Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-31

he considered it a great honor as well as 1 a sacred duty to take active part in the | celebration of so great day. He paid a | most pleasing tribute to the G. A. R. and | the members of the American Legion, mentioning them as the living representa- tives of our nations patriotism and hon. | or. not failing to note what their dis l tinctive services will typify to nations yet unborn. More than 50 years ago 1t seemed as though our great nation must fall; but the grand army of men proved themselves thep unconquered and uncon- querable. He referred to the tomb of Washington at Mt. Vernon and the great government cemetery at Arlington, where sleep row on row of the heroic dead. and said it was our great privilege now to show our patriotism is extending to them sincere homage and undying love.
 Many of these men silenced the guns in the Civil war while another of our
 great armies. the flower of American manhood, vindicated and saved our eoun- try's honor on the blood-stained fields of France All over this great land today 1 altars of patriotism are raised and gar- 1 lands of undying memory are being placed on the graves of the mighty army of
 known and unknown dead
 i We must build imperishable monuments 1 of memory to those to whom it came to
 unflihchingIy make the supreme sacrifice i; revere our dead, honor our living. and pledge anew our duty and loyalty to our
 country.
 In closing, the speaker emphasized the
 words of the immortal Webster, T thank | God I also am an American !'
 4 spIendidIy served and substantial
 dinner of roast pork, baked beans, potato
 salad, rolls, pickles, cake, coffee and ice cream, the last named being donated by William Johnston without solicitation, was ready in the Methodist church yes- try. The committee who served the din- ner comprised Mrs. L. D, Howe, Mrs. F. 1 W. Robertson Mrs. G. H. Thornton, Mrs E. NJ. Gray, Miss Ruby Thornton, Miss
 Rosanna DesJardines, Mrs. Edw. Gallup
 Mrs. Ella Geer, Miss Mabel Wilcox Mrs. john Stewart and Miss Mary Cou- ture The Waitresses were Mrs. Alex Des- . Jardines, Margaret TyndaIl, Mrs. Eliza
 beth Willis, Irene Stewart. Locard Cou. ture, Helen Gray, Martha Davis, Sadie
 Thompson, Ruth Robertson, Fornetta Robertson, Beatrice Read, Margaret Dris coil, Virginia DesJardines. Ruth CregaI and Ella Oa6es.
 The men who drove their cars for tn, parade were r. H. Gilbert. M. E. Shea , R. W. Robertson, ID. F. Finn. Maxee.
 Seymour L. G. Buckingham Rev. c. H Andrews and r. D. Ballou,
 The memorial marker at Slater libFaF, 2 was decorated with wreaths andS flags } Wallace Fl. Payne was chairman of tn s arrangements and fulfilled his office mos . ably. He was assisted by Mir. and Mrs T C.. A. Haskell.
 e Conspicuous in the parade was Jerry 7 the German police dog owned by Car . Benjamin, an overseas soldier. He care e for this dog, which had been seyerel - wounded, and became very much attach e ed to him. He brought the dog with hr e when he came home, and in the parad l. the dog wore khaki blanket on whic : were insignia of the different corps i
 which the master and dog had served > 5lst, lst army headquarters advance sec r ton. s. c. S.; 7th army of occupation . two one stripes, two service stripes. dis
 charge stripe, corporal chevron and sey f eral German buttons; also the letters \
 $. T. (motor supply train), AIS. moto S truck Co. 473
 Misses Elsie and Minnie Foster c Y Providence spent Memorial day at Denni s Barnetts.
 : Mir. and Mrs, Homer Lee of Webster
 Mass, were guests Monday at T. | T Lees.
 | MT. and Mrs. Fred L. Morgan and tw
 children. of Boston have been spendin
 several days at Daniel Morgan's.
 MT. and Mrs. George Wilcox and chi
 drep of Providence are guests at Mrs. Id s Benjamin's.
 e Mir, and Mrs. J. H. Tracy have bee d guests for several days of MT. and MT, l. Charles Miller of Mt. Vernon, N. T. a The first ball game of the season wa r played on Ashland park Memorial da :, afternoon. A good crowd was preser ,s and witnessed a good clean straightawa n shut-out administered to the Columbis n of Hartford by the home team. Manage 1T Chase and Benjamin scored for Ashlan l. The Capitol City bunch took home mir " goose eggs. The game was without fir n works of any sort, not even approachir Ia the excitement zone. X feature remarkt n by many was the splendid work of 4 year old Napoleon Liberty who eovert r. the third bag. He was Bony on the SD Ig every minute, making nine assists. ol h put-out and no errors