Connecticut western news., 1918-05-09
Cornwall

The arrangements for Decoration
] Day, while not yet completed will be
substantially as follows. Exercises at
cemeteries at other parts of the town at
8 80 a. m. At Cornwall Plain the pro-
cession will start for the cemetery at
$50 from the green under command
of Capt. Cartwright, marshal of the
day, and consisting of the of the Home
Guard, Rumsey Cadets, Cornet Band,
Red Gross ladies, school children with
flowers, and wreaths, and citizens. At
noon a basket lunch will be supple
mented with free lemonade, and the
Red Cross ladies will sell sandwiches,
ice cream, coffee etc. for the benefit
Of the local branch. For the speaking
three excellent selections have been
secured. The Reverend A. ]. Plunketv
of Sharon needs no introduction in
Cornwall. The one hundred and thirty
members of the Grange will welcome
the master of the State Grange, eHr.
F. E. Brakeman, and the yet larger
membership of the local Red Cross
will be glad to hear Capt A W. Ing
ram who has had abundant experience
in Red Gross and relief work as we'll
IS the perils of war.
Captain Ingram was employed with
the British Red Cross as ambulancier.
taking the wounded to Paris. Then he
was detailed as interpreter on the wes-
tern front and had to 10 with all the
nationalties fighting there. Later he
joined the American Ambulance and
was given organization work in the
Transport Department Of which he was
second in command. An Anglo. Anne ri.
can committee then sent him to Serbia
to report on conditions there. Return
ing he had an exciting chase across the
English channel, was on the Arabic
when she was torpedosd, and witnessed
the first Zeppelin raid in London. He
is now engaged with the New York
police and Board of Health in planning
how to meet casualties, should raid
on that CITY be made by sea or air.
He is 10 speak in Cornwall on Decors.
ton Day.
The Committees in charge as
selected by the general committee,
Messrs. A. M. Clark, Myron Halluck,
and M. P. Rogers, arr: On speakers,
Rev. E. @. Starr; on flags etc., q. q.
Marsh; on music, f. E. Baldwin; on
flowers end school exercises, Rev.
Charles Westbrook; on finances, A. @.
Borland; on refreshments, @. W. OFT.
man; on transportation and exercises
at various cemeteries, G. H. Beers,
Wallace Hart, q. L. Gold, Constant
Beauty, A. NJ. CLARK.
On Saturday evening the Library
hall was over-crowded to hear sergeant
Tolworthy who is certainly the typical
Tommy Atkins. His tale of the fight
in which he and all his comrades were
hit and but three survived was ex.
tremely realistic. Some of DR.. Grand
Lienard's letters were read in one of
which he said he YVES working in a
dug-out in chalk rock, where the Ger
mans. under pretense Of quarrying, had
excavated sixty rooms before che war
was began, in evident preparation for
it. The doctor has been promoted and
has charge of a battalian, medically.
A town service flag with eleven stars
was presented the gift of eleven citi.
zens. The collection for the Red Cross
was little more than seventy dollars.
The third loan drive raised in Corn
wall $34, 750, and more was reported
too late to be sent in. This almost
doubled our apportionment.
The new fence around the public
school was put up on Saturday.
The Rumsey Hall team went to
Hartford and won a game with a score
of fourteen runs,-all there were.
The Home Guard are to 20 to Lake.
vile after taking their part in the
parade here on Decoration day.
DR.. Fl. L. Ross will be absent from
his Office May 10th to 2Oth.-adv.