The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-26
CHURCHES UNFURL
SERVICE FLAGS
Special Exercises in st. MichaelS Ro
man Catholic and First Baptist
Churches Yesterday.

Catholic parish. who offered their serv-
ices to their country at the first call
Of the President, were placed yester
day i'll the vcStibule Of ST. Michael's
Roman Catholic church. and a service
flag with II stars was fioated over the
entrance. Through difficulty in sccur-
ing the names and the service of each,
some may have been omitted from the
list. II such be the ease the names will
be added at any time if left at the
rectory, as we'll as any new members
Of the service.
Rev j. r. Rand spoke touchingly
on the duty Of each member Of the con-
grcgation 10 show his loyalty to his
country by doing his share TO win the
war, ii not by actual warfare, then by
assisting those who are at the front, for
devotion to God goes hand in hand with
devotion to one s country. That the
congregation should feel a just pride
at having SO many Of its boys sacrifc-
ing home comforts. and even life itself
if need be, at the call Of duty and
country. He congratulated the parents
Of those boys in having such noble
sons. God and Country IS the
watch cry.
Rev. Father Rand then explained
that the roster was placed 1t the en-
trance to the church, TO remind the
members Of the congregation to pray
especially for those named therein. that
God will protect them, not only from
the enemies against whom they are TO
fight physically, but also, and with
greater reason, from their moral enc
mics which they will meet in camp
life. The knights of Columbus have
done inach in this line by securing
chaplains u look after the spiritual
interests Of the boys, but they needed
PRAYER. also, and Father Rand trusted
that the roster would remind each
member of the congregation as he en-
| tered the church to offer 4 PRAYER for
/ the welfare Of the soldier and sailor
| boys
At the last mass Rev T. McMahon
| spoke on similar lines.
The service flag floats above the en-
/ trance Of the church TO signify to the
public that the congregation has given
that number of its loyal boys to the
service Of their country.
\ collection for the benefit Of the
war stric ken victims Of Europe as well
as for the welfare of the soldiers and
| sailors will be taken up in the church
| next sunday
/ Following is the list Of those in the
service: Joseph +. Austin, Edward ]
Baker, John ". Blake, Martin T. Burke
David L. Carey, Ed. !. Cavanaugh, John
4. Clunc. Carol j. Coombs, Francis +.
Deyo, James T. Denning. Patrick Doyle
Thomas F. Doyle, Bernard H. Dunlevy
Francis A. Dunlevy, John j. Eckels. lr
IIoseph Fleming, Elias T. Foley, Richard
Fredette, John J. Garrity. Edward Con
Yer. Joseph Herbert, Thomas Hopkins
IWilliam Lee, Francis Lynch, John Lynch
John Mcdonald John j. Manning. Angelo
Morano James Noln, Alphonso G.
Ratte, DR. Thomas Rice. James Sexton
Harry Smith. William A. St. Cyr. An
Ithonv Ealgar, William Welcome, Joseph
Whalen, Joseph Z. Wood, Joseph Yarker
John + Brosnahan, William Fleming
Freeman LaValley, Richard Mead, Miss
f. VI. Hennessey.
A large service flag was unfurled and
dedicated with appropriate services at
the session Of the Baptist Bible school
yesterday. The orchestra played col
| lection of national airs, which followed
/ the salutcs to the American and the
conquest flags. Appropriate remarks
were made by the pastor, Rev. c. T.
| Brownen; Nilly Amato, little Italian
girl, sang America for Ne; a. l.. May
nard sang All Hail to the Flag We
Love- and quartet sang hymn by
Or. Chapman. God Keep and Guide Oui
Men
| T. $. knight read the list Of names
Of those who have gone from this
church, Bible school and congregation
TO the various camps and across the
water The flag was unfurled and con
tanned y stars, and a few others may
have to be added. The list is as fol
lows
| H. Verne Adams, Raymond \. Ban
croft, Frank S. Clark, Gerald B. Coane
Raymond f. Collins, Robert c. Coombs
Harry T. Douglas, Joseph G.. Estev
Ralph G. Grout, Carlton W Halliday
Samuel Hamlin, Guy f. Johnson, Rob
ert p. kenney, Lucien F. Kimball
Clifford W. kirkwood, Robert c
Knowiton. Chester ". Lane, George II
Lane, Harold NJ. Lane, Edward Mich
olas, Fred j. Plimpton, Kenneth 0
Smith, Rolla +. Smith, Walter G
Smith, Robert p. Thayer. Floyd A
Whitney, George F. Willard.
DEATHS.
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