New Britain herald., 1918-05-03
FORESTV!LLE MAN
KILLED IN ACTION
William O'SuIiVan, Company D,
Bristol, Falls in Battle
WIDE ACQUAINTANCE HERE

Red Gross REPORTS What Has Been
Ac, oIel,}liS,cd During April-Gcor2c
johnson Incidentally Killed by EN-
| DloSion OF Revolver.
Many Of the toWnspoopIc will he
! SrlCVcd to hear Of the Death Of Private
! William D'SulliVau OF Camp street,
! Torcstvillc, who was killed in France
] O'Sullivan was the son of Michael }.
] o'SulliVan, a Wcll-knoWn contractor
and carpenter. Private O'SuIIivan
i was member Of Company D Of Bris-
: tol and saw service at the MeNican
border in 1916 He was sent to France
from New Haven last summer. He
i was known in this town. He is sur
NlNcd by three brOtherS-- Eugene, at
Camp Devens, and John and Edward,
Z both of Forestvil1c, and one sister,
! George johnson Killed.
! Word has been received in town Of
the death Of George johnson, of Mill
ealo, formerly IF this town. 1t is said
tilat johnson was working on a newly
purchased revolver when it suddenly
, exploded. Johnson had bought the re-
VolNer at store in Meriden and did
. not know 1t was loaded.
johnson was Il member of the local
/. q. @. f. While in town. Funeral
arrangements have not been made. Ho
j was employed by the Connecticut COM
! panN and worked as Il motoIman on
i the Meridcn and Lazy Lane line.
Red Gross Report.
| The Red Cross Of Plainvile has sub
united the following report for tho
month of April:
! During the entire month the Red
! Cross has worked hard to set a good
supply Of goods on hand. 1t is csti-
; mated that over 700 articles were
made. The following is complete
, list Of all goods completed: one hun
/ drcd hospital garments % Childrcn',
garments 81 knitted articles includ-
ing So pairs of stockings and % wash
cloths, several finished sheets and pill
low cases, us bandagcs, 4S straps
most Of which were done by the Trum-
bull Electric auxiliary and seven
quilts made by the Bay View club
During the month over 800 refugee
garments were received. The l0ca!
Red Cross wishes to say that it is al
ways ready to receive any garments
for the refugees at any time and there
viii be no special drive made for that
purpose later.
-. "ThC committee wishes to bring the
. attention or the toWnspcople to the
fact that there will be a Red Cross
food sale tomorrow afternoon from
until o'clock for the purpose of
raising money to pay for the two
electric motors which were bought a
few weeks ago and to speed up the
work of the Red Cross branch.
Everyone should give something to
the food sale and make it a big sue
cess so that the Plain Vile boys who
are going will be able to receive the
Red Cross equipment on time and not
have to be dclaEed.'
Fraternity Notes.
ScQuassen lodge met last evening
and gave the initatory degree. There
was a full attendance and the COM !
mittec in charge gave a very inter |
esting entertainment and social. At
the meeting it was voted to buy 500 |
in Liberty bonds.
The past noble 9rands of Martha |
Rebellah lodge will entertain the
Crescent Past Noble Grand associa-
ton Monday afternoon at > o'clock !
in I. Q. O. f. hall. At the same
time they will entertain Odd Fellows |
lodge, No. II, OF Now Britain, and
the initiatory degree will be worked
on a class of candidates. Supper
will be served to the visitors and to
the local lodge.
First Wosnar'S Rally.
The first Woman's war rally ever
held in the town Will take place sun
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the |
congregational church chapel under |
the auspices Of the Connecticut state |
! Council of Defense. TIL" purpose Of |
the rally is for q general discussion |
Of NE work done by the women of |
the town to help win tho war. Miss
Cohen of Hartford will speak on |
childrcn's welfare. Miss Ca,'r Of |
Windsor will speak of Womcn's dress |
in war time. Mrs. Harry Castle will !
speak on tho conservation Of food. !