New Britain herald., 1915-07-16

him tc run for the position. Fol lowing MT. Gibney declared. Under no consideration will I be acandidafe for tax-collector next fall or shall T allow my name to be used in tie eau cus.'' ,s. fl 7 s1s5
 With Prosecutor Gibney having. an nounced his determination few weeks Nago to withdraw from the po- sition as selectman at the termi1a- tion of his term in the fall there has been great deal of speculation con cerning a likely candidate to fill the vacancy. Although. a large number of men are being mentioned no can didate as yet has announced his ir1- tentionss of running for the office. K
 Mrs. Rachel Pl1iIletta Honiss.
 Mrs. Rachel sPhiIltta Honiss, fora many years a resident in East Berlin and the mother of B. E. Honiss, one of Berlins most enterprising gro- cers, suddenly passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles 7 c. Webster. of 595 New Britain ay- enue, Hartford yesterday.s Mrs. Honiss was seventy nine years, eleven months and twenty days old.
 The sudden death of Mrs Honiss came as a tssesve severe shock to her fam fly and to the entire community as she had not been seriously i'll. At the time of her death she was dress ing herself Death was due to heart trouble Although Mrs Hohiss had suffered for some time with grippe she was about the house on sWednes- day and was apparently enjoying good health
 l Mrs. Honiss was born in Killing worth, the daughter of Julius and l Jerusha (Stevens) Dudley. Her par ents are both dead and are. buried
 Tn the Wilcox cemetery, East Berlin. On March IT. 1859,. she was married
 to James Honiss. Her husband, who was enc of tlfe most highly re- spected citizens and farmers in East
 Berlin, died a number of years ago.
 MT Honiss. as we'll as his estirnable
 wife were both prominent and ac-
 tive members of the Methodist
 church of East Berlin. MT Honiss
 at one time wss one of the trustees
 or the church and mem Der of tie
 ofhcial board. He also served the
 church as treasurer for nine years
 Mrs Honiss made large number 1 of friends for herself by. ,l1era genial
 and kindly disposition Althoi1s Il
 she was modest and -urassunaing, she
 was none the less hospitable and so-
 ciable. .r 4..s k ' 5. ]. se-..,'sJ :. She leaves three sons. Edward
 Everet Honiss of z this town, Lowell
 James Honiss of iBumont.. N V. and
 sHobert Livingstone Honiss of East
 Berlin, and three daughters, Mlss.
 Harvey J. Brown of Passaic, IN. Y r: Mrs. George F. Hill of .MeTrose.- Mass.
 and Mrs. Charles c. Webster of Hart ford The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at T clock from he, < late home in Hartford. and will be followed with services from the Hon ], l iss homestead in East Berlin at :: , 1 o'clock. Interment2 will take place
 in the Wilcox cemetery : Il Msttabessett Fishing Association.
 An important meeting of the Mat z tabessett Fishing Association wa. held last evening A large amount o business was transacted and severa
 new members were adrnitted.s Tn,
 most important business was the re port of the committee which had beer T appointed to determine the practice. bility- of erecting a bungalow on sth. , reservoir. Tie report given was fa vorably received and the. possibilitv of having such a building looks yer,
 bright. Another meeting will b.
 held in the near future at which tim : definite action will be taken.
 Former Resident Passes Away. e Mrs. Ann A (Newell) Gridley swif : of late Henry Robbins Gridley, n well known former resident of Ber- t