Daniel R. Hall
Utica Saturday Globe, April 28, 1906
Daniel R. Hall
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: After 13 years service as general secretary of the Railroad Y.M.C.A. in Norwich, Daniel R. Hall has resigned to accept a similar position in the Binghamton railroad association. While his departure from Norwich is deeply regretted, the opportunities for a greater work in the wilder field appealed too strongly to the energetic secretary to be rejected.
Secretary Hall first came to the Norwich association April 5, 1888, being the second secretary in charge. He remained two years and then went to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where for a couple of years he was assistant to the international railroad secretary working on the line of the Union Pacific. He came back to New York State and for two years was general secretary of the Port Jervis association. After a trip to England, his native country, he came again to America and was urged to resume the old place at Norwich. He returned June 1, 1895, and has been in charge of the association here ever since.
It was mainly through the efforts of Mr. Hall that the railroad company was persuaded to provide better quarters for the association. This it did when it purchased the former residence of ex-Supt. C.W Lanpher on East Main street and converted it to the use of the association. It was opened October 15, 1901, and a steady growth of the association has resulted. Now plans are underway to enlarge the building and still further improve its equipment, providing a room for Sunday meetings and social gatherings.
Besides his work in the association, Mr. Hall has been conspicuous in other activities, being the efficient chairman for several seasons of the local committees in charge of the fresh air movement for city children. He is a past master of the Norwich Lodge of Masons and a prominent member of the Congregational Church; for three years superintendent of the Sunday school and has served as treasurer of the County Sunday School Association. he will assume his new duties about the middle of May but his family will remain in Norwich until about the first of July.
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