Milford chronicle., 1931-10-30
HARRINGTON

it was by far one of the most inter
esting meetings ever held. Due t
the illness of members of his fam
lily Secretary Willard Boyce was no
present and his duties were handled
by Howard Rash, assistant secre
tary Every company in the count!
was represented with delegates eX
cept Camden and Wyoming, Houston
and South Bowers. Most all of the
officers answered to roll call. I'm
der the report of officers, Presiden
Haddaway spoke of the awarding o.
prizes for the three best essays in
the county on Fire Prevention. AT
ter passing a resolution the county
voted to award cash prizes as fol
lows: First prize, $40; second prize
81; and third prize, IS. The treas
uTer reported a balance in the treas
ury of $11O.34.
After the delegates from the diff
ferent companies had made their re-
ports it was found that during the
observance of Fire Prevention Week
the county nearly made 100 per cent.
The Carlisle Fire Company of Mil
ford reported one alarm during the
week. Several of the companies
held practice drills during the week
some in conjunction with their high
school program After much discus
sion it was disclosed that one of the
largest schools in the county do not
hold regular fire drills and it is un-
derstood that the school superin-
tendent nor members of the school
board approve of them. The firemen
went on record as approving the fire
drills and will probably take steps
in the future to have drills given
where they are not being used. AS
sistant Chief Baker gave some inter
esting information about the recent
contest staged between two picked
teams of the Robbins Hose Company
in the laying of hose and the raising
of ladders. He said the winners
were to have a dinner served them.
Assistant Chief Earl Hayes, who di-
rected the losing team, replied and
stating it was unfOrtunte that the
funds collected had been deposited
in the GoldsborO bank.
Harry Schagrin, past president of
the New Castle County Association,
explained more fully the firemen's
relief and it is now believed the fire.
men are much more familiar with the
policy. He stated that the dead line
for entering was November 1st, and
that they must have the signed ap-
plication of at least twenty cOmpa-
nies by that time. He reported the
of nine companies at
the meeting and delegates from
Cheswold, Harrington and Magnolia |
reported that they had acted on the |
plan and were instructed to make |
for the insurance policy. |
Mr.. Schagrin said it was important |
that applications be gotten in at |
once, making them effective at the |
expiration of insurance now carried |
by the companies. J. c. Morgan, |
president of the New Castle Asso-
citation, made a few brief remarks 1
as did Chief Robert Cross, a past |
president of the State Association.
Fred Brown, a member of the |
1882 State Convention Committee,
was called upon and said their COM
mittee had had meeting and or
yanized, they have held two meet
ngs and have adopted the follow
ng slogan: "If You Remember the
of 1929, You Will Never
Forget the Convention of 1892" And
we mean it. said Mr.. Brown.
Shortly before 10 p. III. the fire
nen passed a resolution to honor
he memory of the late Thomas A.
edison and promptly at 10 o'clock
he lights in the building were eX-
inguished for one minute About
fifteen members from the New Cas-
lie Association were guests. Frank
Soule, fire marshall of Delaware
county, Pa, was the last speaker,
making a few interesting remarks.
The Robbins Hose Company announ-
ed that they are starting their
weekly fifirst-aid classes and invited
my teams from other fire companies
rmembers to visit their fire house
N these nights of instruction. The
layton Fire Company performed
he task of being wonderful hosts.
hey passed out cigars and served
of sandwiches, hot cof-
ee, cake and ice cream.
In memory of the late Thomas A.
idison the flag on the high school
5 being flown at half mast. II
The Eastern Shore Public Service
company have draped window in
lack and have on display supply
f electric light bulbs in memory of
he electric wizard. H
Mr.. and Mrs. HELEN Thompson, of Il
lew York, have been recent guests
f Mr.. and Mrs. J. Will Powell.
Miss Ethel Roberts and Miss Sal
e Winfrey are spending the week.
nd with the formers relatives at
Md.
Oscar Stevens, of Mount Holly, N. III
j, is spending this week with his
Ither, George Stevens. II
The first fall meeting of the Har-
ngton Parent-Teacher Association
ill be held in the high school audi
,rium on Monday evening.
Members of the Kent County Band
re busy with rehearsals on a pro- )
ram to be presented as a benefit =
connection with the regular pro-
ram at Capital Theatre, Dover,
onday and Tuesday evenings, Oc- z
'ber 6and o. A varied program 2
waltzes, marches, overtures, fox
OTIS and novelty numbers will be 2
'esented.
For the purpose of organizing a q
Music Club, a meeting z
as held in the high school audito- Z