E SOUTH
I‘Ilgi'VENING SENTINEL
ESTAIEIJSEBD BY —
JAMES GOLDEN
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i L. a A. L. GOLDEN, Props.
:faus‘sbfii'snfit 18. 1919
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NORWALK Wildest Burst of Enthusiasm
l in History of No
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‘ Welcome Veterans Backto
gity They Nobly Fought
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(Continued from Page One“.
-and Y. M. C. A. and K. of C. welfare
.workers occupied a place of honor in
the parade. They were in the official
tuniform of their associations. and
lwere received with generous acclaim
iall along the line of march
exclusively! Following the Coast Artillery Band
tof Bridgeport.
{bearing on their
in this paper and also honored insignia of most of the com- Oscar F. Schultze:
came the service men.
left shoulders the
bat and S. O. S. divisions of the A. I“.
F.. and the men of the navy and
lmarines. together with ten Norwalk sweet
men who fought, with Canadian and
Scotch units. Escorts were the State
Guard, who bore arms. and an attract-
ive feature was the armed crew of the
U. S. Destroyer Stringham.
W'ounded men of the World War
and veterans of the Civil War took
.t . .
' Prior to the servmg of
liest time of their livcs.
Following the speech of welcome.
the men remained in formation and
marched to the Knights of Columbus
tent. where gift packages were dis-
tributed. These contained cigarettes.
matches. a match case. a K: of C.
handkerchief. a bar of chocolate and
candy.
the clam-
bake. sports were enjoyed. These af-
t'orded as much amusement and inter-
tst to spectators as they did the men
in uniform.
James Ghiotto prepared the “chow"
which was splendid. There were
heaps of “seconds." for in the two
giant roosters the following were pr.)
pared. the supplies being furnished by.
600 chickens: 400
pounds of fish. 4 barrels of sweet po-
tatoes. 1,000 lobsters. 1.000 ears of
corn. several thousands of
clams. besides which there were
brown bread. pickles. tomatoes. cigars
and cigarettes.
During the clam-bake there was
plenty of band music. the men pausing
in their eating now and then to join
in on the choruses of popular songs
I , ’ ' .-.
me” Managers Residence 'their places in the parade and1were John w. \Vehle charmed with his sing
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MASONIC NOTICE
accorded comfort through the genen
ous response. of the follo'ring citizens
to the. committee's appeal for cars:
M R. McCausland. Mrs. XV. C. Martin.
Old Well. Lodge No. 108. F. and A. M.
Meets in Masonic Building. South
Main street,
each month-«July and August excerpt-
ed, at 8 o'clock. All Master Mnsonst
cordially invited. John K. Finch, Vi,
M. Robert u. Wilcox. secretary.
MONUMENTS
Among the mémorials being erected
American soldiers
in honor of the
fallen in the his' war. a monument
Stoningibn. (‘0nn.. deserves. and is
receiving. particular mention.
A handsome stone Was erected.
I On it was clti§led ti:
town
(‘TCCM
at
t
public expense. 9
names of the members of the
council which had ordered its
tion.
the names of the
ed by the monument would be found
pliiCNl inside the stone
heroes commcznomt-‘f
t
in a tin Box
for the benefit of the future ages.
Let it. be said to the honor of tite‘liv-
l
lst and 3rd Tuesday oft
1 roll.
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[ the city hall.
in’li‘Donoran‘ were err-Mayors Frances 1'. were met with ample reward by the
Beneath was a line stating that'
F. Nightingale. Frank C. Goodchild.
R; J‘ Cutbill. Edward Vatclle. C. it.
Kitties. “f. H. Mosher. James A. Far-
F‘. W. Thompson. Louis 1!. Bit.
mend. Eben J. Taylor. W. D. and
readiness. but there was no call for
them. With the exception of Mr. Far-'
roll. who was unable to be present.
the cars were. driven by their owners.
The official reviewing stand was at
With Mayor Jeremiah
tBurnell and Carl Axel Harstrom:
General Russell Frost. in the uniform
of his rank: the city officials and mem‘
bers of the. Mayor's Committte o
Sixty. ,
Half a hundred Red Cross workers
in the nurse's garb formed on the
Vi'oodward lawn. across from the city
hall. waving flags as the parade
passed. ' f
Flowers were strewn in the path of
the service men by pretty girls and
mutt-(ms of Court Laurel. Daughters
of Castile. as they marched past the
reviewing stand. They were dresae
iin the finest fashion yesterday.
ing during the lengthy meal. The bake
flttingly started with the singing by
Mr. Wehle of the Star Spangled Bane
her. white the soldiers. sailors and
marines stood at attention in a hushed
and respectful silence. Rendered with
so splendid reverence and power. the
National Anthem as interpreter
Mn. “'ehle was met with prolonged
tCharles 1". 101611. Other cars WN‘P in cheers and applause at its close.
There were no "K. P." details dur
ing the meals to annoy the men. my
Scouts and volunteers did mess-man.
duty. They we‘re. continually on the
move. for there were constant de-
mands for "bcaucoup seconds" that
twelve hundred features.
The traditions of the Knights of
Columbus of the. A. E. F. were upheld
The
familiar old slogan. "Everybody “'91-
come. Everything Free," was never
more fully recognized. During the
meal K. of C. cigarettes were dis—
tributed to every man. In the gift
packets presented to the men at the
disbanding of the parade there werc
one pack of cigarettes. two packs of
matches. one K. of C. souvenir match
safe. 1 chocolate almond bar. one
package of chewing gum. l initialed K.
‘ ‘ us that the sm’VlVin' -.i wht . e l. 9 iv] ts
mg Stonmgtoma E n to w aring afay tte s , e ha of (.1 handkerchief. ham ”may. gum
war veterans are now erectin: another
d
- ‘ to their lost comrades,
mommtcnf
And let nobody laugh too (1
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at.
on their firms.
their own expense. !
1-: isivelyi
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l of yellow. purple and white. the colors
of the order. and with D. of C. bands
St. Marys
and St. Jo-
passed
avenue.
As the parade
church on \Vest
drops and chocolate peak/s. Alto-
gether the Kinghts of Columbus
yesterday distributed free nearly 3.800
cigarettes. 2.000 almond bars. 1.400
Handkerchiefs. 3.400 packages of
at the action’ot‘ that Sitillillutul‘. ttvll’ll‘gpph‘s church on South Main street. . . _
matches, 1.200 souvenir K of C. match
- «council.
itilt‘. of one sort or another.
on American community. which
appearances might seem to indicate
that it has teen erected purely as a1
monument to th
men who happened to hold llllllllt‘
fire at the time it was built.
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THE SOLDIERS WERE HONEST
Army reports tli
France
The Salvation
did a credit
amountin: to snptmfiotl without lu'A
business in
ing a dollar.
This is all the more remark;
e. by its own admission. the Army
\Vllntt-Ver recordc
caus
“kept no books."
the worker: kept \verc of the
There was no in-
most
'riidlmentary sort.
vestigation of those :Itllili'in‘l f0" W‘pd'
it. “'hen .i soldier
and (lid nm l'a‘fc the cash. lie was
trusted. And if any of those mrn
their obligations mu 't
..;..: failed to pay.
U have been met with the ()vt‘t'fllflntm‘tl
because the Army is "break
of other.
‘ ing even."
i ACcording tc ordinaty stamlani thi
r was not “good business." it tends.
fed-tower”, to confirm an opziiziistts
H ‘ fith in human nature.
honest
People generally are pretty
or at least pretty much incttnert
“1191: a cred
't0
i live up to expectations.
n“ itor suspects them of dishonesty. anti
< takes elaborate measures to insure
,4
sentient. thev mav take a sort of mat
‘2 hag-pleasure in cheating him. ‘When
:etur. litm‘ takes it for granted that
“19 'rmend to do the thing.
It'd} usually do.
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' The when. crop has about maid
% ‘rablc ti om last summer's estimates.
till there will be 911M for l”
I ~ ‘ -pe0ple. win W
els or so left over for export. And
SQlltll‘r
' .ooe bushels.
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prov'es to be a m
v gs-..-
t‘rom 2
trad white and blue sashes.
e otherwise ftlrezoitcn_
of- '
[on platforms high (H'i-l‘
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Nile ht" ,
wanted anythin 7'
b' a
W‘s most widely spread”.
out; new
critics ever but! G” ‘1 It"
the priests and sisters of mercy. The
school girls wore white dresses with
Flags in
profusion were waved at the men.
Passing under the arch erected at
the junction of “'oodward avenue and
Cross street. children. in
two small
‘suits of red. white and blue. perched
the heads of
the mnrcheis. showered confetti on
at it t the servicn'men. The youngsters were
‘Nicholos Odtlt), «t year old. son of Mr.
land Mrs. Charles Oddo of 16 Cross
1strect. and Minnie Dalmo. 5 years old.
Ednuchter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Da-
l.~:-o. of 2Q \Voodward avenue.
VVben the marchers arrived at the
illuxtcr grounds. they were formed in
:a hollow square, with an automobile
3containing Mayor Jeremiah Donovan
iand General tRussell Frost. The serv
ice men were officially- and warmly
welcomed by the mayor. who intro
duced General Frost. in a brief talk.
; the. general said:
l “I appreciate as well as you do that
i this is not the time for long speeches.
: Tint the mayor felt a few words of wel-
i
"come should be spoken. No words of
3 Welcome that I can speak can express
‘ to you what is in the. hearts of the poo
fple of Norwalk more than what you
have seen today.
I "Some of you helped break the
idiihiel salient, which for four years
lbefore. the American troops went into
Vaction stood impassable against the
repeated assaults of the allies.
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“Some of you at Chateau Thierry
taught the Germans that no military
power can stop the American soldier
.when he starts to reach his objective.
“Some of you helped break the Hin-
denbmg line. declared to have been
limpregnable. Some of you stood be-
fore Sedan and Metz. eagerly await-
iing the command to move forward and
man the enemy, when fire Germans
beget for an armistice. '
- “Not all who went have come back,
in we don't for-not and shall never
Yin-get the boy: ot‘Norwaik who sleep
“beneath the poppies of Flanders and
; we're sate—if the ”manhunt” roses and: mites or Southern
't hide or export more than 3001‘
l'I-‘rance. They are. at rest insacred
’Iground. careless of mid!!! and
rim-patios of the arrange-beats
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There is mam n ptlb‘it‘ struc-| tlie children of the schools were mass . ‘
. t _ safes. Lino packages of chewmg gum.
in mauV ed on the steps of the clunches with ,
1.00" chocolate peaks, 300 pounds of
gum drops, 240 pounds of hard candy
and 100 pounds of novelty candies.
The work of‘the K. of C. was direct-
ml under the leadership of Navigator
“'illiam P. “'ard of Bishop Fehwick
Assembly. Fourth Degree Knights.
liis committee was composed of ten
members; selected from the member-
ship of both of the local K. of C. coun-
cils, The following men
the committee: Daniel F. Toomcy.
Thomas F. McMahon. James P. Slice»
ban. Edward J. Hayes. Michael J. Rior-
dan. John J. Newman. Edward J. Quin
lan. Timothy Henncssy and John
Sculley. Jr. The three local Knights
of (‘ultlmltils workers. John Vi‘.
Sculley. Edward Kearney and Mat‘
thew liowley. aided by their previous
training in camps at home and
abroad. very; successfully carried out
their portion of work of distribution,
“'ii I'
' “'ild acclaim all along the line of
111811"?! of the parade was met with by
the \K‘elfare “'orkers group. The spec-
tators appreciated what part the or-
ganizations represented by them did
for their boys in American camps and
in France. and they were noisy and
enthusiastic in letting them know just
how tremendous was their approval. ..
; Nurses marching were Miss Van
Goevering of East Norwalk. Miss
Cmckett of Rowayton. Graduate
nurses. and Ethel Gray of Norwalk.
and Anna Hipson of East Norwalk.
student nurses. :
Knights of Columbus war workers‘
were represented by Secretaries John.
w. Scullcy. Edward Kearney and Mail
thew Howley. The Y. M. C. A.'s soo'
retary was John M. Glover ' _ ;
Adjutant Bertha Platt. formerly of
East Nor-walk. but now on duty in
Philadelphia, and use only gm wand.‘
ed on the front in France. rewesented
the Salvation Army. together with
Captain Gladys Jolson of m
street. The “dbogtmut girls" were-
met with the greatest of greetings as
tiny marched;
Efficient handling of automobile
traffic and the extraordinary largo peg
datrian throng! was done by the
plaice department under the direction
diChief of Police William R. Penning. l
tin. ‘BoySeoatomle’tpMin aw
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served on
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George Clark. R. Moore. C. Nutting,
M. Gans. P. Mayhew. Carmnn Cavellfl-
K. Fitch. K. Weed. A. Greenhm. J-
Slattery. M. Schulman. F. Lauder. C.
\‘i’ickey. ll. “'olff B. Starr. and E-
Frey.
Most spectacular among 'he greet-
ings accorded the marching veterans
was that arranged by the members of
Court Laurel. Daughters of Castile.
Pelted with flowers as they passed the
reviewing stand at Ci;_. Hall. the
marchers literally walked over a bed
of raises. the street at this point being
strewn with masses of posies.
AS Captain John Keogh. marshal
of the parade. swung past the review—
ing stand. he was presented with a
huge and beautiful borquct of roses
by State Regent Mrs. Cornelius A. Mc-
Namara. the gift of Court Laurel.
Daughters of Castilc.
A touching tribute that deeflli' Rf‘
fected the spectators and marching
men. was paid Norwalk's dead in the
world war when. in the name of Court
Laurel. Miss Ethel Callahan and Mrs
Anna Rooney reverently crowned the
“Lest “'9 Forget" memorial with large
bouquets of flowers. as the huge gold
star. draped in black. passed the city
hall.
Not only were the veterans feeling-
ly appreciative of the un’quo- wrlco'ne
given them by the Daughter: of Car
tile. but witnesses to the ceremonies.
which were sprung as a complete and
gratifying surprise. expressed them.
selves as feeling the merited respect
thus shown was so novel a means of
showing Welcome and appreciation all
to be remembered forever.
State Regent Mrs. C. A. McNamara
was in charge. and assisting her with
arms laden with flowers were Myra
Lee. Ethel Callahan. Jennie in. Mrs.
Margaret Craig, Mrs. Anna Rooney;
'Edna Sutton. E'Iizabeth Conley. Lau
. retta Rooney. Anna dean. Mrs 0. F.
Dorward. Helen Sculley. Anna Powers.
Julia Collins. Helen Savage. Grace:
O'Brien. Frances Splan. lnez Stratuml
and M. Dmry. Surprise flower girls’
were the Misses Margaret Reynolds.
and meibells. who wore green
crowns. and were pretty in white.
Gathering at the Green.
“'lth ideal weather (‘\'Ol_\l.lill}
ed in the big clay '~mi"r,: and while
the decorators who h'ad worked until
well toward midnight put the finishing
touches on the carnitnl reviewing
stand in front of the Gazette building
and householders mg East “'all
street. “loll street. and \Vest avenue
hung out every bit of hunting that
they could get the soldiers and their
friends began gathering at the Green
about nine o'clock. They came singly.
in groups and finally in battalions.
and there was a heap of handshaking
and shouts of recognition as some
chap in khaki spied a “buddy" that he
had not glimpsed since he came from
camp or overseas \\'hilc their sisters.
and their cousins and their aunts. not
to mention sweethearts. in their best
bib and tucker. picked out their own
particular man or men and just nat-
urally broke up into little groups to
swap yarns or exchange confidenccs.
The G, A. R. men were among the
first to arrive and were furnished with
seats on benches in the middle of the
Green. where they made an interest-
ing picture in their blue coats and
black felt hats and showed a lot of
vigor even if the Dean of ‘ em all. Cap-
tain Joe Crossmands 95. and Chaun-
cey Plati. the baby of the bunch. h.l.S
passed his 08th milestone. Both
Buckingham’ Post. .\'o. 12. and Doug'-
~lill'i-
lass Fowler Post. No. is. were well
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told.
The Spanish \Var
liam McKinley Camp
their headquarters in the former “nut
clerk's office on “'ali street. an“ made
a fine appearance in their gray uni
forms and just twenty-four
marched to the Green at 930.
Then came the blarc of a band as
the local companies of the State
guard came marching up Mill Hill in
regulation kahki with flags a flying
and eyes to the front.
Everything seemed to be all set for
the start at 10 o'clock. but for some
reason the order to march was not
given until half an hour later.
A fact that many noticed was the
almost absolute stillness about the
green despite the fact that the big
crowd of both soldiers and civilians
was composed largely of young peo-
ple; but conversations were carried
on in low tones. there was no boister-
ousness or horse play and it was al-
most with relief that the music started
as the order to march was given and
the long looked for parade was final-
ly on its way.
assembled at
The Sports. »
As soon as the mayor had com-
pleted delivering his Welcome h‘mic
address. the soldiers began the activi.
ties of the day by cnjjymg the ath-
lctic program which had been armor:-
ed for them. The first event on the
program was a mil-yard dash. which
was won by Fred Cosietiff: second.
Thomas Dot-sen: third. John Nathan.
The next event was the three-legged
race. which was won by Rooney and
Tooker. second. George Brothers. Hop.
skip and Juan. first. Chontos; Olsen.
second: Km. third. Shoe race.
first 1 Nathan- second J Helfant' of every desirable fabric and .serviceaabie quality,
' ‘ " ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ' \Vorth .25 At, yard
,third. L. i-‘orrtno. “Sack race. first. S. ’ “tour" lengths drew l h,
:‘000‘ .. .eor ; tl'd. ‘ ' ~ ‘ ”m ‘ - °
Chontos b d I C go m. - ' coat lengths. lengths for child~ M SM In"
. Mocller. Tug of war. won bv S. ( hev.- 3,“
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tos. \V. lllauvelt. S. Kelly.
The next number on the program ,M
was th9. thQ-mund t‘xh‘blllon ' . mt“, mchr ' I ~ I .
bouts. in the first exhibition aDW’nr- The material that ‘1‘“ “”3““ NC“' Fa“ Plus
0“ ANN“ and Ferrino. who “WM-5h?" 3” lion. in blue with wave-n white ‘Scotch effects in \ery desirable 01"
rounds of boxing; ‘etripcs; nothing is more suitable cringe; Futtnbie for m
three very livc‘y
for which thev \vv-te very licati-v ap-l
in the second exhibition rpm
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Red Allen of lzrioztcrxv-t. and this bout,
was as inlf’mtinfi as me of its «Ema ‘
veterans of \Nil- 3
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on T300381“) Pm 0! THE scum
Beacon Blankets , -
at prices that make it worth while to buy now.
Our orders were placed months ago when
much lower than they arc today.
Many of our selling prices are as low as today
‘ Brass Voiles
lty pattern and coloring;
«2
prices were
”a mill prices-
An extensive assortment of new move at
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for spring 1920.
Fashion says that \'oil
fabrics for next spring. Great savings
advance sale of Voiles.
It is well to buy now as the price is decidedly
market quotations for next season.
Worth $1.00. 690
At. yard
Black Satin Char-reuse '
0f rich beautiful lustrous finish a‘
high quality. regular price 84.51; a:
Special ‘
tomorrow. yard
New Sort. "
42 inches wide. good weigh a.
cs will be unc of the most popular
arc represented In tho
below “at; .
WOOL DRESS GOODS
REMN ANTS
At 1-4 to 1-3 Under
Usual Prices
Hundreds of practical lengths
Excellent quality and the ”It
we in 59c.
Al on!
ren‘s wear.
. for house dresses. aprons and not dresses and smut! m.
forms. Special 29c
Worth 39c yard ...... Yard mm ml;
’ 31.5. 3 1.2.38? Us” 7'!“ u 1""
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tion could ha“ been. Slotmm put up'
a very clev~r exlsio‘tivn amvl at the;
end of the bout he was very loudly
cheated. The thitxl exhibition was.
that between Roi Allen :nl Battlinz
Joe Gans. Kunz's (lever trainer Ale
ion and Cans. wen. 'txrn'tgh three
rounds of fast lmvinz. m “bicb a great .
deal of clever l-lonking Ind footwork1
was used Each delivered a series of
left and right jabs t, ti-c. body and
face. which brought many a laugh.
front the crowd. The flu...) .\'\.\\valk
fans had their fim' glimpse of Yotmu‘
Lane in action Lari“ :l ncwcc net:
to this city. and 1= unoli.~ tltr lilill.II£‘.( I
ship of Joe Druid li- took on l\’ra-t
fcr oftlte hill section ir-r tltr » . "winds:
The scrap was the liveliest of the af—V
ternoon, and too brief to;
judge fully of Lane's abilities. that?
fighter impressed the spnlatovs “'ltli:
his fast cleverness and the manner in?
which he ltztndlrd himself on the im-1
provised ring. i
In the baseball game between thei
Army and Navy. the soldier boys were;
defeated by The gamet
was full of excitement and the shouts‘
from the spectators for their tcaml
were very loud. The Navy began tot
score in the first inning. they repeatedl
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AS YOU WALK
YOU sum DO"
in‘o the velvet nap of the In;
You know the feelim. If yet"-
evc-r trod over those tuck sill“!
Oriental dreams in smut hour
of luxury Our rugs my at
be expensive but they are mil?
beautiful to look upon and two
walk upon They will wear like
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that
Now. more than ever, vvill the buying public realize
'I‘hc cry is on fur lllll‘r food at prices
reason.
that everything sold in the Van llj‘k stores is above the mark
in purity and bclow the scale in price.
met an or can our ancients: .
. Duchess Coffee 48cm?
Combination Coffee 30c lb
, Quail-Teas ’ - -3. we is.”
Spring Valley Butter . 61c 15
. Spring Valley Eggs 59¢ 493.";
f * James Van Dyk
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