Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
TAFTVILLE
Red Cross Field Day-Service Flag
 With 14o Stars Dedicated.


 grounds. The exercises included the unfurling and dedication of a com munity service flag with over 140 stars The parade formed on Front street and was made up as follows:
 Platoon of Special Officers. .
 Tubbs' Military Band. Village Service Flag. carried by Boy Scouts.
 Troops l and 10. s. A. Junior Red Cross Division.
 Young Ladies' Red Cross Class. Married Ladies' Red Cross Class. Service Flag Division. St. Johns and St. Louis Societies with Service Flags.
 Fire Companies.
 The line of march was through Front 1 street, up North E. over Slater avenue | to Providence street. up Providence street to Hunters avenue, through Hunters avenue to South B, down i South to the ball grounds. The parade circled the ball grounds and 1 then with the band stationed in the northwest corner went through drills. A group of young ladies went through | drills with large American flag, but 1 the prettiest drill was that of the red l capped Junior Red Cross members who from a column of marching tots shifted to the cross, their red headdresses forming the symbol of 'sThe Greatest Mother in the World' against the green turf
 A platform was erected on the hill l to the west of the ball grounds and here the exercises were held. After the service flag had been unfurled, | Chairman F. E. Ricketgon of the local Red Cross chapter spoke a few words telling of the work which the local 1 chapter has done. Practically all the
 40 boys who have left the village
 have been supplied with wrist watches
 by the chapter and the chapter is still 1 supplying as far as it is able smokes and other little comforts for the boys l MT. .Ricketson mentioned the field day
 of a year ago, when over $500 was
 raised for the honor rell. The chapter
 quota of 1900 members was passed 1 early in the afternoon. The audience
 sang America.
 Rev, Father DesSureault of Occun
 briefly addressed the assemblage if
 French and he was followed by Rev
 Arthur Varley of Taftville, who made
 few brief remarks. With the girls
 of the graduating class of the Sacred
 Heart school dressed in patriotic cos.
 tunes and making appropriate ges. | 1 singing of The Star Spangled Ban
 ner. The girls were posted on the
 rocks and in the background Mis-!
 Beatrice Dupont stood on a pedestal
 representing Liberty. At her feet wer, grouped some of the Boy Scouts. Witt their costumes, gestures and swee
 young voices the young ladies made
 great impression on the crowd, Whicl
 numbered about 800.
 1 With the village service flag for background and the natinnal ensign
 as wings and curtain five tableaui
 were presented. The first representet I i a Red Cross poster with Miss France
 Mccarthy as the Red Cross nurse an
 with Boy Scouts in the background a
 soldiers. The second tableau repre-
 sented Columbia. Mrs. Leonard Pren
 tice was Columbia and in front of he !. were George Weller. sailor, and
 captain from one of the island forts |, 1 typifying- the army and navy. T
 the accompaniment of the band MT.
 Prentice rendered Columbia the Ger 2 of the Ocean. Miss Louise White ap : peared as Joan of Arc in the thir Il tableau and stood in armor, while Al l phonse Tellier rendered The Marsel
 salies. In the fourth tabIeau Mis- /. Sophie Thoma appeared as Re | Cross nurse, while Boy Scouts repre- . sented wounded soldiers The fins 7 tableau showed the allied nations Mir A Leonard Prentice symbolized Libert, e' while Miss Josephine Moelleur in wid ; oW's weeds represented stricken Bel = gium. The parts of Brittanian an
 France were taken by Misses Eliza bet T Skinner and Leola Bazerone, respect |. lively.
 l. After the tableaux a ball game wa hot Il, Boy Scout troops, and after this tn . teams from the Pinochle and Whet = clubs played, the Pinochle club win g ming to ?. thanks to the masterl pitching of Donohue. In between tn = ball games the athletic events, con s sisting of sack and three legged race $ were run off.
 . The stage was fanked by booth S where ice cream. soft drinks, popcor S and candy were sold, and at the eX . treme right was a booth where tn e membership committee did a thriyin @ business Besides the booths, youn
 ladies circulated through the crow
 selling smokes and candy as well a
 collecting for the honor roll fund.
 The celebration was brought to N close. at 6 o'clock by a prearrange
 ire alarm rung in for a carefully kin . dled fire on the south end of the ba
 grounds. The fire company supporte
 by the Faftville Fire association easil jt beat the Ponemah company apparatu t in responding to the alarm and quick if ly put out the fire. e While no definite report has bee t made, it seems certain that the pro = leeds of Saturdays celebration wi h far exceed the profits of the first fiel l. day. The affair was well planned an '- well carried out, the parade and tai r leaux being especially good Probabl g, the feature of the celebration whic l. attracted the most attention was u
 service flag division in the parad IT where approximately 15O mothers an d relatives marched, each earrying l. small flag for the boy who has gon e Taftville certainly is to be proud '- her honor roll and also of her commit e tee and Red Cross workers who are
 staunchly supporting them here !; d home.