CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
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THE YPRES TIMES
and Father Christmas will appear during the
evening. Gifts of toys and donations for which
we earnestly appeal, will be received very
gratefully by the Hon. Secretary, London County
Committee, Ypres League, 9, Baker Street, W.i.
We are very pleased to announce that the
Enfield Children's Orchestra under the personal
direction of Mrs. Lea Peabody have kindly-
promised to come and give selections during the
evening.
THE EIGHTH ANNUAL
organized by the
LONDON COUNTY COMMITTEE
will take place at the
WESTMINSTER CITY SCHOOL
55, PALACE ST., VICTORIA ST., S.W.I
(By permission of the Governors of the School)
On SATURDAY, JANUARY qth, 1932,
at 4 p.m.
Admission
Junior Division Members, Free. Friends, 6d. each.
Application for tickets should be made to the
Hon. Secretary, London County Committee,
Ypres League, at 9, Baker Street, W.i., not later
than January 7th, 1932.
A Christmas Tree will again be provided.
Gifts of Toys or Donations will be very grate
fully received, and should be sent to The
Hon. Secretary, London County Committee, at
9, Baker Street, London, W.i.
MAY WE HAVE YOUR KIND SUPPORT
WHICH WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
DANCE.
It is hoped to arrange another dance to take
place towards the end of January, and notice
will be sent out with the January Informal
Gathering circulars. We hope for a better
attendance than we had at the last dance. The
non-dancers will find others in the same boat,
and for them, a chat over old times in the Salient
will be worth while.
The Hon. Secretary, London County Com
mittee expresses thanks to those who have sent
snaps of the Salient for the album, and he still is
anxious to receive more if they can be spared.
Very hearty thanks is extended to those who
have, at the Committee's request, enrolled
members during the year, and it is hoped that
the anticipated number of new members will
be obtained for 1931.
The support given to our Smoking Concert
was most gratifying, and it is pleasing to note
that one member travelled from Liverpool,
others from Worthing, and the Isle of Wight,
and for this support they deserve a very special
vote of thanks.
It is interesting to note that two of our mem
bers, Mr. and Mrs. Stocker, celebrated their
golden wedding last November, and a telegram
of congratulation was sent them on this event
ful occasion. A very grateful reply was forth
coming as well as a notice in the local press to
say that we had sent such a message. We wish
Mr. and Mrs. Stocker many more years of
continued happiness and good health.
The Hon. Secretary has just received a letter
by the first All-Australian organized air mail
service to England from a member who used to
attend the gatherings. He extends greetings
to all London members, and especially thanks
us for posting him the Ypres Times, which he
reads with the greatest of interest.
PRE-ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION IN
NEW YORK.
We have received an interesting account from
Capt. R. Henderson-Bland, our representative in
America, of a very impressive ceremony held at
the Church of the Heavenly Rest in Ninetieth
Street at which many members of the New York
Branch of the Ypres League attended. The
service signalized the approach of the anni
versary of the Armistice, and 5,000 members
bearing a thousand Colours and representing
nearly four hundred organizations, marched in
procession to the Church. The parade, headed
by Brigadier-General Oliver E. Bridgeman, as
marshal, included the War Veteran Division
commanded by Brigadier-General John F.
Daniell, on whose staff were Major Theodore
Crane (member of the Ypres League) and Capt.
R. Henderson-Bland.
With Rear-Admiral Phelps at the reviewing
stand were Lieut.-General Robert L. Bullard,
Major-General Hanson E. Ely, Rear-Admiral
Robert P. Foreshew (retired), Brigadier-General
Lucius R. Holbrook, Brigadier-General John J.
Phelan, Brigadier-General Louis W. Stotesbury,
Brigadier-General George A. Wingate, Brigadier-
General J. Leslie Kincaid, Brigadier-General
Fred W. Baldwin and Colonel George W.
Burleigh.
The Police Band played while the procession
filed into the church, and the banners formed
such a dense mass of colour as they were massed
in the edifice that only those who were far
forward could see the speakers. Hymns of a
militant faith and prayers for the continuance
of peace marked the service, and the Rev. Dr.
Henry Darlington, rector of the church, noted
that the day marked the approach of the
anniversary of the armistice of the Great War.
The massing of Colours before the altar and the
