Milford chronicle., 1928-12-14
Harrington
(Held From Last Week.
Firemen To Elect Officers
Plan Opening Of New Fire House


is being made to the fact that tn
temporary quarters are not heated
Much interest is centered aroun
the election of officers which take
place at this meeting, and a larg
crowd is expected. The work o.
the new fire house is progressing
so nicely that in all probability tn
newly elected president will be in
stalled in his office in the new
building at the January meeting
With the roof about completed worl
can be done inside now without in
terruptiOn account of weather con
ditiOns. Carpenters, masOns, paint
ers and electricians on the job daily
rushing their work. 1t is not known
just what plan will be followed fol
the dedication of the building but
it is very likely that important COM
mittee assignments will be made at
this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Satterfield eli
tertained their children at dinner
ON Sunday. The following were
present: Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Schantz
of Smyrna; Miss Mary Satterfield,
of Delaware City; Miss Margaret
Satterfeld, West Chester, Pa, and
Messrs. John Harper and Morris
Lazarus, of Phila.
Mrs. George B. Potter is visiting
relatives at Alexandria, Va.
Allan B. Parsons is on a ducking
trip with a party of friends near
Crisfield, Md
Mr. ond NTrc PoIDb uavac cDaDt
Thanksgiving Day with relatives at
Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan spent a
part of last week with the latter's
brother near fredericksburg, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Draper and
little daughter spent Thanksgiving
Day with his parents at Dover.
Herman Ryan, of the University
of Delaware, spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wes-
ley Ryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Tee visited the
formers brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
1. Tee, at Dover, on Thanksgiving
Day.
Mrs. Ernest Ottini, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with her moth |
er, Mrs. Ellen Hubbard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Fitzgerald, |
of Carlisle, Pa, have been spend |
ing the past week with local friends.
Mrs. r. W. Vane and children
have been spending the past week
with Out-of-tOwn friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hudson, of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Tharp.
Miss Alice Richards, of Richard
son Park, has been spending a few
lays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. S. Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Jones are. en-
the formers mother,
hrs. Louise Jones, and sister. Miss
elizabeth Jones, of Wilmington.
swain Heads Fire Department
ain Is Made Chief
The members of the Harrington
fire Department met in regular
Monthly session, in the First Ma
ional Bank, and highly honored
ne of their number, who after
erving one term as president and [
hen relinquishing his duties for {
ne year to the present incumbent.
eorge W. Swain won the election
yer Grover c. Lord for president
l. B. Welch, the present vice-presi-
ent, was not considered for the r
ost, due to the fact that he didn't i
erform the duties of vice-presi- n
ent during his term of Office. To a
ct the office of president this year {
Mould be considered quite an hon h
r, as the new president will be !,
le first one to preside in the new 4
lilding. Plans were discussed to
lcrease the dues in order to take q,
ire of the extra expense in the 1!
ew building, but this matter was S
sferred at least a year. The presi-
mt was instructed to name a COM ie
ittee to consider new bylaws. L
he fire recorder reported one E
Kinney fire alarm during the
onth of November. The report of p
e auditing committee was read I
hich disclosed a balance of $479.22. S.
he committee was discharged with bt
rising vote of thanks. After the /
Iperintendent of the new building e7
id announced that the building l.
Ould not be finished by the first of O.
.nuary, action was deferred on the g;
ans of dedication. W
New fire ordinances have been
ssed by Town Council and the
dinances were ordered posted in 81
nspicuous places. F. G. O'Neal -
Is given charge of this work. The =
WHY elected secretary was in {
'ucted to name his assistant and
e chief will name his two assist
is by the first of the year. The
sistant chief engineer and the
ivers will be selected by Chief
David . Harrington.
e following officers were elected
the new year: President, Geo.
Swain; vice-president, Ralph G. n
yes; secretary, S. M. Williams;
anciaI secretary, Frank H. Van
sci; treasurer, Theodore H. Har-
gton; fire recorder, Lewis r.
ymer; superintendent of supplies
4 custodian of uniforms, Harry ia
Tee; chief, George w. Cain; r
ef engineer, David Harrington. IL
$. Matte West Buried L
Irs. Matte West, widow of the
e John West, of Wilmington, died Il
lie on a visit at the home of her h
lhew, Eugene Ellingsworth, at
dgeville, last Thursday morning.
neral services were conducted
the home of her nephew in Ie
dgeville, on Saturday, by Rev.
hadaway, with interment in Hol- I&
rood Cemetery, near Harrington.
2 deceased was 79 years old and
5 a member of West Presbyterian no
lrch at Wilmington. She is sur 5H d.
ed by one son, Edward West, and III III
ny other relatives to mourn her FS Te
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