New Britain herald., 1919-05-30
Memorial Day Exercises Most
 Impressive in Years
AIRPLANE PASSES OVERHEAD
Machine Was Going to Winsted- Funeral of Mrs. Bull Will Be Held TomOrroW-Nlrs. Homer Dead Other Brief News Items.

Memorial Day was celebrated with greater ceremony than ever today and 1 the fact that many of the veterans 1 of the world war were in evidence
 among those at the ceremony tended
 to make the real significance of the ! day much plainer in the minds of al 1 The veterans of the Civil War;
 member of the G. A. R., were the
 men in charge of the exercises and ] they accomplished their task in a fit 1 ting manner. As usual, they oc- ] cupied the place of honor at the head of the parade, riding in auto-
 mobiles danated by friends and rel atves The veterans were but few this year and their ranks are slowly being thinned out. The remaining few however, are still true to their trust and went to both cemeteries to decorate the graves of their com rades.
 The exercises in this town followed
 those in Forestville and started at
 9:4j o'clock. The parade started at
 the town hall with R. c. Usher as
 marshal. The veterans of all wars
 the Woman's Relief Corps, Co l C. S.
 G., and the school children were those III lllc. M uSlC was lurnlSnCO by the Eureka Fife and Drum Corps. The parade proceeded along the usual line of march ending at the ! monument the old soldiers went to impressive ceremony of the Woman's Relief Corps was used at tho memorial 1 exercises. Prayer was offered by R l C. Usher, chaplain of the local post ] of the G. A. R. Taps were sounded l and a volley fired by a detail Preceding the exercises at the l manument the old sldiers went to i St. Joseph's cemetery where they l decorated the graves of their Catho- 1 lie comrades and after the ceremony 1 the entire procession moved to the 1 West cemetery where like respect was l paid to the graves of the Protestant 1 men who have answered the final 1 bugle call.
 l The local veterans and many as- l sOciates went to FOreStvile to G. A.
 R. hall for dinner and remained there 1 during the afternoon for the program of speeches, etc.
 l Mrs. Homer Dead. Mrs, Hattie Homer, aged 55 years, l died late Wednesday night at the
 home of her daughter Mrs Edward 1 Naaman on Pearl street. Mrs Homer ! was born in Wallingford where she 1 lived for many years. Many years of l her life were spent in Boston and l she occasionally visited this town and her relatives here. The funeral will l be held from the A. M E. Zion 1 church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 l Funeral of Mrs. Bull | The funeral of Mrs. Jane Bull will ] be held tomorrow afternoon at } 1 o'clock from the home of her son, pr. 1 J. N. Bull on Whiting street. Rev. E. C. Gillette, pastor of the Congrega- tonal church will officiate and burial | will be in Oak Hill cemetery South l ington.
 Airplancs Pass Over Here. 1 Plainville people gazed skyward 1 about : o'clock last night and saw
 three airplancs flying in V formation 1 headed northward. The planes were l at a high altitude and flying fast. It
 was thought, that they were on their l way to Winsted for Memorial day ex- 1 ercises in that town today. The rear l plane was flying much higher than the ] ether two and people were able to see it for some time after the other two
 had disappeared Local people have l now seen two trios of airpIaneS fly | over here the Flying circus having flown over here a few weeks ago l headed for Waterbury.
 l P!ainvillc Briefs. l Mass for the dead soldiers and sail l ors was said in the church of Our Lady of Mercy at 8 o'clock this morn 1 ing by the pastor, Rev. J. E. Fay. l Holiday traffic prevailed early this 1 morning and this afternoon. Garage