New Britain herald., 1916-10-16

c.. Hill, pastor of the South Congre-
Gational church, will officiate and in
terment will be in Fairview cemetery.
MIR. Porter's bereaved family has also
learned Of the death in Bridgeport of
a cousin, Frank w. Bolande, a former
New Britain man.
News of Mr.. Porter's death was re-
Ceived with deep sorrow by his many
friends in this and other cities and his
family has the heartfelt sympathy OF
the entire community. Mr.. Porter
was a we'll known and we'll liked
young man and his engaging person.
atty, and courteous manner had won
for him a host Of friends in the bust
ness world in which bright future
had seemed assured Socially, Mr.
Porter was very we'll known. He be-
1onged to the younger set and was
leading figure in all it's social activi-
ties.
Graduated From Yale in 'OS.
Mr.. Porter was born on June %,
1887, being 20 years of age at the
time of his death. He attended the
LEGAL schools and was graduated from
New Britain High school with the
class of 1904. While at school here
he was member of the Alpha Delta
Sigma fraternity and in the fall of
1908 he played on the championship
High school football eleven under the
captaincy Of John Curtin, playing one
of the guard positions. In 1904 Mr..
Porter entered Yale and was gradu-
ated from the academic department
with the class of 1908. Upon leaving
Yale he was employed for a time in
the local office of the Russell &
Erwin Manufacturing company and
was later transferred to the New York
office Of the same firm. He was also
for a time connected with the
Motion Picture Patents company of
New York. About five years ago he
returned to his home town and since
that time had been connected with
the firm Of the B. G. Porter Sons,
owned by his father, Frank J. Porter,
and his uncle, Eugene j. Porter, Be-
fore returning to this city permanent
ly Mr.. Porter Travelled extensively
throughout the United States.
In this city Mr.. Porter was q, mem
Der of the New Britain club the New
Britain Golf club and the westfeld
Country club. He was also a member
of the Yale club of New York city.
Elected to Common Council.
Last spring Mr.. Porter became &C.
lively interested in politics. He was
| AFFILIATED with the republican party
and was elected as councilman from
the third ward. Because of his init
mate knowledge of the motion nicture
business Mayor Quigley appointed him
as member Of the motion picture
| censor committee.
| The illness that ended in Mr.. Por-
1 i
ters sudden death developed a little
| over two weeks ago but it was not
| tEought 1t was anything more serious
than a hard cold. He was confined to
MS nome and had the attendance of
both physician and nurse. Saturday
MS CONDITION seemed greatly improved
| and no alarm was felt for him. Tn
the afternoon his father had gone to
business, his brother Maxwell was in
New Haven where he is a student at
| Yale and his attending nurse was ont
for short time. Only Mrs. Porter
| was in the house. The deceased arose
from his bed and was stricken shortly
! afterward. He did not regain con-
seriousness after the lapse caused
! probably, by his exertions while in a
| weakened condition and his death was
but matter of minutes.
Relative i'm Bridgeport Dies.
Mr.. Bolande, who died in Bridge
port yesterday, was a first cousin OF
Frank J. Porter and Eugene Porter
and a second cousin to the late Eliot
Porter. He was we'll known in this
city, particularly among the older
business men. He at one time lived
on Elm street in this city, but moved
away about thirty years ago. He was
also Interested in business mem
affairs and was always present at an,
or the banquets other event.
carried out under the direction of the