Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-31
MOOSUP
General Observance of Memorial Day Address by Hon. George B. Chand
 Ie-Town Has Sixteen Surviving Veterans-The Days Committees ,

Memorial day was very generally observed throughout the town of Plain field. In the line formed at Centra; Village there were members of Kilborn post, Ladies of the c. A. F., Sons of Veterans. different troops of Boy
 Scouts and a. large number of patriotic citizens. The cemeteries were visited in the following order: Evergreen
 Prayer offered by Mrs. Mary Bishop;
 Packer-Prayer offered by Rev. Mir.
 Higgins; Plainfeld-Prayer offered by Rev. Arthur BarWick; Moosup-Prayer offered by Rev. W. c. Darby. At ? o'clock in the afternoon exer-
 cises were held in the town hall Cen tral, which was decorated with ever
 green. laurel, red white and blue crepe ing program was given; Selection by
 Moosup band: solo. Star Spangled
 Banner, by Mrs. Mcfarland; quartette, Tenting Tonight, by Howard Main AL
 Sheldon; prayer by Rev. w. c. Darby;
 quartette, The Sword of Bunker Hill,
 by Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Bragg, Miss
 Kitchen. Miss Grace Sheldon. r. Senator s. l.. Adams then introduced
 the speaker of the day, Hon. George
 B. Chandler. of Rocky Hill. who gave
 very interesting and able address.
 Recessional, by Mrs. Mcfarland, Miss
 Seguin, Mir. Broadhead and c. Day;
 solo. Good Bye Summer, by MT. Day;
 audience sang America.
 Following were the committees and
 hecpers who assisted during the day: Hall corations-William Thomp- son and John Greenhalgh.
 Trans sportation-George R. Torrey. and Frank H. Tillinghast. Ewergreen-Willis Torrey and Geor ge Street.
 Drum Corps-Charles McFarland and Everett Ladd..
 Music at Town Hal1-Mfss Lucy Broadhead and Mrs. Charles McFar- land. tr
 Refreshments-Ladie Aid society,
 the Kings Daughters and wilfred Lawson.
 Wreath Foundations-L. Howard Cross and Homer Dean
 Flower and Wreath Committees
 Henry Newton; Packer, Thomas
 Brown, William Bishop: wauregan, J. A. Atwood: Central Village, Willis Rouse and Mrs. John Bennett Following are the Is surviving veter- ans in the town of Plainfieid: Albert Shepardson. Christopher Lyon, William Dean, William Simmons James PeEett, George Bliven Willis Rouse. Samuel Sheldon Frederick Lendewig. Ransom ; House, Michael Deadly Ralph Street | Frank Bibeau. Henry Newton, Thomas Brown and Hiram Handy.
 indoor Garden, Dance Preparations are being made for a | garden dance to be given in Milner hall under the auspices or the BaChelOr Girls. This will be the last dance of the season. Received May Basket. A May basket was hung to Howard Tyler at his home on Barnier's Hill Tuesday evening. Later refreshments of ice cream and fancy cookies were
 served the callers. Those attending
 were Ethel Parkhurst, Grace Sheldon, Doris Potter, Jennie Slocunn, Dorothy Salisbury, Julia Lyon. Winifred Flyers,
 also Rev. W. c. Darby, Ben1arnin Daw-
 son. Richard Daggett, Clarence Tyler,
 Floyd Main, Harry Potter and Carl Dorfinger. s;
 PersenaI Mention.
 Matthew Bar, who recently joined
 the naval reserves at Philadelphia, is
 spending a, short furlough at the home
 of, his parents MT. and Mrs. M Barr,
 on Church street ..sft I . Joseph Marchesseau1t of Worcester