of the Church. No record if any were
made by Bushes or Walkers.
*
Young G.H.W. Bush took up offerings there.
*
Possibly apocryphal story about him dropping the
offering plate and sending coins and bills everywhere.
*
Bell in tower is Belgian and was purchased from Yale.
*
Chapel is unheated and used on a seasonal basis.
3
(Askew/Bunton)
August 27, 1992
2:55 A.M.
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ST. ANN'S CHURCH CENTENNIAL
KENNEBUNKPORT, ME
AUGUST 30, 1992
10:00 A.M.
Thank you, and good morning, everyone.
As a member of the vestry council
as one of five
generations of Bushes who've worshipped here
and as a grateful
son of this congregation
I'm delighted to be part of St. Ann's
Centennial celebration. This congregation means a lot to me.
To an unfamiliar eye, St. Ann's might look like just an old
rock church. Beautiful, of course. A graceful blend of sea-
washed walls and stained glass
worn oak pews, smooth slate
floors
and those wonderful needlepoint kneelers.
But that sells it short. St. Ann's is much more than that.
To me, these walls sing. They transmit echoes of good
people, over the years
with strong hearts and faith
and an
abiding sense of family.
And they flood me with memories
boyhood memories of
summers in Maine, with treasure hunts, bonfires and picnics on
the grounds. And memories of this church and its people: taking
up the offering with the other kids. Singing hymns and praying.
As long as I can remember, by the 10 a.m. family service,
these first three rows on the right were filled with Bushes and
Walkers. And by 10:40
we were all free to play. I grew up
half-believing St. Ann was the patron saint of fun.
1
Turns out she means a lot more than that. Today
to me
she might as well be the patron saint of family.
I remember my uncle Ray Walker saying that here in
Kennebunkport, family was church
and church was family.
That's the tie that binds me to this place.
The Bush-Walker clan helped build St. Ann's, 100 years ago.
My own parents were married by a bishop, here at this marble
altar, on Aug 6, 1921. I was baptized right here, too
exactly
68 years ago next week
by that same bishop.
And I've been coming back to Kennebunkport and St. Ann's for
as long as I can remember. I've never missed a summer except
one, when I was in the Navy and couldn't get home.
So I measured my journey from boyhood to manhood, summer by
summer, right here in this holy place.
And I'm lucky. I know I'm lucky.
Lately there's been a lot of talk in this country about
traditional values.
Well
mine started right here. I thank
God I grew up in a family that loved and honored not only its
Creator
but its children as well.
And so this morning, I ask you to join me in praying for
this great country
that those of us who've been so blessed
see fit to extend the traditional gifts of care and hope and
love
to those who never had them.
That's what St. Ann's gave me, and I want to pass it on.
Thank you
God bless you
and God bless America.
2
Facts about St. Ann's and the Bushes' association with it:
*
Construction began in 1887. Finished in 1892.
*
Walkers/Bushes helped build the Church and have
worshipped there for five generations.
*
Built for use by the weary (vacationing) traveller.
*
Rocks composing Church are from the coast of Maine.
*
Dorothy Walker and Prescott Bush were married at St.
Ann's on August 6, 1921. The Right Rev. John Poyntz
Tyler, D.D., Bishop of North Dakota, performed the
ceremony.
*
President Bush was baptized, in the still-existing
marble font in the Church, on Sunday, September 7,
1924, at St. Ann's. Bishop Tyler performed this
ceremony as well.
*
No record of family burials at the Church.
*
Needlepoint kneelers were made, over the years, by
various women of the Church. No record if any were
made by Bushes or Walkers.
*
Young G.H.W. Bush took up offerings there.
*
Possibly apocryphal story about him dropping the
offering plate and sending coins and bills everywhere.
*
Bell in tower is Belgian and was purchased from Yale.
*
Chapel is unheated and used on a seasonal basis.
3