Milford chronicle., 1933-05-05


Hanley street. owned by the Del
marva Oil Corporation and tenante'
by Louder Benson. cOlOred. Tn
property was adjoining the company
oil tanks and the /. ID. Short Lum
ber Company. The fire was exiting
uished in a few minutes without an!
damage being reported. In little
over an hour another alarm was
sounded for a chimney fire on Mis-
pilliOn street, near the Pierre S. dl
Pont colored school. This property
was owned by M. T. Adams and ten
anted by John Travis. No damage
resulted at this blaze.
Senator Louis A. Drexler was the
principal speaker at the Sth annual
banquet of the P. o. of A. held in the
fire house last week. Other speak
ers included Rev. J. c. Handy, of
Houston. and Rev. r. W. Sapp. of
Harrington. A splendid program
was given in addition. Miss Helen
Decktor gave her school declama-
tion, THE Lost Word. Many prom
inent members of the order through
out the state were present
The Ladies' Aid Socity of the NJ
p. Church will serve Il chicken salad
supper in the Sunday school room
OF the church tomorrow evening.
The Senior class of the high school
will leave early tomorrow morning
for their annual trip to Washington,
D. C.
The annual club luncheon of the
Harrington New Century Club was
a most delightful affair and was
held at the club house on Tuesday
afternoon with a large number of
the members in attendance. The
luncheon closed the meetings of the
club for this year. A color scheme
of green and white predominated
with each table decorated with viO-
lets. The arrangements were in
charge of Mrs. James l.. Harmstead,
a past president of the local club.
At the conclusion of the program
final reports of the officers covering
their work during the past year were
read, after which a splendid program
was presented. What and Why Ar
Dor Day, by Mrs. Harmstead; duett, |
by Mrs r. W, Sapp and Mrs. A. c. |
Creadick; readings, by Mrs. W. w.
Sapp and Mrs. Grace Chason; piano
duets, by Mrs. Grace Chason and
Mrs. Lillian Hatfield.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. L.
B. Harrington entertained at a de-
lightful bridge luncheon at her
lovely home ON South Commerce
street, in honor of her sister. Mrs.
James Welch and guests Mrs. Ec-
cleston and Mrs. MOrehOuse. all of
Southbridge, Mass. The floral dec
oratiOns were tulips and snapdrag-
ons. After a three course luncheon,
the guests were entertained at
bridge. The prize winners were
Mrs. G. S. Harrington, Mrs. j. o.
Nc McWilliams. Mrs. L. r. Beauchamp
and Miss Elva Reese. Besides the
guests of honor and the prize win
ners, the guests were as follows:
Mrs. Warren T. Moore. Mrs. Gordon
Smith, Mrs. ]. c. Messner, Mrs. c.
Fred Wilson. Mrs. Fred Powell, Mrs.
Fred Greenly, Mrs. James Cahall,
Mrs. John Sheldrake. Mrs. Horace
Quillen, Mrs. Ella Wilson. Mrs. +. B.
Smith, Mrs. L. T. Jones, Mrs. A, b.
Parsons, Mrs. Ernest Raughley, Mrs.
Norris Adams, Mrs. E. W. Dean. Mrs.
r. K. Jones, Mrs John Masten, Mrs.
W. W. Sapp. all of Harrington, and
Mrs. Anna B. Owens, of Betterton,
Md.
Following a short illness due to
the infirmities of old age death oc-
Cured to Mrs. Mary p. Jones, age
IS years, at her late residence. cor
ner OF Commerce and Liberty streets.
For many years Mrs. Jones lived
alone and was a faithful member of
the Nazarene Church. Funeral serv-
ices were held from her home Sun
day afternoon at o'clock in charge
Of Rev. Roy Bowers, pastor of the
Nazarene Church, assisted by Rev
e. H. Collins, of the Nj. E. Church. /
Death occurred on Thursday even
ing. The deceased is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Laura Gates, of
Philadelphia, Pa, and two sons,
Herbert Jones and Arthur Jones,
both of whom reside in New Jersey.
Interment in Hollywood cemetery,
near Harrington.
Miss Dorothy Tharp, of Richard
son Park, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. B.
ThaTp.
Congratulations are being extend
ed to DR.. and Mrs. w. T. Chapman
1n the birth of brand-new daugh-
Ter in the Homeopathic Hospital.
Mrs. Chapman before her marriage
was Miss Pearl Parker, OF Salisbury,
Nd, and was a former superintend
snt of the Emergency Hospital at
Milford.
Charles HutchisOn, of Wilmington,
las decided to occupy his residence
IN Commerce street.
The regular monthly meeting of
he Harrington Fire Company will
,e held in the Fire House this even
ng.
Miss Grace Livingston, Of Sails
,ury, Md. spent the weekend with
Hiss Eloise Chapman.
Mrs. Claude Cahall and Mrs. W. II.
,ahalI have been recent visitors to
Washington. d. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ridgely Vane are en-
the formers mother, Mrs.
J. b. Vane, of Baltimore, Md.
Miss Eliza Stack, of SeafOrd, has
Ieen a recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ierman ]. Daniels.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elbert Stevens and
lrs. Annie Walker, of Wilmington,
pent a part of last week with Mr..
nd Mrs. W. r. Massey.
A large number of local Athletic
aseball fans motored to Washing
on, D. c., for the Sunday game with
he Senators. Included in the party
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