Milford chronicle., 1928-11-09
Harrington
lHarringtOn Century Club N0tes

reading of the minutes, dues were
paid by several members. Mrs. Will
liam White was elected to member
ship in the club. One new name was
presented by the chairman of mem
bership.
Resolutions of respect to Mrs
Bertha Smith, one of the club mem
bers, who departed this life October
25, were as follows:
The Harrington New Century, Club
having learned with the deepest
sorrow and regret of the death OF Its
fellow member and oco-worker, Mrs
Bertha S. Smith.
Resolved, that as token of honor
to the many virtues, public and pri-
.vate, of Mrs. Bertha S. Smith ana as
a mark of respect to one who was
held in such high esteem by our
club, flowers be sent to the bereaVeu
family and a committee REPRESENTING
the club attend the funeral
Resolved, That these resolutions
he nut on record by our secretary
and that copy of same be sent u
the afflicted husband.
Mrs. A. C. .Creadicks team report
ed $51.25 from rummage SAFE anu
other events, also $5O.26 was report
ed from rummage sale held by the
team of Mrs. A. B. Parsons.
The president announced there
-would be no regular meeting of the
club on Tuesday, due to it being
election day.
There being no further business
the meeting was then turned over TO
the chairman of the day, Mrs. w. l.
Chinman and assistants. Topic:
.s.Cifizenship." A very interesting
program was presented as follows:
song "America;" reading, Mrs.
.Jobn Masten; address, Citizenship
Hon. Robert G. Houston, Congress-
man of Delaware; song, Americans
Awake;" reading, Mrs. w. 7. Chip
man.
AS this was an open meetlnS MANY
visitors were present to ENJOY Tue
address of Mr.. Houston. Delicious re-
fresbments consisting of cider ana
ginger snaps were served by the hos
.tesses and very enjoyable alter
noon was spent by all.
Harrington Celebrates Halloween
Many Prizes Awarded
Under the auspices of the Har-
rington Chamber of Commerce ana
aided by several thousand neighbors
and friends. this town staged one OIL
the most elaborate celebration on
last Wednesday evening, ever held IN
this town. In order to give the par
:aders full sway and allow them plen-
ty of room, Commerce street. was
roped off and traffic was detoured
over other streets. The parking OF
cars and handling of traffic was III
direct charge of the Boy Scouts, VINO
did excellent work.
Long before the parade was scheu-
uled to start thousands lined the sloe
walks, mingling with the mummers'
Norman A. Burton, cOstumed as an
army officer was chief marshall OF
the parade Miles Draper wearing
high silk hat represented Herbert
Hoover. while Edwin Simpson with
brown derby represented Governor
AL Smith. The third party was also
represented when Alton Collins IN
comic costume carried a placard
reading Third Party, vot for Harry
Greenberg for President. Mr.. Green
berg is the man who secured mucn
publicity sometime ago when he Is
said to have stopped train in the
vicinity of Dover when he discover
ed that several Thousand dollars
were missing. The Harrington Band
was next in line and then hundreds
of mummers, both young and old.
Some wore beautiful costumes and
many others wore horrible makeups'
After parading to the bandstand, the
awards were made while the band
rendered a concert. DR.. Paul T..
Spangler, ]. H. Burgess and S. M.
Williams were selected by the COM
mittee to act as judges and they
made the following awards. For the
best female impersOnator, Gus Der
rickson, dressed as a t1apper, SOU;
best male impersonator, Miss Della
Ryan, Harrington R. D., $500; Miss
Elizabeth Klett received special men
ton. Best comic costume, Willard
West, Harrington; best juvenile cos
tune, Doris Hall, $3.50. Best dressed
store window, Smith and Raughley,
SO; End best dressed window, Whee-
lers Radio store, $500.
Announcement was made from the
bandstand that additional prizes
would be awarded at Reese Theatre,
to be judged by the applause rece1v-
ed as they paraded across the stage.
]. H. Burgess and Harry Murphy
were selected as judges for this con-
test. They made the following
awards: Most beautiful costume, $5'
Misses Thelma and Doris Hall; com
ic costumes, 1st, Alton Collins, $3.50;
End, Mrs. Edward Harriet, 10 tick
cts; 3rd, 5 theatre tickets, Willard
West ;
So far as could be ascertained
none were injured during the night
and no arrests were made for any !
causes. Very little property dam :
age was noticed the next morning. :
The school authorities were pre-
sented with two wagons and a NUM- :
ber of small buildings were over :
thrown
Several of the members of Har- !
rington POST No. Z, American Leg 6
ion. visited Smyrna Thursday even !
ing at which time David c. Harrison !
Post had their annual installation OF
officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Walker OF
N. Y, have been visiting A
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Knox. S
Miss Hannah Carr of Wilmington F
has been spending a part of the past d
week with Miss Elizabeth Klett. d
Miss Caroline F. Sharp has return a
ed home after spending part of "