Milford chronicle., 1925-07-03
Harrington


Harrington Plans Greatest Fourth
The people OF lower Delaware VIII
witness on July 4th the greatest celeI
bration ever staged in the Stale' WIN
the possible exception Oh iIe "u O4''
road celebration OF last July' IT,.
The Chamber OF Commerce Oh Har-
rington determined several months aso
to tittlngly celebrate the 4th III wy Moy
that would excel every olheT ~allaii ~
ever held in lower Delaware. 10 per
fect these plans and carry out every
detail. President harrington hdlIlSG 1
himself chairman OF the committee anu
added to the committee ten olhef nv
,,oen,hers of the commerce BODY as AOl-
in15i.. w ", Sharp, DR.. w. 4. Chip
man. Harry Tee, Allen B. Parsons,
Warren 4. Moore, l.. L. Jones, FRANK
It. White, Horace %. S9ullleh, NeTI5e U,t5e
r. Potter and Wilbur r. JACOBS 4nlS
committee was sub divided and each
We're given a part to be taken care OIL
Meetings have been held some Times
twice a week to keep the plans ana
committees working. AT a speclal meet
ing OF the entire commerce Do4y, 70 3t,of "
held this evening it is expected thaC
everything will be in readiness TO move
off with the pageant promptly at y a,
m From nine o'clock in the morning
until the last race at the fair GROUNDS
in the afternoon there VIII pe soIiie-
thing doing every minute.
BEGINNING the day there VIII pc a
parade at nine o'clock, headed by one
of the finest brass bands in the counc
trv Ridgely w. Vane will act as chleI
marshall and he will have several aides
Starting from the high school grouhus,
the parade will proceed east on center
street to Calvin street, North street.
Weiner avenue, Delaware avenue LlD-
erty street, Fleming street, BouleNaru'
countermarching on Boulevard to COM
merce street, Reese avenue Hahley
street, Milby street, Dorman street.
Liberty street. Weiner avenue, ret4rn11
ing on Center street TO hBh school
grounds and diSband.
In the parade there will be many
beautiful decorated automobiles and
floats. In addition to these there VIII
be a division of bicycle riders, all OF
which will be decorated ana also a
comic section.
Much time and money is being spent
to make the feature noteworthy and
judging from reports Of the committees,
the celebration would be worth While
if confined only to this feature, but the
pageant is only starter for the days
activities.
Among the participants in the page
ant will be the Chamber of Commerce
Harrington Fire Department, Warren
T. Moore, Pure Food Store, A. w.
Spurry, Denny's Store. Intersection
Service Station, SWANS New Hotel
Harrington Hardware Company Peo-
ple'S Service Station, Christian EndeaV-
or Society, 1. d. Short Lumber Co..
Eastern Shore Gas & Electric Co., VIII
bur E. Jacobs, Harry NJ Black, Sweet
Shop, A. c. Creadick, the Maccabees, |
Booster Class, p. O. S. of A., Plantation |
Float. Camp Fire Girls. Murphy & |
Hayes Lumber Co. and many others.
Cash prizes will be awarded to win |
ners of the various classes Of decora- |
ted cars and floats.
Immediately after the parade, the |
Harrington and Milford teams of the /
Sussex County League, will play base
ball on the high school diamond. Scott,
a former member of the Eastern Shore
League and rated as being one OF the
best pitchers in this section, VIII per-
form for Milford While the local man
agement has not yet made its selection
for mound duty.
Special preparations are being made
to handle the crowds that will pour IN
to Harrington on Saturday. The hotels
and restaurants will De in position
to take care of a great number OF peo-
pie for dinner or light lunches. Keen
interest has been aroused among low
ers of horse racing by the announce
ment that d. H. Pope Of Raleigh, N. C.'
has entered "Alecia Dare" with rec
ord of 2.O7 IA in the class pace; ". /
N. Reynolds of Winston Salem, N. e.
will bring Cherry Willis" with rec
ord of 2.06 and HAL Bee" 2.02 Ia, own \
ed by Senator Charles D. Murphy, OF q
will also appear. Altogetn-
er forty-three fast horses have peen 7
entered in five big. events and there '
will be plenty of thrills ana perhaps ]
some new records hung up.
On next Saturday thousands OF Del Y
awareans and Eastern Shore people {
will motor to Harrington to enjoy
great day and the people of Harrington 7
extend a most cordial invitation to eV- 4
eryone to attend and enjoy themselves
TO the limit. a
Winters Pitches Double Header for
t
Local base ball fans who did not take o
IN an Eastern Shore game last Friday
md saw fit to visit the local nigh school :
grounds, were given rare treat Wren
he Harrington Juniors entertained the
Junior team for st. PauFs NJ E.
Church, Wilmington. Only one game
vas scheduled, but having plenty Oh
ime at the finish of the first game an
,ther was started and terminated at
he end of the 9Th inning, with each
cam having won one.
weird inning Raught settled down
Winters wildness and free tickets to
irst, coupled with hits at the oppor-
une time, proved costly and the VS. =
tors went down to defeat by the score
f to 4. H..
In the second game Winters continu-
d on the mound and seemed to get bet
er his control being excellent, not al
owing a base on balls. The VlSIIOts q
merged victors in the 9Th inning. 'ThEs=9
IN was manufactured when Masten
fumbled a groundeT' Ihe
unner proceeded to steal second anu
-as advanced to third on a sacrifice.
Te scored when Masten threw home al
sr making a perfect stop OF hard mt
rounder. Taylor in his anxiety to head
if the winning run, dropped the ball
fter tagging the runner.
The score: III