New Britain herald., 1920-08-17
BUSINESSMEN PLAN
 FOR ANNUAL OUTING
Big Event Will Be Held at Lake
 CompOunCe August 28
MORE THAN 200 TO ATTEND


 Pythians Meeting Tonight-Outing
 at Lake Compounce Tomorrow-
 Brief Items of Interest.
 The committee in charge of the Plainville Business and Improvement association outing theld a meeting last vening and plans for the annual affair to be held August 2S were com pleted. It is the desire of the general committee that every member attend the outing. The transportation com mittee, headed by Charles H. New ton, have sent out letters to all mem bers who have automobiles asking that they provide transportation to the Lake. There are about 200 ex- pected to attend. The cars will meet in front of the association rooms West Main street, at 1 o'clock, and the outing will be held rain or shine. A program of sports has been arranged and regular sheep barbecue will be the order The sale of tickets prom ises to be a record breaker. The fol- lowing have been named as a ticket committee: Joseph McKernan, Will liam Cassidy, Ralph Seymour, Charles R. Sherman, Charles Livingston, Will liam Cafferty, A. A. Mcleod and Charles Newton. All members of the association have been given tickets to sell.
 Escorts Named.
 Brock-Barnes post, A. L., met last evening and appointed escorts for the funeral of Sergeant Leon Roberts next Sunday afternoon. The pall-bearers who have been selected by Mrs. Rob- erts are comrades of Co. I. 102nd in fantry. They are: Philip Bloomquist, Walter Livingston, Harlan Burgess, Wilson Ellis, Joseph Winniger and Lloyd Reaney. The color guards will be: James Cunningham and Carl Nil son. James Minor will act as color bearer. Augustine Prior and Bruce Gilbert will lead the horses and George Farrar and Louis Mennone have been selected as grace carriage. The firing squad will be in charge of John Guiden. Others in the firing squad will be Daniel Tedesco, Frank veraldi. Earle Smith. Ward Futile, Edward Barrows, Fausto De Nunzio and Kenneth Seymour. Due to the difficulty of procuring a band for the march, the Plainville Fife and Drum Corps will act as band escort.
 The flag in the park has been set at half mast during the time the body lies in the undertaking parlors of W. A. Bailey.
 Elmer Royce.
 The funeral of Elmer Royce, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank Royce of 36 Canal street, was held this afternoon at 2:So o'clock from the Episcopal church. Rev. Robert H. Burton of- 1ciated and burial was in the West cemetery.
 Pythians Meeting Tonight. Pythian lodge, No. 47, Knights of nso xxyi11 1oJI | ing this evening in the rooms in I. O.. O. F. building. All members are re- | quested to attend. Plans will be out | lined for the initiation of a large class l of delegates. The meeting will be | called at o'clock.
 W. R. c. Outing Tomorrow. A dinner and annual meeting of the l past department secretaries and | treasurers of the Connecticut wom- l ans Relief Corps will be held tomor- l row at Lake Compounce. About Is | are expected to attend. Several prominen. speakers will be present to address the assembly. Mrs. George | E. Spencer of this town, president of the association, will speak. Others to | speak are: Mrs. Gertrude Westervelt of Hartford, Mrs. Laura Saunders matron of the Cromwell House in | Cromwell. Rose E. Parsons of Water | bury, and Carrie R. Jackson of Hart | ford. dinner will be served at the | Lake. During the meeting the cleo ton of officers for the coming year | will take place.
 Brief Items.
 | The Aces baseball team will hold | practice games this evening. A new manager will be elected due to the res ignation of Manager L. J. Marine. l pr. and Mrs. l.. H. Frost and daugh. ter, Jane. have returned from theil automobile trip through Vermont New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
 | Miss Anna Murphy has returned from her -acation spent at the shore Miss Gladys Flynn of South Norwalk is her guest for a short time. | Harold and Helen Anderson art home again after an extensive auto mobile trip over the Mohawk Trail I Francis Graham has returned to heI home in Poughkeepsie after a shor visit here.
 MT. and Mrs. J. J. Murphy are en. tertaining Junior Cameron of wes Haven.
 Mrs. Thomas Conlon of Pierc, street is spending her vacation a Sound View.
 Miss Elizabeth Burns of Centra Square has returned from a visit tc |