New Britain herald., 1918-07-01

The service flag of the church of Our Lady of Mercy was dedicated at the church yesterday mOrining with impressive ceremonies. The flag con- tains 48 stars signifying that number of the former Worshippers at the church are now in the service of the dcdlction of the flag a high mass was country. Preceding the raising and dedication of the flag high mass was sung by the pastor of the church, Rev. H. F. Walsh. Father Walsh has been lndispOsCd for some time but was able to be present to take part in the exercises. He was assisted in work of dedicating the flag by Rev. J. T. Mcdonald.
 A fine musical program was carried out by the choir of the church assist ed by several vocal and instrumental Soloists. The soloists performed their parts very creditably. Those taking part were Pauline Farrar, Eugene La Vasarr and John Fitzgerald, violin ists, and John KiIduff. john Burns, James Donohue and Josephine Prior, ] Soloists The carrying in of the flag was done by four girls clad in the national cOlors to represent Miss Columbia The girls. Gertrude Ly- man, Mildred Samms, Evelyn Hamlcy and Betty Galaugor were preceded by two flower bearers, Antoinette and YVOnee Brunel1.
 Within the sanctuary was a candle for every man in the service and in the shape of a cross were the flags of the nations on the side of the Allies. l The flag was raised by William l.. ] Cafferty and John Garrity. After the raising of the emblem, the pastor of the church spoke briefly q few words 1 of condolence to the families of the 1 men for whom the flag was raised. 1 He congratulated the mothers on the l bravery of their sons and told of the l patriotic work in which they are en- gagged.
 Rev. Father Mcdonald also spoke. His theme was the significance Of ] the newly raised banner. His talk l was of the true patriotism of the boys of Our Lady of Mercy and he con- cluded with an ardent wish that vic tory for the Allies would come before any of their blood was shed and be- fore any gold stars were placed on the flag.
 Rockwell Drake Beaten.
 Once more the aggregation of the Rockwell Drake factory was forced to bow to the superior prowess of the New Britain Emeralds at the Rock we'll Drake diamond yesterday after noon. The local lads came out on the short end Of @ 9-3 score. A few weeks ago the Emeralds appeared on the To- cal diamond and administered a beat ing to the local diam ond warriors, but feeling that they had a few things on the game up their sleeves, the Rock well-Dral1e aggregation issued a, chal- lcngc to the meralds for a return game. This the Emcra1ds accepted resulting in another drop in the win ming percentage of the Plainville boys The game was devoid of fea- lures throughout. Several of the in field men of both teams bungled the ball at times and both teams were off on tho batting eye.
 Service Notes.
 Augustine Prior left this morning to take up training at the Naval Re- serve station at Pelham Bay. He re- reived his notification to report yes terday.
 Sergeant Peter x. Prior spent the weekend at the home of his parents in this town. Sergeant Prior is sta toned at Camp Rariden, New Jersey.
 Corporal Thomas Prior was a visi- tor in town over the weekend. Prior was advanced recently to the position of Corporal at Camp DeYens
 H. & H. War Gardens.
 The war gardens which are being worked near the PlainVile trolley line by the employees of the Hart S5 Hutchinson factory are progressing i'll fine shape. The em ployees of this 1 factory were given permission to use this ground for planting purposes some time ago. and have made use of every available inch of it. The gar dens are the scenes of the tolls every evening of a large numb Der of the members of the third line of de- fense." From the blossoming of the tomato plants and several other out ward signs of good production, it looks as though the efforts of the Hart & Hutchinson employees will be well repaid. The gardens are situated directly across the lot from the fac tory.
 Gloom the Joy.
 A little boy on Main street was cry ing bitterly this morning and Scrut1n- izing the gutters. When a bystander inc quired as to the trouble, the boy m- formed him that he had last a ten dollar bill. Further investigation re- suited in the finding of the money in a nearby store where the boy had laid it down. When the boy was given the bill. smile lit on his face and when seen three hours later the smile was still there.
 Trolley Rails Repaired.
 A crew of repairmcn of the Con- nccticut Company have been working Dr I RTDGWAYTOHNSON