Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-11-08

Harrington Century Club Notes

Harrington Century Club Notes
g The regular meeting of the Harring'
ton Century Club was held Tuesday ar
{ ternoon with the president, Mrs. &. F
Wilson, in the chair. The meeting open
ed with a salute to the flag and the
reading Of the Club Collect by Mrs. j
L. Harmstead. Mrs Lydia Anderson
whose name was presented to the clut
for membership was elected. Mrs. Par
sons team selected the dates of No
vember 1916 for their rummage sale
The place is to be named later. Miss
Emma Downes gave a splendid report
of the Kent County Institute held re-
Gently at Wyoming. Attention was
again called to the bake to be held next
saturday at Salisbury's Meat l1arket
Nwhere all sorts of good things to cal
will be on sale. The bake will be in
charge of Mrs. Benz. Knox and Mrs
wv. L. Haviland. Mrs. Clyde Miller was
named a committee of one to take sub
scriptions from the members to the
>"Club Woman"
Mrs. Herman Brown, chairman of the
flower committee, presented a report OF
activities during the summer months,
which showed much hard work.
\ This closed the business of the after
noon and then the program was COM
pleted when Mrs. Herman Brown, Mrs.
William Hill and Mrs. Harvey Hill took
charge. Their topic was Conservation"
The club house was bower of lowell
ness, autumn leaves and flowers We're
everywhere in profusiou, never had the
Nclub house looked more beautiful
veried program consisting of poem of
Trees" by Mrs. William Hill; read
Yngs from the Bible on trees by the
of a
Forestry" by Mrs. George Potter; q
solo by Mrs. ]. w. SheldTake; verses
from the poets on trees by Mrs. Harvey
>Hill and Is club members; also Sc
lection read by Mrs. Brown. In this Sc
lection she described some of the work
that was being planned. At the con-
clusion of the program. real Hallowe' en-
eats were served.
Fire Destroys Large Barn;
Rabbits Rescued
!. Friday night about o'clock the Har-
rington firemen were summoned to the
farm of former Sheriff w. S. Smith and
+ tenanted by William Blessing, to COM
bat a fire that completely wrecked a
large barn which had not been built
many years, and threatened many near
by buildings. The Carlisle Fire Com
Apany of Milford arrived short time
after the Harrington firemen arrived.
They used their chemical stream and
the Harrington firemen used the sup
ply of water from two pumps to operate
their booster. By heroic work of both
companies they were able to save all
the other outbuildings, some OF these
were only separated from the burning
structure by narrow driveways. The
residence was quite a distance away
from the burning building but flying
embers placed it in danger. Both COM
i panies arrived quickly after travelling
over fifteen miles to reach the fire. The
4 fire is of undetermined origin and ac-
cording to Mr.. Blessing he had just got
ten his stock up and left the barn for
a few minutes, going to the house after
a pail and when he returned the inter-
Tor was a mass of flames. Several tons
of hay stored in the loft were consum-
|sed, the straw rick nearby was not dam
aged and all the live stock were hber-
ated. Firemen Denney rescused two ret
rabbits from burning corn Grim. Inc
loss is estimated to be about $4,000,
spartly covered by insurance.
Junior Secretaries Dine
The semi-annual session Of the Sec
NretArys Association of the Jr o. U.
A. M. held their meeting at Harrington
last Friday evening with many promi-
nent men of the order present besides
1.-The secretaries. The banquet was serv-
ksd at p. m. in Firemen's Hall by the
ladies of the Auxiliary of the Harring-
aton Fire Company. At the close of the |
BANQUET President Arthur B. Hope |
Icalled the meeting to order and bus
Sness session was held, after which sew
'eral interesting speeches were made by |
1.-The following: State Council, Henry H.
Mote. Newark; State Vice-Councilor,
William Welch, Milton; State Secretary,
Frank Seigrist, Wilmington; Jr. Past
State Councillor, Joseph Stewart, Viola;
sPast State Councillors, George Lang of
Wilmington, George w. Swain Of Har-
Arington, Will Waggamon of Milton, and
sseveral others. Covers were laid for
&orty guests and a very pleasant even
Nng was spent.
Harrington Flremen Met Monday Night
The regular monthly meeting of the
Harrington Fire Company was held on
Monday evening.
Mrs. Marguerite Stericker Of Phila-
|delphia has been spending this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Beachamp.
Mrs. Ernest Dean has returned home
bitter spending a part of this week with
Mrs Walter Wharton at Jersey City,
~. J.
Lawrence Sharp of Houston spent
Saturday with his uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
SV. w. Sharp.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Ladies Aid Society of the M. p Church
met Tuesday evening in the church an
hex.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Williams enter
4 aimed relatives from out of town over
he weekend.
An Official Board meeting was held at
he M. z. Churc hon Monday evening. {
The regular monthly meeting of the
ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. e. Church d,
HAS held in the church parlors Tuesday 5
zvening. a
Philip Roeder spent the weekend !
nth his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Roader at Dover. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S. Bailey and Mr..
1 nd Mrs. H. C. Tee spent Sunday with
sev. and Mrs. ]. T. Bailey at Delmar.