New Britain herald., 1919-07-24
Truman J. Spencer Heads Chau-
 tauqua Assembly
VETERANS HAVE GOOD TIME
EpWorth League Annual Institute is Now Well Under Way-Other News Items Cleaned From About Town That Will Interest Readers.

The goth annual session of the Connecticut Chautaugua has closed. The season proved the most successful of all despite the rainfall which seemed likely to mar the attendance. The financial receipts also exceed those of former years and the number of people attending lectures, etc, IS also greater than i'll previous years.
 The officers of the Connecticut Chautauqua elected at the annual meeting to serve for a year are: President Truman J. Spencer Hart ford; vice. president, Fred Kelsey, Higeanum secretary, Miss ElVa A. Crockett, Bristol; treasurer, Truman J. Spencer. Directors for three years, Truman J. Spencer, William w. Spencer. Hartford; George w. Wood ruff, Bristol; George M. Condit, Waterbury; for two years, Fred kel- sey, Higganum; Miss Crockett Bristol Mrs. Emma S. Arnold, Hartford; Mrs. George H. Woodruff Bristol; Mrs. k. L. Winters, Waterbury; for one year, Mrs. M. H. Perkins, Bristol; Mrs. J.. E. Robinson, New Haven; Mrs. F. E. Radcliffe, New Britain; Mrs. A. H. Downs, Bethany; and Mrs. Marietta Smith, Ansonla.
 Veterans HOnOred.
 Grand Army day at the camp grounds was observed yesterday and the place was we'll filled by the Veter- ans of the Civil war and their friends. The rainy weather of the preceding days did not dampcn the ardOr of the vets and the sun shone forth it's warming rays upon them early in the afternoon, tending to cheer them and n 1 pleting the exercises on the program. The arrangements for the day were ] made by Mrs. Carrie A. House of 1 Hartford as president of the WOman's 1 Relief Corps association of the Plain 1 vile camp ground. She took charge, ] owing to the sudden death last spring | of Albert A. May of Meriden, who was president of the Veterans association. 1 The exercises started at 9:30 in the 1 morning with a concert by SWanStOn s orchestra. The flag salute, led by Mrs. ! House. was next on the program. The 1 flag used at the salute was presented l to the deceased president May, last year. after Mrs. House had 10 pluck a small flag from the pocket of Rev. Dr. l Elmer Dent of New Haven in order to | have the national Cm blem to salute Following the flag salute there 1 came the address of welcome by pr.
 Elmer A. Dent. He eulogized Presi- ! dent May, whom he said gave his life
 in Merden as an undertaken during
 the influenza epidemic last fall and
 winter and died in the spring from
 the effects of his 0VerWorl<.
 Mrs Rose F. Parsons of Water bury was the next speaker. She is the department president of the re- lief corps and touched upon the work l of n 16 of the part taken by the women in making the veteran day gatherings a success since 1897, when the trustees of the Plainville Camp Ground ,Asso- citation first asked the veterans to be present at the grounds. In 1904 the members of the WOmens Relief Corps, who had met with the veterans l each year. decided to form an assO- citation and raise enough money to de- fray the expenses of the gathering. The manner of raising the money be- fore that time was by passing the hat, which did not prove over financially successful. Since that time the women have had no difficulty in rais- ing the majority of the annual ex- penseS.
 The singing yesterday was one of the features of the program. Charles Bartlett, the song leader of the Y. M. C. A. in Hartford. was secured to take charge of that end of the program.
 Henry E. Gage of Hartford. division commander of the Sons of Veterans, also spoke. He told of the part of the veterans of the war in which they fought as valiantly as did their de sccndants in the recent war. The closing address of the morning was by