Milford chronicle., 1934-03-23
HARRINGTON

day afternoon with the president
Mrs. ]. o. McWilliams. in the chair
Plans for the luncheon to be he'll
on April and other business mat
ters were discussed after which tn,
meeting was turned over to Mrs. I
w. Dean, the chairman of the day
who presented the following pro
gram on the subject "HistOrica
Homes of Delaware" A vocal duet
Home, Sweet Home" by Mrs. ]. w
Sheldrake and Mrs. Wiltse. A very
interesting paper on "Old Delaware
Homes" was prepared ara read by
Mrs. l.. 7. Jones. A poem Home
was read by Mrs w. w. Sharp. A
paper on "Old Homes of Lewes,
sent by Mrs. Glenwood Harrington
was read by Mrs. L. 7. Jones. Mrs
Bankson T. HolcOmb, the guest
speaker, gave a most intei csting ana
informal talk ON her own home
"Mordine.On." located at McCaul-
ley's Mill on the road leading from
Laws Church on Milford.
With slightly over hundred
present at the high school auditor
ium Monday evening, the !u"aI en-
tri"s in the dramatic contest COIN
petcG against each ether to win t1C
local rri:es and thus became on
trants in the county contest which
will likely he held at EeltOn on
April 6. J. {. Messner is chairman of
the committee with Prof. D. A. Petry
and Prof. Robert Shilling. The COM
mittee met Monday evening to COM
pletC arrangements for the county
contest. The local entries were
The Show Must Go On" Lucille
Evans.
"The Chatter Box" Frances Rash.
LET BrOthelly Love Continue"
Franklin Jester
"Silence in the Court" Jessie ST.
bitzky.
"Va!liant," Frances O'Ncal
Dramatic Contest" Virginia
Hammond
"The White Hands of Tclham.'
Anna Lee Lynch.
'China Blue Eyes" Ianottc Brad
ford.
"BrOtherIy Love-" Sara Martin.
In the speeches which followed
the declamatiOns there wcre two on
tiants. They were first required To
make preparations on three sub
jects and select one by drawing Just
before going on the stage. IIernian
DccktOr drew the subject "ReOrgan
iZatiOn of IovaI Government" and
Jean Wiltse drew for her subject, :,
Education for a New Age" In the |
dramatic contests Franklin Jester |
was awarded first prize of $3.50 and |
Virginia Hammond second prize of |
$500. The same prizes were also |
awarded to Jan Wiltse and Herman |
DecktOr. The judges were Miss Mil
dIed Wheeler Of Harrington, Horace
QUillen of Harrington and George r.
Miller of l're1crica. rural si.pervis-
or for Kent county.
After rehearsing nightly for the
past two or three weeks everything
is now in readiness for the fourth
edition of the rabbit F'OOr Minis
trels" which will he produced in the
Reese Theatre on Thursday evening.
March %. The cast will contain over
fifty persons, as follows: InteTiOcu-
tor, Bill McWilliams: first edition
end men, Norman Burton. Sol Mar
tin, Speck Truitt and Franklin
Lewis: second edition end men.
Bill Gillispie and Alton Tony" COL
Inns; members of chorus, Harry F.
Murphy, Harold Hatfield, Lewis Cal
Ioway, William Roach. William
Reed. Maurice Hall, Charles Green
haugh, Earl Greenhaugh. Gene An
dersOn, Slim Ryan. Lou Henze, al {
bert Simpson, Harvey Dill, Brint0n {
Holloway and Al Serverson; chorus
girls, Bernice Galloway. Frances I
O'Neal, Lucille Evans, Beatrice Har- q
riett, Marjorie Caldwell and Mildred \
Wilson; speciality numbers by Red Z
Mill Quaret," "Tony" PerrOne. Maca-
fec and Dempsey. Roe Bros, Mariet-
Ia Parker. Irving Miller. Mrs. o. !.
Neamish. Evelyn Humphries. Mil
bred Deputy, Charlotte Cohen and J.
Harvey Burgess A local orchestra
will furnish the music Piano. Mrs.
lean GTcpnlcC; viOlins. Robert
Smith. Fred Roc and Henry Roe: .
;aXaphOnes. Walter Neamish and :,
Paul Widdowson; trumpet, William v
smith; banjo. Oscar Ncamish. and -
lrums. Claude n. Cahall. !.
Reserved seats for the perform =,
mcc. sponsored by the Harrington a
athletic club, are now on sale at the n
clothing store Of Smith & Raughley il
from all Indications the tickets arc
'Oon to he limited. As many as f.
ull row at a time are being sold, e;
Better reserve early in order to get s.
choice of the seats. Annually the n
reese Theatre is packed to the doors nj
or this stcllcr minstrel which has IL
Won itself an Cnvious name. RI
Following a serious illness of SOW a
raj weeks, death occurred to Miss RI
ida Smith. eldest daughter of cI
'hOmas J. and Emma Smith, at her D,
ONE on DOrman street, early Mon ~
ay morning Funeral services will be
axe place from the old homestead
II Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock ra
a charge of Rev. r. w. Sapp. pastor eV
+ the local NJ. p. Church. Following III
he death of her parents several
cars ago she and her sister. iIiss
dith Smith. a teacher In the local
chOOl. still retained the home place n,
Or their home. Tc deceased ia sur
ived by one brother, Byron Smith, W,
t York, Pa. and one sister. Inter-
cnt I'm Hollywood cemetery. Y,
Mrs. r. w. Sapp Is attending is
Missionary meeting in Baltimore. =
d., this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa POllett of Stock A,
m, Md, spent Sunday with the lat sc
RS mother. Mrs. Theodore Smith. Ri