Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
Harrington

The Harrington Century Club held
its regular meeting Tuesday after
noon with the president, Mrs. C. Fred
Wilson, in the chair. A Christmas
carol was sung to open the meet
ing. A letter from the Houston Club
accepting an invitation to be our
guests on January 21st, was read
} The next meeting of the Glee Club
will be held on Monday evening, De-
cember S0th, at the home of the
president, Mrs. Ernest Raughley.
The club will hold a New Years
party on December 31st. The ladies
expect to entertain their husbands
and friends, the program and enter
tainment committees are very busy
just now and everyone is looking
forward to a most enjoyable party.
The meeting was then turned over to
the chairman of the day; Mrs. L. T.
Jones, Mrs. Brown Smith, Mrs. w. L.
Jones. Their topic was, Christmas"
The program consisted of series of
tableaus depicting the scenes of the
Christ Child's birth as foretold by
prophecy. Mrs. L. T. Jones reading
the chapters, which were inter-
spersed by Christmas Hymns, sung
by the Glee Club. The stage settings
were very beautiful, showing the
manger; very effective also were the
shepherds and the Wise Men with
their gifts. This program was fol-
lowed by social hour, during which
refreshments were served.
A special meeting of the Harring-
ton Fire Company was held last |
Tuesday evening for the purpose of |
nominating officers. After the NOM
nations were closed the company |
decided to wave aside the bylaws |
and elect officers at the same time.
The election resulted as follows: |
president, George w. Swain; vice
president, Stanley T. Massey; re-
cording secretary, Randall Knox;
financial secretary, Frank H. Van
Gesel; treasurer, Theodore H. Har-
rington; fire chief, George w. Cain;
chief engineer, David Harrington;
superintendent of supplies, Randall
Knox. Chief Cain will name his as
sistants and the chief engineer will
select his drivers and assistants.
President of City Council, Clarence
Morris, presided over the meeting
during the election. A movement is
on foot to amend the bylaws to
make provision for the election of
trustees to care for the building. A
lengthy discussion was held on the
proposition to support the fire COM
pany by taxation rather than through
carnivals and benefits. 1t was the
opinion of those present that ref
erendum should be held to give the
voters a chance to say whether the
company shall be maintained in this i
manner. In order to explain the
proposition thoroughly, the president
named a committee of three to ar
range a circular for distribution to
voters explaining the plan. The COM
mittee is Harry C. Tee, Ralph Hayes
and Frank H. Van Gesel. 1t is
planned to hold the referendum soon
after the new year.
Mrs. Amos K. Bradley and daugh-
ter, of Lancaster, Pa, are spending
the winter with Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Denney.
Mrs. Frand O'Neal was Whining
ton visitor during the past week.
The Christmas entertainment of
the M. E. Church will be held on
Sunday, December 22nd.
The Christmas cantata by the
choir of the M. P. church will be
rendered on Sunday evening, Decem-
Der 22nd. Their entertainment by
the children will be held on Decem-
ber 29th. !
Mrs. Ernest D. Dean and neice,
Miss Sara Taylor, were Philadelphia
visitors last week.
William Roberts, of Western
College, is visiting his sis
ter, Miss Ethel Roberts.
Several of the needy families in
the town are being taken care of by
the Sunday schools of both the
Methodist Episcopal and the Meth
odist Protestant churches.
NJ. Il. Church Notes.
$50 a. m.-Class meeting, led by
Mr.. A. D. McCabe.
100 a. m.-Church school, H. ]. I
superintendent.
II a. m.-Christmas sermon. Sub c
iect, Following the Star" Text,
Matt. 2-2. +
I'VE have seen the Star in the East
md are come to Worship" 4
GAS p. m.-Epworth League De- v
Meeting, Miss Marion Simp a
son, leader.
7:3O p. m.-Splendid Christmas h
service. Christmas anthems by the k
,hoir, both morning and evening. g
entertainment and treat k
will be held on Friday evening, De- d
.ember 9th. Il
Hrs. L. T. Jones, treasurer of the
building fund, turned in an excellent il
eport of the finances of the new Fl
An amount slightly over Il
{, 700 is now outstanding against the C
uilding and equipment, which cost n
pproximately $4,000. Il