Milford chronicle., 1928-11-09

a man, Mrs. George B. Potter; best
man impersonating woman, Nor
man Smith, Jr.; most clever COS
tune. a bride and groom, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Clifton. Then followed
another march in which the guests
tried to identify each other. The fol-
lowing were not identified until they
removed their masks: Mrs. Charles
Derrickson. Mrs. T. L. Wingate, L.
| n Jones and w. w. Sharp. A short
nrogram was rendered: A negro ser
mon. Horace Quillen; reading, The
Wedding of Miss Bray" Mildred
Wheeler; two sketches, 1.-THE Ladies
Aid Society" and "The Old Maids
Club" by members of the Eveready
class. Several games were played al
ter which pie and milk were served.
Legion Post To Observe
ArmiStice Day
At the last regular meeting OF
Harrington Post, American Legion
a committee was named to arrange
for the proper observance of Armls-
tice Day. They are working hard to
perfect the plans and have announc-
! ed that the services will be held III
tie M. E. Church next Sunday after
noon at 2:3O D. m. Mayor j. Wallace
.Woodford of Dover will be the
speaker of the afternoon. The dllIer-
ent lodges of the town have been
extended an invitation to assist with
the services. Troop No. 1 Of the
Boy Scouts and the Harrington Band
rwill be in the formation which VIII
form on Commerce street, at 2 p. m.
and proceed to the church. In addl-
tion to the address to be made by
Mayor Woodford, pupils OF the hlgh
school will also assist with the ser
vices. Harrington Post has contri-
buted $500 to start the fife and
drum corps of the Boy Scout troop
which is in process of formation.
The legionaires in charge OF the al
fair are: Earl Sylvester, Charles
Weiss and Harry c. Tee. Legion
posts in doing their duty to their
community should always sponsor
some community project. This year
the local post undertook the s@Sma-
ton of a scout troop and met with
success. Next year they will under
take some other community project
and invite suggestions from local
citizens and members of the Amerl-
can Legion as to what community at-
fair can be sponsored for next year.
With a vie wof retaining the silver
loving cup awarded to the post this
year for the largest increase in
membership committee has been
named to line the members up for
the new year as soon as possible.
The membership committee is: Post
Commander Charles B. Knox, adJu-
tant, Earl Sylvester, Harry c. Tee,
Theodore Harrington and Charles
Weiss.
George Galloway of Wilmington
spent the weekend with his sisters,
Misses Emma and Martha Galloway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Wroten of
Wilmington spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Lane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred L. Masten, Mr..
and Mrs. A. c. Creadick and Mrs.
Vertie Cahall were among those at
tending turkey dinner at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Porter at
BurrsVille, Nd, on Sunday.
Harrington Firemen Nominate
Officers; Lord Nominated For
Return To Office
The regular monthly meeting of
the Harrington Fire Company, was
held Monday evening at which time
much business was transacted. Sew
eral interesting discussions were
held pertaining to policies to be
adopted when the new building is
The chief discussion was
around the method of fl
nancing the upkeep of the building
and paying a janitor salary. Methods
of nearby fire companies will be got
ten together in order to arrive at
some conclusion. The main business
of the evening was the nomination OF
officers for the new year, most of
the Oresent officers were re-nominat-
ed and some of them have opponents.
The following nominations were
made: President, Grover G. Lord and
George w. Swain; vice president,
Ralph Hayes and Wallace Keys;
secretary, Miles Draper and Samuel
Williams; financial secretary, Frank
H. Van Gesel; treasurer, Theodore
II. Harrington; superintendent Of
supplies, Harry c. Tee; fire record.
or, Harry C. Tee! auditing commit
tee, Harry c. Tee, Lord, Draper, Van
Tesel. Harrington and Tee are the !
present incumbents in Office. George :
Cain was nominated for chief with
)ut opposition. David Harrington
was selected for chief engineer.
Previous to the election at the De-
,ember meeting further nominations
IAN be made. ,
In order to outline policies of the {
working in conjunction
With the Town Council, the president :
lamed a committee to meet with the d,
Town Council Monday evening to :
liscuss problems for the coming
year. The committee on this subject ,
we're: George Cain, David Harring- :
on and Leonard Harrington. What ,
S considered a remarkable cOinci- +
lent is the fact that during the r
month of October the fire recorder {
lad no report to make of any alarms.
Jot only did the local company get q
" Fire Prevention Week without a h
all but their last alarm was on r
september 25th. With everyone aid i
ng the cause to prevent fires the t
lumber of alarms this year should t.
e materially reduced. This is the
rst time in several years that so O
ong a period has elapsed without u
ny calls. t
[. E. Church Notes r
$3.50 a. m. Glass meeting, led by -
!. D. McCabe. 10 a. m. Church
chool in all departments, H. ].