The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-28
PLYMOUTH
MEMORIAL DAY
 PLANS COMPLETED
Ex-Service Men to Meet at 8:45 Saturday Morning
 Line of March

Plans for Memorial day were com pleted at the regular meeting of Plymouth post, No. 20, American Legion, which was held in the town hall last evening.
 The plans as completed by the legion call for the ex-service men whether members of. the legion or rot to meet at the auditorium at S:45 a. m. on Saturday morning where the legion and other organiza- ticns taking part in the parade will form. The parade headed by the New Departure band will leave from in front of the Auditorium promptly a. o'clock and proceeded over a wreath will be placed in honor of the heroes of the World war. The parade will then continue on to En- nett street, and countermarch to the town hall where the several hundred school children headed by the American Legion Drum and Fife corps will join the parade.
 The line of march will be Main street to North Main street to Hill side cemetery where the services will take place at the Civil War monument. Following the services the parade will proceed to the town hall where it will disband and where dinner will be served by the mem- bers of the auxiliary.
 Otto Harbert, commander of Ply mouth post, No. 20, American Legion, invites every ex-service man in the town of Plymouth to turn out on Saturday and march with the legionnaires. The exsservice men will be attired in black trousers, white shirts and black ties. The color bearers and firing squad will be attired in uniforms.
 The one Grand Army man resid- ing in the town of Plymouth, Charles R. Palmer will be active in the days events and will have a place of honor in the parade. How ard Whear, veteran of the English army in the World war and who lost ar arm during the war will be mar shal of the parade.
 The Memorial day parade this year will be the largest in the his- tory of the town as every organiza- ton has been invited to take part in it and the following will be rep esented in the parade: St Cassimir's s society; Sons of Poland; Polish Vet erans of the World War; Terryville fire department; Boy Scouts, Ameri- can Legion; school children; Legion Drum and Fife corps and the New Departure band. ,
 Exercises
 The exercises will be as follows:
 Decoration of Outlying Graves.
 General John A. Logan's Order of the Day-Captain W. H. Woodward.
 Decoration of Graves at Monu- ment-C. R. Palmer.
 Song-"America."
 Gettysburg address-Dwight w.. Pond.
 Benediction-Rev S. E. Evans.
 Taps. .a
 Field Day Soon
 The annual field day of the American Legion Drum and Fife corps will be held on Saturday, June 9th with one of the largest pa- rades ever scheduled to be held in this county on that day. Invitations have been sent to over 50 drum corps to participate in the big street parade which will be held shortly after; 1 o'clock following which there will be, playing contests on Baldwin park with a baton swinging contest fin the evening. Among the drum corps which. are sure of at- tending the parade are the Matta- tuck Drum and Fife, St Francis Drum and Fife and St Mary's Drum and Fife corps of Waterbury; Tor rington Drum and Fife corps; Sey- mour Drum and Fife corps, Royal Typewriter of Hartford, New De- parture of Bristol and many others which will be announced within a few days.