New Britain herald., 1926-11-20

/, partment Commander was elected, | and one of our own members, Past Commander Ogren was elected De- partment Vice-Commander for the First District. The members of our delegation were represented on vari- ous important committees. We re- l ceived the following awards:
 'The E. L. White Cup for ! Americanization Work. 2nd award for Welfare Work and Post Morale. 1st Prize S25 for having largest number In line of parade, and our boys baseball team won the New Britain Record Cup and State Championship. defeating New Hav- en Az. in a well played game.
 "On October 2Sth We spent a very enjoyable evening at our home having as our guests four members of the c. A. R. and about twenty members of the U. s. w. V. Through the generosity of the Ladies Auxil- iary and Robert Vance, refreshments and cigars were furnished.
 About fifty of our members and their families attended the National Convention at Philadelphia and made very good account of them selves. All were uniformly dressed and made g neat appearance in the ! parade held October 12th.
 About forty members of the Post and Auxiliary made their annual pilgrimage to Allentown hospital and distributed gifts to the disabled. The concert was furnished by our band.
 This year we departed from our usual method In observing Armis- tice Day. Believing that a street parade held in the early evening was not an effective way of cele- brating the one day of the year that meant so much to us in 1918, we decided to hold a banquet in the State Armory, to which all service men and the citizens of New Brit ain were invited. This gave us an excellent opportunity to again mingle with our former buddies and the citizens of New Britain in an appropriate celebration of the day so dear to all veterans of the World War and their families. The cele- bration was a success-over two hundred attended the banquet. l would recommend the continuance of the Armistice Banquet supple mented by an outside demonstration.
 New Post Activities
 I cir h.. con Club Tn Connecticut, meeting twice month in the post dining room, at which there has been an average attendance of S5 members. These gatherings have been an asset to the Post, as through them We have become better acquainted with members who could not attend our regular evening meetings as often as they would like to.
 During the first part of the year we arranged so that groups Of legionnaires from the different tn- dustries had charge of the monthly meeting, conducting the initiation. furnishing the entertainment and refreshments. Our first night was known as "Corbin Night; second, Stanley Works Night; third, flanders Night: fourth "Corbin Screw Night; fifth, "New Britain Machine" In addition to the in- creased attendance and interest aroused, 1t resulted in many beau- tiful and useful gifts from Legion naires and factories conducting these meetings. The gifts by groups were as follows: P. & F. Corbin, door knocker, lock and knobs for our front door. Stanley Works, Eddy Glover Post" sign above our front entrance. Landers, Frary < Clark, a five gallon coffee urn. Corbin Screw Corp, cabinet for our rifles. New Britain Machine, work bench for our Junior Achievement class.
 50 that you will have some idea what good was accomplished by these meetings, I would direct