New Britain herald., 1917-12-13

cember 1924. The Boy Scouts have
been enlisted in this work and will
canvass the town with service flags
for the front windows. Every home
or place Of business in thu town where
there Is already one Red Cross mem
Der will be given placard, and for
each additional member in the house.
hold an extra red cross to be attached
to the large placard will be given. In
homes where every member has Joined
the Red Cross society q gold star, to
be placed in the middle Of the plac-
ard. will be given. This denotes 100
per cent efficiency household"
The most interesting feature of this
big Red Cross campaign will occur at
1880 o'clock on Christmas eve. All
people in the town will be requested
to place lighted candle behind the
service placard in their windows and
keep it there for half an hour. The
committee in charge feels that the in
SEPARATION will be wonderful for every
body. In reference to this unique
feature the committee has given the
following statement in explanation Of
the motives: "Just imagine traversing
the dark streets Of Kensngton and
seeing streaming forth from every
house the unfailing sign Of mercy and
help in every kind of disaster. Each
and every lighted cross will tell of at
least 81 that has sped on it's mission
Of help and comfort and will give as
surance that while the American Red
Cross endures, no calamity can come
the nation, state or town without
ready-to- hand organization to lend aid.
both mental, moral and materiarand,
above all, practical.
A Red Cross enrolment booth sim
liar to those used by the New Brit
ain campaigners, will be placed in the
Berlin Savings Bank where member
ships may be purchased. This booth
i will be in charge Of patriotic young
| women of thetown. Miss Julie Ryan,
J assistant to the postmaster. will also
gladly receive the names and member
ship fees of those desiring to help this
worthy cause. 1t is hoped that the re-
Spouse will be spontaneous inasmuch
! as the Kensington auxiliary is the
! youngest organization in Berlin ond
needs the support of all. The women
of the town have already responded in
a manner that foretells ultimate sue
! cess, During the past few months, be-
fore an auxiliary was organized here,
| the following articles have been COM
pleted by the Kensington women and
| turned in to the New Britain Red
! Cross:
Southcrners Find 1t Too Cold.
large number of southern negroes,
employed by the Berlin-Suffield> Trap
Rock company are reported to have
deserted their jobs and hurried back
| to the Southland, complaining that
the northern winter is more than they
could stand. These men were import
ed, from North Carolina last SIM
mer and during the hot weather found
things here to their liking. During
the fall they were not so happy, al
though they stuck to their work Late
ly however, the men, unaccustomed to
the chilling blasts of a New England
winter, have been suffering from the
cold and then came their decision to
abandon their work and return to the
sunny southland.
Another Man Enlists.
In addition to the numerous other
East Berlin, Berlin and Kensington
men who have enlisted during the
past few days another local boy has
Joined the colors. He Is Dominic
China, well known trucking con-
tractor Young China has enlisted in
the aviation branch Of the United
States Army Signal corps and has
already gone to Fort Slocum, N. Y.
! where he will be QUILTED and i'm
mediately shipped to the aviation
training grounds at San Antonio,
Texas. China has enlisted as motor
truck ira nunor+ drivar DNrinr hlc