Milford chronicle., 1923-07-13
HARRINGTON

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past week with his parents, Mr.. AM
Mrs. William Simpson.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. ]. Poore have beer
entertaining their children and grand
children during the past week. ThI
following are among those who havt
been on a visit here: Mr.. and Mrs. w
w. Gilbert and children of Olney, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Coughlin and chill.
dren of Philadelphia; Mrs. V. H. EN-
ory of Washington, D. c.; Mr.. anC
Mrs. R. E. Poore of Baltimore anG
Mrs. W. E. Paris of Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Daniels have
been entertaining Miss Elizabeth Ma
loney of Townsend.
Mrs. Howard Knight and little
daughter of March, Va, are the guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hurd.
Miss Virginia Lankford is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Bryan.
J.|H. Eggert of Buffalo, N. Y, is the
guest of his mother, Mrs. ]. E. Eg-
CERT.
Miss Norma Keller is spending this
week with Baltimore friends.
Judge and Mrs. Hugh Morris of Will
mington spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs Larkin of Kennett
Square, Pa, spent the weekend with
Rev. and Mrs. Amos Brown. The grand
daughter is spending the week here.
Miss Evangeline Tharp spent the
weekend with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Powell, Miss
Helen Beckwith and Theo. Harrington
spent Sunday at Ocean City, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Williams, local
express agent, are spending a weeks
vacation with their respective parents
at Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Tharp were Phil
adelphia visitors last Sunday.
Mrs. Emeline Stokes and grandson
Emil Abrams of Wilmington spent the
past week with Mr.. and Mrs. o. G.
Passmore.
Mrs. Jennie Clifton of FELTON, was a
local visitor Monday as the guest of
Mrs. w. T. Sharp.
A touring car belonging to Joshua
Smith suddenly caught fire here last
week on Commerce street. Chief Geo.
Potter of the local fire department,
happened to be near and hurried to
the fire house, near by, and pressed a
hand extinguisher into service.
Friends of the owner Of the car threw
dirt on the fire to keep it under con-
troll until Chief Potter returned. Very
little damage was caused by the fire.
Mr.. Smith seems to be very unfortu-
nate with his cars. This is the second
one that has taken fire within the past
year.
Harrington City Council is very
busy these days. They have made re-
pairs to Fleming street, Weiner ave-
nue., have graded Wolcott street and
are working on a part Of Mechanic
street, facing the city hall and have
completed crossings on Liberrttyy, :.1G o2S !
Meeehaai SHAME streets. Tney nave also pur-
chased new school street signs and |
also welcome to Harrington" signs
These will all be placed in position
within the next few weeks.
The company contracting to put on
the finishing touches to the streets al !
ready repaired are expected this week.
McNichol Paving and Construction
Co. has started work on the building
of the concrete road from Harrington
to Burrsville, Md. They will probably
be ready to pour cement within the
next ten days as very little grading
will be necessary through town.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Keyes are spend
ing the week at Atlantic City, N. J.
Republican County Chairman and
Mrs. R. K. Jones and daughter, Miss
Marian, also Prof. Hollenbeck Of Phil
adelphia spent the past week at Bow
ers Beach. They were guests at the
Hotel johnson.
Mrs. ]. E. Eggert and children are
spending this month with her mother,
Mrs. Matilda Shaw. Upon her return
they will later reside in California,
where Mr.. Eggert has been transfer
red by the General Motors Co.
Mrs. Glenn Newton Of Dover has
been the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Ar
thur Taylor, near town.
Mrs. Garrett S. Harrington Is on an
indefinite visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Robert Grier at Pleasantville, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Clifton spent
the weekend with the formers par
ents at Greenwood. =
DR.. H. e. Thomson has returned
from a business trip to New York.
DR.. and Mrs. H. E. Thomson and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Brown Smith spent !
the weekend at Washington, D. c., as
the SueSLS Oh MI anu Mis- l. W. OaA-
penter.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Percy Reese of Phil e
and Captain Nash Of Har-
rington, Maine, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Harrington.
Miss Cornelia Rapalje of Flushing, Y
L. l., New York, is the guest of Mrs.
Annie P. Lewis for the next weeks.
Mrs. Margaret Hoey Of Philadelphia q
spent the weekend with Mrs. Annie 7
P. Lewis. p
Mr.. and Mrs. George o. Tucker and
'amily of Philadelphia spent the week p
end with the latter's parents, Mr.. and g
Mrs. Samuel Kemp.
The case of the shooting of a valu-
lble dog, owned by W. e. Palmer has a
)een held over until later date, due e
o the pressing amount of work of the Il
present term of court. Both Mr.. Short n
nd Mr.. Palmer have trained lawyers o.
md the case, when a hearing is Civ q
n, promises to be lively one.
W. E. (Huck) Palmer is attending Ie
shooting tournament at Bettertown, OF
ID, this week. u
Now that the new uniforms of the ia
)cal fire company have arrived they OF
re drilling each evening, so that they
ill be in fine trim, and ready for
le parade at Middletown next We'd
esday. Some members Of the COM
anv have seen service in the World