New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1917, Page 3

v in our EtTZER BRUCKIST 297 Maia St Prescriplion : We clean : " Everything IR - under the sun Man Sent Ot by Y. M. C. A. Gives Accounting of Activities [ 8 General Secretary C. H. Barnes of the Y. M. C. A. is in receipt of the December and January reports of General Secretary E. J, Simonds who is at the Connaught Institute, Poona, India. Mr, Simonds is the man the | local association sent to the front last year when the call came for men to take up the work of the. X, M. C. A. along the battle fronts int Money for: his support the local assoclation and contributed read the re; | foreign land. 'l‘he ' follows: The month’s ufi many and varied. The first step taken was the organization of the Secretarial ‘Weekly Prayer Conference. This is a Joint conference for- Army and Indian secretariés ‘and is proving very help- ful. The board of directors for the army association are taking a live in- terest in the work being done, The mber meeting was attended by a goodly number and the real interest of the members was manifested. The general who has been chairman has been removed to another post and the | incoming general has accepted the chairmanship of the army assoclation work. This makes the committee composed of the highest office in Poona, two colonels, -one major, one , one court judge and three umy chaplains. 3 Twenty m Shows. “Puring the month ' twenty cinema .‘&w’ were put on in’ various hospi- and army association headquar- an average: attendance of about hundred men. ::ru;“d ;:t eml:lh evening. The regu! nday night continued and a small oup or earnest men ttake ad- itage éach Sunday evening. From %) 00 to 400 men are fed daily at| the supper. b‘l’. The tennis and game *GR constant' use when the ufll i duty, A Bible class “ “'n. Meaning of Prayer” during the month. nowve work with the 9 town, which is. . mainly commenced. The two occasions have been the Poona branch and *svc been |’ Now fbr Ihé Elaborate Easter Show of Men’s i | ! | - “Best” Clothing HERE and NOW the store of HOLLANDER’S Ilvu up to its reputation of always commg_ the “Best.” And why not enjoy tllepncennomoreandoften than the ordinary. really dficnlt to tell you “how excep- _tional EASTER AND ~SPRING SUITS and OVERCOATS ' Are At $20‘ $22 and $25 “Superior” is the word. A look i impresses; a try-én convmcu.‘ Andvestnkethenghtnotemflatsandhrmshngseveryflme._ < DERS’ 82-88 :ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD. THE DAYLIGHT STORE The re-organization of a class’ for the students of cultural college with twelve discussion group in the Medlcal lege met three times during Jan. iry. The last time the entire group ime out to the home of the secre- y and had tennis and tea and af- wards one of the students read a aper on the temperance move in the move in the United States and .preludes by several of of Poona. An ap- Mh the soldiers to visit schools, hospitals, etc.; in India really is. On Sunday a special speakér was in each pulpit appealing to'the men to stép into the forward move, to learn more about this great part of the British Empire and to be prepared to go back home, able and willing, to put across the greatest pro- gram for the extension of God’s King- dom which has yet been seen. The real Tesults of the week were: First, creation of more interest in the army association work. Second, a deeper appreciation on the part of the soldiers for the work of the church in Indian Missionary enterprise. Third, organization of & mission study class, Fourth, deepening convictions on the part of the men that they must carry a vital vessage home with them. Visit of J. J. Virgo. The second feature during the month was the visit of J. J. Virgo of Lcndon, empirical fleld secretary of th¢ British National Council. Mr. Vir- go-spent two days in Poona address- ing the soldiers at the army branch, two evenings and also the men of the Indian Branch. Mr. Virgo's stirring micssages of the work of the Army Y. M. C. A. over the world struck deep into the men’s hearts. His vir- ile Christian message the first night brought out the same men and a 50 per cent. larger audience the sec- ond night. Two week-end trips have . been made by the army branch to & camp ‘located ten miles out near a beauti- ful lake. It is hoped. this camp will develop into a very enjoyable and profitable week-end change for many of the ‘“Tommies” as time goes on. ‘. _Other Activities of the Month. More men arecbeing fed at the supper Bar ' @ver, Crowds come every day it 1s d-m Pnpo-i- ble to " them. ' The average meal coats ¢ elght to twelve cents. . mu&& trial on' the b'ruch p 4 ¥ put on by the Wes- Canada. Two splendid Hindu students have this month asked permission to come each week and study the New | Testament. ; A new cookhouse for the army branch is being built, a new desk and unter are being put in and a very g and profitable meeting of h of the branch committees en held. Re. Men's clod:hg Establishment., The Robbins Clothes Shop at 344 Main ‘street, this city, has bought the stock of men’s furnishings and clothing from Sam Harris and in other columng of this paper, makes its an- nouncement and a bid for a generous support from the people of New Brit- ain. This is one of a chain of storgs, the managemeént coming rece: trom Brooklyn, N. Y. It has conmee- ' tions also with a large ‘clothing em- porium at Waterbury.—advt. BOY SCOUT NEWS At a meeting last Sunday afternoon, the scoutmasters voted to hold sup- pers hereafter twice each month at which the business formerly transact- ed at the scoutmasters’ meetings will be taken up. The first of these get- together suppers will be held Thurs- day evening, April 12, at the Y. M. C. A. A plan of mobilizing all the scouts was also discussed, and the executive left to each scoutmaster the arrangement of some plan for his troop. Later on a trial mobilization will be held for the purpose of deter- mining whether the scheme adopted is efficient or not. Under the new plan of sending all new scouts to headquarters for their tenderfoot tests, Executive Skinner has already given three applicants their examinations. The executive is at present working on an information sheet for the benefit of scoutmasters giving all the interesting and import- ant facts concerning scout work in New Britain, Tro6p 4's hike last Saturday was featured by the passing of tests. This troop reports special activity' along this line and its progress is jllustrated’ by the fact that one member has sev- enteen. merit badges, another has thirteen, and several others are cred- ited with from two to ten. - Several Troop 4 scouts: ‘who have .lately reached the limit of scout age are fol- lowing up the work and using their experience in the position of assistant scoutmasters. With the promotion of Scout Williams to this position, Scout Dobbs was appointed to fill the va- cancy of patrol leader. Tonight's the night for the big 'scout circus at the Center church, and any scout who ‘wants a good time and a good laugh would do well to attend. Troop 8 had an interesting hike last ! Saturday to Panther Swamp and . Shuttle Meadow reservoir. As usual n number of tests were passed. The troop is taking more interest than’ levar in the standing of each scout since the progress of each member is now recorded on a chart. At the regular meeting of Troop 12 last Friday, Scout Hellberg was elect- Announcement to the Public ed scout scribe and Scout Elliott was made scout treasurer. Plans are now under way for the organization of a first-aid corps, and also the forma- tion of a. ball team. - The troop has established a drill night which will be Thursday evening commencing next ‘week, On Tuesday evening, Miss Mac- Donald, nurze from the Stanley Works will give her third lecture to the troop on first aid. Troop 13 accepted the invitation of the (G. A. R. to attend its meeting on ‘Wednesday evening. Tomorrow the troop will hike to' Ragged mountain. —————————————————— NAGLE SANITARIUM AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL. dividdal ‘attention. to recognition. Conducted solely by MARY E. NAGLE, R. 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