New Britain herald., 1919-05-29

rade will be at the Worthington Grammar school grounds at 1 o'clock sharp and at the Kensington Congre- gational church at D. m. Those marching will be the Sons of Neter ans, G. A. R., Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scouts and school children. The pa rade will start at the school grounds and proceed to Maple cemetery on Worthington ridge, where the graves of the deceased Civil war veterans will be decorated following an ad- dress by Rev Carleton Hazen. Roy. Lounsbury of the Methodist church will assist. Following the services at the Maple cemetery the G. A. R. will be conveyed to the Congregational church at Kensington.
 The committee in charge of the af- fair is Col. Charles M. Jarvis mar shal; E. 1. Clark, captain, and Rev. Samuel A. Fisk, chaplain All of the local school children are invited to take part in the parade. They are re- Quested to bring flowers if they are able to secure them. Julius Coi.-ns, who is the oldest of the local veterans, will be among those present at the parade. Following are the names of the local veterans: Julius Collins, Ed J. Truett, Ward H. Griswold, E. c. Mitchell A. A. Weldon, W. F. Pen field, Rodericl< Loveland, T. F. Root, John Hubbard, Jacob B. Bauer, Will liam Luby, Thomas Gilbert, Rowland Gilbert, A. H. Bushnell, J. Colby.
 Henry l.. Porter, secretary of the Berlin Veteran association, has been very active in making arrangements for this years Decoration day activi- ties and deserves much credit Several of the world war veterans have been invited to act as escorts of honor to the Civil war veterans.
 Town Meeting Tonight
 The special town meeting which was called by the board of selectmen for this evening at o'clock at the , Town hall for the purpose of con- sdering the advisanility of establish | ing a permanent soldiers and sailors : memorial, is expected to be one of 1 the most interesting meetings held in 1 some time.
 l With a site having been offered the town for the use of erecting a 1 soldiers memorial, the only expense 1 that the town will have to meet is 1 tho construction of a memorial. The 1 local citizens have been offered two suitable sites, One is at the Flannery 1 Corner on Worthington Ridge and the other at the Peck Memorial Lii 1 brary grounds at Kensington. It will be voted at the meeting which of the ! two sites will be the most suitable. l All citizens interested in this matter 1 are requested to be present and give their opinions. Should an appropria- | ton be made by the town autnOri- ties, a tax will have to be made, which also will be decided at the meeting | this evening.
 Salvation Army Total $625. 1 At the close of the Salvation Army l tinuance of the home service work ] Berln's total for the weeks work i! l about $625, more than double it: 1 auota. To Mrs. Charles M. Jarvis who has been the executive Of the wal 1 drives in the town, much credit is due
 To Observe Holiday Hours.
 The Kensington postoffce will ob
 serve holiday hours tomorrow, keep | ing open from 7:15 to 9:30 and from | until 5 o'clock. There will be no ru l ral delivery. The Berlin postoffic'
 will also keep it's usual hollday hours
 Many of the grocery stores will re
 main open until noon. The Berlil
 Savings bank will close it's doors thi
 evening and resume it's activities o1
 Saturday mornng. The local barbe
 shops will remain open until lat
 hour tonight but will close all da;
 tomorrow. Factories will observe tn
 holiday by ceasing activities. The ] will resume Saturday morning,