Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29
Harrington
P. 0. s. of A. Executive Committee
Visits Harrington


Visits Harrington
The regular meeting of Washing
ton Camp No. 80, P. o. S. of A, was
held last Friday evening in the Jun.
ior Hall, with President c. W
Shockley presiding. A good number
of members were present. The CHIEF
business of the evening was the
election of officers and delegates tC
the State Camp, which resulted as
follows: Past President, Clarence
Shockley; president, George w
Swain: vice president, w. r. Mas
sew: master of forms, Arthur
Krouse; conductor, William G.
Moore; guard, L. G. Markert; in
spector. DreXell Bullock. w. r. Mas
sey, the retiring trustee, was re-
elected for IS months. Representa-
tives to State Camp, Clarence
Shockley and George w. Swain; al
ternates. Thomas Grant and Arthur
Krouse; assistant secretary, 7. A,
Welch: auditing committee, W. R.
Massey and Clarence Morris. The
local camp expects to go. to Hartley
with a full representation and SOL
id delegation ready to support State
Master of Forms, Harry c. Tee, for
the State vice presidency. They may
also extend an invitation to the
State Camp for the 1929 session.
The camp was highly honored by
the presence of several prominent
members of the order which includ-
ed State vice president Kerper, Ches-
void; State chaplain, Cantwell, Of
Cheswold; State treasurer, Williams,
Dover. All of the state officers gave
short talks and State Treasurer Will
liams emphasized the fact that he
was not a candidate to succeed him
self. Following the social hour all
retired to Halls restaurant for re-
| freshments.
W. NJ. Troupe Buried
! w. NJ. Troupe, an employee of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, whose death
occurred rather suddenly following
a trip to California where he visited
! his son Harold. The citizens of this
community were shocked when ad-
vised of his death, many did not
know that he had returned from Cal
ifOrnia. Mr.. Troupe was a widower
and maintained his home here since
the death of his wife several years
ago. Mr.. Troupe was born in Mary
land but had lived in this commun-
ity for several years. Funeral SER
vices were held from his late resi-
dence Saturday afternoon at 2 o.
clock with interment in Hollywood
cemetery. Mr.. Troupe was about So
years old and a member of Temple
Lodge, No. 8, A. F. & A. NJ, also a
member of Harrington Council, No.
4, Jr. o. U. A. NJ. and a member of
the X. K. X. Mr.. Troupe had one
hobby, that of collecting old war rel
les. 1t is said that he has a very
varied collection of these articles
and received a great deal of pleas
ure out of exhibiting his collection
to his friends. His funeral was
postponed until Saturday to allow
his son to arrive from California.
Mr.. Troupe is survived by one son,
Harold Troupe and one brother.
Frank I. Fleming Buried
After an illness lasting several
months, Frank T. Fleming, age 49
years, died at the home of his sis
ters, Anna and Laura Fleming, ear
ly Friday morning. Mr.. Fleming was
born in Harrington, the son of the
late Ezekiel Fleming, and at one
time he owned and operated the
Journal, local weekly
paper. For a number of years later
he was employed in Government
work at Perry Point, Md. The fu-
neral was held from the old home
stead, now occupied by his sisters
at o'clock Monday afternoon. He
was a members of the Elks of Will
mingtOn and a Mason, belonging to
the Masonic order at Perry Point,
Md. This fraternity had charge of
the funeral services. He is survived
by a widow, Matte Culver Fleming,
also three sisters, Anna Fleming and
Laura Fleming of Harrington and
Mrs. Bessie Holt of Wilmington;
also four brothers, Will Fleming, |
Ezekiel Fleming and Thomas Flem-
ing of Harrington and Henry Flem-
ing of North Carolina. Interment |
will be made in Hollywood cemetery. |
Mrs. Ida Kelly of Baltimore has
been spending the past week with |
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Butler.
Mrs. George Spence of Philadel- |
phia spent the weekend with her
Mrs. Emma Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kelly, Balti- |
more; Edmund Hamilton, Capsville, |
Va; Mrs. Mildred Bramble and Mrs.
Augusta Payne, Cambridge, Nd,
spent the weekend with Mr.. andv
Mrs. Howard Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Wroten of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marleton /
Wroten of Clayton attended the fu-
neral of their uncle, w. M. Troupe, !
on Saturday.
Mrs. W. w. Sharp and Miss Caro-
line Sharp have been spending a few
days at Rehoboth Beach. ~
Camper & Wyatt purchased the old
town hall at public sale on Satur-
day. They will start on Monday
razing the building and ex-
pect to have the lot cleared in twen-
ty days. The sale price was $50.
County Republican Chairman R.
<. Jones and Mrs. Jones and Gaugh-
ter, Mrs. Marian Hollenback Of New
York spent Sunday at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wix are en-
their grandsons from
Preston, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Tee and chill
lren spent the weekend at Buffalo,
n. Y, as the guests of Philip and
Edwin Cannon.
Miss Mary Welcl has returned
nome after spending the past week
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