Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
BALANCE REMAINS FOR
FUTURE WEI. COME HOME

After paying al bills ana expenses
for the dance anG supper TO returned
soldiers, which WIS gwen =: the arm
DRY, Feb u, the woE1an's welcome
hcme committee of which Mrs. john
D. Hall was cha,rrnan, had $694.54 left
over on March 9. 1t WIS voted to keep
this as a reserve fund to be used
whenever in the opinion of the COM
nittee, Il suitable time arrives for a
similar celebration.
In the final "eports of the commit
tee, it was shown that the sum total
collected for the dinner and dance
given at the state ar1nory, to
$50 returned soldiers and sailors
amounted to $1,4l327. of this amount
$1,26477 was collected by the twenty
two churches represented, $3.50 by
Miss NJ. c. Buckingham SOLO by Mrs.
Mary Hartman. and So by the Nor
witch Art association.
The bills paid for this entertain
ment UP to date. amount to SS20.73;
for dinner $500, incidenSSs such as
music for dancing, cigars and cigar
cites, rental of dishes, chairs, tables,
soft drinks, laundry. carpenter work,
souvenirs printing, stationery, cart
age, cleaning. and helpers, for which
vouchers are on file, amounted TO
SC6419. Music for parade $50, deco
rating streets from line of march from
Buckingham Memorial to ar1nOry
| 1854. In connection with this latter
expense a receipted bill of S. from G
E. Hodge, So Franklin street, was
much appreciated, and his patriotism
and generosity is to be commended.
/ 1t was voted at this meeting that
each representative of the twenty two
| churches contributing TO this supper
should be asked to join the caIteer
division of the Woman's Service
league, to assist in the Saturday night
suppers, which viii he served at tbs
Army and Navy club, war camp COM
munity service each week.
Following are the churches witt
their respective chairmen: Bean HI
N, E. church. Mrs. A. 9. Miner. Cen
| trail Baptist, Mrs. Henry L. Church
i Christ Episcopal, Mrs. L. NJ. Bliyen:
! Christian Science, Miss Browning
Federated church, Miss lcckham
! Episcopal, Mrs. Manning; GreenevillC
J Norwich Town Congregational, Mis-
Helen Lathrop; Park Congregational
| Mrs. f. S. Bunnell; Polish church
! Mrs. Martin Rozycki; Sacred Heart
| Norwich Town, Mrs. John Lyon; st
Mary's, Mrs. James T. Sullivan; S.
Fatrick's. Mrs. F. L. Farrell: Sacre;
Heart. Tafts, Miss Lillian O'Brien
ST Andrews Episcopal. Mrs. Dol
beare; Spiritual Academy, Mrs. Ger
trude Tootill; Swedish church, Mrs
George Benson; Trinity Episcopal
Mrs. Walter E. Gilbert; Trinity NJ.
church, Mrs. Harvey Aldrich; Unite,
Sherman; Cniversalist, Mrs. f.
Young.
Enlarged by these twenty two ney
additions, the canteen division, origin
ally composed of fifteen members, Mrs
Eben Learned, chairman, will be ,
sufficient size to take turns in CCokin
and serving The weekly slippers an
the work will thus be divided 50 tia
too much will not fall on a oertai
few. For a year and a half ever sine
the dinner given to the first 120 draft
ed met at the Buckingham Memoria
following the governors request, III
canteen has done constant and faith
full service. Until provision was mad
for food by the state, the canteen work
ers provided well filled luncheon boxe
for all the drafted men: wheE tina
service was no longer required of ther
they still kept up the practice of givin
out smokes and chocolates to the boy!
and no company of young men boun
for the training camps have left towI
without some such small reinem
brance from these representatives G
the Women's Service League. No,
that peace, is declared and there is n
longer need of heartening the boy
who are going away, the eanteen ha
turned its attention to the Army an
Navy club, where, every Sa-urda
night, for the modest sum of on
quarter, a delicious home cooked meS
is served to as many hungry and ap
preciatiye fellows is can be accom-
| modated