The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-04-19
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.


day-7.3O a. m, 1915 a. m, chill
dren's carol service, $50 p. m.
Joshua B. Larned from Cleveland
Ohio, who bought the Bottum farm
on Stafford Street, has moved his fam
lily here and taken possession.
The marriage intentions have beer
announced of Henri De Ronch ant
Miss Mary Campo and Benedette Gin
and Miss Jennie Campo of Mystic
The double wedding will take place
at st. Edwards church the 29th.
The Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brews
ter. bishop of Connecticut, will visit
Grace parish for the purpose of ad-
ministering the rite of confirmation
next Monday evening. Service at
80 p. m. The annual parish meet
ing will be held next Tuesday even.
ing at 7.30.
There was good attendance at the
organ recital at the Congregational
church last Wednesday evening by
Prof. W. @. Hammond of Hnlyoke.
AS was expected Prof. Hammond gave
a fine concert, which was much ap-
preciated. There was variety enough
in his program to please all. Miss
Aida Donnell of Boston, who assist
ed, is an accomplished reader, of a
pleasing personality. This was her
second appearance here and she added
to her popularity. 1t was very en-
joyable evenings entertainment.
The body of Mary Field Bagnall,
81, wife of F. A. Bagnall, superin-
tendent of the public schools at
Adams, Mass, was brought here Sat-
urday for burial. She died at her
home in Adams last week Thursday
after a long illness of tuberculosis.
She was born in Stafford Springs, the
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Ephraim K. Taft. She was a grad
uate of the Wilbraham academy and
Wellesley college. For some time
she was assistant teacher in the Stat
ford Springs high school, also in the
Mount Allison college in Sackville,
N. b. She was married to Mr.. Bag
nall in August, 1902. and lived about
two years in Stafford Springs, They
lived afterward in st. Albans, Vt. :,
for seven years, and went to Adams
about 81 years ago. She leaves her
husband and three daughters, Gather
inc, Frances and Margaret, and one
brother, Ernest K Taft, of this bor-
ough. The funeral was held at the
house Saturday morning and the bu-
rial was in the Stafford Springs ceme-
terry, Rev. A. e. Plue officiating at
Adams and Rev. S. o. Benton, uncle
of the deceased, at the grave. Mrs.
Bagnall was young woman of abil-
ity and sterling character, and was
greatly admired and honored by those
who had the pleasure of her acquaint-
ance. She made friends wherever she
went. The unusually large display
of beautiful flowers at her funeral
gave evidence of her high esteem
among her many friends, who sym.
pathize with the bereaved family
Mr.. Bagnall, two children ard his
sister, Miss Sally Bagnall, accompa.
MED the body here and remained over
Sunday.
Rev. DR.. Michael Burnham died
Saturday at the hcme of his daughter,
Mrs. Nathaniel Kaime, in Denver,
Col. Death was due to pneumonia,
heart trouble and disease of the ar
teries. DR.. Burnham was born in Es-
sex, Mass, in June, 1889, and was
educated at Phillips Andover acad-
emy, graduating in 1868. He then
entered Amherst college and was
graduated in 1867, and from the An
dover Theological seminary in 1870.
His first parish work was that of the
Center Congregational church at Fall
River, where he remained from 1870
to 1882, when he went to Emmanuel
church, Roxbury, Mass. He went to
Springfield in 1885 and remained
there until 1894, when he was called
to the pastorate of the Pilgrim church
at st. Louis, Mo. He remained there
until failing health compelled his
resignation last February, when he
went to Denver. Besides his daugh-
ter he leaves a son, Rev. E. A. Burn
ham, pastor of the Congregational
church of this borough. He married,
at Newton, Mass. February 8, 1871,
Miss Cassandra V. Washburn of Alb
ington, Mass. At the time of his
death he was an officer of the Congre-
gational Home Missionary society,
of the board of trustees of
Amherst college, and of the Hartford
Theological seminary, Drury college,
st. Louis, Mo-. and of the st. Louis
State Missionary society. The re-
mains will be brought east, and the
burial will be at his old home, Es-
sex, Mass, tomorrow. DR.. Burn
ham, who was an especially earnest
and vigorous speaker and enthusiastic
and sincere church worker, has
preached here several times while
visiting his son, and has made many
who deeply sympathize with
Rev. E. A. Burnham in his bereave-
ment