The Newtown bee., 1909-04-23
The NeWtoWn Bee
Newtown, Friday, April gs, 1908,
New Milford.
A WELL BELOVED CITIZEN.

1 Iuhh Il, Hall had passed away dlF'
 Ing the night, aged nearly 73 years
 One week before he was so i'll, hG
 called q doctor, and in two or three
 days began to improve, Monday
 morning feeling so much better he
 came downstairs for q while He fe'
 tired at night feeling that he was
 soon to be at work and in his ac-
 eustomed places. But ere the dawn
 or a new day the Death Angel came,
 touched him and bade him away,
 leaving q void in every heart. Mr
 Hall came and made home with us
 S2 years ago, and in all those years
 through honesty uprlghtness, with
 Christian sympathy and charity t0-
 wards all, he endeared himself to
 young and old. Never was anything
 of q public benefit conceived but he
 always stood at the head, and stood
 firm, with his time and money and
 the push, to see the Consulnmnt.on of
 the object at hand. Iie haG twice
 been selectman of the t0wr Twenty years ago when the chapel was built.
 he entered into the work with hls
 whole heart, and its completion was
 a monument erected in cur midst of
 which so many that entered into the
 work with him loved and reyereneed.
 Through all these years by his tact
 and perseverance he has been able to
 maintain the Sunday school and
 most of the time has been its super
 intendent, holding the position at
 the time of his death. If rom one
 cause or another the Christmas tree
 and services were to be omitted, MT
 Hall could not let the Christmastide
 pass without some token of the, to
 him, best day Of the year, some little
 remembrance to his Sunday school scholars, possibly nothing more than an orange passed out from a basket,
 ruf everv one felt the love that went
 with it. Five years ago when the Grange was organized, MT Hall was the man thai called the neighlnrs together in conference. Thinking it to be an order designed to unite and build up religiously, educationally, socially and financially the rural dis tricts of our land, he. entered into it with the same zeal that charac- terized his former undertakings i How hio heart rejUiced when the lit- | tie building was purchased by the order for a Grange home. He was one of the building committee and now faithfI fly he fulfilled the trust committed to him. How eagerly he looked forward to the completion and dedication. But the Master saw fit . to call him home before it was fin ished. But his work was finished. . He was ele ted chaplain of the order and always held the office, and was in his place, for he loved the Grange as he did his Sunday school lis empty chair must always remind us that ar honest man is the noblest work of God" and that an upright, Christian life "dignifies labor.' He leaves seven children, four daugh- ters and three sons, besides grand children, to mourn his loss. But Heaven will be nearer, for mother and father are there. His funeral was held at the Chapel, Thursday afternoon at o'clock. Rev Frank Luddington, former pastor of the Baptist church in Worthwhile, of which MT Hall was a member, con- 1ucted the servi ces, assisted by Rev J. F. Plumb of New Milford and Rev 6. H. Smith of Kent, Rev MT Lud- lington speaking a few comforting thoughts from the text, Mark the perfect man and behold the upright" Abide with me- and Asleep in Jesus" were sung by q quartet con- 'isting of George Marsh, G. N. Ab- oott, Mrs S. B. Hendricks and Miss Brace Buckingham A large con- course of friends followed the re- mains to the West cemetery, where he Grange "OndvcteG the services, which were in charge of Worthy Master Abbott and Chaplain Rev G. I. Smith of Kent. Singing by the Grange choir: Gather tI,e cherished 'nes,' Forget not the dead and !, Father, we rest in thy love" J. H. Robinson, G. W. Squires, L. B. Hen tricks, w. R. Benedict, c. o. Hen tricks and Emil Erickson, members | f the Grange, were pa'lbearers. ! selatives that attended the funeral rom out of town were MT and Mrs r ames Hall of Pittsfield, Mass, a I rcthcr. and Oscar and Hubert Hall z f Great Burlington, Mass, nephews. \ WILLIAM MUNSON FA1RCHILD. s
 William Munson Fairchild died c ast week Wednesday night, at his ome near Boardman, at the ad- ! anceu age of S2 years. He was lember of the Congregational i hurch. His wife survives him. The V lneral took place on Saturday at 2 . h., Rev George Herbert Johnson , The pallbearers were . [enry and Frank Adams, and Bur aa on and William Booth. Funeral directors F. G. Bennett & Son had he arrangements in charge.
 MISS JULIETTE WHEATON.
 Miss Juliette Wheaton, died last q Teek Wednesday night at the home V Ralph Buckingham, at the ripe . CN1,