Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-09

held on Saturday morning from h'S late home at A Lafayette street on i Saturday morning with relatives and | friends attending. There were many | fcra1 forms. At the services in St. Patrick's church at 10 o'clock Rev. 1 William Kennedy oficiated at the l mass of requiem. Prof F. l.. Farrell 1 was at the organ and Mrs. Farrell | rendered two hymns. The bearers were four friends of tho deceased. Burial 1 was in St. Mary's cemetery.
 Mr. Lafferty was born in Colches- 1 ter, but the greater part of his life l has been passed in this city where 1 he has been employed by the Gran 1 ston Go. He is survived Ky one AVofh- i CT, Hugh, who is the last of a large family of children. There are several nep--ews and nieces.
 Hon. Floyd cransks.
 The funeral service of the Hon. Floyd Cranska was held at his for mer home at Moosup, Saturday after noon at o'clock. The service was conducted by Rev. c. s. Nightingale of the Moosup Baptist church. Sew eral selections were beautifull. ren-I dered by the Lotus QUartette of Bos- ton.
 The floral tributes were numerous
  i. i these were pieces given by the sev- eral departnents of the Floyd Gran i, ska Co., Of Moosup, Dawton Mills Corp. of Plainfield, Cranska Thread Co. of Worcester. Danielson Trust Co, Warren Thread Mills of West. field, Mass Atwood Crawford Co. of [ Pawtuclet, R. l.. and J. A. Atwood : I and J. " Atwood of Wauregan. The honorary pail bearers were J. 1 A. Atwood and J. ". Atwood of wauregan, ]. E. Pryor of Moosup, H. A. Roberts of Moosup. Frank Gran ' ska and James Cranslxa, brothers of e the deceased.
 I Burial was in the family plot at k Moosup. - Miami, Fla. after brief illness Q with pneumonia. He was born Sept. = IS, 1S4a, in Thompson, this state. His a 1 father. James Cranska, was a native Q of Portland Maine,N but removed to n Providence when a boy. and at la n ter date made Thompson, Conn.,, his r home. Here he embarked in the shoe = business. continuing in the same for - nearly thirty years, and was for 20 n years station agent at Grosvenordale l. and also postmaster at that place. He IT married Asenath, daughter of Calvin 1T Randall manager and proprietor o1 y mills in the eastern part of Thomp- $ son.
 l. Floyd Cranska was one of a famil1
 of five sons and three daughters. H. l. received an excellent education in
 the public schools of the town. 1T IS summer time working on the farm s- On removing to Grosvenorda1e he be n, came assistant station agent anC l. postmaster of the village. Soon afte
 he was offered and aceented a posi
 tion with the Grosvenordale Manu . f5cturing Company as head clerk an
 paymaSter in their mills. After ,ly faithful service of ten years ho sev ,D cred his connection with this com 7; pany. and in January, 1880, upon pur ro chasing the cotton mill at MoosU k formerly known as the Gladding mil q began there the manufacture of cot 1e ton yarns for the weaving trade. F MT. Cranska made great improve ir ments in the snip, and introduce k high grade of fine thread yarns. Tn d plant now has 22,000 spindles and i D. the neighborhood of 16O hands ar es employed.
 11 In July, 1899. MT. Cranslza estab es lished a thread finishing plant a k. Worcester under the name of tn re Cranska Thread Co. Here the en ,e. tie product of the Moosup mill 1 5t finished. The capacity is so grea Id that yarAs are bought from othe r. spinners for that mill. and the finish
 ed product distributed to the trade 1n The Moosup plant is known now | st,H the trade as the Floyd Cranska Con E pany. Floyd Cranska has been tn ly treasurer of both plants and his so he Lucius is president of the same. M he Cranska's son in law, T. J. Seator d i is superintendent of the Moosup mil i- The most cordial relations have al
 ways existed between Mr. Cransk
 and his employees, and the fact tha as no strike has ever been experience
 under his management certainl
 speaks well for all concerned.
 Politically, MT. Cranska has alway
 been staunch republican, but whil
 keenlT interested in all public mat
 ters he never entered actively tn
 arena of political strife. A few year
 ago he represented his district a
 state senator, and in various way
 his ability and loyalty to the part,
 have been recognized. He has been
 liberal supporter of the Moosup Bap
 tist church and for many years SerY
 ed as treasurer and clerk of the ec
 cles!astical society connected there
 with. For several years he served a
 treasurer of the district school com
 mittee, and in all matters pertainin,
 to the welfare of the town and villag he has always been an active sympa thizer and helper.
 His large business interests hay
 brought him into prominent connec
 tion with financial institutions, and h.
 was director of the DanielSon Trus
 Company and the Brooklyn Saving
 bank.
 Mir. Cranska was married Oct ]
 1877, to Evelyn C.. daughter of Luciu
 Briggs then agent of the Grosvenor
 dale Manufac curing Company. Mrs
 Cranska died March 26, 1900. Mir
 Cranska leaves the following children
 Annie, wife of Rev. William A. Hill O
 Boston; Lucius who has been associ
 ated with him in business; Harriet
 wife of T. J. Seaton of MoosuD; ant
 Evelyn who lives at home. He alsC
 leaves a sister, Caroline, of Thomp
 son who has been at his home here Nduring his absence south, and thret
 brothers, Frank c. of Norwieh. lame, . of Manchaug, Mass, and Calvin O
 Union. N. I.
 Given Surprise Party.