Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04
Harrington
Sam Williams Goes With
BUTT-iS EXnrpSS

AOCdtl EXPRESS OulCS Will DG ClOoGO Oh
October l to be taken over by the P.
q r. R. Company under the supervis-
ion of l.. c. Jones, local agent Sam
uel M. Williams, local express agent,
had enough service to hold posi-
ton with the Express Company, but
he would have been forced to move
elsewhere. He therefore resigned his
= position to accept a like one with
the Burris Express Company, with
headquarters at Milford, where he is
clerk and foreman on their platform.
Edgar r. Tucker, express messenger
' of Harrington, succeeds Mr.. VIII
liams at the express office until the
railroad company takes charge. Mr..
Williams service with the express
company covered a period of 13
years and has always been highly
satisfactory. He started his service
at Lewes as a helper, later being
transferred to New Rochelle, N. Y,
as a clerk, then to Chester, Pa, as
clerk and platform foreman; express
messenger on old NJ. d. & V. r. r.,
acting agent at Lewes. express mes
senger Philadelphia to Delmar and
finally agent at Harrington. Besides
several special duty assignments.
Mr.. Williams is the son of Mrs.
Louise M. Williams of Lewes and
Opopular member of the younger set
of Harrington. He is second assistant
chief of the fire department and also
its secretary; mason, being men,
Der of Temple Lodge, No. 8, of Mil
ford and also a World War veteran,
serving overseas with the Seventh
Trench Mortar Battalion from Fort
DUPONT.
, Kent County Firemen Met
At HartIy
The first fall meeting of the Kent
= County Firemen's Association was
held at Hartly, Thursday evening of
last week, with President Haddoway
in the chair. The roll call disclosed
that all companies in the county
g, were represented and with but one
or two exceptions all officers and di-
rectors were present The meeting
= without doubt was the most inter-
esting ever held. In order to provide
some means to get better service in
the county a meeting of the fire
chiefs was held some time ago at
q. Harrington. Chief Hancock of Do
yer was selected as chairman. The
chiefs named an efficiency commit
: tee, Messrs. Boyce, Argo and Haddo-
way; the committee collected much
. data and had it made up in circular
form, quoting the phone numbers of
all fire companies in the county,
with further instructions what to do
in case of a fire. The entire county
I. -. I'D
will be distributed to telephone pa
irons, instructing them what fire
company to call for assistance if
needed. The association also !
adopted a plan of Identification tag |
for the chief and his assistants. This !
emblem is diamond shape in red and !
white. 1t was endorsed by the State /
= Association and will be recognized |
by the highway officers in respond |
y ing to or returning from fires in pri-
vate cars. Another firemen's emblem ,
was adopted for the individual cars
of the firemen. The firemen who
answer alarms in their own cars and
= who park within the 500 feet limit,
were instructed what to do in case
a their cars are tagged by the police
and they get a summons. The ques-
ton of abolishing carnivals was dis
cussed and no doubt some concrete
action will be taken in the near fu-
~ture. 1t develops from reports that
many of the fire companies did not
make enough money from their car
nivals to run their department for a
year.
= Fire Prevention Week will be OBJ
served in Delaware during the week
: of October 6-13. The chiefs of the
different departments are to make
inspections for fire hazards and try
to get them eliminated. In order to
reduce the fire loss and the number
sof alarms during this period, the
firemen request the cooperation OF
every citizen in the State and par
-ticularly in Kent county.
F. E. Shuleigh, fire marshal OF
SChester County, Pa of Coatesv1lle,
Pa, is always a welcome visitor at
the meetings of the Association. Mr..
AShuleigh had a modern coupling at
the meeting, that he was requested
Ito display, but when called upon for
a few remarks refused to break a
rule of his and talk business during
the session. He did relate some IN :
.teresting experiences and then re-
ferred to recent accidents occurring
to fire companies in Pennsylvania
and urged the departments of Della E
ware to use extreme caution in re- D
spending to fire, saying the drivers
should realize that they held the
lives of all firemen on the truck IN a
their hands. After being served an
abundance of ice cream, cake and v
hot coffee by the Hartly Fire Com II
pany, they were given a rising vote
NOf thanks and then adjourned to .
meet at Cheswold in October.
Rebeccahs to Hold BingO Party
J., Rachel Rebeccah Lodge will pro-
vide a good time for all on Wednes-
day evening, when they will hold a
bingo party in Fraternal Hail..
George W. Swain, Ralph Hayes,
David Harrington and Harry Tee p
represented the Harrington Fire W
Company at the county meeting held IL
at Hartly last Thursday evening. T
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Murray and tt
children of Mt. Airy, Md, have been
recent guests of Rev. and Mrs. R. W. al
Sapp. b;
Mrs. Maud Keenan, of Philadelphia 81
has been visiting Mrs. A. c. Cread-
ick. ca
The first fall meeting of the Ever OF
Ready Workers Glass was held one
evening this week. Much business of pl
importance was transacted and a
fair attendance was present. hi
! Rally Day and Harvest Home ser W
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