Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
K. OF c. DELEGATES WILL
 HAVE WAR RALLY
Arranged by White Cross Council in
 Honor of State Delegates.

Arrangements have been completed by White Cross council, No. 1S, Knights of Columbus, for a war rally to be held in the town hall, Monday evening, May 18th, at 8 o'clock. This rally will have a statewide interest as it will be held in honor of the dele gates to the annual state convention Of the Knights of Columbus who will assemble here on Monday, from prac- tically every community of any size in Connecticut, for the purpose of at tending the convention which will open on Tuesday. May 14th.
 It will be public meeting, open to everyone, men and women, and will be addressed by some of the ablest speakers on the patriotic platform at this time. The committee in charge of the affair feels particularly will be pleased with the fact that they for this occasion, Rev. Joseph Dinand $. J.. president of Holy Cross college Father Dinand is a man of pleasing personality and an eloquent and forceful speaker and has been active ly engaged in war work in New Eng land during the past few months, hav- ing visited many of the larger cities of Massachusetts and Connecticut, thrill ing his audiences by his eloquence and inspiring them by his patriotic fer vor, thereby arousing greater intereN in the many phases of war work which
 the people are called upon to do as 8
 means of helping the government in the present crisis.
 Another speaker of note who will address the meeting is Capt. Hazle-
 ~r-lar los1e 4A f11se
 rally by the national headquarters of
 the Red Cross, New York. Capt. Ha- zlewood is an army officer who has
 recently returned from European bat tiefields and will have a thrilling story to tell about conditions overseas Being fresh from the center of war activity his subject will be one that is keenly close to the heart and mind ol citizens.
 The meeting will be in charge oi John H. Carney. grand knight ot White Cross Council. Rev. w. A Keefe of Plainfield. state lecturer Of the order, will preside and His Honor Mayor Allyn L. Brown, will make q , brie faddress. A chorus under the direction of Charles D. Geer will rem der several patriotic selections during the course of the evening.
 The holding of this rally on the eve | of the opening of the state convention 1 is departure from the usual custom l Generally, some form of entertainment
 has been planned for the delegates or | that evening; but as these are unus- 1 ual times it was thought that a meet 1 ing of this character would be more in keeping with the activities of the ] Knights of Columbus in these tryins 1 times. The order is like mighty chain, in which the hundreds of coun- cils scattered throughout the country
 are links. each link being as strong as the strongest metal, forged without { i flaw, and all pulling together for ont aim, for one purpose, to sweep tft
 world clean of such high handed au. tocracy as has been. and still is, dis. l played by the kaiser and his followers l It is expected that this will be ont
 0 fthe most interesting rallies that hal 1 been held in Norwich since the coun l try entered this world war and tha
 the upwards of 200 delegates who vii be in attendance, will bring honor t the various councils which they rep resent, a message from this meetin!
 that will arouse them to even greate l interest in the promotion of work tha will contribute to the winning of tn war.