Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
Committee Meets Tuesday Eve. and Reports Are Made By
 Sub-Committees
Enthusissln Shown For Armistioe Day
 Cele ebration

Twenty-Five members of the general committee in charge of plans for the dedication of the new Memorial bridge on Armistice Day met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Tues | day evening. Reports were made which showed that the general plan i is taking shane. No further meetings will be held until Monday evening. Octobr ,, when it is hoped that the various organizations will report as i to whether or not members will turn out and how many can be expected i This is important information, need ! ed by the parade committee
 After the meeting had been called to order President deCoudres called for reports R. C. Jenkins. for the music committee. recommended that If another band is needed that the | Boy Scout band of Willimantic be secured He said that C. D. Sharpe. the other member of the committee. thought that the singers of the own should be assembled for practice.
 Favor Governor's Salute
 Tn the absence of John Moss Mir Metcalf reported for the parade com mittee stating that the committee would like Co know if the members of the general committee would ap- prove Il suggestion to have the com mittee secure a field piece with which to fire governors salute of nineteen rounds. It was voted that this sug- gestion be followed and that the pa- rade committee be authorized to se- cure the field piece.
 While Mir. Metealf was making a report for the luncheon committee the representatives of the Woman's Re lief Corps volunteered on behalf of the organization to do anything they could to assist. When suggested that 500 box luncheons would have .o be put up they felt that they could do this When Mfr McGulloeh said that members of the Rebekah loige and of the Eastern Star would assist, the ladies were sure they could j0 the work. the food to be furnished to | fill the boxes
 R D. Rughee of the finance com mittee told of the appropriation of 8 500 hv tho town He suggested that before sub-eommittees contract | cd for the exnenditure of money tltat | AiAfA NAhfANHA Hthftf WutiAFt tAt Htlt' HI anee committee to save confusion. This was made motion and voted.
 Odd Fellows Out Strong
 Mr Meculloch reported that fhe Odd Fellows had invited in lodges from other ulaces and would have more than loo in line and would fur. nish a band
 Armand Nanteille said .haf tha Knights of Columbus would turn out and that the lodge rooms would h, kept onen for use and anv hiup fbs council had that could be ass1 tbe committee WIS welcome 10.
 Several oreaniz1tions reu0rtel thpl thev were to discuss plans g: fuears meetings.
 The matter of haeing the schoo children in line was discussed CT account of the military asnect of n, parade. which would male ii a swift . moving line. and the distance to b, covered. f WIS voted that il wai , the sense of tho meeting that fl wei , inadvisahle to have the school child ren Darticinate in the narade Mr padaett reported that proof ot . one of the honor rolls. containing hal - the nanaas had been received return p ed. and that the casting would be mad p this week.
 Movie Possible GraydoH Sharpe said that it hu, been called to his attention that moving picture of actual scenes of th battlefelds of France could be secur ed for showing in the evening H s8id he did not know the details an, was appointed a committee of one [, investigate.
 Mir Vaughn reported that if ha, been found that the pilasters tha were to have held the four tablet depicting Che four branches of th services. could not be changed but tha the hiehwav commissioner had mad a change whereby there would b an arch effect and the memorial would be placed on either side of th tablets containing the honor roll il che center ef the bridge
 The meeting adjourned for twl weeks