New Britain herald., 1919-08-07

At all QealerS or sent on :TeCelpt Of ! price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited,
 OGDENSBURG, N. "
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 He was in nine of the big battles as 1 a member of the infantry but never received ;even a. minor injury. He | left Gerfflanysfor home on JulS 13. r. Ellis left here when men were
 called for and had not seen eshis 1 family since the day he entered the | service. The Second Division &served as a shock divisione muchs Of the time and was sent into bad sectors, to help the doughboys clean .sap the SReehe..
 The division has ,receiel citations of all kinds assFhave its nMny members. It was the division which captured the ,raost. G Germans and Whiah made the mQst s prueress :, through the ienemy's lines. I5llis was in the battle of Chateau Thierry St. Mihiel, Sois- sonsy the 4Chantpagne sector and
 Meusc *Ahgonne. .'s, While overseas he. met, MeNsbn Lamb of Broad street who was also @ member of the division. The men were separated when Lamb was taken i'll and sent to a hospital, Ellis went ntSS Germany oli4 Decem mber 1T. and left there on Julys13., He bears no '$hatred for the Boehe ~ who. he says had to fight just as did the soldiers of the Allies" *s;<+' k He .has many k valuable trinkets picked up on thex, battlefields but counts his personal Experiences, as more valuable ythan any souvenirs which he brougft |. home. He is a brother-in flaw ofsSIsaealtenant L. H. Frost who was 9 member of the Medical Corps. 'fss .a.
 Picnic Tonight.
 A number of local young people will hold a picnic a t Lake Compounce this evening. Members of the Vari- ous office forces in town and friends are among those included. It is one Of severali good times held by the young people this summer. Baseball Sunday.
 The All-Plainville baseball team
 has been rewiyed after a sufficient number of tssmen have arrived home from the service. Before the war the team had established quite a reputa- tion throughous. Ehe state and had deteated many of the best teams in Isthis Nicinity. -'' s@
 l fIeEbert EWald, James and Frank | Cunningham and Judd Wadsworth, 1 homo on a 30 days furlough from 1 the Navy, James McNally and other l. veterans will probably be seen in the | lineup. The team is to stack up 1 against the Acorns of Berlin, which
 team is supposed to be capable of 1 playing good baseball
 The management is glad to ap-
 nounce that it has secured the use of l the Rockwell l-Drake field for the re- l mainder of the season. The baseba II | enthusiasts have taken up the Boost 1 Plaxville' idea and intend to add to i the towns popularity by a champion l ship team Albert Oakes will do the | hurling for the local boys. He is the | youthful pitching find whom the l Fafnir Bearing company's factory 1 league team of New Britain is Ie- [ pending upon to win the champion
 ship of the league in New Britain. | "BilI' Cunningham may also warm 1 LID for the game, and local people | will have a chance to see the boys 1 who used to have a habit of winning 1 every game theI played in the town.
 If the people will support the team 1 the management promises to obtain games with fast Waterbury and New l Haven teams and give the fans some
 real baseball foFs, the remaining few | weeks.
 .z Anniversary Mass.
 An Anniversary high mass for the
 late Mrs. Rose Russell will be celo- 1 brated in the Church of Our Lady of
 Mercy at 7:30 o'clock tom morrow
 morning. Rev. J. F. Fay will be the l Celebrant.
 New Garage Entrance. 1 A new entrance for gasoline and
 oil filling purposes is being erected at | the Cook garage on East Main street. 1 A cement driveway is being laid cov- { ering the entire territory in front of 1 the building Automo obles stopping
 at the garage will run onto the cement E driveway and thus will interfere in no
 way with tho traffic on the main
 street TiNew filling stations are also l being installed.
 Brief Items.
 Loretta Shanahan of New York is 1 visiting MT. and Mrs. Thomas Con- l lin of Pierce street during the month 1 of August.
 Mrs. c. Plant and Miss Irene Young l of Poultney, Vt, are the guests of 1 MT. and Mrs. stephen Leonard of Pierce street.
 Miss Gladys Abetz of Huntsville is | the guest of Mrs Frank Cunningham. ] Mrs. Alexander Currie of New Ha- Even was a visitor here today. Miss Kathleen Crowley has re- l.