Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-05-31
Norwich Bulletin WilIirsntic Office,
g Church St. Telephone 1o5.

Pleasant weather favored the vet
Grams of the several wars in the an
nuaI observance of Memorial Day in
Willimantic. 1t was very quiet
throughout the day, many people be-
ing out of town and business in gem
eral suspended for the day. Outside of
the Memorial Day exercises. there was
little if anything doing. In the morn
ing as many Of the veteran members
of Francis S. Long Post as were able
to go, visited the cemetery at Wind
ham Center. where forty-six soldiers
graves were decorated; after which
the party visited the North Windham
cemetery and decorated the graves of
fifteen soldiers. Rev. c. Harley
Smith accompanied the veterans Oh
the trip which was made by auto
truck, the delegation later visiting ST.
Joseph's cemetery. A total of fifty
six soldiers graves were decorated in
st. Joseph's. Rev. John E. Clark Of
fered the prayers for the dead at the
latter cemetery. Upon their return to
headquarters an excellent lunch was
awaiting the veterans, prepared for
| them by members OF the Womans Re-
| lief Corps.
In the afternoon the Memorial Day
parade was held in connection with
! the decorating of soldiers graves ir
| the Willimantic cemetery. The Amer
| lean band Of this city did not partici
pate in the local parade, having beer
! engaged for the Welcome Home ceie-
! bration in Middletown The Thread
City Fife and Drum Corps escorted
! Company B. Third Infantry; C.. S. G.
+ in command of Capt. James 3. Full
| lerton, from the state armory or
Pleasant street. to the G. a. r. head
| b1yiI
/ pany r acted as escort for the vet
Grams of all the organizations in thu
| parade, which formed at 2 o'clock anc
| marched to Willirnantic cemetery il
the following formation: Platoon O
!, police in command of Chief DAME
killourey; Thread City Fife and Drum
| Corps; Company B. Third Infantry, il
command of Lieut.. jeremiah McCar
thy: World War soldiers; Spanisl
| War Veterans; Francis S. Long Post
No So G. A. R.. and Woman's Re
, lief Corps. In the World War dele
CATION there were s. members tlirt.
of whom had seen service overseas
i Arthur Sweet carried the colorS 70
l the Civil war veterans.
/ Upon arriving at the cemetery tn
graves of all soldiers buried there wer
decorated after taps was sounded ant
the line marched back to the tow
building for dismissal The Worl,
| War soldiers were in command O
/ Capt James B. Fullerton. The parad
as a whole made most favorable i'm
preston on the crowds which We've
it, Capt. Frank P. Fenton acting a
marshal. At the cemetery the usua
military honors were rendered th
veterans, of whom there were fiftec
present.
Friday afternoon Chief KiIloure
was notified by the authorities of tn
State Farm for Inebriates at Norwic
that James Hennessey had escape
:. given a description of Hennessey wit
the request that he be apprehende
should he appear in this city.
The first baseball game of the sea
son in WiIlimantic was played Frida
afternoon at Recreation Park betwee
the White Sox team of Mancheste
and a team made up from ball play
ers in the newly formed local Indust
rial League. AS ball game. it va
rather slow and embarrassing. TT
= local team showed q decided lack {
practice and pep and due to their ins
bility to hit the ball when hits meal
runs, gave the visitors the game,
= score of to 2. The latter tea
showed nothing great in baseball b,
had the advantage of having played
number of games this season and ha
, the game on ice from the start.
crowd of two hundred fans attende
"Matty" Matthewson umpired II
r game satisfactorily to all. The line,
follows: Unconstitutional CT, Glel
ny 2b, Lamprecbt c. L. DaoUst SIS.
Daoust p. Pitt 3b, Crasner 1h. Viii
. rf McAdam IT, Industrial League
Scribner 3h. Healey C Pickett If, Wei
| h. Douahue SIS, Matthewson 2b, job
son cf Haggerty rf. Somers p. T.
- score by innings:
Manchester. 1 1 0 0 Is
Industrials :. 0 0 DOL 0 0 %
The police were notified Frid
morning by the authorities at Har
!, ford to keep sharp watch for 10
q 7-passenger Chandler touring C;
stolen recently in that city The c
u belongs to Matthew Brazel of Han
ford and carried license number SOL
y Mr. and Mrs L. B. Grant and CHI
dren of New Haven are spending t
weekend with Mrs. Grants faith
John C. Lincoln of Maple avenue.
Amateur Night was enjoyed Frid
evening by a number of friends of {
members of the Young Peoples Entf
tainment Club Of st. Paul's pari
Songs, instrumental solos and recit
tons were on the programme. ca
member contributing his part to1a
making the evening delightful. At I
close luncheon was served: danci
followed.
A. W. Buchanan. agent for the ST.
board of education, granted six Ger