New Britain herald., 1919-07-24

I Limited. OGDENSBUl.G. N. Y ---,-------=----,------- George T. Meech of Middletown, de- partment commander of the Grand Army of Connecticut. The old veteran served throughout the war as a private and is the only man having served in the ranks to be elected de- partment commander.
 He termed the late President May as "a good soldier, a good man, a good cOmrade, and a good citizen.' Nothing could probably have been further from the hearts and minds of the Union troops than that harm could ever come to our nation from outside of it's own border line and yet, in the light of present-day events, we can now see that at the very hour on that noted April day in 1865, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered his sword to General Grant, it not only meant the winning of the Civil War, but it meant the winning of the World War as we'll Had the Civil War been lost to the forces of the North, who can say that the nations of the earth would not have been un- der the absolute control and rule of the German empire years ago? 50, comrades, I repeat again that We fought better than we knew. Let us rejoice that we took a part in the conflict, remem bering that our suffer- 1 ings were not in vain, but, rather, l may have been the salvation of the 1 world in the great war;
 Dinner was served in the large auditorium at noon. There was a l concert by the orchestra following the dinner and the men fraternized for some time. A business nrReting l followed. sss r
 Epworth League Institutes. .'SssSs''
 The third annual session ofM9N N | Epworth League Institute opened Rf & o'clock last evening with an cnter4 tainment which had been in prepara- l tion for many weeks. Rev. c. R. Strobel is in charge of the program l and Elmer Hough, of Waterbury, is registrar. A large attendance at the opening night services was reported The entertainment last evening was furnished by talent from various EpWorth leagues in this district.
 This morning, from S:30 until 11:30 o'clock, there was a group con- ference on Evangelism" led by Archibald Tremayne, of Yale uniyer' sity. Tomorrow morning there vii be a conference on "Missions' which will be led by Rev. C. R. Strobel, o the local church. and Rev. J. A. De- vada son, of Bombay, India. At S:1E o'clock tonight, Rev. MT. Devadasor will be the preacher. As he is from the Brielley Theologiqal institute ot Bombay, India, @ large audience is expected to hear him and his inter csting tales of mission work in India
 Rev. Victor G. Mills, of Merden will be the speaker at the service to morrow night and Rev. M. A. Dawbel will also speak.
 Brief Items.
 Alfred Goddeau, of Whiting street is visiting in Pittsfield.
 Mrs. Lewis Eaton, of Pierce street has resigned her secretarial position in Trum bulls office and accepted Q similar position with a New York firm.
 The farmers of the town welcomed the sun this morning after the copi- ous rainfall of the past week.
 Lieutenant Edward Cafferty is al his home in Forestville after return ing from France. The officer is vel known in this town. While he was overseas his mother died.
 Richard Dyer is spending a few days in Newport, R. I.
 Charles KIarich has purchased { third lot on Victory Terrace.
 Philip Brady, of Pennington, i! visiting in town.
 Miss Anna Holland, of West Nair street has resigned her position W.tt the Arrow Electric company of Hart ford to accept a position with the RockWell-Drake corporation. Mis-: ! Holland is a trained nurse.
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