Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
MORTIFIED, MASS.
Sudden Death of Frank E. Aldrich.

Miss Mary Aldrich and Mrs. Harness
returned to Mortified Tuesday, plan
ming to have DR.. A. l.. Newton 90 to
her father.
Mr.. Aldrich was 50 years of age, son
of James Aldrich of West Northfield.
He was a farmer and had been extern
sively engaged in the lumber business.
He was a member of Harmony lodge of
Masons of this town, of the Orange
commandcry of Knights Templar, and
the Crescent chapter of Royal Arch Ma
sons of Orange. He had served the
town as sclcctman and was highly re-
spccted. He is survived by his wife,
seven children, Chester, Mary, Jesse,
Helen, Walter, William and Alice. He
also leaves his father, James Aldrich of
West Mortified, and several brothers
and sisters in this town.
Miss Emma Alexander is visiting in
Stoneham, Mass.
Francis Davis was home from Spring
field for the weekend.
Mrs. j.. A. Stcbbins is visiting in
Westfeld a few days.
Charles f. Dickerson, jr, returns to
Harvard university Sept. IS.
S. R. Slate of Athol has been visiting
his nephew, Charles f. Slate.
Miss Hattie Bolton returned to North
Adams normal school last week.
B. c. Abbott is taking the place of
W. A. Wright on the mail route.
DR.. and Mrs. G. T. Thompson and
children spent Sunday in Heath
Miss Mary and Miss Dorothy Boomer
are visiting in New York a few days.
William Ordway is spending his vaca-
ton in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Mrs. Fred Watson is spending the
week in Springfield with her husband.
Mr.. and Mrs Roselle Evans have gone
by auto to visit in Boston and vicinity.
Miss Ionia johnson has been spend
ing week with her parents in Vernon.
John Nye was called to Holyoke last
week to attend the funeral of his niece.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Doane have re-
turned from an automobile tour eff 500
miles.
Mrs. George Spencer visited her
niece at Silver Lake, Gresham, n. H.,
last week.
Mrs. A. G. Moody and family re-
turned Tuesday from 10 days in Dux-
bury, Mass.
Roger Ayers has been accepted by the
United States navy and is awaiting his
call to duty
w. II. Caldwell came from Holyokc
for the week end with his sister and
brother here.
Mrs. Dugar is entertaining her broth
err and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Free
man of Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Evans and Miss
Ida Leavis are at Nahant beach for two
weeks vacation.
Mrs. I. NJ. Turner of Cummington was
for the weekend.
Miss Alfredo Green has gone to st.
Luke's hospital in New York city to
train for a nurse.
The reception for the new students
will be held at Mortified seminary next
Monday afternoon.
F. w. Harness and Henry Russell have
returned from a week of fishing at
Spofford lake, N. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin James have re-
turned to their apartment in the East
Mortified bookstore.
Loring Cowles has finished work at
the Mortified hotel and will attend the
high school this year.
Mrs L. H. Lazelle will occupy an
apartment in Mrs. Bessie Symonds S
house for the winter.
Leo Tolman of Jacksonville, Fla, for
merly of Mortified, is spending few
days with friends here.
Mrs. H. l. Harden is entertaining her
sister, Mrs. Miner, and daughter, Miss
Gladys, of South Deerfeld.
Col. G. III. French will give an il
lustrated lecture on Japan at the North
field hotel Saturday evening.
Several automobile parties have been
to Camp Devens at Aver recently to
visit friends there in training.
Miss Emily Moulthrop, who has spent
the summer at the Merriman cottage re-
turned to Hartford Wednesday.
Miss Annie O'Donnell has returned
from the Catskill mountains, where she
has had position this summer.
Mrs. Moore and daughter of Indiana
have arrived at the McGrath cottage
on Birnam road for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Aldrich, Miss Mary
Aldrich and Mrs. +. w. Harness are en-
.joying an automobile trip in Maine.
Frank Otto has returned to the off
GERS reserve camp at Plattsburg, after
brief stay with his mother and sister
here.
Wilheld Gcrish of West Mortified en-
listed in the aviation corps and is now
at the training station at San Antonio
Texas
Miss Hazel Clapp is teaching the dis
trict school i'll West Gill, where Miss
Dorothy Clapp taught the two previous
years.
Miss Florence and Ernest Durgin
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