The Press., 1914-01-21
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Miss Margie Mullins, county presi
 dent of the L. A, A. O. H., was ii
 Rockville last Tuesday evening an
 installed the oficersSof the Rockvill
 division.
 There will be meeting of the di
 rectors of the Girls club at the Younl
 Mems club, Maple street, on Thurs
 day afternoon at 2.SO o'clock. Al
 ladies interested in this club are re
 quested to meet at 8 o'clock at thu
 club rooms.
 At the last meeting of the l.. A. A
 O. H. the following officers were in
 stalled for the coming year: Presi
 dent, Mrs. Estella Schrier; vice-presi
 dent, Mary E. Hanley; financial sec
 retary, Louise Roche; recording sec
 retary, Tillie R. Carey; treasurer,
 Mrs. Catherine Bissonnette; mistress
 at-arms, Alice Murray; sentinel, Mrs.
 Jennie Lynch. Before the installation
 the society presented the retiring president, Julia Desmond, with a string of pearl beads, in recognition ot
 her faithful and efficient service dur
 ing the past year.
 Samuel Kuslansky is having the plans drawn for -remodeling and en- larging of the lower story of his block, known as the Page wooden block. The plans include the extend ing of the stores out to the street line and making the front eight feet wider than at present, three feet to be added on one side and five feet on the other. The one-story addition is to be of brick and when completed there will be three stores, one large and two. small ones, each about 5S feet deep. The stairs to the tenements will be frum the alley.
 Judge William D. O'Connell, SS, of this borough, died at his home in Derby last Friday morning after twelve days illness of pneu- monia. Judge O'Cennell was born in Colchester, January 3, 1880. He attended the schools of his native town and later graduated from Bacon He came to the borough in July, 1901, and became the local of the Metropolitan in- ,urance company, and at the same time read law in the office of his cousin, MD. O'Connell, until he was admitted to the bar in June, 1906. He went to Derby in October, 1907. In 1910 he was appointed corporation council by the mayor of Derby. He vas appointed judge of the city court ,f Derby by the last legislature and ook the office last July, resigning IS corporation council at the time. h June, 1904. he was married to Miss Leila A. Melbourne, daughter of John 2. Melbourne of this borough, who urvives him. Besides his widow, Ie leaves three small children, 4eorge, eight years old, Ardella, six, nd Mary, four. He was a member | f the Knights of Columbus, Ancient )rder of Hibernians, and the Forest rs The passing away of SO young a lan who had made so successful tart in his profession is especially ad. During his six years residence ] this borough he made many friends nd was a young man of excellent 1aracter. He had been in poor edith for about a year. Early last ,ring he was taken with septic endo- lrditis, and with it had an embolus the brain. This left him partially lralyzed, but was absorbed and het It much better, but there was a ight affection of speech. A leaky live of the heart had developed, and lis became a very serious condition.
 week ago Sunday, when he was ken with pneumonia, because of the cart trouble, it was felt that he had very slight chance for recovery, and though he kept up his courage and lade hard fight for life, the odds ere against him. The funeral was cid Monday morning at St. Mary's oman Catholic church, Derby, where ne pastor, Rev. R. s. Fitzgerald, elebrated a solemn mass of requiem. he burial was in Mt. St. Peter's emetery, in Derby. The funeral 'as attended by practically all the lwyers of Derby, Ansonia and Shel- ,n, by the court and city officers and y others prominent in the official nd business life of the city. M. D. 'Connell, John T. Melbourne, Louis Arthur Melbourne and amuel Kuslansky attended from here.