Milford chronicle., 1940-10-18
HARRINGTON

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organizations In staging q Hallow
cen parade on Wednesday night, OC
t0ber 80. The committee will
Ben. Emory, Claude Cahall and @. I
Mills. During the past month th
company has answered two alarms
one in the city and one In rural sec
tion. II was also announced tina
the annual fire school would open ol
Thursday night, October IL. Pas
State President, Elbert Bailey, o
Laurel, is expected to be the in
structor. Houston will again joiI
the company in the school and othel
nearby companies are invited Il
send men to the school. Applications
for membership were received from
j. @. Bishop and Fred s. Bailey, Jr
The applications were referred tt
two committees-Leonard Horleman
Chief ShOckley and George Swain
for Bishop; Tharp Harrington, Mr.
HOrleman and Chief Shockley on the
Bailey application. The report oi
the delegates to the state convention
was heard. Samuel Raughley, Chas
Peck and Curtis Rash will represent
the company at the county meeting
at Frederica next week.
Two members of the Booster
Class Of men of Asbury Methodist
Church, Samuel Short, Jr., and Mark
Warren, were signally honored at
a testimonial dinner held in the
Collins building of the church last
week. Both Mr.. Short and Mr.. War
,ns.aw1nAoG ~
feet attendance. They were each
presented with plaques and other
gifts. About fifty members and
their wives attended the dinner. Mr..
Warren is treasurer of the class,
while Mr.. Short is chairman of the
entertainment committee. A feature
of the evenings program was the
group singing led by Melvin BTObst,
and feats of magic by Jack War
field.
After being very i'll for quite
some time, death occurred to Chas.
B. Bundick, aged 81 years, on Sun
day night at his home on Weiner
avenue. Mr.. Bundick was born in
Virginia but has lived in Delaware
for the past eleven years. Funeral
services took place from the Pill
grim Holiness Wednesday afternoon,
October 8, at O'Clock. The SER
vices were in charge of the Rev.
Thomas Phillips, assisted by the Rev.
Earl Lawry of Cambridge. Nd, and
the Rev. C. S. Hope of Hurlock,
Md. Interment was made in Holly
wood cemetery. near town. The de-
l. H,rr Sc rrFidnrrr
Mrs. Virginia Bundick, and three
children-Mrs. Elizabeth Parks of
Washington, D. c., and Charles and
Coley Bundick of Chester. Pa.
I'VE was robbed" say the men,
bers of Engine Co. No. when they
lost by As seconds in a connect !
ing contest in a fire drill between
two engine companies of the local
fire department. The siren sound
ed at $50 O'Clock; the firemen were
present, properly equipped, ready to
move of before the siren stopped
blowing. Engine No. moved out
first to a vacant lot on Hanley
street. Engine No. l was in COM
mand of Second Assistant Chief
Lewis r. Clymer, and Engine No. 2
in charge of First Assistant Chief
Claude N. Cahall Both engines
came to a stop and at a given signal
by Chief ShOckley started for fire
hydrant. Engine No. moved north !
to a hydrant in the rear of the the |
atre, while engine No. moved south |
to the corner of Mispillion and !
Hanley streets. After reeling off |
a. hOVtf 1E0 foot of bOga tho bnca mo @ /
uncOupled: another hundred feet |
and again the hose had been uncou-
pied. Despite these two handicaps |
Engine No. was throwing water in |
one minute and forty-five seconds,
while engine No. had water in 2h |
minutes. After the test the Boy |
Scout crew rolled up the hose, re-
loaded it and was back in quarters |
fully ten minutes before No. re-
turned. They locked the engine
house doors and turned out the
lights and were waiting in the recre-
alton room. This contest has started
something. and the losers have
thrown out another challenge and
promise not to be caught mapping
next time.
This week about 80 members of
the. Home Demonstration Club met
at the home of Mrs. William Cam
per. Miss Hazel Darrell, Kent coun-
ty leader, was a guest. The subject
for the afternoon was "Rearrange-
ment of Home" A flower show was
included in the program. First prize
for living room arrangement to Mrs.
Herman Brown; first prize for min
iature display went to Mrs. j. A.
Masten. and first prize on dining
room arrangement went to Mrs. c.
A. Tharp. The members are looking
forward to the November meeting
when variety sale will be held.
The first meeting of the current
year for the Harrington New Cen
tury Club was held last Tuesday af-
ternoon with the president, Mrs. S.
M. Williams, presiding. Several
club circles who have been quite ac-
tive during the summer and early
fall season made reports on the
success of their ventures. Follow
ing the business session, Mrs. r. W.
Vane and her committee had charge
of a program for the afternoon on
the subject, Autumn Flowers"
Mrs. W. T. Moore, Mrs. H. E. Quill
len, Mrs. w. T. Chipman assisted
Mrs. Vane in the program of music
and readings. The club rooms we're
beautiful with a profusion of fall
flowers. The attendance was much
larger than usual which shows a
trend towards more interest in the
work as planned for the coming