New Britain herald., 1928-11-17

I NATHAN c. AVERY.
 marched to the Court of Honor where wreaths were placed and . short service held.
 "On Memorial Day the entire ar. rangements in the city were carried out by committee composed most ly of Legfonnaires. Eddy Glover Post turned out over 200 men in tho par ade to do homage to their departed comrades. The turnout on Memorial Day caused very much favorable comment among local people and went long way toward cementiny the Legion firmly in the hearts of the people of our city.
 'On Flag Day, . delegation at- tended the exercises held at the Elk's hall.
 Memorial Dedication
 At the time of the Memorial dedi- cation, the members of Eddy Glover Post rose to their greatest heights in the matter of efficiency. service and loyalty. In the face of political strife and petty personal feelings of our city government. the Legion finally gained control of the parade committee and the results spoke for themselves. The parade was the largest ever held in New Britain and moved with . clock-like pre- dsion due to the great efforts of Curt Shelden. Eddie Ogren and the rest of their committee. The only accident during the whole day was something that can better be told by Harry Jackson than I.
 "The Post turned out | delegation of about 500 led by the new drum corps. which made | hit all along the line.
 Armisttco Day
 "On Armistice Day, the Post spon- sored large public meeting at the Stanley Arena. On Sunday evening. the ministers of the city. the Wen nerberg chorus and our band, play ed an important part and on Sun day afternoon a large delegation took part in the dedication parade in West Haven.
 ] Monday at ii o'clock. the Post marched to the Memorial and laid a wreath there with appropriate ex- ercises. Monday afternoon was left open 50 that members might attend any of the various celebrations throughout the state.
 Tt is my recommendation that plans be at once formulated for county celebration on Armistice Day I and that the county organization l plan this ovservance 90 that it will take place in rotation in the various cities and towns of the county. During the year our Post has been the recipient of various cita- tions and honors. the most impor- tant of which was the citation from Nati0al Headquarters for having at- tained . rating of s40 points out of . possible 1000 in efficiency for 1927. This year we will rank s55 points and unless somebody picks up few they will have to go some to stop us from getting another cita- ton for 1928.
 l We received a cup and two cita- tions from the state convention as we'll as citation for having reached our membership quota.
 1 Taken by and large, the Eddy l C1AraN pnSt hoN vV1vAh <n hA rrnNf of for it's achievements during the past year, especially the Drum Corps This outfit which has been the dream of few of it's members since about one year ago. is now 2 flaming reality-thanks to the ef- forts of . committee composed of Dave Ogren. Roy Ensminger. Walt Milkey and Howard Timbrell. These men have organized the corps. equipped them and trained them to the extent that we now have . corps which outshines anything in the state and which is yours today. comrades. without one cent of debt and with money in the bank.
 For accom- plishments such as this We can feel justly proud. com rades and I assure you that have been proud to aot as your leader during a year in which % much was done. However. no man could have arranged all of this by himself and I want to again thank you all for the help you have given me. l could not name all the helpers - the list is too long-but anyone would have a hard time running this Post without Jackson. Petts. Cgren. Pease. Leonard. Bengston. and a few others, 50 let me say thank you to everybody % that l can include them all.
 My recommendation are few. steps should be taken n soon as possible to obtain . hall space 60 that dances. meetings and social af- fairs may be carried out. and some method should be established i'm mediately to send the drum corps to Louisville.
 And now. my comrades. leave you n your commander after four years of active service in offices of the Post and I ask your leave to take . rest of about one year during which time hope to become ac- quainted with my family and return later to take up whatever activities you may need me in.
 Respectively submitted. IN. c. AVERY" Reports On Boys' Camp
 Reports on the boys camp were made by Maurice H. Pease, chair man of the committee. and Fred J. c. Ensworth. secretary treasurer. Mr. Pease's report follows:
 The Eddy Glover Boys' camp comnIAted itH aAconA aeaAon on