New Britain herald., 1917-04-16
BRITISH IN LENS AND ON
i ST. QUENTIN OUTSKIRTS;
ALLIES SUCCESS GROWS
WHOLE CITY TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO flag
Stores to Close at Noon and
Governor HOlcOmb May
Come.

A holiday embracing the entire city
is now assured for Thursday. Wake
up, America. day." for this morning
the mercantile bureau Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce met and voted to
have all stores observe the holiday.
The various factories had previously
decided to close at noon and arrange
nents had also been made to have
the school suspend the afternoon ses-
sion and under proper supervision, to
permit the children to take part.
Now that the spirit it willing, all that
Is needed to make April 10 day long
to be remembered by patriotic Amer
leans in this city is to have the wealth
er man predict fair and ! warmer"
Mayor Quigley today invited Governor
Marcus H. Holcomb to be present dur
ing the exercises and to ride in the
parade as g. guest of honor. His Ex-
cellency will give definite answer to-
morrow and, If state business does not
demand his time, he will be sure to
be here.
The general committee in charge Of
the celebration has sent letters to
every society and organization in the
city, those embracing both male and
female membership. inviting them to
cooperate in the celebration either
by marching in body, by contribute
ing float or in some other manner.
1nasmuch as there are between $50
and 200 such societies in the city.
and in many instances it was impos-
sible, at such short notice, to ascer-
tain the name Of the proper official
with whom to communicate, the COM
mittee wishes to advise all societies
through the press, that they are in
vited to participate. II an official
letter is not received 1t is because it
was either mis- directed or lost in the
flood 81. mai a. - -, .>ss>-l 10.
Three young men employed ut Will
sons store are to take an important
part In the parade, It was decided to-
day. John Garfield, Alex Malmgren
and Charles vibberts and they are to
impersonate the well known picture,
1.-The Spirit of '76," in full costume.
In addition to the various societies
which will probably be in the line Of
march, 1t is fully expected that the
Home Guards and the City Guards
will march and 1t may be that these
governor or to the colors.
The mercantile bureau OF the
Chamber Of Commerce at this morn
ing's meeting voted to recommend
that all mercantile stores that are not
ordinarily open evenings suspend
business at o'clock for the rest of
the day. Other stores that are open
evenings, such as drug stores, confec-
tionery stores. ETC., will be closed from
2 until $3.50 o'clock.
Col. Alfred L. Thompson is to be
marshal Of the day and has planned
.. to have the parade form at Franklin
Square. The line OF march will be
announced later. Assisting Col.
Thompson as aides will be H. s. Tai
lard, w. w. Leland, Alfred N. Thomp-
son and Howard L. Plat. The mar
shall invites any others who may be
good horsemen and who desire to also
| act as aides and head the procession.
Those who are to participate in the
parade are asked to meet at Franklin
Square at 1880 o'clock In order that
the parade may start promptly at 2
p. m.
| The general committee will meet in
city hall again tonight to hear reports
and make further detailed plans AL
ready a spirit of excellent co-opera-
ton is being manifested and the va
rious bands that are to take part are
not going to charge for their services
Among those who have made this
generous offer are the Philharmonic
American, Universal and italian
bands, the American Drum corps, St
Pauls T. A. B. Drum corps of Ken
! sington and the New Britain Y. M. T.
i A. & b. drum corps.
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