The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-18
THOUSANDS IN
GREAT PARADE
OF RED CROSS
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lCOnunueO lrOm rage OnS.J
opposite side Of Catherine street and
fell into line behind the Ambulance
corps. Each one of the nurses of the
city enrolled in the Red Cross for ser
vice appeared in line as well as the
Public Health Nurses, Bridgeport Hos
pital Training School Alumni, St. Vim
cents Hospital Training School Alum
nj, Visiting Nurses Association, Bridge
port Hospital Training School pupils,
st. Vincent's Hospital Training School
pupils and Dental Hygienists and Army
Dental Clinic. This section was head
ed by the Coast Military Band.
| The next division formed in Center
street and was led by the Bridgeport
Marine band. All of the workers and
executive members of the coming
drive marched in this section. The
campaign executive committee came
first followed by the Publicity com
! mittee and Division ga" of which A.
E. Lavery is general and Division "B''
which is to be under the leadership
| of D. S. Day, during the campaign.
| Followed by these men was the Home
| Service section, the women workers
at the Red Cross HEADQUARTERS, all
of the Bridgeport Red Cross AuXiliar-
les, which included Beardsley Auxili-
| airy, Black Rock Auxiliary, Easton
Auxiliary W. T. Grant Auxiliary, Hun
tington Auxiliary, Long Hill Auxili-
airy, Monroe Auxiliary, Newtown AUX
| Hilary, Nichols Auxiliary, North End
Auxiliary, Park Ave. Temple Auxili-
airy, Patriotic Order of American Aux
iliary, Presbyterian Auxiliary, Sacred
Heart Auxiliary, st. Augustine's Aux
iliary, st. Johns Auxiliary, St. PauPs
Auxiliary, Stepney Auxiliary, st.
Charles Auxiliary, Sheridan Circle,
No. 7, G. A. R. Auxiliary, St. Patrick s
Auxiliary, Howland's Auxiliary, Eng
lish Lutheran Auxiliary, st. Mary's
Auxiliary, st. Josephs German Aux
Hilary, Hillside Home Auxiliary, Uni
versalist Auxiliary, Meigs' Auxiliary
United Church Auxiliary, Connecticut
Co. Auxiliary, First Methodist Aux
Hilary, st. Joseph's Polish National
Church Auxiliary and Eastern Star
Auxiliary.
Fairfield Chapter
Faith Chapel, Stratfield, Greenfield
Hill, st. Thomas Church, Greens
Farms, Redding. Volunteer Nurses
Aid, First Aid and Nursing, First Ai6
Dietic class, First Aid Ambulance, U
S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps, Fair.
field Drum Corps and Fairfield Cam
paign solicitors together with the
Fairfield Red Cross Chapter and Aux
iliaries.
Next followed the Service flag Sec
ton, Olympic Band, and Comfort
Club of the 102nd Ambulance Corps
MI, TOs -
ed TO fall in line at the corner of
Highland Avenue and Washington ave.
nue. and was headed by the Locomo'
bile band, it was followed by nearly
1000 boy scouts in uniform. Tit
Scottish band came in next ahead o.
the city officials.
The second section of Division fivt
formed in Sanford avenue and wa:
led by Elmer H Havens, president OF
the Board of Education and S. ]
Slawson, superintendent Of schools
followed by several thousand schoo
children and five drum corps, thu
third section headed by First Bridge
port City, Fife, Drum and Bugl
corps came in next and which wa
followed by the paroachial schoo
children.
All along the route the differen
bodies came in for loud bursts of ap
plause. Throughout the city alonl
= the line of march buildings wert
decked in national colors.
The campaign for the big drive vii
be officially opened Monday evening
after the dinner meeting of the execu
tive committee and workers witt
Hon. Josephus Daniels secretary o
the navy, at the Stratfield hotel. Sec
rotary Daniels will arrive in this city
2 Monday about noon, and will make
tour of inspection of many of the fac
tories Of the city, and in the evenin
will address the huge mass meetin
in the State Arnory.