Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-29

Timothy Quinn representing the Span
is war, Lieut.. jeremiah Mccarthy; rep
resenting the World war, Lieut.. James J.
Lee representing the U. S. navy. Chas.
w. Hill.
Capt ]. B. Paulhus, chairman of all
committees for Memorial day will have
full charge of the automobiles and
trucks
Lieutenant Mccarthy is designated
chief of staff
As the parade reaches the willimantic
cemetery, 1t will enter the first gate. It
will proceed to the end of the street
where it will halt and the Civil war vet
Grams and other veteran organizations
will be escorted to the head OF the line.
The G. A. r. escorted by the police and
band will move to the center street of the
cemetery. The remainder of the parade
will deploy at the extreme eastern end of
the cemetery and move in line of skirm-
ishers across the cemetery to the extreme
wester end decorating all soldiers
graves. The parade will then reassemble
on the center street OF the cemetery.
Official.
FRANK P FENToN, Marshal
Natchaug School Memorial day exer-
cises ia be given by Mrs. Roses and Miss
Johnson's rooms Of the sixth and sew
eth grades will be carried out today
| (Monday) afternoon at 2.S0 o'clock.
The program follows:
| Tableau, Grade VI; song, America /;
poem, Bay Billy, Grade VI; piano solo,
Ruth Easterbrooks; Lincoln's Gettysburg
address, William Jordan, Paul Styles,
Raymond Ladd song, Tenting Tonight,
Helen Field, Doris Harris, Hervert
Thompson, Walter Thompson; poem, The
Blue and the Gray, Molly Rosen; recita-
ton, We Keep Memorial Day, Carolyn
/ JriI1 {Ie
and VII; recitation, In Flanders Fields,
Valentine Aubin; song, Star Spsngled
| Banner
just twenty-eight weeks ago St. Jo-
seph's Boy Scouts, Troops and held a
meeting for the purpose of forming a
| Boy Scouts band All the boys were
] greatly enthused and with the written
permission of their parents they Joined
! the band. Within two weeks over five
hundred dollars worth of instruments
had been procured and assigned. N. C.
Wheeler, well known for his ability as a
bandmaster was given charge of the
musical organization Weekly rehearsals
! were conducted regularly. The boys
have been practising in the armory for
the past two weeks and are ready to give
| the public a surprise this (Monday)
evening.
Il Funeral services for Mrs Rose AImyra
Il Coapbell were held Saturday afternoon at
/ one O'Clock at the Lebanon Congrega-
tional church Rev. Mr.. Stewart was the
officiating clergyman. Burial was in
the new Lebanon cemetery. The bear.
ers were K. F. Bishop, F. N Taylor, r
M Abel, B. w. Pitcher, w. N. Pultz
and Q. S. Pultz. Jay M Shepard was
the funeral director.
st. Joseph's parish in this city has tn.
distinction Of having the only Boy Scou
brass band in Connecticut, as also the
only boys band in the state. The Boy
Scouts band of Troops 2, 8 and 4, aft
hlated with St Joseph's parish was or
ganized five months ago by Rev. Otto s
Beaumister, assistant at st. Joseph
church and scoutmaster of the three 30,
Scout troops organized since last June
Charles n. Wheeler, of Willimantic il
instructor and director of the boys
band and has accomplished narvelou
results in few months with this juvenil
organization, which is to assist in tn
decorating exercises at the various Gem
eteries Memorial Day morning. also Wi
march in the afternoon parade.
Brief News
Rev. +. Newton Owen, injured in tn
automobile accident at williams Crossing
4 though suffering greatly from his bruis
4 els Hunt is resting comfortably.
HI Rev James J. McGuinness, for til
past three years pastor of st. Mary
4 church, South Coventry, who has bee
h transferred to the Catholic church q
Suffield was given a surprise Thursda
3 evening when delegation of his parish
toner's called on him at the rectory an
presented him with purse of Sl25 1
gold and handsome cut glass fruit BE
The presentation speech was made b
Miss Annie OBrien Father McGinnes
Il responded, thanking the practitioners fc
y the gift and expressing his sorrow {
8 leaving South Coventry, where he hs
q made many friends.
Rev. William H Kennedy the new pa.
tor, arrived from Norwich at the Sout
s Coventry rectory just as Father McGii
il ness was leaving. Father Kennedy eel,
brated his first mass and preached at Il
South Coventry church Sunday.