Milford chronicle., 1921-10-21
Two Old Friends
Come Together


which would be included in tWent.
mile circle drawn with Greenwood
Delaware, as its centre. There the!
grow from childhood to boyhood an'
finally reached the stage OF men, WheI
each made choice of business pur
suits for service as citizens. The!
were lust two husky, lively boys
both given to all kinds of sport which
develop boys into strong and heal
tbv men. They were wrestlers o
some local note and have FOLLOWED
MANY sports of that character up Il
the present, wherever they have hap
nened to reside. They each reveleC
in hunting with dogs in the fields, fol
water fowl and other wild game
Their devotion to following the
hounds cost them many nights OF
sleep with the discOmfOFts of hunting
for night prowling wild game, but TINS
all went towards building up strong
bodies and reliant and reliable men.
These men were in no way related,
vet their inclinations in pleasure as
we'll as for business, led them to take
IN DOsitions with the Delaware Rail-
road at the bottom steps of the pro-
fessiOn. from whence they have as
cended step by step through the var
ious grades of promotion to that OIL
conductors on the passenger service
of the greatest railroad in the world.
Both are yet active in the service
and it would be unfair to even print
their ages-because of the retirement
rules of the railroad which employs
them.
Ben" Harrington has for many
years held the run from Harrington
to Franklin City, Va, which is just
OppOsite from Chincoteague, Va,
where wild water fowl and game
abound, and great beds of oysters and
CLAIMS are found in ineXhaustable
beds for miles. There Ben" has had
wears of happiness and pleasure
part of the time devoted to the rails
inc and educating a family of bright
children now grown into fine men
and women who are now building
their own lives and homes in happl-
ness.
Harry" Satterfeld, is one of sew
eral sons of the late Esquire Satter-
field, who was well known in both
Kent and Sussex counties thirty years
ago. He was a sturdy, dark-skinned
little fellow, addicted to wrestling
with other boys at the public schools
and about the streets Of the home
town, full of mischief as a dog is OF
fieas. He grew up with dog and
gun, and early learned the habits OF
wild animals and the haunts of game
birds and fishes. The public schools
were a means for education, and at
the same time an opportunity for nm
to work off the restIessness of grow
ing muscles such as healthy, we'll
balanced boys have. Harry started at
railroading like his older chum, Ben"
HARRINGTON, at the bottom and work
ell his way upwards steadily, earning
confidence of his employer and asso-
ciates.
Twenty years ago their work
brought them together on the d. M.
& V. R. R., where their lives flowed
in pleasant channels. Each took quick
opportunity to turn the butt of joke
on the Other-in their work, in their
sports and in their associations with
people generally. Life was a happi-
ness to these men, because they made
it happy and spared no effort to have
their families enjoy with them the
pleasures afforded by comforts and
happiness, but the pleasure that comes
of active hustling with the public
and theirs has been real experience
of true pleasure.
As promotions came to Harry Sat
terfield, he with his family first went
to Wilmington and then to Philadel-
phia, while he was actively following
the duties of conductor on the thru
trains and making new friends wher-
ever he located But ben" Harring-
ton refused to give up his run on the
old D. M. & V. R. R., remaining at
Franklin City, Va, where the oysters
and clans are fine and the field and
water fowl hunting the best.
The pleasant associations with
friends at other eastern shore points
at the end of runs on branch lines of
the Pennsylvania system were appre-
ciated by Harry Satterfeld-but the
longing for the old home, for the
friends of earlier days was always
drawing-so when the time came for
relocations of the choice of runs by
the conductors, it was the OppOrtun-
ity of Harry Satterfield to get back
home - where the people knew him
and he knew them-where the mem
ories of early experiences could min
gle in pleasant intercourses with
friends who will be together so long
as life do last-and he selected Reho-
both Beach, where he is now located |
and starting with the end of this
month to turn over the pages of life
with greater pleasure than ever be-
fore.
Now again the two cronies are back
to their first love in railroad work, as
Harry Satterfield has just been trans
ferred back to this Division and is To-
Gated at Rehoboth Beach, where he
will have the passenger service run
twice each day, between Rehobotn
and Harrington. This brings the old
friends again into daily communlca-
tion.
To those who travel over this
branch road, the faces of "Ben" and
are pleasant greetings and
It is pleasant to think, that for the
next decade they will have these two
iovial friends in charge of their traV-
els to and from home. May their
days be long and their associations
with all, happy.