Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-25
DANELSON

and, Friday evening, his condition hav- | ing become so grave as to indicate the need of an immediate surgical operation, he was taken to the Norwich hospital, where the operation was at once per i formed MT. Filling did not rally well and his condition indicated during Sat | urday and Sunday there was but slight | chance of his recovery.
 MT. Filling was born June 4, 1854, at Cumberland, R. l., son of Reuben and | Ann (Worthington) Filling. He came to | Danielson with his parents when he was ten years of age and had since made his | home here.
 l For a long term of years MT. Filling I was engaged as master painter, retiring from this business upon his appointment | by President Wilson to be postmaster at | Dnaielson.
 l During his long residence here MT. | Filling always was member of the democratic party and was prominently identified with it. His party elected him time and again to different public offices l and upon each occasion that he was 8 candidate he received much republican support, He had served as selectman, for years as bailih of the borough, as constable and in other town offices be- fore being appointed postmaster in 1915.
 MT. Filling was twice married, his | . 1 Filling leaves his wife, who was Miss Hattie Pierce. a son, Earl w., a civil | engineer, of Dedham, Mass, daughter, | Mrs. Ethel L. Mellor, wife of Martin l Mellor. of Warehouse Point also sister, 1 Miss Emma F. Filling of Danielson, and three brothers, Luther, Danielson Reu- ben, Providence, and Emmanuel of West Medford, Mass.
 | At 3:45 Monday morning Miss Lizzie F. Prentice died at her home at the | corner of Main and Winter streets. Miss Prentice became i'll Thursday, her condi- tion soon becoming so alarming as to in- dicate that her condition was very serious. She failed rapidly during Sunday, when it was indicated that her recovery was impossible.
 Miss Prentice was the daughter of the late James L. and Lucy Gushing Pren- tice and was born in Pomfret, Septem' Der 21, 1869 Nearly all her life had been spent in Danielson, she continuing tc make her home at the Prentice residence after the death of her parents. Miss Prentice leaves brother, Stephen, O Lakewood, R. l.
 There is special interest at this tim, in the welfare of Rev. and and Mrs John Rowland, formerly of Danielson
 
 known throug&ut eastern Connecticut | Following is an extract from a lette
 written by Mrs. Rowland to her sister l Miss Marion D. Chollar of Broad street l and pertaining to the turbulent time that the republic to the south is expert encing.
 Mexico City, May II, 1920 | Very likely you have read of tn
 new revolution in Mexico and were no surprised to have an interruption in tn ] mail service
 We have not received mail for severa days, but it is beginning to come in now
 they say, and it will not be long befor - we shall get letters.
 The overturn was accomplished in
 perfectly pacific way in the city, bu : there has been and is fighting on tn ., railroad between Mexico City and Puebl :. where the presidential trains are located II Carranza waited little too long t 2 collect all he wanted to take with hiT 4 when he decided to change his seat C government to Vera Cruz and he wa
 held up on the way with many trair " loads of material, as well as grea :, many people who left with him. n It is rumored that he escaped o
 horseback. The forces of Obregon an il Gonzalez are in the city and are keepin
 
 if of the fighting.
 We are all right. however, and hay ,- not had bit of trouble thus Tar n The worst feature is the high cost (
 living, making it hard to know what { 70 give the boys in the boarding school [
 eat. All other expenses have gone III le too, and our appropriation does not hol
 out to cover so much extra.
 "The stage has won another recru E from among the capable amateur al ,s tresses of society in Miss Margar'
 Grosyenor Hutchins. daughter of M H. and Mrs. R. Grosvenor Hutchins of 4 : East 65th Street" says news story a local interest in a New York paper. Mi e Hutchins is a great-granddaughte VI, MT. and Mrs. Isaac T. Hutchins o+ Danielson and a granddaughter of Rol i- ert Grosvenor Hutchins, Dg D., recalle
 as one of the speakers at Danielson IT, bicentennial celebration in 1908. H to family has been associated prominent le with the history of Killingly since u h. early days of the town.
 ,h Miss Hutchins will make her first pr on fessiona1 appearance as a member of u ed forthcoming production of Scramble CT Wives, under the management of AdolI Ut Klauber The play is now in rehears
 
 al of the summer theatres at seaside T
 sorts before opening faK engagement nt New York.
 ne MT. Hutchins father of the your Iu woman who has the promise of br lo liant career on the stage, is a memb bo of the banking firm of Hallgarten al ,s Co.,, with offices in Nassau street. He al
 Mrs. Hutchins long have been friends ct Jane Cowd, wife of Mir. Klauber al
 recently expressed satisfaction that the
 daughter has entered the careers f i- which she has prepared.
 es Miss Hutchins is a native of Colur pr bus o. She studied at the Columb
 Schools for Girls, Mrs. Hazen's school
 Pelham Manor, Chateau Brillantmol - Lausanne, Switzerland. and the Brear
 school. New York, graduating from t
 latter institution in 1917. She was
 freshman at Bryn Mawr college when S
 offered her services to the government
 a telephone operator. Her popularity
 the college is attested by the fact that s \ had been elected president of her clai Q For ten months Miss Hutchins serv
 as a telephone operator in France, ps
 of the time in the aviation headquarte
 switchboard in Paris and the remaino " of the time at Crillon of the Americ
 commission to negotiate peace. H
 father was on duty for the Red Cross
 Paris.
 Danielson's committee, in carrying
 it's program of having teams go abe he the borough and collect such rubb CT or discarded material as property own ce or tenants wish to be rid of,. had 7 service organized Monday afternoon a l