Milford chronicle., 1927-03-11
Harrington
Century Club HAS Fine Program

Inc regular meeung of the Har-
rington Century Club was held on
Tuesday afternoon. During the past
week the cluO served the annual
banquet to the WOmen's Benefit AS
sociatiOn and on March 18th, they
will serve the annual banquet of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Committees were also appointed to
look after the details necessary for
staging of Rose Iime," a comedy
drama under the direction of Wayne
P. Sewell Producing Company.
On account of the meeting being
near Washington's Birthday, a pa
triotic program was given by the
chairman and her assistants, Mrs.
J. B.. Mitchell, Mrs. WiddOwson and
Miss Elva Reese. 1t was decided to
have an open meeting and many
non-members of the community
were invited to be present. Many
were present and the meeting was
considered quite a success in every
way. The subject was Charles Dick
ems. The following program was
rendered: Song by all, Star Spang-
led Banner" A paper on Dickens
Life by Mrs. WiddOwson. Vocal duet,
Believe Me If All Those Endearing
Charms, Mrs. E. w. Dean and Mrs.
C. F. Wilson. Reading, selection from
Pic Wick papers, Mrs. 1. T. Jones.
Paper, Review of Tales of Two Cit
les, Miss Elva Reese. Vocal trio,
The Awakening of Spring, Mrs. ]. B.
Mitchell, J. B. Mitchell and Oscar
NOamish. During the social hour de- |
liciOus refreshments were served,
consisting of dOughnuts cut to rep
resent a log with card board hat
chet, decorated in red. white and
blue.
Grand Officers !. 0. 0. F.
Visit Harrington
On Wednesday evening of last
week, Chosen Friends Lodge, No. 35,
the Grand Master, Jos.
NJ. Cross of Wilmington, on his Off
,ial visit to the lodge. The Grand
Master was accompanied by the fol-
owing Grand Lodge officers: Daniel
". WagamOn, of Milton, District
Deputy Grand Master; George R.
Bennett of Milford, Grand Represen-
ative to the Sovereign Lodge; Irwin
/. Craft, Grand Marshall; Messrs.
Raymond Elliott of Wilmington and
,hort of Milton. ,
The Grand Master gave detailed
utline of the work being accom- 7
lished by Odd Fellowship through :
ut the world, and asked the coop =
ration of all the lodges in the jur- Z
idiction to further the interest of :
he organization in this State. The =
everal addresses by the Grand Off 9
ers were enjoyed by large attend n
nee of the local members, and af- n
II spending an hour in social and n
'aternal fellowship all went home II
eling much had been accomplished n
II Odd Fellowship. y y
iremen Answer Two Alarms !,
After a rest of two weeks the To-
Il firemen were summoned on two NJ
arms last week. The first alarm NJ
as for a chimney fire at the home 10
Rev. G. B. Coleman. No damage II
suited as the fire was eXtinguished E
fore the firemen arrived. The sec re
Id alarm was at the home of Ed be
ard Donovan on Railroad street. M
he property is owned by City Fl
,uncilman w s. Smith. An inves-l
cation was made and it was decid- E!
that defective electric wiring lie
used the fire. Some clothing in a
)set caught fire and were thrown it'll
t in the street by firemen. Very w
tie damage resulted. Bl
arlington Firemen in Race For BE
tendance HOnOrS Hi
is keen in the race of IN
2 active firemen on the attendance 81
art. At the present time Caleb So
ngrell, a driver, heads the list VIZ
tn 500. This is the first year this Id
IN has been in vogue and in all III
Dbability plans will be discussed liz
the regular meeting to offer three
zes at the end of the year for the NJ
st percentage of attendance. The re
lowing record has been attained p!'
those holding membership cards MI
1927: LIE
:. Langrell $50, Benjamin Emory re
%, Lester Emory 1870, George 70
in 753o, G. B. Potter $50, H. c.
e $50, Dewitt Tatman $50, Jos. en-
rrington $50, Charles Wyatt, "a
b, George Wyatt $50, S. M. Will Sn
ms, $50, Amos Rose, $50, David IN
rrington $50, Brownlee Billings WI
3, Miles Draper 500, Fred Green Tie
400, o. c. PassmOre $50, B. ne
lch $50, Herbert Denney ESQ, Ell
Vongoerres 1879, Frank Swain Es Es
3 and G. C. Lord, 1919. III
rringtOn School Shows Gain n m
Attendance Ne
he Harrington Special School
trict made a gain of go in at r:
dance for the month of February III
+ January. DUPONT COlored at
lool again retains possession of lor
attendance banner over all the Cei
Ools in Kent county. They have eh'
this banner since last NOvem- cAL
The following pupils assisted in pre
lining this record: Anna Lee Bill hed
IS, Katherine Cahall, Elizabeth Ter
per, Margaret Gibbs, Harriet H.
nmond, Margaret Harry, Mabel JoI
Il Hazel johnson EVELYN Mae tin
lch, Adele Masten, Clara McCabe, IIIs
anda Rash, Ruth Raughley, Har- cy,
Salmon, Velma Steward, Clara WI
lin, Evelyn Tee, Catherine Tuck Pai
Betty Turner, Dorothy Wood, haI
ian Watson, Louise Williamson, sips
lie Jones, Jeanette Markland, hlc
,hes Abbott, Noah Masten Cain, por
ph Dayton, Philip Decktor, trol
rIes Grant George Harrington ton
ert Herd Haines Hoddenotb, of t
liam Lord, Clifford Lyons, Arch ed'
re, Franklin Sherwood, Billy Han
lghter, Walter Taylor, Donald r