New Britain herald., 1918-04-22
SERGEANT GIBBONS
 ID DESCRIBE WAR
Hero Of Second Battle Of YpreS to Speak Here Wednesday Night
OFFICIAL FILMS, TOO

Miss Cleveland of Marion Becomes
 Bride Of H. Garfield JoneG-Appiy
 for Garden Plots Tonicht-t.conom-
 ice Club Elects.
 Sergeant Arthur Gibbons. one Of the first of the Canadian boys to offer his services to his mother country in the fall of 1914. will be the lead z ing speaker at the war rally to be held on Wednesday evening. He went lover there" with Canada $ first 30, 900, and has heroically fought in many of the most bloody and decisive battles of the war. At the second battle of Yprea after his company had, been completely surrounded by the Germans, he was twice wounded. which resulted in his capture by the enemy and his confinement as a prisoner of war at Giessen Camp. Germany. The extreme deprivation want and suffering Sergeant Gibbons was forced to endure will be left to his own telling. The severity of his wounds can only be appreciated when it is realized that the Germans con- sdered him of no further use to England to himself and so sent him home to die. With such d han dicap it is indeed remarka ble that Sergeant Gibbons was able to outlive the inhuman treatm ent of his German captors. How he is still doing his bit though incapa citated for further active service, can best be appreciated by listening to his vivid story
 War films photographed by the United States government for it's official pictorial record of the great world war will be shown Methods followed by Uncle Sam in trans forming raw recruits into the finished soldier product will be graphically shown in a splendid feature picture entitled The Remaking of a Nation."
 Home Economies Grub Elects
 The Girls Home Economies club met last week and elected the fol- lowing officers President, Miss Eliza beth Pike; vice president, Miss GeorRlanDa Booth; secretary, Miss Gertrude McGibbon; treasurer, Miss Eleanor Furrey.
 The officers of the Grammar school Home Economies club are: President. Doris GWilim: vice president. Hazel Rogers; secretary. Elizab beth Benja- man. treasurer. Esther Trumbull.
 The Girls Economic club will meet Tuesday, evening. at the home of Miss Polly Gillette at 7:30 o'clock
 The Woman's Food committee would like to call the attention of tue townspeople to the potato cam paign which < is on for the present week in the whole country. There will be a patriotic exhibit in Ryder's (,1 ature distributed which will urge the people to use potatoes as a means of saving wheat.
 Jones' Cleveland Wedding.
 Miss Currie A. Cleveland of Marion and Fl. Garfield Jones were married yesterday afternoon at o'clock at . the Cleveland home. Rev. Grover C. Iandenslater, pastor of the First Bap- tlst church of Southington, ofiCiated. Miss Jones was orsanist at the Bap- List church. MT. Jones is the man aeer of P Hutton x Son clothing store in this town.
 After their honeymoon Mr. and Mrs Jones will reside in PlainVille.
 Garden Regulations.
 The Plainville Committee on Gar dens announces that if the townspeo- pie wish to secure gardens they should leave their names with Nr. Macleod before 8 o'clock tonight. Garden literature will be distributed at the bank and every person who is going to plant gardens should get this literature.
 Brief Items.
 The Plainville Liberty Loan is still growing. According to reports re- ceived the loan has reached the S1l,- 900 mark. The Trumbull Electric Co. reported s2o,000 up to the pres ent time.
 The Martha Rcbekah drill and off, ce1s team will meet tonight at o'clock in I. Q. Q. F. hall on West Main street.
 The Red Cross branch of the Ep- worth league will meet at the home Of Miss Grace Manchester on Red Stone hill
 The weekly Home Guard drill will he held tonight at Pierce Field on Pierce street.
 There was no ball game yesterday owing 10 the weather. The local toam VII play the same team, next Sunday.
 Mrs. Rose Russell of East Main street is seriously i'll at her home. 1 Little hope is held out for her recoN- ] cry.
 TO RENT--12 acres land for garden ing, Tel. 36-4 4-22 d2x 1