The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-22
FUNERAL
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T sf Arason council, Knights of Co- s,14nbus and Of the Royal ArcanuIn- i Arrangements for his funeral have not ret been completed but it will be held 0n Thursday morning During the hours Of the service all offIces Tn the rifv han Will be closed and business lslspended for the time being. To4 Hay the flags on the city hall and on \ III the school Buildings were at hal1f mast as "a tribute of respect to has memory They will remain that way until after the funeral.
 The body will probably lie In sta1ei zt his brothers hone.s@168 SherWood Ryenue, tonight and tomorToW nignr- Officials at the city hall were today arranging to send flowers and to at he funeral will be Thomas M Guilt nan Frank " Bolande and Edw ard IT. Dillon of t1lis city, Dr. AuEu'gtuas Shea and Mayor Crowley of Nashua and Drl William F, Power of New
 Judge Hai1en was for T years sec retary of the board of education and an effort is being made today by some of the members to call a special meet Ing to take action on his death The police commission is also expected to -au a meeting for the same purpose His brother Thomas, who has brought his body home. was with him " hen he died, together with his favorIte nephew ohm T1allen
 Besfdes them he is survived by four othsx nepheua, Thomas Fred. Frank ana Joseph. Judge Ha1len was for many years a devout communicant Of St Augusiness church and his run eral will be held from that edifice al- ro1aplete. The burial will be in St. AEIchaeTs cemetery.
 Edward Francis Hal1en, son of John and Hpnoras Markham HaIen, was born in Nashua N H., on JsI1sl- 2 n1sy E6 1s67 He attended the public tile Nashua High School from which he was graduated with honors. ol- towing his graduation at the age of sixteen he obtained clerical appoint-s Enent under the Cleveland administra- ton to the Nashua post office Dur Ing his spare moments while in fed-s eraI employ he improved his time in adTanced education qualifying him s self for an appointment to the Nashua night school as an instructor. Al the same time he contlnned his goyern- rnent position.
 While he was in school in his na-s tfsze city, Benjamin Fletcher. presi dent Of the City Savings Bank of this city, but at that time mayor of Mas hua, had noted his ability as 9 scholar and tor Several years after MT. Fletcher eazne to Bridgeport to become super fntendent bf the Bridgeport Forge Co. bringing with him many Nashua resi- seuts he offered Judge Ha1len a po- H1tion as clerk with his company. The judge was then but eighteen years of age
 He served in the cIerksnip but a few years when he. WAS advanced to book keeper and paynaster to succeed his brother Thomas Hal1en who was made secretary Of the company
 AdHancing into manhood Judge Ha1len not only made lasting friend ships with the nlany ednpIeyes of the growing concern but extended his ac- .qualntances into all walks of life forming ties with the most prominent mem Of the city, frtendships W hich were lifelong
 Even though young in years Judge Ha1len possessed uncommon foresight, especially in matters civic and poiiti- cal so much so that elder leaders of Democratic 1eaniugE Frequently sought his eounseI As reward for his sIll- failing energy. capabiIity and execu- tive ability he was nominated by the Democratfc city convention in 1892 to the Board Of Education. Folio wing his election there began his long ser vzee to the city without remunera- ttan. in al affaIrssc vic and municipal In his second year as 9 member Of the school board he was the choice regardless of political faith of all the members of the board as their secre- tarxs . splendid mark of commeTda- Hon of the eityss youngest official aa continued in this service as the boards recorder for sixteen years thereafter or until the autumn Of 1910 when he declined re-noraina- ton from the appreciative followers of his party to accept the nomination aA 5Hdge 02 probate Thus Tor eight- cen years Judge Hallen served the city on the Board Of Education, seventeen xeaEs of this time as It's secretary probably the longest consecutive term oz any local official in an unsalaried poAtdon ever recorded in this city
 On September IA, 1904 Judge Hal- lem was unanimously chosen at Dan bury as the candidate of the Demo- cratic party from the Fourth Con- sresAona1 district At that corven-s t1on the Daubury delegates sought to present the names of James J. Walsh but the latter declined in favor Of Judge HA4en. He was not elected but made wonderful run. many Republi- caAe and Independent voters indicat- iug their belief In his ability by east Ing their votes for him.. His pops1- laFzty Wa@ shown by h1s running far ahead Of his ticket which went 1inde.. Tn the Roosevelt slide Again in 1e06 5udEe Hallen wss his partyss candf- date for the same office This time due to peculiar combination of cir cumgeances, he was again unsuccess- f11 Judge Haf1en was a learned stu- dent or affairs keen debater and a brilliant orator and because of his kHeyEn ability, rallies where he was to speak brought unusually large audi eHEes in each campaign
 h many years he sought but one zOug respite from his duties when in company with Dr. Aug ustus Shea. of Nashua. N H.. he made trip to Ezuxope. There he visited the child hood homes Of his father and mother Tn County Clare, Ireland He also took a trip to the continent staying many weeks in Germany where he visited Berlin. Hamburg and other. large Garman centers studying the conduct Of the municipal school svs- faus. Ills delving into the school problems was made fruitful through