Milford chronicle., 1937-02-12
HARRINGTON

t put aside the daily cares and nearl,
] 100 members of this organization
! with members of the Rebekah Lodg,
assembled in the fire house las
/ Thursday evening for the first an
nual banquet sponsored by Cboser
! Friends Lodge No. 35 and Rache
Rebekah Lodge No. T. The state
staff headed by Grand Master s. l.
McAllister of Wilmington and the
Rebekah Assembly led by their presi-
dent, Mrs. Tabitha Bostic of Fred
erica assembled on the first floor
and after the lodge members were
seated in the banquet hall. marched
; to places of honor at the speakers
table. The ladies were all beautiful
ly dressed in white evening gowns,
wearing beautiful pink carnations.
Music was furnished by the Della
ware Ramblers." Mr.. o. C. Passmore
served as toastmaster and Mr.. j. C..
Messner offered the invocation. Mr..
w. f. West in a few well chosen
words welcomed the guests to the
banquet. After the dinner. which
was served by the Ladies' Auxiliary
to the Harrington Fire Company. a
| PASaoAh6 PiO6i ahi wac PtCcChtCuf
cluding two readings, "A Proposal"
and ut Amt Nothin' to Laugh At"
by Miss Margaret Sherwood of the
high school faculty. Little Miss
Alice Bostic entertained with tap
dancing. The guest speaker of the
evening was Past Grand Chaplain
E. Paul Burkholder of Georgetown.
Brief remarks we're also made by
Mrs. Tabitha Bostic, president of the
Rebekah Assembly; Grand Master S.
l.. McAllister, of Wilmington; Past
Grand Master Thomas r. Purnell, of
Georgetown; and Mr.. ]. C. Messner,
superintendent of schools, of this
city. Mrs. Bostic was accompanied
by the following members of her
staff: Margaret Sharpless. Whining
Margaret Dennison, Wilmington;
j Elizabeth West, Harrington; Alma
Milbourn. FELTON,; Marguerite Tease.
Milford, and Ethel Lawler, Whining
ton; Pearl Stevenson. Milford; Eliz-
abeth Pettyiohn, Dover; Lola Nc
Allister. Wilmington. Grand Master
McAllister was accompanied by some
of his staff, including Grand Trea
surer Herbert f. Downing, Whining
ton; Grand Warden Raymond III.
Wilhelm. Wilmington, and Grand
Herald John C. Powell. Wilmington.
MIR. BurkhOlder opened his re-
marks with iibes at his fellow men,
bers seated at the speakers table.
but soon waded into his speech on
the principles of Odd Fellowship.
E..fnn1uI.fp Tho
benediction was pronounced by Mar
garet SharpleSs, vice-president of
the Rebekah Assembly. The ban
quet arrangements were in charge
of a committee. o. c. Passmore. w.
f. West. Fred C. Wilson. Samuel
Short and William A. Wheeler.
In poor health since the death of
her husband. Leonard LeComple, last |
April, Mrs. Joanna LeCOmpt, widow |
of the former, age 70 years. died |
Wednesday evening at the home of
her son, in Wilmington. The fu-
neral services will take place from |
the Boyer Funeral Home, Saturday |
afternoon at O'Clock. the services
will be in charge of Rev. J. Il. Par
ker, pastor of the NJ. Z. Church |
where the deceased was a member.
She is survived by three sons, Jo-
seph LeCompte, Wilmington; George
LeCompte, Bellefonte; and John Le-
Compte, Wyoming; one daughter,
Mrs. Hattie Plummer of this city;
four grandchildren also survive. In
terment will be made in Hollywood
Cemetery.
AS the result of three meetings of
the Harrington Chamber of Com
merce last week, negotiations were
opened with a large manufacturing
of Pennsylvania. The own
ers were present at the second meet
ing in which they presented their
The industry will re-
luire a building of 10000 square feet
and when operating at top speed will
employ from $50 to 200 people. One
half of the employees will be men
md the other half women. The
owners will back part of the project
md protect the balance of the loan +
With good security, paying the pre-
railing rate of interest on the loan.
rhe Indebtedness will be liquidated
n ten years. This city is expected
o handle the moving expense and
ne-half of the cost of dismantling I
he plant. About twenty-five busi-
less men met in the office of the
ient & Sussex Fair Association for
conference, with President Ernest
presiding. Determined to
cave no stone unturned to secure
his industry. the president selected
Ways and Means Committee to look
lto the proposition. A. B. Parsons
( the Eastern Shore Public Service
ompany will head the committee.
1gether with Theodore II. Harring-
On representing the First National
ank. Randall II. Knox of the PeO-
les Bank, Elmer A. Smith and Hor-
ce T.. CULLEN from the Harrington
uilding and Loan Association:
Iayor Edward B. Rash, State Sena- +
,r Earl Sylvester, C. S. Morris. To-
ii contractor, and Sam Berlin, l..
. Harrington of the Mercantile sec
on. II is believed that this little
ty is properly situated for an in
lstrial center. with modern facili-
es, modern highways leading I'M all
irections. and trucking and train
,rvice making overnight hauls to :
Ie larger cities. ii should attract Il
lmber of industries.
Two High School stadents, as Il
ONE Economics project. served
Irkey dinner to number of their
ass mates. The project was in
large of Miss Dorothy Kemp and
iss Anna Lee Ready, and was serv-
at the home Of the latter's par
It's, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren t. Moore.