New Britain herald., 1919-11-06
TABS CELEBRATE
 BETH ANNIVERSARY
Medals Given Two Members and
 Speakers Heard

: neFShip III the society at the 3Sth an 1 nual anniversary celebration of the 1 Y. NJ. T. A. and E. society last night. 1 The social was held in the Tabs hall with Mayor George \ Quigley, Rev.
 john T. Winters and President ] Thomas J. Crowo the speakers of the 1 evening. John O'Brien and Mrs. M. 1 'r. Crcan rendered solos. The medals 1 were given by Rev. John T. Winters l with a speech of congratulation.
 Mayor Quig1ey congratulated tho society upon paving attained it's 3Sth successful anniversary extending his + healticst wishes for many continued wears of success. His congratulaion ! ne stid, came in d twofold manner as a citizen Of New Britain, and as ] it's mayor. He characterized Messrs o'Dornell and Fox heroes in the 1 $cnso that they had made sacrifice 1 for a quarter of a century, and ne 1 added that he hardly thought 1 iie could remain dry quite that long, ! Father Winters congratulated the ] two honorcd members and the society, l dwelling upon the importance of tcnl- 1 perancc and the evil of eNccsSlVe ! trink.
 ] President CrowCS speech.
 President Groves speech of wcl- como was:
 Tt is now three years since we
 ave had the privilege of welcoming 1 our Friends at a T. A. F. anniversary. The last anniversary that we cole bra ted in public manner was our 18th in 1916. Since that time owing 10 existing conditions we were com pelled to discontinue the customary elaborate celebration and it became necessary to contne the anniversary exercises within the society itself but . gain this year we arc asking our friends to join with Us and aid us jn celebrating our 3Sth anniversary. Tt is indeed a pleasure to well come such q body on an occasion as this. We are gathered here tonight for q common purpose that purpose being to comm memoratc and bring back to our minds mem orjcS of the past years. There are few men within our ranks tonight who can recall the founding of our organization 3S years ago but we think back we can all ina zine that scene in the old school hall over on Myrtle street when that small band of loyal courageous. men, thirty in number gathered with Fa- thor Carmody and gave birth to the organization which was one day to become one of the strongest and l largest total abstinence societies in l :hc country. It was not a very aus l ricous start but with men of their l ralibre working and sacrificing for ! :he principles and ideals of this l canization they soon had their fOUn- | tlations laid strongly.
 As the pioneers in this society," ! it's ounders-passed on, there were 1 younger men ready to assume the bur 1 den and carry if on. and it has been l so for the last 3S years. As the older l members laid down the burden the younger men stepped in and carried 1 the work on, profiting by the experi- 1 ence and advice of those who had ] gone before. Because of this the T. 1 A. B. society is today recognized as a l powerful, we'll developed organization, l a great power for good in this city, a part of the civic and social life. an iu- 1 stitution which if removed would leave 1 a, void place which would be hard to 1 fill. It is society which our members l are proud of and which the city should l EC proud to have within it's limits
 | As this is the first great gathering 1 which we have had since the close of 1 the war, almost a year ago. I would ] say in passing that we are proud of 1 our record in the war. When the final victory came there were 150 of our l boys in the service. These boys were | in every branch of the service every 1 where; they were in the colleges in 1 this country where our very youngest 1 members trained: in the training l camps in this country, on the Ameri- 1 can transports and destroyers; they 1 were along the service of supplies in 1 France and there were members Of l this society in every great campaign 1 of the American army from the bat ] ties around Chateau Thinrry to the 1 last great offensive in the Argonne for 1 est Many of these boys were wound- 1 ed and two were called upon to make ! the supreme sa acrifice while in the ! service.
 1 "ronight two of our older m mbers i receive the 2o year membership l medal. In the same manner in which 1 Q soldier on the battlefield is singled l out and honored for some act of hero ! ism distinguished from others by it's { self sacrifice and devotion, so the T. 1 A. E. society singles out their two men l tonight and honors them in this man. ner for their self sacrifice and devotion 1 to the temperance cause. We wish 10 ! congratulate them and thank them for their long and loyal membership. Tn closing ] again wish to extend 1 10 our friends the welcome of the l T. A. B. society and we sincerely hope 1 that in the coming year we will have l your continued aid and support.
 The committee in charge was;
 l Thomas J. Grove chairman: Thonl- l as J. Meskill, secretary; Thomas F. i Crean. James F.. Grove, William A..
 ! Forsythe, George Fredericks, Merritt
 ! 4. Humason, James Riley, Henry Rose
 i and Anthony P. Sinl1ieNlcz; reception { committed John Kelly. chairman;