Milford chronicle., 1931-02-27
HARRINGTON
Harrington Fircmcn Host to
Kent County Association

Kent County Firemen's Association
was held in tile Harrington Fire
House on Wednesday EVENING", and
according to reports it was the larg-
est attended meeting of any the as
SociatiOn has ever had. Exactly 100
we're present when the banquet
started at o'clock. Not having au
accurate count of those that were
expected, the sudden rush almost
taxed the capacity of the banquet
tables. The ladies of the Auxiliary
with Mrs. Oscar WiX chairman, soon
put up extra tables and all were
served with little delay. Everyone
seemed to enjoy the banquet and a
heaEty ovation. was given the ladies
iGrNheir efforts. A short recess was
taken after the banquet to allow the
tables TO be cleared from the floor.
President IIaddaway called the meet
ing to order at 9:15 p. M, the fire
; men were in session until midnight
pondering over the problems of the
iiremen. The local firemen were
highly honored by having many of
the prominent tiremen of the state
present.
The first speaker of the evening
was Elbert Bailey of Laurel, presi-
dent. of the Delaware State Fire
mems Association. He briefly dis
'cussed the Mutual Relief Plan. J. N.
Jordan, of FIVE Points, vice-presi-
dent of the Delaware State Fire
mems Association, followed Mr. Bal
ley and discussed "Legislatidh" He
declared that iiremen are the most
unseltish bunch of men i'm the state,
saying all monies received by them
are devoted to the benefit of the
community at large. He then intro
ducod the members of his party and
closed by wishing the Kent County
Association mach success. W."
State Forester Taber made a few
remarks clearing up some of the OBJ
jections that seem to appear in the
Senate on Bill No. IA. He then
showed reels of motion pictures
dealing with the proper method of
fighting forest fires. as
The roll called disclosed that all
officers were present with but one
exception and all companies repre-
sented except South Bowers Presi- /
dent Haddaway reported False Fire ,
Alarm bill had been drawn and was
now before the Legislature. being in !
traduccd in the Senate. The treas |
urer reported all bills paid with Il
balagce of $1&G5. ...,...
JolIQ ArSO nladc a rcpOrLsin. ref
erence TO first aid class in each |
Of the. three counties, the WORK l6zbe /
under the direction of the Red Gross.
The board of directors held Il short !
meeting and then announced the |
dates Of the fremen's carnivals in
Kent county as follows: Dover, July /
! to IL; Chcswold, July 1925; Cam
len iand Wyoming, July 31-Aug. s;
Clayton, Aug. III; Smyrna, Aug.
21-31; Hartley, Sept. 4-12 Some of
Ire companies do not hold carniVals 4
md the representatives annQuuced
he dates Of firemen's YsFppegs:
Greenwood, Feb. 2O-21; .Sm9raa, FRb. i
rs; Magnolia, Mar. HIP. Fhesmem-
Iers of the state convention commit
ee retired and discussed plans for ]
he coming convention to be held at
Dover in Julv They will also make
report of the Dover meeting next
month on the Kent County Fircmens I
Harry SchagTin, of Middletown, 5
PRESIDENT of the New Castle County s
'iremGn's Association, took up the {
natter of the relief for lircmen and [
PRESENTED some interesting data, I
Vhicli the committee had seNrcd. lie
eported thirteen companies in the S
tate without insurance ande1S EOln-, q
anies with insurance. Th&se eom+ $
anies had paid in during. h. 43eTlOd \
{ years $7,S75 and withdrew as
enefits only S900.70. \
Nomination of officers to the as Il
OciatiOn resulted as follows: pres N
lent,,.J. E. Haddaway; first vice {
resilient, George w. Swain; second n
ice-pfesident, John ArgO; secre- V
Try, W d. Boyce; treasurer, G. w.
Iacllamer; director three years, w. c
[. -EHnis, Clayton; Howard Schwcit- a
er, Hartly, two years; VIM. j.. a
chmHt, Jr, two years. The f0mi-
atioMs will open again previous to u
le eHectiOn ut the Dover meeting, II
arcHi 18th.
J. GSnn Scott, of Selbyvillc, presi- S
2nt Gf the Sussex County Firemens 3
SsO1iptiOn, related some of theieX
,rieRfe in fighting forest fires and W
'Sedithc liremcn to support the leg cl
latiY$ measures now pending. lie
vited the droment to Georgetown cl
'xt Tuesday evening for tho Sus- p
x cdlnty meeting. .s %,
G. r. Stevenson, Of Smyrna, pres Sc
cnt llbf the Del-Mar-Va Fircmen's at
invited the companies to
in That organization, M
induring bills Nos. IA u
wGFe unanimously adopted, The W
'giSlative committee was enlarged cl
include one volunteer from each
mpany, 1t was reported that Sam W
] HJiCarSon, secretary of the State i'm
was sick. The secretary CO
Is Instructed to write him letter
good wishes for his speedy rccOv- V;
Thct following were among those
escnt: j. N. Jorn, Five Points; Jno. HI
GuYer, Delaware S. Wright, w. j. te
lliHS, Five Points Harry A. Scha- de
in and Harris Berkman, Middle
vp;d Charles Stewart, Jr., c. w. cr
chamcr, l.. W. Walker, VIM. II. at
niss Jr., John w. Jacobs, Jr, w.
nryl Ennis, w. A. Skinner, Clay sp
SAGeorge r. Stevenson, Ralph JEFF Ba
R6ng Walter S. NOwland, John d.
fRis3 l.. A. Collins, Smyrna; How tht
SGlweitzer, Roger A. Davis, 7. an
IL Ford, Henry Morris, Edward r.
lkObil, Hartley; w. ID. Boyce, w. tcI