New Britain herald., 1920-02-23

been our hope to have the opportunity
 10 bind up the wounds of war and to
 Vitalize the ties of fraternity that
 should unite all nations and should
 bind together the hearts of all human beings everywhere. This is the mis-
 sion of our splendid and free coun-
 try and we must not lose our vision
 of what these sacrifices meant to
 America and to the world at large. We
 must not lose our hold on the high
 things they have gained. We thus,
 at one and the Sd ame time, have an in-
 spiration to move us and a service to
 perform
 70. our merciful God our Father
 and our Protector, our Friend, aid those who have suffered because of he calamity that has come upon the
 world. Tn the extraordinary goodness of thy heart help those who have been war-stricken. Send down in consolation to the widow and the or phan, the disconSolatc and tho lonely. Claim for thy own those who have died with the seal of salvation. For Thee and the truth they yielded up their lives. Grant the spirit of true resignation for those who have been left behind and grant them also the spirit of true sacrifice. Amen" A. Ambrose Barrett. president of he post, extended the welcome greet ing of the American Legion and apol- osized, in his capacity as postmaster of the town, for the mail service that had held up the French certificates. 1 They will be distributed this week however, he assured the relatives of deceased men.
 I Dr. R. NJ. Griswold traced the his ! tory of the war and com plim ented the Berlin boys on their stand in France. l He told of his service on the war ! board and splendid showing made by l the boys of the town, together with ! their willingness to serve.
 Rev. Samuel I'iske gave the open l ing prayer and Rev. Carleton Hazcn l the benediction. Daniel Sullivan l played piano selections and the meet l ing closed with mass singing of the ! Star Spangled Banner.
 Barattiero's Store Robbed. The store owned by Thomas Barat- l tiero on Warrington ridge was en- 1 tered last night and more than s20O 1 worth of merchandise taken. En- | trance was effected by brea king a l lock of the door on the Hudson street 1 side. There were footprints lea ding 1 to window in the rear of the store l where efforts ha q been made to gain an entrance. It is thought there 1 were two persons connected with the l theft, as there were marks left in the i snow which indicated that more than 1 one burglar did the job.
 1 Among the articles stolen were 8 1 dozen pairs of shoes. three dozen | shirts. several dozen pairs of women $ l and childrens stockings. several pairs 1 of children's gaiterS, a dozen cakes of l chocolate, box of cigars, 90 cents in l pennies and numerous other articles. 1 In the rush To get way the burglars l dropped two shirts in the snow. 1 These were found this morning. Sev- ] eraI empty shoe boxes were strewn l about the street, giving evidence that l the thieves found their load too
 l bulky A.A had removed the shoes 1 from the boxes.
 Prosecutor C. F. Lewis was noti- ! fled of the theft
 Brotherhood to Meet.
 l The Brotherhood of the kensing- ton ConGrcGa tiOnaI church will meet l at the homo of Frank D. Clark this l evening. Several important matters | will be brought up for discussion. | storm Ties Up Traffic. 1 Saturday nights storm had dis l astrous effect upon both trolley and l railway traffic, all of the train sched- 1 uIes being badly upset. All of the 1 New York trains were running from | an hour to an hour a d half late, ] while the trolley cars ran whenever
 they could, no effort being made to