Milford chronicle., 1930-05-02

road. The timely arrival of the fire.
men saved the dwelling. The fire
was discovered by some one passing
and notified the company. Shortly
afterwards the discovery was made
by Mr.. Evans. Mrs. Evans hurried
to the home of a neighbor to tele-
phone the alarm and the tiremen
were on the way out. 1t was getting
a good start on the roof but with the
aid of chemicals and their booster
system, the flames were soon extin-
guished with only slight damage.
Junior Initiate Large Class
One of the largest crowds of Jr.
O. U. A. M. members gathered here
last Saturday evening for one OF the
largest class limitations ever held in
lower Delaware. The initiation was
held in the Century Club rooms and
the work was done by the degree
team of Vigilent Council, of Laurel,
in full form. Nearly seventy-hve
candidates entered the order. Farm
ington Council furnished thirty-tlve
candidates. Harrington, Millville,
Camden and Townsend also had
some candidates. State Councillor
WeIch, of Milton; State Vice-Coun-
cilor jefferson, of Smyrna; State
Secretary Frank Seigrist, Whining
ton: State Organizer Arthur j. Hope
Delaware City, and National Repre-
sentative George w. SWAIN, were
among the prominent men Oh the OF
der who were present. They each
made brief addresses following the
initiatory work. Attention was call
cd to the excursion to Tiffon, Ohio,
on Memorial Day.
Missionary Worker At
Nj. p. Church ..-
Miss Mabelle Shaeffer, missionary
organizer of Indiana, who is on a
tour of the eastern states, spoke at
the M. P. church last Monday night.
The public was corially invited. II
is thought that her message was OI
interest to both old and young
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Harrington Chamber OF Com
merce was held in the Community
Pnilding of the First National Bank
last Monday evening. topics VI
civic interest were discussed.
Miss Elizabeth Klett spent SaIur-
dav with friends at Wilmington
belmont Simpson, of Wilmington
snent the weekend with his parenIs'
MIR. and Mrs. William Simpson
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Brimer enter
tanned friends from Marcus HOOK
Pa, on Sunday. ,-,,
Mrs. Marian Kirkby, of BROOKLYN
n Y. has been spending the past
week with her parents, Mr.. ana MIS-
Conrad Sibitzky. NIL,
William Moore, a student at FISH
bonrne. Military Academy, Waynes-
boro. Va, spent the weekend Win
his narents, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren l.
Moore. -, yuo,, o,+er-
tanned out-of-town frlends Oh NAn-
day. 1odios, Any
iliary Of the Harrington FIRE Com,
nanv who are giving chicken saiau
and baked ham supper on Thursuay
night and baked chicken and wal
Aes on Friday night for the DenenC
of the Harrington Fire Company
have about completed their WORK
They are making preparations for an
overflow crowd. MI,
Albert Karlick and friend, of Phil
adelphia, are spending a few days
this week with the formers parenIs'
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Karlick.
The Building Committee OF the
new Harrington high school are
shaping their plans for the corner
stone laying to be held on Saturday
NAV 10th, at p. m. The work Will
he in charge of the Grand Lodge Oh
delaware. Masonic order.
Fast StepperS Moving
From Harrington Track
With the last days of preliminary
training reaching an end, several OF
the large stables at the Kent ana
sussex Fair Grounds are preparing
to move to other quarters where they
will complete final training before
the grand circuit races start. The
Harry Bruzie stables Of IL head ana
the Billy Crozier stables OF IL head
shipped out Tuesday for Hartford,
Conn. They were followed Wednes-
dav bv Lyman Bruzie with his stable
of 12 horses, which are being ship
ned to Cambridge, N. Y. The j. e.
Kirby stables will ship to Goshen
N. Y, and Charlie Babray Will snip
to Hartford, Conn, on May I'd. Harry
Corbin shipped his stable of IL head
to York, Pa. Townsend Ackerman
will ship his stable of Is to North
ampton. Mass, on May 10th. Harry