Milford chronicle., 1941-12-26
HARRINGTON

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men and women had packed the
auditorium of the fire house, with
several outside who could not gain
admission. Mayor ]. Harry Raugh-
ley called the meeting to order and
III asked the group to select chair
Il man. Former State Senator Earl
n Sylvester, chief air warden of this
81 section, was the unanimous choice
3 of the assemblage. Mayor Wood
81 ford spoke of the setup being ar
n ranged in Dover. First Assistant
8 Chief Claude N. CahalI described
Il the various bombs, and Superin-
tendent of Schools J., C. Messner
spoke of the plans to care for the
school children during an air raid.
1t was pointed out that the air
warning service was the most inn
portant at the present time and
that great many volunteers were
needed to man the posts in order
to cut down the hours each would
be required to work At present
at least three OF the four obserya-
tion posts in this vicinity have
shelters. City Manager Lewis r.
Clymer estimated it would take
about 200 volunteers in this town
to completesthe various units of tile
civil defense. Volunteers could not
be signed at the meeting since the
registration cards were not avail
able. o. G. -Passmore offered a res
olution that the councilman from
each ward name a member to
make up the organizing commit
tee on Civil Defense.
The regular meeting of the eve
ming class of the Red Cross was
held in the First National Bank
building on Wednesday night.
There are seventeen members in
the class, with Mrs Thomas Har-
groves of Camden as the leader.
The Red Cross unit held a Christ
mas party after their meeting, ex-
changing gifts with each other.
They also presented their leader
with beautiful table lamp. The
committee in charge of arrange
ments included Mrs. Clarence A. |
Tharp, Mrs. Herman Brown and
Mrs. Smith Carson Refreshments
were served during the social hour.
Fred S. Bailey ana Luther Hat
field are on a deer hunting trip i'll
New Jersey.
Mrs. Noah Cain is spending the
Christmas holidays with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. w. Simmons, in Phila-
delphia.
Haywood Quillen, q student at
Buckneii ~ University, is spending
the Christmas holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quill
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The regular meeting of the Har
rington New Century Club was
held on Tuesday afternoon, OPEN
ing in the usual form with Mrs. S.
M. Williams presiding. Mrs Nor-
ris Adams read the club collect.
The club voted to contribute $500
to the fund to assist with the
Christmas baskets that are distri-
buted to the needy They, are aiso1
making the usual donation of
Christmas boxes To FIVE children at
Delaware Colony at Stockley A
dressing dolls for the underprivi-
legged children. The chairman of
tie Cross unit laid stress on
the ~ for more help and added
that every article made now is
being used in this country for our j
own people. Mrs. Grover FFeafs
vfce-president of federation of clubs
for Kent county, was a guest and
spoke briefly. The hrogram for /,
the afternoon was then presented
by Mrs. Ernest Raughley, assisted 8
by Mrs. Paul Hawk, Mrs. Robert
Green and Mrs. Charles Hopkins. !
Mrs. Raughley read splendid :
paper written by Mrs. J. w. Bur-
CESS, national chairman of Fine
Arts; Mrs. Norris Adams then read .
Christmas Scripture from st. Luke.
One Of the high lights of the pro- I
gram was the paper given by Mrs.
Hawk, using as her theme, Music
the Ages, She also sang {
some of the early Christmas songs.
Mrs. David Force then presented \
/ Christmas reading, and Mr.. Jen- Il
1ings of the High School faculty, V
sang two numbers. He was accom- o
)anied by Melvin Brobst. Mrs. v
5reen then gave history of two
we'll known Christmas hymns, Isl a
ent Night" and 20 Little Town of il
A quartet then sang p
he numbers.
The quartet was composed of Mr.. e
Jennings, Mr.. Hawk, Mr.. Brobst S
nd William Smith. The club met
asst week at the high school, on d.
friday afternoon, for the program. 81
fany members visited the class Il
ooms to observe the children at
york, afterwoods assembling in the II
for program under G
he supervision of Paul Hawk.
.ater the club members and the OF
aculty were served tea in the cafe W
sria. The chairman for this pro- H
ram was Mrs. ]. c. Messner, Mrs.
I. H. Harrington, Mrs. W. E. Hill
nd Mrs. C. F. Wilson. The topic
'as back to school assembly
ays." The next club meeting will
e held on January 6, 1912. The or
1bject will be National Defense" la
ood. Nv
Benjamin Emory, End, assistant
lief and former driver, veteran II
remain with rs years active SER aT
ce with the Harrington Fire De-
has joined the fire de- CE
lRtment at Fort dupont. Chief bu
mory was presented with watch
st year as a token of his rs years Ct
tive service. The Fort dupont
re company is headed by P. S. p. ga
alter Hubert, and several of his fai
en- have been recruited from the liz
INKS of the volunteer firemen ~
roughout the state. Chief Emory
world war veteran serving Al
'erseas in 1918. da
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