Milford chronicle., 1929-04-12
Harrington,
Kent CHAPTER Eastern Star Dimes

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Chapter No. IL, Eastern Star, was
held at the Harrington New Century
Club rooms Wednesday evening was
a great success. The banquet was
served by the ladies of the Century
Club. Covers were laid for 100 and
nearly that many were present from
all over the State as we'll as guests
from Washington, d. c., Pennsylva-
mia and Maryland. The color scheme
was carried out in the colors of the
Star Points, and the favors were
stars with the points in blue, yell
low, white, green and red. Several
of the guests and members of the
local chapter were presented with
gifts, some of which included the
following: Worthy Matron, Mrs.
Harmstead, scarf; Worthy Patron,
j. c. Messner, bill fold; Worthy
Grand Matron, Mrs. Jean Caufman,
vase; Worthy Grand Patron, H. r.
Foster, belt; Worthy Grand secre-
tary, Mrs. Keys, book-ends; Grand
Instructoress, Bessie Warrington,
magazine rack, after first being pre-
sented with book of knowledge,
a well known mail order catalogue.
Mr.. Caufman was designated as
grand chaeuffer and was presented
with a miniature aeroplane. With
--Sbut few exceptions all of the grand
officers were present and speeches
were made by Mrs. Jean Caufman,
and Mrs. M. Eta Keys of Whining
ton; H. Raymond Foster, New Cas-
tie; Mrs. Bessie Warrington, Mrs.
James L. Harmstead and Mr.. ]. c.
Messner, of Harrington.
The following officers of Kent
Chapter presided at the business
session which followed the banquet.
Worthy Matron, Mrs. ]. L. Harm
stead, Worthy Patron, j. c. Mess
ner; associate matron, Mary Dolby;
conductOreSs, Mrs. Hester Reed; as
sociate conductoress, Mrs. Helen
Taylor; treasurer, Mrs. Alice Wix;
secretary, Mrs. Theodore H. Har-
rington; Adah, Mrs. Sallie Satter-
field; Ruth, Mrs. Matte Fleming;
Esther, Mrs. Marie Roberts; Martha,
Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers; Electa, Mrs.
Henrietta Williams; chaplain, Mrs.
Pearl Morris; Marshall, Mrs. Emma
Murphy; Warder, Mrs. Jessie Tee,
and sentinel, Fred Harrington.
According to reports there are
eleven chapters in the state and all
of them were represented with the
exception of Frankford.
The following were among those
present: Mrs. T. X. Carpenter,
Washington, d. c.; Mrs. Charles B.
Wingate, Phila. Pa; Mrs. Lang, Po-
comoke City, Md; Mrs. G. w. Lynch,
Mrs. Clyde Miller, Mrs. Julia Story,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick; Mrs. Jean
Caufman, Mrs. M. Eta Keys, Mr..
Caufman, all of Wilmington; Mrs.
Aida M. Price, Mrs. Mary DAILY, Mrs.
George Schulz and Mrs. Chadwick,
of Hartley; Miss Helen Comstock,
Dover; Miss Katie Andrews, Feder-
alsburg, Md; Mrs. Warren Holston,
Mrs. Bud Coy, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
B. Pepper, Mrs. Bessie Hudson, Mrs.
Lovey Stemples, Mrs. Edward Green,
Mrs. Emma Devon, Mrs. Olivia Will
kins, all of Georgetown. Mrs. Beu-
lah Backus and Mrs. Anna B. Sau-
ter, of Wilmington.
Mrs. G. S. Harrington, Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore H. Harrington, Mrs.
]. L. Harmstead, Mrs. Lillian Hat
field, Mrs. George B. Potter, Mrs.
Sidney Dolby, Mrs. George Hughes,
Mrs. Ernest Raughley, Mrs. Luster
Rogers, Mrs. James Cahall, Mrs. H.
C. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Bailey,
Mrs. Fred Warrington, Mrs. o. T.
Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Messner,
Mrs. T. L. Wingate, Mrs. Ernest Van
Pelt, Mrs. John Barlow, Mrs. Ira w.
Roe, Mrs. Fred Greenly, Mrs. S. M.
Mrc
Harry Tee, Mrs. Harry Boyer, Mrs.
Clarence Morris, Mrs. Edgar Tucker,
Mrs. Fred Powell, Mrs. William
Reed, Mrs. Arthur Taylor, Mrs. En-
nest Dean, Mrs. Wallace Keys, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Harrington, Mrs.
Wesley Satterfield, all of Harring-
ton.
Thomas D. Evans, of Wilmington,
has been visiting former friends
here this week.
Ridgely w. Vane is on business
trip to Baltimore, Md, this week.
Frank A. Steinmetz was on a busi-
ness trip to Philadelphia Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Warren Holson, of George
town, has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
H. C. Tee and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Bailey.
Mrs. Clyde Miller, of Wilmington,
has been the guest of relatives this
week
The regular monthly meeting of
the Auxiliary to the Harrington Fire
Company was held in the fire house
Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Jones, Mr.. and |
Mrs. W. W. Sharp and Miss Caro-
line F. Sharp attended the M. E. |
Conference at Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira w. Roe, Mr.. and |
Mrs. George w. Swain, Mrs. Stanley
Massey and State Vice-President |
Harry C. Tee of the P. o. S. of A.
attended the anniversary of the |
Cheswold Camp, No. 16, last week.
CheswOld Camp Observes
Birthday
Starting with a mere handful of |
members when Washington Camp,
No. 16 of the P. o. S. of A. was or
ganized "a years ago in the little
town of Cheswold. The order has
continued to grow and prosper while
the camp celebrated its birthday
with appropriate exercises. Accord
ing to the secretary's report the
camp now has 140 members on roll
and operates it's own funeral beneht
association, while most of the other
camps throughout the state operate
under the national organization. IL
is always referred to by the mem
bers from Cheswold as the best
camp in the state, though in reply