New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1922, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1922, = ——— EDDY.GLO VER POST OF AMER[CAN M. Sl:-\x{l1;::\;':"1\111“!::‘.(';‘I]Ilfn\\'lll\;:n_ CASTO R IA military ball in the state armory Hml‘lll,‘l‘wzlnn s wlways the prime factor in st is optimistic for the future. A e was as successful as all the past af | educationa work and the inten-|state wide drive for members {8 be- The charter was received on June falrs of the post. The armory was | tion of the membles of the post is to | ing staged, and the time seems ripe LEGION IN CHARGE OF SERVICES |:: 101 and on guiy 12 another For Infants and Children beautitully decorated for the event|keep up the standard that has been | for the ex-servicemen of New Britain méeting, attended by 50 men, was | iy Use For Over 30 Years | i) the varicd colored gowns of the [set up fn the past to get together. The American Le- held in G, A. R, hall, and. ft w lndies made a pleasing contrast to| Year's Socials, glon is open to all men who served 3 | v . Iways bears | ! sl . = voted to start w drive for members, | M the olive drab uniforms and the| The social side of the yeer was|in the late war, and Eddy-Glover Vets’ Organization to Provide Military Funeral For Army |7cn tcam captains were chosen and the M‘ | simber and conventional black of the | well covered by the many affairs| Post has gained for itsell a reputa- the city was combed for members. [ evening suits of the men, conducted under the auspices of the | tion about the state and even the na- Officer From Whom It Took Its Name—Is The membership grew by leaps and Educational Week. Legion. They conducted all of the | tion that ls enviable, It and its bounds ulnnl Eddy-Glover Post be- | trust fund was created and that ex-| The promulgation of Iducational|following: U. S Marine band con-| members will always be the main- . . . came a live factor in the state or-|ists today with a representative Week whieh began Decemt 4 ert, I Week preceding Decor- | stay v for ¢ ready Big F : | e 3 T A on | Week whieh began December 4, was | ¢ oppy Week preceding Decor- | stay in this city for the working of A g Factor in City. ganization. , | the committee from every veteran or- | one of the biggest things ever con-|ation Day, Armistice ball and Amer- | Ju wand order and the members will g Ukn October 10, 1919, Harry C.|ganization in the city ducted hy teh local post. The pur-|ican Legion Week always be loyal citizens of the <ood : : ackson was elected a delegate to the| On Lincoln's birthday, 1920, Kddy- pose of the week was to demon- Rogers Ci o | old i m:‘:rmlnrrm\ afternoon at 3 o'clock Trance. In March, 1919, a large Glover Post held its first annual mil- \‘ : X o Rogers Commander. old U, ”H“‘."F’;“;’v‘l““" for ‘llh‘“"'ll"’"l H. | group of officers und enlisted men, in| = " |itary ball in the state armory Com- | = by r‘\- “‘|||A‘ll‘)‘l kmofl at C hu!(-f\u Thier- | equal numbers, met for three days in I mittees were appointed and arrange- (is‘l ! lf' u-h} from the First Bap- [ Paris and created what is now known ments were under way when Com- church. Various military bodies | as the American Legion. mander Stockwell found it necessary, :'rz:::\'i7?;‘:1?“:“\‘\01(1‘:“\‘,[3ri:}':::”:‘“,"';"': The news of this organization i because of & change in his personal : ] ‘l“,’_‘\"‘lf"m“‘”“""“[::"‘(“I;","I’”=;"h:l”; \";:" Bride of British Official, spread around the world and posts husine to resign as head of the ey . tion to the head of the local post Tondon, March #.—lady Seott, no organization will feel more deeply | were instituted ir 4 ST s (et LEOES SOaR L orD ik cked in' sl 'I‘ large cities post, The executive commitiee im ! 1, 3 : | promises well for the good relations | widow of Captain RRobert 1%, Scott bhe Loshente ouIETA L Ge Wl Ao 01y, I this country. Men in . P ! mediately chose Gardner Weld to he between the Legion and the other| Antarctic explorer, who perished dur- n s LR LR f;lO\pr 1; ain became interested in it and quer- N his Kuccessor. : veteran organizations about the city.| ing a blizzard while returning ¥rom > Eddy-Glover post | ies concerning it began to be heard 1 About this time, the State 1Legl T p Bt 4y aovibi 3 of the American Legion 1 Cae ¥ 4 . GRS B AR # ; The present officers who are serv-| the south pole in 1913, was married an T . n order to gel o ) L passec s et pr : for i ) MFaSTan G oNan, Best Gan mar sl on 1 t unm‘ thing ll»l}l\itr on ture passed _m. act providing for a i 3 4 ing with him are as follow st | today to lieutenant Commander Hil- (ATib o \Yof Lisutenant - BaAY ard ”m nm('my l“ku local t-l‘(~sl‘-‘r\l(-\t-\xxx\-xl». E state fund for needy veterans, and viee-commander W. W. T. Squire; | ton Young, financial secretary of the 3 2dd | Harry (. Jackson —anc W, the Legion was chosen to he the dis- i y 3 K 3 1= S T T T D e e v e ) ¢ ; X second vice-commander, 1. K. Burr; | treasury, ‘The ceremony was per o A G 0 Squire, made inquiries of Morgan G bursing agent throughout the state. - 1 3 h 1 names being taken as they were the | Buckley, % i b stite. | : adjutant, C. 1. Hellberg: ‘asurer, | performed in the erypt of the chape & y, Jr, of Hartford He re- 2 The local post appointed the follow- J firs vo New Britz C! o ! ¥ ® § . $ A. Betts; chaplain, Rev. J. L. Davis, | in the house of commons by the Bish- H\:‘}N\:‘){;‘v‘{:\.\‘“ “lrli;ncin offl;;:s;ol Imu{r ferred them to the men who were ‘ fng committee to handle the fund and surgeon ",,,. James Faulkner. op of Stalbans. Austen Chamberlain, lmtl]ol e on eld of | propagating the organization in this lhere: W. Brann, chairman; Clarence : : Drive for Members | government leader in the house of ST e ak: thia. . ATikelsan: Tiasl state.and they wore invited to aitend /iy ? /] Callahan and W. W. . Squire, ‘ : ; The local post numbers about 250 | commons, gave the bride away and SLun. B Lie. 4 m'hr(nu_ -0{-‘ on|a meeting in Hartford, Mr. Jackson iR ’ First Memorial, Service., D B | cmbers at the present time, and the | there was no reception. s, h their other ex-service- fand Dr. W. W. Stockwell attended : On Washington's birthday, the first : | men friends, gather to pay homage|and they heard the motives of the ; $ memorial service to he held by the to [,I«:ulvn:ml Eddy, a recital of how | Legion explained and were much im- local post was conducted in Jox's the Eddy-Glover post came to be is| pressed. B . Theater, lcates, donated by the not amiss, Local Post Yormed. s French government, were distributed i arest relatives of cach dead most recent election of the Legion was held last November, and LADY SCOTT WEDS, James Rogers was clectéd (o succeed - Harry Jackson as commander Mr. | Widow of Ant tic Explorer Becosses | = @EEEE@@@@EE@E@E@@E@EEE@IE% SPRING HATS ' and Not Just a Few U their r y res ( How Tt Started. pon their return ,they resolved to The great world conflict had end- ed, the countless guns were silenced | they arranged a meeting of all ex- 4 carricd on by the Legion during the and the boys who had so valiantly | Servicemen in G. A. R. hall on May | year of 1920, was the work in con- fought, were being mustered out of | 12, 1919. The organization of a pos e | nection with the nation wide cam- the Army by the thousands every day, | here was discussed by the sixteen ROGERS. | paign conducted by the Legion. There The stern discipline of the army be- | men who were present, and Dr, Stock- were any number of Americanization | 5 but gan to give way to the freedom of the | Well was clected temporary cha ideas being promulgated, but the | civilian and the wheels of industry|man and Mr. Jackson secretary. first state convention, and W, W. T. | st poteworthy was that conducted lstrate the systems used fn the A Th d T that had so ceaselessly worked dur- Temporary officers were elected at | Sauire was chosen alternate. They | py the Legion. The local post was by | schools of the country and opened ousand or 1wo ing the war, were beginning to slow |the following meeting, which was attended and brought the attention [ o means @ back number in this| with @ mass meeting in the Palace | T E start the movement in this city, and Among the most notable things HARRY (. JACKSON. AEEEEEEEE down. held on May 20. They are as fol-|Of the state body to the fact that - theater, | Th B Ck ] h C : New Britain was represented. of| 0 e beckwit 0. The boys of the Amecrican army, | lows: Chairman, Dr. W. W. Stoc During the week, members imbued with the spirit of comrade- [ Well; vice-chairman, Clarence Call On October 24, o meeling was held i G 7 dy-Glover Post spoke in the var- | g in S Slip’ through thelr sBEvice-in. 'the)| Hani seorsthry, H. C, Tackson; treass [ 10 the BIkE ‘elub, A temporany oon ; : . jous schools, explaining the ‘motives | 273 Main St. vanks, came fo the reallzation that|urer, H. A. Brann, and historian, |stitution was adopted and arrange- j i, which prompted the observance of | Opp. Nat. Bank they were soon to part from lhosninnhf'r! €. Vance. The post W ::uv‘!‘“‘:r"r‘r‘r'n;nlv :m' 1,1::\ first annual 2 2 the movement. This showed the friends that they had made d named the Kddy-Glover Post, after|mecting in the state armo ; ; SBonle of the d e their service. So, \‘h]r' 'Emlmo'n'"“lfi two New Ilr\min}mv-n who had given Dr. Stockwell Commander. , Ay IEgHS ok ik QAR OSSR :"EE"E@E@EE@EE@E@E@E@@E@EEEE perpetuating this comradeship arose | their lives in France. ‘he first annual meeting was held ; W and men began to seek a means of | Under this name, it was voted to|on N . 1919, and Dr. W, W e preserving ‘t. petition for a charter ,and the fol- | Stockwell was clected the com- Created In Paris. lowing ex-servicemen signed the ap- | mander. The other officers: Ifrank Ior this purpose, a small group of | plication: €. E. Iellberg, W. W. T. Pinches, fir: vice-gommander; RiNe oo tHiveve mathersd, \n. Pevis| Rauire, B, B, Bmith, Harey Wesssls, | James Curtin, second vice-command- in Fgbruary, 1919, and decided to|Gorge Dalton, William Hopkins, H. A. or; H. C. Jackson, adjutant, and M call & meeting of representatives of | Brann, W. W. Stockwell, H. A. Tim- | Brann, treasurcr. ‘The member: : K all the large units still remaining in | brell, Harry Ginsberg, H. C. Bristol, | the exccutive commitice e l ¥ ‘G ence Callahan, W. W. . Squire, % i K 7 == Maurice Pease, Stanley Iddy, Leland . 3 y Hoar and Bdward Ogren e s o £ ¥ ASKFOR | Dby a parade in the evening. : : i ° . = - Memorial Building. b occurred in Legion ci in 1 4 S 2 q . o the Orlglnal was the drive for a m Al huild- y 5 A ing to be used social building by oW Avoid Imitations | now pritain veterans. A commitied and Substituies | was sclected for this purp with Maurice Pease at the head, and 2 e Forlnfants, Invalidsand Growing Children Richmilk, malted grain extractin Powder RveE, Budl oiby ric] e ik DE. W, W. STOCKWELL, The Original Food-Drink For All Ages [No Coolsing — Nourishing — — Digestible | jcwed and the idea was favored, . e B For a Big work, and the assistance the mem- | @i Phonograph @@@ bers gave to the Amerocanization —___———-—-—-—m—-fl* LA e | pao SATURDAY FOOD SPEClALS R \ Y |1 Tk o Best Purc | | | ' g v B $50 Table Model . $15 (graves of the dead veterans of the | country had been carried on by the B educed to ()nly old . ‘vets” of the G. A. R. The iSaunasr Eanerpilot Jeomplren s $140 Phonograph . $67 the old “boys of '61" and made the ? b 25c ‘ day one that will long be remembered | 1§ Full sizo—only in this ci PRI FOOD 367 MAIN STREET| The usual exercises were carried |8 . 3 i —_— — TEE Bl 1t scemeterian ‘and ‘Ahe: Lobr $125 Columbia . .. $63 ol .,“ |t of honc it the entrance of Walnut ||§ L : i h {rl ‘ SPECIAL MORNING SALES—AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GREAT SAVING | B Hin park, representing the graves of Full size—discontinued model I B ROUND, SIRLOIN, PORTERHOU FRISH ROUND TROM 3| those who fell in the late war, was il w\\\ STEAK rem 7w as 1 1DC | HAMBURG 71012 3t QG| e e o, s e AND A FEW MORE I ||||||l||||| LEAN FRiSH FROM BEST NO. 1 MAINE. FROM 15 b Bl e s b the B el 2 b : : I | SHOULDERS 7 700 A. M. “l 14(: POT ’\TOL BULOIITACM: """“35C f|. As the year went by, the bodies of | WONDERFUL VALUES S the boys who had fallen in servie began to be brought oack to this country. The need of giving these || D O w N men the fullest honors possible arose, | |8 and the question w one for the ex- i servicemen to dec . The brightest spot in the relations of the o jcemen among themselves in this LEAN STS GV e e D SMALL SHORT Sends Your Choice CHOICE CHUCK RO/ 3 ™ LAMB CHOIl MEATY BOILING BE S04 4k PR | ) 'Y LAMB FORES ....... S PRIME RIB ROASTS B ; . m ANCY. STEWING LAME . as 20 yvan e Hgn Ll Wi ey Home at Once BRI RUMEROARTE U ; 1 MIMDOINS TOMRAT 2 Uiat tirnod o0t was large, and tie)|D Easy Weekly Payments '\"!‘;‘“[“\:;"H': l‘:l;'“"'(.:‘:,‘, e "'h' POR ]\ Legion took part with the other : L i 5 PORK TO ROAST . Harry Jackson Blected. VEAL JRESH CUT PORK CHOPS ... ... 2 The post hell its second annual By coming tomorrow you can easily have one of these high class instru- SHORT CUT LEGS VEAL .. . s ) (01 I e A O B stion of officers in 1920, and the |/ A 3 . PRIMI; RUMP ROASTS VEAL ... LMoz RE LINK SAUSAGE ...... " 20c B office of commander was given to ments in your home Saturday. Those that are not new have been thoroughly ' SHOULDER CUTS VEAL . o 2 A ' o 16 arry Jackson, one o originators | (B : = e b A ; Z : . . B[or the vost in sty The atection |81 overhauled and carry the same guarantee as a new machine. FANCY VEAL CUTLE sias o A0k ANCY GOLDE ¢ l(b\\ll R was a popular one and proved henc- CHOICE VEAL CHO U b 320 | LARGE GOLDEN WEST FOWL . oc [ ficial to the post in the succecding ||§ ORDER EARLY FOR SATURDAY DELIVERY year. : =1 5 = = —— M| The year 1921 saw the Legion in a || flourishing condition. The treasury (I8 PRIME RIB ’ AL LEAN SMOKED ROAST BE ch D v¥roM 310 5 P M. &S=a SHOULDERS b was wel filed with money, the men- | | Dership of the post was large, and | el e e e Bl the public of the city respected and | ew ecor lts honored the members. EE ! Hele Is Whele You Can Buy the Best Butter and Eggs AMairs of the Year. | Wiimmin [ want My Mammy Many things were undertaken b | BEST MOHICAN CREAME STRICTLY FRESH NIEW LAID B T o e Gl YOAR: AU Ot i § e which brought great eredit to the lo- | |8 Granny :\plll Showers BUTTER 2 lbs 13c EGGS 2 doz Tl B o o o e hgts uns| N | Song of India Ten Little Fingers g helng distributod, Y RS BRI Dapper Dan Wabash Blues Columbia Reduced $40 s the co-operation that was shown i 5T & - || mittee and many necdy men in the city were benefited by it. The Amer- NEW SWIFT 5 N icanization committoe was working STUIFED OLIVES Pint 3OC PREMIUM OLEO Tb 2 (4 CLUB CHEESE ™ 240 R inotion with. KA It hard in conjunction 0 B AT — Blantnorities. The memorial associa- || 3 tion committee were not very ac i e & VFRY ATTRACTIVE GROCERY SPI‘( A on account of the stress of hard W times, but they were in existence. 5 BN " TEA, RED BUITERFLY o i Members of every vet n organi- |, 8 y/ d bic NFECTIONERY SUGAR ............ 3 b zation in the eity had been appointed | 20¢ | JELL-O, All Flavors . 3 pkes 200 to work with the mmbeers of the : ; .' enen s 22¢ | N. B, ¢, N R el 3 pke: dion and the following men com- | |if o v civvianie 8 pligs [ 3 RIZ COCOA . B s 10¢ | N. B. C. MILK CRACK . A . prised the memorial — committee m; 1 a l n t r e e t \"m lm D COCOANUT ... TV 20¢ N L SODA CRACKIES l(\ e T e ) New Dritain: G. A, 1t loven Ien-| R CORN ........ S 10¢ | ASPARAGU ks . ‘large aAn feld: Spanish War Veterans, T, Hills; \Cls MEAT .. U3 pkes 25¢ | NEW PEARL BARLE AR Kosciuski Dost, Polish War Veter- ||} — Telephone 208 — —_—— ans, I, Sikora; Walter J. Smith Pos! eterans of “ore n vars, Hd- \ « ar . Far () '; “ '8 as ¢ cords FRE H FRUITS AND VLGETABLES—WE URELY HAVF THL - '1‘ j | oot yeteran of I hl.\".h\i'\\ ; lj';»;::! ‘ Headguarters for Columbia Grafonolas and Records il American Legion, Maurice Pease, HOT HOUSE 15c LARGE HEAVY 25c committee and to date they have | 1S 2 bunche ST GRAPEFRUIT | 4 f Suite & sum in the treasury ! I 3 ; g | X o SEBCGIAL SIS SOLID HEAD 5 e P AN DAY 1 Iblani and rules-START TODAY. Contest closes March 20th at noon. Does! NEW MEATY ABBAGE ........ T 50 Armistice Day and its observance in |} | | 17c PRUNES y N 2 11021 was unusually ~muvwm A not cost you one cent to enter. IXXTRA LARGE S AL | LARGE RIPE k! mayor and several prominent busi- || EAARAEN o 39€ | ity i e 10€ | i o 1€ Rl e e e ot | HAVE YOU ENTERED THE GRANBY WORD C CONTEST—Get entry. i 1 : i Pounds b A committee from the Legion worked | { ’ : SOLIDE{ LD 15 3 25c LARGE JUICY 25 in conjunction with the members of | GRANBY PHONO( I LETTUCE ...... cach c dozen C the various = ex-servicemen's posts | (g1 e - —t e - - SRR about the city with the result that the Will be gi\'en away Free to winner of first l)l'iZ(“ celebration of the day was a decided STRAWBERRIES ! JoF i on “’"!"}?;?n\‘\" !'!"m'.".';‘.';r‘.'““, SRRY o i o szt el 8l | CONTEST OPEN TO ALL SCHOOL PUPILS IN NEW BRITAIN o "ROM THE morning was one of the best that has | SRS M Al e <. & | over been scen here, and the mem- | | be of the Legion turned out| TRY OUR QUALITY OYSTERS—ALL SOLID MEIATS AND SOLD SOLID MEASURE—the Pint only 35¢ strong. In the cvening, the Legion held u‘