Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
HARRINGTON

8 room Of the First National Bank q
J. Wednesday night of last week an
/ reorganized the Harrington Chan
q Der Of Commerce. Officers wel
4 elected as follows: President, Ernes
] Raughley; secretary, A. B. Parsons
! assistant secretary, Leonard HorIe
) man; treasurer, William Shaw. TIL
] new president insisted upon coon
} Grafton and action to make it a liv
, organization. He announced a meet
. ing of the mercantile section fo
/ last wednesday afternoon at which
time the merchants discussed plan!
for Christmas decorations and street
lighting, also community Christ.
mas tree.
For the first time in several years
all the local churches were united
in Union Thanksgiving service at
the NJ. E. Church on Thursday NOR
ming Of last week. Rev. Stephen Cal
ley of the Methodist Protestant
Church, delivered the sermon. Rev.
J. E. Parker of the NJ E. Church,
Rev. A. R. Brooks Of the Nazarene
Church and Rev. Thomas Phillips of
the Pilgrim Holiness Church all as
sisted with the service.
Miss Margie Black of Goucher
College, Baltimore, is spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry NJ. Black.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Messner and
family are spending the Thanksgiv-
ing holidays with relatives in Penn
sylvania.
Miss Sally Winfrey and Miss jan
ct Tharp hurried away at the close |
of school on Wednesday to spend the |
holidays with relatives and friends
in Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S. Bailey and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Tee were
recent guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. T.
Bailey in Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Steele and
of Camden, N. j., spent
Day with Mr.. and Mrs.
". W. Sharp and Miss Caroline F.
Sharpe.
DR.. Howard Clymer of Philadel-
,hia called upon former friends here
his week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hawk are
pending the holidays with their re-
pective parents in Pennsylvania.
Hobbling along over his usual
cute on artificial limb and cane,
making a trip to the post Office and
hen stopping enroute home to chat
With friends, Isaac John Chapman,
ge about 81 years, son of the late
William H. Chapman, of Laurel, died
hortly after reaching the home of
is brother, DR.. w. T. Chapman,
rhere he has lived for a number Of
ears. Mr.. Chapman had gone to the
ath room to prepare his bath and
led suddenly from a heart attack.
lrs. Chapman heard the thud when
e fell and then discovered the body
Ir. Chapman was afflicted from
irth but suffered a leg injury eight
ears ago when struck by an auto
lobile near the Del-Mar-Va Camp
rounds. Later his leg was ampu-
tied and he wore an artificial limb.
uneral services were held from the
Ome of his brother, DR.. w. T. Chip
an, here, Monday afternoon at one
clock with interment in the family
OF at Laurel. The services were in
large of Rev. ]. E. Parker, pastor
the NJ. E. Church. Mr.. Chipman
as a member of the Mems Bible
ass, taught by Mrs. L. T. Jones.
r. Chapman is survived by one
other.
Showing a great increase in the
mber of alarms over last year,
E Harrington Fire Company is al
adv above the calls for last year -
wing nearly reached fifty calls
len the third call came in Satur-
v morning for a chimney fire at
: home of Leon Donovan on the
Milford highway. No
mage resulted from the alarm.
e first alarm in the past twelve
urs called out the firemen to a
mney fire at the home of Repre-
Walter J. Paskey,
, near Andrewville. No damage
ulted from a chimney fire, the
,men extinguished the fire and
n cleaned the chimney. The sec
| of the three calls was an auto
on the Harrington-W Whitlesburg
d near Thomas School. Mystery
the cause of the accident
fire. When the fire company ar
ID shortly after six O'Clock, the
lmObile of Richard Bullock was
led over in ditch and mass of
les. Mr.. Bullock is proprietor OF
local pool room and was ac-
panied by William Smith, both
young men about 25 years of age.
Bullock was apparently unin-
d. while William Smith was Sc
ly cut and bruised and is con-
to his home. II was reported
State Police were in town on
Irday trying to locate Bullock
questioning about the accident.
le senior class at the high
ol is diligently working on their
ial class play THE Bride Elect"
e presented in the high school
torium this evening. The play
lied with laughs, rOmances and
.eFies. The play is being pro-
d by special arrangement with
Walter II. Baker Company. The
includes. John Curtis, Eva
nstein. Jonathan Clifton, Matil-
David Mayer. Marie 4
in. Harlan Cooper, Naomi West,
eta Wyatt, Pauline Jester,
lotte Peck, George Markert,
Sc Scott and Burton Masten.
ristmas Savings depositors i'm
local banks are enabled TO go
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