Milford chronicle., 1929-02-15
Harrington
Mrs. Mary Moore Has birthday
Party-77 Years Old


much happiness on Sunday, when At
of her relatives joined together in
celebrating her 77th birthday. The
happy day came to a close with q
birthday dinner. The following were
among those present: Mr.. and Mrs.
William Moore and family, Bridge
Vile; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Warning
ton. Sr., Viola; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Warrington, Jr., and Mr. and MIS-.
lanes Warrington, Wilmington; Mrs.
Harry Allaway and son, Blackwood'
N. j.; Frank Gray, Bridgeville; Mr.
and Mrs. James Goodwin and Miss
Fannie Goodwin, Dover; Mr.. and Mrs.
S. E. Raughley, Sr., Mr.. and Mrs. AL
win Moore and family, Mr.. and MIS-.
William Clarkson and family; wal
ser Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Raughley and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Augustus Raughley and family, MI
and Mrs. Richard Foraker and fam
~ilv- Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Raughley,
.jr., Mr. and Mrs. Lee CIarKson, MIS-.
Mary Harrington and Mrs. ErnesI
Clarkson and daughter Ula Mae' al
of Harrington.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. T. Bailey of Del
mar spent Tuesday with Mr. anu
Mrs. Harry c. Tee.
Mrs lanes Welch attended the
Milford Club luncheon on Monday as
the guest of Mrs. Sam Evans.
Mrs. Irma Roach and children OF
Georgetown spent Tuesday with Mr..
and Mrs. Harry G. Tee.
Theodore Harrington and 5. M.
Williams are making purchases OIL
furniture for the new fire house III
Philadelphia.
Harrington New Century
Club Notes
The regular meeting of the Har-
rinston New Century Club was hello
tuesday afternoon with the vice
president, Mrs. E. B. Rash, of1cla-
ting. Mrs. S. o. Bailey was unanl-
mously elected to membership in the
club Resolutions of respect to Mrs.
Warren II. Moore were read and ac-
cepted. Motion was made and car
ried that these resolutions be spread
uDon the minutes, copy sent to the
family and also, that they be pub
lished in the Harrington journal:
No further business, the meetlng
was then turned over to Mrs. ii. J'
Ramsdell and her assistants, Mrs. II.
C.. Tee and Mrs. Fred S. Bailey ana
Mrs. E. S. Richards.
The following program was pre-
Sented:
Boy Scouts salute the flag.
Song: "Star Spangled Banner" by
club and Boy Scouts.
Scout Oath, Billy McCabe.
Every man longs to be hero"
by Lindbergh, read by William Reed.
AS Aviation" was the topic for
the day it was discussed in the fol-
lowing manner by the Boy Scouts:
History of Aviation 25 Years Ago,
Alden Ramsdell.
Developments in Aviation, Willard
West.
Reading, Benjamin Rash.
Air Transportation, Lewis Hast
ings.
Flight of Lndbergh, Rlfred Como
way.
The Graef Zeppelin, John Holmes
Potter.
Air Export Planned, Curtis Rash.
The Endurance Flight, Billy Nc
Cabe.
Monoplane Question Mark, Alden
Ramsdell.
Modern Airport, Fred Hanson.
Taps, Willard West.
Song, Lucky Indy" Harry c.
Tee, Jr.
Song in Geography, Club and
Scouts.
This was a most interesting pro-
gram and very well rendered by the
Boy Scouts. A motion was then
made and carried by the club that a
gift of five dollars be given the
Scouts for their fife and drum corp.
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hOstesses.
+. w. b, A;s Dine and Make Merry
At Fifth Annual Banquet
The fifth annual banquet Of Har-
rington Review No. of the Wo-
mems Benefit Association held full
sway at SWANS Hotel, Friday even
ing until nearly midnight. Thirty-two
members of the organization were
present to enjoy the festivities but
according to reports exactly five
years ago the organization was start
ed in this town with twenty-five
members and has grown until the
present time the membership Is over
one hundred. The spacious dining
room of the hotel was beautifully
decorated in the lodge colOrs of red
and white, with crepe paper. In
reality it was a regular memorial oc-
casion and little surprise was
sprung on the guests, in addition to
being the fifth annual banquet it was
also the 30th wedding anniversary of
Mr., and Mrs. Will Hill. Mrs. Hill is
president of the Review. This is
strictly a ladies organization but in
putting over the program, the COM
mittee in charge was equal to the
occasion. Mrs. Luther Hatfield struck
up a wedding march as Mrs. Edith
Ryan, the bride, and Mrs. Virginia
Clarkson, the groom, entered repre-
senting Mr.. and Mrs. Hill. Mrs. Hill
was later presented with a silver
cake basket. The guests were each
given a carnation and q small box
of wedding cake. The banquet was in
charge of the following committee:
Mrs. Grace Brown, chairman; Mrs.
d. Rust, Mrs. George Hurd and Mrs.
Lizzie Day.
Mrs. Nina Hill presided and call
ed upon the chaplain for prayer, af-
ter which she welcomed the visitors
and introduced the toastmistress,
Mrs. D. Rust. The first speaker of the
evening was Mrs. Josephine DeFor-
lest, of Wilmington, State Field Dep
fity of the organization. Several