The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-30
ELABORATEPLANS
 FOR BANQUET

The Sons of St. George are planning a great reception for their returned soldiers tomorrow evening when elaborate arrangements have been Committee to stage the greatest fra ternaI event of the week of celebra- tions. The committee have been working hard on the affair for the past three months and nothing has been spared to make the event the banner one of the city. The mem- bers of the order have donated liber- ally to the fund.
 The event will start with a parade from the rooms of the order at 176 Fairfield avenue at 2 p. m.. tomorrow evening. when Lieut.. James Walker, past president of the order. will lead the way as grand marshall, followed by a platoon of police, followed by the Locomobile band of twenty pieces The returned soldiers, who are mem bers of the order, to the number of about 40, will follow in the uniforms of the United States, Canada and the Great Britain army The marshall for the order Is George H. Wood and he will be assisted by six aides. The remaining members of the order will complete the parade.
 The route of the march Is as fol-
 
 176 Fairfield avenue, to Broad street. to State, to Main, to Fairfield avenue; along Stratford avenue to East Main street, to Sterling, to Congress, to Main. where the parade will termin- ate at the Stratfeld hotel, where a banquet will be served in honor of the boys who fought for freedom and democracy.
 The menu as arranged by Manag- CT Cantwell is a credit to the hotel and 1t will be one of the best served in that hotel for quite a long tine and special dishes are being served at the request of the boys who have been accustomed to the old fashioned English dishes. During the banquet the company, which will number somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 persons. will sing community choruseS which are being furnished by Alvin c. Breul.
 T. J. Pardy will be the toastmaster of the evening, while the Rev. A. F. Campbell of the Washington Park Methodist church, will pronounce the invocation. Toastmaster Pardy will open the session at the conclusion with few words of welcome and will call upon a member of the order to Welcome Home the boys Un- Fortunately. James Telford who work cd untiringly for this event ever since the war started and who donated lib- ~erally to the various causes where the boys would benefit, and who was to be called upon to do the Welcoming Home of the boys, lost his wife last week and has asked to be relieved of this duty, and the committee in charge of the arrangements have in- Vited George H. Wood to fill the toast J. w. Wood, who will respond for the boys, has been in active service for | over IT months and left a wife and eight children behind him to offer his services to the great cause. He is an orator of more than ordinary abil- ity. His honor, the mayor Clifford B- Wilson. will give the city's official Weicome Home and will talk on Our City Hon. G. w. Wheeler, chief Justice of the Supreme Court will be present and will respond to the toast. | The Mothers and Wives."- while Judge Alfred E. Beers will speak on America and England" and at the banquet will present to each returned hero, the Supreme Lodge Sons of St. George certificate with the indiyidual I ! photo of the member attached. A seven piece orchestra will fur- nish the music and some of the best musicians of the city will be present and render their services. A quartet consisting of G. Lush, J. Hall. H. Mouvley and H. Croft, will render vo- cal selections. The affair pronises | to be a great sifccess.