Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-18

I by the members. Of co. L before they ! went into federal service He referred to the casualties sustained by co. |. 1 Ma5Dr Ha4gArty told of the line spirit dio<ss period Of dri11 before they went I into the trenches. He also Spoke o1 Maj1r Ran. who had command Of the guard duty here. and said that he was Vitiin 70 yards of Major Haau when tae latter was killed He referred to the sacrifices of the boys who went
 Mho ,ne en Seag cos s e asa sae 1s all the Go. l. men who fell. fell with i their faces to the enemy. He said that the French had promised to dec-
 ana that fe was sure thnt they would uo so. In closing he h6ped the Ger mans would realize that they had been in the wrong The band snlayed Near 1 CT My God. to Thee. then BugIer service Closed with The Star Spangled Banner by the band. The army assation service sustained three casualtiea as the result of Wind k;,m't. Welcome Home. An aeTopIane was started for here last Friday from l near SGilth ACrEaIk. the pilot and the mechanician going to the hospital with minor injuries and the plane being en- tirely smasheh A second plane was
 
 a- WHlimantic about 3 o'clock Satur- dzy afternoon. It circled the crowd at Recreation park a few times but was nnabte to land there, so landed at Eatcn's lot on Ash street First Lieu ts nant Robert Altick: the pilot of the machine, was trying to demonstrate to ths crowd of sightseers that a lighted match could be extiaguished in Easo- linz. The experiment was a sad fail ure, as tho gas caught fire and he was badly burned about the face. neck, .trms ard legs. He was rushed to St. Jescph's hospital At first it was feared that he would lose his sight. but Bf. Jcnkirs stated Sunday that the hurne were not very deep and that Alficls's eyes were not affected at all. Although the hospital authorities refused to give out any word regarding Altiek's condi-, tion. he does not seem to have been injured vsry badly Altick has been overseas for 1s months. but this is the first accident that he has had.
 Pavement dancing was introduced in Wflimantic Saturday evening as part of the celebration. Main street from Lincoln square to Railroad street was ropcd off and the American band was posted a. the east end of the square. Daiir'ing was enjoyed from 830 until preciated- The fire department was cellei into service to clean off the pavement and a detail from the state guard company helped to get the pave
 
 at tho state armery at the same time, Piekett's, orchestra furnishing music the,e. The footbridge over the railroad t-sciSs was decorated with red white and blee lights, flags and evergreens an. served as connecting path be- I tween the two dance floors. About 5e0l enjoyed the dancing.
 The pciics handled the Saturday crowds perfectly and there were no se- rIous accidents. An automobile driven Trrh 1Q~-<,~~ .1<xw- 1E two small boys near the poston5ce@ early Saturday morning and knocked t;fem down. but they were not injured Mrs Arthur Small of Prospect street at Recreation park but was not seri- ousiy hut. The crowd at the park I numbered between ten and twelve i thcasand. All the police supernunner- 1 al ies were on duty and in addition the fire police were helping to handle the l crowds.
 T here was a minor automobile acci- 1 den- on Main street at $40 Sunday l by G.crris Brown of Rockville and James K. Hopkins of Bristol colIit5ed. | The affair seemed to be Browns fault l Lus tie parties agreed to settle the aged fender so the police took no ac- t.on ift the matter.
 Gag lain James B. Fullerton enter .ained the army officers of the town ofI 'Vindham at dinner at the windharni lin Saturday evening Covers werN1 aid for nine and the following ment, vas served: Tomato soup tomato 'aiad. hroiled steak hashed brown mo- 1 atct s, sweet corn. old fashioned brown bread. white bread. apple and huclxie- perry pie. cheese. chocolate cake and :oHee. The affair was informal. allI hose present making brief addresses.
 Padrie Pearse branch of the Friends T I1sh Freedom met in the base nent or St: Joseph's church Sunday ven1ng with between forty and fifty resent Rev. J. E. Clark the presi- ent of the society presided and most I the meeting was taken up with iscussion as to ways and means of aiSlng money to carry on a caunpairn education in the interests Of Irish reeoom among the people of Wilif- lantic- Father Clark spoke of the mall attendance and urged those who ere ,sa there ere to try and get everybody ere appointed to serve with James 'asey on the publicity committee. atrick O Brien. Mrs. Welch and John ickett- It was voted to hold the nexti le sentencing of Robert Emmett. he meeting adjourned at s:zs.
 A patriotic meeting WIS held in the wn hall Sunday afternoon under the lspices of the local Polish Societies.. ! he object of the meeting was to ex-t
 
 'ople of this country feel towardsl e government for the work it hasf me for their native land. The meet g was called to order by Gus Segai 'seph Ncwak was elected chairman ttorney Stanislas Politz of Boston, ade the address. There were two lndred and fifty present at the meet g.
 The Methodist Episcopal church had 'eciai services on Welcome Home lnday. The morning service took e form of a demobilization of the urch service az and in the evening, mer c. w. Smith of Providence, n of the pastor, who has been in the rvice as song leader led . patriotic 1g. The pastor Rev. c. Harley nth preached appropriate sermons the serviSrs. At the demobi1ization rvice tn Gservice az was hauled wn and Twenty little girls. each pin d bouquet on a star in the az. Incl rls who took part were: Susie Beebe, arion Hanson. Edna Gunderson, Ruth