The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-25
SIaV0niC Wreath Of Free Eagle To
 Convene Monday

The fifteenth annual convention of the First Slovenian Wreath of the Free Eagle will be held in Sokol hall | i'll Hallett street in this city com | mencing Monday and lasting during the week and in connection with it a
 big parade will be held Memorial day in which 1t Is expected that 1,500 members of the order will take part. | Already six bands and a number of drum corps have been engaged to furnish the music for the marchers. The convention will also serve to mark the anniversary of the found ing of the organization and series | of social festivities have been planec to be held during the evenings of convention week and after the bus mess session of the delegates.
 The Wreath of the Free Eagle is a sick benefit society paying a weekly | benefit to its members in case of sick ness, and it is particularly strong in this city where there are four branches of the organization with a large
 membership and property holdings valued at nearly $1O0,000. St. Johns No. is the parent branch of the or der, St. Stephens No. was organized a short time afterwards, and the re- maining two are St. Martins No" g., and the First Plaveck of the Holy Trinity, No. IA.
 National President Here.
 Bridgeport has the honor of fur nishing the present National presi- dent of the order, Andrew Lengen O, S4S Ha1lett street. The other Ma tional officers are: Vice-president, secretary. John Chanda, New York City; financial secretary, John Marcincin, Bridgeport; treasurer, Stephen Buda, Bridgeport; auditors, J. c. Holitoris, New York; Stefan Or gonas, Brooklyn; Joseph Seherok, Bridgeport; Michael Dzadzik, New York; Michael Sokol, Meriden; At torney, Joseph A. Merva, Bridgeport.
 Some social event has been planned for every evening of the week in honor of the anniversary while the day time will be devoted to sessions of the convention. Delegates will be present from all parts of the country. to the number of several hundred.
 Parade Memorial Day.
 The big parade, which will be one of the chief events of the anniversary, will be held Memorial day and An drew Mrazik has been selected as grand marshal for the day. He has selected a large corps of competent assistants. Many societies from other cities of this state have signi A6Q InGlI lulCnlIOH Ol DelIS pr iSSSul to participate and some of them will bring music. The Wheeler and VII son band of this city has been en- gagged as well as the First Artillery Corp band and the Slovenian band, and the American Graphophone drum corps. Big delegations are also expected from New York and even some from Pennsylvania.
 Another feature of the parade will be a division for boys which is ex- pected to be large one. This will be mode up of sons of members and others not yet old enough to become memb bers.
 The line of march will be from Sokol hall in Hallett street to Penn broke street, to Hamilton street, to East Main street, to Stratford ave- nue, to Courtland street, to State street, to Main street, to Congress street, to William street, to East Washington avenue, to Main street, to Arctic street to Sokol hall and dismiss. The parade will be re- viewed by the National officers and guests of the orga nization.