Milford chronicle., 1929-01-11

truck backfired near a straw stack
and set it afire.
Mrs. Herman Roach and children
of Georgetown have been recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Tee
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S. Bailey.
Miss Dorothy Adams is spending
sometime with friends at Philadel-
phia.
Rodney West of Wilmington has
been recent guest of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Zack West.
Mrs. John Masten and daughter,
Miss Barbara, have been spending a
few days with relatives at Chester
town, Md.
Louis Henze has returned home
after spending sometime with friends
at Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zack West have re-
moved to their home at Georgetown.
Mr.. West has been in falling health
/ for sometime and will retire from
his railroad duties in short time.
Mrs. Beatrice Hoddincott of 2alti-
more, Nd, has been spending a few
days with her parents, Mr.. and, Mrs.
Alex Fleming.
Miss Reba Baker recently enter
tanned Miss Nell Knots of Hurlock,
Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Moore, Mrs.
West and Miss Nan Lewis of Den
ton, Md, spent a part of last week
with Mrs. A. P. Lewis.
/ Miss Mildred Carlisle of Chester,
] Pa, has been a recent guest OF l. j..
/ Locates.
! Firemen Install Officers;
May Organize Ladies Auxiliary
The regular monthly meeting of
the Harrington Fire Company was
held in the P. R. R. supervisors office
/ last Monday evening and very busy
session was held with President
George w. Swain in the chair. The
minutes of the previous meeting
were approved and the treasurer's
report shows balance of $448.50.
A letter of invitation from the
Camden-Wyoming Fire Company rel
ative to the formation of a County
Association was received and the
chair named S. M. Williams, George
Cain and R. C. Hayes a committee of
three to attend the meeting on
Thursday evening. The next i'm
portant matter was the reading of
the working agreements between the
Harrington town council and the fire
company, after the new building is
occupied. In order to aid the fire
men in financing the building
through the Building and Loan AS
sociation, the town council will pay
rent for their quarters. The COM
pany will provide janitor service
with town council covering the run
ming expenses of the fire department.
In keeping with other progressive
fire companies throughout the State
it was decided to give the wives, mo-
theirs and sisters of the firemen an
opportunity to organize an auxiliary.
A meeting of the ladies has been
called for Friday evening in the
First National Bank Building to dis
cuss the proposition. The committee
of firemen to meet with them are:
Theodore H. Harrington, S. M. Will
liams and Ralph G. Hayes.
Previous to the installation of Otfl-
GERS. Chief Cain announced that he
had re-appointed Lewis Slaughter
first assistant chief and S. NJ. Will
liams, second assistant chief. Chlet
Engineer David Harrington announc-
ed the following appointment of as
sistants, first assistant engineer,
Fred B. Greenly, second assistant
engineer, Benz. Emory; drivers, Her
bert Denney, Dewitt Tatman and
Norman Paris. The other appoint
ments are: Fire marshals, Charles
B. Knox and Frank O'Neal; foreman
nozzlemen, H. C. Tee! nozzlemen,
Joseph Harrington, Lewis Clymer,
William Stokes, Roy Cain, George
Wyatt, George Hurd, Jr., and r. M.
Fair; foreman hose line, George B.
Potter; assistants, Wallace Keyes,
Miles Draper, Calvin Simpson, Gro
yer Lord, Leonard Harrington, Nor
ris Graham and Frank Swain; fore
man of fire hydrants, Ralph C. Hay
es; assistants, Frank Derrickson and
Caleb Langrell.
Chief George Cain Makes Almost
Perfect Attendance at Fires
The records of the fire recorder of
the Harrington Fire Company have
Just disclosed some interesting in
formation. During the past year the
fire loss in this section has feen
greatly reduced over former years
and the local company answered for
ty alarms as compared to 49 for the
previous year. 1t is also thought
that the active members of the de-
partment with few exceptions have
made very good records in their at
tendance at fires. According to reg
ulations here all firemen are charg-
ed with attendance or non-attend-
ance at all alarms, regardless of the
fact that a fireman may be away
when an alarm is turned in. Chief
George Cain leads his men with a
percentage of SO. The other follow
closely behind their chief: David
$3.50; Caleb Langrell I!
500; Lewis Slaughter 1870; Dewitt
Tatman 1870; Benz. Emory 70Pc; /
Norman Paris $50; Harry c. Tee
$3.50; Joseph Harrington $50; S. NJ.
Williams $50; Herbert Denney
$50; George Wyatt $50; Miles Dra- :
per $3.50; Norris Graham 500; Lew /
is Clymer 500; Wallace Keyes 47%c; !
Fred Greenly 1870; George B. Pot
ter 4O96; Ralph C. Hayes 409o; Roy .
Cain $3.50; Arthur Krouse $3.50; w. .
G. Moore $3.50; Frank c. O'Neal 1
94@6; Frank Derrickson 34f6; Frank
Swain 2S%; Almond Hobbs 249o;
William Stokes 244o; Charles Knox
2196; Thomas Fleming 20qo; Law
renee Hates 1870 and William Sheath
1907