Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-24
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
 At the business meeting of Norwich, Conn.,, lodge, No. $50. in the new hall at the Moose home on Laurel Hill ave- nue Friday evening the following off, cers were installed by Deputy Supreme Dictator J. T. F. Burns: Dictator, Jo- seph A. George; past dictator. c. D. Beaver; secretary, Frank B. Hazard; treasurer, w. H. Simpson; vice dicta- tor, George H. MOleS; prelate, l.. M. Crandall; inner guard, Eugene Fowler; outer guard, Hillard Veino; trustees, H. H. Jarvis, one year, Frank c. Ster- ry, two years, William Disco, Jr., three years.
 It was decided that the lodge observe their first anniversary on the afternoon of May 9th. Dictator J. A. George, M. Waldron and H. Coons were appointed special committee on refreshments. It was also voted to invite the New London degree team to carry on the initiation work and the Moose lodges in New London and Willimantic will be invited to participate in the festiVi- ties. Invitations are to be extended to National Director w. J., Bennett and District Deputy Supreme Dictator Will liam P. Burke. The exercises are to begin at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon. Both Pythian hall and the Moose home will be appropriately decorated. Plans are being made for the serving of an oyster chowder. Twenty five applications were re- eeived during the meeting and the die tator has called meeting for Friday evening, May 7th, when the applied tions will be acted upon. A social hour followed the meeting and refreshments were served by the entertainment committee.
 The committee having in charge the arrangements for the big state field day and parade of the Loyal Order of Moose to be held in Hartford Saturday, June 19, at a meeting this week, adopted the official badge and the watch fob as the emblem of the event.
 The athletic features of the day are in charge of James F. O'Connell, the well known Hartford athlete, a member of the 1908 Olympic team. With the assistance of John A. De Ridder, the commissioner of the A. A. U. for this state, he has arranged to open the athletic contests of all stand ard events It is planned to have several Olympic and national record holders enter the events. Events will be held in the afternoon at the Hart ford baseball park on Wethersfeld avenue and new quarter mile track will be laid out Work on the track will be started in a few days.
 The special events relay races, will pc d feature ana one IndC VIII create interest right from the start will be the one-nlile insurance relay. An. other that will prove very popular is the relay open to all fraternal orders and the indications are that this event will draw a very large entry.
 The list of events will consist of thirteen open and four closed events, making seventeen of the best selec- tions of races ever offered to the public in this section of the state
 The prizes will be of the very best, g. new ruling of the A. A. U.. hold duce only what they advertise. The committee will offer three prizes in all events, except relays, of gold, silver and bronze medals of a special design never before offered, and backed up by one of the best medal concerns in the country. The entry blanks are now in the hands of the printer and will be ready in a few days. Athletes must bear in mind that these games are sanctioned by the A. A. U. and all entry blanks must bear a registration number. This rule will be strictly inforced En- tries will be rejected if this rule is not observed.
 The open handicap events follow:
 100-yard dash, 440-yard dash, ESQ.,. yard run, 1 mile run, Smile run, run ming high jump, running broad jump, shot put, hammer throw, one-miie open relay. 75-yard sack race, scratch.
 Closed Events, Moose Only-100- yard dash, 8S0-yard dash. 50-yard dash (200 pounds or over), hop, step and jump.
 7 Special Events-One-c1ile relay, open to insurance company only; one-mile relay, open to fraterna1 or ders.
 A baseball game will be played be- tween teams to be announced later L~ L grounds a special line of entertain ment will be held in Capitol park, di- rectly opposite the ball grounds con- sisting of dancing, degree team drills and numerous others to be announced from time to time.
 A big street parade will precede the sports. Moose will be there from all over New England and New York At least 10000 men will be in line and many handsome floats