The Press., 1921-11-17


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 Regular meeting of Court Orinoco, F. of A. Monday evening. Special business to come up as drive for membership.
 The St. Edwards Thanksgiving Eve. social has been postponed until the following Friday evening the 25th. Woods orchestra will furnish the music.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter G. Bruce and little son, of New Milford, visited his parents, MT: and Mrs. w. A. Bruce on Westford avenue, Friday and Sat urday of last week.
 There will be union Thanksgiving service in the Congregational church next Wednesday evening at 7.30. Rev. E. A. Legg of the Methodist church will deliver the sermon.
 The Business Mems association will hold a social at their club rooms next Wednesday evening. There will be whist from 8 to 10, to be followed by dancing Refreshments will be serv- ed.
 What is Orthodoxy?" will be the subject of the pastors sermon at the Methodist church next Sunday morn ing. In the evening he will speak on "The man who confessed his Neigh bor's Sins"
 Costume rehearsal for the Red ICross Pageant tonight St. Edwards hall 7.3O. Marshals 7.15. Promptness in arriving will make short rehear- sal. No rehearsal for Mrs. Shows or Miss Cushman's action.
 R. M Fisk was surprised on Mon day evening, by a company of friends, who called to assist in celebrating his birthday anniversary. Gold cuff links l were presented the host and with games and refreshments a jolly even ing resulted.
 It has been decided to start the drive for the Red Cross membership this week and the borough has been divided into ten districts, with cap tain for each district as follows: c. F. Chandler, receiving treasurer, c. H. Moore, Fred Lane, H. B. Burwell, lG. s. Amidon, Mrs. Walter Greaves, Mrs. c. R. Newton, Miss Ella Foster, Mrs. A. B. Snow, and Mrs. F. F. Pat ten. Outside of the borough captains are as follows Stafford Hollow, Mrs. H F. Cady; Hydeville, Miss Isadore Dunham; StaffOrdville, Miss Dorothy Belcher; Orcuttville, Mrs. Fred Graves; West Stafford, Mrs. H. A. Pownall, Mrs. Michael Roberts, Mrs. LaVergne Dimock; Stafford Street, Mrs. John Larned; Rockwell Hill, William Foster.
 The Holland County Young Mems EChristian association held their second annual convention in the COngrega- tional church on Monday evening. A ;oJ hot at H o'clock was followed by supper served to about 90 at 6.3O by the Ladies Aid society, after which re- ports by the various committees of work accomplished comprised the greater part of the business sessions. The meeting was opened by Rev. w, B. Allen of South Wilmington with a short prayer. Phillip M. Howe of Rockville was chairman. General and i subcommittee reports and reports of secretary, treasurer and chairman were then read. P. M. Howe read the annual report of the Holland county association. The various other re- ports were read as follows: Admins rratiOn, by B. s. Fuller of SOmers, finance, by R. w. Ellis, of Stafford Springs, health and recreation by Dr. w., B. Bean of Rockville, religious, by c. H. Moore, Stafford Springs, and educational by M. E. Thompson of Ellington. The report of the county secretary, Elmer P. Hardy of Rock vile, outlined the work accomplished in the county during the year. The remainder of the meeting was given to reports of the younger boys of the Organization and evidenced the train ing and benefits that they had re- ceived through the work. c. J. Zemejz of South Wilmington reported on group work. Malcolm Murless of Rockville on Camp Hazen, ElWyn Hummer of Rockville, on the county older boys conference and Franklin Combs of Somers on the state older boys con- vention. Edward Polstein of Talcott- vile reported on a county athletic meet, and father and son banquets were described by Clarence Carter of Ellington. Everett Bell of Rockville reported on Hi-Y Clubs. The conclud- ing address of the evening was given by B. L. Sexton, county secretary of Fairfield county.
 Red Cross Pageant
 The pageant, Red Cross of Peace" will be presented in St. Edwards hall Friday evening at o'clock. The ob- ject of the pageant is to give a brief history of the Red Cross and to show it's present activities. The perform ance will last about one and half hours. Over a hundred and fifty of our townspeople and children will take part. Symbolic characters pre- sented in the pageant are: Humanity, Mrs. Lincoln G. Luce; Red Cross of War, Miss Mary Reynolds; Columtia, Mrs. Richard H. Valentine; Red Cross of Peace, Mrs. Earl D. Gary; Commu- nifty, Miss Harriet Louise Wildey; re- turned soldier, R. H. Valentine. Historic characters appear: Florence Nightin- gale, (Mrs. c. B. Brown), wealthy English girl, trained as nurse and took a band of women nurses to Cri- mea, the first women to nurse sol diers; Clara Barton, (Mrs. B. c. De- BOrde), a patriotic American, who or ganized women as nurses in the Civil war in this country. Henri Dunant, (Francis c. Luce), young Swiss, who was so impressed by the suffer- ing of the wounded at SOlferinO in 1859 that in 1862 he called a cOnven- Fl tion at Geneva which resulted in the organization of Red Cross Ito succ )r the wounded without distinction of nationality" The familiar red cross on a white field. is the Swiss flag re- versed, so arranged as a tribute to Henri Dunant the Swiss who founded the society. The United States signed the Geneva convention in 1882. By it's charter the American Red Cross is established as part of the military forces of the country. The pageant has three parts: Part I, :, Marshal, Miss Mary Ballantine, ap- pointed by Current Events club; part II, action 1, Nursing Service, Marshal Miss Irene Murray, appointed by l.. A A. o. H.; action 2, Home Service, Mar shal, Mrs. William Abbot, appointed by o. B. s.; action 8, Health Service Marshal, Mrs. A. B. Snow, appointed by M. R. L.; action 4, Disaster, Mar