Marriages (November 11)

Alger - Telford

1936

Miss Jean M. Telford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Telford of this village, and Ward Talbot Alger, son of Mrs. Beatrice Alger of Leonardsville [Madison Co., NY] were married Saturday, November 7, at the Baptist parsonage in West Winfield.  The Rev. H.M. Quincy, pastor of the Baptist Church officiated. The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Larrabee, sister and brother-in-law of the groom, of West Winfield.  The bride is a graduate of Edmeston High School [Otsego Co., NY], class of 1931 and of the Utica School of Commerce, class of 1933.  She has been employed as secretary in the law office of U.G. Welch for the past three years. The bridegroom received his education in the Leonardswille schools and has for the past eight years held a responsible position with his uncle, E.C. Talbot in Leonardsville.

Mr. & Mrs. M.D. Aldrich

1941

More than 200 relatives and friends greet Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Aldrich of 21 Plymouth street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] at their home Tuesday, the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary.  Many telegrams and cards of greetings and congratulations were received by the couple on the happy occasion, in addition to many gifts and flowers, symbolic of the 50th anniversary.  Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich are widely known in this city and county.  For a period of nearly 45 years they have resided in Norwich, 40 years in the residence they now occupy.  For some 32 years he was associated with The Chapman and Turner Company of Norwich as clerk and partner, retiring in 1939.  Mrs. Aldrich was the founder of and is still teacher of the Broad Street Methodist church school class which bears her name, the Aldrich Bible Class, an organization she has directed for 40 years and for 28 years under the present name.  Mr. Aldrich served for 15 years as Sunday school superintendent in that church and is now the chairman of the board of trustees of that church and lay delegate to the annual Wyoming conference.  Observance of the golden wedding anniversary opened with a family dinner party at noon for 16, given by Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Kirkby and Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Aldrich, in the home of the latter.  Mrs. Kirkby is a daughter and Mr. Aldrich, the son of the honored couple.  In addition to family members, others at the dinner party included Rev. and Mrs. George B. Callender of Oneonta, formerly of this city; Dr. and Mrs. W. Gray Jones, Mrs. Robert Clark of Bainbridge, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Sherry of Springfield, Mass., Ralph J. Crandall and son Claire of Watertown.  Rev. Callender, former Methodist pastor here, is now the district superintendent.  Dr. Jones is the present church pastor and Mrs. Clark is the wife of a former Methodist minister here. Telegrams of greetings and good wishes included one from their grandson, Harold Kirkby of Palo Alto, California, an instructor at Stanford University.  Open house prevailed at the Aldrich home afternoon and evening and it was a joyful occasion.  Weather conditions on the occasion of the 50th anniversary were not unlike those that prevailed when Stella J. Crandall, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crandall of South Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] was joined in holy matrimony with M.D. Aldrich.  The service at 8 p.m. was officiated at by the late Rev. L.C. Hayes.  It was a brisk October night and there were snow flurries in the air as some 60 guests gathered for the wedding.  The bride of 50 years ago recalled on the occasion of her golden wedding anniversary, the severity of the weather, "I remember it was pretty cold," she said, "because members of the Plymouth Rock Cornet Band of which Mr. Aldrich was a member, gathered to serenade us.  They had to go to a neighboring house to thaw out their horns before they could play a tune."  Refreshments were served to guests Tuesday and napkins were signed in gold with the names of Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich and the dates, 1841 - 1941.  Members of the Chapman and Tuner staff, headed by L.D. Gifford, president and manager called at the Aldrich home in the evening, to extend best wishes to their former associate.  Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich made their home in Sherburne for a brief period where he was associated in the retail business in the "boot and shoe" department of the W.F.--quith store, Whitney, Kutsch-- and Bullis.  Later he was associated with the S.E. Johns store here.  Then followed his long association with the Chapman and Turner Store Company.  Among this city's most prominent residents, hundreds of friends here join in extending best wishes to the couple.