New Britain herald., 1919-04-09

| members of the honor roll of the
church and for any other service
| men who have returned to their
| homes in lIainville. The speaker of
The evening was chosen with a view
; to pleasing the men as it is thOueht
that they will be interested in the
subject upon which he will speak
! He is r. G. Merrjman Of New Haven
and is an authority on the manufac-
ture of arms and ammunition during
| the war Mr.. Merriman has had I'm
| limited opportunities for observance
of this work and will dispense some
of the knowledge which he has
acquired. There will be other
speakers on the program all of whom
will have something Interesting to
say to the men. A social evening will
follow the completion of the program.
All men who are eligible are cordially
invited to attend.
Service Notes.
Mrs. Loren Graham of go West
! Main street has received several
souvenirs from her son, George, who
is at Coblenz, Germany, with the
army of occupation. The collection
includes two German officers he'll
NETS, an iron cross, which has been
! suspended from a watch fob an
aluminium match safe embossed with
a replica of an iron cross, several belt
buckles, bearing the legend "Gott
Nit Uns," and belt which was taken
! from the body of a German soldier in
the Are0nne forest There is also q
cigarette case belonging to a German
soldier which is stamped with the
iron cross.
Paul Leonard, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Stephen Leonard of Pierce street, has
arrived in this country and is now
! at Camp Devens. He was a member
of Company c, 1O1st Machine Gun
Battalion.
Joseph Marine of Maple street has
received a telegram from Anthony
PARSE, saying that he has arrived at
Camp Devens.
Among the local men who arrived
with the 26th Division in Boston yes
terday are the following: Carl Nil
son, Randolph Steward. Douglas
Hopkins Rert j. Lindsay, D. F. Val
lelly and Stanley w. Plovetsl1y. A
number of kilograms have been re-
ceived at the home of Mrs. Ella
Cowles of "a West Main street, where
the agency of the Western Union is
located
Howard @. Thomas of the 26th
Engineers has arrived home after
serving for year in France. He has
been discharged.
William Nichols of the U. S. navy
is spending a furlough at his home on
! Bunnell avenue.
Private judd Missing
Gerald Cream of New Britain, and
| member of Company |, 1O2d infantry
was in PlainVille last evening and told
| of going to Boston to see the arrival
of the Yankee division. He said that
| one thing that was particularly no.
ticeable to members of the company
was that Harry Judd, a Plainville
| member Of Company L, was not to be
! found. Mr.. Cream said that everyone
ooked for him and said that Judd
was the comedian of the company. So
far as is known, Private Judd has not
yet been heard from and his former
associates do not know whether or not
| he arrived.
Brief Items.
A number of local residents attend
| Clark yesterday afternoon at Oak Hill
cemetery in Southington.
w. H. Hemingway, tax collector, is
sending out personal and property tax
| bills,
Frank S. Pollard, formerly of Plain
Vile and now Of Short Beach, has re-
turned to his home after attending
the funeral Of his cousin, Mrs. Nellie
BunnelI.
Miss Dora Williams of Northampton
has returned to her home after a visit
with Mrs. John Dorazio of Pearl
street.
Mrs. Caroline Demerit and daughter
Mrs. Carrie Higley, have removed
from Pennington to Plainville They
went to Pennington to live but short
time ago.
Walter Livingston of North Wash
mgton street has retuSned from Bos-
ton after Witnessing tfnffc arrival Of his
former comrades of Company [, 1929
infantry.
e. D. Spellman who has been ill at
his home on Whiting street for sew
eral weeks, is now able to sit up and
his speedy recovery is hoped for.
The rehearsal Of the Holy Name So
ciety minstrel troupe, scheduled for
last evening, was postponed owing to
, the fact that Court General Lawton,
| Foresters of America, held it's semi
monthly meeting in Grange hall last
evening.
Everett Manning, the young son of
w. G. Manning, underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis yesterday in a hos
pital in Haverhill, Mass. The boy was
visiting in that city and was taken i'll.
He will be home in few days.
The condition of Th0mah Russell.
who was critically i'll in ST. Marv's
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