Milford chronicle., 1925-03-20
Harrington
Harrington Centnury Club Notes

IueSday dlIeIuOOu, WIN the preS1
dent, Mrs. L. B. Harrington, presid
ing. The meeting was opened BY
singing, Home Sweet Home" TIL,
Lords prayer was said and the min.
utes of the previous meeting were
later approved.
Next in order was the payment Of
dues of a report of the banquet SER
we'd the Fire Company.
. The club, after taking a vote, re-
iected the proposition of putting on
a play by talent from Georgetown
and also opposed the tipping in ho-
tells.
The club members were invited to
attend a Delaware Conference of So
cial at the First Presbyterian Church
in Wilmington on March "a to q.
A letter from the State Chairman
of Health was read in which it an
nounced that health institutes would
be held in each of the three counties.
The institute for Kent county will
be held at Smyrna, April 9th. Each
club was asked to send a large dele
cation.
This concluding the business for
the afternoon the meeting was then
turned over to the hOstesses for the
afternoon topic, Better Homes, Mrs.
S. L. Sapp and Mrs. Elva Sapp. Their
program for the afternoon was most
interesting and instructive. Mrs. S.
L. Sapp had prepared paper on the
subject, which was read by her
daughter, Mrs. Wilson Vinyard, of
Milford Mrs. Fred Greenley read a
poem Home" by Edgar Guest. Mrs. |
Vinyard gave another reading, "That |
Old Sweetheart of Nine" Following |
this part of the program a demon |
stration of an electric washer at /
work was given. The club was able |
to have this demonstration through |
the courtesy of Mr.. Parsons of the
Eastern Shore Gas C Electric Co.
The next demonstration was the use
of a vacuum cleaner. The club felt
much indebted to Mr.. Parsons and
extended him vote of thanks. The
hostesses served a delicious salad
luncheon. This was one of the larg-
est attended meetings of the club
year
Harrington Firemen Busy
During the last 4S hours the local
fire company has been more or less
on the jump, with three rural calls.
Fortunately no serious damage oc- !
CURED in either case. Thursday dur
ing the noon hour much excitement
prevailed when the alarm sounded. !
It was first reported that the home ,
of Mayor Sawtelle was on fire and :
both pieces Of apparatus responded, !
f,TTfo univ hn oe
Mayor it was discovered that the !
fire was in the country near Mile :
hams cross roads, where a grass fire
was raging. Saturday morning with !
Chief Potter in charge, truck No. 2,
eXtinguished chimney fire on the
Lister farm, near FELTON,, and tenant t
ed by Mr.. Hall. Early Sunday NOR n
ming, Drawing the frigid gale, the I
company again went about six miles u
into the country and eXtinguished a
another chimney fire on the Jacob e.
Camper farm, and tenanted by James tt
Lyons. According to Mr.. Lyons it b
was said that his chimney had been a
cleaned a short time previous to the p
fire, but the firemen found large ot
quantities of SCOT in the chimney. p.
An ounce of prevention is worth a e,
pound of cure, chimney fires can ma W
.erially be reduced if a handful of al
sulphur is thrown into the fire about is
nee a week. TO
Betty Last Bet" Well Rendered be
'ull House Present -
Braving a threatening storm which be b
ontinued nearly all day, but which m
leared away late in the afternoon, in
n audience estimated at fully zoe ~
eOple, attended the three act COM
dy, "Betty's Last Bets" given by
be Senior Glass of the Harrington 10,
[igh School, at Reese Theatre, Fri
ay evening. Despite the fact that
emple Lodge, No. 9, of the Mason
! Order, was holding their 109th
at Milford, the number
resent was far above expectations. III,
was said to have been one of the a.,
.rgest crowds ever attending Reese M
heatre. For many years the old -
eese Theatre was inadequate to ac- ~, NJ
large crowds. Harrington no -
rs theatre now that will accom- -
odate all who wish to attend. The Sot S,st
laracters portrayed in the comedy, % oe-
hich was full of mirth and laugh ~.
r throughout the entire three acts, ~
ere taken by members of the Sen az aeu
r and Junior classes and were '0T
aimed by Professor Millard Fitzger- =.
d and Miss Edith Hoover, members
the High School faculty During -
e intermission, Prof. Fitzgerald IL
ng a solo and Prof. Norman Bur- -.
n, accompanied by his valet, Emil SSI. NJ
pore, did few fancy steps of buck - ~
d wing dancing and character a. a.
The synopsis of the COM 20 ~
y was: By a stroke OF ill fortune, e.. so
s. Mary Darling and her four ~ ~
lighter are settled in an out of the - ~
" place, Stockbridge. Betty, the ~,
ungest, is studying in New York PF''t q
y. By a college prank she is ex- e,,G : y
led and arrives home. While in Iull l-n.
W York City she meets Captain Sn4' q o.
n Loon, who pays her a visit la 4n tls'.' |"
in Stockbridge. He stays at the ". "
Ring home by pretending he is pi9' a,
ir cousin. Edgar Darling, who is ~, Az
excavate in Greece, makes bet III, -
h Betty that he will get her other ~ ~
ee sisters married and them a. 4o d,
)tain Van Loon wins Betty the 49,. ~ N
rth daughter. The characters: S"%i a.
5. Darling, a widow with four ~
at problems, Florence Markert; eiiS NJ
.herine, called Kitty, her eldest M ~
ghter, Janette Bullock; Margaret, Ld-a IL
led Peggy" her second, Mary 10l IS, I
it'll; Dorothy, called Dolly" her = ~. w.
d. Clara Stanton: Elizabeth, call 40 Tx