Milford chronicle., 1930-10-03
ry and reserve fund sufficient.

es to become a member, the sam
benefits, both accident and death, a
present insurance companies are of
fering to fire companies, with crew.
of rs men or less. The Relief AssO
citation proposes to show that owe
a period of years, the organization
being mutual, premiums will be ma
terially reduced.
The officers of the Relief AssOcia
tion shall be the elected officers o.
the State Association, who shall ap'
point a Board of Directors, which
board shall have the power of select
ing or hiring a secretary and treas
urer. The resolution or Insurance
Committee are: Mortimer A. Ar
ters, Holloway Terrace; Willard A
Boyce, Cheswold5 and J. Sherman
Neal, Bridgeville.
After explaining the resolution
+ thoroughly and answering questions
President Bailey urged the delegates
present to take a copy of the reso-
I luton home with them and see that
some action was taken at their next
regular meeting and then be in a
position to report at the county meet
= ing in October.
The next business of Importance
was the discussion of the fighting OF
forest fires, it was agreed that the
firemen of Sussex County had had
more than their share this year and
it was believed that in the near flu
ture the State Forestry Department
would seek aid for the companies
providing they continued to cooper
ate. The various fire wardens thru
out the State were urged to see to
it that the report blanks furnished
by the department were properly
filled out and sent in following for
est fire. The information gained
from these reports were very import
ant in determining who were instru-
mental in extinguishing fires.
Three Fire Companies Fight
Rural Blaze.
Shortly after 800 O'Clock Saturday
morning the local firemen extin-
guished a slight blaze that Originat-
ed in a closet on the second floor at
the home of Harry Morris on Sapp
street. The fire was confined to a
small area in one corner of the
house and was extinguished with
booster hose. Mr.. Norris stated he
couldn't account for the fire as
there had been no fire in the house
that day. Clothing in the closet was
saved before the fire reached them.
The dwelling $ owned by Sapp and
Brown, the damage was slight, fully
covered by insurance. TWO hours
later the local company was sum-
moned to the aid of Greenwood Fire
Company, who had their hands full
trying to save the dwelling house on
the farm of D. S. YodeT, short dis
tance from Greenwood. When the
Harrington Ere Company arrived
the outbuildings were doomed, the
heat was terrific and blowing direct
ly toward the dwelling. Pumping
water through 1000 feet of hose
from a branch on the farm, the Har-
rington Company was able to pre-
vent the flames from spreading after
pumping water almost an hour.
Bridgeville Fire Company also re-
sponded arriving shortly after the
Harrington Company. They used
their booster system for short
time. According to Mr.. Yoder the
fire started at the straw stack and
quickly spread to three Outbuildings.
Nothing was left but a chicken
house. All the farming implements
were removed to a place of safety.
A large quantity of soy bean hay
and six hundred bushels of wheat
were destroyed. 1t was said that
Mr.. A. P. Troyer the tenant, had
only moved there a short time ago.
Mr.. Yoder said he carried some in
surance on the buildings and also
some on the wheat The loss will
reach close to $4,000, mostly COW i,
cred by insurance.
Mrs. Samuel Short Has a Birthday.
Taken completely by surprise Mr..
Samuel Short, Jr., was given a birth I
day surprise party last week. After /
the guests had enjoyed a social even
ing during which time refreshments
were served, all expressed themsel-
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evening. The following were pres
ent: Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Short,
Sr., and sons, Wilson and Harry
Short, Mrs. John Thompson, John H.
Thompson, Jr., George Thompson
and Grace Thompson, of Farming
.on; Mr. and Mrs. Charles ThOmp-
son and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Locates and family; Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Price and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Chester DickersOn, of Ellen
lale.
DR.. and Mrs. w. T. Chapman spent
Sunday with Miss Eloise Chapman,
1t Linden Hall, near Lancaster,
Pa. il
Mr.. and Mrs. Sewell Downes and
Mrs. Rosena Sharp, of Wilmington,
allied upon friends here last week.
harrington Horse Breaks
Track Record.
/"DeWolf", local stopper on the !
ace tracks of this section and own !
d by Warren T. Moore and Sons, of :
his town, broke the track record az :
Iridgeton, N. j., last week with a
mark of 2.1O. The track record was
held by PATSY Leaf" with
mark of 2.10N The local horse is
acing at Lehoghton, Pa, this week.