Milford chronicle., 1931-06-12
HARRINGTON
Harrington Firemen
Paraded At Greenwood

the Harrington Fire Company was
held on Monday evening with the
president, Grover c. Lord, in the
chair. The company took up several
business matters and disposed OF
them with regularity. The first thing
for consideration was the changing
of some old style fire hydrants in
the business section to the new style
with steamer connections. This
plan was recommended by former
Chief Potter several years ago but
the town council then in power
could never see fit to make the
= change. The present town council
is having some new water mains
placed on the outskirts of the town
and it is proposed to use the old fire
hydrants on this construction. Only
two of the hydrants will be changed
at this time. Since the ruling has
been handed down by the State Po-
lice Department relative to the use
of the siren on fire trucks the local
equipment has never had horn or
red light. The company voted to
purchase a horn and red spot light,
their action is subject to the ap-
proval of the Board of Directors.
The secretary announced receipt of
their check for the 2 per cent in
surance fund. The company voted
to transfer $500 to the engine fund.
Miles Draper, Wallace Wilson and
Frank O'Neal were named delegates
to the Kent county meeting to be
held at South Bowers on Wednes-
day evening, June 18th. George w.
Swain and Grover Lord gave a re-
port from the Hartley meeting held
last month. The president then ap-
pointed the following delegates and
which meets at Dover: delegates,
George w. Swain and Claude Cahall;
alternates, Frank O'Neal and Frank
Swain. The local fire company de-
cided to visit Greenwood on their
parade night and participate in their
parade. Harry c. Tee was named a
committee of one for the parade.
Harrington Has Champion
Berry Picker -~~t..,
Otis Atkins, of this town, claims
to be the champion berry picker
from this section. According to the
report he is an experienced hand
and has been picking them for sew
eral years on the farm of Harry
Rodgers at Greenwood. His time
for picking one quart of berries is
one minute and five seconds and
when the pickers received three
cents per quart, he made as much as
$500 per day.
DR.. and Mrs. w. T. Chipman, War
ren T. Moore and d. B. Tharp have
returned from a visit to Fishburne
Military School. The school closed
for this year and the students re-
turned to their homes. George
Short and William Moore graduated
this year, while Berlin Chipman and
Edgar Locates were freshmen. Geo.
Short was awarded scholarship in
Washington and Lee College at Lex
ington, Va.
Miss Ruth Moore has returned |
home after completing her school |
year at the University of Delaware. |
The rush of strawberries started |
in this section this week and the |
prices this week have been holding |
up very good which is a great aid |
to the farmer. 1t is a cash crop, the j
buyers pay for them as they buy /
them on the market. The prices
thus far have been averaging from
S4.75 to $5.75 per crate. According
10 well known growers the crop in
his vicinity will be short one Ow-
ing to the extremely dry climate last
Harrington town council is plan
ming some extensive improvements
% Commerce street. In order to
make the main business thorough
ARE more attractive the owners of
he remaining porches in front of
he stores have been asked to remove
hem. Then in order to provide
more parking space for automobiles
hey plan to widen Commerce street
IN the west side-this will allow
ipace to park cars at an angle and
lear the highway At the same time
hey plan to erect new lamp stand
Lrds along the curb line.
Death has again removed from
harrington one of its finest old la
lies. After apshort illness death oc-
urred to Mrs. Lima Harrington,
widow of the late Albert Harring-
on, at the age of 50 years. She
led at the home of her son after
'eing removed there just short
ime prior to her death. Before be-
Oming seriously ill she lived alone
II the old homestead ON Weiner ave.
'uneraI services were held from
he home of her son Sunday after
Don at o'clock, in charge of Rev.
J. H. Collins, pastor of the M. e.
hurch. She is survived by the fol-
owing children: Mrs. Susan B. Mes !
ick, Philadelphia; H. G. Harring
on, Arizona, and Leonard Harring-
On, of Harrington. Interment was
lade in Hollywood cemetery
Alton Collins and Joseph Hard
ave been Philadelphia visitors this
eek. (
Mrs. Martin Gricr, of Cape
harles, Va, is spending part of
lis week with local friends.
Mrs. f. B. Quillen and daughter,
Iiss Nancy Travers, of Rocky
Iount, N. c., spent Wednesday with
le Misses Minnie and Delema Quill
n.
darlington Notes Of Interest
The official board of the M. E.
lurch will meet on Tuesday even I
lg.
Mrs. A. C. Creadick and Mrs. Clyde 9
iller have been recent visitors to
ederalsburg, Md. 3