Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-24
DANIELSON

Trolley services between Danielson ana | Central Village was resumed Sunday aft CT & suspension that was forced Satur- 1 day by the breaking of the main drive shaft-a 16-inch steel arm-on the en: zine at the Dyer dam plant of the Con necticut company, two miles south of 1 Danielsoh. The accident tied up the line during Saturday from Central Village to North Grosvenordale. There was no service on Saturday any where on the line between Central Vil- lage and North ,Grosvenordale. Under arrangements that have since been made power for the operation of the line from Central Village to Danielson, has been obtained from the Eastern Connecticut Power company and this power seemeu on Sunday to be very satisfactory. No statement was obtainable here on Sunday as to when service between Danielson and Putnam and the Grosvenordales will be resumed, but 1t is expected that this will be in the immediate future Saturdays tieup of the Dyer dam pow CT plant in which the steam plant was put out of commission follows washout, which occurred several months ago, that put the water cc0wer out of service Ap- preciable progress is now being mace however, on the restoration of the wa I ter power system. but this will not be ready for some time to come, as the rerair job is an exceedingly difficult one, | recurring long and arduous work.
 What caused the break in the drive | shaft of the engine at the Dyer dam | could not be ascertained on Sunday, but it may have been due to a flaw in the l steei. Hourly service was being maintained on Sunday between Danielson and Cen tral Village, with connections every other | for ipd Rev. Thomas James Preston, Il. pas. i tor of St. James church, Danielson | from April, 1885, to December 1895, died Saturday at St. Patricks rectory. where he had been pastor since leaving this place. Prayers of the congregations al all of the masses here were offered for him Sunday. :
 Father Preston was ordained to the priesthood A years ago. He was one oi the oldest priests of the Catholic dio cese of Hartford. He was a native oi New Haven and his early education wa, obtained in the schools in that city H, came to St James parish as an assist ant to Rev. J. A. Princen, soon after hi' ordination and succeeded to the pastorat' following the sudden death on Hol, Thursday of 1888 of Rev. Farther Prin cen who was stricken while en route t. '.
 Father Preston's pastorate here va among the most notable in the history o St. James parish. During the very frs | years of his administration as pastor h acquired by purchase what was know as the Ely property on Franklin and Wa ter streets. having visualized the futur needs of thriving parish and the re quirements it would develop In 1887 tn cornerstone was laid for St James pa rocAial school, the first structure to h erecttd on the newly acquired proper, by the parish and on it's completion, F. through arrangement with thA dio esq authorities at Hartford, drought q nun Der of the members of the SisteriIaod f S Joseph to Danielso1 to teac.i in II new school, which has since. under the careful and efficient administration, et ucated several thousand children throus \ grammar school courses, fitting many
 them for higher courses, of study throus \ which they eventually have advanced
 fill honored places in various profes sions. For several years the sisters 0 cupied the Ely residence on the churt N property as convent.
 The vision that Father Preston saw \ splendid church, a new rectory al convent on the property he acquired h since been realized, but this did not cor about until after he had been tran terred to Thompsonville where during t quarter of century as pastor that
 rounded out last December his talent
 a constructive administrator found fullest outlet and Where he has left
 monument to God and to his labor
 the spiritual life one of the finest chur structures in Connecticut. an edifce tt
 was erected at cost of $320,ooo a
 from which the debt was entirely clear during the past. few weeks.
 A parish canvass to raise S1eoeO
 clear the church property of debt resu ed in obtaining subscriptions amount
 to S23, 1000. This was announced from f pulpit of his church a week ago Sunds It was hoped that Father Preston wor sufficiently recover from an illness years duration to enable him to prese some time in the future at consecrati service but this great joy had been ( ned him.
 At Thompsonvif1e. Father Preston v beloved by the members of his parish a
 he. in turn. held the closest possible terest in his people Of a family
 means Father Preston was very genero in his gifts to the church out of his pt sonal funds. An example of his ge erosity was the purchase several yea ago, at an expense of $9, 900 to himse of a beautiful tract of land which he pi sented to St, Patricks parish at fhon Eonville for a cemetery.
 Many of the older members of
 James parish, Danielson, will feel t
 loss of Father Preston as deeply as
 the parishioners of St. Patricks parish
 Thompsonville.
 Timothy E. Taylor. 55, husband
 Mary Awkward Taylor, died at their hoI on Main street. Wooster Saturday mol
 ing, following weeks illness. MT Ts
 Tor. who was an exceptionally pows-
 man. complained Saturday a week s
 of experiencing double vision. This W taken as indicating that he required
 change in glasses and Monday with M
 Taylor, he visited an oculist in Wore
 ter. At that time 1t was discovered u
 his condition was more serious than
 suspected and he was advised to retr to his home and rest.
 His condition was not regarded \ critical, however until Friday event
 when he suddenly became worse and d
 within few hours, his passing av
 coming as a great shock to his ms friends in Webster, where he had li' for the past eight years. Mir. Taylc
 death was due to cerebral hemorrhal Mi. Taylor, who was native of l. . low, Vt, had been employed as a partment head in the Slater mills
 Webster His boyhood days were SD
 in Worcester. In later years he beca
 well known in. the woolen nanufactur industry. His marriage with Miss M
 Aylward was at St. James church, D
 ieson, in April. 1906. At the time
 was employed at Elmville, where \ : Aylward was resident, Later MT. {
 Mrs. Taylor lived in Putnam and
 chanicsville and eight yea ! ago went , Il