Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-10-02
ELVIN MALCOLM BARTLETT

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September 26th, 1919 His death
was not . surprise. He had been able
30 attend to some business matters
for the past few months tho gradual
ly failing in health, yet when the end
came the community was deeply sad
dened. Rev. Thomas Hall, Mr.. Bart
lett's pastor for many years, now
pastor Emeritus of the Congregation
al Church of which he was deacon
and a life long member, and Rev.
Robert Lawton, the present pastor
and close friend conducted the SER
vice at the old Bartlett home, to
which place Mr.. Bartlett had recently
moved, and also the service at the
Church, which with the sympathetic
singing of the choir, the profusion of
beautiful flowers together with the
presence of relatives, the local Lodg-
es Odd Fellows and Rebekah' IS, friends
from other Lodges including repre-
sentatives from the Grand Lodge and
many other friends representing
every aspect of the life of the COM
munity, made the service beautiful
and comforting. At the commitment
in Lakeside Cemetery, the impressive
ritualistic service of Odd Fellowship
was rendered by Past Grand Master
Henderson of st. Johnsbury and
Grand Secretary Jackson Of Barre,
Vermont.
Mr.. Bartlett was born at Morgan,
Vermont, November IA, 1862,the son
of Alvin and Sarah Bartlett. He
came to Island Pond with his parents
when four years old. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools here, later
attended Derby Academy and COM
pleted the full course at Poughkeep
sic Business College. On his return
from college he entered the general
store conducted by his father, and for
many years gave this business his
close attention, building up broad
patronage and organizing the Bart
lett Company, the largest department
store in this section of the state.
This merchantile establishment hav-
ing been developed to the limit Of its
possibilities, he then turned his at
tention to manufacturing, bought the
Webster saw mill in this town and
developed a paper industry at Haver-
i'll, N. H. He joined with other busi
ness men of the town in forming the
Dalton Power Company at Fitzdale.
After selling out his interest in that
business he bought the Stetson prop
erty at Norton Mills where he manu-
factured lumber and conducted a
large farm. During the past ten years
he devoted most of his attention to
| dairy products, managing the Cream
cry here and organizing the Berlin
Pure Milk Company at Berlin, N. H.
| He was a director of the Island Pond
| National Bank and an original stock
holder IN the Morgan and Holland
Telephone Company and he Island
Pond Electric Light Company.
Mr.. Bartlett was an active polite
ian, not only taking keen interest in
local affairs but represented the
town in the House and County in the
Senate and was member of Gov.
Redfield Proctor's staff. He was a
delegate to the Republican National
Convention at the time Theodore
Roosevelt was first nominated for the
Presidency and from that time was
always an ardent supporter of
Colonel Roosevelt.
Odd Fellowship was his chef social
diversion. AS soon as he reached an
eligible age he joined this institution
and was one of it's most devoted
workers. In 1899 he was honored by
being elected Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of the State of Yer
mont.
Though he had many business in
terests he found much time to d.
vote to his home which he founded
on September II, 1890 by his mar.
riage to Sarah E. Fletcher of Hyde
Park, Vermont, A Son, Philip Alvir
was born to them in 1896.
Besides his wife and son there re-
mains of the Bartlett family
two sisters, Mrs. Jane B. Edmand.
and Mrs, Edith B. Skinner and sew
eral nieces and nephews.
A quotation from letter received
by the local Lodge of Odd Fellow
from a Past Grand Representativ,
e who had been closely associated will
y Mr.. Bartlett fittingly expresses tn,
, sentiment of his many friends:
what is the Orders loss as wei
as his friends loss is his gain, be
lieving as we do that in his call to tn,
Grand Lodge above he has laid. asid,