New Britain herald., 1917-05-30

bouQuets of wild and cultivated fiow- CTS to decorate the graves of the hon.. cred dead.
 The formal Celebration of the day took place thiasafternoon with the assembling of the parade in front of the Berlin Congregational church at ? o'clock. Preceding the parade the Veterans escorted by the Sons of Vet erans went t0 the various outlying cemeteries which they decorated. Up- on their return they were served with 2 lunch at the heane of A. H. Bushnell and then aAs9ndkaaH with the other corps led tho 6h to Maple ceme- those taking part: Colonel Charles M. Jarvis. Home Guard, school children, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, ID. A. R., Sons of Veterans and the Veterans. Following the exercises at Maple cemetery the parade marched back to tho Congregational church where Rev. g. A. Fislee, pastor. preached the memorial sermon
 Sons or Ye4erans Meeting.
 The weekly meeting of the Berlin Sons of veterans' association will be held tomorrow evening at the home of A. H. Bushnell. Tho business meet ing will be largely tAken up with a report of. the comnittee in charge of the subscription that waS taken up for tho new flag on the trdangle. It is expected that nnal business will be settled and an ttemixAd account given to the public. Other business that will come before the meeting is the setting Of the time for the annual dance which was postponed because of the threatened epidemic of small pox. 1t is thought that Arrangements will be made to hold the event some- time next week in the Town hall. Following the regular meeting there will be a musical program aAd . lun- cheon.
 Civil War F1ag Up.
 Tho old nag of Civil war days, which the women of Kensington made at that time, now hangs in the Kens- ington Congregational church. Dur ing the days of 'e1 the f1ax flew from the steeple of the church. A daugh- ter of one of the makers recently dis covered in the attic . roll of cl0th from which the flag was made. Tho discovery Is considered very import ant one and the ladies of the church arc planning to hold 8 sewing b4e in the near future to repair the flag. Repairing Thck.
 For the past several days tho Connecticut company has had . 1ang l of men at work repairing the turn l out at the Berlin Fair grounds. At yss1fous other times repairs have been l made on the Pennington road track but 1t still remains in about the same condition and reminds one of trip over 3 rocky road. There is room for ! vast improvement on this piece of roadbed and the quicker the work starts the better. It was understood that the company would put in a new stretch of track with the comlne of spring but evidently the rails could not be secured because of the l call for steel and the work was de- 1 layed. Just when or where tho rails l will be secured Is not known but in the meantime some kind of improve ments should be made and at once.
 Berlin Briefs.
 Charles stebbins of East Berlin is reported as being seriously i'll at the home of MT. and Mrs. Knight.
 Emery Matsen of East Berlin ha, accepted . position as draft clerk nj the New Britain Trust Company
 Mrs. Arlmand of Fitchburx, Mass. is visiting the Misses Bauer.
 Mrs. M. B. Haxen. who has been ] suffering from nervous breakdown