New Britain herald., 1919-05-26
Call for $500 Promptly An-
 sWered by Sum Of S7OO
S159, IN VICTORY LOAN
Towns Record for Contributions Is Still Unmarrcd-Nemorial Exercises 1cld-J. l.. 4Albee Dead in Nassa. chusctts-Other Items,

it's campaign to raise money for the
 Salvation Army and the people have
 thus shown their gratitude to the
 .Doughnut Girls for the many helps
 they gave to the Plainville boys who 1 served overseas.
 The town quota of $500 was not | known until the latter part of last ! week, while nearby towns and cities
 had been campaigning vigorously for 1 some time preceding. There was no 1 house-to- house canvass to raise the 1 $500. The committee this morning 1 was much pleased to report that over 1 $700 had been contributed up to noon.
 Much of the money was given by peo- l ple of the town who are financially 1 well fixed, but no small part of it was 1 given by returned soldiers who bene- l fited by the kindnesses of the Salva- 1 tion Arnly's representatives both in 1 this country and in France l The final figures in connection with | the Victory Loan have been complied 1 They show that this town subscribed i a total of Sl59,1OO. This was accom- plished by 1858 individual subscrip- 1 tions. The towns quota was S121.5OO. l The second German helmet has been l awarded and, very singularly, was won 1 by the same team which captured the l first helmet. Mrs. c. H. Newton was
 chairman of the Women's team and
 Edwin Hills of the mems team. l Special credit is due to the women l of the town who labored necessarily
 during the drive to raise the towns quota.
 The following are the standings of 1 the teams with the percentage of sub- | scriptions obtained in proportion to | those obtained in the Fourth Liberty l Loan. In considering these figures, 1 it should be borne in mind that the l Fifth Victory Loan called for only 75
 per cent, of the amount of the Fourth
 Loan:
 1 District No. 1, 116.4 per cent. No. 2,
 931; No. g. STA; No. 4. 69.9; Nos. | and 6, Ill; No. [, 60.3; No. 8, 4O1; 1 No. 9, 65.2; No. 10, 53.1; Mo- Il, 27.2; l No. 12, 500.
 1 Memorial Exercises Held. l Special patriotic and memorial 1 services were held last night in the 1 Congregational church and were we'll 1 attended by people of all denomina- 1 tions. Members of the G. A. R.. | Spanish War Veterans, the Woman's
 Relief Corps and Veterans of the re- | cent war were special guests. Special ! music was rendered. The principal speaker of the evening was Harold l Corning who was a corporal in the
 army and served with the 77t hdivi-
 sion in France.
 His talk was followed by shorter | one by the pastor Rev. E. c. Gillette, ] which was followed by few mo- 1 of Ia who died fighting. The names of all l the heroes of the present war were read during the services. | Brotherhood Elects Officers.
 The Brotherhood of the Congrega-
 tional church met last night and 1 chose Benjamin Edwards as pres- { dent to take the place of A. A. Mc- 1 Leod. resigned. The secretary chosen 1 was Harold Newell.
 | The Brotherhood class also met
 last evening and organized for next i fall. L. l.. Brastow was chosen
 president, R. F.. Morrill, vice-oresi- 1 dent, Arthur Ryder secretary. and c. l H. Newton and D. J. Benjamin r7em- l bers of the executive committee with l the officers
 l Former Merchant Dead. l J. l.. Albee, formerly merchant of l this town, died at his home in Lee
 Mass. last week, and his funeral was 1 held in that place today. He was i formerly a dry goods merchant in l this town and will be remembered by l the older residents. He removed
 from town some years ago. His age l is reported as near 90.
 1 Mass for Hero Dead. ], At the masses in the Church of Our 1 Lady of Mercy yesterday morning the
 pastor, Rev. J. E. Fay, announced 1 that mass for all the deceased sol l ders, sailors, and marines of the 1 town would be said on Friday morn 1 ing at 8 o'clock. A mass has been 1 said monthly for the deceased heroes ! and the one on Friday will be in ad 1 dition to the regular one for the 1 month of May. More solemnitv will l be added to the requiem mass bv 1 the presence of eX-SerViCe men of the i parish who will attend in uniform to l pay silent tribute to their dead con- i rades.
 1 A novena will start at the eight 1 o'clock mass on Saturday morning. l Thursday is Ascension Thursday ] and. on the church calendar, is 2 ! holy day of obligation. Masses will ] be said in the church at and Sl l o clock. Confessions will be heard | Wednesday afternoon and evening l The pastor also announced that he 1 expects to finish the annual census l of the parish during the present ] week.
 ] Brief Items.
 , Miss Alice Coughlin of Fitchburr l was the guest over Sunday of Miss l Marion O'Brien at the Russell apart 1 n1ents.
 1 James Heary has returned from { Philadelphia.
 l The schools of the town will bo