The Press., 1912-12-18
MANSFIELD.

ren was held i'll the StOrrS cemetery at lO.sO o'clock Tuesday morning. Rev. Leonard Smith, pastor of the Spring Hill Baptist church, conducted the impressive services. The service was we'll attended and there was a profusion of floral tributes. Neither the husband of the deceased nor his parents were able to attend because they are under quarantine. During the service a quartet rendered Some time We'll Understand and "The Homeland. ''
 George M. Crane of Mansfield died at his home on Wormwood hill Sum- day, following a short illness. He was stricken with an acute attack of indigestion and died twenty minutes later. He was native of Hebron, born May z, 1927. He resided in Hartford for a number of years, being engaged as an expert gunmaker. About 55 years ago he came to Mansfield, where he was farmer. MT. Crane had the respect of all who knew him. He never took very activepart polit. ically, hut served his town in various capacities during his long residence there. There survives his widow, Lucy A., and daughter, Mrs. L. J. Macfarlane of Atwoodville. The fu- neral was held Tuesday afternoon at o'clock from his home. Rev. L.. N. Aver, pastor of the Mansfield Center church, was the officiating clergyman. The bearers were Jonathan Selicck, Edwin Whitehouse, Henry Witter and Herbert Huntington. Burial was in the Atwoodville cemetery. ..
 Scarlet fever has broken out in the town of Mansfield and all possible precautions have been taken the past few days by Health Officer Dr. Will liam Cramm to stay the spread of the disease. The district school at Storrs was closed Friday and Tuesday the school at Eagleville was ordered closed. The schools will remain closed until the first week in January, by order of Health Officer Cramm. As a matter of preoaution the officers of the Connecticut Agricultural college at Storrs have closed the college until after the Christmas recess, although the recess ordinarily would not oon- mence until Friday, Dec. 20. The first case of scarlet fever made it's ap- pearanoe about Thanksgiving and it is thought that Mrs. Leila D. Warren, who was stricken with the disease about ten days ago and died early Monday morning at her home at Spring Hill, came in contact with one of the first eases. At present there are five cases under quarantine, the young sons of Professors H. L. Garrigue and J. M. Trueman of the college and the sons of John Costello and Joseph King, all of Storrs, and pupils of the storrs district school, and the fifth case is that of a young son of Iohn Faircloth of Eagleville,
 Manafield Depot.
 Mrs. Ida Marcy is visiting Mrs, Edna Cashman in Springfield for week. .-.~.. a. .-t......
 The Ladies Aid will serve baked bean supper in the chapel this evening from 6 to o'clock.
 Wm. Corhitt was a guest of his daughter, Mrs. Sidney Perkins, in East Mystic over Sunday,
 Miss Maud Brigham of South Gov entry visited her grandmother, Mrs. Wm. Corbitt, over Sunday. =
 Miss Anna E. Hall of New York was guest of her mother, Mrs. G. W. Stedman, Saturday and Sunday.
 Mrs. Mary Dimmock of Williman tic was guest of Mrs. Kate Dim- mock and her uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. Vim. Gardner, over Sunday.
 Clifford Botham and his sister, Miss Bertha Botham of Willimantio, and her friend, Joe Mercir of Provi- dence, were at her home over Sunday.