Milford chronicle., 1928-04-27
Harrington
Century Club Notes

Century Club Notes
The Harrington Century Club helC
it's regular meeting on Tuesday af
ternoon with Mrs. w. w Sharp pre-
siding. The meeting opened will
the reading of the collect by Mrs
Norris Adams and this was fol.
lowed by reading the minutes of the
last meeting which were approved
At this meeting a general review OF
the work of the year was given and
reports were heard from the chair
men of all standing committees. A
report was also read from the treas
urer of the building fund and also
the general treasurer of the club.
The club has had a most successful
year and all the reports given in
were very gratifying. The chair
man of the nominating committee
submitted the following names to
the club to be voted on next Tues
day: For president, Mrs. o. Fred
Wilson; first vice-president, Mrs.
E. B. Rash and Mrs. C. d. Murphy;
End vice-president, Mrs. John S.
Harrington; secretary, Mrs. Grace
Lynch and Mrs. Fred Bailey; treas
urer, Mrh Ernest Raughley and
Mrs. Grace Brown. Director, Mrs.
w. W. Sharp. Auditors, Mrs. Clyde
Miller and Mrs JudsOn Ramsdall.
The meeting for next Tuesday is
called at p. m. sharp. Please be
present on time. Mrs. Harmstead
announced that the new library had
ga
the club members could receive the
books by coming to her home, as
the books would be removed there
for convenience. After a few other
minor business matters, the meet
ing closed.
Eastern Star Observes Birthday
NeWlin Gets Automobile
The first anniversary of the East
ern Star Chapter of this town was
observed with a delightful banquet
served by the ladies of the Harring-
ton Century Club. During the ban
quet Mrs. w. w. Sharp, president of
the local club, was summoned and
highly complimented for the eff
cient manner in which every detail
of the banquet was arranged. Ac- |
cording to reports it was the big |
gest banquet ever served by the |
club ladies. Covers were laid for |
las and over 1876 were present. The |
club house was beautifully decor
ated with cut flowers and pOtted |
plants Mrs. Elizabeth Riggin, of |
Wilmington, worthy matron of the
local chapter, was POSTMASTER. The
chapter was highly honored by hav-
ing present several State and Ma
tional officers of the Eastern Star
present for the occasion and in adj
dition to those of the town attend
ing, representatives were also pres
ent from every Eastern Star Chap
ter in the State.
The following were among the
guests of Out-of-town officers:
Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Harry
Newland; Worthy Grand Associate
Matron Mrs. Huber; Past Grand
Patron Harry Newland, all of Will
mington; Worthy Grand Patron
Walter Pepper, of Georgetown;
Past Worthy Patron Mr.. Wood, of
Grand Instructoress
Mrs. Bessie Warrington, Harring-
ION; Mr.. Newland being a past Of
icer, he delegated unto himself an !
)ther Office, that of Grand Chauffeur
Ind in keeping with that honored !
,ffice he was presented with an au-
omobile. Mrs. Newland was pre-
iented with a gift of silver; Mr.. s
Pepper was given an umbrella and 1
Mrs. Warrington was presented with i
/ beautiful lingerie set. Following
he banquet the local chapter went 8
nto business session and had sew i
raj candidates for initiation. a
harrington Continues Winning T
Fred Lord, the heavyweight first L
,aseman of the local sand lots, is a :.
zero in the eyes of the local fans, =
Vhen he clOuted a rOund-tripper in u
he fifth inning to deep left field at Il
ust the proper time with three
on the paths at the time. e
Without this homer the locals d
1ould have been on the short end
the score. B. Holloway, the u
ext hitter, then trippled. Wright u
rent the full route for the locals
nd allowed five hits. He gave Z
lree free tickets to first in the
rst inning and this produced a a
I'm for the visitors. Pat Thistle 5,
God, the visitors ace, was in good =
)rm but the locals were able to Il
unch their hits. Thistlewood did Ct
II he could for his team by getting II
home run in the sixth. &c
Score by innings: "
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