The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-16
.F|REMEN MOURN ,. CLIFFORD HALL,
 RETIRED CLERK
Had Been Connected With Fire Dept. Since 19O1-
 Prominent Fraternally

D. Clifford Hall, for 1s years clerk and a retired assistant chief of the
 fire department, died Sunday morning at. o'clock at his home, 77S Laare | avenue. He had been i'll for more than year with liver trouble and oi late his condition had been so ser ious that he did not leave his home Saturday he sat up until 3:3o in the afternoon when, he retired. He i'm mediately vent to sleep. He did not awaken during the night and while apparently he was slumberine naturally in the early morning, death came to him. Despite his long ill- hess Mir. Hall was cheerful to the last In fact, 1t was characteristic of him that during his whole life Le had Ia smile and a pleasant word for every one. 'Cliff'' Hall was not fair weather friend, and his staunch loy- atty bo"nd a large circle of friends closely to him. He counted every member of the fire department as his friend and the 1remen who heard with regret of his retirement from the department will be more deeply griev- ed at the news of his death.
 MT. Hall was 49 years old. He was born in Bridgeport. January 12, 1867, the son of the late Ormel A. and Rebecca Hatch Hall. He attended the public schools here. When 21 he entered the employ of Sailer 6. Son, wholesale liquor dealers, as bookkeeper and salesman, continuing in that employment when the busi- ness was purchased by F. E. Lally & Co. Later he was employed by Beach & Dudley and when the firm dissolved he took over the business, conducting it for a time under the firm name of D. c. Hall & Go. MT. Hall retired fl om business in 1901 when he was appointed clerk of the fire department. At that time the po- sition was an elective one. the choice being made every year. MT. Hall was chosen to succeed himself every year. until 1914 wl1 n he was made an assistant chief of the department and assigned % the duties of clerk.
 During the years of his clerkship until. he was made assistant chief, he never had a vacation and he had no assistance in his work. Soon after his appointment as assistant chief he suffered severe breakdown and he was forced to take a two months va cation. Most of this time he spent in Florida. He returned to his duties but the old malady forced him to seek retirement in February this year.
 MT. Hall was married on December 16, 1891, to Grace Parker Boughton, who survives him. He is survived also by two daughters, Mrs. Roy S. Case of Federal Point, Fla, and Miss Helen Hatch Hall of this city; one grand son, and three brothers, O. Howard Hall, the printer; Frederick w. Hall, assistant cashier of the First-Bridge- port National bank and Melville E. Hall of St. Louis.
 The deceased was a 32nd degree Mason. He was a member of St. Johns lodge, No. 2, F. and A. M, Pyramid Temple, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine and a member of 1.-the Shrine band. He was also a member of Bridgeport lodge, No. 36, B. P. o. E.. and of Arcanum lodge, I. O. o. F. He was a communicant of St Johns Epis- copal church. The funeral service will be held from there tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Stephen Fish Sherman. the rector, will ofaciate. The burial will be in Noun tain Grove cemetery. Members of Hamilton commandery, Knights Templar, will be bearers and the rit- ual of their order will be exemplified at the grave.