Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-01
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS AGO
MR.. AND MRS. ASA S. FIELD CELE,
DRAFTED GOLDEN WEDDING.
Between 200 and $50 Friends Called
to Extend Congratulations and
Mrs. Field Recipients Of Many Gifts
Including S10O in Gold.

Mr.. and Mrs. Asa $. Field celebrat.
ed their golden wedding anniversary
Mt their home, 2 Prospect street, Tues.
day evening with reception from 7,30
until 10 o clock. During that time be.
tween 200 and 250 friends called to ex-
tend their congratulations. The house
was attractively decorated for the occa.
sion, the parlor with lilies of the valley
and white lilacs and the dining room
with double buttercups, yellow tulips
and marguerites. Mr.. and Mrs. Field
were assisted in receiving by their son,
Frank ii. Field of Cambridge, Mass,
and their niece, Miss Mary Porter of
New Britain, Conn. Dr. IL. ID. Holton
presented the guests, and the following
women served refreshments: Mrs. III. Il.
Bond, Mrs. Frank c. Field, Miss Esther
Thomas, Mrs. w. A. Gilbert and Misses
Ruth and Miriam Childs. Mr.. and Mrs.
Field were the recipients of many
handsome gifts including about 800 in
gold,
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Field are descend
ants of Revolutionary stock. Mr.
Fields great-grandfather, Captain Seth
Field, was leading citizen of North
field Mass, in its early days and served
in the war against Great Britain. Al
one time he was stationed at Fort Dunn
mer. Mrs. Field S grandfather, Benja'
min Jewell, was also n Revolutionary
soldier. Mr., Field was born in North
field, Mass, Aug %, 1925, one of nine
children of Henry and Mary (Simonds)
Field He lived in that town until
1912 when he came to Brattleboro to
learn the cabinet-maker S trade in the
shop of Anthony Van Doom, which
was located where Emerson block now
stands. At the conclusion of his APP
premiership in 1916 Mr.. Field received
a certificate which is still in his pos
session. 1t is printed on silk with {
picture of the Van Doom factory
woven in the cloth and certifies thai
Mr.. Field has mastered the trade OF
Misunderstanding.
From 1919 to 1852 Mr.. Field was EN-
ployed in the melodeon factory of Jone
& Burdett. He then went to California
for three years, spending most of thu
time in San Francisco and working a
mining and carpentering. On his re
turn in 1855 he went to work in Jones
Carpenter 4 Wood s melodeon factor,
and was there two years. Since Aug
%, 1857. Mr.. Field has been employed
in the action department Of the Este,
organ factory where he was foreman
for more than % years. Two brother
and two sisters of Mr.. Field are living
They are George A. Field of Crane
RAPIDS. Mich, Albert A. Field of Re
dondo. Cal, Mrs. George H. Waters o
Waterbury. Conn. and Mrs. Il. IL. Por
ter of New Britain, Conn.
Mrs. Field maiden name was Laur
R. Jewell and she was born in Whit
ingham Nov. 5, 1884, one of nine chlI
dren of David and Susan Faulkner
Jewell. She attended the Brattlebor
high school and afterward lived L
Nottingham and other towns until he
marriage in Vernon May 90, 1886. Sh
has two brothers and three sisters lly
ing: B. d. Jewell of Nottingham, ED
ward X. Jewell of Readsboro, Mrs. ;
II. Jones of Needham, Mass, Mrs JC
seph Chase of Readsboro and Mrs. I
A. Brown of Brattleboro.
Mr.. Field built the house on Prospec
street. occupied by him and his wifi
46 years ago Mr.. and Mrs, Field ar
! both long time members of the FRS
, Baptist church and have the high e'
TEEN of large circle of friends, The
had three children, Everett NJ, VIII
died in 1877. Edith s., wife of Fred =
Cutler of Minneapolis, and Frank /
Field of Cambridge, Mass. Mr. fiel
is an excellent musician and in torme
years was member of the Brattlebor
band and orchestra.
Those who attended the anniversar
from out of town were Frank II. re
of Cambridge, Mass, and Mrs H. y
Porter and daughter, Miss Mary Porte
of New Britain, Conn,