Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02

Nothing short of being 100 per cent. American should be the aim of each new citizen said Judge George B. Hin man in the superior court here Tues day in an address he made to sixty six men and one woman who had just be- come citizens and sworn their alleg1- ance to the United States at the natur- alization session of the court.
 An address by Judge Hinman upon the significance of American citizen ship made the court session more than usually impressive to the new citizens and they were given a feeling of well come into their new nationality by a delegation from Faith Trumbull chap ter, Daughters of the American Revo- lution, who presented each with small silk American flag and a printed copy of "The American Creed" Mrs. Elisha E. Rogers, regent of the chapter, Mrs. Jane Cassidy and Mrs. Charles $. Hol- brook were the D. A. R. members who met the new citizens as they passed by in single file to receive first greetings as citizens of the United States. Judge George E. Parsons, clerk of the court, furnished appropriate setting for the naturalization by having large Am erican flag draped behind Judge Hin mans desk.
 
 Judge hinman addressed Tuesday aft ernoon were as many as had been made" up to that time, but later in the day seven more were made and then court adjourned at 3:30 till this Wednesday, morning. There are still nineteen more applications to be acted upon and when all the additional new citizens have been sworn in Judge Hin man will make his address over again to this new group.
 The former nationalities of those ad- mitted Tuesday were as follows Great Britain 39, Austria 4, Russia 4, Italy 6 Poland (Russia) 6, Poland (Austria) Germany Denmark l, Portugal ?, Den mark 2, Sweden 2, Czecko- Slovak Aus. tria ?, Rumania 1, Germany 1, Greece | 1, France 1.
 SIGNIFICANCE OF CITIZENSHIP Superior Court Judge Gives Impressiv,
 Talk to New Citizens at NaturaIiza
 ton Session.
 Judge Hinman spoke as follows il addressing the new citizens upon Tn 1 Significance of Citizenship:
 i In order that you may, as fully a possible, realize the importance of tn occasion to you who are admitted to cit | izenship, take upon yourself the dutie which you assume by taking the oath C allegiance, and receive the added bene fits and privileges which becoming
 citizen brings to you I have a few word which, representing the governme1 which grants you these privileges an lays upon you these duties, 1 wish say to you
 The privilege of becoming an Amer onY1 ntf
 orable and like most other things whic are worth the having must be earned an deserved In order to obtain it you mu
 by living here in an orderly and lav abiding manner for a certain time, hay have shown that you are of such cha actSr that you are fitted to become
 citizen. You must have also, by stud become so acquainted with the form government of this nation that you a 7 sufficiently fitted to take part in tn
 government-for as you know-all ci , izens here have part in the condu
 of our government-hy their votes-d . ciding what laws the state an dthe n
 ton shall have and who the officers shs be who administer those laws To ha
 passed these tests and been found wort to be citizen is, in itself, somethir Y of which you may rightfully be prou
 It is an honor which carries with it t
 rights and benefits which men for ce
 turies have braved dangers and har
 ships, worked, fought and died to esta , fish and maintain.
 ? This proof of your governments co } fidence given by its admitting you g one of it's citizens is not, you will a r preciate the first benefit you have re ceived at Americas hands, First of S it offered you opportunity = for wh
 1zf% { that you have chosen to remain al 9 make this the country of your erma ]. ent adoption proves that you have foul - here conditions which you prefer
 those which you left behind. It is i 3 teresting to imagine what the see : would be here today if you were
 gathered here in the same condition al = with the same appearance as before V ) left your native land or as you wou