The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . thankGod, it comes to us with its charmsonce a year, a memento of resurrec-tion. C. W. ElCHLING. ROCHESTEE, N. Y.—The home circleof the ladles of the Rochester FloristsAssociation have elected the followingofiicers: Mrs. William Keller, presi-dent; Mrs. Fred Vick, Mrs. EdwardWilson, Mrs. Charles Suhr, vice-presi-dents; Mrs. John Dunbar, secretary;Mrs. B. R. Fry, treasurer. OBITUARY. Fred. Ehret. Tile friends of Fred Ehret of Phila-doli)hia. Pa., were pained to hear of hissudden death April 20, after anoperation at the German h
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . thankGod, it comes to us with its charmsonce a year, a memento of resurrec-tion. C. W. ElCHLING. ROCHESTEE, N. Y.—The home circleof the ladles of the Rochester FloristsAssociation have elected the followingofiicers: Mrs. William Keller, presi-dent; Mrs. Fred Vick, Mrs. EdwardWilson, Mrs. Charles Suhr, vice-presi-dents; Mrs. John Dunbar, secretary;Mrs. B. R. Fry, treasurer. OBITUARY. Fred. Ehret. Tile friends of Fred Ehret of Phila-doli)hia. Pa., were pained to hear of hissudden death April 20, after anoperation at the German had been ailing for some time, buthad been able to attend to businessuntil a week ago. The doctors weremistaken in their diagnosis, findingduring the operation that his case wasmore serious than they supposed, andhe had not the strength to rally fromthe shock. Fred Ehret was born inNiederschopfheim, Baden, Germany,forty-eight years ago. He came tothis country when seventeen years ofage and worked at the business firstin Union Hill, Hoboken. Coming to. The Late Fred Ehret. Philadelphia, he worked for John Her-bert and also conducted greenhousesin Atlantic City for a time. Return-ing to Philadelphia, he sold plants onthe street at Broad street and Fair-mount avenue, finally renting his pres-ent store and establishing a wholesalecut flower business. Later he addedretailing, which branch of the businessgrew so that he added another storearound the corner on Broad street,which connected with his Fairmountavenue store in the rear. The retailbusiness grew rapidly, so much so thatthe wholesale department was discon-tinued, and his whole attention givento retailing. Mr. Ehret was an enterprising busi-ness man and popular with the was a member of the Florists Cluband always active in the managementof its affairs. In his business he hada valued assistant in his wife, who wasa practical store manager, and muchof the work passed through her is understood that she will con
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