New Britain herald., 1919-04-10

Sunday Evening-Afinstrel Troune Prepares for show-Other Items of News.
 The reception held last evening at the Congregational church parish i house for returned soldiers and sailors | was a great success and. the commit | tee in charge of the arrangements is ! to be complim mented Jn the way in 1 which they entertained the. boys. ; Young men in uniform were seen 1 carly in the afternoo and they were waiting impatiently fer the >> ne of the reception.
 r. C. Merriman, c New Haven. was ! the speaker of the e9u.N1s He lived i LID to his reputation as ses iker and [ told the men the detti.s Y thlllanu- { facture of arms and .tmnr r>>4<on dur | ing the war. This erie was of es- 1 peciaI interest to them, 1'. they were 1 the ones who used the n4 itions and l their own state is the ar5g-IGl of the l United States. M. Ner~iman also re- ! lated some facts in ros. I'd to the man. 1 ufacture of munitions in Germ any and | revealed some O. tl~ secr-ts of the I german manufacturers which have
 come to light since the arm lstice was
 signed.
 A social evening followed the re- i ceptloh and the speal--l s program Ihe men were well acquainted and 1 they spent q very enjoyable evening, l RefreShments were served by a com 1 nittee of which Benjamin J. Edwards was chairman. Those who attended ] all had a word of praise for the com 1 mittee.
 1 Last Community Service.
 ; The fourth and last of, the series 1 of union or community services which ] have been held at the Congregational l and Episcopal churches will be held i on Sunday evening at o'clock at the { Congreg atiOnal church. Professor Ar /! thur L. Gilett, of the Hartford Theo- 1 logical seminary, will be the preacher. 1 The community services thus far have ' been attended by d large mum Der of people from both churches and also from the NJ ethodst church. The suc- 1 cess of such a union is apparent, l it is the first attempt in Plainville to
 hold such community services and the ! m en1 bers of the three churches l evinced their interest at once. 1 Preparing for Show.
 A rehearsal of the Holy Name so- 1 ciety minstrel troupe was held last | evening in the Grange hall on Pierce ! street All of the memb bers were pres l ent and the arrangem ents for the 1 presentation of the show were prac- ! tically compl pleted. The affair will be 1 held in Grange hall on Thursday eve
 ming, April "A. the evening before the ] beginning of the firemen's bazaar. ] There will be solos by local young m en 1 and young women and by soloists ] from near~b by towns. If possible, a number of dancers from New Britain will furnish part of the entertainment The proceeds of the entertainm ent will i be given to the treasury of the Church { of Our Lady of Mercy. Rev. J. E, Fay, the pastor, attended the re- { hearsal last evening and was pleased with the work of the talent of the ! parish The rehearsal was in charge ! of Musical Director Charles r. Conlon Planning to See Parade. l It was announced in the P1ainville 1 column of The Herald a, few days ago 1 that the families of members of the ] 18th division who desired to secure reservations for the parade in Boston 1 could do so by communicating with 1 Stanley S. Gwil1im. The parade will ! be held on April 25 at 1 o'clock. There has been some misunderstanding many people being under the pres sion that the parade is to be held at Il o'clock in the forenoon. The hour was changed on account of train ac- comm odations. Each member of the Yankee divl-. sion will be allowed three tickets for seats in the grand stand to be allotted as the soldier sees fit to his relatives ] and friends. MT. Gwillim has receiv- ed g. number of requests by mail and 1 by telephone for tickets but 1t is inn possible for him to supply them as l they arc issued to the soldiers. Boys Mourn Comradc. 1 The happiness of the boys of Com
 pany I. 102d infantry, at embarking l for home was, greatly marred at the l last moment by the death of Sergeant l Leon +. Roberts of this town who
 died in a hospital near the port of en- ] barl<aton. He was buried nearby about week before the Yankee divi- sion sailed for the states. His com
 rades who returned tell of Roberts 1 joy at learning that he would be sent l home. Although he was q good com- ] rade and q courageous fighter, it was we'll known among his associates that l he was hOmesick. The dsappoint- 1 ment of the other members of the I company when he was taken i'll with 1 pneumonia was caused by the fear 1 that he would not get well in time to return with them and not by the fear ! that inc would die, and it was a great ] blow to then. when he passed away. 1 He was buried with military honors
 and his body was lowered into the grave by nSnbers of his own conn., ] pany.
 It was at first reported in PlainvilIe ] that Roberts died of pneumonia. The next report was from a m en1ber of the