Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
HARRINGTON
Harrington High To
Graduate Twelve

Graduate Twelve
Examinations are over for the
Senior Class of Harrington High
and the annual trip to Washington,
ID. G. has passed. For the next two
weeks the seniors will enjoy more
or less a continued round of pleas
ure. The first of the social even
ingS will be held at the Century
Club on Friday evening, when the
JuniOr-Senior Prom will be held.
The Junior Glass is as busy as bees
arranging their program for this
occasion. The "Develish Deputies"
will furnish music and the banquet
will be served by the ladies of the
club. William Shaw will be toast
master, the High School Glee Club,
under the direction of Miss Charlotte
! Kraybille, will assist with the pro-
gram. The baccalaureate sermon to
the graduates will be preached on
Sunday morning, June 7th, at the
M. P. church, by Rev. r. w. Sapp,
the pastor. The annual commence
ment exercises will be held in the
High School Auditorium on Wednes-
day evening, June 10th, at o'clock
The address to the graduates will
be made by DR.. P. M. Harbold from
the Department of Education, Frank
lin and Marshall College, Lancas-
ter, Pa.
Miss Jeanette Tharp, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. b. Tharp, is vail
dictorian of the class. Mr.. Sharp is
cashier of the First National Bank.
Miss Barbara Masten, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Masten, is saluta-
torian. Mr. Masten is a railway mail
clerk, while her mother is a member
of the local school board. The class
cOlors are Green and Gold; class
flower, yellow Rose Buds; and class
motto, inward and Upward" The
following students compose the
class: Florence Hates, president;
Kenneth Cain, vice-president; jean
cite Tharp, secretary and treasur-
er; Barbara Masten, Elizabeth Sat
terfield, Marian Simpson, Mary Ra-
palje, Pauline Hendricks and Gym !
thia Dean; Emerson LankfOTd, Wen |
dell Stuart, Tilghman Outten.
DIR. Francis b. Short
Addresses Rotary Club
The regular weekly meeting of
the Harrington Rotary Club was !
held at Swain's Hotel Wednesday !
evening at which time those present
had the privilege of hearing one of
the best known speakers in the
East. DR.. Francis B. Short, of Mil
ford, addressed the club on, "Op-
portunity and the Vision to See OPP
portunity Locally" His message
was quite an inspiration to those
Dover Rotary Club, was present and
led the singing. Harry Black spoke
on the plans of the concert to be
given in Reese Theatre, June 3rd,
and which is under the auspices of
the local Rotary Club.
Mrs. Harry Riley, Of Aberdeen, ,
Md, formerly a citizen of this town,
is spending a few days with Mrs.
Robert X. Jones.
Baynard Smith visited Philadel-
phia yesterday and attended the
baseball game. Ii
Uncle Charlie Smith Dead
Oldest Citizen
When the report was circulated {
early yesterday morning that death
had occurred to the oldest man in
the entire town was ]
ready to extend it's sympathies to {
The bereaved children. Uncle Char {
lie Smith, as he was Familiarity /
known to all his friends, died early '
Thursday morning and had he lived {
until October would have been 80 J
years old. He was one of the pion \
sers of this community, having been {
BORN on farm near Burrsville, Md, f
He was a widower, his wife died c
when most of his children were in '
heir teens, and since that time he I
home in town, two of G
lis children residing with him. The {
deceased was one of the staunch
members of the M. P. church, serv- L
ng on the Board of Trustees for G
several years. Seldom was he alb i
ent from church services until the t,
,ast wear when he was confined to
lis home under the personal care of p
lis children. Funeral services were a
leld from his late residence on Sum
f Rev. r. w. Sapp, his pastor. Mr.. +
'mith is survived by four children a
Iiss Matte Smith and Joshua Il
mith, residing at home; Everett a
mith, farmer near Harrington, c
nd Mrs. Luella Harmon, Chicago, n
II. Mrs. Harmon has been home j.
ONE time assisting with the care of G.
er father. Several grandchildren v
lso survive. Interment was made C
l Hollywood Cemetery, near town. R
IemOrial Day Services
raw Large Crowd
The Memorial Day services under tC
le auspices of Harrington Post No.
American Legion, conducted at IL
hollywood Cemetery on Saturday. to
rev very large crowd. Hundreds
visitors from distant points, who .
AXE it an annual custom to visit .
lie cemetery on this occasion, were y
resent to enjoy the program. The
ny was ideal and the cemetery was =
eautiful with bouquets of overs z
several varieties and many flags. :
1t is estimated that nearly 1000 9.
9rsons were on hand here Sunday <
ternoon when the Kent County y
Band rendered its Sun z
" concert. A feature of the con- :
,rt were the solos by William g
ark, who responded to an encore; <
so the trumpet solo parts blown by =
lillian Smith of Harrington. At &
e conclusion of the program re- <
Wprn SnrVpd in charge q