Milford chronicle., 1931-01-30

Legislature to prohibit the manufac-
ture and sale of fireworks in Della
wars. =
Action on the proposed banquet
of the Kent County Firemen was de-
ferred until later date. Probably
will be held in connection with the
State Convention in July.
w. w. Pettyjohn, chairman of the
Board of Directors, urged that all
companies come to the February
meeting with their dates selected
in order that the schedule can be
arranged without conflicting with
each other. He also announced that
Dover would like to have the dates
during the convention week as it is
believe dthat larger prizes can be
offered. The committee is striving to
entertain the State Convention even
better than the entertainment pro-
Vided by the New Castle County AS
sociation. If they succeed it will
be the largest convention ever held.
The business session will be held on
one day and the State Parade on the
following day A discussion was
held in connection with the use of
the automobile plates in the possess
sion of each fire company in the
State. 1t was brought out that the
privilege of these tags must not be
abused and that they were to be
used on private automobiles only
when containing officers of a fire
company who are responding to
| fire alarm. One member of each
company in the county has been Sc
| lected to work with the State Com
mittee. The directors who compose
1.-THE entertainment committee are:
w. W. Pettyjohn, Dover; G. r. Stew
enson, Smyrna; Ralph Hayes, Har-
rington; H. F. Scott, Houston; A. r.
Jackson, Magnolia. Those assisting
the committee will be: l.. w. Walker,
Clapton; w. f. Schmidt, Camden
Wyoming; j. d. Morris, Smyrna; Fl.
Masten, Cheswold; Thomas e. Bak-
er, Dover; c. w. Johnson, Magnolia;
w. r. Massey, Harrington, and E. +.
Burris,. Houston. ..s.
The meeting was held in the audi
torium of the Houston school and
about rs firemen were present. The
Houston Fire Company was extend
ed a vote of thanks for their hospit-
ality and the .repast which followed.
Hot coffee, sandwiches, ice cream |
and cake and cigars were served by
the hostess company.
Harrington Firemen
Get Early Call
Members of the Harrington Fire |
Company got an early start for work |
yesteray morning when they were |
called out around 6 a. m. to eX- |
tinguish chimney fire at the home |
of Fred G. Wilson, corner of Liberty |
and West streets. When the firemen |
arrived the blaze was shooting out |
the top of the chimney for several
feet. 1t was soon brought under con-
troll without any damage TO the prop
erty. The property is owned by Mrs. /
Leonard Harrington.
Engagement Announced;
Richards and Watts
Mr.. and Mrs. e. S. Richards, of 4
this town, announce the engagement /
of their daughter, Alice Lee Rich
ards, to Richard e. Watts, Jr., son of
Richard e. Watts, of New Castle, I
Delaware. Miss Richards is a pop
ular member of the younger set of Il
this community and has a large cir
Gle of friends throughout the State.
She is. a graduate of Temple .Uniyer-
sity and is member of the faculty
of Rose Hill School, near New Castle.
Mr.. Watts is a graduate pharmacist
and is connected with the Seidel
Drug Store in Elmhurst.
WOmen's Benefit Association
Organize Club
The officers of Harrington Review
No. 4, Womens Benefit Association,
were entertained at the home of Mrs.
Wesley Ryan on Saturday evening
and at the same time plans were |
made to organize an officers club.
This new club will be a social or
ganization and will meet once a
month at the home of the different |
Officers. The officers of the club
are as follows: president, Mrs. Nina
Hill: secretary, Mrs. Lillian Hat
field; and treasurer, Mrs. Lillian
Personals
G. W, Steele and Willis Hargrove,
Of Portsmouth, Va, have been the !
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Sharp
Turing the past week.
Mrs. w. r. Ramsey is confined to
ler home seriously i'll. S
William Wood of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with his mother, S
Mrs. Arthur Krause.
Mrs. W. W. Sharp, Miss Caroline !
Sharp and c. w. Steele spent Satur- 7
lay with friends at Bridgeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Hickman en-
relatives from Pennsyl-
yania on Sunday. Il