The Press., 1906-10-24

; Miss Grace Olough returned Satur
day from Springfield, where she hal
been spending several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Lansing
and Rev. Fl. T. Barnard attended the
conference at Ellington last Wednes.
day.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E.
church will have a supper at the
home of Mrs. Wilbur Waldo Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs. Woodcock, who has been
spending the summer with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. De Haven, returned to New
York Tuesday. .
The Ladies' society of the Congre-
gational church will hold business
meeting at the home of Mrs. E. s.
Agard Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Underwood
and Mr.. Smith of Boston, Mrs. Henry
Harmy and Miss Mary Bartlett of
New York are guests at the Tolland
House.
Mrs. e. s. Agard, Mrs. G.. P. Bah
cock and Mrs. Edwin G. Sumner Of
Mansfield attended the annual meeting
Of the county home in Vernon Center
Tuesday.
Mrs. Clinton A. Belden of Jamaica,
N. Y, and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Vose
of Washington, D. O., were recently
guests in town and visited their old
home. the Henry Neff place.
The will of Radcliffe Hicks was
probated Wednesday afternoon in the
probate court at Tolland before Judge
E. s. Agard. Good judges of the
value of the securities that comprise
the bulk of it place it at over $780,
900, and they would not be surprised
if it footed up 81, 100000. The bulk
Of the estate by the terms of the will
goes to the family. Included in the
will are few public requests. The
sum of $4,000 is bequeathed to the
town of Holland for the purpose of de-
fraving the expenses of purchasing a
site and erecting building to be used
as a public library, reading room and
designate the site. The building is
to be known as the Hicks building.
To the Tolland Congregational church
the sum Of $4,000 is bequeathed.
Brown university, from which the
deceased graduated, also gets a be-
quest of $40, 1000, to be known as the
Hicks prize fund. The Meriden hos.
pital is remembered to the extent of
$4,000. The sum of $4,000 is left in
trust for the care Of his grave in the
pine grove adjoining the North ceme-
etry in Tolland, and for the care of
the graves of his father and mother.
After these specific requests and sever
al small ones to distant relatives and
faithful employees, the estate is divided
into two parts, one fifth of one part
to be held in trust for twenty one
years, the principal, interest and in
come to be used for the purpose of
erecting an agricultural school for the
along practical lines for
poor boys of Holland county. If,
however, after a trial, the trustees
deem the project impractical, they are
to abandon it and divert
the money to public or charitable pur-
poses in Tolland county. The other
four fifths of this part are to be held
in trust for his daughter. Miss Eliza
beth Hicks. If Mr.. Hicks daughter
should die before marriage, or having
should die intestate, the por-
bion of the estate left to Miss Hicks
will revert to the institute. Provision
is also made for Mr.. Hicks sisters,
Miss Minnie Hicks and Mrs. Hamilton
Downing and his brother, Richard
Hicks. The will was drawn Deem
Der 81, 1905. by Attorney A. M.
Marsh of Bridgeport, and codicil was
added March Il, 1905, shortly before
Mr.. Hicks sailed for Europe on what
proved to be his last voyage. The
Trust 6 Safe Deposit COM
pany is named as the executor and |
trustee under the will and was con-
irmed as such by Judge Agard.