New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-04
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BOYS IN KHAKI TO
Be ON HONOR ROLL
MethodiStS to Pay Tribute to Sol
dierS at Big Meeting
EXPECT DELINQUENTS T0PAY

Delegations to Camp Meeting To-
acknowledgement Examination For
Draft Eligibles Next Saturday.
Tribute to Methodists in the eighty
SIX churches of that denomination in
this district who have enlisted in the
service of their country or who have
oeen selected for the army in the
draft will be paid in fitting manner
tomorrow afternoon at the Q, camp
grounds when a big patriotic meeting
will be held as one of the closing
features of the annual camp meeting
which has been in session for the
past week. Arrangements for the
meeting have been in progress for
several days and the officers expect
; the attendance will represent the
largest crowd ever assembled at the
camp grounds.
Heads of many of the churches
have already notified the officials that
they will send large delegations here
for the meeting and it is expected that
there will be few Methodist parishes
not represented All the Methodists
now in the service and those who are
soon to be called under the selective
it is believed there will be a small
army of khaki clad boys on the
grounds to take part in the meeting.
Rev. e. A. Dent, DID, of New
Haven, superintendent of the Metho-
dist churches in this district, who is
also in charge of the camp meeting
has perfected a plan whereby roll
Of honor will be established in each
church for the young men who are
serving their country
His plan will be announced in de-
tail in connection with tomorrow's
big gathering and it is expected that
it will create considerable enthusiasm.
Many of the churches in this locality
have decided to omit services tomor-
row and the members will attend the
exercises at the camp grounds.
In the morning there will be
Love Feast conducted by Rev. A. J.
Smith of Parkville. At the afternoon
meeting there will be a number Of
patriotic addresses. What is expected
to prove a big feature of the program
will be a speech by Rev Frank
Rhines, the preacher cartoonist, who
has been assisting in evangelistic
work at the grounds during the week.
The formal closing of the camp
meeting will take place Monday morn
ing at o'clock.
According to the officers in charge
this years meeting has been a most
gratifying success and if the weather
Is favorable tomorrow the crowds
which will attend the services will
probably bring the total attendance
for the session up to record breaking
proportions.
Many Will Settle.
Convinced of the sincerity Of the
tax collector in his announcement of
the plan to sell building lots and
other property on which taxes have
not been paid for several years "a
number of land owners who have
been delinquent in the matter of
settling the bills sent to them have
decided to pay up to prevent disposal
of their holdings at public auction.
In most cases the taxes due are less
than $40 but the property owners in
question will have to pay nearly
double the amount of their bill be-
cause of the expenses entailed in pre-
! pairing to sell their places at auction.
Besides the twenty nine accounts
which the tax collector has arranged
to close by selling the property on
October 6 there are the names of a
| number of other taxpayers on the
| town books who hav efailed to re-
spond to the bills sent to them and
| their land too, will be sold within a
few months unless they settle.
Final Game Sunday.
The Foresters' baseball team will
sing it's swan song tomorrow after
| noon when it assemblies at Aliens
field to meet the Adams Express COM
pany nine of Hartford. 1t will be the
last game of the season for the local
club as the members have agreed to
disband at it's conclusion
The war has made inroads on the
team, several of the best men having
enlisted in the service and the others
decided to quit rather than have the
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