Milford chronicle., 1925-11-20
Harrington

The regular meeting of the Har-
rington Century Club was held Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with
Mrs. L. B. Harrington, presiding.
The meeting opened with a song fol-
lowed by the Lords Prayer, after
which the minutes of the previous
meeting were read by Mrs. c. D..
Murphy. A few minutes were al
lowed for The payment of dues after
which four names were presented
for membership. They were Mrs.
W. J. Dufendack, Mrs. Butler and
Mrs. Florence Thistlewood all of
Houston and Miss Martha Knox of
Harrington. They were all unanim-
Ously elected. A few other small
business matters were discussed and
disposed of, after which the hos
tesses for the afternoon, Mrs. Gar
rett S. Harrington and Mrs. John
Barlow, presented a program on
World Peace. The club room was
very attractive and a splendid pro-
gram was given. 1t opened with
The Star Spangled Banner. A silent
tribute to the veterans who had made
the supreme sacrifice was the next
part of the program. Mrs Harring-
ton gave a reading which was fol-
lowed by clippings read by different
members on the plea for real peace
by leading Divines of Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. W. Sharp read a poem,
"Who Won the War;? Mrs. J. Bar
tlestOne then read an interesting ar
ticle, "Lacarne Pounds the United
States of Europe. Miss Elva Reese
read in a most charming manner,
"A Pilgrimage of Arlington. The
last number on the program was
read by Mrs. Harrington "The
Leagues First Teas Peace Victory" "
A social hour followed during which
refreshments were served.
Department Commander Earl Syl-
vester, accompanied by Department
Adjutant Elmer Smith of the Ameri-
can Legion and both from this city,
are on official business for the Am
erican Legion They left last Friday
for National Headquarters at In
dianapOlis. Ind, and will be gone
for several days.
Mrs. Frank Gates of Philadelphia,
is spending few days with Mrs. E.
W. Dean.
Mrs. w. T. Sharp is the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Sewell Downes
at Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bailey are Wis
iting the formers uncle, Mr.. and Mrs
HERMAN Howard near Hebron, Md.
| Airs. Harry Holloway of Detroit
Mich, Mrs. Viola Hudson HOrney
and Mrs. David Hudson of Selby-
vile, have been recent callers here
among friends this week.
Mrs. II. NJ. Mannig, Of Seaford
spent Thursday with local friends.
Mrs. e. w. Dean entertained on
Thursday afternoon of last week in
honor of Mrs. Frank Gates of Phila-
delphia.
The Fire Engine purchasing COM
mittee is still celebrating on the
purchase of new equipment. During
the past week a Seagraves Subur-
banite was demonstrated at a near
by mill pond and from a lpcal hy-
drant Saturday afternoon the com
mit.ee visited MillingtOn, Md. and
saw a demonstration of a United
States Fire Apparatus Co., equip
ment. Both demonstrations were
very pleasing to the committee. A
new equipment Of the American La
France Co., arrived in town Mon
day afternoon and was demonstra-
ted Tuesday morning. 1t was driv-
en- over the same country roads as
the other equipment and put thru
the same tests. The SeagraVes out
fit is equipped with a centrifical
pump, while the American LaFrance
equipment is buil& with a rotary
pump. 1t is very likely the purchas.
ing committee will reach a decision
in a short time and enter the con.
tract with the successful bidders
One thing that is sure to favor the
committee is the fact that quick ac-
ton must be had due to the present
pumper being out of commission
The engine on the pumper, which
was built in 1914 is now almost OBJ
selete and it is a very hard prOpo-
sition to secure the necessary parts
to make the repairs.