Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-23
ATTAWAUGAN GIVES
 WELCOME TO SOLDIERS

The Welcome Home reception to the l soldiers was held in Attawaugan on 1 Saturday, Oct. Is for the twety-seven l boys who served in the world war. It 1 started with parade at p. m. from | the Social club rooms headed by c. H. Truesdell in his automobile with Miss Aida Barribeault as Statue of Liberty and Dorothy Harvard as Dove Of Peace These were followed by Alix Basley as . Uncle Sam, Mrs. L. Gariepy as COlum- bia with large American flag, Mrs. w. Austin as France with French flag, Mrs. T. Corcoran as Welcome Home girl and her daughter as Victory girl, both bearing American flags; Albert Rollin- son. the president of Mems club, in a generals full uniform, MT. Alvoird in police uniform heading the famous In dependent Attawaugan' and Ballouyine Drum Corps. Then marched the brave World War veterans, followed by Miss Lorneza Mathews of Dayville, bearing the service flag with the figures 27 for the boys who served in the re- cent war, Mrs. A Lumerville with the welcome flag and Miss Y. Alix in 8 military dress holding a gold star ser vice flag with Louis Pechie in a khaki uniform, its one star representing Leo l. Homme who sleeps over there.
 Then came the New England states represented by Alfonso Bonin, Alice Austin. Evylin Lamereoux, Ora Barri- | beault Florence Lafontaine and Master | Weeks. Then followed The Rose of No |
 
 Pechie and Mae Weeks dressed as rose l buds. Mrs. J. Pechie represented | The Greatest Mother in the World l bearing stretcher with a wounded 1 soldier.
 Then came the largest American flag in the town of Killingly, carried by G. | Lafontaine, J. Pechie, F. Pechie, H. | PechIe, G. Congdon, J. Dalton wearing | red. white and blue hats and white | gloves and Red Cross nurses, Mrs. F. l Pechie, Miss Blanche Reeves, Mrs. D. | Alex, Miss Hopkins. Miss A. Cote Miss B. Cusson. The Allies were repre- sented by Mrs. J. Russell, Belgium; Mrs Basley, England; Mrs., Stone, Italy; Mrs. Bonin, Roumania; Miss Le mieux, Russia; Mrs. G. Congdon, China and Mrs. J. Welsh in an auto, draped in red, white and blue bunting
 At 6:SO the roll call was called by Mrs. G. Congdon Superintendent c. H. Truesdell was at the head of the table; President of Mems club with Mrs. Albert Robinson at the table. The soldiers were Corp. Ovide Jarvais, act ing commander; Sergeant John Pechie, Private Paul Labrec, Private Peter La brec, Private Delor Labrec, Ser geant Henry Lafontaine. Bugler Edgar Mathieu, Private Paul Mondor, Private Shepard, Private David Barry, Radio Walter Robinson. Private Louis Mon geau, Private Odi1on Aubin, Corp Earl Geer, Private Edgar Barker.
 
 Paguin, Corporal George Thiout.
 Supt. c. H. Truesdell thanked the boys for appreciating what was done for them and called their attention to their comrade who gave his life over there and asked them if they would stand at attention for few seconds m honor of Leo L'Homme who would never come back. The group of sol 1iers were a manly looking crowd of ooys and nobody need be ashamed to sit at any table with them or be in heir company.
 The supper menu was baked chicken, cranberry sauce mashed potatoes, mashed turnips, boiled onions celery olain and stuffed olives, ice cream and ;ake, tuti fruit pudding, coffee, cook es and cupcakeS and plenty of it. Aft 1T supper the Salvation Army Lassies distributed cigars and cigarettes to all The chickens were baked by Mrs. c. H. Cruesdell Mrs. George Lafontaine, Mrs. Joseph Stone and Mrs. George Cong lon. The rest of the supper was cook d by Mrs. Emma Weaver and Mra lillian Filler.
 The waitresses were Mrs. Stone, Miss Miss Austin, Miss Barri- 'eault, Mrs Bonin. Mrs. Congdon took are of the entertainment and speak ug. The ex-service men sat in two ows of chairs in sort of a ring The urtain rose and there was Mrs. L. Austin as a Welcome Home girl, in 1 Ter left hand a large American fagI md a laurel wreath in her right hand with two boys and six girls holding ed, white and blue ribbons from Well ome banner. On the girls were pinned banner-Home to Our Heroes.
 Next was tribute to Leo LHommot ecited by Mildred Pechie and Alice nd Louis Pechie, Mrs. Congdon with