Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11
HARRINGTON


E. Jacobs was selected for president
vice president, Mr.. Ramsdell; secre-
tary, Professor j. c. Messner. The
other members of the board are Lor-
EMO T. Jones and William W. Sharp
Mrs. Louis Grauer, of Philadelphia
is visiting her brother, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Hopkins.
Miss Ula Mae Clarkson, q student
nurse in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital, is spending three weeks Vaca-
tion with her mother, Mrs. Virginia
Clarkson.
MIR. and Mrs. Benjamin Rash and
son are occupying a cottage at Re
hoboth this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Neamish have
returned home after spending a va
cation in Canada, visiting relatives.
Billy McCabe of the United States
Navy, stationed at Portsmouth, N. H.,
where his boat is assisting in sal
wage work on the sunken submarine,
spent a few days this week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. McCabe.
Miss Mary Alice Evans and bro
ther Billy of Macdonald, Ohio, are
visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Welch and
children are spending this week at
Oak Orchard.
Leonard Horleman, connected with
the First National Bank, is on va
cation which he and Mrs. Horleman
will spend at Atlantic City, N. J.
A meeting of the official board of
Trinity Methodist Church will be
held next Thursday night, when the
fall program will be planned.
Mrs. Ethel Welch, of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. William Gross of Cleve
land, Ohio, are visiting Miss Elva
Reese. Mrs. Welch has been the
guest of Mrs Gross for the past two
weeks and together they mOtored in
from the West for a visit here.
Miss Emma Derrickson, of Will
mington, is spending a vacation with
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Anderson are
entertaining their grandson and a
friend from New York. The boys
hitch-hiked down from New York for
the vacation.
The funeral services for Hazel
Anna Darling, age two years, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Darling,
of FELTON,, took place from the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Remus, near
Camden, on Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock The little child developed
pneumonia following a severe case of
whooping cough. The services were
in charge of Rev. Willard Everett,
pastor of FELTON, Methodist Church,
with interment in Hollywood ceme-
terry, near this city. Besides her par
ents, the deceased is survived by four
sisters and one brother.
William B. Poore, age So years, ac-
cidentally fel loverboard while en-
gagged in fishing at Cedar Beach. He
was rescused by fellow workers and
sent to the Milford Memorial Hos
pital in an unconscious condition,
where he died last Thursday about
noon Funeral services were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Thomas Phillips,
pastor of the Pilgrim Holiness
Church, from the Boyer Funeral
Home on Sunday afternoon at 1870
o'clock. The deceased is survived by
his widow, Mrs Anita PoOre and one
five months old baby. His stepmother,
Mrs. Margaret Poore and several half +!
brothers and sisters. Interment was
made in Hollywood cemetery.
Despondent from poor health and |
the death of his father about two |
months ago, probably is the chief !
cause of Erwin W. Travis, age 81 |
years, committing suicide at his |
home near Whites Church last Fri /
day morning Mr.. Travis was very !
weak and bedridden, but he managed /
somehow to get out of bed and brac
ing himself againGt door and with /
a chair near by, used a shotgun to |
commit the deed which tore away |
most of his face, causing almost in
stant death Mr.. Travis had been a |
patient in hospitals on numerous oc-
casions during his three years of
poor health. He was born on the !
farm where he lived with his father |
and an aunt, who kept house for
them. He never married. Funeral
services were held from the Boyer
Funeral Home on Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, in charge Of the Rev.
Paul Mccoy, pastor of Whites |
Church, with interment in Holly
wood cemetery The deceased is sur
vived by one brother, Nolan Travis
of RehOboth.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Harrington Fire Company was
held in the fire house on Monday
evening.
Harrington Post, No. z, American
Legion, held a meeting in the Com
munity Hall of the First National
Bank on Monday evening. Delegates
TO the State Convention were select
ed
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Reese of Riv-
erside, N. j., spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. Harrington.
Mrs. w. w. Simmons, of Philadel-
phia, is the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Noah Cain, this week.
Mrs. Mae Withrow, of Westville,
N. j., has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs Harry F. Murphy.
Mr.. and Mrs Emil Moore of Church
Hill, Md, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Langrell.
Miss Ula Mae Clarkson is spending
a part of this week with Miss Eliza
beth Neeman, near FELTON,.
Asbury Methodist Church
Robert E. Green, Minister {
Church school 9:45 a. m. Uric Nor {
ris, general superintendent
Morning worship IL a. m. Special {
music. Sermon by the minister.
The church stands as a witness {
against the forces that drag men /
lown. Men shall not live by bread
alone but by every word that pro- !
leeds ont of the mouth of God" the i