Milford chronicle., 1935-06-07
HARRINGTON

Adol WSSh III AldHIiuBbOu anu pAau
ned drastic changes in seating al
rangement Of the grandstand. Firs
OF all, only a small section of gen
eral admission seats will hav
benches; seven hundred new chai
seats have been purchased to re
place benches in the grandstand
The plan of selling tickets along tn
midway will be discontinued. Thl
aisle will be closed and a block o
| 700 reserved seats will be placed II
the center of the grandstand. Twt
hundred of these will be enclosed il
a rallied area and reserved at nigh
for the late arrivals, who desire Il
attend the Fair for the vaudeville
and fireworks. The new plans pro
vide for exits from the grandstanC
at both the east and west ends. New
ticket offices for the general admis,
sion and grandstand seats, will be
erected at the west end Of the grand
stand. The present aisle at the
rear of the box seats running the
full length of the grandstand will
be eliminated. Patrons using the
grandstand will use a west end en-
trance. under the new arrangement
it will seat about 5000 people.
Another important change in the
plan of awards to the members OF
All Clubs i'm the ticket selling con-
tests will be made. For several
years the Fair Association has
awarded pure-bred calves to the
winners in the contest; this year
All Clubs in the state will compete
with each other. and. calves will be
awarded to the winning club, instead
of an individual member. There are
about $50 club in the state. The
dates of the Fair this year will be
July 80, 81, and August /, and 3.
Graduation News
With the annual trip to Washing
the JuniOr-SeniOr Prom past, and
the results of the final examinations
known, twenty-nine boys and girls
of the Harrington High School grad
uating class are eagerly looking for
ward to the closing week of school.
and. to receive their diplomas for
which they worked twelve years to
achieve. The baccalaureate sermon
to the graduates will be delivered
by the Rev. II. l.. Schlincke in the
NJ. p. Church, next Sunday evening
at 7.3O o'clock. The Rev. J. E. Par
1er of the NJ. E. Church will assist
with the services. The Junior class
will be the guard of honor and escort
he Senior class to the church. The
exercises of the
lass will be held in the High School
auditorium this Friday, June 7th, at
O'Clock. The Rev. ThurlOw Fra
Ter, d. d.. of Penn's Grove. n. j..
will deliver the address to the grad |
lates. Robert Rapalje is valedic- !
Orian of the class, and Miss Jean |
Viltse is salutatorian. The class
Olors are black and gold; class mot
o "B." The class flowers, yellow |
nd white roses. This is the largest
lass to graduate in many years. if
Ot in the history of the school. The
lass consists of eleven boys and
ighteen girls, as follows: John F.
lbbOtt, Hugh Lyle Brainard, Russell
frederick Harmstead, James Louis
IOpkins, w. John Layton, Rufus
Vilson Manship. Warren Charles
iOore. William r. Parker, Grover
Wright Phillips. Robert Rapalje and
lden Harrington Swain; Misses
label Jeanette Anderson. Jeanette
Ois Bradford. Jessie Elizabeth Ch-
all. Bernice Masten Cain, Sara {
lizabetb Clifton. Lillian Ethel Hall.
azel Hamilton. Nina J. Hammond,
eta A. Hendricks. Laura Belle j
Opkins, Cathyll Audrey Layton,
ma Lee Lynch, Margaret /. Min !
ar, Frances Evelyn O'Neal. Frances
irginia Robertson. Margaret Ann
harp, Angela Fricda Vogl. and Jean :
lylOr Wiltse. +
raduateS With HOnOrs ,
Miss Barbara Delano Masten is j
nOng the class of sc to be gradual &
from Hood College, Frederick. "
d.. June 3rd. Miss Masten is the n
tighter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mas C
n of Harrington; her father is in c
e Railway Mail service, She d
aduated from Harrington High t
hOOl with hOnOrs. and graduated n
tn an A. B. degree at Hood, having a
iiOred in history and English h
hile at Hood College she took a L
eminent part in college social life u
d sports activities. =
'mOrinl Day Exercises p
Rain in this vicinity ON Memorial i
y seriously hampered the veterans II
Harrington Post No. 7. American p
gion, in the promotion of the Me- III
rial Day exercises at Hollywood =
metery. Hundreds of people visit -
the cemetery the night before .
/ PLACED memory bouquets on
ives of friends aud loved ones,
N. when il raincd. only a mere
ldful assembled for the service
e pavilion at the mound is small.
! just few besides the speakers Z
! committee could gather there,
rest stood beneath trees and
sed umbrellas. With the COlOrs
the lead short parade from the
rance of the cemetery to the
und and flag pole was made. The
High School Band fol- 4
ed the cOlOrs. then the Boy Scouts
LegiOnnaireS. and firing squad.
It Adjutant Theodore H. Harring-
and Past Commander Harry c.
, raised the cOlOrs that had seen
eral years service, to the breeze
placed an American Legion
,ath at the base of the pole. A
flag presented by the American
ion was delivered at the ceme-
= by the local postal authorities
ing the service. but was not used
he STORM
ev. E. Fl. Collins of MarshalltOn
ned the service with the invOca-
suwna Caa1.- i