The Press., 1922-02-16


 one in this community when yesterday morning the word came over the wires of the sudden death of Col Hall, at Daytona, Florida. It is almost impos- sihle for us to realize that Col. Hall, who was beloved by all so ever ready to help any one in need or distress, a loyal friend, generous to the utmost, ever ready to help any worthy cause, wise and thoughtful employer, in the prime of life, had passed away. There is probably not an other man in the state who had so wide an ac- quaintance and so many friends, and whose death would leave so many sincere mourners. About two weeks ago Col and Mrs. Hall, his sister, Mrs. Ralph Paige, and Mr.Paige, of Springfield Mass, and Mr. and Mrs. William Park of Staff ford, went to Daytona, Florida, and were at the RidgewOOd hotel. His death was due to heart disease and occurred just after midnight early yesterday morning. Col. Hall remain ed in the writing room as Mrs. Hall went up stairs to retire after an even ing card party. The colonel had been writing for al out ten minutes and was just addressing the envelope when without warning he dropped to the floor. dead Frank Webber, assistant manager of the hotel, formerly room clerk at the Allen House, Hartford, was at his side ill a moment. Three doctors were summoned within few minutes, ut they found that the col Oncl had died instantly. Mrs. Hall and other members of the cOlOnels party were on the scene in. short or der. Up to the moment of his death, the colonel appeared in the lest of health. In the morning he had been playing. golf. as he has been doing every morning since the party arrived two weeks ago, and in the afternoon, he went motoring. MT. Webber, the assistant clerk of the hotel, who was with him when he died, was clerk at the old McDonough House in Middle town when Col Hall was a student at Wesleyan.
 Col Hall was 5f years of age, born in South Wilmington May 31, 1867, the son of Gardiner and Fanny Parker Hall He attended the Willimantic
 
 high schoai, graduated from the Wes- leyan academy of Wilbraham, Mass, and entered the Wesleyan university at MiddletoWn. graduating in 1892. He then become f,oHhected with the thread factory at South Wilmington with his father. He succeeded to the management of the business on the death of his father April 16, 1915. On June IA, 1894, he married Miss Alice May Holman, daughter of Judge and Mrs. W Holman of Holland, who survives him. He leaves five children, Mrs. w. l.. R. Melee of Adams, Mass, Clare, who is studying music in Paris, Gardiner, at home, Frances, a student at Bradford academy at Bradford, Mass, and Holman, student at ChOate school in WallingfOrd. His mother, who is S2 years of age, and three sisters, Miss Rose, Mrs. Robert T. Jones of South Wilmington and Mrs. Ralph Paige of Springfield, and a grand daughter, Sally McBee, born October 28th also survive him. It is expected that the body will arrive here tomorrow.
 Col. Hall had a record for service as a member of the general assembly that prOl al ly will never be equalled He was a member of the house in nine sessions and he represented his dis trict in the senate in three sessions. He was a delegate from the town of Willington in the constitutional con- ventiOn of 1902. The sessions in which he was a member of the house were those of 1893, '95, ''97, 'O5, 'O9, II, '13, '15, and '19 and he was in the sen- ate at the sessions of '99, IT, and '21. He was in his 18th year when he be- gan his legislative career. He was president pro tenn of the senate in 1921. He was a trustee of the state agricultural college, until recently when he gave up this position to be- come a member of the state prison board of directors and a member of the republican state central committee for this district. He was a director of the Berkshire Cotton company, the Windham Silk company, the Stafford WOrsted company, the Willimantic Trust company, the First National bank of Stafford Springs, and the Eastern States Exposition. He has heen president of the Stafford Springs Agricultural society since 1905. The success of the society, of which he owned large proportion of the stock, is largely due to his efforts and fin ancial support. The fine exhibition hall and grounds will be a monument to his memory and the loss to the so- ciety by his death is beyond estima- tiOn. He was a member of Rockville lodge of Elks and of Uriel lodge of Free MasOns of Morrow, Orient chap ter, R. A. M. Stafford Springs, St. Johns Commandery of Willimantic; and Sphinx Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and was a thirty-second degree Mason. He was also a member of the Hartford club. The Stafford Business Mems association and the Stafford Golf Co.,, and a trustee of the Johnson Memorial h0Snita1