The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-04
STAMFORD GIVES WARM WELCOME
 TO ITS HEROES
Parade of Veterans Who Receive Service
 Medals.

' to render one (big "Welcome Home" to its brave sons and fair daughters
 who have participated in the World War.
 The parade started about o'clock | at Paradise Green and marched to 1 Academy Hill. Chief William Nichols | and platoon of Stratford policemen | headed the parade and were followed | by the town officials, State Guards
 and Boy scouts, then the service men and women. Many different divisions
 were represented by the insignias on ! the left shoulder of the men. Strat- fords Salvation Lassie, Miss Florence Wood, was well received as were Miss Florence Lewis, of the Army Nurse 1 Corp, and Miss Catherine Wood of a
 war auxiliary organization. The Civil | War Veterans and the Red Cross Workers brought up the rear
 At Academy Hill, Rev. M. J. O'Con-
 nor, George A. FarchF1d, Major F. J. Adams, Chaplain Beebe, Rev. E. o. | Carpenter. George Bateman and the | Red Cross Workers occupied the grand stand
 Frederick Rhoadcs led the com munity singing. The invocation was ! given by Rev. F. O. Carpenter, who 1 invoked the blessing of God on the | homes of the boys. In closing he said: Give them strength and bless them
 as long as God leaves them with us
 and bless and keep those who have
 fought the good fight and now rese | eternally in God.'
 1 MT. Fairchild, chairman, gave an 1 opening address in which he well | comed the boys home and congratu- lated them on their return to civilian life. You are the finest bunch of
 ,nen that Stratford has produced" he said.
 The first speaker was aMjor Adams, i who told the people of some of his l humorous experiences on the other l side. One of the main points of Ma | jor Adams address was to impress upon the people that the regular army | did not win entirely the war, but it
 was won by such boys as were present I here today.
 Robert Brandt, Jr., rendered | t.Msde1on'' in a sweet tenor voice. 1 Chaplain Beebe of the Port of Elm l barkation in Hoboken was the nexc
 speaker. His address was very inn i pressive. "The world will not remem-
 Der what we say here but boys the
 world has taken you into their hearts
 and you shall never be forgotten | Martin Sheehan, Stratford's popular
 songbird sang Don't Cry Frenchy." The presenta ton of medals follow
 ed. The honor roll contained the
 names of 630 men and women Of
 Stratford. The men who have given
 their lives are George J. Blakeiy | Captain Walter Grandage, Henry J.
 Evans, George Anderson, Henry
 Kochis, Martin Cunningham, and
 Stanley Munslow. The medals of the
 deceased men were given to their
 relatives. AS the name was called
 each of the boys stepped forward and received the medal of which Chaplain
 Beebe said: Don't think that this little medal is all Stratford feels for
 you but it just minimizes that love
 they bear you.' After the medals
 were distributed Father O'Connor held
 benediction.
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. | E. Church will hold a basket picnic at the home of E. w. Peck, Long | brook avenue, tomorrow at 1 o'clock.
 Miss Mary Watson of 3S2 Central | avenue. contralto soloist of the Con- gregationa1 church, left yesterday for
 a weeks vacation to be spent at | Brookfeld Center.
 | Miss Nancy Hamilton, daughter Of l MT. and Mrs Hugh Hamilton Of i Broadbridge Avenue has just return 1 ed after spending two weeks in Nor 1
 brother and his wife, MT. and Mrs. E. Hamilton. Miss Winifred Hamilton
 will leave Monday to spend months
 vacation in Norwich. Miss Mary O'Rourke of Dongbrools | avenue, has returned home after 8.
 pleasant two weeks vacation spent | in Northampton, Mass. I ,4 | 175 King street, left yesterday for a | two weeks visit to New York. They | made the journey by motor. l Robert E. Maiden of King street
 went to Myrtle Beach, Sunday and | found a hawk had dropped into the l water exhausted from the air. The ! bird is beautiful, its feathers being | black and yellow.
 Miss Catherine Hamilton of Broad 1 bridge avenue, spent the weekend in New Haven.
 The Junior Scouts of the Congre- gationalist church returned Friday after spending four days camping at Lordship. Rev. MT. Whitehead and MT. Oddly were in charge and Scouts John Bray and John Taylor were boy leaders. Walter Wheeler, Jr., of Academy Hill and his guest, Alfred Clifton of Philadelphia, left last week to spend the remainder of the summer at Cape May.
 Maurice Curtis Sunday school class of the M. B. church spent Saturday at Savin Rock.
 
 Miss Louise Barnum accompanied the pupils of the eight grade of Gen. ter school on their picnic to Lordship Saturday.
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