New Britain herald., 1917-07-03

tho nousewlves pledge, insur1nE that they will do their bit towards the vel fare of the nation. Cards carrying the pledge are to be dtstrtbuted in town in & few days hy the Boy Scouts. Whe will also subsequently, collect theia' Some of the pledges were passed cut yesterday and when signed they may be returned to any mem- Der of the committed, which Is made up of Mrs. H. A. Castle, Mrs. c. H. Curtis and Mrs. H. s. sti11man.
 Admiral st Flag Raising.
 Plans have been made by residents of scott's Swamp for the formal raising of the flag recently purchased Tor the district schoolhouse to be held tomorrow morning at 1O:3O o'clock. The flag was bought by popular sub- scription.
 Miss Esther Benstead will have the honor of throwing the banner to the breezes.
 Among the distinguished guests. to participate in the exercises attending the flag raising will be Rear Admiral Cowles, who will make an address. Other men prominent In the state have agreed to be present.
 Baseball Players Enlist.
 Two of the members of the Fores- ters' baseball team have responded to the call to the colors. Frank skelly recently went into the navy and Judd Wadsworth yesterday took an oath for similar service,
 naval recruit yesterday and was given leave of absence until called fer.
 The Storm Here.
 Yesterdays thunder storm was &C., companied by one of the most violent electric displays seen hero in q long time. The electric light service was put out of commission and the tele- phone service in many places was also seriously impaired.
 Trees were also struck by lightning. but fortunately buildings escaped. Sale for Boy Scouts.
 Women of the town have taken an interest in the success of the recently formed troop of Boy Scouts and they have made arrangements to hold @ food sale Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. s. Freeman on Whit ing street for the purpose of raising funds with which to purchase uni forms for s>me of the members. The commi.tee in charge consists of Mrs. Freeman Mrs. D. G. Clark and Mrs. L. H. Frost. The local troop of the Scouts Is making splendid progress and has already done excellent work. l. Brief Items. Cards have been received from AL bert Conlin. who Is with the signal corps at San Antonio, Texas. Young Cnn1in ofc fn hn fhNRA dered to France soon. John Dnscoll of Elm Court Is spending ten days vacation at his home at Keeysers Falls, Maine. MT. and Mrs. Luke Morse left to- | day for Wisconsin, where they will l spend the summer. They were &C., companied by Mrs Morse's father. 1 Charles Bates of Broad street. Chief Norton and his company of 1 fremen have made plans for 8 supper 1 and smoker at the f1remen's rooms in 1 thme Town hall tonight. The men l have been called to assemble at 1 o'clock.
 l Special constab1es, most of them members of the Home Guard, will be l sworn in for police duty. tonight l While fire works will be sold here and l the use of certain explosives allowed 1 tomorrow it is the intention to put 1 the ban on all forms of rowdyism l particularly tonight, and the ringing l of church bells and other pranks,
 which seem to be the delight of Young ] America on the night before' will be l prohibited.
 Employes of the Plainville Baking l company have arranged to hold an
 outing tomorrow at Cedar Lake.
 There will be regular meeting of Pythian- lodge K. of P, this evening l The officers recently elected will be in- l stalled and the rank of page will be l conferred on two candidates.