Milford chronicle., 1940-05-03
HARRINGTON

BY the Lions Club. which was to
have taken place at the Kent &
Sussex Fair grounds, was postponed
and will be held next Saturday at ]
o'clock. According to officials In
charge Of the shoot It promises to be
quite large event. as several well
known trap shooters from Delaware
and Maryland expect TO be present.
At the last meeting Of the club
held in James Restaurant, the direc-
tors also decided to sponsor the lo-
cal baseball club this year. 1t will
enter the Mar-Del league and be
known as the Harrington Ball Club.
The team will be composed of most
ly hometown players, including
some Of the recent high school
graduates that have returned from
college. The following officers have
been elected to handle the baseball
club. Manager, Charles Peck, Jr.;
secretary, Maurice Hall; treasurer,
Dewitt Tatman; advertising COM
mittee, Sidney Burtman and C. d.
Mills.
James w. Morris was signally
honored at birthday dinner at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. William
LaCross, at their home on Smith
and West streets, recently. The
guests included three of his sisters,
Mrs. Anna Wyatt, Mrs. Charles
Simpson and Mrs. William Camper,
all of this place. A fourth sister,
Mrs. Ella Draper OF Wilmington,
was not present account of the in
clement weather. Other guests In
cluded: Mrs. Bertha Graham, Mrs.
Ebere Kent and son Donald of Eel
ton; Miss Helen Morris of Seaford,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bliss and
son of Bound Brook, N. ].
A straw stack was destroyed and
Outbuildings on the farm of Walter
sJester about six miles northwest of
this town, were threatened by fire
last Wednesday afternoon. ArIie
Outten who resides on the farm said
he was inside another outbuilding
when the fire was discovered in the
strawstack. A small child set fire
to the straw and then ran to the
house and hid under davenport
The local fire department answered
the alarm. The straw was soaked
from recent rains and burned slow
ly. The damage was small.
E. Paul Burkholder of the State
Department of Education, will be
the speaker at the annual Memorial
Day exercises to be held in Holly
wood Cemetery on Thursday morn
ing, May 80, at 10 o'clock. The
services, formerly sponsored by the
G. A. R., and now taken over by
Harrington Post No. z, American
Legion, will be carried out on an
elaborate scale, since the services
usually attract thousands of peO-
pie. Tentative plans are now being
made under the direction of Post
Commander Earl Sylvester, who will
have a number of co-workers on the
different committees. The veterans
will begin their memorial services
by carrying out the usual custom of
the Grand Army by attending divine !
serevfces at Trinity Methodist |
Church on Sunday evening, May 26, |
at 1880 O'clock The change from |
the morning service to the evening
service was made at the suggestion |
of the pastors of Asbury and Trinity |
Methodist churches, who will have |
churches in the community are
urged to join in the services. The |
Boy Scouts and other civic organ
izations are invited to attend the
services with the World War Veter
ans. Mr.. Sylvester has announced
the chairmen of the following COM
mittees: General chairman, Mr.. Syl-
vester; decorations, Theodore II.
Harrington, Richard Wiley, for
Greenwood; poppies, Benj Emory;
firing squad, Town Manager L. r.
Clymer; church attendance and mu-
sic, Harry C. Tee; grave markers,
Ralph Brown; decorations for col
ored veterans, John Travis.
A three-act comedy, Pair Of Coun-
try Kids" sponsored by Booster
Glass of Asbury Methodist Church,
will be presented in the Collins
building on Friday, May 10, at eight
o'clock. "Hi" and isis the leading
roles of the comedy, will be played
by Professor Melvin Brobst and Miss
Ann Newman, both members Of the
Harrington school faculty.
The bake sale conducted in Will
liamson's store on Saturday by the
members of the Loyal Workers of
Trinity Methodist Church, was a
success according to the committee
in charge. The receipts will be over
twenty-five dollars. A rummage sale
that was to have been held by the
same class, was postponed from
last week and will be held next Fri
day and Saturday.
The Senators, Representatives
and attaches that represented the
Harrington and Greenwood schools
at the "Girls State" held in Dover
on Saturday. were sponsored by Har-
rington Post No. of the American
Legion. The post will also sponsor
the group representing the above ,
schools attending the Boys State"
on May 1911.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Barlow re-
Gently entertained the latter's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ryan, of
Fred Greenly, playing a clarinet,
and Charles Townsend, playing q
tenor -saxophone, were selected from
the high school band to become
members of the State School Band
that is being sponsored by the State
Board of Education.
Miss Lucille Tharp has been Wis
iting friends in Wilmington.
Miss Janette Tharp of Richardson
mother, Mrs Nora Tharp.
Mrs Elsie Knox of Wilmington
spent a part of the past week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Goslee.
A fire of undetermined origin
destroyed small build =
ing on the farm Of Norman Butler, 4