Milford chronicle., 1925-03-06

Ias Fn,s Banquet Fine Affair


,mS aa Banquet Fine Affair
DouI doubt the climax in So
e!its was reached here Fri
e1lng when the local fire com
feId their 9th annual banquet,
surpassed all previous affairs
4ature in many ways.
harrington Century Club is in
ust of a drive for funds with
70 build a new club house. A
was made that they be al
70 serve the banquet. They
sranted their request and they
a banquet that any group Of
IN Delaware would have been
OF. The following morning the
et was the subject of CONVEX
and the club ladies sure did
cir share of the praise for the
snC manner in which it was
Too much credit cannot be
the decoration committee, who
med excellent service. The fire
ny's colors of red and white
carried out to perfection in
color scheme. One outstanding
was the table decorations.
ch table were small miniature
s from which hung two fire
IS, the menu cards were tied
red and white ribbon. Covers
laid for 100 guests and n were
ut. James L. Harmstead, presi-
of the local fire company, acted
astmaster. A large American
vas unfurled behind the toast
RS chair. z. S. Jones of Mid
yn, president of the Delaware
Firemen's Association and
Lutz of the Wilmington Fire
'tment, were guests of honor.
ONE unknown reason Chief !
did not arrive. The entire state |
of the Association were invited |
kilograms and letters of regret !
read from the other members
could not be present.
E. H. Collins opened the pro-
with prayer, after which those
MT were seated and proceeded
rtake of the good things with
the tables were laden. Prof.
Horner and the Greenwood
Hstra furnished music for the
ng, with Professor Van Leer of
rd at the piano. Severals vari-
were played by Mr.. Van Leer
he was given many rounds Of
use. The following were among
called upon for after dinner
hes all of whom responded: e.
mes, Middletown; Mayor D. E.
ellie, president of city council;
Bailey; Councilman L. G. Mar ;
and John w. Sheldrake; ex- !
Gilman Warren T. Moore and
ur E. Jacobs, Frank T. White,
K R. VanGesel, a former mem
now residing in Colorado I
lgs, Colo; Fire Chief George B.
II, William W. Sharp, Rev. G. A.
is, Supt. Of Schools M. R. Ad- 1
who said in part, that when we I
of fire, we think in terms of t
and girls, that at the public
OILS there are over 500 pupils. G
lar fire drills are held with the il
that in an emergency the build
Pan be emptied of the entire as t
Dlage before the arrival of the Il
company. F
further said that they could S
y the building in order in As G
nds and hoped to accomplish n
feat in 80 seconds. A. J. Rams il
George 3. Swain, Lorenzo T. d.
IS, George w. Swain, vice presi- d
of the company; Col. N. r. Ii
son, of Pennington; Herman Il
lson, e. c. Reese, End assistant Ii
!, H. c. Tee, Earl Sylvester. Most
t the speeches dwelt on the sub -
of new, equipment and fire pre- -
ion. A rising vote of thanks was
he ladies for the fine banquet
s. L. B. Harrington, president
Century Club, responded with
remarks. In order to formu-
me plan Of securing new
lent, President Harmstead ap-
a committee as follows: e
T. White, w. T. Moore, A. ].
1all. L. G.. Markert. The regu- .
onthly meeting of the company Sis
be held this evening at which ''B
roposition will be discussed ma
er. The following were pres D.
It the banquet: A. w. Ammer- D"
W. A. BrOtemarkle, ]. D. cr'
IN, Grover Billings, W. A. Cat me
George Cain, Edwin Cannon, if
~ T. Chipman, Harvey J. Camp CTR,
Alton Collins, James A. Cahall, ]. ~
'ott Dickerson, Ernest w. Dean, mi
. W. Emory, Sr., Benz. W. Emory Wo
Lester J. Emory, Thomas Flem- Sn'
Theodore Harrington, Loren B. an
'ington, Fred w. Harrington, Wo
er Hatfield, Harry S. Harring- cuI
John J. Harrington, Herman gin
son, Louis C. Jones, George
Harold Laws, J. P. Masten,
Masten, Harry F. Murphy,
leming, Fred C. Powell, Will
tier, VIM. H. Longfellow, Err
aughley, Wilbert Richards,
G. Swain, L. L. Sapp, Conrad
y, William Sheath, G.. w.
W. e. Palmer, Dewitt Tat
frank Tharp, Samuel M. Will
Charles Wyatt, George Wy
ntain Welch and c. Fred Will
md Marks Change Owners
interest was manifested at a
sale held here Friday after
when two old land marks, To-
lin the business section of the
we're offered for sale. The
Fly which was owned by Mrs.
Deth Cooper of Salisbury, Nd,
ed by Clyde Van Gesel was
ed of for $500. Mr.. Van Gesel
he purchaser. An interview
he new owner developed the
nat in the near future he ex-
to raze the old frame build l.
Id replace it with a modern o.
of building. The next proper Il r.
,a5 -, + n D-oxrT ond an lo.